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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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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. Prob...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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……

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^^ 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 d...

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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 ...

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I think one thing that has been demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt is that as good an egg as Cogley is he is in no way up to being a regular RWB for a side with ambitions of exiting league one in a positive direction. I like him. I think he never lets you down. But looking at the league next ...

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What better players to have on the bench than DBV and Jerome? Surely both had one more season in them? With Ogbeta and Mahoma in the balance, what a great way to start building a squad by removing the foundations? Badly done I.E..I'm hesitant about in/out now. ae:) ae:) Maghoma isn’t in the balance...

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Same applies to Conor Carty, so we’ll see. I wrote a whole thing and deleted it for being a bit self-indulgent, but the basic gist was that we are likely to have budget issues this season after the fan loan splurge and may therefore need to patch the squad up and make do. Cogley was in the TotY, so...

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Confirmed that Bod, Jerome and Declan John have been released. M Mistake number one Mr Evatt........in my humble opinion of course. :( ae:) ae:) Which is the mistake? I can’t see any argument for keeping any of the three. I really liked BOD as a player, but he’s always injured, takes an age to get ...

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Nobody seems to be contradicting the tale. What it shows to me is something I’ve believed for a while. I mean you don’t need this silly ‘spat’ to be included in this. We’ve all encountered people like Evatt, big egos a bit arrogant. It’s par for the course with a lot of football managers. But I thin...

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jmjhb wrote: ↑
Tue May 21, 2024 7:40 pm
Meanwhile we haven't even produced a retained list. Hope this period of soul-searching doesn't delay everything for too long.

I doubt much is going on. People will be on holidays. Am sure a retained list will follow.

BWFC_Insane

Sarcevic has had his say on his departure. These failings out happen but if what he says is true….

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Yeah, I wasn't arguing the point. Merely sort of agreeing with you, with a bit of an extra worry. Evatt might be on a promotion season and people could still turn on a sixpence at the first sight of a hiccup. "Here we go again" is bound to be a concern, even when we're going well. Has to be automat...

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But that’s my view I’m fairly certain yours is totally different. Yes, but like I say I was asking for yours and not looking to pick at it. And I will add I think a better manager a more savvy manager might even find a way to get santos to be more consistent. I just don’t think Evatt and his ‘he’s ...

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TBF, I think Ainsworth has fewer votes in favour than keeping Evatt - he's got one with maybe a second pick after Duff from Dibs...Move on. The "get ridders" sometimes don't help themselves much... :-) Maybe but equally nobody wanted Parky or would want him now (me aside) yet he’s more likely to wi...

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Absolutely respect all that. And it’s hard to express it accurately on here. Santos is indeed a physical monster and when he’s in that mode is very good. The problem is he’s rarely in that mode and when he’s not is a liability. And certainly doesn’t dominate strikers when he’s not on it. Yes. Howev...

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