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No doubt league one wages are higher than league two. That being said, we have less of our own players now and youth players will be on a much lower wage than the squad players of league two during our promotion season.
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Changes to the league table;
On the down;
WAS 13th - Charlton NOW 18th
WAS 14th - Port Vale NOW 20TH
WAS 16th - Wycombe NOW 19TH
On the up;
WAS 18th - Wigan NOW 13THWAS 19th - Cambridge NOW 16TH
WAS 20th - Exeter NOW 14TH
Bad form last 5 games;
Fleetwood 1pt
Charlton 2pts
Carlisle 3pts
Cheltenham 4pts
Port Vale 4ptsExeter seem to be turning it around. Gap is closing on the bottom 4 but Carlisle and Fleetwood still look dead and buried.
I still expect more shenanigans at Reading will send them down, plus losing all their best players. So that would leave one spot still to be decided - and on current showing it seems to be between us and Wycombe. Charlton could get dragged in but I think once they get a new manager they will be fine. Lincoln are also in dire form but 5 points above us so not sure if they have just enough to not get dragged in.
I'm sure lots will change in the next few weeks
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1 hour ago, valefan16 said:
I dont think we are in the same boat as last January at this stage, we've not lost any key players who were permanents at this stage and replacing the 4 loanees with 5 more assuming 2 more come in. Last year we signed a half fit Matty Taylor on deadline day and Aaron Donnelly on loan who ended up playing out of position every week to replace Connor Hall. Brad Walker and Harry Charsley.
We've lost Conlon who wasnt playing, Arblaster and replaced by Weir who was outstanding last season for Morecambe, Devine for Gore who is as highly rated, Kofi Balmer has been replaced by Rhys Williams who has played EPL and Champions League football and you'd expect Thomas to be replaced but he didn't really get much look in anyway.
Obviously if we lose a couple of big players this coming few days and dont replace then we will be in a different situation though.
We didn't really lose a key player last season. Connor Hall was in and out of the team for the first half of the year despite being one of our best defenders.
We have however this season lost our best player and probably second-best player in Arblaster and Devine. We have replaced those with potentially good players, but its all potential.Last January was rubbish for sure, but I'm really not sure this one is any better, so far.
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1 minute ago, robf said:
Perhaps you're right and in the know - I certainly don't know who they are targeting...
However, signing Young would directly contradict some of the stuff said in the fans forum last night that is the Vale - will probably only get loans in this window, permanent moves are too high in this window , the best time to recruit permanent players is in the summer, they are looking outside of the UK as transfer fees are too high etc...
Yes can't see it myself either.
I understand two loanees might be the best option to keep us going but in all honesty this feels like last season 'weve got enough to stay in the league and keep our cash until the summer'
It's a gamble and last season it didn't work out very well.
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I still think we need a left wing-back and a striker
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We've replaced three lost loanees with three potential as good / better players. Fantastic work
Now, we need to replace the striker we've lost and strengthen the existing positions we were looking to strengthen before we lost a load of players.
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3 hours ago, aspin for england said:
Weren’t Arblaster and Devine unproven when they came here ? Then you say Williams and Gore unproven ,
Yes. But you are replacing a proven player with an unproven one.
Just like with Balmer the other way. He proved he was <ovf censored> so his replace can either be better, as <ovf censored> or shitter.
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26 minutes ago, fuzzyvalefan said:
Some people are so blind to whats happening. we are replacing departing players with better options loans and permanent. lets see where we are on Feb 1st. i think people will be pleasently surprised if the mood at training on Thursday was anything to go by.
I do agree let's see on Feb 1st but...
Arblaster > Jenson Weir. Unproven loan replacement replacing our probably best player this season so far
Devine > Gore probably coming in. Unproven loan replacement replacing arguably our best player in December
Balmer > Williams = proven not good enough, unproved loan replacement
Thomas > no replacement yet
Conlon > no replacement yet
I don't think you can argue we are replacing departing players with better permanent signings because we haven't made a permanent signing so far. Balmer wasn't good enough so his replacement is potentially better already. The other two might be better than what we had, or they might not.
Like I say, I am waiting until Feb 1st to really judge things but I really hope we do improve our squad for the second half of the season.-
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I'm not judging the entire window as it hasn't finished but if it did finish today this would be an absolute disaster of a window.
I do believe we will strengthen before the window closes though, so no panic here
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2 minutes ago, efsb said:
Sky Sports reporting interest in Uche:
Surely we are only letting him go if we have a replacement lined up. We've already lost one striker that needs replacing
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Think it's a good signing personally. We at least knew Balmer wasn't good enough - he's got a chance to be better or worse.
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Can't do more than 3 years at a club.
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I thought Shrewsbury too but changed my mind to Exeter as I just think they're rubbish and unable to really change anything.
