When Steve Perryman left us I respected him for admitting that Spurs were the only club he could have seen himself leaving us for. Fair enough. I think we can all understand that players and managers are, to some extent, fans like ourselves. Obviously if you only held out to play for or manage the club you support your employment opportunities are going to be somewhat limited. Therefore you're going to take pretty much anything that is offered (apart from maybe your hated rivals, unless you are Steve Bruce) and, chances are, you'll end up at a club you don't have previous ties with.
We get that when we employ a Perryman or a Boothroyd they haven't been harbouring a long held ambition to be in the dug out at Vicarage Road. And if a certain club comes calling then we can see why you'd be interested. All we'd ask is that you be honest just like Perryman was.
But when that club with whom you do have a previous connection come along don't tell us its questioning your integrity that you are linked with it. Because when you do then jump ship it actually proves to us you had none in the first place.
Oh, and that statement on the OS and WO site was rubbish. No explanation, no apology, no justification. Just a "I'll never forget you" type of sentiment. Well, matey, when you come back to the Vic sometime in the next 11 months we certainly won't have forgotten you.
