Curtis Guthrie... I forgot how depressing being a City fan can be.
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bantamdave41 Regular StarterP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
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Guthrie should be going down with Stevenage. What a thoroughly dreadful signing.
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I very much doubt that Vaughan will be going anywhere, I can't see anyone else paying the wages we are paying him, its a lot easier for him just to stay put. To be fair I rate him, I think in a more attacking side he's a 20 goal striker.
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JonButterfield Star PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
Literally nothing good about that guy. Ability, no. Attitude, no. Presence, no. And that factors in that he's 6'3 or whatever.
Horrendous signing.bantamdave41, Keefly Bantam, bantam2708 and 4 others like this. -
bantamdave41 Regular StarterP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
The Guthrie situation, is synonymous with my personal reason why I lack trust in Rhodes and Rupp. To dilute the squad, retaining the real issue at the club in Bowyer was just plain incompetence.How, The Evidence, Mike Hunt and 4 others like this. -
Vaughan was absolute quality for the first half dozen games then got Bowyered. Replaced him with Guthrie.
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If we got the salary cap way and it is 1.25 million I would love the club to recruit and implement a serious analytics/recruitment team. We would have room in the budget if we can convince Rupp as we are currently running at nearly 3 million out on wages so we would still be saving him money.
But the sort of moneyball way if anyone’s seen the book or film might be the only way some sides get the edge if they don’t have an academy and are all on a similar level. They can work with McCall and ask what he needs and give him some options within budget and he can make the final decision. Plus if we find some gems and they are sold, they would already be working in the background to get the replacements in and not leave us flapping about in the window and end up with Guthrie again.
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Rogered Tart Regular StarterP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
Wellens then made a similar comment regarding Eoin Doyle, he knew Doyle was a striker who did all his best work in the box, he couldn't understand when he went to scout Doyle at City games why they had him doing the work of a target man outside the box, challenging for headers with centre backs when that wasn't an attribute to his game.
I think Bowyer tried him in every position bar his best one, Richie Wellens could see it, we could see it, the only who completely oblivious to it was Bowyer. I think we have a few players who will benefit not being coached by him, terrible manager.bantamdave41, Hoochy-Min, bantam2708 and 1 other person like this. -
River_City_Bantam Squad PlayerP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant P.L. 20/21 Top 10
Indeed. Donaldson, Doyle, Vaughan: something to work with. Donaldson, Guthrie, Novak: least said soonest mended. Whoever the new manager was going to be, those moves really threw a spanner into his works.
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JonButterfield Star PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
In Brunker's case, 5 minutes was enough to identify that he was nowhere near Football League level. Some disagreed, but he was clearly an amateur level player and minimum data was required to see that.
Guthrie strolling round without a care in the world during his very first outing tells you all you need to know about his character. If you can't motivate yourself for your debut for a club doing much better than your last, you're heart really isn't in football. Guthrie looks as under-motivated as anyone I have ever seen at City, and when that initial verdict is espoused by every Stevenage fan who I've seen commenting on Guthrie, I'm already happy that it wasn't just my imagination.
His next move should be to non league.Lard Arse, Fordy117 and The Evidence like this. -
With 13 games in a winning 2 - 1 at Morecombe and Donaldson got injured we weren't doing too bad.
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River_City_Bantam Squad PlayerP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant P.L. 20/21 Top 10
Hornby
Staunton - AOC/POC/BRE - Wood
Pritchard - MF - MF - MF
Novak - Vaughan
Subs: GK, whoever of POC/AOC/BRE isn't starting, Longridge, French, Guthrie, AN Other1, AN Other2
(Staunton did get a run out at RB, didn't he? I know I've seen him listed as a CH/FB.)
Scary, even granted that the new GK should come in as no. 1. Scarier once (?if) you take away Vaughan.
There should be a glut of players to choose from, though, so as FaithfulBantam says, this would be the time to make the required effort. It's probably the best chance we'll have for a while to put together a squad for years instead of just the near future.
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In there pal and in these uncertain times I expect him to stay. Certainly at his age.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...JonButterfield and Interested Bystander like this. -
bantam2708 Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020 P.L. 20/21 Winner
Thankfully central midfield and the wingers are going to get a much needed overhaul because those areas have been utter shite for 3 years now. A blank canvas is perfect.
Donaldson staying would be disappointing because he just isn't good enough nor does he suit Stuart's style. Although you can't blame him if he takes up the additional year.
Sadly though, Bowyer saddled us with an additional two donkeys upfront meaning we have 4 contracted strikers and only one of them is good enough, which is disappointing considering our attack has been insipid for years and is another area in need of an overhaul.pns1945 and The Evidence like this. -
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