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Post by warehamgas on May 12, 2024 21:13:31 GMT
Having seen and remembered the matches between John Bond and Rovers back in the 70s and seen Kevin emerge as a decent player then a very good player and then in the noughties many of his games as AFCB manager it’s just reminded me of how old I am!! A very decent man with a vast experience of football. Probably a better coach than manager which is why so many other people trusted him and respected him to work for them.
Good luck to him in whatever he turns his hand to next. 👏👏👏
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 12, 2024 13:11:37 GMT
Max Dean from MK Dons worth a punt? Now franchise MK have been totally spanked out of the playoffs and remain in the 4th tier next term. Maybe. But not his best game last night. He’s certainly got a competitive streak and was one of the few MKD players to give Crawley any trouble last night. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 12, 2024 13:03:24 GMT
For me it’s simple, get JCH in early we’re probably be top 10 or close without him or someone like him we are going to have a season of struggle that’s just my opinion UTG From what the owners keep saying they don't want us to be a top 10 side nor "buy" promotion, it seems an odd business plan to not try and pack the Mem now we have a reasonable ground capacity. Every team ‘buys’ promotion. It’s just a question as to whether they put the future financial well-being of the club at risk or whether they do it affordably. I suspect Wrexham may try to ‘buy’ promotion but they will be able to afford to do it. Others may try to do it without being able to afford it. Which may include us. But the owners have said that it won’t be us so that may give some indication of a limit on expectation. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 11, 2024 23:17:26 GMT
Blimey! In the MKD v Crawley match it’s hard to know who were worse MKD or the officials. 3 Crawley goals offside, missed by the linesman, a pen for MKD not given and when they actually got a penalty half the Crawley team in the box when he missed. Just reminded me how bad the officials in Div 4 are. UTG! Which 3 goals were offside?? I missed the last 2, but I thought the first 3 were on side? Last two were offside. Close, but just offside. I thought one of the others was as well but I may be wrong. Trying to watch the match and Eurovision which was gripping! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 11, 2024 23:14:12 GMT
Blimey! In the MKD v Crawley match it’s hard to know who were worse MKD or the officials. 3 Crawley goals offside, missed by the linesman, a pen for MKD not given and when they actually got a penalty half the Crawley team in the box when he missed. Just reminded me how bad the officials in Div 4 are. UTG! Any normal bloke is watching Eurovision. Weirdo 🙄 Fair play yatton if you’re watching Eurovision then I’ll bow to your superior knowledge about weirdos. Never going to Ireland again, the grandkids who are half Irish must be quite worried. Actually we’re watching Eurovision as well. Play-offs on my iPad. 👍 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 11, 2024 20:52:05 GMT
Blimey! In the MKD v Crawley match it’s hard to know who were worse MKD or the officials. 3 Crawley goals offside, missed by the linesman, a pen for MKD not given and when they actually got a penalty half the Crawley team in the box when he missed. Just reminded me how bad the officials in Div 4 are.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 10, 2024 15:36:26 GMT
Bored and wishing i was in a pub garden, so here's my not ITK stab at the kinda team we could see next season. Spending some of the cash from Collins and (if it happens) Evans, but mixed with youth and current crop to keep within budgets. Other than keeper and maybe Baggott, there are no loans here yet but would expect 2 or 3 more and the likes of Brown, McCormick and maybe more being loaned the other way. ------------------31. L Vigouroux ------5. J Wilson---17. C Taylor---4. E Baggott 11. L Thomas--21. H Kite--8. G Ward--6. K Conteh--3. R Adebisi ------------------10. W Evans ------------------------9. L. Tolaj SUBS 1. J Ward 2. J Connolly 30. L Hoole 43. J Lawrence 37. K Shaw 18. C Martin 7. S Sinclair Decent effort and probably fair accurate, although I must admit, this side looks no better than last season. …but also perhaps no worse.🤔 A decent effort esp as it’s only early May. Long way to go yet. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 10, 2024 15:29:49 GMT
Good news! Good luck in the years ahead. The fight back begins and the fans could be in for a few years of success.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 9, 2024 17:59:21 GMT
Blimey you can tell it’s the boring season Chris Lines, Harry Anderson and Akinde. If Friend can’t do better we will be in serious trouble next season. UTG I’m sure he will. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 9, 2024 17:57:29 GMT
Too many doomongers on here! No one knows what will happen before it happens. We are about to start a recruitment process with a new team of staff and I can completely understand everyone’s concern about next season. But just like the past 50/60 seasons we have to wait and see who we recruit. I’ve got to be optimistic and trust those to build a decent squad ready for August. It’s the way it’s been for years. The big difference now is that we have forums for people refresh 20 times a day to catch up with nothing happening. People on here demand something to happen and if it doesn’t happen it must be bad news. It’s almost as if it’s got to be either fantastic or awful when in truth we will be average, just like this season.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 8, 2024 16:39:27 GMT
Yes, that’s a very good example. I doubt OC would have downed sticks like so many did in ‘21 and this season gone. What is it they say? Treat people the way you’d like to be treated. Football is a very different matter I know but how you treat people is relevant in every aspect of business. Including football. UTG! Notice that Ollie is out of contract having led Mansfield to promotion. I bet he's not on anyone's radar, but I'd definitely welcome OC back to the Mem.
Alfie Kilgour is still under contract, but JJ O'Toole has been released. WYHHB?
