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Post by Quarters on Nov 26, 2023 14:03:07 GMT
Rumour I heard at yesterdays game was the owners like to get involved with picking the team, which led to fall out between them, Jennings and Joey. Not sure if managers speak, but if that was doing the rounds amongst managers, I can see it being quite off putting. Interesting if true. Would certainly be a reason for us taking a month so far to appoint someone. Team or Squad? No manager is going to accept interference in team selection.
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Post by yattongas on Nov 26, 2023 14:05:56 GMT
Rumour I heard at yesterdays game was the owners like to get involved with picking the team, which led to fall out between them, Jennings and Joey. Not sure if managers speak, but if that was doing the rounds amongst managers, I can see it being quite off putting. Interesting if true. Would certainly be a reason for us taking a month so far to appoint someone. 😂 Hear this bollox at least once a season !
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Post by gasheadontour on Nov 26, 2023 14:19:01 GMT
Owners not being content with results given the budget could be perceived that team selection and tactics were not as good as could be expected. Ultimately they lost confidence in the manager.
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Post by twertongas on Nov 26, 2023 14:23:29 GMT
No appointment by Wednesday afternoon and I'm going to be very disillusioned with what on earth is going on, I think after then we should start demanding answers.
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Post by singupgas on Nov 26, 2023 14:32:47 GMT
Must admit It does seem odd.
Half of our players, I probably won't have heard of myself until we've signed them. Still working out which players are any good.
Best to leave it to the manager. Don't like to think there would be any interference.
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Post by pirate on Nov 26, 2023 14:36:43 GMT
Owners not being content with results given the budget could be perceived that team selection and tactics were not as good as could be expected. Ultimately they lost confidence in the manager. After allowing him to sign a centre half in the summer for £300,000, 11 other players and then Chris Martin a month before he was sacked.
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Post by gingerandwhitegas on Nov 26, 2023 14:39:59 GMT
10th under DC , season 16-17 So if we finish 10th or better this season then this will be the best squad since the Holloway era, given the table doesn't lie? But it doesn't work like that does it? I would suggest this league 1 is a weaker one than that where we finished 10th.
In fact i'd say this is the weakest league one I can remember. 99-2000 we finished 7th, yet we could quite easily finish 7th this year , but we were scoring for fun
under Roberts and Cureton , were top of the league for lord knows how long. There are other things at play here.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 26, 2023 15:09:37 GMT
So if we finish 10th or better this season then this will be the best squad since the Holloway era, given the table doesn't lie? But it doesn't work like that does it? I would suggest this league 1 is a weaker one than that where we finished 10th.
In fact i'd say this is the weakest league one I can remember. 99-2000 we finished 7th, yet we could quite easily finish 7th this year , but we were scoring for fun
under Roberts and Cureton , were top of the league for lord knows how long. There are other things at play here.
Unless you go on league positions at the end of the season then it's really impossible to judge which squad was better, I agree this season was a golden opportunity to finish in the top 6.
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Post by holmesgas1 on Nov 26, 2023 15:14:09 GMT
But it doesn't work like that does it? I would suggest this league 1 is a weaker one than that where we finished 10th.
In fact i'd say this is the weakest league one I can remember. 99-2000 we finished 7th, yet we could quite easily finish 7th this year , but we were scoring for fun
under Roberts and Cureton , were top of the league for lord knows how long. There are other things at play here.
Unless you go on league positions at the end of the season then it's really impossible to judge which squad was better, I agree this season was a golden opportunity to finish in the top 6. What you mean “is”. Not written this season off yet.
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Post by wallywalters on Nov 26, 2023 15:38:58 GMT
Next season will have Wrexham notts county and Stockport all with huge budgets to compete with. Coupled with all the big clubs that don't get promotion this year and those down from the championship. Next year is going to be a lot more difficult to finish top 6.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Nov 26, 2023 15:40:44 GMT
Rumour I heard at yesterdays game was the owners like to get involved with picking the team, which led to fall out between them, Jennings and Joey. Not sure if managers speak, but if that was doing the rounds amongst managers, I can see it being quite off putting. Interesting if true. Would certainly be a reason for us taking a month so far to appoint someone. I call bollox. There's no way we wouldn't know about that from Joey if that was the case. He's not one to keep quiet. I don't think there is too much drama attached to it other than we have new owners and Joey wasn't doing as well as expected given the budget etc.
