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Post by gtleighsr3 on Apr 13, 2024 17:11:23 GMT
See a good video on YouTube the other day. Stockport town centre jam full of boozers ready for our visit next season
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Post by The General on Apr 21, 2024 12:12:52 GMT
So for the second season running we have just
Avoided relegation by the skin of our teeth
Things need to change now
Otherwise we are looking at this every season
Imho Marti is the way forward for next 2-3 years
To create stability at the club and exciting football
Eze needs to go to Man City for Qpr to evolve again
As Chair will not be going anywhere apart from
Wearing hoops to wearing arrows on his strip
Imperative we keep Cook Fox Colback Field Dunne Haden
They are the spine of the whole team and why we stayed up
Without these players we were down
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Post by Corbray on Apr 21, 2024 12:26:42 GMT
lots of players will be off in the summer and some of them like adomah and dozzell are on a decent wedge.
suspect a couple of others will be off for fees too.
dykes has to go, hopefully he has a sensational euros so we can get a fee for him.
we have a spine of a team and tbh only really need to bring in a couple of players to drastically improve the side.
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Post by Shania on Apr 21, 2024 12:28:30 GMT
Lol, we are not safe yet.
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Post by BrightonR on Apr 21, 2024 17:46:36 GMT
Wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if we beat Leeds.
With regards to next season though, just need to make sure we get the recruitment right, (2 proper strikers and a keeper) and done early.
I for one don’t think I can stomach another season like this. Thought after the previous one we would have turned a corner, but we appear to have doubled back!
It’s been a thoroughly depressing 16 months or so. Just haven’t enjoyed it at all.
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Post by The General on Apr 21, 2024 21:21:32 GMT
Wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if we beat Leeds. With regards to next season though, just need to make sure we get the recruitment right, (2 proper strikers and a keeper) and done early. I for one don’t think I can stomach another season like this. Thought after the previous one we would have turned a corner, but we appear to have doubled back! It’s been a thoroughly depressing 16 months or so. Just haven’t enjoyed it at all. I think that going through the tough times Makes the supporters come together as a club Yes its a nightmare but look at the support Over the last 10 games sold out most games It’s who we are really im afraid Hard work but fans desperate for success Brights |
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Post by The General on Apr 21, 2024 21:23:46 GMT
Now Les and everyone else have farked off
We can become a normal football club again
End of a 10 year nightmare
A new Dawn
We are a work in practice again
But a better one at that
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Post by Corbray on Apr 21, 2024 21:46:48 GMT
tbh i've quite enjoyed the rollercoaster of this season. started out VERY shit but marti pulled off the great escape, has had us playing some good football and brought good vibes back to the club. atmosphere has been the best it's been in years, we have some players we can be proud of and we no longer have that air of uncertainty hanging over the club like last year.
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 22, 2024 6:34:11 GMT
Next season - assuming we don’t get caught this - I don’t want to hear any crap about ‘consolidating’ or ‘aiming to finish mid-table’. How do you do that anyway? Play to win, see where we get. Get to 50 points then throw the kitchen sink at it. None of this ‘not good enough’ to go up, get to the money and build the Club - see Luton. Once safe, fans would buy into giving it a go. Much better than lots of pointless games towards the end of the season.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Apr 22, 2024 10:59:03 GMT
even without the eze sale i imagine we'll have some funds available. a few of the higher earners are out of contract and a few others will be sold. if we can sort out our 3 key areas for next year which is hayden on a permanent, a new GK and striker we should be good. throw in a couple of loans and free transfers for depth and competition and we'll be shaping up quite well tbh. we'll probably look abroad for our key signings. Hope you are right and agree re priorities. Would just caution that Hayden alone would probably take up the slack wages-wise from Albert, Dozzell etc. A half decent striker is still probably the one position that even in the modern Championship it is hard to get on a free, and that will be the challenge and also take up a huge amount of any modest budget. Might end up being a prem striker on loan, and I can already imagine this message board all summer as this might well be late in the window. On a positive I rate our attacking three midfielders probably more than a lot of posters. None have been at their best but if we retained all three and had a decent target man I think their assists - and willingness to sling balls into the box - would increase considerably. Where they do need to improve is move far quicker to support the striker, as if you play a lone striker and the next player is 20 yards further back or out on the wing then tbf to Dykes a lot better striker than him is going to really struggle. |
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Post by Corbray on Apr 22, 2024 11:19:09 GMT
even without the eze sale i imagine we'll have some funds available. a few of the higher earners are out of contract and a few others will be sold. if we can sort out our 3 key areas for next year which is hayden on a permanent, a new GK and striker we should be good. throw in a couple of loans and free transfers for depth and competition and we'll be shaping up quite well tbh. we'll probably look abroad for our key signings. Hope you are right and agree re priorities. Would just caution that Hayden alone would probably take up the slack wages-wise from Albert, Dozzell etc. A half decent striker is still probably the one position that even in the modern Championship it is hard to get on a free, and that will be the challenge and also take up a huge amount of any modest budget. Might end up being a prem striker on loan, and I can already imagine this message board all summer as this might well be late in the window. On a positive I rate our attacking three midfielders probably more than a lot of posters. None have been at their best but if we retained all three and had a decent target man I think their assists - and willingness to sling balls into the box - would increase considerably. Where they do need to improve is move far quicker to support the striker, as if you play a lone striker and the next player is 20 yards further back or out on the wing then tbf to Dykes a lot better striker than him is going to really struggle. hayden has a big * next to his name. newcastle want him out but he's still got a year left on his 50k a week contract. they'd let him go on a free but he would understandably want them to pay up a significant portion of his wages for him to leave. by all accounts he wants to stay here but at 29 years old he's not gunna be able to treat his next club as a stepping stone so will likely want good wages from whoever he goes to next. if that's the case then there's no point forking out on a guy with no resale value. strikers though there's probably a few around, i've been banging on about langstaff from notts county for a while as he'd be a perfect fit for our style of play and would bring out the best from our front 3 who'd finally have someone reliable in the box. for all of chair's faults i think he holds onto the ball for too long due to the options in the box lol. |
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Post by MattyRangers on Apr 22, 2024 11:22:29 GMT
Longstaff will have a load of interest and I imagine command a reasonable fee - not sure how much (if anything) we will have to spend this summer?
