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Post by Hobhead on Aug 31, 2021 19:57:16 GMT
Are shite.
All our best players were here before Derek arrived and the selection he’s bagged since getting here are a mixed bag who seem to range from dogshit to below average. I know he revels in getting more out of average players but he’s really put himself up against it with this lot. Our squad is shallow and we still look short in midfield and up front despite making a good number of new signings.
Have we put a proper recruitment set up in place only to immediately revert to type and go back to what we’ve always done? Right now that’s worryingly what it looks like and at the minute we look to have done it just as poorly as we usually do and if we add Tom Elliot later tonight then for me it’s further evidence of how we’re just repeating the mistakes of the last two decades and expecting different results.
Adams may yet be the man to get us out of this league but right now there doesn’t seem to be any precision in our recruitment. We’re back to manager’s friends and contacts again and it’s not even looking like a particularly special effort at that.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Aug 31, 2021 20:01:52 GMT
Canavan was an Adams signing it's quite obvious but yeah most of them are shite. It's obvious we're now stuck with Evans and Watt, we've got full backs who can't defend and nobody of any consistency up front. The post Stevenage optimism is rapidly disappearing.
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Post by Neshead on Aug 31, 2021 20:06:41 GMT
Just get behind the new signings FFS.
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Post by Lofty on Aug 31, 2021 20:23:26 GMT
I think we've got some genuinely good players for this level.
Canavan O'Connor Cooke Vernam Crankshaw Cook
It's the lack of depth that's an issue. It's always the same here. Spunk what money we have on a core of 5 or 6 good players and plug the gaps with shite.
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Post by rcbantam on Aug 31, 2021 20:24:10 GMT
BUt wE dOnT haVE BiG bUdGeT.. Adams words.
Bingo....
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Post by moshi on Aug 31, 2021 20:25:35 GMT
Not having that m9. We’ve started way better than I expected and I don’t think promotion is on the cards. But Songo isn’t shit, he’s been a great signing. Unfortunately we have FCD and Watt giving the ball away so much we need 3 of him to cover up their sloppy play.
You can have the rest though. I actually don’t recall a worse fullback combo without looking it up.
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Post by Hobhead on Aug 31, 2021 20:32:34 GMT
I think we've got some genuinely good players for this level. Canavan O'Connor Cooke Vernam Crankshaw Cook It's the lack of depth that's an issue. It's always the same here. Spunk what money we have on a core of 5 or 6 good players and plug the gaps with shite. Of the players you’ve listed only Canavan is likely an Adams signing. Cook you could try and push as one on a technicality but it wouldn’t stand. The players Adams has personally brought to the club are a bag of assorted dogshit. We’d better hope his reputation for getting extra out of bog standard players hold true because from here it looks like he’s gone out of his way to test it.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Aug 31, 2021 20:34:59 GMT
If indeed they are all his signings, I don't think they are and I think that's where there maybe a problem
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Post by Lofty on Aug 31, 2021 20:36:16 GMT
I think we've got some genuinely good players for this level. Canavan O'Connor Cooke Vernam Crankshaw Cook It's the lack of depth that's an issue. It's always the same here. Spunk what money we have on a core of 5 or 6 good players and plug the gaps with shite. Of the players you’ve listed only Canavan is likely an Adams signing. Cook you could try and push as one on a technicality but it wouldn’t stand. The players Adams has personally brought to the club are a bag of assorted dogshit. We’d better hope his reputation for getting extra out of bog standard players hold true because from here it looks like he’s gone out of his way to test it. Aye can't argue with that. Look at the full backs, Threlkeld and Ridehalge aren't fit to lace Darby and Meredith's boots. 8 years ago, same level, regressing on the pitch massively.
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Post by Hobhead on Aug 31, 2021 20:36:19 GMT
Not having that m9. We’ve started way better than I expected and I don’t think promotion is on the cards. But Songo isn’t shit, he’s been a great signing. Unfortunately we have FCD and Watt giving the ball away so much we need 3 of him to cover up their sloppy play. You can have the rest though. I actually don’t recall a worse fullback combo without looking it up. Jury’s out on Songo’o. For me he was the one signing I was genuinely happy with but so far I’ve not seen anything above dogged determination. I’ve no idea how you conclude ‘he’s been a great signing’ given he’s played all of about five minutes. My gut tells me he’ll come good given his pedigree but even if he does he’s still looking like the exception to the rule.
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Post by Hobhead on Aug 31, 2021 20:38:52 GMT
If indeed they are all his signings, I don't think they are and I think that's where there maybe a problem For the majority though you can find links between them and Adams which would suggest they are his men. I like what I’ve seen if the guy so far and his CV says he’s a good manager. I just can’t escape this nagging doubt I’ve had all preseason that our recruitment isn’t anywhere near good enough.
