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Post by Jomo on May 31, 2021 7:33:23 GMT
I can’t see that the board made a bad decision on Garner, it was just one that didn’t work out. The theory behind the appointment was a good one, it just didn’t work out. Tisdale seemed a “safe set of hands” after trying inexperience but his lack of action and foresight in the transfer window was his own undoing. Then bringing in Barton - a man that I had always strongly disliked- was choosing the strongest candidate available at the time with highest chance of success. I’m optimistic about next season with him in charge despite previously wanting him nowhere near the club. I do not understand in those 3 appointments how people can be so fiercely critical if I’m honest, as they all seemed to make good sense at the time with the reasoning behind them. Their idea behind the Garner appointment was a decent one, but agreed it didn't work out. The fact that they've completely abandoned their philosophy since then is what highlights their incompetence. As pirate said, we can't trust their process if they don't trust it themselves.
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Post by Jomo on May 31, 2021 7:07:43 GMT
Tom Lockyer not in welsh squad, don't know how his season went with Luton, as he was in and around welsh squad last year? I am fairly sure he suffered a season ending injury not too long ago. Gutting for Locks, I would have enjoyed seeing him in the Euros. Real shame.
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Post by Jomo on May 31, 2021 6:53:53 GMT
Once not long ago financially they were on a par with us, I know nothing about there owners but surely we could follow there example...... Maybe for some reason Wael don't have a spare few million to rebuild the Mem or a new site. Nothing will change sadly Do we have the patience as a club or fanbase? Doesn't seem like it to me, certainly not those in positions of power with their so called 'Rovers DNA'. I was told by a first team employee to "trust the process" but how are we suppose to "trust the process" when those in charge of implementing 'the process' don't even believe or trust in it themselves? The scattergun approach to managerial appointments and recruitment says it all. Buying cheap young players or undervalued talent and selling expensive is the Brentford way. I was told we were trying to copy that on a smaller scale, but the people in charge of the process were incompetent so was always likely to fail. The idea is a good one, but you need the right people in positions of power and influence to make it succeed. Brentford have that with their Owner, Director of Football, CEO and recruitment team, sadly we don't. "Data can tell you where to look, but cannot tell you exactly who to pick" says Rasmus Ankersen, Brentford’s co-director of football. “I think the journey the club has been on has been absolutely remarkable. There should be a lot of clubs out there dreaming. Everything is possible if you work hard, have a clear strategy, top attitude and togetherness. I think then everything is achievable in the world”, said Thomas Frank. Interestingly, Frank lost eight of his first 10 games after becoming manager in October 2018. I wonder how long he would have lasted here? Top post pirate and that's exactly what I've felt since the Garner debacle. The decision making and revisionist approach of our Board has been a total embarrassment, and simply lays bare their incompetence I'm afraid.
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Post by Jomo on May 31, 2021 5:09:36 GMT
Don’t write off Tutonda either, I think he’d make a genuinely good left back in League Two. I'd actually forgotten about Tutonda!
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Post by Jomo on May 30, 2021 18:34:03 GMT
As I had never heard of Anderton previously, I went on the Carlisle forum to see what their fans thought of his exit to us. A tad worryingly, the general consensus seems to be that they're glad to see the back of him, some describing him as a liability.
Of course, he could turn out to be a great signing for us, and I certainly hope he does, but it is a bit worrying. Nonetheless, we will have Ryan Jones to hopefully give him some decent competition.
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Post by Jomo on May 30, 2021 13:18:16 GMT
Glad Wrexham are out of the mix. If they had gone up then they would have been in the hunt for promotion One of our bogey teams, whenever we played them It's crazy that Wrexham have been out of the football league for so long. I will be eternally grateful to DC and the squad from 2015 for getting us out of there at the first attempt. We could so easily have been another Wrexham. The Conference looks scary these days with the amount of big ex-league clubs down there. Please please please don't let us go back there, as I dread to think how long it could take us to come back.
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Post by Jomo on May 30, 2021 9:15:03 GMT
Blimey, Abs must not know whether he's coming or going!
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Post by Jomo on May 29, 2021 10:16:21 GMT
I’ll be rooting for: Man City Brentford Lincoln Morecambe Torquay Same for me except I hope Newport beat Morecambe. Newport have been there or thereabouts since Mike Flynn became full time manager there, and it would be nice to see them take that final step to promotion.
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Post by Jomo on May 28, 2021 13:04:17 GMT
There with my two sons, who aren’t really gasheads, just their second team. Great day out and we should have won but somehow it just went against us. But we kept going right to the end. Warnock just loved it because I think it was his revenge for us pipping Notts Co 5 years earlier. He was giving it some and for some reason that sticks in my mind. Since then it’s been a gradual decline esp to see what Huddersfield built up to. Well, not only them but many other clubs who we were on a par with then. UTG! So true. It's interesting to look back at league tables back then to see how times have changed. There are others like us that have simply stayed still or gone backwards, like Grimsby, Stockport, Gillingham, Wrexham etc. But so many have left us in their dust. Huddersfield, Wigan, Reading, Brighton, Swansea, Cardiff, Brentford, Millwall, Hull, Rotherham, Preston, Doncaster, even sad to say, the Sh**.
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Post by Jomo on May 28, 2021 9:37:47 GMT
I wasn't there, but I remember listening to it on the radio in the back garden with my Dad. I was 8 at the time, and not ashamed to admit I cried!
