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That isn't going to give Walton the experience he needs. He might as well play in the DS.

He's edited his post because the last 3 paragraphs mention Walton.

How on earth do you think you know how most people read the situation?

I don't think we've pursued him at all. I think it was established that we want him & he was willing to come, but it was put on hold until we got Ben Roberts in as coach. Roberts was probably asked if he thought the same as the recruiting team, which then gave the green light to the contract...

It is very clear that Walton needs to go out on loan to gain experience. Most good clubs do that with their young keepers. We need three keepers in case of injury or illness so we're keeping Ankergren, who is happy to be third choice, & getting in a new keeper. It's not hard to understand...

We didn't release him. We offered him a contract which he refused to sign, wanting a lot more money. Two very different things.

I didn't like him when he came to us on loan, and was very negative on tv, when we played Newcastle in the cup. He was quite put out that we won.

This might sound churlish, but watching the U21s last night, one of Walton's kicks went straight to a Stoke player just 20 yards away. He was under no pressure, it was a mistake. Fortunately the Stoke players were not good enough to take advantage of this mistake, but if that had been Stockdale...

Has he actually signed yet?