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Nigel Clough showed on a number of occasions that he could set up a team to play beautiful football. Easily rivalling that of Mac1. 
 
Just a shame he was always quick to put the brakes on to drag us to 50 points - but with a bottom 6 budget he did brilliantly when you consider what he inherited. 

Nigel Clough showed on a number of occasions that he could set up a team to play beautiful football. Easily rivalling that of Mac1. 
 
Just a shame he was always quick to put the brakes on to drag us to 50 points - but with a bottom 6 budget he did brilliantly when you consider what he inherited. 

Nigel Clough showed on a number of occasions that he could set up a team to play beautiful football. Easily rivalling that of Mac1. 
 
Just a shame he was always quick to put the brakes on to drag us to 50 points - but with a bottom 6 budget he did brilliantly when you consider what he inherited. 

Nigel Clough showed on a number of occasions that he could set up a team to play beautiful football. Easily rivalling that of Mac1. 
 
Just a shame he was always quick to put the brakes on to drag us to 50 points - but with a bottom 6 budget he did brilliantly when you consider what he inherited. 

If Sam Rush hadn't sacked Nigel we would be in the Premier League now and wouldn't have had to go through administration

He’s scored 3 goals in the last 25 matches hasn’t he? His numbers look ace because he hit 9 in 9 at the start of the season. 
 
He’s league one at best. 

He’d be our best player based on technical ability if we kept him fit. 
 
He’s out of contract isn’t he? Offer to put him through pre season to get him ‘Warne fit’ and if his body is robust enough to cope with that then offer him a reasonable wage (for us) with incentives for being available for selection added in to bring it in line with others at the club. 

A brilliant achievement.
 
I always think a good test for this is ‘would you sign a player from Gateshead who has just had his end to the season with one eye on getting him in the first team or would you be signing them to send them out on a loan at a top league 2/ league 1 club to gain experience?’ 
 
Don’t want to balls up his development by throwing him in too early. I guess pre season will give us a better idea. 

A brilliant achievement.
 
I always think a good test for this is ‘would you sign a player from Gateshead who has just had his end to the season with one eye on getting him in the first team or would you be signing them to send them out on a loan at a top league 2/ league 1 club to gain experience?’ 
 
Don’t want to balls up his development by throwing him in too early. I guess pre season will give us a better idea. 

A brilliant achievement.
 
I always think a good test for this is ‘would you sign a player from Gateshead who has just had his end to the season with one eye on getting him in the first team or would you be signing them to send them out on a loan at a top league 2/ league 1 club to gain experience?’ 
 
Don’t want to balls up his development by throwing him in too early. I guess pre season will give us a better idea. 

Always bugged me that some people couldn’t see what he brought to the side because the goals and assists numbers weren’t the same as others. 
It was clear watching football matches that he was our most impressive midfielder and had been for some time. He just needed someone next to him to complement him and although they both played important roles at points this season I don’t think Hourihane or Smith were that complement. 

I’m not sure D Brown is ready for championship yet. Lads put a few good performances together against some cloggers in non league. Washington has spent half his career up in the champs. He might not be inspiring but I’d bet money he’d be more effective right now than Brown. Brown obviously has a higher ceiling though. 

Leave the ‘think we’ll get Ebou’ or ‘reckon Barkhuizen will extend’ suggestions for the transfers and retained list thread. This is just if the season started today, what would your team be? 
 
Obviously it’ll change as we announce new contracts and signings but interesting to see just how far ‘off it’ we are currently and whether the transfers address what we think are our weak links. 
 
I’ll start - sticking with Paul Hoddle Warnes 3 at the back. 
 
                   Vickers 
       Nyambe Nelson Cash 
Ward   Fornah   Fapetu    Elder 
       NML Washington CBT 
 
Think it’s clear that we need to be bulk buying central midfielders and forwards 😂

He has looked good whenever he’s been on the pitch. He just needs a run without injuries. 
 
People are overlooking just how challenging it is to be in and out of a team and yet whenever he came on he didn’t look out of place. 
 
I think he played one shakey back pass in an earlier game and other than that he was absolutely solid. 
 
I can’t understand the criticism. I think he’s an upgrade on Fozzy as a LB/LWB. I think they’re similar players but I think Elder is technically better on the ball. 
 
If Warne goes 352 next season I wouldn’t have too many complaints if it looked like this on game one: 
        Nyambe Nelson Cash 
Ward.                                  Elder 
 
Think Nyambes pace means you could worry less about Ward being the worse defender out of him and Wilson. 
 
Id want us to have 4 solid wing backs if we’re playing them and I’d want us to do what Mac1 used to do with his wingers. First pair of wingers 60-65 mins then swap them for fresh. 

