Ashbee thought he was everything Hull City and to be fair for a long time he was..trouble is, he is not the player he was and never will be.
He was always over weight for a professional footballer in the last 2 years and struggled to keep the weight off, he made a huge mistake in his association with bollard and we all know neither pearsons liked Bollard or his lack of professionalism. It seems to me that Ashbee spat out his dummy with both the Pearsons and we all know Adam is certainly stronger than any player at the club and will never be bullied.
I have an idea that Ashbee thought he deserved a contract extension and Pearson (nigel) thought otherwise. Lets be honest about things, Ash was a great servant to our club but his last 1 year extension while injured was always going to be his last at our club.
Nigel is developing his own 'young' squad, be it loans or assets and is doing a good job so far..hungry, young and 'cheap' players with potential resale value is what is required for a club of our size...especially at this level and more so in the prem if ever we return.
I can see what the club are trying to do, Ashbee was clearly not part of it...expect the rest of the old guard like McShane, Folan (we know already), Garcia, ***an and others already out on loan will be gone come the summer and 5 or 6 new faces all under 25 will be drafted in as I think the owners will try for a top 6 finish with a view to a top 2 in 2 years time...slow development in this league is the key, we all know we were not ready for the prem the last time...it was 2 years too early.
UTT