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Summer 2021 Transfers

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Faithful Bantam, Feb 20, 2021.

  1. Petrov

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    I don't think any of us will care if we end up finishing in third at the end of the season but if the aim is automatic promotion, why not aim for winning the title as well? Why wouldn't that be the aim?
     
  2. Doodle

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    He had a slight hamstring tear and we rushed him back, causing it to become a serious tear which he's now struggling to recover from. Exactly as we did with Staunton... hopefully we haven't jeopardised the careers of either player by doing so
     
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  3. Kevin1954

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    Fordy is right of course, but absolutely no harm in setting a definitive goal.
     
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  4. Petrov

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    I imagine Del boy will be doing exactly that.
     
  5. Fordy117

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    It’s not
     
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  6. Faithful Bantam

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    Predictions at this level are moot, at this point. There's such a turnover of players and managers at this level, that every team pretty much starts from scratch every summer. Those that do well, tend to be those who stick with proven managers and back their method. Or the odd one who throw money at it.

    Back Adams, even if the style isn't great, and even if we end up having a lacklustre season. We ain't throwing money at it, so time to invest patience in someone with a track record at this level.
     
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  7. Sergio Pinto III

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    You got them 7 teams that are going to finish above us yet? At the moment your statement looks like kidology...
     
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  8. Melbourne Bantam

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  9. Jack Daniels

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    Or maybe just a little research on sites such as TransferMarkt? My studies don’t allow time for FIFA, but that doesn’t mean I can’t read stats from sites like the above.
     
  10. Jack Daniels

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    Or maybe just a little research on sites such as TransferMarkt? My studies don’t allow time for FIFA, but that doesn’t mean I can’t read stats from sites like the above.
    Aaron Mclean had a similar record when we signed him. He also had a great spell at Posh some 6yrs before we signed him. The fact is (and it is a fact BTW), is that he has barely scored since.

    And for a 26yrs old footballer, with 8 seasons behind him, to have only played 30+ league games in a season ONCE, is not good. And in that season, despite his good record of scoring 1 in 3, he still barely passed 30 games.

    Adams is a very good coach and does get the best out of players. But he’s not a miracle worker. He won’t turn water into wine or Angol into Ronaldo ;)
     
  11. Jack Daniels

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    Really? I thought Cook signed on 12 June, after Adams had been unveiled and after his comment of wanting to bring in 8 players?
     
  12. Bronco

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    Unfortunatly with a small squad which Stuart wanted the likes of Hosannah who was one of our better performers will be encouraged to get back ASAP as you say rushing a loanee back and making the original injury worse will be taken into consideration should we fancy another loanees from said club.
     
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  13. Bronco

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    It was tongue-in-cheek comment to friend and one of the older posters like myself, your posts seem very confrontational.
    "FIFA Manager possibly something guys of our age know little about".
    Chill out
     
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  14. Fordy117

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    No time for patience. Adams wants out of this league next season, Sparks does, fans do and Rupp certainly does.

    The longer we stay in a league like this the tougher it is.

    our budget is lowering and yes we have a manager that can work on a low budget but the expectations are massive and fans will be able to cope with boring style of football for a year but all roads have to point to div 1 next season.
     
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  15. Faithful Bantam

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    We all want it, we know we need it, but we can't keep starting from scratch when we hit issues.
     
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  16. Jack Daniels

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    It’s not just our fans though is it? The press, bookies, fans from other clubs, all do it. Same with us. They put us near the top of the list every season for promotion, despite the squad(s) not being anywhere near good enough
     
  17. Fordy117

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    It's not about starting from scratch and I am not even suggesting getting rid of Adam even if we don't go up but we just have to go up.

    Teams like Leyton Orient aiming to go up. Harrogate are close to overtaking us. We are getting left behind and overtaken by clubs that we should be well ahead of and the longer we stay in this awful league the harder it will be.

    Season ticket sales have gone ok but I put that down mainly to people being excited about go to live events again. If we are in div 2 in 22/23 season then we will struggle to sell 10k season tickets no matter how good the toilets look.
     
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  18. Jack Daniels

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    Sorry, it wasn’t intended to sound confrontational. I was simply responding to you and others that suggested someone can’t make an opinion unless we seen the player multiple times in action (not saying you said that BTW).

    Apologies once more for coming across as confrontational. It wasn’t my intention mate
     
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  19. Petrov

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    Parker was hinting yesterday that there could be at least 2 more through the door. Things change, I don't think Adams comments made when he first got here were ever set in stone.
     
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  20. Bronco

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    Not at all, I'm amazed when some of the posters quote players we're are looking at, I asked the grandson how they get such in depth information, he said FIFA manager and those sort of video games have shed loads of data, different world my friend and completely lost on me.
     
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