The strange Danny Kedwell situation

[Elgrande]

Maybe it is more to do with Cody. I get the feeling you are not a Kedwell fan FoM. Kedwell has been a top performer and works hard for the team in a way that no other front man does.

[Robpthegills]

When are people going to understand...................YOU CANNOT BUILD A YOUNG TEAM...it is impossible.

The minute a young player shows promise then he is off. Look at the young players we have had at this club over recent years and let them go after various falling outs or one thing or another.

The minute a player does show promise, we advertise it.

Do not get me wrong, I do not expect us not to be a selling team, but the days of building a young squad are gone. Wait till southampton are raped of players again in january or june as further proof that you just cannot build a young team.

[fan_of_mulligan]

Maybe it is more to do with Cody. I get the feeling you are not a Kedwell fan FoM. Kedwell has been a top performer and works hard for the team in a way that no other front man does.

Danny Kedwell should remain in the squad at Gillingham Football Club, but "in the squad" are the three words I want to put a lot of importance on.

I think in The January Transfer Window or in the summer before the start of the 2015 / 2016 that Gillingham need to sign a striker who can play alongside Cody McDonald, score and create goals in League One and has the physical presence that has been lacking in the final third, and eventually Danny Kedwell will be pushed further back down the pecking order to third / fourth choice striker and situations where Danny Kedwell doesn't make the subs bench will become a regular occurrence.

Whether Danny Kedwell can accept a squad role at Gillingham or not I am not entirely sure (and at 31 you could understand if Danny Kedwell were to chose the option to move on to play regular first team football), I hope Danny Kedwell does stay at Gillingham Football Club, but Keds will have to accept that he isn't first choice and he might have to take a squad role / sub role where he comes on for 10 / 15 minutes and gets used as a substitute if Gills need to turn a defeat into a draw or a draw into a win.

As Gillingham look to establish themselves in League One, Players who served us well in League Two have been made surplus to requirements, Charlie Lee, Chris Whelpdale, Myles Weston, Steven Gregory and Adam Birchall have all left, and now it's Adam Barrett and Matt Fish who's career's at Gillingham are looking increasingly unlikely, and if we're looking to kick on again in January and especially in the summer then those who served us well in League Two getting released as Gillingham establish themselves in League One is one of the unfortunate set-backs of progression, you do get stories like Leon Britton at Swansea City who has played at Swansea City in all four professional divisions, but those success stories are few and far between, especially in football today where it is rare for players to play for one club for ten season's in the lower divisions.