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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 26, 2024 9:09:41 GMT
Interesting! From the article... "Q: Top eight is what you set out in terms of the budget when you first came in, is that the same sort of budget we can expect for this summer? A: Yes. Probably about the same budget but what has changed, and I think it is very important, is the set up for this recruitment. We did not have that set up last summer. So I would say that the budget will be utilised optimally this summer and the selection and recruitment will be done with better information, better signs, better analysis so we hope that we can achieve better results with the same budget." Talk is actually very cheap. We didn't have a "top 8" budget this season and we certainly won't be having one next season either. So you've seen all the other teams budgets?? You have seen our budget?? We don't know how much we paid towards Vale's wages. A lot of the budget was tied up on injured players. Wilson turned down Plymouth, as we offered him better terms. Brown wouldn't have been cheap either, as he did well last season, although his court case would have put the price down a bit! Martin would have been on a high wage. Hunt and Friend came from the championship and would have been on a good wage. You would think Ward and Thomas would be on a good wage, they both came from clubs higher up as well. Even Taylor and McCormick etc would be on an okay wage, as they were highly rated when they signed. Rossitier would be on an okay wage as has only now started playing. A lot of our budget hardly played, but we still have to pay them!
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 25, 2024 9:24:59 GMT
I've been concerned about Wrexham when they were in non league, the owner is buying them promotion, you know they will be in the prem probably in 2 seasons, that's 1 promotion spot already gone in my eyes So far the most they have paid for a player is £300,000. There is a big jump from league 2 to league 1. Then an even bigger jump to the championship. Nobody knows how much they will spend. There was a hold up with the funding for their new stand, so it was delayed, then delayed more and they built a temporary stand for the time being. The owners said they wouldn't pay for it themselves, that they were not going to throw money away like that. They are spending £25 of the governments money instead, but there have delays in getting the funding. We don't know how much is for TV and if they will get bored, if they are a mid table club in League 1.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 23, 2024 9:22:51 GMT
Kite's hardly set L1 alight but Hartridge has got to be an improvement on the likes of Wilson and Connolly? Assuming there's any truth in these rumours it does seem we're simply swapping the Scouse Mafia for the Doven Crew rather than going out and finding quality players from other clubs. If we sign both, I expect they will be squad players that Taylor knows can do a job, if he needs them. Exeter don't pay big wages, so they won't be on much. We need a balance of these type of players and players on a higher wage. If we are signing them to be first team regulars, then that's worrying.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 23, 2024 9:19:52 GMT
Kite can't get in Exeter's starting line-up. He's being kept out by Ryan Woods! He was doing well in League 1 under Taylor and is only 23. He might be out of the side, because he wanted to leave in January if rumors are true. If we do sign him as a squad player, that's okay. I doubt he's going to be on a massive wage, so he would be useful to have as a back up, when Ward and others are injured. Not every player we sign we be with a view to them starting every game. We need to build a squad.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 23, 2024 5:26:38 GMT
Sounds like they won’t be touching the terracing that remains which frankly makes the project sound underwhelming and as if it will be done on the cheap Did he say the terracing would remain how it is? Didn't he mention safe standing in a previous interview, some people prefer to stand. If the aim is to get to the championship, you can't have old fashion terracing can you? I assumed the rest would be safe standing.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 21, 2024 18:02:14 GMT
Turning out for Coventry today in the FA Cup semi against Man Utd. Played well as well as did all the Coventry team Great semifinal and gutted for them I'm glad we don't have Var. Clubs will be afraid to celebrate a goal soon!
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 21, 2024 7:24:05 GMT
Looks like we are looking more at the longer term. A development side, long contracts for young players that have potential etc.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 20, 2024 18:44:55 GMT
Decent game of football without too many big chances. Peterborough have better players than we do at this point in time but we pretty much matched them. Likely the last we've seen of finley and marquis imo. I doubt we'll see any of the loanees back either. Martin and sinclair will be at the mem for 1 more year. Anyone that left before clapping the players off needs to have a look at themselves. Especially if they were happy to clap them off at the end of last season. More points and a higher position yet all there seems to be is doom and gloom. Not the best or most entertaining season by any stretch but if all you're going for is to see perfection every week you can go get a man city ticket. Tired of all the whining bar stewards at the moment. See you all next season, refreshed and ready to go again. Honestly, the bunch of aholes that got us relegated to non-league got almost got as much applause as the team today who gave it a real go second half. Dissapointing season but it was pretty sad and undeserved seeing the team out on the pitch in front of about 800 remaining fans. Peterbrough clearly a well drilled, strong, pacy and obviously better side but it wouldn't take all that much for us to get to that level based on what I saw today. Did Taylor and the coaching staff do the lap of the pitch??
