Spunk Trumpet

Funny thing about Ojo is that I don’t get the hype. Attitude or not. Never have I watched a game and thought he was outstanding. He comes across as a bad egg. He doesn’t have any real connection with the fans. He’s on good money. Get him gone. I don’t want us to go into next season with question mark over him regarding his attitude. Like someone pointed out, that’s two seasons on the bounce he’s spat his dummy out at times. A leopard doesn’t change its spots. Cheeriojo.

Spot on mate. Makes perfect sense for both parties. Nathan Smith won’t be captain next season. He’s stated that. Nobody in that squad says captain material apart from Ben and who knows if he will be here come August. That statement tonight suggests to me that he has his captain coming into the club already. I think Bez or Johnny on the pod mentioned Bannan at some point a few weeks ago. If we were to play a 4-2-3-1 which he mentioned, a 2 of Garrity and Bannan would rip up the league.

He’s had that instilled in him by Crosbys tippy tappy crap. In league 2 you aren’t getting any better than Ripley. You also need to take into account that his defence in front of him have changed on a game to game basis this season and most of those individuals have been garbage. He has been massively overworked.

To be fair I just want him to keep a low profile. The whole “El Presidente” thing was cringeworthy at best.

Again, talk is cheap, but Matt acknowledged the separation between fans and the club. That was good to hear. Nice to see Carol will be taking a backstep but still very much committed. Great to hear that Darren will be the football boss of everything. Let’s not forget, we have a former premier league player and manager, who this time last season had amassed almost 100 points in league 1. He had no pre season at Huddersfield and walked into an absolute shower here. We go into next season with a manager who has a proven record and can now get his own players in. We also have a hierarchy who acknowledge they’ve become too nice and mistakes were made. There were no negatives at all from Matt or Darren tonight. It wasn’t cliche crap. It was all about the hard work starts here and we know what we are doing. Especially Darren. To those 17 in contract……. Look at Ben, Chizzy and Ripley. If we can keep those three and get rid of a minimum 8 of those deadwood, I’d be over the moon.

I think the point is that the bloke suggesting it is living in cuckoo land to put on a concert in a 3 week window!! It was a ludicrous question.

I always find these questions very very strange. I don’t want to know, in public, how he wants us to play. I want winning football. Crosby and Flitcroft told us how we were going to play and within 8 league games the entire league had sussed it out and didn’t need to do their homework on us. The average fan could tell you how to beat us this last 18 months. Why do fans want to know what formation we will play? What style? Keep the secrets under wraps and adapt.

Or, playing devils advocate, he has come out and said there will be a new captain next season because Nathan Smith won’t be here? Would Darren had told Smith on Monday that he won’t be captain next season? Unsure about that.

Barry Bannan?

Anyone who wants rid of Darren after that needs to wobble their head. Things I got from that is that he’s not going to take any crap. He’s the boss of this football club. He’s got a clear plan. Nobody to answer to other than the hierarchy. Yes, talk is cheap, but I’m 100% convinced we have the right man in charge to take us forward and fair play to Matt who fronted up the mistakes made. If we can offload the deadwood and get in who Darren wants, we will be in a great place moving forward.

He’s the definition of a happy clapper. I’ve seen a post today from him. It’s madness. He’s utterly delusional. Some might say thick. There’s not much going on up top.

Spot on. Hes an 18 stone lump who can’t play football and can’t stay fit. Fans laughed at Akinfenwa. Now he was a beast who could play football and for 90 minutes at that! Even towards the end of his career. Uche is a joke of an “athlete”.

Quality. Correct. A league lower you do need a lot of determination and heart. Bar 3 or 4, this squad is devoid of any fight whatsoever.

Tom Pope had also scored over 80 goals at the age of 29. Uche isn’t near that. And if you believe the narrative, Uche was being paid 4500 quid a week this season. I see nothing in that donkeys game that says he worthy of a wage in any professional football league.