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I think Fleetwood are as good as down and couldn't happen to a nicer club. Despite a better run of form currently Reading will also go down due to the off-field chaos and the forthcoming redundancies. I think Carlisle will also drop down as I don't think they have enough quality even with the new owners slapping a bit of cash about. I think Clarke will keep Cheltenham up looking at the upturn in form since he took over and so place for a team to go on a stinker of a run. Could be us, Cambridge, Burton, Shrewsbury or my pick, Exeter.
Bottom four;
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Starting up a little thread for the facts and figures for relegation to see how this one develops.
The standings as of 09.01.24
13th - Charlton
14th - Port Vale
15th - Shrewsbury
16th - Wycombe
17th - Burton
18th - Wigan
19th - Cambridge
20th - Exeter
21st - Reading
22nd - Cheltenham
23rd - Carlisle
24th - Fleetwood
The odds;24th - Carlisle 1/5
23rd - Fleetwood 1/5
22nd - Cheltenham 4/6
21st - Reading 5/4
20th - Exeter 7/5
19th - Burton 2/1
18th - Shrewsbury 5/2
17th - Cambridge 4/1
16th - Wigan 11/2
15th - Wycombe 14/1
14th - Port Vale 16/1
13th - Charlton 25/1
Form last 5 games;
13th - Cheltenham - WDLWW - 10pts
14th - Reading WDDWD - 9pts
15th - Burton DLWWD - 8pts
16th - Cambridge LLWWD 7pts
17th - Exeter WDLWL - 7pts
18th - Wycombe DWDLD - 6pts
19th - Port Vale DLWLD - 5pts
20th - Carlisle - LWLDL - 4pts21st - Wigan DWLLL - 4pts
22nd - Shrewsbury WLLLL - 3pts
23rd - Charlton DLLLD - 2pts
24th - Fleetwood - LLLDD - 2pts
Historic Points total needed to stay up;
22/23 - 46pts
21/22 - 41pts
20/21 - 48pts
19/20 - not considered due to pandemic
18/19 - 51pts
17/18 - 51pts
16/17 - 50pts
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22 minutes ago, NellyTheValiant said:
A few comments on Wales online and they're not happy appointing a lower league manager
He's looked great at County and I would have loved him at Vale but clearly has suitors a bit higher up. Was also surprised to see Chesterfields manager linked with a championship job instead of a top league two / league one team despite him having done it all before
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Perhaps a nice time to bring up my spreadsheet again
For what its worth, with the emergence of Shorrock I think we still need a wingback - ideally one that can play on both sides. If Balmer were to go back it would be good to get another left-sided centre back in and with Arblaster and probably Conlon going we need another centre-mid - probably an attacking one as Devine seems better in a deeper role (presuming he isn't being recalled). I don't think we need to replace Cass right now if he goes and I'd expect Thomas to be recalled so we will need a new striker. Would like to see someone with pace who can change a game.
4 incoming - Wingback, Left footed centre back, Attacking Midfielder and Striker
4 outgoing - Cass, Conlon, Arblaster, Thomas
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Yep can only beat the team in front of you. I also thought they might sneak a goal and they draw out a 1 0 but we got the first goal and they've just had nothing up top. Keeper looks dodgey also.
Delighted for the win. Would have taken 1 - 0 off lofts arse so to win and be the comfortable better side is excellent
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I'm not trying to put a downer on this but Blackpool have looked really poor. Can see why their fans have booked them all game. Similar to the first game as they just have no threat.
We look so much better with Wilson back. Shorock and Uche also great.
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I might be unrealistic but I just can't see why we can't attract a new manager who will focus on developing young talent. Just because he plays some lads from the youth team and we are terrible and lose the match, isn't enough reason to stick with him for me.
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Congrats to Jack but isn't he supposed to be on loan at Stafford Rangers?
Squad Update
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No brainer for me he should get a contract until the end of the season minimum.
He will in 30+ games this season and will be our top-scoring forward - mark my words.
Wouldn't be surprised if he got an offer from Cheltenham though, joining Petty and maybe Conlon as Clarke puts the band back together
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I got my dad a signed copy of 'To Cap it all' which he seems pretty chuffed about. UTV
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25 minutes ago, JRC said:
Very much doubt Wilson is fit enough for much more than 45 minutes. I'd keep him on the bench and bring him on at halftime or around the 60 minute mark. Smith had a poor game and the midfield pairing didn't work on Saturday. Unlike some I didn't think Loft had a bad first 60 minutes. First 3 or 4 outings I thought he was poor. He won a lot of headers and I think Garrity would have picked some of the second balls up as a 10.
Ripley
Debrah Lowe Lacovitti
Garrity Sang Devine Grant
Chisslet Garrity
Loft
I was tempted to go for a Chisslet Walters pairing in central midfield, as Walters Devine is incredibly inexperienced. Missing both Arblaster and Ojo is a big issue in that key area.
That gives the option of using Wilson as a 10, or as striker in the second half.
Hope Garrity doesn't have too much Christmas dinner today
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January Transfers and Rumours
in Port Vale present
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I'm afraid I'm not privvy to the budget but there are players in the squad who don't justify their wages.