He actually didnt mention Lee Hughes in the column tho did he? He was definitley referring to the issue, and as much of a cock that Gaunt is, I dont think what he said in his column today was wrong.
It was something along the lines of (i cant quote cos i left the paper at work) "In 3 1/2 year McCormick will be 28, relatively young for a goalkeeper. There will be a club somewhere with no morals (and yes, Im talking about you Oldham) who will sign him". Now basically, if we are to go along the route of signing someone like Hughes (which we did) then we are opening ourselves up to digs like this....and basically we cannot complain too much about it.
Plus, who care what John Gaunt really thinks?