I think Mcrae's stance is both refreashing and strategic, He is letting the fans know that the club has tried it's best whilst stopping any chance of the departing player playing the martyr card.

I honestly believe that we do not have a single player at our club that is good enough to hold us to ransom, although Houghton , Briscoe and Whiting would hurt me a tad.

We have won/competed for zero with this group of players, I am genuinely quite happy to wait and see what happens in the future.

It's not moaning, I do like the openness to a extent but some of the things are a bit hypocritical.

"There will be more signings, but I don't like to talk about them until the deals are done and all parties are agreed on the terms.

Then

"Richard is looking very positive but there is no update on Danny and we've told him there is no panic,"McRae said

No problem with either of those. He is saying we will make signings but is not naming names. Whiting is different to Tickle as he is OOC so there is no rush with Danny.

I'm probably looking to far into it Paul.

Good news about Whiting, will 2 years take him to a testimonial?

And we can forget about Sam Kasiano

I think you are but their you go.
2004 Whiting signed but not sure wether he made his debut that season.

I'm very happy with the way McRae conducts himself and represents the club. He's a great orator and keeps us the fans informed with as much as we need to know (unlike the previous regime who told us nothing). I personally like to be kept informed but I don't need to know the detail of everything that is happening with regards to transfers (and lets be honest that's what most of us are interested in). He can keep doing what he's doing as far as I'm concerned.

I think he did alas the rlfans stats are under maintenance!

Debut was Saints away in Feb 2004.

I think he'll re-sign and I think he'll make a packet with his testimonial as he's one the most popular player's in the squad.

The club keeps the fans in the dark.

The club talks too much.