if you were a pro footballer why would u sign for NTFC?
Not to further your career
Not to enjoy the training and work facilities
Not to be at a 'all-in it' together family club
Not to be at an ambitious, forward thinking club
Time some more supporters start thinking and asking why we cannot attract or keep decent players.
Oliver is a big case in point, we got promoted, went to wembley, played to his style and yet couldn't wait to leave, Morton and Wharton didn't choose to come back. WHY?
So I don't think it is a simple as the manager or the budget, especially in comparison to others as I believe we have to pay extra for players as we can't offer them anything other than higher wages and easy motorway access.
Other than players moving on to bigger teams paying more wages I don’t see a whole lot of our decent players leaving. Obviously Oliver is the exception who it could be said made a lateral move although Gillingham could be said to be more established in league 1 than us, as he’s never stated his reason we will never know.
Wharton stayed to fight for his place at his home club while it seems likely that WBA send Morton to Lincoln because of links with Appleton.
Mills was quite happy to reject Forrest Green a club that fulfils a lot of your criteria to jump up a league.
I would imagine there is a myriad of reasons why players choose the teams they sign for but I’d guess wages, contract length, size and league position of the club are probably the biggest.