Always bugged me that some people couldn’t see what he brought to the side because the goals and assists numbers weren’t the same as others. 
It was clear watching football matches that he was our most impressive midfielder and had been for some time. He just needed someone next to him to complement him and although they both played important roles at points this season I don’t think Hourihane or Smith were that complement. 

Always bugged me that some people couldn’t see what he brought to the side because the goals and assists numbers weren’t the same as others. 
It was clear watching football matches that he was our most impressive midfielder and had been for some time. He just needed someone next to him to complement him and although they both played important roles at points this season I don’t think Hourihane or Smith were that complement. 

He’s scored 3 goals in the last 25 matches hasn’t he? His numbers look ace because he hit 9 in 9 at the start of the season. 
 
He’s league one at best. 

He’s scored 3 goals in the last 25 matches hasn’t he? His numbers look ace because he hit 9 in 9 at the start of the season. 
 
He’s league one at best. 

Leave the ‘think we’ll get Ebou’ or ‘reckon Barkhuizen will extend’ suggestions for the transfers and retained list thread. This is just if the season started today, what would your team be? 
 
Obviously it’ll change as we announce new contracts and signings but interesting to see just how far ‘off it’ we are currently and whether the transfers address what we think are our weak links. 
 
I’ll start - sticking with Paul Hoddle Warnes 3 at the back. 
 
                   Vickers 
       Nyambe Nelson Cash 
Ward   Fornah   Fapetu    Elder 
       NML Washington CBT 
 
Think it’s clear that we need to be bulk buying central midfielders and forwards 😂

Always bugged me that some people couldn’t see what he brought to the side because the goals and assists numbers weren’t the same as others. 
It was clear watching football matches that he was our most impressive midfielder and had been for some time. He just needed someone next to him to complement him and although they both played important roles at points this season I don’t think Hourihane or Smith were that complement. 

He’d be our best player based on technical ability if we kept him fit. 
 
He’s out of contract isn’t he? Offer to put him through pre season to get him ‘Warne fit’ and if his body is robust enough to cope with that then offer him a reasonable wage (for us) with incentives for being available for selection added in to bring it in line with others at the club. 

He has looked good whenever he’s been on the pitch. He just needs a run without injuries. 
 
People are overlooking just how challenging it is to be in and out of a team and yet whenever he came on he didn’t look out of place. 
 
I think he played one shakey back pass in an earlier game and other than that he was absolutely solid. 
 
I can’t understand the criticism. I think he’s an upgrade on Fozzy as a LB/LWB. I think they’re similar players but I think Elder is technically better on the ball. 
 
If Warne goes 352 next season I wouldn’t have too many complaints if it looked like this on game one: 
        Nyambe Nelson Cash 
Ward.                                  Elder 
 
Think Nyambes pace means you could worry less about Ward being the worse defender out of him and Wilson. 
 
Id want us to have 4 solid wing backs if we’re playing them and I’d want us to do what Mac1 used to do with his wingers. First pair of wingers 60-65 mins then swap them for fresh. 

Probably Man City.  😁

He has looked good whenever he’s been on the pitch. He just needs a run without injuries. 
 
People are overlooking just how challenging it is to be in and out of a team and yet whenever he came on he didn’t look out of place. 
 
I think he played one shakey back pass in an earlier game and other than that he was absolutely solid. 
 
I can’t understand the criticism. I think he’s an upgrade on Fozzy as a LB/LWB. I think they’re similar players but I think Elder is technically better on the ball. 
 
If Warne goes 352 next season I wouldn’t have too many complaints if it looked like this on game one: 
        Nyambe Nelson Cash 
Ward.                                  Elder 
 
Think Nyambes pace means you could worry less about Ward being the worse defender out of him and Wilson. 
 
Id want us to have 4 solid wing backs if we’re playing them and I’d want us to do what Mac1 used to do with his wingers. First pair of wingers 60-65 mins then swap them for fresh. 

He has looked good whenever he’s been on the pitch. He just needs a run without injuries. 
 
People are overlooking just how challenging it is to be in and out of a team and yet whenever he came on he didn’t look out of place. 
 
I think he played one shakey back pass in an earlier game and other than that he was absolutely solid. 
 
I can’t understand the criticism. I think he’s an upgrade on Fozzy as a LB/LWB. I think they’re similar players but I think Elder is technically better on the ball. 
 
If Warne goes 352 next season I wouldn’t have too many complaints if it looked like this on game one: 
        Nyambe Nelson Cash 
Ward.                                  Elder 
 
Think Nyambes pace means you could worry less about Ward being the worse defender out of him and Wilson. 
 
Id want us to have 4 solid wing backs if we’re playing them and I’d want us to do what Mac1 used to do with his wingers. First pair of wingers 60-65 mins then swap them for fresh.