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    Carol Shanahan.

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    7 hours ago, Guitar Ray said:

    Who said she’s a lifelong fan?  I didn’t and it’s widely on record what her history is regarding football so nothing is being rewritten as far as I can see.

    I think you’re understating the fact that someone had to “throw money away” to take the club out of the clutches of Sexman.  Maybe you’ve forgotten what was going on around that time.  Carol went wrong by trusting David Flitcroft, who was approached for the managers job but somehow managed to convince her we needed a DoF and wangled the job for himself.  Flitcroft got lucky in that a decent managerial appointment in DC saw us promoted which would’ve cemented his reputation in Carol’s eyes.  From then on it’s been more a typical Flitcroft scenario that we’ve seen.

    Flitcroft didn't get lucky with the Clarke appointment, he was part of the problem. They tried to prove that they were somehow better than all the other 71 clubs by doing things differently, we overspent on a shiny new rocket which got us to the moon but then ran out of fuel. 

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    Exeter City (H) match thread - 13th April

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    Just now, southport vale said:

    Carol please write another open saying the management and players have accepted our relegation is imminent and buy doing this we can start planning for next season taking into account the errors we have made this.
    That way I won't be killed by possibilities and you will then put us loyal supporters out of our misery. Most importantly sod the money and bring back Darren Clarke.
    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

    Don't be ridiculous 

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    Exeter City (H) match thread - 13th April

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    Posted · Edited by Rampant Zebra

    I find it disappointing that a supposedly shrewd business woman didn't Google Flitcroft and do some due diligence after finding the Bury story. Not to mention allowing someone who you invited for an interview to talk themselves into a job you didn't even know you were recruiting for. I suspect that part of the problem with our recruitment has been that most players were aware of Flitcrofts reputation in the game and we only signed players who couldn't get a better offer.

    Exeter City (H) match thread - 13th April

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    37 minutes ago, JRC said:

    In the Rudge era the ones that stuck around generally had a flaw. Foyle wasn't quite quick enough to be a second or big enough to be a line leading forward. Glover wasn't quite tall enough or quick enough, Aspin lacked finesse. Naylor was not very tall and got into the game quite late. Quite a few also came because they'd spent a long time as squad players and genuinely wanted regular games. The mystery was Ray Walker, he lacked a little pace maybe but read the game so well it didn't matter. There wasn't much between him and Horton,  the latter had a very good top flight career.

    What about Ian Bogie? He was quite good 

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    James Wilson - out for the season

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    10 minutes ago, PV1973 said:

    So what? We still wanted him and the offer was still there. It’s a job. What would you have done? You do realise that players don’t always take the first offer on the table. 

    I didn't realise that. Where did you get your degree in stating the obvious incidentally? 

    Smurf interest in Tranmere

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    2 hours ago, Wrex said:

    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.

    What happened to Nuneatons ground?

    James Wilson - out for the season

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    18 minutes ago, fuzzyvalefan said:

    Oh come on, that's very harsh. We all know James Wilson is a quality player when fully fit, his ability has never been in doubt. His problem is that he isn't fully fit very often and if he was he would be playing higher than League 1.

    OK Lee Matthews for the modern age maybe...

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