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by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

Job very not suited for him in that it’s been a very unstable club - revolving managerial door, boardroom chaos, entitled fans. Is he at more risk there than he would be here? A week ago yes. I'd suggest not now. You could probably add to the reasons to consider it side - honeymoon period, promise ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Other Footy
Topic: Your England XI
Replies: 599
Views: 258111

Re: Your England XI

Surely we can find someone at an England level who can play LCB, LB and LWB? I mean it stands to reason!

Glad Traff got a nod.

Not hopeful (for the first time in a while) - feels like another SF at best.
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

Worth saying that JDB is a player I really liked on a number of levels. He added loads when he first arrived and bar injuries I think would have continued to do so. He just was unlucky with injuries. One of the good guys. And will be missed I think. Yeah - nice words from him on exit, too. Sorry to...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

Tangent - IE is currently 7/2 third favourite for the Birmingham job...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

Yep. Pep might well have made a change. Upsetting for the subbed lad(s) but it’s a team game. The not-so-secret secret with Pep is he doesn't do it alone. People like Dunn have a huge influence on how City set up game to game and what they target. Does Evatt have those people around him? We can see...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

Yep. Pep might well have made a change. Upsetting for the subbed lad(s) but it’s a team game. The not-so-secret secret with Pep is he doesn't do it alone. People like Dunn have a huge influence on how City set up game to game and what they target. Does Evatt have those people around him? We can see...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

Indeed, which is why (like I said) we need balance in both formation and personnel. Last two seasons we’ve moved the dial from “good defence but attack not good enough” to “(intermittently) good attack but defence not good enough”. Does a back four fix that? Might depend who’s in it. Any formation ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

On another topic du jour - I would not be confident of top two if our RWB options are Cogz, Matheson, Jones. If we go back four, maybe (although we’d need a tall LB as none of those are grrrrrreat in the air). Iredale Yep, decent for that, but then that’s four “defenders” rather than three. Say we ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

The problem is not that our press is more ineffective than Oxfords' - as Ghost says over the season, it's not - our Opta PPDA still has us as top, Oxford 4th bottom. But that's where the lies, damned lies and statistics come into play. In a one-off game, or even across the play-off, they might have...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

On another topic du jour - I would not be confident of top two if our RWB options are Cogz, Matheson, Jones. If we go back four, maybe (although we’d need a tall LB as none of those are grrrrrreat in the air). Iredale Yep, decent for that, but then that’s four “defenders” rather than three. Say we ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

Nobody associated with the football club is happy right now. I wouldn’t expect them to be. That’s not in doubt and I suspect the board are saying we simply have to go up. Financially last season promotion really was imperative and in not doing it next season becomes massively pressurised from the o...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

Why is our press much more ineffective than oxfords It's not. At the start of the season we were far and away the best pressing outfit. Where that fell down was when we lost Dion and Vic. None of the replacements could do the work. Without one key pressing player it worked, without both it didn't. ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

Looking across at ours and WW's polls. I think the tally whilst strongly against, as you'd expect maybe, after Saturday has absolutely narrowed but is still roughly 50/50. 115 for go and 114 stay, across the two. The arguments for and against are pretty similar, probably as you'd expect, but I just ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 10:55 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

Who is saleable then? Can we cash in on Santos, Sheehan, Thomason, or Charles to plug the gaps we need in mentality? I’m with Insane at the moment, if that’s the squad for next season it’s not getting top 6, never mind top 2. Too many opposition managers have worked out how to play against us. I su...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

There is no good reason to play 3 at the back, bottom line is we can recruit into a 4131 far more easily it suits more of our players and even if you say the main ones it doesn’t suit are Charles and Santos…both of those might not be here…… If Evatt is manager he's shown before he actually prefers ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

I think you're saying, probably doesn't get in the way of us, but might hinder his personal development in future. If that's correct, then I genuinely don't care. I was starting to get images of him sitting 13 round a table for the pre-match and making them say Grace... I don't think it hinders us ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread
Replies: 312
Views: 6582

Re: Tooling up: The summer 2024 transfer thread

One of me mates' sons landed his 1st pro, so he's pretty happy with it. Alongside what you say Ghost, wonder if Jerome's non-contract for "upstairs gig" is tied to us not making it up a rung? Not surprised other than that. Congrats to the kid. Huge moment for any young man. It may well be a case of...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

I think you're saying, probably doesn't get in the way of us, but might hinder his personal development in future. If that's correct, then I genuinely don't care. I was starting to get images of him sitting 13 round a table for the pre-match and making them say Grace...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

But I think over time I’ve realised that Evatt’s particular ego is a front to cover up his own self doubt. Did the self-help books and "Jesus needs me to be in the Premier League" not give it away to you on day one? Doubt is healthy. Avoiding it is the weakness. If Evatt can stop avoiding it it'll ...
by Worthy4England
Wed May 22, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?
Replies: 252
Views: 3895

Re: Should I(E) stay or should I(E) go?

^^ Gotta be honest, although I want him gone, this non-story doesn't tilt the needle for me and whilst I could try and build a "here's what I reckon," I don't actually know first hand what goes on, but for me the reason he has to go, remains as "fecked it up royally and spinelessly." One thing he di...