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Post by rocknrollaayatollah on Jun 29, 2017 13:16:29 GMT
Is there a way to ban yourself from the forum a bit like the casino?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 13:18:42 GMT
Yeah come on Darrell, Paul Buckle had signed 10 players by this time when he was in charge!! Sort it out!!
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Post by gasincider on Jun 29, 2017 13:20:04 GMT
At this time of year, I would have thought it would be vital that we keep the fans buzzing with offers of new kit, and new players for the vital importance of boosting season ticket sales.
But each year passes and we don't get any better at marketing. Where is the new kit? Where is the fun day? Where are the new signings?
Will we ever learn? If it was down to Wael I don't think there would be a problem. Sadly it's not. There is of course the old adage, no news is good news. If it's true in our case ' championship here we come'.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jun 29, 2017 13:22:08 GMT
How can you call last season a FLOP? Rovers best finish for 17 years hardly a flop we were favorites for the drop last season He was talking about the signings and added "a case of DC's Managing ability being far better than his signings". How many signings last summer were a success would you say? Luke James is Quality
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Post by pirate on Jun 29, 2017 13:24:28 GMT
At this time of year, I would have thought it would be vital that we keep the fans buzzing with offers of new kit, and new players for the vital importance of boosting season ticket sales. But each year passes and we don't get any better at marketing. Where is the new kit? Where is the fun day? Where are the new signings? Will we ever learn? If it was down to Wael I don't think there would be a problem. Sadly it's not. There is of course the old adage, no news is good news. If it's true in our case ' championship here we come'. Accrington recently released their new kit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 13:26:36 GMT
We will just have to see who we sign before sept 1st and how they perform,its not realistic to expect to have everything sorted before training begins. Its true that hartley,byron moore,roberts,boateng,roos,colkett,james and clarke-salter were all poor in my opinion and we relied on mostly the conference season signings and bodin to finish well up the division. Sweeney and lumley of course were outstanding january signings so it wasnt all bad. I would rather us sign the right players late in the window than the wrong players early. That said we have to sign a keeper and striker at the very least before match one.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 13:49:03 GMT
How can you call last season a FLOP? Rovers best finish for 17 years hardly a flop we were favorites for the drop last season He was talking about the signings and added "a case of DC's Managing ability being far better than his signings". How many signings last summer were a success would you say? If you remember last season we had Leeds sniffing round DC and the Snake was still yet to sign a new contract so TBH I think that took priority over our signings If you look at the seasons before I would say DC's signings were a big part of why the gas got 2 promotions Sinclair,Bodin, Leadbitter and yes the Snake need I say anymore
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 13:49:53 GMT
We will just have to see who we sign before sept 1st and how they perform,its not realistic to expect to have everything sorted before training begins. Its true that hartley,byron moore,roberts,boateng,roos,colkett,james and clarke-salter were all poor in my opinion and we relied on mostly the conference season signings and bodin to finish well up the division. Sweeney and lumley of course were outstanding january signings so it wasnt all bad. I would rather us sign the right players late in the window than the wrong players early. That said we have to sign a keeper and striker at the very least before match one. I would hope we are up and running long before Sept 1st and not having to start playing catch up after 4 league games. We need two goalkeepers a centre half and a quality striker at least assuming we don't lose anymore players. Do really think the "right players" are still going to be available late in August.
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Post by simon1883 on Jun 29, 2017 13:51:06 GMT
At this time of year, I would have thought it would be vital that we keep the fans buzzing with offers of new kit, and new players for the vital importance of boosting season ticket sales. But each year passes and we don't get any better at marketing. Where is the new kit? Where is the fun day? Where are the new signings? Will we ever learn? If it was down to Wael I don't think there would be a problem. Sadly it's not. There is of course the old adage, no news is good news. If it's true in our case ' championship here we come'. I agree with the above. Kit release date should be known. Funday should be planned and advertised everywhere. The two should be "one" event in reality.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 13:54:08 GMT
I'm trying to look at the lack of signings logically is DC playing the poker game finding out what everyone hands are before he makes his move ? Only DC knows but for us fans its frustrating and worrying
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Post by pirate on Jun 29, 2017 13:54:34 GMT
He was talking about the signings and added "a case of DC's Managing ability being far better than his signings". How many signings last summer were a success would you say? If you remember last season we had Leeds sniffing round DC and the Snake was still yet to sign a new contract so TBH I think that took priority over our signings If you look at the seasons before I would say DC's signings were a big part of why the gas got 2 promotions Sinclair,Bodin, Leadbitter and yes the Snake need I say anymore So the summer signings were a flop then, as the OP suggested?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 13:57:51 GMT
Some of them yes but all of them I would have to say No
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Post by tommym9 on Jun 29, 2017 13:57:59 GMT
I would say DCs best transfer window so far has been the conference season. The players he signed then are still at the club for the most part.
After that I can't say we've made any amazing signings in the windows.
Lumley and Sweeney seem to be the exception to the rule.
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Post by pirate on Jun 29, 2017 13:58:55 GMT
Some of them yes but all of them I would have to say No Simple question, who succeeded then?
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Post by tommym9 on Jun 29, 2017 13:59:38 GMT
Don't forget we will have trialists for some of the pre-season games so the squad isn't looking too threadbare with those included.
Plus the youth squad players
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 14:01:29 GMT
I would say DCs best transfer window so far has been the conference season. The players he signed then are still at the club for the most part. After that I can't say we've made any amazing signings in the windows. Lumley and Sweeney seem to be the exception to the rule. So Bodin and Gaffers not good signings admitted Gaffers wasn't great last season
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jun 29, 2017 14:01:59 GMT
Some of them yes but all of them I would have to say No Simple question, who succeeded then? Luke James
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jun 29, 2017 14:03:33 GMT
Some of them yes but all of them I would have to say No Simple question, who succeeded then? The whole squad succeeded surely.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jun 29, 2017 14:03:46 GMT
At this time of year, I would have thought it would be vital that we keep the fans buzzing with offers of new kit, and new players for the vital importance of boosting season ticket sales. But each year passes and we don't get any better at marketing. Where is the new kit? Where is the fun day? Where are the new signings? Will we ever learn? If it was down to Wael I don't think there would be a problem. Sadly it's not. There is of course the old adage, no news is good news. If it's true in our case ' championship here we come'. Accrington recently released their new kit. Pretty sure that's the one from last christmas.
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Post by mariobalotelli on Jun 29, 2017 14:03:48 GMT
At this time of year, I would have thought it would be vital that we keep the fans buzzing with offers of new kit, and new players for the vital importance of boosting season ticket sales. But each year passes and we don't get any better at marketing. Where is the new kit? Where is the fun day? Where are the new signings? Will we ever learn? If it was down to Wael I don't think there would be a problem. Sadly it's not. There is of course the old adage, no news is good news. If it's true in our case ' championship here we come'. I agree with the above. Kit release date should be known. Funday should be planned and advertised everywhere. The two should be "one" event in reality. Pretty sure the kit release date has been put out there? 20th July I thought.
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