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Match Thread Salford City (Away) 21/11/2020

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Bigrod, Nov 19, 2020.

  1. Aaron Baker

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    Don't be silly. The pandemic is pretty much localised to Bradford and every other club has absolute financial certainty.

    Or it could just be a diversionary excuse for McCall again.......nah, couldn't be.
     
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  2. Tolly856

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    Is it even worth debating it at this stage? Not sure. McCall can no wrong in the eyes of some, always someone else’s fault.
     
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  3. JonButterfield

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    And, block.

    Nobody was saying that, so long fella, all your posts boil down to sarcastic crap.
     
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  4. Keefly Bantam

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    He actually said a TicTacs hoard. ;)
     
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  5. JonButterfield

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    I would definitely be considering McCall's position were I in charge of the club - however I'm not sure it will be given serious consideration at this stage by the fellas in charge.

    Maybe they'll surprise us?

    But things about the situation annoy me. There's no reason for City fans to be disrespectful to Stuart McCall EVER, and the bollox arguments that he's never done anything good and is an abysmal manager is beyond stupid.

    Other than that, he's fair game. I'm not vehement in my approval of Stuart as manager, but I will argue in his favour when people spout obvious nonsense because they're getting too hot under the collar about the situation.

    For what it's worth, I actually think if we have a three game losing streak, he'll be gone - but I also don't necessarily see that happening just yet.

    Plus, our current track record will see him sacked on February 1st, so we don't have to buy anyone.
     
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  6. Aaron Baker

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    To be fair achievements are all subjective. Nobody is obligated to rate what he has done.
     
  7. Dubois

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    Another thing about recruitment which I think many clubs fall foul of. I don't think there's that much in terms of fitness between any of the professional divisions. The difference is in ability. And once you're legs have gone you're finished, irrespective of which division you're in when that happens. Donaldson is a classic example. There are some exceptions of players who can drop down and get by on their experience, but not many.
     
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  8. Tolly856

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    It all boils down to perspective I guess. You clearly rate McCall’s managerial ‘achievements’ higher than others. Personally, I don’t think it’s unfair to think label him as “abysmal” when the football we’re playing is exactly that.
     
  9. JonButterfield

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    Was the football abysmal before today though?

    Defensively, maybe, but 'abysmal football' has always been defined as hoof ball before... swift, passing, attacking play, less so. Or at least that was what people on this forum and other forums have claimed.

    Personally, I don't think the City fan base will be happy with ANY City team that is losing, and it literally doesn't matter what style or manner they play with or how many kids we're blooding - ONLY results. If we're losing games, the football is 'abysmal' full stop. But I definitely disagree with that mindset.
     
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  10. Rcbantam

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    Anyone putting Christmas decorations up in November must watch city for life. And a good slap :p
     
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  11. Captain Grumpy

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    His contract runs until June 30 2021 not Feb 1st, however I don’t think he will survive the season.
     
  12. Tolly856

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    You’re taking the piss now surely!?

    You’d rather we embraced the losing?
     
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  13. Keefly Bantam

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    Listening to the after match interview I did chuckle when Stuart said he won't hang any players out to dry publicly as they are all in it together and then promptly blamed Donaldson for their second goal. :eyes:
     
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    I'll have the slap please!! I've had 34 years of BCFC, some good, some not so.......I'm genuinely at the point of not caring anymore, something I haven't been at since the Docherty days....

    BTW, Rupp out.
     
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  15. JonButterfield

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    Eh?

    No.

    But people absolutely say daft stuff like 'I could accept a season if' and then add qualifications such as 'we we're building like other successful League Two sides", but it's nonsense.

    No chance.
     
  16. Ollylondonbantam

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    So many slipping this way I feel. The words in the media from the management and players leading up to games are often just hot air when week on week, despite many of hoping it will be different, games result in not only terrible results but performances to match.

    Hard to see where and how things will change for the better right now.
     
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  17. 1975citygent

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    We were dire today, all across the pitch and it doesn't look like getting better with McCall not accepting that his playing style doesn't work with this shower but you my friend are no better. You find a sarcastic way of having a pop at one of the few decent players we have got even though he wasn't even playing.
     
  18. Ashton Bantam

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    Same here. ST holder since I was six in 1996, saw it all the way from Div 2 to the Prem in the 90s and back down past that back to L2.

    But this time feels different now. There's a huge disconnect. The club is rudderless, drifting with no end in sight. A disinterested Chairman. A CEO who was 'interim' - 2 years ago. Quite clearly substandard infrastructure and doing things on the cheap throughout the club.

    I don't know where City go from here. At the end of this season we're 17 years outside the Championship. An entire generation growing up not seeing us above L1. And in all that time we've come close once to getting back to the Championship, twice at a push. It feels as if we're eternally doomed to crap.
     
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  19. Bantamsteve

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    Not having a pop but at best he would be a sub in a promotion winning team
    That's how much our side has deteriorated our better players should be capable of holding their own in L1 and sadly Billy wouldn't be
     
  20. 1975citygent

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    Most of what you say there is near the truth except the reference to Accrington, most of our players are not good enough for them because they are a top half of League One club.
     

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