Harris says Paterson wont be hard to replace

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Callum Paterson, big character, difficult to replace?


NEIL HARRIS:


NH: No I don’t think so.

I understand that when a player leaves a football club and they are a fan favourite, fans say ‘Oh I didn’t want them to leave!’

But ultimately, nine times out of 10, it’s because the player wants to further their career.

So, when a personality goes out of the changing room it’s down to the others to step up.

We have got good lads, really good lads.

When players say “Oh, I really liked him, he ran around and worked a lot” - and I’m not talking about Pato here - I’m talking about every player at every club, that should be an absolute bare minimum. You can’t just like a player because they run around a lot.

You can’t just like people because they are good characters or a centre forward because they score a goal.

When a player leaves who is a big personality, we have to fill that void with people stepping into their shoes in the changing room or when you sign new players.

If we are recruiting players we are looking to bring in good characters.

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thats the frustrating thing though in those comments, "when a player says he runs around alot, its the bare minimum" i mean those are dangerous words, Pato was a fan favourite, if he's suggesting that the only reason he was a favourite was because he did the bare minimum, surely the fact there isnt another big fan favourite atm suggests they arent doing the bare minimum

NEIL HARRIS:

Saturday 26th September 2020


Wow

Neil Harris on Paterson: ‘You may know more than me. I've been told today that a deal is close to being agreed. If he is leaving, then we wish Pato all the best. It’s out of my hands, If he is not leaving then I look forward to seeing him on Monday. if Callum is moving on then we certainly need to replace him.’
“I have no say on those that are leaving.”

He added: "I left Callum out of the squad today because I was informed that there might be an agreement between he clubs likely to happen.”

"I am the manger of the football club and support the club in the decisions they make.”

"It's not about me as an individual it's about me having options within the squad. Callum is one of our attacking players and we need to have strength in depth during the course of the season, I don’t make the final decision on players.”

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