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We can't compete with Stockport on wages.

 

Simple. Players who aren't good enough or have the drive for a top seven team and lack ideas on how to get a grip on a game. I remember us being two down at Sheff United and Gary Jones taking a total grip of midfield to turn it into a draw. That's what we lack. If only Stuart were 25 years younger.

 

Cooke is regularly in the top two metre makers in the team, always over 10k a match. Our problems are nothing to do with fitness or lack of effort, it's the balance of a very weak recruited squad. Makes players look worse than they actually are. Put a decent central midfielder and a wide player to replace Gilliead and this team would automatically look fitter and more energetic

 

I'll be suprised if Songo isn't back in midfield and Canavan back along side of Paudie today.

 

Antoni Sarcevic going to Stockport from bolton. Brilliant signing and would have been good for us at this level. Shame we can’t sign players out of window

 

Agree. A sad state of affairs

 

We need a spoiler and a ball player to have a successful midfield department. Watt, Sutton and Cooke are too lightweight for me.

 

Sutton actually has a good engine on him-just not the level of skill.
Still think he could do a good job in constant pressing -like Gattuso or Park Ji Sung used to do-use him to put the opposition on the back foot constantly and he’s still got the pace and stamina to track back

 

Why aren’t Wrexham spending a load?
They are going to ruin my City/Wrexham both as champions acca bet!!!!

 

It seems obvious doesn't it. Over to you Mr. Adams. Again obvious choice would seem to be to drop Watt but I have a suspicion it might be Sutton.

 

If Stuart was 25 years younger we would have sold him, We never turn money down even if it is a cheap offer

 

Don't think you would catch Sutton! It's just a shame he hasn't got the same ball skills as Cooke and Gilly. But what he does do is take the man on and force them to make a challenge. If the other 2 drove at the opposition in the same way I have no doubt they would be more dangerous and probably win free kicks in and around the area. Instead they are content to check their run, turn the other way and look for someone else to take responsibility

 

Remember it well the Blades fans giving it large at 2 - 0, then as you say Jones got the first and James got the equiliser, then we sang to the Blades fans " 2 - 0 and you f####d it up2 - 0 and you f####d it up" they weren't impressed.

 

And the grounds are getting heavier. There are a lot of players who look great at the beginning and end of the season but struggle in between. We always seem to have more than our share.

 

Watt is acting like Mr Wood of last season right now.

Wants out and knows he won’t be here next season. Just ticking over.

 

Totally ragged I'd say.

 

I think someone has poured sugar in the fuel tank.

 

You could have a point there. perhaps Sparks told Turnbull that we were a diesel engine and when Adams arrived he said "WTF, my teams run on unleaded" so got him sacked ?

 

I might have got the perception totally wrong here but has it anything to do with the fact that predominantly our players are naturally really slow.

I mean I'm 41 and overweight but wouldn't be that far behind Callum Cooke in a foot race.

Perhaps if they were a bit faster to start with they wouldn't look as slow or off the pace at the end when they are tiring