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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 12:54:09 GMT
Using the old mantra “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” then the FA should be lining up candidates to interview now, not at the end of the summer, the stand out for me is Klopp, no Englishman in the frame that I can see. But the FA won’t of course, it’ll go to a yes man, like Southgate, he loves playing players out of position and loves trying to defend a 1-0 lead whoever he’s playing rather than go for it. Kane summed it up beautifully and honestly saying they didn’t know (not verbatim) how to change, that is the England captain. It was also telling how animated Gary Lineker Rio and Alan shearer were after the game, I’ve never seen them so clearly wound up before. Hardly a ‘yes man,’ whatever that is. Last night I thought he made all the correct but hard decisions, taking Kane, who’d scored, off. Taking TAA off when it wasn’t working which he knew would get him stick. And getting stick from GL, who’s never set up a team in his life, RF similar, and Shearer who has, for 8 (?) games whilst NUFC got relegated. Hard to know how they have the nerve to be critical given that they’ve never had to do it. And, fwiw, keep Shearer as a pundit in the studio. As a Co-comentator he’s not the best he takes over from the commentator and says the same thing. Better in the studio. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 12:35:03 GMT
This is still a very good opportunity for England to finally win the Euro's it's all very far from over. England can bumble their way to the quarters then gather some momentum. If they don't get to the final then I'm sure Gareth will.think it's time to move on anyway. However who would replace him. Eddie Howe is tainted for life by taking the Saudi money and I doubt the FA could afford him anyway. Carsley or Potter seems to be about it. Otherwise it's overseas again I can see Newcastle taking the 'out' on Howe if the FA asked to speak with him. Otherwise I agree, Potter seems the likely candidate. I have zero problems with going abroad tbh. In fact, I'd encourage it. How many English managers play exciting, attacking football? We have the players to play it, just not the manager.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!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 11:37:44 GMT
Charlie Webster has a lot of potential 👌 Good signing for Burton View AttachmentI said when considering the takeovers at Wycombe and Burton we would have to wait and see the impact it would have. So far Burton have recruited 7 signings. So I’d say that it has had a positive impact for them but, of course, we'll have to wait and see if they settle in and move them upwards. No guarantees. Wycombe only one signing I think. So not too far away from us. Expectations rising at Burton? UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 11:26:05 GMT
This is still a very good opportunity for England to finally win the Euro's it's all very far from over. England can bumble their way to the quarters then gather some momentum. If they don't get to the final then I'm sure Gareth will.think it's time to move on anyway. However who would replace him. Eddie Howe is tainted for life by taking the Saudi money and I doubt the FA could afford him anyway. Carsley or Potter seems to be about it. Otherwise it's overseas again Totally disagree about EH being “tainted” but I wouldn’t be too enthused about him or any other English managers at the moment anyway if looking solely at football credentials. I wouldn’t be fussed if we looked overseas - Klopp needed the break and would what is largely a part-time job where he could split his time between living in Germany and England tempt him? I would put every penny I have on him being able to get more of a tune out of this talented group of players than the drastically under qualified Southgate. 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!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 9:44:26 GMT
This is still a very good opportunity for England to finally win the Euro's it's all very far from over. England can bumble their way to the quarters then gather some momentum. If they don't get to the final then I'm sure Gareth will.think it's time to move on anyway. However who would replace him. Eddie Howe is tainted for life by taking the Saudi money and I doubt the FA could afford him anyway. Carsley or Potter seems to be about it. Otherwise it's overseas again Don’t be silly, hardly ‘tainted for life!’ 🤣 Do you really think managers have any real control regarding ownership? I doubt if he was even consulted. Plenty other clubs in PL with questionable sources of where the owners’ wealth comes from. And if you think Potter or Carsley are better options than EH then oh dear. Not sure Potter has shown he can handle big players, he certainly couldn’t at Chelsea. And Carsley, perhaps a similar appointment to that of Southgate without the League and international experience. I’d say EH would be the ideal candidate given his record of improving players that he has signed and making them better players. Up on a par with Pep. Can you think of a big player who Ten Haag at ManU or Potter signed at Chelsea that actually got better under them? I can’t. I’d say EH is the standout option but not sure he would take it at this point. It will be a football decision made by the same FA suits that always do it. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 21, 2024 7:24:55 GMT
