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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 3, 2020 13:14:58 GMT
That's effectively what I said on the match thread last night - " TW can't be completely blameless it's true, but presumably he recruited to a specification given to him by BG and GC previously.
Now that TW is Director of Football I would think he has more say in the direction and type of player, rather than just recruiting the best of the type specified by the Manager?" But that’s just it- if your wording is accurate and he has recruited the best of a type, what does that say because we aren’t really best at anything apart from not winning? ...best of the type available and within our budget would have been a more accurate comment I accept.
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 3, 2020 12:59:19 GMT
that's the bit I can't work out.even though garner had some input surely widdrington had the final say.asked the question before was garner a widdrington signing and the reason he backed him so much?just can't see any football guy allowing such a unbalanced squad to start a season when it was all to obvious to the fan base that there were gaping holes in certain positions Surely Garner said "I want this type of player for this position with these attributes, what have you got on your list?". If not then Garner may as well not have been here if Widdrington is building the squad. That's effectively what I said on the match thread last night - " TW can't be completely blameless it's true, but presumably he recruited to a specification given to him by BG and GC previously.
Now that TW is Director of Football I would think he has more say in the direction and type of player, rather than just recruiting the best of the type specified by the Manager?"
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 21:04:14 GMT
Come on guys, we're all Gas and we're all pi55ed off at what we are seeing happening, but let's not start having a go at each other
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 20:55:36 GMT
What a load of sh**. We're in big trouble. Got to hope to get lucky with postponements I guess. ..get a few of the squad to catch (mild) Covid to get us through to the transfer window?
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 20:54:37 GMT
He’s a Coughlan type player, not a widdrington/garner type player so I wouldn’t hold my breath unless there is a big mea culpa at the top that this new strategy of the club’s was not the brightest idea. Widdrington was there for all of Coughlan's signings. So he gets no credit for those but blamed for this lot? TW can't be completely blameless it's true, but presumably he recruited to a specification given to him by BG and GC previously. Now that TW is Director of Football I would think he has more say in the direction and type of player, rather than just recruiting the best of the type specified by the Manager?
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 20:42:06 GMT
Many rejoiced at BG's 'best ever recruitment'.Yet to be convinced as we are so feeble. I think many could see that the players were talented, but most if not all were worried that the recruitment was effectively creating a 'Premier League U23 or U21' squad with insufficient strength, leadership etc to work in League 1. Our 4-3 win over Chelsea U21's showed what we really are - a squad suited to tippy tappy Development football
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 20:35:23 GMT
We are in real trouble. Insufficient steel and leadership in the squad to survive in a tough league without some good recruitment in January. Hope we're not too far adrift of safety before that can be achieved
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 19:58:32 GMT
Jan transfer window will a massive one for a proven striker but by then who will want to come to a team looking like their being relegated? and who play 1 up front. Gills got 3 strikers playing today away from home... ..to be fair we only have one fit striker at the moment - due to pee poor recruitment and squad set up
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 19:52:04 GMT
Wimbledon signed Ben Heneghan just a couple of weeks back and it seems he has done their defence some good. Any other out of contract players out there?
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 19:43:44 GMT
Defensively we seem to have too many back there especially at set pieces, but no one organises or marks anyone. The organisation is Ehmers' responsibility as senior defender AND Captain
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 19:42:12 GMT
Any commanding centre half/captain type players sat at home out of contract, ditto big target man centre forwards?
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 19:26:31 GMT
Well, at least we won't sit back on a lead for too long......
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 18:54:27 GMT
Well done AF - I couldn't get it to copy over for some reason
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 18:49:15 GMT
I quite like the nicholson, oztumer, McCormick combo.... Reckon its got legs.... ...6 of 'em
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 18:44:14 GMT
Bench is: van Stappershoef Westbrooke Kilgour Hargreaves Harries Walker Koiki
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 18:40:57 GMT
Tell me we have a striker on the bench? Not good if Hanlan gets a knock again! No we don't.
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 18:04:45 GMT
Hanlan in the starting 11. No Daly in the starting line up or on the bench - ankle not good presumably
edit - Same starting 11 as Sunday except Upson for Liddle and Hanlan for Daly
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 2, 2020 12:57:07 GMT
Look I wasn’t aware that bumping an old thread was such an issue for forum users. This thread and a few others on the subject of games elsewhere have been bumped many times before, just didn’t want to have a duplicate thread about other games every time we weren’t playing I suppose. In regards to there being 30 games left, yeah I know. Sometimes it’s just nice to have a look at the score around the grounds and see how other teams are getting on. Not expecting the results tonight are going to have much of a significant impact either way. I think it’s a good idea to bump a thread with the title “Tonight’s games.” Rather than start a new thread every midweek to discuss what’s going on just leave the one thread. Perhaps mods can decide to do that. Or if someone bumps it each midweek it would happen naturally I guess. Some of the other forums have a thread like that so perhaps it’s something that would be popular. UTG! Fair enough, but one from two seasons ago? Perhaps there should be a midweek/other/tonight's fixtures thread for when we're not playing that runs through each season?
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 1, 2020 20:40:54 GMT
Have I missed something, but why drag up a thread from 19 months plus ago? A new one for this weeks fixtures would have been fine, surely.
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Post by Rod1883 on Dec 1, 2020 12:44:07 GMT
Probably the best worked goal, but not the most spectacular goal - which is what people vote for
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