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Post by mftc on Apr 6, 2024 9:32:32 GMT
He was good too! Good goal ratio, us made a few for the Duke yet apart from the Latvian they were not the best team ever.
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Post by mftc on Apr 6, 2024 9:30:49 GMT
Stephane Leoni - I was at Rotherham to see his only goal for the gas in Jan 1999. A full back who made 45 appearances for Rovers between August 1998 and May 2000. I went to watch a French 2nd division match at Brest v Metz while on holiday in Brittany in around 2007. Stephane Leoni was playing for Metz! He shouldn't be in a thread with player named and shamed. He was very decent. Remember he tripped and fell through a glass door or something. The ladies liked him, I seem to recall.
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Post by mftc on Apr 6, 2024 9:26:58 GMT
wasn't the last home game v Bolton an exciting 3-2 defeat?
A similarly exciting game but conceding one less goal would do me today. (Or better still winning 3-2!)
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Post by mftc on Apr 3, 2024 19:23:10 GMT
I see we have reduced capacity again.the new wheelchair access above the family area has meant about 5 rows of terrace has been removed to put in a platform.
Although it is good to see wheelchair access, surely they could have instigated this without the need to remove any terrace area capacity.
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Post by mftc on Apr 3, 2024 12:40:36 GMT
The clubs attitude in my experience upto now has been are they good enough for the first team on the weekend. If not on your way. Not having an u23 doesn’t help one bit, and the cost of keeping young players that are nowhere near ready yet, is a stumbling block. It’s just one of those things. If the financials don’t make sense to keep players that aren’t ready but could be in a couple of years, thats it. A club like ours can’t afford to stock pile players, just doesn’t make sense. A shame as we lose really decent lads, but on the flip side you get a really good one and they are gone. I am assuming Max playing / training for Wales as well, and getting over an injury plagued period. I think things are a little Different now as I know Both Jones and Greenslade has not cost the club a penny in the last 2 years as their wages have been covered by their loan clubs. I know Jones is back Training full time with 1st team but Bromley are paying his wages until the end of the season and Greenslade trains with 1st Team twice a week and Oxford City twice a week as they are part time but his wages are met by Oxford. So although a 23's would be good, that is where you would need more expenditure as you would need to pay these players full time. I know the Club is quickly trying to move to Cat 2 which means we have to have a 23's side and a lot more investment in the academy... we will see! So basically if our youngsters are good enough to play at a decent standard of men's football they will pay for themselves and I think its a far better learning curve to be be playing competitive Men's Football at a young age than development football now and then. That's interesting but do you really mean the clubs they are loaned to, are paying their full wages? I know they can't be on that much, but I would have thought thats still quite unusual. I suspect we only pay a very very small fraction of our loan players wages - eg look at what Vale is alledged to be on at Chelsea.
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Apr 3, 2024 9:37:49 GMT
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Post by mftc on Apr 3, 2024 9:37:49 GMT
I would assume we have a clause for Aaron to win promotion but what about JCH.
No doubt we got some extra money when Peterborough went up before, but does the promotion clause come into effect more than once if it still from the same division?
I assume it is based on the wording on the clause.
Did we put in a EFL trophy clause?
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Post by mftc on Apr 3, 2024 7:38:39 GMT
Not actually the case, not filed late in any of the last three years. The date Companies House shows is when the accounts become visible. The date of filing is on the receipt barcode applied to the first page of the document. 30.06.20 Accs due by 31.06.21 (covid extension). Filed 29.06.21 30.06.21 Accs due by 31.03.22. Filed 31.03.22 30.06.22 Accs due by 31.03.23. Filed 31.03.23 I would imagine (hope!) the same scenario is happening this year. UTG It's a good point, well made What I don't understand is why they haven't put the performance on the website yet. Something like this: www.bwfc.co.uk/news/accounts-202223-publishedBecause most fans on here are depressed enough already!
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Post by mftc on Apr 3, 2024 7:36:21 GMT
It's around this time of year the first year pro intake is announced.
I haven't seen any FA youth cup games for ages and there is no mention of the youth team in the post Keith Brookman programmes, so I don't know much about the youth teams now and none have played in the JPT equivalent.
Kofi Shaw has been mentioned a few times on here and even included in the squad a few times (not sure why JB didn't pick him on the couple of times we couldn't fill the bench?) Dewsbury? did well I thought in his cameo in the FA cup, and the kid with the double barrelled name who played v Peterborough must be 18 now.
Who is likely to be given a contract?
