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  1. Idlebantam

    Idlebantam Squad Player
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    Whilst agreeing with you on how poor the club has been run during the passed few years, if we win on Saturday, it will be forgotten until we lose again
     
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  2. Rogered Tart

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    Some might be happy being fed a diet of league 2 shite. I aint one of them. As Faithful said the standard of football is dire marginally better than the national league. I don't find myself getting excited looking at the fixture list and yet another game against a non descript team.
    I actually think that given the tools to do the job then Adams has a good chance of bringing us success. But not with an owner who doesn't really care one way or the other.
     
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  3. Onside87

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    The standard of League 1 isnt much better.
     
  4. Bronco

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    I'm not happy with our present situation but that won't stop me supporting my team, others may have a different opinion and prefer to say away.
     
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  5. Rcbantam

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    I doubt we'll win.

    As for forgetting if we do win, not a chance. Adams hasn't been a happy chap from the start of this season. Something stinks.
     
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  6. Tight1-0Victory

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    I agree with @Bronco@Bronco here Finn in for Threlkeld weakens us and while Kelleher is pretty poor I didn't buy into the hype around Staunton last season

    Sorry but these kids aren't good enough to invest time developing if we have a bunch of injuries then sure why not but calling for Sikora and co to get game time really is writing off the season

    It's still early days and once our forwards get back to fitness we'll do better
     
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  7. Tight1-0Victory

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    So much for needing a link coach lol I know Trueman is no longer link coach but how must he feel now knowing that his good work with the youth team is being peed on by Adams

    Might as well get rid of him too while we're at it let Adams do everything all by himself since Sparks is already rolling over and having his tummy tickled

    While I don't think we should be ramming the young ones in and pretending it's an improvement Adams is coming across a bit like Hopkin IMO
     
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  8. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    Adams has dropped the bomb now. You can’t just pick it up and leave it.

    It will be a case of nothing can change until Jen and he has said his point for now but if you think what he said wasn’t aimed at Rupp & Sparks then you’re an idiot.
     
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  9. trevor

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    If this poor set of players is all we can afford with the budget then we are doomed to this league as far as one can see,
     
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  10. Parader

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    It's the whole culture of the place, while much of that has to come from the top, there is a long embedded mentality of acceptance and laziness in decision making and processes that needs shaking throughout the whole club.
     
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  11. Idlebantam

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    But surely it is the responsibility of the owner or CEO, or both, to set the culture and ensure all adhere
     
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  12. TallinnBantam

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    In which case, the club have done a good thing by releasing Turnbull of his contract. But of course the question is, who thought he would be a good asset to the club in the first place? Simple fact in my eyes, is that we've got people running the club who don't really know what they are doing. I think this is now sinking in for DA that he's been sold down the river and he's not happy about it.
     
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  13. Jordan

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    Crankshaw being sold to Stockport will add something to the budget......
     
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  14. 1975citygent

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    Adams strikes me as a poor man's Fordy.

    "Ah say what ah like and ah like what ah bloody well say! "
     
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  15. Ulysses S Grant

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  16. hornseabantam

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    Furlough and ifollow gave us a good and necessary lifeline. But the many games in front of no crowds lost us a huge amount of dosh from non-season ticket holders rocking up for games, money from match day souvenirs, food, drink, programme sales et al. And furlough paid the club 80 per cent of wages - that was another 20 per cent of cash the club still had to find. Whatever way you want to paint it, it put the club in a more difficult financial situation.
     
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  17. NorthernMonkey

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    Did they? Care to ask @wetherbywhaler@wetherbywhaler if he can confirm that the club made up every employees wage to the full 100%?
     
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  18. Bigrod

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    I thought the salary cap had gone, but the limit on the number of Senior Players remained?

    Not sure Rahic was his ‘mate’, rather someone introduced through their shared Banker. The failure of due diligence on the part of Rupp and/or his accountants in checking out Rahic, was the epic fail.
     
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  19. NorthernMonkey

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    And the longer we leave it, the more we stand still which effectively will only push us backwards.
     
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  20. Lard Arse

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    As bullseye's Jim Bowen use to say :

    'That's the gamble'

    He also said

    'Here's what you could have won'
     
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