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Post by mftc on May 14, 2024 16:29:34 GMT
Im interested to see who picks up all the players we released, very few go on to a better club on a free. Guess that shows that we mainly have players on the way down. strange that the expectation is that we pick up players better than ours on free transfers My predictions! Marquis - Colchester Greenslade - Aldershot Jones - Aldershot Finley - Tranmere Grant - Eastleigh Gordon - Yeovil Gibbons - Port Vale I think Grant and Gordon will be London-ish based - Barnet/Wimbledon/Crawley etc. Greenslade could go to Torquay. I suspect Wotton would be aware of him. Agree Jones to Aldershot. If fit Grant could also go there.
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Post by mftc on May 14, 2024 16:21:11 GMT
What's the latest on this?
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Post by mftc on May 14, 2024 12:50:03 GMT
I don't think they are realistic targets. They have already been discovered and will be looking at better pay days than Rovers. We need to find the 17,18, 19 equivalents or maybe take a chance on someone like Macca ie highly rated in a prem youth squad, but not quite good enough at 19, released and looked very good at lower league level for 2 seasons but then stagnated for 2 seasons. Who knows with a injury free pre season, he could well be like a brand new player. He does make some great late runs into the box and so many times he nearly got a final touch. With more (and better) crosses and better fitness, the extra sharpness that that brings, and the confidence that an early season goal gives, it might see a return to the Macca, we never saw in person in the covid season. Dont disagree as a general rule, but with Collins, Finley, Marquis, maybe Evans off the wage bill we will need some replacements that are a little costlier wage wise. 2 or 3 of these with the rest made up as you say with existing players coming to the fore or youngsters / squad players from elsewhere. No basis for this, just a gut feeling but I can see the owners wanting us to make a marque, or maybe left field signing, of a forward who will be on big bucks. Ie JCH, or a very highly rated prem youngster on loan, so we have to compete with big % of their wages, (young kiddie at Liverpool etc) or a forgotten player in his 30s who went abroad for good money, but just didn't adjust and somehow is on Friends radar but unnoticed by everyone else, but could move elsewhere in January window if he is successful. The rest of the squad probably will be on the lower side of wages compared to the Barton era.
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Post by mftc on May 14, 2024 12:35:25 GMT
Matty James and Andreas Weimann both released by the sh** both 32 but would you guys take either of them? Doubt we could get anywhere close to affording them. Maybe when they get to 34 if they have a few injury related problems in the next two seasons, then they would be in our ball park.
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Post by mftc on May 14, 2024 12:31:22 GMT
Chris Conn-Clarke is a cracking player and would be the perfect replacement for Evans if/when sold. When Evans is sold, invest half the transfer fee into signing Conn-Clarke and develop him further with a view to selling him on for a profut. Isn't that the business model that the owners are wanting? Unfortunately, I think bigger clubs than us could well be interested. I'd replace Luke Mc with this guy Conn-Clark he's scored some screamers from attacking midfield in this video 🔥 I don't think they are realistic targets. They have already been discovered and will be looking at better pay days than Rovers. We need to find the 17,18, 19 equivalents or maybe take a chance on someone like Macca ie highly rated in a prem youth squad, but not quite good enough at 19, released and looked very good at lower league level for 2 seasons but then stagnated for 2 seasons. Who knows with a injury free pre season, he could well be like a brand new player. He does make some great late runs into the box and so many times he nearly got a final touch. With more (and better) crosses and better fitness, the extra sharpness that that brings, and the confidence that an early season goal gives, it might see a return to the Macca, we never saw in person in the covid season.
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Post by mftc on May 14, 2024 12:19:19 GMT
I am not so sure a premier league squad keeper on probably more than £10k a week would want to move to a more expensive place on a much reduced salary just for regular first team football.
Nor do I think we will pay a fee for a keeper if we have a chance to help Jed's progress.
I think we are more likely to get a much travelled keeper, who is over 32, did not play much last season and maybe looking towards coaching. Someone like Ben Amos.
Must have played several times against Friend and have mutual acquaintances.
Could challenge for the first team spot for two years and then become a squad keeper, coaching the others.
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Post by mftc on May 14, 2024 8:44:47 GMT
There is a piece on the website about the retirement of another long standing coach from the academy.
All the best and thanks for your loyal service.
My question is this. Who put the picture of Geoff Bradford "across" the floor ie why is it horizontal when it should be upright?
Where is the picture, is it in the new snazzy members bar or at the Quarters.
Obviously the club has more than enough issues but while it looks a good picture of Geoff, why is it in that position? Is it meant to be fashionably out of position or what?
It looks like it has fallen down. It seems we can't even hang a picture at this club anymore.
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Post by mftc on May 12, 2024 8:48:08 GMT
City have offered 9 first year pro contracts.
Hopefully our approach is quality not quantity.
As they had a big run in the FA Youth cup maybe we should have a look at some of the young players recently released by City.
Would save a fortune in relocation fees and would save the players the stress of looking for digs in a new town.