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Post by mftc on Apr 1, 2024 17:56:04 GMT
Never started a matchday thread before. I'm going for a repeat of the 7-0 victory from the early 70's with both Wards and Flash to score. Well it is April Fool's Day. Difficult to predict. I bet MT is cheesed off with JB's players, so maybe a few youngsters in the squad, as really not much he can change in terms of personnel, or formation. I would like Ward and Macca to start but they probably have to be re-introduced gradually. Aguilera should definitely be in the side as long as his parent club agree. Rather than predicting the match result, maybe it would be easier to predict at least 10 Shrewsbury dives, a total of 200 yards stolen at throws and ten minutes of wasting time if they take the lead. Let's hope we get a strong ref. Wouldn't it be great to get a "homer" as they used to say. (Why in the last 3 years have we often had a neutral or an "awayer"?) Well I was almost right! We probably had 7 chances, but I was well short on the 200 yards stolen at throws. More like two miles. I like how the ref warned them twice early doors and then let them get away with 5he rest of the game!
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Post by mftc on Apr 1, 2024 11:28:33 GMT
Not sure but I think his beard fell off after he retired. Heard he was in living in Canada with his partner in works in the fire service. Don't quote me, only what I was told. (Cos I'm so ITK!) Was a fantastic person. Spent hours of his free time doing charity and community work, like visiting children in hospital.
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Post by mftc on Apr 1, 2024 11:20:38 GMT
Wasn't the Pink Shirts originally an April Fool's joke until a few fans (the SC?) actually said it looked good and the club should produce them.
Wasn't Ken Stuckey actively involved? Was that his name - the SC reps at the time?
Went to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
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Post by mftc on Apr 1, 2024 7:35:31 GMT
Happy to delete mine and make this the main one! If we have two threads does that mean the football gods will give us twice as many chances in the match?
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Post by mftc on Apr 1, 2024 7:32:54 GMT
Didn’t even realise we had a match today. The thing I don’t get about people saying “players are on holiday” is most people want to win regardless. Nobody plays football to not try and win? City v Coventry or Austria v West Germany. Both fixed results as not winning suited them.
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Post by mftc on Apr 1, 2024 7:20:08 GMT
Never started a matchday thread before.
I'm going for a repeat of the 7-0 victory from the early 70's with both Wards and Flash to score.
Well it is April Fool's Day.
Difficult to predict. I bet MT is cheesed off with JB's players, so maybe a few youngsters in the squad, as really not much he can change in terms of personnel, or formation.
I would like Ward and Macca to start but they probably have to be re-introduced gradually.
Aguilera should definitely be in the side as long as his parent club agree.
Rather than predicting the match result, maybe it would be easier to predict at least 10 Shrewsbury dives, a total of 200 yards stolen at throws and ten minutes of wasting time if they take the lead.
Let's hope we get a strong ref. Wouldn't it be great to get a "homer" as they used to say. (Why in the last 3 years have we often had a neutral or an "awayer"?)
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Post by mftc on Mar 31, 2024 13:00:27 GMT
We don't know the ins and outs of contracts. People say play 2 up front (which I agree with) but what if Big John makes 2 more starts which trigger a new contract with a 5% wage increase. It's been heard of. We have no option than one upfront. Greenslade has a deal with Oxford City until the end of the season. I think Kofi Shaw is a midfielder, so unless Crama or a n other fills in when he is fit, it just means another player out of position. Or do we have another youngster coming through? The set up of the squad with just 3 strikers (JM, AC, HG) at the start of the season and 9-10 midfielders was just madness. Taylor is bearing the brunt of a poor recruitment legacy.How does poor recruitment lead to the first goal on Friday or the fact two players couldn't put in a decent tackle to stop the second goal? If recruitment was so poor how did AM get a reasonable PPG return even without a transfer window to bring in additional players? What was MT's excuse at Rotherham where he brought in all his own players? The ball is played forward by us. To Martin and ? (No one) So we lose possession and the ball comes back at us. Lennie once said Haldane made Elliott. Steve had all the attributes of a Prem player but was not "on it" for 90 mins. If we cleared the ball Haldane may well have run the ball out of touch, or crossed the ball in the middle when Walks and Lambo were 20 yards behind as they lacked pace and given the ball away but the ball was 60 yards from our penalty area and gave our defence a breather. If he was in this side, Elliott would look average as we just don't hold the ball up and it invites constant pressure. As a defender do you stay with your man, go to the ball, anticipate the cross, or follow the midfield runners that our midfield don't pick up. Every game our defenders have to make those decision. They may get 10-12 right but we get punished if we make 3-4 wrong. If we dont give the all away (or have anyone to help Martin, our midfield do their job, it makes defending so much easier.
