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  1. Bradford End

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    You’ll be pleased to know that we’ve all-but signed a key target - which just so happens to be a striker.
     
  2. Sergio Pinto III

    Sergio Pinto III Squad Player

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    RB - Threlkeld, Cousin-Dawson, Sutton
    LB - Ridehalgh, Foulds, Staunton

    We definately need another striker.
     
  3. Ulysses S Grant

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    Forgive me if I don't give a flying f@ck. I won a civil war, helped to end slavery and was president for two terms, whilst you are just a monkey.
     
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  4. NorthernMonkey

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    Not in the slightest.

    Anything less than promotion is a failure and I'd imagine everyone inside the club shares that mindset.
     
  5. mini24

    mini24 Fringe Player

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    Latest sparks interview saying we arnt done yet and will continue to fine tune the squad up til the 31st deadline, also says we ll be doing business on deadline day itself if the right players become available! Refreshing change to see were in a position to do that!
     
  6. Rogered Tart

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    Or the experts on here who said putting up season ticket prices would be terrible for the club? The very price increases that are helping to fund extra recruitment because as Sparks says in the latest interview 'Rupp is not funding the club'. Fans can be happy knowing that extra money they have given has gone to team strengthening.
     
  7. Petrov

    Petrov Squad Player

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    Barrow had their pants pulled down, it's something we've been victim to before. Ryan was putting a very clear message out there to all the dodgy agents and players that think they are better than they are that we ain't falling for that sort of thing anymore, and good on him for doing it I say.
     
  8. Smartmart

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    I don’t blame Sparks one bit for countering Barrows statement. Many fans would use Barrow’s statement as a stick to beat him and the club with and as he stated it’s simply is not correct. Good for him. Fighting for the club and the fact Barrow are leveraging our name incorrectly.
     
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  9. Tight1-0Victory

    Tight1-0Victory Fringe Player

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    If your partner was out in a club and some chavvy scrote stole her handbag then shit in it you wouldn't be calling them a character that's my point was it that hard to work out

    Doesn't matter if they were your hero a scruffy bugger is a scruffy bugger
     
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  10. Rogered Tart

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    Nixons hit ratio on his rumours is woeful but jerks himself daft when he gets one right. Serial blocker on social media to anyone who questions his crap.
     
  11. Rogered Tart

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    Would have preferred to look at young loan signing than a league 2 player not wanted by his club. Feels desperate this one.
     
  12. Captain Grumpy

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    Should be an automatic blocking policy on Bantam talk. One month for suggesting Hanson comes back and one year for suggesting we bring back McCall as manager.
     
  13. WilsdenBantam

    WilsdenBantam Squad Player
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    And have to suffer through 17 more mind numbing games like we’ve seen this season, no thanks happy for it to end now.
     
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  14. Faithful Bantam

    Faithful Bantam Squad Player

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    He's full of energy, I agree. He's had moments, I agree. I also agree that Watt has areas of his game to improve - but Watt was only 20 years old for most of this season, which is his first pro season. In that season, for a fair chunk, didn't he have one of the best long range passing completion stats in all 4 leagues and was strongly linked to a club that's now in the championship? Now that's proper potential, that's something to build around.

    The bottom line is, we have to raise our standards across many areas of the pitch. I think we need a better starting keeper, a better starting CB than POC, 2 better full backs, a better starting CM to go alongside Watt, at least one quality wide player and one quality striker.

    I'm not saying Sutton is crap. I think he's got a role to play. I'm just saying that if we're serious about a top 3 push, Sutton won't be good enough to play week in, week out. Our single biggest issue is in how we move the ball from back to front through midfield. It needs to be better.
     
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  15. DariusSyrossian

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    Im seeing Conor McAleny next Sunday for a roast with my mrs and his for a catch up

    was just chatting and said he is gonna getting loads of offers & he said there is interest from division above which isnt surprising ofcourse, bur he did say if City come in and make a good offer he will come to City

    If he can be one of the leagues top scorers for the season in a very very poor Oldham side he would tear the league apart in a good side, if only we had got him in Jan as he saod he doesnt know what happened and would have come
     
  16. Mike Hunt

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    Searching players with contracts expiring who have played under Adams and then claiming to be ITK.
     
  17. trevor

    trevor Squad Player
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    Probably the wrong half with our luck,
     
  18. Botswana Bantam

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    B0llocks. Utter nonsense that you can't even substantiate. You're just arguing for the sake of arguing.

    If a team gets promoted after 46 games they deserve it. Everyone gets lucky in the odd game but you don't get lucky over 46!
     
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  19. ahar964

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    I don't get the abuse of Sutton. Sure we want better, we want it all across the pitch, but over the season I think he had more of an influence than Watt, who many lauded. Course he's not Iniesta but he can go past a man and can find the net. What he does need to find is consistency and he may find that easier if he isn't having to do all the running for the rest of the midfield. And I'm not a fecking happy clapper. Let's see what Adams thinks.

    By the way I don't think he is a midfield enforcer either but he brings other things
     
  20. NorthernMonkey

    NorthernMonkey Squad Player
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    Really not feeling it for Stockton. He's done very little in his career to date to suggest he can consistently be a threat.

    For me he looks like one that hit a purple patch alongside others around him and collectively it led to a good season rather than performances that are sustainable.

    I'd like to think we have other targets on the radar than Stockton or Matt.
     
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