And so Patgod's second favourite Gareth rides off after little more than 12 months. In the ever dynamic nature of things, last season's top scorer quickly became this season's early departure and we wish him well on his return oop north.
Not many players leave the club on such a wave of goodwill and the reason for that pure and simple is that Gareth Seddon always gave his best in a Poppies shirt. Sure he had his limitations - not the world's quickest or best in the air, and a frustrating tendency to stray offside - but he clocked up many miles chasing lost causes and was always someone you hoped the ball would fall to in case he came up with something special. Best of all perhaps was the instant smash from 20 yards that put us ahead in the Notts County replay, with the cool finish against Eastwood earning Gareth another slice of local history.
But for all his virtues the feeling persisted that Gareth was not the spearhead to take us to another level, so the Fleetwood move is probably good business for all concerned. In their one cameo appearance together, we saw Gareth alongside Moses and in terms of pure ability and eye for goal there was only one winner. Whether Moses can match Gareth in attitude or last even half a season will be interesting to see.
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