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Apr 22, 2024 12:04:11 GMT
Reckon we will have to offload a few to spend some money, and hopefully if Eze does go to City that money will be made available to Marti too.
As for expectations, I expect nothing but hope for a top half finish next season.
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Post by Rangers77 on Apr 22, 2024 12:20:45 GMT
We'd get four years out of Hayden. We really ought try to get him. He'd be the Derry in a promotion chasing team.
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Post by systemsguy on Apr 23, 2024 11:57:36 GMT
Lol, we are not safe yet. 50/1 to be relegated on bet365... #justsayin |
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Post by hal9thou on Apr 23, 2024 12:26:47 GMT
It's incredible that people who were panicking about our status a couple of weeks ago are now assuming that we're safe.
I seriously doubt MCif shares that view. I need to hear the fat lady, I need the maths to prove that the job has been done.
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Post by Shania on Apr 23, 2024 14:03:52 GMT
Lol, we are not safe yet. 50/1 to be relegated on bet365... #justsayin  Of course, I don't want us to be relegated. It more about how we as supporters have spoken about the players being complacent, so why should we? On the other hand; it`s not wrong to be optimistic or a glass half full kind of person. |
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Post by spongeparr on Apr 23, 2024 15:48:12 GMT
At least we won't start the season with a manager who was in awe of all of the opposition.
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Post by The General on Apr 23, 2024 16:20:47 GMT
At least we won’t have the following next season
Les - All white people are racists
Amit - On the golf course
Chris - No good players for 10 years
Tony - Just a clown
Crap right back
No Leaders
Crap manager
Just the Yank left now
Roll on next season
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Post by The General on Apr 23, 2024 16:34:49 GMT
Whatever division we are in
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Post by Stanley75 on May 4, 2024 13:34:12 GMT
You can see all these players want to play well for their manager. That's clear for the whole squad not just the starting 11, as we've seen today. A dead rubber of a game but still everyone of them looked totally committed right up to the final whistle. Team spirit and unity looks really healthy. Bodes very well for next season.
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Post by Stanley75 on May 5, 2024 17:39:31 GMT
We should try to get Hayden, but I just wonder how he would cope physically playing every game because If his wages would be relatively high we need to get 90 minutes out of him every week. Hayden (if he stays), Field, EDB, Colback plus one more CM. That's 5 DMs competing for two places. That would suffice for me. |
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Post by Shania on May 5, 2024 17:43:53 GMT
We should try to get Hayden, but I just wonder how he would cope physically playing every game because If his wages would be relatively high we need to get 90 minutes out of him every week. Hayden (if he stays), Field, EDB, Colback plus one more CM. That's 5 DMs competing for two places. That would suffice for me. That is a valid point I forgot. Rotating the squad. |
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Post by Corbray on May 5, 2024 18:05:13 GMT
Hayden (if he stays), Field, EDB, Colback plus one more CM. That's 5 DMs competing for two places. That would suffice for me. That is a valid point I forgot. Rotating the squad. different options too which we've somewhat started this season. agree on another CM but would like a more energetic or ball playing CM as an option as our current 3 main ones are all of a similar vein. |
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Post by Ginger Ninja on May 5, 2024 18:14:24 GMT
We should try to get Hayden, but I just wonder how he would cope physically playing every game because If his wages would be relatively high we need to get 90 minutes out of him every week. Hayden (if he stays), Field, EDB, Colback plus one more CM. That's 5 DMs competing for two places. That would suffice for me. I believe Field is one of the players out of contract and hasn't re-signed yet so possibly losing him. |
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Post by Norfolk Ranger on May 5, 2024 18:24:01 GMT
Hayden (if he stays), Field, EDB, Colback plus one more CM. That's 5 DMs competing for two places. That would suffice for me. I believe Field is one of the players out of contract and hasn't re-signed yet so possibly losing him. pretty sure Field signed a new contract a short while back Ginge,length of contract wasn't given out as per usual with the club nowadays |
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Post by Shania on May 5, 2024 18:29:42 GMT
^^Field signed a new contract a moth ago if I remember correctly.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on May 7, 2024 14:57:13 GMT
Lot of focus on who we would like to get rid of and also who we would like to bring in.
Just as crucial is who gets taken from us. If Chair, Willock, Hayden and JSC all go/ go down in Chair’s case, we suddenly look a v poor squad.
Could cost quite a lot of money to simply get us back to where we were, let alone strengthened. And the only one there we could prob pick up a fee for would be JCS.
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Post by The General on May 17, 2024 9:27:12 GMT
Are
Cannon Cook Fox Jcs Colback French Guy
All permanent signings now ?
If so great transfer work this awsome signings
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Post by The General on May 25, 2024 9:31:53 GMT
Looking at the teams in champ next season
Some really good teams in this division now
Will be tough going we need strikers asap
And keeper we were also very lucky with
Injuries all season due to our physio dept
Please sign some strikers of quality
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Of course, I don't want us to be relegated. It more about how we as supporters have spoken about the players being complacent, so why should we? On the other hand; it`s not wrong to be optimistic or a glass half full kind of person.
