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  1. 13 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

    Did you see him at the half time warm up right by the paddock....... stood there hands in pockets not really bothered,smiling and laughing,thats why the youth was having a go at him,his attitude was shocking tbf and I aren't a Loft hater

    It’s a pretty bad vicious circle… Ryan Loft  has been made the boo boy and the treatment of him on social media and in the ground has been pretty poor.

    And this is a bloke who pundits continually tell us is a confidence player.

    His reaction to his treatment is a natural human one unfortunately and the circle will continue. 

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  2. 8 minutes ago, darren1810 said:

    All these injuries we're holding out for. I can think of Garrity that's it.

    Gore is a 19 year old who was hyped to the hilt but looked exactly what he is v Pompey...a kid.

    And Planty again is a young kid.

    Uche won't play for us again. 

    Who else am I missing? Because basically the season hinges on Garrity then. 

    Mitch Clarke too

    Add Mitch Clarke, Garrity and Plant to that team and you would hope it improves.

    Gore is an unknown quantity… he got written off after his first game by some but undoubtedly he has some quality and should contribute.

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  3. 6 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

    We weren’t in the relegation zone under DC.

    Not sure that changes the fact that it took him as a new manager 7 games to get a win.

    We are in a really tough place, but people are giving up and effectively calling it “season over” after one game of DMs reign.

    He has had 2 days with the squad. 

    As I say, get some of the injured players back and hope to hell.

     

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  4. Trying to stay positive. 

    DC joined us in a similar position and at the same time in the season.

    He didn’t win in his first 7 games.

    He didn’t get a win until 16th March.

    That said I think the division we are in and teams we are battling at the bottom are a far bigger challenge than that year. 
     

    We have to hope that we can get some of these injured players back soon, sign an out of contract striker and pray to whoever you worship that we can scrape it this year and start again in the summer.

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  5. 1 hour ago, valeparklife said:

    Great work!

    Championship player the fans would love, we have tracked his for 12 months. He wanted to come but they wouldnt sell him and he has only played 6 mins in the championship so far - ??? Frustratingly I can’t figure anyone out despite trawling late substitutions in the championship - Flitcroft says we will go back for him in the summer 

    The only player I can see that's played 6 minutes in the Champ is Joey Phuthi from Sheff Wed.

    https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/playingtime/Championship-Stats#all_stats_playing_time

    Championship striker who was exceptional in league 1 who we chased right to the end but it slipped by as they didn’t want to release him because they didn’t get their player and he hasn’t played much since - ???

    "Exceptional in L1" to me would mean they've appeared high on the top L1 goalscorer charts over the past few seasons. The only realistic player I can see would be Lee Gregory, who wasn't named in the 25 man squad for Wednesday since the transfer window.

    Gregory is a good shout, as we know Wednesday didn’t get their man due to the Michael Smith saga.

    I had a look at that website and saw Phuthi but he is a defender… it’s not clear whether he has played exactly 6 mins, or around 6 mins… also whether that’s since Jan or since the start of the season. This one may have to stay a mystery

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  6. The Flitcroft podcast is fascinating, especially the January bit.

    He rattles off loads of strikers details (no names but little clues) we were after and why we didn’t get them.

    Here are his comments and my GUESS as to who they might have been.

    Premier league player who had scored a lot of goals in league 2 who was our main target but he went somewhere 45 mins from where he lives - Joe Taylor went to Lincoln from Luton and had scored 11 for Colchester on loan

    Player we had everything agreed and at the last minute they asked for an astronomical loan fee - ??

    Prem player on loan somewhere else who we wanted to buy, but couldn’t get him out of his loan - Dale Taylor

    Loan player from Arsenal who was up in Scotland but got another offer overseas which was above league 1 level - Mike Biereth was at Motherwell on loan from Arsenal and went to Sturm Gratz

    We were completely outbid for someone by one of the big hitters in league 2 - Jack Marriot to Wrexham 

    Championship Striker - “everyone knows what happened on deadline day” - money was all agreed but his club didn’t get anyone across the line so wouldn’t release him - Michael Smith from Wednesday

    Championship player the fans would love, we have tracked his for 12 months. He wanted to come but they wouldnt sell him and he has only played 6 mins in the championship so far - ??? Frustratingly I can’t figure anyone out despite trawling late substitutions in the championship - Flitcroft says we will go back for him in the summer 

    Championship striker who was exceptional in league 1 who we chased right to the end but it slipped by as they didn’t want to release him because they didn’t get their player and he hasn’t played much since - ???

    Best Striker in league 2 - made a big bid but the player wants to try his chances in the championship for his next move - Jake Young 


    He also said we are talking to out of contract players and some from overseas who could play here after Jan.

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  7. 1 hour ago, Emile said:

    DM usually plays 3 5 2 so I expect that was part of the reason as to why he was recruited

    The two is interesting though - not sure how we play 2 up front currently 

    This is an interesting interview with DMs usual assistant manager. It indicates he isn’t as wedded to 352 as we think.

     

    He says that they played 5 or 6 different formations at the start of their Wednesday journey as they adapted in games and figured out what was best for the players they had… which was the 352 they settled on.

    At Doncaster he played 4231.

    That said, I think our squad has been recruited for 352 so I reckon that’s what he will go for.

    Personally I think the 4231 would suit us at the moment

    Ripley

    Lowe Lopata Debra Grant

    Ojo Gore

    Chiz Weir Mighten

    Wilson

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  8. 6 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

    I don't want Robinson as I'm not sure he's any good. 

    However, as bad as that challenge was, did we not all once do 'the Hughesy' and laud him as he fired us to promotion? Doesn't that sort of negate the moral high-ground on things like really bad tackles?

    Agree with this.

    This is part of the problem with how the club has handled things. People are in a very dark place when it comes to the football club at the moment… so emotions are inflated massively.

    The tackle was awful, I was there and saw it live… but it was a long time ago and that’s not the reason to not want someone as manager. Especially in a Team which is being accused of being too soft. We could do with a bit of edge and will need it to avoid relegation.

    His lack of experience however is a fully justified reason not to want him.

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  9. 3 hours ago, Rory said:

    No, Karl is managing at Salford at the moment. We're linked with Paul who's currently coaching at Millwall.

    There are/were 2 Paul Robinsons at Millwall.

    We are linked with the one who was released at a similar time to Rowett.

    It’s worrying because if he was that good a coach and ready for the next step surely someone would have snapped him up. 
     

     

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