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 17, 2024 16:58:56 GMT
Evans is in demand, wonder what Joey makes of that given he was none too complementary and his comments on Radio Bristol may have contributed to his downfall. Fair play to Evans - a long and successful career, would be surprised if JB gets another job. Joey already tweeted about it earlier, calling him a name again😂
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 17, 2024 8:49:24 GMT
Thing is about Rossiter is, he plays on the front foot, he wins the ball and plays it forward quickly. Conteh hasn't quite got that in his game yet. We definitely lost our forward momentum when Rossiter went off. You can also see Rossiter constantly talking, organising and encouraging, his influence in massive. I'm sure Conteh will come good but It's quite frustrating watching him play sometimes. Tackles and hussles well but as soon as he gets the ball the the play slows down or goes backwards. Needs more drive to push forward at pace He does pass the ball forward as well, he played one good forward ball to the left wing, from the middle of the park. But more often than not, he will look for the easy pass. Not every player is going to be an attacking threat though. At times every team needs a player, who will win the ball back and keep it simple. He is still young and learning, this is his first season in the football league and first few months in League 1. So hopefully he can add to his game. If he learns to drive with the ball and becomes more of an attacking threat, he will be too good for this level!
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 16, 2024 19:40:04 GMT
End of the season can't come soon enough for me. I think it's the same for everyone, including the players😂. Little to play for now, the games are almost like friendlies. I would like to see a few youngsters given ago before the end of the season.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 14, 2024 14:06:04 GMT
Assuming he stays fit until the end of the season Rossiter must be worth the risk, as he could be the difference between a mid table or top 6 finish? Sadly I don't think Ward is worth the risk, even if the same applies to him, as he just can't stay fit. Ward is still under contact though isn't he?? Can we afford to have both?? Rossitier has only ever played over half of the games, once in his entire career! Great ability, but it's not a small risk, it's a massive risk. Some have said offer him a short term deal, or pay as you play etc. That is definitely an option, but if someone gambles and offers him a longer deal, he's unlikely to take a shorter deal.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 14, 2024 8:38:54 GMT
Ward and Rossiter both went off. Was this precautionary or should we have injury concerns. No comments in the press. Rossiter- precautionary Wilson- hamstring Ward - hamstring He said Wilson had a right hamstring from early on. So we might see him play again this season. Pointless risking players though.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 13, 2024 13:11:14 GMT
Just a few changes then ! 😂 Great to see Rossitor back Will anyone have started all 3 games??? Looks like he's giving everyone a chance. It's almost like it's playing friendlies at the moment. Trying different players, different formations etc. Hard to get any rhythm at the moment though!!
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 9, 2024 9:19:36 GMT
I don't know the ins and outs of the loan deal. I was just answering the question of what I would do. Yes he can can be recalled at anytime, at the end of the day he is a Signed Rovers player so as long as Oxford are okay with it is not a problem and Seeing they have been relegated then i cant see it being one. I heard that Oxford City's Goalkeeper is on loan from Wigan, he is not being recalled but apparently playing the last game of the season as National league finishes a week earlier! Wigan's last game happens to be Us at Wigan! The thing is with Greenslade is he is quick, and would play well of Martin and is also very creative so would cause different problems. It would be worth a look as we never know what we have got until to give him a chance at this level. The reason in Putting Greenslade in that Oxford team was to see if he could cope Physically. The Defender from the Clip is on loan to Barnet from Leyton Orient and has played over 150 league games. The Goalkeeper is Tottenham's under 21 Goal keeper so he can mix it against good players. I think if Taylor has an idea that a couple of players wont be there next season then it wouldn't harm playing him and seeing what he has got! Can it be any worse? I thought we wanted to play a youngster on the final day before, but we couldn't as he was out on loan before. I thought you had to be recalled during the transfer windows to play?? It might be different, when they are playing at a lower level.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 9, 2024 7:53:03 GMT
He's made one signing so far as he's been one of the best players. So how do we know he will waste the money? He didn't put the squad together and it's been struggling. I've asked many of our fans, who they would have played in the games were didn't score to take players on, or get in behind and they all ignore the question. So who would you have played?? Players like Evans are technically good, but they need players making runs to play the ball to. Thomas was more of an attacking threat on Saturday, at least we have him back. Brandon travels a bit with the ball as well, so it was good that he was back. But without them, who would you have played?? I think CM looks knackered at the moment. We are all but mathematically safe. If it was me, I would be recalling Harvey Greenslade and giving him the rest of the season. You will never know if he doesn't get played. Not too dissimilar to Azzas goal on Saturday. Are we allowed to recall and play him at this stage of the season??