Yes, possibly a good call. I guess it depends on where he wants to live at this stage. I bet DC at Cheltenham will have at least a conversation with him to see his intentions. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 8, 2024 15:56:27 GMT
It's also worth noting the clubs treatment of Ollie Clarke. 271 appearances for the club, two time player of the year, over a decade service and he was given a derisory contract offer and no goodbye. I don't really think we can get too uppity about the Lockyer situation after the way the club treated Clarke. Yes, that’s a very good example. I doubt OC would have downed sticks like so many did in ‘21 and this season gone. What is it they say? Treat people the way you’d like to be treated. Football is a very different matter I know but how you treat people is relevant in every aspect of business. Including football. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 8, 2024 14:16:09 GMT
Irrespective of what fans said, in the two years before he left he was clearly an important part of the team and plenty good enough and seeing him go for nothing was poor. Yet tbf to the club we are told that they offered to renew his contract on several occasions but he was determined to go. We got nothing. MT signed a short term deal and we got £300k as opposed to £0 and MT gets pelters every time. TL, I think, had a long term plan which he stuck to and we lost out. For clarity I loved TLs time with us and have admired his climb up the leagues and have great sympathy for what’s happened but I’ve often shaken my head at the comparison of our treatment of both players. And before anyone comes back at me I do understand the anger over those few days in Jan ‘17 and who he went to. UTG! A rare example of a footballer having a brain! Yes, probably. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 8, 2024 12:16:30 GMT
I think when you look that Taylor, Bodin, Harrison and Lockyer all left for less than what we got for just Barry in 1998 it's pretty damning. To be fair, Taylor/Bodin/Harrison didn't play at the level that Barry Hayles did. Lockyer, we so messed up there. No fee and some fans were saying he wasn't good enough for us. Irrespective of what fans said, in the two years before he left he was clearly an important part of the team and plenty good enough and seeing him go for nothing was poor. Yet tbf to the club we are told that they offered to renew his contract on several occasions but he was determined to go. We got nothing. MT signed a short term deal and we got £300k as opposed to £0 and MT gets pelters every time. TL, I think, had a long term plan which he stuck to and we lost out. For clarity I loved TLs time with us and have admired his climb up the leagues and have great sympathy for what’s happened but I’ve often shaken my head at the comparison of our treatment of both players. And before anyone comes back at me I do understand the anger over those few days in Jan ‘17 and who he went to. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 8, 2024 8:17:23 GMT
A steady decline, maybe 18th next season? Then league 2, artist impressions of the new East stand, local objections, planning delays, East stand development put on hold temporarily for 5 years while we bring in new CEO or owner, a man in suit who’s brother had something to do with building the new Wembley, sacking the same 6 months later about the time I celebrate god willing my 70th birthday, I’m 63 now, a second spell in non league, Wael back in charge with brave new plans, unable to speak about due to confidentiality agreements Have I missed anything? You old cynic! ☹️ It is what it is, and hasn’t changed greatly in 55 years. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 7, 2024 21:28:05 GMT
What about 1974? But if it’s excitement you want I guess it’s the 7-0 but the ‘74 was great. It’s very exciting when from the first match in August you know you’re going up! Not going to happen like that anytime soon. ☹️ UTG! 74 was great and probably my favourite Rovers team. However the nil nil draw at Southend to confirm promotion doesn’t rank with these other games tbh. No, you’re right of course. As a match not a patch on D/R or the Scunthorpe match. But the whole season was very exciting watching the best team in the league! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 7, 2024 21:19:05 GMT
What about 1974?
But if it’s excitement you want I guess it’s the 7-0 but the ‘74 was great. It’s very exciting when from the first match in August you know you’re going up! Not going to happen like that anytime soon. ☹️
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 6, 2024 12:28:35 GMT
That must be the first time in a while right? Especially as Rotherham have been yoyo-ing so much. It shows the level of investment you need at the Championship though, Plymouth spent a solid amount of money under their American owners and they only just stayed up. Kinda worrying Ipswich deserve many of the plaudits they're getting, absolutely superb what they've done. But tbf, their squad by the end of L1 was probably a solid Championship team, they were signing players for extreme L1 money. Still, to get promoted on that is massively impressive From The Times this morning: Last season FGR were above Ipswich when the teams met in L1in August 22 but next season Ipswich will be in the Premier League and FGR will be a non league club. Almost unbelievable isn’t it? Blimey! That’s some turn around. A timely reminder as The Equaliser said. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 6, 2024 11:29:34 GMT
Liked the look of Bryant Bilongo on loan at Ebbsfleet second half of this season. Attacking left-back who could make a good option for next season should Gordon depart. Middlesbrough's use of London as a scouting area has proven to be successful in recent years with the likes of Isaiah Jones and the promising Pharrell Willis being unearthed as well as our own Conteh. Would like to see us use similar methods should the development squad actually return. Didn’t we have some kind of ‘London base ‘ a few years ago, prior to Covid? Istr a thread on here about Wael opening a base and team in the London area. Great idea if any club has the support to give any players a platform to perform but without that perhaps a pointless exercise. Sadly. If you're intending to do that then you need to do it properly. Not a half-arsed approach to it just to placate others or as an PR exercise etc. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on May 6, 2024 11:22:22 GMT
Lys mousset formerly of Bournemouth only 28 he’s free Having seen him play for AFCB years ago before he went to Sheffield U I’d say a big no. Little motivation, usually looked uninterested and if Eddie H couldn’t get a tune out of him….. But I also say about not judging players from previous experience and he looked far better at Sheffield U. But I’d still say no knowing we need some pace in our strikers. Let’s go for players on their way up showing the attributes we need which I hope our scouting team are aware of. Fingers crossed. 🤞🏽 UTG!
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