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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 11, 2014 16:05:37 GMT
I suggest you go on both teams websites. Mitchell isn't out player. Trotman is probably the 21st as didn't see him on there. I said the programme. I suggest you read my posts. I know you said the programme. I'm pointing out the programme is wrong.
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Post by Congas on Aug 11, 2014 17:08:27 GMT
Monkhouse needs to get forward more in the creative midfielder role and they need to up the pace a bit and try more one-touch passing. They receive the ball, knock it forward a foot or so then pass it. Three movements that kill the impetus. Lockyer is a different class and looked comfortable, dare I say silky, on the ball. I'm not sure what Brunt's strengths are having only seen him on a few occasions, but he seems to play off the shoulder of his defender to drag him out of position and open up for others to move in. Didn't work on Saturday because a)he wasn't match fit, and b)Grimsby played it really tight at the back. The team's lacking real creativity up front but hopefully that'll be rectified this week?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 17:47:21 GMT
On the back of the programme it showed we actually have a bigger squad than Grimsby. No, we don't. They have 24, we have 20. 3 of ours are loaned out
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 17:48:11 GMT
Im totally on the fence about DC !!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 18:07:06 GMT
Not one of the players that turned out on saturday will score any more than 15 goals. Thats my prediction
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 18:10:52 GMT
Not one of the players that turned out on saturday will score any more than 15 goals. Thats my prediction I reckon you predict wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 18:21:18 GMT
Not one of the players that turned out on saturday will score any more than 15 goals. Thats my prediction I don't think anyone of our team will score fifteen goals
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 18:41:52 GMT
Not one of the players that turned out on saturday will score any more than 15 goals. Thats my prediction I don't think anyone of our team will score fifteen goals Maybe the team wont score more than fifteen goals
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 11, 2014 19:25:06 GMT
White & Taylor have decent goal records at Conference level, if we do play 50 or 60 games this season then surely they can manage one goal every 3 or 4 games? I should imagine they have both set themselves targets of 20 goals each this season.
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Post by stevek192 on Aug 11, 2014 19:44:48 GMT
Whilst against the stronger teams I think scoring will be a problem I have a feeling that we will hit 3,4 & 5 against some of the weaker teams and IF DC finally manages to get the winger and striker he is after then I think we have a good chance in the bigger games. IMO the Board shgould have made his job a bit easier before the first game by ensuring that we got the players he has his eye on at the moment.I am sure a decent winger on saturday would have brought us the three points and the same may be true tomorrow night. Continual failure to agree a price for the loan player and striker will cost us points and in the end that will end up costing the Board more.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 11, 2014 20:01:22 GMT
Whilst against the stronger teams I think scoring will be a problem I have a feeling that we will hit 3,4 & 5 against some of the weaker teams and IF DC finally manages to get the winger and striker he is after then I think we have a good chance in the bigger games. IMO the Board shgould have made his job a bit easier before the first game by ensuring that we got the players he has his eye on at the moment.I am sure a decent winger on saturday would have brought us the three points and the same may be true tomorrow night. Continual failure to agree a price for the loan player and striker will cost us points and in the end that will end up costing the Board more. Exactly Steve!
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Post by Gastroenteritis on Aug 11, 2014 20:20:08 GMT
Whilst against the stronger teams I think scoring will be a problem I have a feeling that we will hit 3,4 & 5 against some of the weaker teams and IF DC finally manages to get the winger and striker he is after then I think we have a good chance in the bigger games. IMO the Board shgould have made his job a bit easier before the first game by ensuring that we got the players he has his eye on at the moment.I am sure a decent winger on saturday would have brought us the three points and the same may be true tomorrow night. Continual failure to agree a price for the loan player and striker will cost us points and in the end that will end up costing the Board more. Exactly Steve! true but the board can't really roll over to high demands. There must be a cut off point at witch the club say 'we can't afford this'. Alternatively we could just end up with a load of highly paid unfit crocks like last season.
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Post by Gastroenteritis on Aug 11, 2014 20:32:20 GMT
Clark is the right man for the job.
Don't know enough about the board to pass judgment on the running of the club. But from the stats, the closure of the OF, and the mixed communication I would say the club isn't being run to its potential. I have met Higgs and he seems passionate albeit a long time ago. I don't pretend to know any inside information so don't really know what goes on. What I do know is this is the poorest our club has ever performed. Gutted!!