Need a more balanced team, Gordon needs to be on the left, Foden as a 10, get Bellingham and Mainoo in front of the defence and move them all up the pitch. Rice was awful last night. I think you’re correct. The anti-Southgate reaction on here is silly. The players have to take some responsibility Rice was awful and Bellingham too enthralled by his own publicity. Southgate said it wasn’t an instruction to play so deep, so it was the players. Too late now but last night was begging for a player like Grealish to take the Danes on and get them out off their comfort zone and change what was happening UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 20, 2024 9:47:19 GMT
Anyone know much about the Crawley striker Danilo Orsi ? Asking for a friend... 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!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 19, 2024 12:24:31 GMT
I wonder what he will be saying about us in January when the money stops? Surely it’s already stopped. His tweeting history since leaving us must make him in breach of contract. And if it doesn’t why doesn’t it? UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 18, 2024 14:45:42 GMT
7 players agreed to sign, 4 potentially close. No names unfortunately. at least 3 are Sincs, Hoole and Rossiter knowing us we've probaly included some coaching staff - Dave Coles? It would be good if Rossiter has re-signed. Fingers crossed for a real talent. If would change the mood somewhat. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 18, 2024 14:42:30 GMT
This cant be true. no one wants to sign??! Joking aside. Excellent if true. Edit: they have done an excellent job of keeping names out of twiter/newspaper/forums too if true It’s only excellent if the players are excellent ! They could be a pile of rubbish 😂 Yes. And with all signings we'll only know when they start playing. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 18, 2024 10:07:57 GMT
Is MT boring? I’ve no idea but fortunately he’s not trying to get on the front pages of newspapers nor buying a season ticket for the British judicial system which must be a plus point for him and us. And he’ll have to go some to rival Ben G for that accolade. Blimey that man’s press conferences were boring with his determination to show he hadn’t a clue what to do….
MTs a football manager whose job is to manage BRFC. He’s yet to convince everyone that he’s the right choice for the job but he needs to be given the chance to build his team with his players. One of the most recent outcomes of how we have been run by owners and managers is that each summer we need a major overhaul of players and now coaches. It isn’t the traditional ‘BRFC way’.
And in the end as he is our manager I will support him. Perhaps there are plenty of ‘boring’ managers around but some of them do well. And in the end MT will have to get results irrespective of how boring he’s considered. Results will determine his success nothing else.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 17, 2024 22:12:00 GMT
A bit unfair on the club to criticise them over this. When I saw it I really didn’t think that it would cause any real mentions. Shame we didn’t sign a player today and then it probably wouldn’t even have been mentioned.
And let’s face it, most football clubs are ‘involved’ in politics in some way. I bet if we talked to those involved in the Community Trust and the initiatives they support they would be those that are talked about every day during this election. If football clubs are true community clubs they are political, they can’t avoid it.
By this time next week Starmer will have talked about how working class he is because his dad was a toolmaker about 10 times and Rishi will have made another questionable judgement. And we’ll all have something else to think about. FWIW a good to see the MP a showing we are at least on her radar. Perhaps. 🤔
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 17, 2024 14:44:05 GMT
Please tell us how you know multiple players have rejected us and who they are. I am in contact with a number of agents and scouts in the game. According to them, we approached the likes of Alex Hartridge, Josh Edwards, Ronan Curtis and Joe Powell. There was apparently an interest in Jayden Fevrier, but not sure how far that got before he joined Stockport. Thanks for providing some names. Of those though Hartridge perhaps no better than what we’ve got, Edwards may have been good esp given our FB positions but there will be other FBs around. Curtis is coming off a long injury though he did ok last season but I suspect League 1 may be different. And Pompey friends say he could start an argument in an empty room! Joe Powell would have been a great signing so he is a miss, if true. So perhaps one of those is a miss but the others no great loss. Your underlying point though about budgets may be true. The takeovers at Wycombe and Burton may well have an impact about others around them. We'll have to see if they are out-paying us. Given that in the past we’ve been generous payers perhaps negotiations are a tad more hard edged now. Can’t win can we? 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 17, 2024 11:13:49 GMT
