We’ll find out soon enough, but could Paul Paton prove one that got away? Was the former Dundee United and St Johnstone man one we should have signed before Plymouth did?
But it cannot be said we didn’t have the chance, as we did. Paton was handed a trial with Pompey recently yet, for whatever reason, he didn’t get a deal and left the South Coast as the free agent he arrived.
This didn’t perturb Plymouth and our League 1 rivals snapped him up this week when he signed a deal with Derek Adams’ side.
Paton’s a player I have a little understanding of and given midfield is an area we’re lacking, both in terms of experience and leadership ability, and one he could have filled, I cannot help but feel he could have offered something – it is what it is though and he didn’t get a deal.
In fairness we do not know the whole story do we? It could have been his demands were excessive for all we know, who knows… What’s the betting he’ll have a blinder when we go to Home Park in April though!
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2017-18 Prediction League – March
Oldham (a) Saturday 17th March 2018 – click here.
Oxford (h) Sunday 25th March 2018 – click here.
Walsall (a) Saturday 31st March 2018 – click here.