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Post by Hobhead on Aug 31, 2021 20:43:20 GMT
Saying nothing:
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Post by moshi on Aug 31, 2021 20:43:42 GMT
Not having that m9. We’ve started way better than I expected and I don’t think promotion is on the cards. But Songo isn’t shit, he’s been a great signing. Unfortunately we have FCD and Watt giving the ball away so much we need 3 of him to cover up their sloppy play. You can have the rest though. I actually don’t recall a worse fullback combo without looking it up. Jury’s out on Songo’o. For me he was the one signing I was genuinely happy with but so far I’ve not seen anything above dogged determination. I’ve no idea how you conclude ‘he’s been a great signing’ given he’s played all of about five minutes. My gut tells me he’ll come good given his pedigree but even if he does he’s still looking like the exception to the rule. It’s true what they say, you really are an arsehole. Fairly certain Songo has had two starts two full games since coming back from injury. In both games he busted a gut to get back and swoop in on an advancing player after one of them have it away and stood there with their mouths wide open. It’s not a glamorous job and it won’t him a balloon door but it’s very much a job that needs doing and it’s been fucking years since we had someone like that. Arsehole.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Aug 31, 2021 20:45:18 GMT
If indeed they are all his signings, I don't think they are and I think that's where there maybe a problem For the majority though you can find links between them and Adams which would suggest they are his men. I like what I’ve seen if the guy so far and his CV says he’s a good manager. I just can’t escape this nagging doubt I’ve had all preseason that our recruitment isn’t anywhere near good enough. Ridehalgh? Angol? Re signing foulds ? Lavery ? Gilliead?
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Post by Hobhead on Aug 31, 2021 20:46:55 GMT
Jury’s out on Songo’o. For me he was the one signing I was genuinely happy with but so far I’ve not seen anything above dogged determination. I’ve no idea how you conclude ‘he’s been a great signing’ given he’s played all of about five minutes. My gut tells me he’ll come good given his pedigree but even if he does he’s still looking like the exception to the rule. It’s true what they say, you really are an arsehole. Fairly certain Songo has had two starts two full games since coming back from injury. In both games he busted a gut to get back and swoop in on an advancing player after one of them have it away and stood there with their mouths wide open. It’s not a glamorous job and it won’t him a balloon door but it’s very much a job that needs doing and it’s been fucking years since we had someone like that. Arsehole. Like I said, dogged determination. Again, I expect Songo’o to come good. So far though, jury’s out.
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Post by Hobhead on Aug 31, 2021 20:57:04 GMT
For the majority though you can find links between them and Adams which would suggest they are his men. I like what I’ve seen if the guy so far and his CV says he’s a good manager. I just can’t escape this nagging doubt I’ve had all preseason that our recruitment isn’t anywhere near good enough. Ridehalgh? Angol? Re signing foulds ? Lavery ? Gilliead? Angol there was something about him impressing Adams by scoring home and away against Morecambe. Ridehalgh apparently impressed Adams in the playoffs. Adams tried to sign Foulds for Morecambe. Lavery is in the same swinging circle and Gillead was one Adams had been watching for ‘a couple of years’ before he signed him for us. None of them, it seems, are quoted as having been sourced by our recruitment team.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Aug 31, 2021 20:58:01 GMT
Ridehalgh? Angol? Re signing foulds ? Lavery ? Gilliead? Angol there was something about him impressing Adams by scoring home and away against Morecambe. Ridehalgh apparently impressed Adams in the playoffs. Adams tried to sign Foulds for Morecambe. Lavery is in the same swinging circle and Gillead was one Adams had been watching for ‘a couple of years’ before he signed him for us. None of them, it seems, are quoted as having been sourced by our recruitment team. He says, he says, he says, he says
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Post by mikehunt on Aug 31, 2021 21:32:45 GMT
Songo’o and Gilliead apart, I’m not sure any of the signings are an upgrade on what we had before. Cook and Foulds were here last season. Songo’o, Gilliead, Kelleher, Lavery, Angol, Ridehalgh, Threlkeld and now Theo Robinson. I want to be wrong, but that’s not a team getting promoted.
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Post by Neshead on Aug 31, 2021 21:36:28 GMT
Songo’o and Gilliead apart, I’m not sure any of the signings are an upgrade on what we had before. Cook and Foulds were here last season. Songo’o, Gilliead, Kelleher, Lavery, Angol, Ridehalgh, Threlkeld and now Theo Robinson. I want to be wrong, but that’s not a team getting promoted. Reminds me of the TV show where they look for houses abroad 'And the best thing is its under your budget'.
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Post by mikehunt on Aug 31, 2021 21:42:47 GMT
Songo’o and Gilliead apart, I’m not sure any of the signings are an upgrade on what we had before. Cook and Foulds were here last season. Songo’o, Gilliead, Kelleher, Lavery, Angol, Ridehalgh, Threlkeld and now Theo Robinson. I want to be wrong, but that’s not a team getting promoted. Reminds me of the TV show where they look for houses abroad 'And the best thing is its under your budget'. I love those shows. Presenter: What do you want? Shifty looking orange couple: no more than five minutes walk from Puerto Banus, sea views, three bedrooms and a private Olympic sized pool. Presenter: sounds great what’s your budget? SLOC: eighty grand maximum That’s City’s conversations with agents.
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