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Post by oasisgas on Nov 26, 2023 15:52:30 GMT
I know you can't take the betting odds as confirmation who is the favourite and who isn't and lets be honest if out board are still unsure then how the bookies will know is anyones guess but how much would it have taken for Nathan Jones odd to go from 33/1 to 16/1 over the past few hours??
A fiver by a person or would it have to have been a big lump on him or a quite a few people putting money on him??
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 26, 2023 16:01:22 GMT
Unless you go on league positions at the end of the season then it's really impossible to judge which squad was better, I agree this season was a golden opportunity to finish in the top 6. What you mean “is”. Not written this season off yet. Is or was doesn't really make much difference, nothing has changed, it's still the same division if the owners want us to finish in the top 6. Reading are probably even weaker than we expected they would be and Wycombe, having spent a small fortune in the summer, are doing no better than us. If anything L1 is even weaker than we expected.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 26, 2023 16:02:36 GMT
I know you can't take the betting odds as confirmation who is the favourite and who isn't and lets be honest if out board are still unsure then how the bookies will know is anyones guess but how much would it have taken for Nathan Jones odd to go from 33/1 to 16/1 over the past few hours?? A fiver by a person or would it have to have been a big lump on him or a quite a few people putting money on him?? Just stick a fiver on a similar outsider and see what happens to his odds? Nathan Jones might be a decent appointment compared to the others on the list.
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Post by kampucheagas on Nov 26, 2023 16:07:59 GMT
I know you can't take the betting odds as confirmation who is the favourite and who isn't and lets be honest if out board are still unsure then how the bookies will know is anyones guess but how much would it have taken for Nathan Jones odd to go from 33/1 to 16/1 over the past few hours?? A fiver by a person or would it have to have been a big lump on him or a quite a few people putting money on him?? Just stick a fiver on a similar outsider and see what happens to his odds? Nathan Jones might be a decent appointment compared to the others on the list. My Nan would be decent compared to the list. UTG
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Post by purdownpoacher1 on Nov 26, 2023 16:09:34 GMT
Rumour I heard at yesterdays game was the owners like to get involved with picking the team, which led to fall out between them, Jennings and Joey. Not sure if managers speak, but if that was doing the rounds amongst managers, I can see it being quite off putting. Interesting if true. Would certainly be a reason for us taking a month so far to appoint someone. I call bollox. There's no way we wouldn't know about that from Joey if that was the case. He's not one to keep quiet. I don't think there is too much drama attached to it other than we have new owners and Joey wasn't doing as well as expected given the budget etc. Mmmmmm and a million mmmmmm’s !!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔 💙UTG
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Post by oldie on Nov 26, 2023 16:25:54 GMT
I call bollox. There's no way we wouldn't know about that from Joey if that was the case. He's not one to keep quiet. I don't think there is too much drama attached to it other than we have new owners and Joey wasn't doing as well as expected given the budget etc. Mmmmmm and a million mmmmmm’s !!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔 💙UTG More likely they got involved in his public utterances, "stop and desist"
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Post by gingerandwhitegas on Nov 26, 2023 16:30:25 GMT
Just stick a fiver on a similar outsider and see what happens to his odds? Nathan Jones might be a decent appointment compared to the others on the list. My Nan would be decent compared to the list. UTG When can she start?
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Post by percy on Nov 26, 2023 16:35:13 GMT
Rumour I heard at yesterdays game was the owners like to get involved with picking the team, which led to fall out between them, Jennings and Joey. Not sure if managers speak, but if that was doing the rounds amongst managers, I can see it being quite off putting. Interesting if true. Would certainly be a reason for us taking a month so far to appoint someone. I call bollox. There's no way we wouldn't know about that from Joey if that was the case. He's not one to keep quiet. I don't think there is too much drama attached to it other than we have new owners and Joey wasn't doing as well as expected given the budget etc. Of course is bollox. Some on here will believe anything if they can moan about it.
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 26, 2023 22:13:09 GMT
Just stick a fiver on a similar outsider and see what happens to his odds? Nathan Jones might be a decent appointment compared to the others on the list. My Nan would be decent compared to the list. UTG Excellent! Does she favour 442, 433 or 4231? UTG!
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