Chris_Martin

Cocu mate. Even waived a chunk of his redundancy package as did all his staff.

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Hourihane
 

6-0 Derby.

Derby 7 Port Vale 0 frgs Gayle.

Rams 3 Port Vale 0
FRGS Sibley

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Bird

You've obviously not read his posts in the Jim Smith Room section 😂

You really want me to answer that 😂😂😂😂

so what happens when they are

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. 

Yep, 54 years for me too. Hopefully sometime soon the enjoyment will come back.

There’s no blind faith , I’m a derby fan of 50 odd years , I go and watch us play , good times bad times , there are a few on here where this warne thing is beyond reason and it’s bloody boring 

Or in your case blind faith Archied..

I think you’re right. 
Bolton on a mini slump like us. Even on their current form though, you could argue their game in hand would get them a draw, so they’re ahead. 
Barnsley on a great run, so it’s fair to assume they’d get 4 points from the two games. That puts them a point ahead too. 
So applying a reasoned (I’m my opinion) assessment, we’re a point behind. 
A point behind with 11 games to go is wide open. 
The next 3-4 games will be interesting!

you can keep trying to make stuff up it if it makes you happy, but i've been consistent with my views on warne, win lose or draw, since last season.
 

It's delusional to think we are better because we've played more games than the others

It's delusional to think we are better because we've played more games than the others

It's delusional to think we are better because we've played more games than the others

Second in the league , 2 nd highest scorers ? , right up there with least goals conceded , that’s substance , fact , certainly more substance than ,,,,,, I don’t like how we play , I don’t think he’s the right man for us , I don’t like his interviews , I don’t like his hats , his 3 promotions mean nothing ect ect ect 
don’t tell me ,,,,, best squad in the division best wage spend ect ect , I suppose by your yardstick city need to sack pep now and bring in somebody who will win the league with that team , not knocking round second and third place as any manager could and should be running away with the league with that squad at his disposal 

He’s a tactical genius….next

I've never seen you try and understand or give any sort of rational response to people who give genuine criticisms. You just turn up insulting and laughing at people.