Farewell to the man with truly the finest torso in professional football (as he was keen to display at any occasion). And a mighty fine goal celebration the season he did the hairband flick thing. He will be missed.
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Only way Iām coping is by thinking that thereās probably a huge wage bill off the books.
Dang, Iāve turned cold
James. Iām sure they want to succeed. They are going about it with the wrong people at the top. Regards
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Another sign our club is changing. Maybe some of the new signings will turn out to be leaders in the future, though itās sad weāre letting players go who have so much advice to impart about the aspects of being a professional footballer that arenāt measured in KPIs just when we desperately need them.
Go well Garath, a bona-fide Wanderers legend
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Well thatās a sad day. GMac one of my favouritesā¦one of our favourites. We could have done with him on Saturday at Stevenage, he would have raised our game coming on as a sub.
Wishing him all the best for his next move.
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Mo Farah would tire as an attacking player in our team running around, up and down, guessing when the ball will or will not actually be played into a nice attacking area for him to play in.
It was during the first half of Birmingham away when I first saw how fucking miserable it looked to be an attacking player in how D%#&s set us up to play that day. You could see it was pointless even playing Gmac in that system and he looked so disillusioned.
Iāve been anti D%#&s ever since then, I just had a bad feeling right away that this would not work out.
Agreed. This is not working out.
GMacās tweets, pictures and interviews are real narrative breakers arenāt they?
His leaving interview shows exactly the type of person weāre losing, alongside his attributes as a player.
Iāll genuinely miss GMac. Weāve very few ācharactersā left. Hopefully a couple emerge from the new crop.
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Tears in my eyes listening to Gmac and Cecil talk through the last five years or so of Garathās Wycombe time. A man I have so much respect for and take so much inspiration from
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Watching that interview, I think this is just about as sad as Iāve ever been as a Wycombe fan. Feels like losing the last part of something very precious that has gradually been eroded, and which I wonder if weāll ever see again. The type of thing which is intangible and unquantifiable, but which is personified, articulated, and distilled perfectly in GMacās parting words.
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Nothing gradual about it
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Just seen the the Gmac interview. Iām not crying, youāre crying.
Cried my eyes out.
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Apologies if that video had already been posted.
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Pure class from G Mac, a real inspiration for others to aspire to as well. Good luck on the next chapter!
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Putting aside the ridiculousness of losing a player with so much to offer stillā¦
What a superstar Garath has been. And it is such a sad day that another club legend leaves the stage.
When he first came to the club, he was an absolutely class player. The first 2 seasons back in League 1, particularly the first, he was just a completely different class to anyone else. Someone mentioned it yesterday, but the knocking the ball down the line and running the other aide of the defender and linesman to then pick up the ball again was incredible. That exemplified just how good he was.
And since then he has still been a regular fixture in the team, providing so many magic moments. But not only that, he has always been a consumate professional. Fit as a butcherās dog, rarely injured and always dressed and presented impeccably. He always reminded me of Ace Rimmer in Red Dwarf, āWhat a guy!ā
Thank you Garath! All the best at Gillingham - you will be immense in League 2.
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Looks like he had a good send off and some deserved footage today . Nice to see him embracing Dodds too . It would have been a shame if there had been animosity , a guy like this does not deserve that . Every dog has his day unfortunately .
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What a video.
Hereās the thing. It is sometimes said that there are supporters who lack ambition, whoād be happy if we remained in league 1 or 2, who canāt āmove onā when a manager or player leaves, who donāt get that football is a cut throat business. I used to think winning was all that mattered too. I get it.
Listening to that interview and being reminded of the GMac and Gaz years and the connection between players, staff and supporters that can exist in the best of clubs, I notice how sad I am.
Iām sad because I am afraid that those days are gone. Iām not sure I want to be a customer of a big club in a huge ground where Iāve got a Nandoās and a cinema complex and no opportunity to arrive at the ground and nod to the players and ask howās the injury coming or whether they are starting today.
Iām not sure I want to be a supporter of a club where players are pieces of living data, to be swapped in and out based on spreadsheet and AI predictions.
Maybe somehow the connection to supporters can still exist if we are Championship Wycombe. Maybe even Premier League Wycombe. I hope so, I donāt know.
Goodbye GMac, what a great human being you are.
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Just watched the video. Not only a wonderful footballer but a really decent human being. He will be sorely missed.
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