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Post by warehamgas on Jun 27, 2024 11:59:10 GMT
I don’t think we’ve been that poor, it’s just we’ve been ordinary, mediocre, nothing special. Defence has been largely untroubled, with Marc G a very good player who’s making his mark. Pickford hasn’t had to do much. Denmark and Slovenia put 10 players behind the ball and we found it hard to break them down. Despite all their critics England miss the threat that Jack Grealish brings with his close control. He was a game changer last time. And he would still have beeen this time imo. I think this squad is weaker overall than the past few tournaments and we’ll do well to get to the final. I like GS but I get the overall feeling that perhaps he’s had enough and that the spat with Sheraer and Lineker and now the fans throwing cups at him a sign that it will be over soon. A shame given what he’s done but inevitable perhaps.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 26, 2024 16:43:24 GMT
Looks like he scored a lot of goals last season, but he's 28. And he’s just signed a new contract at Crawley. Not that that in itself would stop it happening. UTG! Sorry to both of you!! The new contract meant very little. Signed for Burton today! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 26, 2024 8:25:18 GMT
Northampton and Cambridge first two home games are ok. Rotherham and Stockport two hard away games will be a test and give us an idea whereas stand compared to two fancied sides.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 25, 2024 20:21:56 GMT
One of our many new signings that day from Leyton Orient,Mc Gleish,scored and did a superb somersault to celebrate. And Adam Virgo got the winner from the spot. Left the ground thinking we were on our way to promotion. Hey Ho! Yes. We soon lowered our expectations!!😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 25, 2024 15:39:39 GMT
Since then we’ve had three promotions! Without an opening weekend win. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 25, 2024 15:37:17 GMT
First he was going, then it looked like he may sign, now it seems he’s off. Looks like they are just filling the vacuum with some news. I’ll wait until it’s definite. I hope he stays but if he doesn’t we move on. It happens.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 25, 2024 14:18:48 GMT
We need an out and out striker with some pace.
Because we're so short of options in this area it’s almost as if we need anyone who can play that role but if they are no good they would be soon be found out by the time September comes. But MT seems to have signed players so far who have appeared ready to improve us, not just squad fillers. Conteh, Hutchinson and Mola has been a good start. And that is building up a kind of trust that MT and GF know what they’re doing and what they’re looking for. I hope we’re looking at the best of the lower leagues and even NL and below to find what we want. I wouldn’t rule out loans from leagues above but that would probably come near the end of the window if we can’t recruit what we need permanently. But it appears that the signings we’ve made so far have come very quickly, no rumours. Things are being kept very quiet. (I know the keeper we didn’t get seems to have rolled on a bit so hopefully a lesson learnt.)
But sorry percy, no names for strikers. Although I did wonder if we’d had a conversation with Stockley before he went to PV. Glad we didn’t get him though.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 25, 2024 11:33:46 GMT
Surprised this hasn’t gained its own thread by now. Fixtures out tomorrow, Wednesday. Once this happens the season always gains momentum esp after our first signing. Who will the first game be? I’m hoping for a match I can go to Charlton or Exeter away wouldn’t be bad. Just hope it’s not Posh away.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 25, 2024 8:24:22 GMT
For what it is worth, I am just pleased we are being linked with a player of Dawson's calibre. And when I say linked, I mean by local journalists covering clubs who don't tend to publish stories on rumours rather than all these ridiculous X/Twitter pages. He is clearly a top keeper and if Evans is to be believed, a host of Championship clubs as well clearly some of the better sides in L1 were in for him. If you add that to the fact several sides were in for Ellison (if that one does indeed get over the line) and we have signed one of the best players in L2 last season, perhaps the Matty Taylor pulling power is there after all despite what some say. There is clearly a long way to go though in this transfer window and lots of additions needed but we are competing, and in some cases beating, some decent sides to some good players at our level. There’s your first problem! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 24, 2024 22:01:53 GMT
I’ve no idea if he’s AEs replacement but if he is well done the club. It usually takes a season or more to replace our best players when sold. Still waiting for Rickie L’s replacement! I’m looking forward to seeing Aaron C’s replacement. So many sold and not replaced so perhaps the club is learning.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 24, 2024 21:49:58 GMT
I think you need to explain what you are alluding to? Are you suggesting she did not leave by choice but was pushed? Are you accusing Adam Tutton? I'm not mentioning names while the investigation is pending. Draw your own conclusions. Yet you’re happy to ‘mention’ the topic to stir up things. Hard to draw anything, conclusions, whatever or what’s happened if anything. What we can draw from this is your determination to cause some trouble which is nasty, unpleasant and mean-spirited. Unless of course you have some evidence to share that something has happened. Which you won’t. Until you have best to keep quiet. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 24, 2024 12:59:16 GMT
Welcome Isaac H. Do your best, give 100% and if you can score a few goals with more assists then you will become a firm favourite. Well done the club as well. No guarantees but it seems the correct type of signing. As Mario said, get the better and younger players from League 2 instead of the older players from the Championship is the way to go. Now let’s please sign a striker or two. Please! 🤞🏽
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 22, 2024 20:58:06 GMT
Might help boost ST sales if we named the 'secret 7' signed players that keeps being mentioned on here. If they are any good that is.. We’ll have to wait for mid August to find that out lmw. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 22, 2024 14:20:26 GMT
It’s all very intriguing the recruitment this year. If people are correct and we’ve signed all these players and we are waiting for them to be revealed why are we waiting. Is MT on holiday so we have to wait for him to return so some kind of photocall can be arranged? If he is on holiday and we’ve signed these players without his presence over the past week/ two weeks then GF has done a really good job with the recruitment team to sign these players without too much involvement from MT. Are they going to reveal them all in one photo (as per 2021 when Hughes, Finley, Coutts Anderton were revealed in one day) or will it be a drip feed over a week?
