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Post by gasandelectricity on Jan 9, 2023 21:38:41 GMT
I can imagine this going horribly wrong for Plymouth.
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Post by Goose on Jan 9, 2023 21:49:40 GMT
It seems like they are doing the old panic buying. They have lost their main striker and as such are buying loads of players to almost guarantee the league.
The only problem is the calibre of player are mostly untested or inexperienced and could go horribly wrong
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 10, 2023 0:01:31 GMT
Brilliant signing for Col U. Can’t believe he’s dropped to L2, think he’s a cracking player.
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Post by Qatar Gas on Jan 10, 2023 4:41:10 GMT
victor adeboyejo moving to Wigan from Burton by looks of it. Thought he was a decent forward under GC. Not Championship standard though, surely?! Maybe they are planning for life back in league one next season?
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Post by wallywalters on Jan 10, 2023 7:09:43 GMT
Brilliant signing for Col U. Can’t believe he’s dropped to L2, think he’s a cracking player. Really surprised by that move I thought he was Exeter's best player when they beat us the other week.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jan 10, 2023 12:59:56 GMT
Brilliant signing for Col U. Can’t believe he’s dropped to L2, think he’s a cracking player. Really surprised by that move I thought he was Exeter's best player when they beat us the other week. On another forum I saw an Exeter fan say that they heard Timothee Dieng, the guy that cant stop scoring against us, is going to Gillingham for a fee. They must be really missing L2?
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Post by twertonboy on Jan 10, 2023 17:33:02 GMT
I’ve just watched Victor Adeboyejo’s goals for Burton this season, you can tell he’s had the luck of his life this season as most are tap ins etc apparently Peterborough are after him as well, I can see him being a flash In the pan…looks like their trying to off load Clarke Harris if so
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Post by twertonboy on Jan 10, 2023 17:35:14 GMT
Brilliant signing for Col U. Can’t believe he’s dropped to L2, think he’s a cracking player. I would have been happy if we bought him as he’s a match winner…
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 10, 2023 17:50:37 GMT
I’ve just watched Victor Adeboyejo’s goals for Burton this season, you can tell he’s had the luck of his life this season as most are tap ins etc apparently Peterborough are after him as well, I can see him being a flash In the pan…looks like their trying to off load Clarke Harris if so He seems a regular goal scorer but I doubt if he'll ever be prolific, although we probably thought that about JCH & AC when we signed those them.
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Post by eric on Jan 10, 2023 17:54:28 GMT
I’ve just watched Victor Adeboyejo’s goals for Burton this season, you can tell he’s had the luck of his life this season as most are tap ins etc apparently Peterborough are after him as well, I can see him being a flash In the pan…looks like their trying to off load Clarke Harris if so Add tap ins to “penalties don’t count” 🤣
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Post by pirate on Jan 10, 2023 18:50:14 GMT
Brilliant signing for Col U. Can’t believe he’s dropped to L2, think he’s a cracking player. I would have been happy if we bought him as he’s a match winner… Struggled to make much impact at League One level apparently.
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Post by toggsy2 on Jan 10, 2023 19:00:31 GMT
Brilliant signing for Col U. Can’t believe he’s dropped to L2, think he’s a cracking player. It's not as if Colchester are flying in league 2 either that's what makes it even stranger
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 10, 2023 19:21:19 GMT
I would have been happy if we bought him as he’s a match winner… Struggled to make much impact at League One level apparently. Yes I saw that. Exeter have some good forwards in good form though, Dieng, Nombe, Brown and Stansfield. Good signing for Colchester. UTG!
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Post by aghast on Jan 10, 2023 21:09:01 GMT
I would have been happy if we bought him as he’s a match winner… Struggled to make much impact at League One level apparently. There seems to be a huge gulf between League 2 and League 1 recently. Far more so than I recall in the past. Lots of big spending big clubs in L1 and nothing much comparable in L2. I think the transition is harder than it's ever been, so much credit to JB for getting us into the position we are today. The top half of L1 looks like a Championship table.
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Post by pirate on Jan 10, 2023 21:10:00 GMT
Struggled to make much impact at League One level apparently. There seems to be a huge gulf between League 2 and League 1 recently. Far more so than I recall in the past. Lots of big spending big clubs in L1 and nothing much comparable in L2. I think the transition is harder than it's ever been, so much credit to JB for getting us into the position we are today. The top half of L1 looks like a Championship table. Very much so. Couldn't agree more.