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 8, 2024 23:30:09 GMT
Topper, that’s rubbish. We beat Morecambe in his first match, last weekend on March I think. We’d been poor all season following a familiar ‘let’s recruit but stop at recruiting any good strikers’ transfer policy. The two full backs getting injured and a combination of other crap things meant we went down. DC took his share of the blame and started to do something about it. But, we were never ‘virtually relegated…’ That’s possibly re-writing history as supergas said or just rubbish. JB didn’t have a good squad perhaps but it was unforgivable the way he gave up, stood with his arms crossed and blamed the players. MT fortunately hasn’t given up, though some of the players may have. Has to be given time to recruit and get the team playing his way. Of course it may not work out, there are never any guarantees in football but we’ve got to stop thinking the answer to everything is ‘sacking the manager’. Not only is it financial stupidity it really will make us even more unpopular than we’ve been since appointing JB, no other serious manager would even consider us. UTG! Why do we have to stop thinking that sacking the manager is the answer when most other league clubs don't seem to worry? What's the better option, dismiss MT now and pay him a year's salary, £150K(?), or hand him thr entire wage budget of £5m(?) and just hope he gets it's right? I'd say the latter is financial stupidity! I doubt any out of work manager would worry too much about how our last manager departed if we offered them a decent contract. He's made one signing so far as he's been one of the best players. So how do we know he will waste the money? He didn't put the squad together and it's been struggling. I've asked many of our fans, who they would have played in the games were didn't score to take players on, or get in behind and they all ignore the question. So who would you have played?? Players like Evans are technically good, but they need players making runs to play the ball to. Thomas was more of an attacking threat on Saturday, at least we have him back. Brandon travels a bit with the ball as well, so it was good that he was back. But without them, who would you have played??
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 8, 2024 9:36:42 GMT
We don't need JCH and Martin, as both are similar. Both can score goals, but won't stretch the defence and won't get in behind. Both will want a decent wage, so we can't afford to tie up that much of the budget.
So I think it's a choice of one or the other! Then a lot will come down to, how much money each will want etc. I think this could be why we didn't give Martin a 2 year deal straight away. They might be giving the board too much credit though! But for once, it seemed like the Martin contact was in our favor.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 7, 2024 19:28:18 GMT
I'm not really being positive. I said we don't know yet. We might have a bad summer 😂. The succubus me signing of Conteh is hopefully a sign of what's to come in the summer. We nearly messed that up though! Hopefully we have learnt from our mistakes and get things done early. I had to google succubus ! I'm not even sure how that got in there😂. It was supposed to just say the signing of Conteh is hopefully a sign of things to come.
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Post by daniel300380 on Apr 7, 2024 11:35:10 GMT
How many of our squad would start regularly in a top 6 side?? Which players have pace and can take people on?? At the start we thought we had a good squad. But by January it was obvious that we didn't. Perhaps Bolton (& Pompey!) just had off days when they played us but what players with pace did they have yesterday apart from AC? We had 4 or 5 decent chances yesterday even without any so called pace but couldn't convert any into goals. I can't understand what's happened to Harry Vaughan as he seems to have pace, if a bit lightweight, but he's disappeared since the last international break, perhaps Baggott and him have got locked in their hotel room!! We did have Thomas back yesterday, he made a difference. We struggled without him since the Orient game.
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