Gerry Daly
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20 minutes ago, ram59 said:
Also depending on how many years you've built up, it could cost you more money over the next few seasons.
I think you would still get the continuity. You wouldn't have had a break in your season tickets. But yes Sage, I did say in the original post that it would cost you and you have to weigh that up. But it would be my advice if you want to get two together in the South stand. There are no easy solutions.
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1 hour ago, sage said:
why?
You can renew with the early bird, then swap as soon as they go on general sale
You can, but you have to go down the club or ring up etc. By which time people have nipped in online and snapped up the plum ones. You can't just swop online at 5 seconds past 10.00am. Or more likely 20 seconds before 10.00am.
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If you can hold your nerve and are prepared to stand the small extra cost(of losing your early bird discount etc), my advice would be to not renew. Then the second the seats go on general sale after all the renewal period has expired be ready to pounce online as a new customer. Like you do for away tickets. You might think that's a bit of a risk but I am certain you will get yourselves a pair of plum ones, anywhere in the ground, even in the South stand
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Derby is not a big city. Burton is part of our catchment area. Burton doing well over a sustained period of time eats into our potential fan base. So for those reasons the sooner they go back to non league the better
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Its neither good news or bad news anyway. Its irrelevant news. We will win Saturday
- Premier ram, maxjam and scout's dad
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That is so funny
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This is good news. They are effectively forfeiting the midweek game taking them out of the equation as far as we are concerned but will then play a full strength, rested side against Bolton on Saturday
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10 hours ago, maxjam said:
Of course the squad needs an overhaul, my concern is where the money is coming from. DC is running a tight ship - and I approve of that, given the past few years, but if you recall the lean GSE years even they were pumping money into the club and getting nowhere.
You could argue that (assuming we finish the job next weekend) we've gone up too quickly - the squad needs a fair amount of surgery next season to compete and we're still a fair way from any youngsters coming through. I don't envisage many signings as such, more freebies and loans again.
We we're warned at the fans forum a while back that if we do up we're looking at a couple of seasons of stability before we hopefully push on - to me that means avoid relegation/push for mid-table. Given that we've been in and around the top 6/top 2 for months and some people have still wanted to get rid of PW, unless we've got some 'god tier' scouting lined up next season is gonna be a tough and PW will come under pressure again from the usual suspects.
Personally, unless we get some outside investment I'm okay with slow and financially prudent progression.
I don't disagree with the main points you make but just to pick you up slightly on GSE. My recollection is they pumped a lot of money in at the outset but then tightened the purse strings afterwards when they realised they weren't going to get an immediate dividend. I don't think we need to spend a fortune to achieve our first objective which will be to stabilize in lower/mid table for the first season. I would imagine it would take 2-3 seasons for us to realistically expect to be competing at the top end, but if we look like doing, and with everything sorted in the background, academy starting to bear fruit and so on I think we will be an absolutely prime plum for a big investor don't you?
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Make me wonder, and not for the first time, whether we should ever want to go to the PL. What's the point if it ends up like that?
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49 minutes ago, Carnero said:
Personally I think a pitch invasion for reclaiming our normal place in the Championship would be a bit tinpot.
Letting the players celebrate together and then having a lap of honour is a far classier move than invading the pitch and swarming the players, including opposition players who are left in a pretty vulnerable position in the majority of these over-glorified pitch invasions.
Yeah but you are probably in your 40's, 50's or older. As no doubt are Mucker 1984 and obviously Reggie Greenwood(I too remember him). Young lads like my son and his mates in the South stand are going to want to do it, just like we did back in the day. Stop being such a sensible/miserable old far*
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8 hours ago, Eddie said:
Nothing to do with away support. The statistic refers to the total attendance at an away game, including both home and away fans. Barnsley's average home gate is below 13,000, and the game against Derby drew a total attendance of 18,332. In order to have lifted us off the bottom of the 'Highest Attendance at an away game' table, we would have had to have taken 10,000 to Barnsley.
As it is, we do have the highest number of travelling fans in League 1 by some distance.