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Post by Jomo on May 27, 2021 13:17:57 GMT
We’ve had a glut of trollish accounts register on here recently. I don’t know if it’s the relegation or the lockdowns or Joey Barton, but it’s got quite hard for the mods to deal with. It just ruins the place for other members quite frankly. So I’m sorry Smashngrab1, you might be a genuine Gashead, in which case feel free to reregister and share your passion about the Gas, but an obviously incendiary first post attacking a player who’s only been here five minutes suggests otherwise. So you’re gone. Closed season is like this every year. Bored WUM's joining up to have a laugh. It's bizarre.
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Post by Jomo on May 27, 2021 9:43:04 GMT
Bang on mate... the list that I put together the other day wasn't really inline with your ask of regular 20 goal a season but as far as some goal scorers it may be a start James Norwood Paul Mullin Conor McAleny Brett Pitman John Akinde Edit: Do you think that a full Joey Barton pre season could bring Ayunga/Hanlan into the realms of bagging 15+ Goals? Certainly shows it’s easier said than done. Our best chance of a 20 goal a season striker is someone who comes in under the radar like JCH did but that won’t keep the fans happy in the short term. I definitely wouldn’t be writing off either Hanlan or Ayunga but think the burden needs to be shared with at least one new signing If Ayunga can come into the new season fully fit, then I fancy him to score plenty in L2. He was near enough unplayable for a brief flurry of games after the Pompey game. I remember him giving the Accy and Charlton defences a torrid time, but he just couldn't find the net. So I completely agree, the burden needs to be shared with a new more experienced striker who has scored goals recently.
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Post by Jomo on May 27, 2021 9:35:25 GMT
When was the last time we bought in a proven goalscorer in the level we’re playing at? In 2006 we signed Rickie Lambert in L2 when he had just scored over 20 goals in a season for Rochdale in the same league.. Then under Buckle we brought in McGleish, Harrold, Zebroski and Anyinsah. As a strike force, that was about as "guaranteed goals" as you were going to get heading into L2 back then. Shame it didn't quite work out that way! A lesson in a long line of lessons to us fans not to get carried away by decent "on-paper" signings.
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Post by Jomo on May 26, 2021 16:47:06 GMT
I guess more to come as he did promise some exciting news How can you still come on here and think to be taken seriously after you openly admitted to being a WUM? Btw I wouldn't necessarily say this is "exciting" but I'm still chuffed we've signed some experienced players early on. Jury will be out from me on all signings this summer though, as I've been let down too many times by supposedly decent signings.
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Post by Jomo on May 24, 2021 21:34:32 GMT
TBF clubs receive some funding to help run their academies. The lowest (cat 4) receive about 100k year (about 2/3 of the cost) from the Prem. The elite academies cost £2m+ per year to run and they are limited as to how many players they are allowed in each age group; so can't stockpile youngsters to the extent that perhaps some assume. As I've said before, parents don't really want their kids moving away from home, the attraction is the offer of a private education so youngsters stand to gain a better life chances should they fail to have a career as a player. Villa have apparently signed 30 youngsters from other clubs for their Academy this season, if there are restrictions they can't be that restrictive? As far as private schooling, are they really spending £30K+ per Academy player so they can all attend a private boarding school, as that's the best part of £1m per age group? If that's true that they signed 30 academy players this year, then whatever restrictions there are in place clearly aren't worth a thing.
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Post by Jomo on May 24, 2021 21:31:35 GMT
I remember posting a message asking about how much wael might have inherited and was shot down as it was insensitive! It wasn't it was just a thought and now another member has asked the same question I think he deserves the same negative response or I should have apology For what it's worth I still think it's in poor taste to speculate online about how much our owner would have inherited from his father's passing, particularly as the only reason it would be discussed is how it affects us as fans. His inheritance is his own business.
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Post by Jomo on May 24, 2021 12:37:37 GMT
Theres a lot of this going to happen. Rumours that since brexit clubs cant bring over the younger boys from Europe. Brad is a great little player should go along way. Previously, British clubs could sign EU nationals between the ages of 16 and 18 with parental permission, those rules now only apply to players from the UK. If British clubs want to sign players from the EU, they now have to wait until they are 18 and are restricted to signing just six EU players each year between the ages of 18 and 21. In addition, these players will now have to fulfill criteria that determines their eligibility to play in the UK. This includes whether they've played international football and the ranking of the league they've been playing in. And it's not just players who are affected. Coaches will also be subject to a points-based system which would have blocked Huddersfield's move for David Wagner in 2015 and Daniel Farke's appointment at Norwich in 2017, with both having arrived in England directly from Borussia Dortmund's reserve team. The gift that keeps on giving...
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Post by Jomo on May 24, 2021 12:16:42 GMT
Recall e mailing Eric Pickles the then minister for something and added my name to a petition urging him to approve the UWE.He did so as did our lady MP and the Council but it still never happened so sadly I am firmly in the 'Believe it when I'm sat in it' Brigade'.So many false dawns. The problem has never been with the council. It's always been us not having our own house in order.
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Post by Jomo on May 24, 2021 12:05:05 GMT
Why dont someone ask Sam frost if the story about the fruit market being sold is true ?I was told by one of Arthur David drivers last year it was being run down the f m that is Go on then
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Post by Jomo on May 24, 2021 11:46:16 GMT
Imay be wrong but didn’t the EFL clubs vote strongly in favour of the EPPP? Weren’t they thrown a few quid as an incentive to do so? They also voted in favour of the B team introduction into the EFL Trophy. It's nothing more than bribery in my eyes. Screw over the lower league clubs to such an extent that they are powerless to resist financial incentives for schemes that are against their best interests.
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