FWIW the video clips of Isaac Hutchinson show a genuinely two-footed player who looks very comfortable in possession but compilations of best bits on a video can be misleading. I hope he’s as good as the clips and I hope we’ve signed him. But…. I am still not sure about getting happy until we sign some strikers. It happens every year we recruit defenders and midfielders and then stop. We need a couple of out and out strikers sooner rather than later.
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 22, 2024 7:42:55 GMT
Klopp is a good call eric but I’m not sure how realistic it is. Would be interested to know why you think that EHs football credentials aren’t good enough. Clearly an excellent coach, has dealt with senior players and gained their respect. They all speak very highly of him. He has an excellent record of making players better. Took a team from the relegation area and 18 months later secured Champions League football. And he plays football on the front foot, setting up a team to attack. Which with the players at the moment would be ideal. And he has stickability, he keeps to his way of playing even when on a bad run. Not overly important but for an England manager more so he talks well, understands how the press works and keeps all the crap stuff to the dressing room. One of the reasons why players respect him so much. What is it you don’t like? Serious question.👍 UTG! I think EH is a decent manager but not what England need right now, maybe in the future if he continues to progress? I think England need someone who knows what they are doing tactically but probably even more important is the need for a big personality and ability to get the best out of a talented squad - get them playing with fire and confidence as opposed to this conservative and fear laden approach we’ve seen for the past 25+ years. Thank you for explaining. I don’t agree with you but appreciate the explanation. Klopp would be good, certainly has the big personality and is an excellent manager, but wonder at the likelihood of it. UTG
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 21:10:36 GMT
Ball was in the back of the net before the GK even flinched. Never offside. Ref did nothing wrong though, were VAR Brits too? I think it was Stuart Attwell on VAR. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 21:06:42 GMT
It was pirate who told us first I think, that 7 were lined up with 4 more in discussion so I think that’s a tad unfair. UTG! He did but has been revelling in stories of players turning us down and manager being a “fraud” so fair to call out I think! Perhaps percy and that’s why I asked who were the specific players were and he answered which was great. So many posters don’t answer. Tbh only Joe Powell stood out as one who would have been ok. The others meh! And I suppose in the end they may have turned us down. Their loss, don’t they know we’re massive! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 21:00:02 GMT
VAR perfect all tournament, stick the English officials in the mix and f;:king chaos. How crap our English refs from Prem to step 5-6 and beyond. Lino and ref got the decision right, not sure why var took so long unless not getting the camera angles. No idea why commentary is going on about it.Possibly because it was the wrong decision. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 20:53:24 GMT
So if all the rumours are correct we should shortly announce GK - Cameron Dawson (Sheff Wed) free CB - Taylor Moore (unattached) free CB - Dan Ellison (Chippenham) Fee AM - Isaac Hutchinson (Walsall) Fee W - Scott Sinclair (contract extension) Decent start, hopefully all announced this weekend! If true this will upset Pirate's theory that no one will sign for us. It was pirate who told us first I think, that 7 were lined up with 4 more in discussion so I think that’s a tad unfair. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 18:14:52 GMT
Interesting! In what way do you think Potter is better than EH? Again, serious question.EH plays attacking football. Potter at Brighton didn’t particularly play attacking football, he was far more possession based. And although he did well there, it wasn’t on the strength of being really attack minded. It took di Zerbi to turn Brighton into a very attractive play-on-the-front foot type of team. I am intrigued as to why Potter is thought to be a better choice than EH.And, of course, atm there is no vacancy, GS has done a very good job as England manager. UTG! I don't, in the slightest! Sorry if my post came across that way. I'd not actually be too delighted with Potter tbh. No problem. I thought when you said ‘Potter seems the likely candidate’ it was advocating him. 👍 So far no one has explained to me how Potter is thought more highly than EH. I genuinely would like to know the reasons. UTG!
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