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Post by El Goodo on Sept 16, 2024 21:10:18 GMT
Have you forgot to switch your log in details El G? No, just got a lot of time on my hands since leaving Barrow in the summer.
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badders12
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Post by badders12 on Sept 16, 2024 21:29:57 GMT
Kaikai got 12 for Shrewsbury in L1.... 9 years ago. Perhaps this is the spur he needs to deliver his once-in-a-decade season. Anyone fancy giving Janneh another go? Pass
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Post by Brophypants on Sept 16, 2024 21:31:12 GMT
Kaikai got 12 for Shrewsbury in L1.... 9 years ago. Perhaps this is the spur he needs to deliver his once-in-a-decade season. Anyone fancy giving Janneh another go? Pass Do you think he can?
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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Sept 16, 2024 22:05:35 GMT
Have you forgot to switch your log in details El G? No, just got a lot of time on my hands since leaving Barrow in the summer. It must be complicated being both Wild and Bonner.
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Post by jamescufc7 on Sept 16, 2024 22:17:43 GMT
I'd be surprised if Strang's position hadn't been reviewed. It’s more worrying that they persist with him, I get signing the journeymen in the first year after a promotion. But surely years 2/3/4 you look to build a squad for more than a season. The summer recruitment has been poor for 3 summers in a row consistently leaving us short in key areas of the squad. The pod made some great points today on recruitment, 1) why are we constantly missing out on players when they are close to signing? 2) If we do go down we have no real assets to sell on/a load of journeymen out of contract so another complete rebuild would be required. The club has been rightly applauded for how well it’s been run in the last few years off the pitch however there’s a growing argument that it has been run poorly on it. There doesn’t seem to be a medium or long term footballing strategy, every window feels panicked and desperate and that will result in relegation when clubs are increasingly operating much smarter in the transfer window. Even going from Harris to Monk looks a strange decision given their footballing styles, the argument for a director of football is that they deal with the long term vision and the manager deals with the short term. However we only look to have a short term plan.
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Post by lionel on Sept 16, 2024 23:10:38 GMT
Unused substitute tonight, although given the number 9 shirt so might get a go in Bulgaria. Happy with that - means he didn't get injured! I think I mentioned injuries but got away it...
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Post by hhabbin on Sept 17, 2024 2:14:19 GMT
Martyn Waghorn is still a free agent he's got to be worth a 6-month contract at least now.
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Post by joe77 on Sept 17, 2024 6:45:06 GMT
Martyn Waghorn is still a free agent he's got to be worth a 6-month contract at least now. Sadly, I don't think there's much chance of us signing Waghorn or any other free agent striker.
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Post by joe77 on Sept 17, 2024 6:57:20 GMT
The club has been rightly applauded for how well it’s been run in the last few years off the pitch however there’s a growing argument that it has been run poorly on it. There doesn’t seem to be a medium or long term footballing strategy, every window feels panicked and desperate and that will result in relegation when clubs are increasingly operating much smarter in the transfer window. Even going from Harris to Monk looks a strange decision given their footballing styles, the argument for a director of football is that they deal with the long term vision and the manager deals with the short term. However we only look to have a short term plan. Completely agree with this.
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Post by Tom Shaw's Fist of Rage on Sept 17, 2024 6:58:11 GMT
I'd be surprised if Strang's position hadn't been reviewed. It’s more worrying that they persist with him, I get signing the journeymen in the first year after a promotion. But surely years 2/3/4 you look to build a squad for more than a season. The summer recruitment has been poor for 3 summers in a row consistently leaving us short in key areas of the squad. The pod made some great points today on recruitment, 1) why are we constantly missing out on players when they are close to signing? 2) If we do go down we have no real assets to sell on/a load of journeymen out of contract so another complete rebuild would be required. The club has been rightly applauded for how well it’s been run in the last few years off the pitch however there’s a growing argument that it has been run poorly on it. There doesn’t seem to be a medium or long term footballing strategy, every window feels panicked and desperate and that will result in relegation when clubs are increasingly operating much smarter in the transfer window. Even going from Harris to Monk looks a strange decision given their footballing styles, the argument for a director of football is that they deal with the long term vision and the manager deals with the short term. However we only look to have a short term plan. 1) Money 2) Isn't that probably a good thing that we are not lumbered with bad players on League 1 contracts. Surely that's only a problem if we do well? I agree with you on the vision thing, I can't get my head around the Bonner Harris Monk movement.
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Post by danielcufc on Sept 17, 2024 7:35:14 GMT
I agree with you on the vision thing, I can't get my head around the Bonner Harris Monk movement. Harris to Bonner actually made sense in terms of style & the squad at the time. Harris football wasn’t too far removed from Bonner’s. It’s the sudden leap to Monks style with many of the same players that seems confused. I still feel like we are trying to run before we can walk with it. A poor pre-season doesn’t seem like I helped either.
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Post by imp566 on Sept 17, 2024 7:53:34 GMT
Happy with that - means he didn't get injured! I think I mentioned injuries but got away it... Hand me the revolver, I feel the need to shoot a bullet into my foot!
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Post by El Goodo on Sept 17, 2024 7:55:37 GMT
This idea seems to have taken root that our pre-season was a mess but I'm not really sure why.
We had a training camp, playing a local team & a L2 team who were in the same place; then Braintree, Ebbsfleet & WBA, all of which we won; before the kids + Stevens, Bennett, Morrison & Digby got pumped by Colchester a day later.
Looks like a fairly standard one to me. Is it just recency bias because basically a youth team got minced by Colchester, despite the actual first team playing pretty well against WBA the day before?
Should have spent the Portugal money on strikers etc
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Post by joe77 on Sept 17, 2024 8:24:57 GMT
I was thinking just the other day that the WBA and QPR (second half) performances are a kind of benchmark that if we can get back to, then that offers hope for a potential upturn in results.
The Lavery injury news has somewhat tempered that since, though.
Still, if Nlundulu, Loft and Njoku can stay fit and find form, then maybe the hope still holds.....
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Post by rozza1 on Sept 17, 2024 8:37:52 GMT
It’s more worrying that they persist with him, I get signing the journeymen in the first year after a promotion. But surely years 2/3/4 you look to build a squad for more than a season. The summer recruitment has been poor for 3 summers in a row consistently leaving us short in key areas of the squad. The pod made some great points today on recruitment, 1) why are we constantly missing out on players when they are close to signing? 2) If we do go down we have no real assets to sell on/a load of journeymen out of contract so another complete rebuild would be required. The club has been rightly applauded for how well it’s been run in the last few years off the pitch however there’s a growing argument that it has been run poorly on it. There doesn’t seem to be a medium or long term footballing strategy, every window feels panicked and desperate and that will result in relegation when clubs are increasingly operating much smarter in the transfer window. Even going from Harris to Monk looks a strange decision given their footballing styles, the argument for a director of football is that they deal with the long term vision and the manager deals with the short term. However we only look to have a short term plan. 1) Money 2) Isn't that probably a good thing that we are not lumbered with bad players on League 1 contracts. Surely that's only a problem if we do well? I agree with you on the vision thing, I can't get my head around the Bonner Harris Monk movement. Utilising a small budget effectively to help us perform and improve on the pitch is part of their jobs here. It's not a task I envy them for, but I don't think you can shrug off questions by simply saying it's all down to money. If anything it raises questions on how the playing budget has been used on a short term and a long term basis? And if the football side of the club is doing its part in generating income(player sales etc.)? These aren't just ordinary people off the internet, they are being given alot of responsibility and being paid alot of money so to expect a higher standard is natural.
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