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Post by wallywalters on Jan 10, 2023 21:33:19 GMT
Struggled to make much impact at League One level apparently. There seems to be a huge gulf between League 2 and League 1 recently. Far more so than I recall in the past. Lots of big spending big clubs in L1 and nothing much comparable in L2. I think the transition is harder than it's ever been, so much credit to JB for getting us into the position we are today. The top half of L1 looks like a Championship table. Completely agree. The gap is starting to become a little like the jump from league 1 to championship. Our whole back line Gibson aside are a bottom 6 league one defence but top half league 2. Connolly looks a shadow of the player he did in league 2 and is getting found out against the better sides in this league.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 10, 2023 21:57:35 GMT
There seems to be a huge gulf between League 2 and League 1 recently. Far more so than I recall in the past. Lots of big spending big clubs in L1 and nothing much comparable in L2. I think the transition is harder than it's ever been, so much credit to JB for getting us into the position we are today. The top half of L1 looks like a Championship table. Completely agree. The gap is starting to become a little like the jump from league 1 to championship. Our whole back line Gibson aside are a bottom 6 league one defence but top half league 2. Connolly looks a shadow of the player he did in league 2 and is getting found out against the better sides in this league. Yes the gap between L1 and L2 seems far bigger than before. Connolly on a bad run. But tbf to him he’s been in different systems, a 3 and a 4 and some different partners. I still think he’ll come good and we need to persevere. Although JBs patience isn’t something he’s known for! UTG!
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Post by wallywalters on Jan 10, 2023 22:07:38 GMT
Completely agree. The gap is starting to become a little like the jump from league 1 to championship. Our whole back line Gibson aside are a bottom 6 league one defence but top half league 2. Connolly looks a shadow of the player he did in league 2 and is getting found out against the better sides in this league. Yes the gap between L1 and L2 seems far bigger than before. Connolly on a bad run. But tbf to him he’s been in different systems, a 3 and a 4 and some different partners. I still think he’ll come good and we need to persevere. Although JBs patience isn’t something he’s known for! UTG! Absolutely. He's young enough to come good. There are others who just simply arnt good enough for where joey wants to take us. Players like loft run about and put in a lot of effort but just havnt got the quality to play in a top half league one side.
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Post by pirate on Jan 10, 2023 22:51:58 GMT
Yes the gap between L1 and L2 seems far bigger than before. Connolly on a bad run. But tbf to him he’s been in different systems, a 3 and a 4 and some different partners. I still think he’ll come good and we need to persevere. Although JBs patience isn’t something he’s known for! UTG! Absolutely. He's young enough to come good. There are others who just simply arnt good enough for where joey wants to take us. Players like loft run about and put in a lot of effort but just havnt got the quality to play in a top half league one side. Tonight highlighted the lack of genuine in-depth quality within the squad and being maybe 5 or 6 quality players short in the squad to rotate with any confidence. If we can add and bridge that gap over the next couple of windows then it is going to continue to be an exciting journey that will hopefully lead to the Championship in due course. Dare to dream!
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Post by Gastafari on Jan 11, 2023 4:51:44 GMT
Struggled to make much impact at League One level apparently. There seems to be a huge gulf between League 2 and League 1 recently. Far more so than I recall in the past. Lots of big spending big clubs in L1 and nothing much comparable in L2. I think the transition is harder than it's ever been, so much credit to JB for getting us into the position we are today. The top half of L1 looks like a Championship table. Over the last 15 or so years the size of the clubs that have ended up in League 1 mainly due to financial mismanagement are definitely bigger and is far more commonplace than ever before. Leeds, Sunderland, Forest, both Sheffield clubs, Leicester, Wolves, Southampton, Portsmouth, Norwich, Ipswich, Coventry, Derby and Charlton have all dropped into it. You used to get the odd one, like Man City but it was pretty rare. Now it seems every season another big club comes down and most of them are staying down a few years, they're not bouncing straight back up. So in terms of stadiums,attendances,budgets and general size of club, you could say there's a huge gulf from League 2 to League 1. In terms of the actual calibre of players and general quality of the playing squads I don't think there actually is though Out of the 4 promoted teams from League 2 last season its only Forest Green that have struggled. Ourselves, Exeter and Port Vale are all in the top half and not far off the top 6. While out of the 4 teams that got relegated from League 1 last season 3 of them are in the bottom half of League 2. Its only Doncaster who are 10th in the top half, Wimbledon are 13th, Crewe are 17th and Gillingham are rock bottom with just 14 points and unbelievably have only scored 7 goals. Also the top of the charts for both goals and assists in League 1 is our very own Aaron Collins, and in 2nd spot currently is Jevani Brown at Exeter.
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