Multiple players rejected us apparently. Not surprising considering the reduced budget and uninspiring manager. Who are these players? Do you think players look at the overall budget and then turn a club down? I’d understand it more if we weren’t offering enough but I can’t think that the players will ask about the overall budget. UTG! edit: sorry timsbury you beat me to it!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 14, 2024 16:42:25 GMT
Just joined.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 12, 2024 21:39:43 GMT
Well done for this Russ. Lots of concentrated matches and checking. Good luck.👍
ROUND 1 Germany v Scotland. 2-0 Hungary v Switzerland. 1-1 Spain v Croatia. 2-1 Italy v Albania. 2-0 Poland v Netherlands. 0-1 Slovenia v Denmark. 1-2 Serbia v England. 2-0 Romania v Ukraine. 1-1 Belgium v Slovakia. 2-0 Austria v France. 1-3 Turkey v Georgia. 2-0 Portugal v Czech Rep. 2-1
ROUND 2 Croatia v Albania. 2-0 Germany v Hungary. 2-1 Scotland v Switzerland. 0-0 Slovenia v Serbia. 1-2 Denmark v England. 0-2 Spain v Italy. 1-1 Slovakia v Ukraine. 1-1 Poland v Austria. 0-0 Netherlands v France. 2-2 Georgia v Czech Rep. 0-2 Turkey v Portugal. 0-2 Belgium v Romania. 3-0
ROUND 3 Switzerland v Germany. 1-1 Scotland v Hungary. 1-1 Croatia v Italy. 1-2 Albania v Spain. 0-2 Netherlands v Austria. 2-0 France v Poland. 2-1 England v Slovenia. 2-0 Denmark v Serbia. 1-1 Slovakia v Romania. 1-1 Ukraine v Belgium. 0-2 Czech Rep v Turkey. 2-1 Georgia v Portugal. 0-3
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 10, 2024 18:49:31 GMT
And we're so far behind -- We've been lapped. Not sure we would be looking at another keeper who would expect to play all the time with Jed around. No insight but more likely to see a loanee brought in. I hope Jed is given a real chance. Other more important priorities if the budget is being reduced. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 10, 2024 8:13:50 GMT
What part of the stadium have they been put in? Are their trained staff in that area to use them? Anyone can use one. It gives you step by step instructions all the way through. Yes they are easy to use. But they still need to train people up to use them. And in the moment when someone realises that someone in front of them is dieing there is a kind of psychological barrier that needs crossing. Someone has to do something to save a life which is quite unlike any other occasion. It can cause paralysis amongst onwatchers. They have made them as easy as possible to use and the club are to be applauded for placing them around the stadium. They do need to train named staff to use them. Just as you have named first-aiders on any match day. I’m sure training will be part of it. Well done the club. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 8, 2024 16:48:56 GMT
Maybe it's an age thing but do not like all these signings of ex City players. Another example of the club moving further away from the one I was born into over 70 years ago. When I see the attitude of players like James Wilson how can the club keep its special identity. I suspect I’m a similar vintage to you cheamgas and I can understand what you’re saying. But when I was much, much younger I can remember some big links between the two clubs. Tony Ford, great guy, signed for us and played a season(?) before his bad injury forced him to retire. Well respected I think. And of course we had Fred Ford as head coach for a season after his sacking from City. Iirc he was appointed manager Summer ‘69 for a month or two before he was poached by Swindon before he’d ever managed us in a game, when we appointed Bill D. Ray Cashley, and a few others swapped to us and I never minded. And of course Trevor Jacobs was an important part of our promotion team if 73/74. I think the events of January ‘17 really turned the relationship toxic for some people and the almost deliberate attempts to derail what was boiling up to be a very good season for us. We never recovered. And last season it appears that in a match or two the attitude of Wilson towards the fans left a bad taste so that never helps. But Chris Martin's been ok hasn’t he? But we don’t want too many of them!! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 7, 2024 19:50:36 GMT
Well, I suppose if it’s “every bloody summer” at least we seem to have a consistent policy about recruitment! 😉 We don’t recruit early and have to pay what I suspect is a kind of dividend that comes with being smug about thinking you’ve got one ahead of your rivals by early signings. Long way to go yet. UTG! I thought the opposite was supposed to be the case, with the likes of Rotherham are paying OTT by signing players early? I assume JCH was offered a knock out deal or he would have surely waited to see if any better deals materialised? Yes Topper. I meant that those clubs making signings early are paying more and that Rotherham have paid a lot more to get those players signed. Perhaps I wasn’t as clear as I should have been. ☹️ UTG!
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