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Teams like Liverpool and Man City recall their players that are not starting. In fact Liverpool have today from Fleetwood. The player won't ever make it at Liverpool but clearly they look after their players and don't want to ruin their career.

Austin needs to go back to Wolves for his own good.

As for us we need to get rid of Guthrie, send Austin back if Wolves don't demand his return then sign proven forwards that are known to score goals.

I don't think we will go down but we need to understand our situation. Currently we have to many inexperienced in our ranks on and off the pitch which could lead to trouble if we don't pull away from this dogfight at the bottom.

 

I’m at a loss as to why we write players off so soon, Oteh is dragging Stevenage out of trouble, joint top scorer plus top in assists. We couldn’t wait to send him back to QPR.
Patrick is becoming a bit of a hero at Carlisle, oh and a certain Riley chipped in with an assist to put them top of the league, Fordy, you lambast French almost as often as you wax lyrical about the bin dippers, yet forget his age this is his first full season as a pro....Christ cut him some slack. Why would sending Samuel’s back help his career??
Do you think he’ll have more chance of making the first 11 at Wolves?
Maybe you think his confidence will take a boost if he fails at a lower half 4th division outfit?
We don’t know how he performs in training, we don’t know if we have an option to sign at the end of the season, we don’t know how much we’re contributing to his wage.

 

It's strange how we all remember things differently. My recollection of Oteh being recalled by QPR is that the overwhelming feeling was one of disappointment (myself included).

 

This exact type of wording was used by some whenever anyone questioned McCall. Turns out a lot of fans were right to question him.

 

Ffs stop beating round the bush and say what you wanna say .

I dont understand why so many people come on here and basically say, I know something but I can't tell you whats the point ?

 

If Wood doesn't sign a new contract, we'll have no choice but to sell if someone comes in with a fee

 

Why, what do you think the transfer fee would be if we sold him now?

I mean, I get this argument if you're a Premier League team and you can get a good £8 million for a star player - by all means you pretty much HAVE to sell - but why would we read from the Premier League transfer playbook when it bears no relevance to what will actually happen at VP? What are we going to get for Wood right now, £50k?

I think I'd rather have Wood for 5 months of a pretty damn important relegation battle than £50k and a weaker left back position.

 

Bleedin obvious isn't it. If he isn't going to sign a new contract by 31st jan we need to cash in on him because he's worthless to us after that. Are you happy for him to walk in June and us not get compensated, because I'm not.

 

I wouldn't sell at all, he's tied into a lengthy contract so why should we? It's not as if we can put it back into the budget with the cap either.

 

We've also had plenty of money from Wells, Delph, the cup runs, Wembley etc yet we're in danger of dropping out of the football league.

Would I take McAnthony over any of the previous recent or current incumbents of the club?

Abso-fecking-lutely.

 

Crikey Fordy and I thought I had a drink problem.

 

It baffles me that fans of our club can point out the negatives of how Peterborough are run. It's like the hunchback of notredame pointing out that you've a boil on your back.

 

I’m a bit lost now tbh. I was making the point its not fair to label Posh’s model unsuccessful because they are still in L1, while teams you mention have progressed from beneath them and into the PL. My point is that those clubs have wealthy benefactors.

Peterborough’s focus every year is on goals and entertaining. Their production line of strikers they’ve developed and sold on for decent fees is testament to that.

Their obsession with scoring goals has seen them neglect their defence but it’s hard to get £5-£10m for a League 1 CB so I think that is why they continue to pour so much resource into finding goalscorers.

They don’t get big crowds and given the wage demands of Championship clubs - competing with ex Pl clubs on big parachute payments - you can forgive them for thinking they would be another ‘Rotherham’ really even if they went up.

The Posh model is exactly the model BCAFC should be aspiring to IMO. Unless you have billionaire owners you need to develop and sell players to exist.

 

Give over. Everyone is talking about Peterboro. We don't want your Bradford City info on here!

 

thing with BRE is that when first signed people were raving that we'd finally signed a dominant centre-half. someone who would tackle and won headers and during his first season under Bowyer he was decent (you can't be a member of the a back four with one of the best defensive records in the league if you aren't half decent).

towards the end of last season, like everyone, he began to struggle and to be honest - most did. this season under McCall he was played in an unfamiliar system and asked to do things, like others, that he simply couldn't. he lost his place to a kid, confidence was clearly shot and when called upon couldn't find any form.. I agree it's time for him to look elsewhere. simply because if we want to progress and get out of this league, we need players who can play league one and that isn't him.

 

GK - O'Donnel, Hornby

DF - Hossanah, Cousin-Dawson, French, POC, AOC, Staunton, Wood

MF - Sutton, Watt, Cooke, Scales, Pritchard, Ismael, Evans.

ST - Novak, Clarke, Donaldson

I dont think Ismael or Donaldson leave just yet. Ideally its Longridge, BRE, DMH, Samuels and Guthrie.

Replace them 5 with a CB, MF and ST and im happy enough. As long as they are improvements.

 

Some of the comments on Samuels are a bit harsh. He didn’t do all that well under Stuart (did anyone!), but he set up the goal at Crawley, but hasn’t played much since. I’d like to see him stay for the season to see what Trueman and Sellars can do with him under their formation.

 

Was the ‘k’ a typo?

 

My apologies, he’s scored one goal against our reserves/juniors and one against a sixth tier side. Call off the search for a new striker.