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Do or die January

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by borderlescott, Oct 19, 2021.

  1. borderlescott

    borderlescott Squad Player

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    If we don’t get serious investment in the playing squad in January we aren’t going up.

    This is the last chance City have to keep the fans onside as even those who are hanging on because of cheap prices (myself included) have had enough of this shite.

    anything less than promotion this year and that’s it. After all the fanfare in preseason…..we’ll lose thousands of fans.

    Our transfer activity in the last window was diabolical. Give your heads a shake, City.

    those boos at FT said it all tonight.
     
  2. bantam316

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    Like i mentioned previously this is all down to Rupp, when he bought the club we just needed a little investment, we had a good squad who just lost to millwall in the playoff semis.. but nooooo he let that prick Rahic hit the reset button. Parky and co left and we’ve been on the decline ever since.

    THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT RUPP get your cheque book out and fix the mess YOU put us in OR EFF OFF!
     
  3. borderlescott

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    Agreed.

    and while he remains passive in the background, we’ll get nowhere.

    we needed to back the manager but they’ve taken the attitude that because adams polished turds at Morecambe he’d do the same here.

    i must admit, after our start I thought he had done.

    now our season basically rests on Angol firing in 20 goals and Canavan plugging our leaky defence.

    no one knows why Canavan is out and Angol isn’t a goalscorer
     
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    Whilst struggling to think of the words….. you have said them for me. Perfectly put. Roll on January.
     
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  5. Loyalbantam

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    And when those thousands call it a day, where does that leave us paying 1 million every year for a stadium too big for us.
     
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  6. borderlescott

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    In serious trouble
     
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  7. Loyalbantam

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    And without regurgitating an old thread, unless some mega rich owner sees the potential of this fan base with a big stadium then I’ll say sadly again, we’d be better off downsizing and leaving VP
     
  8. Storck

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    start a countdown for the seven years, or whatever it is, as we will not be leaving before then
     
  9. king karl

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    According to Adams there will be signings in January... everyone's had a fair chance but we need more steel in the team
     
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  10. borderlescott

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    Its just a depressing thought tonight. No realistic chance of buying back VP, an owner who isn’t interested in the slightest, and a CEO who has talked a good game but doesn’t look like he’ll deliver.

    Our best player this season is injured (LR).

    we dont have a reliable GK. Canavan is out of sorts. Watt needs dropping his forms gone. Songoo back into CM. Threlkeld isn’t settled. Out backup strikers are pap and bench options are non existent.

    Time for a drink.
     
  11. Loyalbantam

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    Then we have 7 years to plan leaving
     
  12. TheNorf

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    January won't change us into a promotion winning side, switching personnel mid season rarely works to that extent, pre-season is where the real work is done.

    Rupp won't change because he knows he is going to get the season ticket money anyway, he even convinced us to pay £50 extra this year and still got roughly the same number of buyers without a significant investment in the squad. I honestly think a lot of fans agreed to the £50 increase on the understanding that the extra funds were going to go into the squad and we were going to see an improved team, I think some people probably agreed to it as well on the understanding that we had a bad season financially due to the pandemic. That same sympathy and understanding won't be there next season.
     
  13. king karl

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    Worked for Bolton
     
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    No one pay £200 again to watch Bradford again.

    Any city fan that paid on the gate tonight must feel like they've been robbed. And kick in the face for good measure.
     
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    No chance of ‘serious investment’ under the current regime. Year on year squeeze and the end result is plain to see.

    Hope is we can get this group and the injured players fit and firing. I’ve seen worse city squads, were just totally devoid of strength in depth.
     
  16. bantamdave41

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    I honestly believe with Rupp at the helm, we will not see promotion.

    The club continues to regress under his stewardship and I really hope you fans, are not pinning your hopes on January.

    It's clear the budget is tight. January and associated quality costs. Just where does this money come from?
     
  17. bantamdave41

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    Excellent post.

    It's such a shame as a synergy and reconnect with fans was building momentum but I fear this is already crumbling.
     
  18. borderlescott

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    I agree with you all saying we won’t get Jan investment btw. I fear Rupp doesn’t care.
     
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    January is never guaranteed to be a magic fix and even if you sign 6 decent players it can take time to settle. We know our luck or rather burning players out which means we get untold muscle injuries that no other clubs seems to get like we do.

    One win in 11 games in all competitions now, is that all personnel or part manager? Part rot that has set in at the club like had happened before Parky came all those years ago now?

    I felt the win against Rochdale was a paper over the cracks. It’s ok talking about xG and chances but it doesn’t always work and balance out.

    Every club in every division in the land wants better strikers and better options up front. Every single one. Even Man City and they won 5-1 tonight. Why are we suddenly gonna find the right combo in January?

    I feel there’s too much to do to pin our hopes on a manic 4 weeks mid way through a bad season. We may too far adrift by then anyway.

    I don’t think it’s any time to call for adams out and never will. He needs a few windows to sort this out. I also don’t want a boom or bust window this January because we feel we have to do much. We have to get the signings right. If that’s 3 good additions then so be it. For too long now we have signed injury prone garbage that has cost us in the longer term.

    We need some experience and we need some level heads at this club. At all levels.
     
  20. bantamdave41

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    He probably does care but would you further invest?..

    In his shoes, I certainly would not. So self sufficiency comes from sponsorship, us fans and the squad has to be moulded accordingly.
     
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