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by truewhite15
Fri Jul 11, 2025 10:03 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Pre-season 2025
Replies: 82
Views: 2928

Re: Pre-season 2025

Taylor playing left back. Definitely a 4-2-3-1.

Wanderers Youtube feed is annoyingly reversed.
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:41 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Contract expiry
Replies: 1380
Views: 327131

Re: Contract expiry

ACD at #2? That is, as you say, upsetting. Right sided, yes, but left footed and far too attacking for that number. Let's hope someone sees the light before it's too late... Otherwise, good sleuthing! I appreciate it, even if nobody else does :grin: Maybe SS has visited this forum and thought "Feck...
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:11 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Contract expiry
Replies: 1380
Views: 327131

Re: Contract expiry

ACD at #2? That is, as you say, upsetting. Right sided, yes, but left footed and far too attacking for that number. Let's hope someone sees the light before it's too late... Otherwise, good sleuthing! I appreciate it, even if nobody else does :grin: Maybe SS has visited this forum and thought "Feck...
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 09, 2025 6:00 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Contract expiry
Replies: 1380
Views: 327131

Re: Contract expiry

ACD at #2? That is, as you say, upsetting. Right sided, yes, but left footed and far too attacking for that number.

Let's hope someone sees the light before it's too late...

Otherwise, good sleuthing! I appreciate it, even if nobody else does :grin:
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 09, 2025 4:20 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Contract expiry
Replies: 1380
Views: 327131

Re: Contract expiry

I'll see if I can find one of the cottage they're staying in. Cheers. And would it kill you to rustle up a cottage pie? The 36 looks to me like Daeshon Lawrence (who last year wore 54), but as I say my facial recognition skillz aren't 'crack'. Probably just me and thee interested in this, DSB - buy...
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 09, 2025 2:02 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

I'd welcome Rankin-Costello. Good experience, very versatile. And would add to our increasing ranks of double-barrelled surnames and three-letter signifiers. JRC, TSL, JDC, JOT, ACD, CMG... technically also CFJ (Chris Forino-Joseph) and SSA (Sonny Sharples-Ahmed), though they're both known by their ...
by truewhite15
Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:41 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Contract expiry
Replies: 1380
Views: 327131

Re: Contract expiry

Cottaging a thing on here? :shock: Very pleasant. Forgot about Ceesay. Has tended to be 21 (currently Forino) or 24 – currently open but may also be coveted by Johnny Kenny, who's worn it at Celtic and Shamrock over the last four seasons. But Ceesay might get here first... so maybe Kenny goes 19......
by truewhite15
Mon Jul 07, 2025 11:32 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Contract expiry
Replies: 1380
Views: 327131

Re: Contract expiry

I actually saw an image of Xav Simons in training, wearing #24 on his shorts.

Could be a placeholder, like.
by truewhite15
Sun Jul 06, 2025 1:44 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

He's got a good engine, he's versatile, he's rarely injured, he leads the team and he's shown loyalty in the past.

I'd be genuinely upset if he left - especially to a team we anticipate being a promotion rival.
by truewhite15
Sat Jul 05, 2025 3:18 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

All slotting into place quite nicely. Left back is still the glaring hole - unless Conway's stock has risen so high that we're now happy with him as 1st choice, with Szabi and youth as back-ups, or Szabi himself is in contention with Conway as deputy? Similar at right back, where a JDC injury leaves...
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:57 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

Watching what Ceesay clips are available online, I'm not even sure he's left-footed. He's certainly very comfortable on his right, sometimes even seeming to prefer it when both options are available. For example, his only goal this season is a right-foot 20-yarder that might arguably have been easi...
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:34 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

I suppose the question is, is Ceesay coming in as another defensive midfielder (in which case he's in direct competition with Simons, Thomason, Morley and Sheehan), which would indicate that we're likely looking at two holding midfielders to start... Or is he coming in as our new starting left back...
by truewhite15
Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:06 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

I suppose the question is, is Ceesay coming in as another defensive midfielder (in which case he's in direct competition with Simons, Thomason, Morley and Sheehan), which would indicate that we're likely looking at two holding midfielders to start... Or is he coming in as our new starting left back?...
by truewhite15
Mon Jun 30, 2025 4:57 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

Just told my daughter that there's bad news, that it looks like Luke is leaving.

She looked up briefly from her tablet, said "oh", and returned to her game.

Crisis averted, then...
by truewhite15
Thu Jun 26, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: League One 25/26 - the Runners and Riders, or Schumacher's First Strike
Replies: 98
Views: 3342

Re: League One 25/26 - the Runners and Riders, or Schumacher's First Strike

If we have a start like last year, there's a fair old chance we'll get a finish like last year too! :-( There's already folk predicting Schumacher will be out by October and Darby installed as caretaker. And that's without getting into the new-kit brouhaha. New kit brouhaha? Ne'er mind. Just seen i...
by truewhite15
Thu Jun 26, 2025 6:08 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: League One 25/26 - the Runners and Riders, or Schumacher's First Strike
Replies: 98
Views: 3342

Re: League One 25/26 - the Runners and Riders, or Schumacher's First Strike

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:50 pm
Worthy4England wrote:
Thu Jun 26, 2025 5:45 pm
If we have a start like last year, there's a fair old chance we'll get a finish like last year too! :-(
There's already folk predicting Schumacher will be out by October and Darby installed as caretaker.

And that's without getting into the new-kit brouhaha.
New kit brouhaha?
by truewhite15
Wed Jun 25, 2025 1:00 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Are we up for the cups in 2025/26?
Replies: 15
Views: 464

Re: Are we up for the cups in 2025/26?

I'd love to win another trophy. Obviously the FA Cup and League Cup are absolute pipe-dreams, but maybe we can get in a couple of performances worthy of David before the inevitable knock-out. The FL Trophy could be achievable - Schumacher took Plymouth to the final whilst also winning the league, so...
by truewhite15
Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:52 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

Personally wouldn't like to see Southwood go. He's a good bloke, nice to chat to. He's not a bad keeper at this level. And my daughter would be heartbroken - she's already feeling the pain of both Baxter and Collins going. But I guess it's one of those "no room for sentiment" situations. If he feels...
by truewhite15
Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:24 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

…and then you pick your second XI and you see where the deep holes are… Southwood Forrester - Forino - Johnston Sheehan CMG - Randall - Sharples - Lolos McAtee - Abimbola Leaving out Nlundulu of those fit, and Vic and Dempsey as the crocks. Square pegs a-plenty. A side leaker than a broken colander...
by truewhite15
Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:17 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread
Replies: 1728
Views: 68166

Re: Schu me the way to Amarillo - Summer 2025 Transfer Thread

I'm actually reasonably happy with the spine of the side now. TSL, Taylor, Simons and Dalby come highly recommended for both strength and skill. Paired with Toal, Morley and Tomo, that's not a core that's likely to be waltzed through all that regularly (I hope). Obviously, if some absolute crackers ...