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All loan deals have mid-season recall clauses as standard. Or are we expecting Premier League clubs to go "League Two Port Vale say they won't take out future captain on loan unless we remove the clause allows us to recall him after five months, better do as they say"? The only way to ensure loan deals last an entire season is for the player to do well enough to play every week, but not well enough to warrant a move to a club in a higher division. That was nearly the case with Devine, but unfortunately Plymouth took a punt on him in January.

We won 9 of 26 games with Arblaster

NEILL COLLINS DEPARTS OAKWELL - News - Barnsley Football Club WWW.BARNSLEYFC.CO.UK Meanwhile, Barnsley sack their manager whilst in the play-offs with one game left to play of the season. Hoping for a Moore bounce ala WBA?

Four times I think. Twice with Yeovil, once with us and then at Northampton

They'll be in League One next season so we don't have to worry about them.

Sang isn't a defender, that's the thing. He's a midfielder who can fill in at right-back when needed. Because of atrocious recruitment he has been needed to play right-back all season. I wouldn't say any of the players deserve anything, but Sang could certainly warrant an arguement that playing nearly 50 games out of position in League One, when so many other players have gone missing with injuries or just not fancying it, that he deserves to be given a chance in his proper position in midfield in League Two.

Maybe Patrick can put "Despondency, Hopelessness, Sadness, Misery, Unhappiness, Gloom, Joylessness, Discouragement" onto the back of the shirts next season rather than "Want. Need. Expect"

The club has, what, nearly 500 members of staff? But Colin Garlick, a man who was said by Carol and Kevin (remember him?) was an incredible asset, an invaluable resource etc etc No room for him at the club. His departure from the club had to be hastened. We need to add 50-60 members of staff every year but League Two CEO of the Year Colin Garlick? Yeah, get him out of the club ASAP. We NEED 20% increases in staff numbers year on year, but Colin Garlick? Nah, don't need him mate, he'd be a spare part wouldn't he? Get him gone. Actually, you know what? I don't buy that horseshit for a single second mate.

Well Clarke was right, it was a poor January window. Which is why I said things began to turn in the January. It was that window that did for Clarke, but instead we were told how he was a broken man and had to go. Fiddlesticks. As you say he had gone off script and was contradicting the powers that be, which is why he got sacked at the earliest opportunity. Askey, Crosby and then Flitcroft himself by contrast were kept well beyond the point where fans were calling for them to go.

We've explained this to you before. Your memory must be getting worse. Are you sure you're okay?

Yes, it was around January 2023 when strange things started to happen at the club. This being a classic example. It's a bit simplistic to say it was all Flitcroft's doing. Whatever the root cause all the pigeons are coming home to roost now.

What the fuckinghell is going on here? Genuine fans are on here posting that Carol "owes" them this and that, whilst trolls are signing up pretending to be Smurthwaite and Carol and talking actual sense. As if Norman would give a toss about Carol and her well being. He's no doubt having a good laugh at our decline and would gleefully tell both her and us "I told you so". The whole season has been a circus and there has been a lot for Smurf, Burge, McKirdy and other clowns to laugh about. But Flitcroft is gone, Smurthwaite is long, long gone, and we can be successful again in League Two as long as we (owners, staff, fans) don't completely lose our <ovf censored> and instead make sensible decisions, have reasonable expectations and rebuild sensibly.

The best 11 of League One this season. Flitcroft probably told Carol we were in for signing each one of these.

His tactics and substitutions are questionable, though recruitment is the reason for our relegation. This squad deserves to go down and he has no responsibility for that. An interesting side note is that as things stand his the three clubs he's managed in the last 12 months are going to be relegated: Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town and Port Vale. Which says that whatever you think of his management skills, he is awful at picking jobs.

That is the thing for me. Carol hired Flitcroft and put him in charge of all things football. That was a terrible mistake and in if itself was poor leadership, delegating responsibility to somebody else. One continuing error that is thankfully over now. However, even if Moore or another person put the club on their back and carried us back into League One, then it will feel awfully hollow when Carol starts doing the rounds with media interviews when she was so silent during our ongoing long malaise. Bar the love letter to Flickers, of which the less said the better.

Smurthwaite hasn't had any involvement in football for five years. He sold both Port Vale and Liberty Way (Northwich Victoria's stadium). I've not heard of any creditable reports of him getting back involved in football, let alone a club the size of Tranmere Rovers.

Oh dear, how sad, nevermind.

He's only 22 and come from non-League so presumably he has more potential to improve than those on Walka's canned list

Flitcroft gone, Loft playing well and back-to-back wins so the new target is the commentator? Good enough commentary for the club to retweet it. Pretty sure those who prefer the Bristol Rovers commentary are in the minority

I'll get the coffin ordered

Can he play up front?

I think the free agent window has passed now too. I do wonder if Flitcroft was desperately throwing any striker he could at Moore to try and take the heat off himself but Moore kept rejecting them for not being any better than Loft/Wilson/Dipeppa/Garrity out of position.

There is a similarity but the Kane one looks farcical

Flitcroft resigns just as the supporters meeting begins. It's almost as if that meeting between Carol and supporter representatives the other week did a lot of good?

Fair play to the bloke if he's resigned. Or I guess fair play to Carol for accepting the inevitable if she sacked him. He had to go and the club can unite and move forward now, even though results are likely to be poor until the season end regardless