If you are bringing Tom Pope into the debate, then you are comparing the two players. So I’ll break down the two players….. Number 1. Tom was a goalscorer. Uche is not. Number 2. Tom could hold the ball up with a delicate touch. Uche has a trampoline foot. Number 3. When Tom won headers they would go to another player or in the onion bag. When Uche wins headers they bounce off his 50p head. That’s if he actually connects at all! Number 4. Tom was a professional footballer who loved the club and lived his dream. Uche is acting like a professional footballer who certain fans think he’s ok because he’s 18 stone and causes a nuisance. If a 29 year old Pope was worth 300k in the market and got roughly 3k a week in wages then a 29 year old Uche is worth 50 quid and a bag of washers and should be on minimum wage. The two are miles apart in terms of goalscoring and ability.

In his last two home games he’s managed to not connect with a header from one yard out, make a passback to the keeper from the edge of the box and hit the roof of the Hamil. League 1, league 2 or Sunday morning level, he ain’t gonna be scoring goals. Just because he’s got a catchy song doesn’t make him good enough. Fans need to realise he’s a waste of a wage and if he gets a contract then we are bang in trouble from the get go. I never ever want to see him wear the shirt again.

This.

No. I’m telling you what I see with my own eyes. The bloke is utter garbage. That’s not dialogue. That’s a fact that people really should see with their own eyes.

Barrow have Dom Telford and Cole Stockton. We have Ryan Loft and Uche Ikpeazu. Barrow have missed out on the league two playoffs. Stockton got 7 in 12. Telford only 4. But two seasons ago, Telford got 25 in league 2 at the age of 28. Stockton got 23 in league 1 at the age of 28. Uche will be 30 in February and hasn’t hit a barn door in his career. It won’t start now. It won’t start in August. It won’t start in August 2025. He’s garbage. I don’t want my strikers to do a “job”. I want them to score or contribute to goals. He can’t do either. It’s as simple as that.

I’d bet my life that James Wilson comes out on top in that respect as well! Uche could play all night and not score. Give me Wilson for ten minutes, half fit, over Uche for 90 minutes fully fit.

No it wouldn’t. That’s a really silly statement. Mitch Clark is made of glass. So you’re relying on him not breaking down. Debrah is a non league footballer. Iacovitti is always one accident away from us conceding. Wynne? You’ve never ever seen the bloke play!! A 30 year old from Canadas version of the mls fills me with zero hope. Ojo. Attitude problem. Unreliable attitude. A bad egg. Ikpeazu. Can’t score goals. Can’t play football! Apart from Wynne and Clark most of those have been mullered week in weeks out. Just because we are going down a level, don’t think these players will become promotion contenders because most of them are absolute dogcrap. Like Moore said, it’s a massive summer rebuild. If we go into the first game of next season with that side then expect a long hard season battling relegation.

James Wilson. 28 years old. Last 4 seasons. 134 games. 31 goals. Uche Ikpeazu. 29 years old. Last 4 seasons. 85 games. 12 goals. If Wilson is classed as always injured and we have let him go, then Christ only knows what Uche is classed as and we are offering him a contract!!! Now make that make sense.

If the hierarchy are seriously considering offering that Donkey a contract then there’s no <ovf censored> hope whatsoever.

And on a final point of the season as a whole….. Uche and Loft. Don’t be angry the fans have been on your back. You’re crap. Be thankful that your bank balance is massively enhanced through being that crap. You’ve made a great career on being crap. So take the positives. I never saw any lack of effort. Grant, Massey, Ojo, take a long hard look at yourselves. All have pedigree and aren’t fit to lace the boots of Uche and Loft. Due to your disgusting lack of effort over the season. And that says it all. Certain players will always be welcome back to vale park. The three of you have stunk the joint out all season.

Jensen Weir out of contract now. Not that I’d personally want him but considering Moore kept bringing him on and starts him today, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was one of the first players to sign.