Tony Mowbray sat me down and uttered the dreaded words. “Clean slate Tam, it’s a fresh start, work hard in the pre-season and we’ll take it from there.
Blah, blah, blah.” In his next breath he said: “By the way, who is your agent and can I have his number?” The writing was already on the wall.
During that time at Hibs I was on a very good contract and I knew the pressure was on to justify it so I knew the situation.” I have no doubt there are similar conversations taking place at Easter Road at the moment between Lee Johnson and several of his out of favour players.
Elias Melkersen and Christian Doidge to name but two will have been given the ‘second chance’ spiel. At the same time the club will be assessing their options and looking to see if they can be moved on.