Yes so in the same way, every clubs highest away attendance in the prem will be at Old Trafford
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13 hours ago, sage said:
Stuff it, everyone else is on the scrounge
I bet you are even prepared to pay for them right?
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Hope he has more in in than that seeing as we gave him a new 2 year contract
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Totally agree. However there is a fine line between speculating and catastrophising
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2 hours ago, Srg said:
Don't necessarily need it in the right balance of a midfield. Currently, he would be the only one I'd consider playing and every one else would be new. Need a player who can cover ground and be as aggressive as he is whether it's him or not. Win it, cover spaces, give it simple.
Warne ain't as daft as he sounds though, if we can't keep Adams, he will have ideas of alternatives. and you can guarantee they would be a similar athlete.
I agree. Its all about blend. People used to say Darryl Powell wasn't 'technically good enough' but he was a massive player for us. He was very similar to Ebou and did a great job alongside more technically gifted players such as Asanovic for example. Aljosa was just about as technically gifted as its possible to get but needed a player like Powell in there
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He's a big pudding and not good enough for the championship. Sorry but there you are. He's been a poor signing and a massive disappointment
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I remember going to see a pre season friendly after Mel had signed. We had been used to head tennis, boot it and chase it footballers for a few seasons but when Mel got the ball he put his foot on it, stopped and looked up. He played with his head up, not looking down at the ball.
I knew then we had made a step change forward and were going places. Lovely to see you Mel
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21 hours ago, Ellafella said:
Half-marks allowed; please rate all subs. Closes Thursday @ 18:00. Results by Thursday 22:00. Average is 6.00. Therefore, when a sub steps on the pitch he is on 6 -that's the baseline. Also indicate ATG (at the game) Or Tv
1Wildsmith
35Nelson
5Bradley
6Cashin
2Wilson
12Smith
23Fornah
32Adams
10Waghorn
17Sibley
32Adams
4Hourihane
9Collins
14Washington
11Méndez-Laing
7Barlhuizen
Anyone copy and pasting your list doesn't give a mark for Thommo. Which is a shame as he played really well.
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Love him. I so hope he signs a new contract here
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2 hours ago, TheHomunculusLives said:
You don't think Ward is capable of playing in the Championship based on his recent form?
On his recent form which is about 3 games. What about his previous form? Everyone is capable of playing in the Championship but the issue is playing well. Playing at a level to get us comfortable first season as a minimum. I think Wards level is shown by the fact that he was available on a free transfer from a third division club at 27 years of age. We need to improve
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20 hours ago, Chesterfield_Ram said:
I'd go with these for the championship:
Wildsmith - I'd give him a chance given how well he's played in L1, but he'd need to cut out his unenforced errors
Wilson - looked good this season, so hopefully it will be less of a jump up in quality into the championship for him than last time
Forsyth - been solid this season, but we'll need to start looking at a replacement for him for future seasons
Cashin - not much needs to be said here
Collins - key player for us this season, but id like to see a consistent goalscorer alongside him
NML - one of the players of this season
Smith - handy fringe playeror
Thompson - handy back up with room for development
Sibley - handy fringe player and could potentially up his value if we are to sell him
Ward - doing alright atm
Nyambe - solid rb
Gayle - potential goalscorer
CBT - were starting to see why we signed him now
Adams - just what we need in cm
Nelson - solid at the back
So pretty much off of them😆 Individually some of them will be good enough - and they had better be because some of them will still be here. But collectively they are no where near good enough for the Championship. From that list we need to replace Forsyth, Collins, Smith, Thompson, Sibley, Ward and Gayle as a minimum. We might need a new keeper too and we may not have Adams. I wouldn't bet big money on NML staying fit and playing as many games in the future either. So we need to be prepared for big changes
Match Thread: Carlisle United (h)
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Seems a bit over the top but I think it just enables police to react more positively if things turn nasty. So if for example the unthinkable happens and we don't go up, there could be trouble. But otherwise people celebrating won't be an issue