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Post by lulworthgas on Aug 12, 2014 11:49:04 GMT
It seems strange to me that the budget is so tight. DC must have cleared out about 15-20 grand a week on wages. Plus the transfer fees from lambert and smith. I know we have lost rugby income and some league money but still have a parachute payment for this year only. So all that said, surely we should be able to put a title challenging squad together just off the back of our attendances. Are the board being tight with cash through the fear of not going up first time? For me this is an opportunity to gain promotion and go back into the league with a squad that are not on silly money and the club starting to generate a small profit.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 12, 2014 11:54:26 GMT
It seems strange to me that the budget is so tight. DC must have cleared out about 15-20 grand a week on wages. Plus the transfer fees from lambert and smith. I know we have lost rugby income and some league money but still have a parachute payment for this year only. So all that said, surely we should be able to put a title challenging squad together just off the back of our attendances. Are the board being tight with cash through the fear of not going up first time? For me this is an opportunity to gain promotion and go back into the league with a squad that are not on silly money and the club starting to generate a small profit. Lambert Money is due NEXT season Smith is based on appearances
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Post by lulworthgas on Aug 12, 2014 12:04:22 GMT
It seems strange to me that the budget is so tight. DC must have cleared out about 15-20 grand a week on wages. Plus the transfer fees from lambert and smith. I know we have lost rugby income and some league money but still have a parachute payment for this year only. So all that said, surely we should be able to put a title challenging squad together just off the back of our attendances. Are the board being tight with cash through the fear of not going up first time? For me this is an opportunity to gain promotion and go back into the league with a squad that are not on silly money and the club starting to generate a small profit. Lambert Money is due NEXT season Smith is based on appearancesĀ Yeah I know it's due next season, but it's guaranteed money. Surely some cash could be injected into the playing squad from a director on the promise of taking some of the lambert transfer fee? Or is that what got Wycombe in trouble?
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Post by simon1883 on Aug 12, 2014 12:34:45 GMT
Monkhouse needs to get forward more in the creative midfielder role and they need to up the pace a bit and try more one-touch passing. They receive the ball, knock it forward a foot or so then pass it. Three movements that kill the impetus. Lockyer is a different class and looked comfortable, dare I say silky, on the ball. I'm not sure what Brunt's strengths are having only seen him on a few occasions, but he seems to play off the shoulder of his defender to drag him out of position and open up for others to move in. Didn't work on Saturday because a)he wasn't match fit, and b)Grimsby played it really tight at the back. The team's lacking real creativity up front but hopefully that'll be rectified this week? Defo feel its the killer pass that we miss. couple this with no midfielder that pushes on past the strikers. Brunts dragging defenders out of position is pointless without someone willing to fill the space. This has to be a midfileder as the other striker should be marked........ I too noticed that TL was very comfortable on the ball and it was nice to see our back three actually look to pass rather than hoof at every occassion.
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Post by malmersgas on Aug 12, 2014 12:55:02 GMT
I`m happy with DC, and I thought Saturday was very encouraging and that the new boys looked good. A good, solid building block to work from.
As for the board, I`m on the fence with that one.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Aug 12, 2014 14:54:42 GMT
Clarke - Think he's the right man for the job and I have faith in the squad he's assembling.
Board - Don't think I had better give my opinion on them. Very small signs of improvement in certain areas (e.g. communication) over the last few weeks, though.
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Post by Gas-Ed on Aug 12, 2014 15:25:47 GMT
I don't think we can afford (quite literally) not to back DC. Sooner or later, we have to give a manager a chance to succeed. Our hire and fire policy over the last 3 years or so has been embarrassing and that is the boards fault.
Clarke seems like a good bloke whereas Paul Buckle was about as likeable as a kick in the bollocks and had a really bad relationship with the fans. Mark McGhee's selection was barmy, with Parkes used as a winger and Virgo a striker. Ward managed to compile a totally unbalanced squad with no goalscorer, no pace and no wingers. Clarke on the other hand, unlike Ward, has identified how unbalanced we were and has done his best to rectify the issue.
At 36, Darrell is far from the finished article as a manager but he says the right things and seems to have high expectations of us as a football club rather than telling us all to lower our expectations.
There is an awful lot written about the men who run this football club and I have to say I take a lot of it with a pinch of salt. The facts are that Higgs and co have guided us from an established League One football club into non-league.
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