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Keep him in.

Forsyth....
 

Hopefully the Brighton play-off game! 

Look out for Cammy Harper and Roddy McGregor decent players and there out of contact 

Stuck in Inverness for this one, so I’m relying on you all to keep posting in this thread today. Off to watch Caledonian Thistle as a distraction to ease the stress, but not convinced it’s going to help at all.

Not sure about PGW, but that has a definite air of Stuart Hall about it…

Imagine a 442 with Martin and Gayle, during the Cocu era.
Sorry. Not sure what happened there…

Not sure about PGW, but that has a definite air of Stuart Hall about it…

Not sure about PGW, but that has a definite air of Stuart Hall about it…

Only multiplicatively

Not sure about PGW, but that has a definite air of Stuart Hall about it…

Not sure about PGW, but that has a definite air of Stuart Hall about it…

You got me there Ivo!

Reduced, but not closed...

Well, I'm sure reading are furious.
Perhaps they should hire Mark Clattenberg to write an angry letter?

Please don’t say that. For those of us following the game on here, that usually means we’ve conceded a goal

Love the calm he brings to the side 

Fozzy being back is a big boost

Take a gander at Dajaune's 96th minute equaliser for Gateshead at Boreham Wood. Pace and power. Our #9 next season?
https://www.google.com/search?q=dajaune+brown+gateshead+goal&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNL973NL973&oq=dajaune+brown+gateshead+goal&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigAdIBCDY3OTJqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:4b46d78a,vid:TFxua0JH1E4,st:0

Mad fecker would play on crutches if they'd let him 🤕😂
Jokes aside...

I really liked the theory that was laid out in the final couple of years of Mel’s tenure (frightening sentence, I know). The idea that over half the first team would be made up of academy players, with high quality loans to cover shorter term gaps and good signings brought in to cover areas where there were no players coming through. I thought this was quite a good model in the modern day. It would attract youngsters with high ceilings to the club as their was a clear path to the first team, build confidence with other clubs to lend us their best talent, and allow us to spend decent money on players as academy players would be pure profit. It seemed to align academy with first team and present a good vision for a modern sustainable football club. 
 
I think we were maybe a couple of seasons from seeing it come to fruition too. We were looking at having a team/squad with the potential of having Knight, Bird, Sibley, Thompson, Delap, Gordon, Kellyman, Cashin, Ebosele, Buchanan, Whitaker, Plange, and Williams all drawn from our own academy in it. We all know why it never happened, and the initial idea behind it may have been pushed by outside factors, but looking at the idea on paper it showed a club well aligned in philosophy, both in development and recruitment.
At the moment I don’t really know what the plan is. Academy players don’t seem to be anywhere near it. That might be due to the club being gutted and them not being to the standard but they never seem to be given a chance. The recruitment seems to be focused on older players, but they don’t appear to fit a system. Cocu spoke about having all teams playing the same way so younger players can step up, which seems really sensible, but currently our first team doesn’t seem to have a consistent way of playing let alone something aligned through the age groups. I think we could do with really setting out a clear goal and a philosophy and working towards it. It would really allow supporters to buy into the vision and direction. Build trust and patience. And, as I think supporters often back their academy graduates the most, really build a unity between team and fans. 

Always liked Blackpool.
2-1 up vs Bolton

Agent Springett scores equaliser for the Cobblers

Agent Springett scores equaliser for the Cobblers

Agent Springett scores equaliser for the Cobblers