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Post by mftc on May 9, 2024 6:55:17 GMT
The £900k price tags sums up all these transfer value sites. Isn't he available on a free?
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Post by mftc on May 9, 2024 6:53:14 GMT
Watching Rovers on TV used to be a novelty, even if it was a 2 minute snippet on the Big Match.
With so much saturation of football on telly it has got quite stale for me.
I much prefer the highlights of MotD and the FL rather than watching the whole games from the settee.
For Rovers, there is nothing quite like being there, even in the cold and wet with a soggy pasty and the moaners in the crowd.
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Post by mftc on May 7, 2024 6:35:42 GMT
Really think lower league club should go artificial.
The technology is there. It's not like Luton and QPR in the 80's.
Pay big once, it last ten years but can be used multiple times a week.
How much do we pay each summer, plus all the day to day costs in the actual season, including all the labour, machines and water etc.
I'm sure it would save a fortune plus it would give increased revenue streams.
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Post by mftc on May 7, 2024 6:30:42 GMT
Agree with others, I don't think anything was done maliciously, just a quick, ill thought out response, on the hoof.
It's one of the problems of the modern world especially when working from home. Kids want your time and attention, you get an email and just write something quick without spell check or re-reading.(Oh well, who cares if it's not perfect, someone else will check and amend).
It goes to someone else at the club to double check who just forwards it on without reading and someone at the SC does similar.
No doubt there will internally be the blame game and the "let's say nothing and ride it out and it will soon blow away" philosophy. Joey holocaust or alledged wife beating etc
They just don't seem to learn from their mistakes and don't realize that something like this could mean another fan decides they will no longer support the club.
Hopefully they will learn (eventually) and stop giving individual responses to major issues and agree to put them out officially on club media after they have been checked thoroughly.
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Post by mftc on Apr 28, 2024 13:13:59 GMT
Getting ready to put a bet on. At least one goal scored by Mansfield against us, will be by a former player: Nichols, Boateng, Alfie or Ollie Clarke. Is O'Toole still there?
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Post by mftc on Apr 28, 2024 13:07:45 GMT
Compared to what we have, if we had Victor, Ellis, Ayunga and Bodin if would be a massive improvement up front. With their power and movement it would compliment Martin.
I doubt any of them would cost that much in wages and I think all of them are out on contract.
If we got any one of them to come back I wouldn't be disappointed. Surprisingly Billy would be my last choice because of his injuries.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 16:15:17 GMT
Who’s Ned, is he running in the 3 o’clock at Newmarket? Ned Beatty? Remember him? Wasn't he squell little piggy in Deliverence the film with the duelling banjos. Scary film. Like getting lost around the Malago.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 13:40:18 GMT
I certainly won't trust Taylor with the budget.Relegation is a big worry under him and he won't be getting my money of a season ticket to spend for a season of struggle I don’t like seeing clubs chop and change managers but you do have to wonder if MT the man to be trusted with a complete playing staff overhaul and then take us forward? A club of our size, after a couple of consolidation seasons back in league one, should be to eyeing up a playoff place - can MT improve us by 20+ points to get a top 6 place or is he more likely to take us in the opposite direction? It is going to be extremely hard next season. Play offs is pure fantasy. If we finish clear of relegation with 4 games to go I will be happy. The problem isn't the number of players out of contract, it is the number of disinterested players that are under contract. We can't afford to pay off other people's mistakes. At least we can get 2 new first choice strikers plus Martin and Greenslade. If we get someone to hold the ball up and some pace, it will stop so much pressure on the defence. So many times this season, it looked like we were playing with ten men. Don't kid ourselves, there is a hell of a lot of work to do.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:42:33 GMT
What odds a Bolton v Blackpool final at Wembley. A real throwback to yesteryear.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:39:44 GMT
Think we all are! Also the off season seems a lot longer this year. Season done before May (for us anyway) and not starting again until second weekend of August which is later than normal. That should mean we'll be at home first game then. Surely not, that's against the law. The stat is something ridiculous like 2 starts at home in 10 isn't it? Could mean an extra 1000 on the gate. Usually by the second Saturday we have already lost in the league and are out of the league cup so the new season bounce is already pretty flat.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:36:42 GMT
Come Gas let’s go out with a bang Head says Wigan as we have an appalling record against them but heart gives us a chance . If the players want to go out with some pride and secure contracts here or elsewhere they need to turn up today 1-2 being optimistic Remember Byron Moore have two great games at the end of the season after being told he was not having a new contract. Are players being watched by prospective new clubs, so will put in a shift?. Who knows.
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Post by mftc on Apr 27, 2024 11:33:14 GMT
Matthias Verreth another impressive player out-of-contract this summer reportedly earning €1,500 pw at current club. View Attachment
Surely that is Chris Lines for Bath and someone has added some technical jiggery-pokery to make it look like a proper stadium and give him more hair! Can't remember Linesey doing a knee slide though.
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