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Post by mftc on Mar 31, 2024 9:59:08 GMT
We don't know the ins and outs of contracts.
People say play 2 up front (which I agree with) but what if Big John makes 2 more starts which trigger a new contract with a 5% wage increase.
It's been heard of.
We have no option than one upfront. Greenslade has a deal with Oxford City until the end of the season. I think Kofi Shaw is a midfielder, so unless Crama or a n other fills in when he is fit, it just means another player out of position.
Or do we have another youngster coming through?
The set up of the squad with just 3 strikers (JM, AC, HG) at the start of the season and 9-10 midfielders was just madness. Taylor is bearing the brunt of a poor recruitment legacy.
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Post by mftc on Mar 31, 2024 9:47:21 GMT
Surely this would sit well under the post headed clueless?
I remember someone at the FC answering a question "that's what all football clubs do".
Change the manager, change the players, change the staff etc etc, but until someone rocks the boat and says the money we waste is ridiculous then will it ever change.
The club listen to "experts" who say we need to rip up the pitch and start again each season, we get taken for a ride by agents and pay exaggerated fees, wages and add ons and many more.
How many players are out of work each summer? You can't tell me that faced with losing their homes they won't play for a weekly wage of £500 plus £200 appearance bonus and £200 win bonus.
I'm sure someone in league 1 or 2 will eventually do this.
Haven't Southend done something similar. A squad of 14 for the first 25 games a season and funny enough not many injuries.
Look at the players wage bill when the accounts come out. No business model would take up 80% plus of income on wages.
When people moan about the reduced budget, maybe the owners are actually being sensible?
Maybe a return to ragbag Rovers would not be such a bad thing, rather than upping the anti and spending millions to still get half hearted ragbag performances.
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Mar 30, 2024 13:33:31 GMT
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Post by mftc on Mar 30, 2024 13:33:31 GMT
I suspect the players wanted Mangan as manager but I guess his closeness to Barton ruled that out from the owners perspective. I suspect the owners were right as the links with Barton needed to be fully severed and it was clear the pair were close. I thought MT might well be a good fit but I do now have some doubts. His honesty in interviews can come across as rather negative and if players are struggling with confidence then listening to MT may not exactly be confidence building or motivating. I'm not convinced he is that great in terms of team strategy but the squad might limit what he can do. That said perhaps he tried encouragement and has now moved to telling them as it is. His only permanent signing Conteh has been positive and I hope this suggests he has a good eye for a player. I think we have to give him the summer to judge and he will know that if the team's outside the top 10 as Christmas approaches then his days might be numbered. I think he knows what is expected and the test is whether he can attract the quality of the players needed to achieve it. I agree with everything you’ve said here. I think if rumours of budget are correct, a top ten position by Christmas is miles wide of the mark. A massive change to the squad, plus a nervy first window as Evans and Conteh must be looked at by other clubs. Not all the new players (and their partners/kids etc) are going to settle straight away. With the teams coming down and the momentum of the teams coming up, it is going to be a very difficult league next season.
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Post by mftc on Mar 30, 2024 8:55:29 GMT
Isn't this very similar to JBs first season? They couldn't win for toffee.
He was allowed time and very good money for that level in his first summer to turn it around.
It seems Taylor will get a lot less money but he will fall on his sword (or hopefully not) based on his and Friends recruitment.
My only hope is to avoid relegation next season as it will be a strong division.
I see it as similar to 87/88 and hope that some of the new signings can become legends like Big Dev, Martyn and Reecey and I the next few years a well balanced, organised side with grit and determination can improve and get us nearer the top.
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Clueless
Mar 29, 2024 18:00:23 GMT
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Post by mftc on Mar 29, 2024 18:00:23 GMT
Manager clueless team totally lacking motivation. Keeper- Not strong enough or tall enough Non league standard Full backs both League Two standard Hoole and Gordon Centre halves Taylor and Wilson look totally disinterested Midfield we have some decent players but with only one player up front they have little to do but to defend. Tactics under Taylor are a total embarrassment. Owners- A bag of wind started with the 1m JCH scandal and I have seen nothing to make me believe anything other than League 2 football looking a lot closer than the Championship. With the football shown under Taylor there will be no need for any increased capacity.Clueless from top to bottom. Not saying I disagree but what other players (not including not fully fit players returning from injury would you have selected in the first XI?) I think Cox, Vaughan and Lawrence were available but not in the squad. Crama and Baggott had knocks, so I can't think of many options. Perhaps Connolly or Marquis to start?
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