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Guitar Ray

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  1. Correct, and if we don’t win then don’t lose.
  2. To be fair we’ve not been “tippy tappy” lately, although we are soft centred as you say.
  3. The only thing horrendous about the windows is our continued inability to sign proven forwards. There has been some good recruitment, albeit this time we’re short at LWB. The likes of Ripley, Chislett, Arblaster, Devine aren’t bad recruits. We played good football, with wingbacks early in the season. Injuries have had a major impact although we have been too rigidly fixed to a system. The plan all along is to get our own young players into the team. Sadly the best of these, James Plant, is another on the injury list. They’re not simply building an “office”, it’s a facility for the players, including moving the gym to allow Lorne St stand to be fully opened. We NEEDED to appoint a coach/manager and Crosby, for whatever reason, got the gig. It didn’t work out. You’re right it’s not a gameshow, it’s life, and things don’t always go to script.
  4. Flitcroft, fair enough on the player recruitment side and clearly, for whatever reason, the Crosby appointment didn’t work out. On the flip side, you have to give him credit for the appointment of Clarke, and with it promotion, or are you ignoring that? I’m not a fan of Flickers but I’ll back Carol’s judgement for a while longer. If we’re relegated then the inquest can be held at that point. Up ‘til then the team need support from the stands. You seem to have an agenda against the owners. I think you’re way out of touch with the vast majority of our fans on that score. It’s easy to come on here spouting drivel so why not make your point, stand outside the main entrance at the next home game and protest away to your hearts content.
  5. Flitcroft is involved in the whole football side not just the first team. The first team recruitment has left us short, simple as that.
  6. That’s what you should be said in the first place then there would’ve been no reply from me, wordy or otherwise. The only thing I’d add is that even you can’t see the future so name whoever you want as manager it’s only ever best guess, so Crosby, Clarke or anyone else could succeed or fail, we’d never know unless they’re given the chance, and more importantly, the tools to do the job, that last bit is down to the DoF and his recruitment team. Oh, and a slice of luck. Crosby wasn’t blessed with that either.
  7. Your first sentence is patently wrong. If I give someone a job it’s in the belief that they’ve earned their chance, usually, in this case, by having a proven good track record in football, as was the case with DC. But it’s not simply an individuals CV, there are also many other factors which come into play. In Crosbys case the club knew the character of the man and already had trust in him. They obviously thought his coaching and man management skills were good, having observed them first hand. He knew the workings of the club and the blue print. He knew the players and they seemingly had a lot of respect for him. You only have to listen to Ojo in his latest interview. The club decided to offer Crosby the role based on these factors. It was less of a risk than employing a manager based on his CV, an interview and a few recommendations, which is where we are right now. Whoever gets the job will have “earned their chance” in the eyes of the club. There’s a lot of pressure to get it right but one look at them lot down the road will tell you all you need to know about how easy it is to recruit a successful manager in football.
  8. Flitcroft’s overall record isn’t mixed, it’s good. All the off field stuff is heading in the right direction. He got 1 managerial appointment right, and without an unforeseen tragedy we wouldn’t have needed to appoint Crosby, who in my view had earned his chance. The elephant in the room is the striker saga.
  9. Everybody can see our position in the league table but the point is where would we be without the significant investment from the owners these past few years? Probably still in the league below, or maybe lower than that. Some fans seem have very short memories. I did enjoy the match, thanks. Did you?
  10. Nobody said wages weren’t the main driver. Someone suggested training facilities don’t matter, which is a load of bo77ocks.
  11. If you’ve got a brain you’ll still be grateful to our owner. They did save the club and continue to pump their own money in. The fundamental issue is player recruitment, where money has been spent but the key areas are still lacking, massively so up front. The portacabin situation is a recent and temporary situation, an inconvenience. I’ll still renew our ST’s come what may. Rough with the smooth and all that.👍🏻
  12. His record suggests he knows a darn sight more about football than all of us on here put together sunshine. 👍🏻
  13. Indeed, but you can’t escape the fact that the average fan just wants to go to the match in the hope of seeing a winning team. I have to admit while I sit there watching us play, with a team bereft of any real striking options, I’m not thinking, “Ah yes, we’re crap but Burslem is on the up.”
  14. I’ll have a guess here but that’s because you aren’t a professional footballer, and likely never played footballer at all. Meanwhile, back here on planet earth, training facilities matter whatever the sport. That’s why you don’t see many professional golfers training down their local crazy golf course. Even pub teams will get on the astroturf, 3G or go indoors in winter to be able to train. Think about that for a second then feel free to go back to your ramblings.
  15. Better footballers want decent training facilities, be a good chap and pass it on to the other dim wits.
  16. Get this Rob bloke off. Get Ben on. We want Ben.
  17. Basically what’s not working is player recruitment and first team management, the rest of it is pretty solid barring the odd blip with our old stadium. 👍🏻
  18. It’s impossible to keep all the fans happy, you only have to read some of the prophets on here to see that. To harangue the owners to the extent some are on here is absolutely potty. Mistakes have been made but the bitterness evident in some of the posts says much about the characters behind the words they write.
  19. The contents aren’t pure bs though are they? Carol has just listed positive achievements, which as far as I can see are facts.
  20. It could indeed but the consensus seems to be that DC was not in a great place mentally at that time. Also we’d had yet another <ovf censored> January window.
  21. Disgusting? Someone having a cuppa? Let’s hope there isn’t a war.
  22. Maybe not witch hunted but some fans wanted to stick with Clarke in the first place and derided the appointment of Crosby from the off as a “cheap option”, so not a great place to start. Easy for some to forget he was part of the team that took us up and overlook that maybe the club took the view that it maintained some continuity and subsequently he deserved a crack at the job permanently. Who knows? No question results haven’t been good enough albeit injuries and recruitment are mitigating circumstances. Nobody can say Crosby enjoyed much luck during his short time in the hot seat but ultimately he had his chance and failed.
  23. Without a doubt. Very likely a catastrophic failure which will result in our relegation and the financial implications that entails. That said, the damage is done, we can’t sign anyone to significantly improve the team so we’re essentially waiting for the injured players to return whilst praying for “new manager bounce”. The immediate thing now is for fans to fully back the team and keep the Flitcroft protests low key. Flitcroft leaving tomorrow won’t help keep us up. There’ll be plenty of time for recriminations and a more suitable time in my view. Even if we do manage a miracle the fans won’t forget.
  24. I fully appreciate what Carol and Kevin have done for our club, love them to bits. The letter makes a decent read and lays out some valid points without really explaining why the squad is so poor right now which is the basic issue here. Recruitment, overall poor since we gained promotion and only one person to blame for that. It’s a real shame that for all the undoubted good it’s the football side that’s come unstuck. Having thought about it I’ll stick with Carol, which means sticking with Flitcroft. I’ll see who we appoint as manager and his staff and the impact they have on the team, hopefully with the addition of a free agent or two, although I’m not holding my breath on that one. For me supporting the team is more important right now than one individual in the club so I aim to back the team and won’t be shouting for Flitcroft’s head until we’re mathematically relegated, which I think is nailed on, at which point I’ll jump on the band wagon but not before. This isn’t to denigrate those who wish to protest in any way. Quite clearly the guy has shafted us but Flitcroft leaving now won’t have any impact on us staying up apart from improving the atmosphere short term.
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