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I believe Bowyer would be the first to accept he's made mistakes, hopefully he has learnt by his mistakes and it looks like that is what Bowyer is doing, we have players coming back (hopefully) who I believe will improve the squad, we've all commentated on the input Rupp can have going forward I hope he backs Bowyer in the January transfer market a couple of quality signings good enough to get us over the finishing line.

 

Correct.

But don't get all hung up on Bowyer and Rupp, mate, there are a few other important people who might have an impact on our season.

You know, the players?

Anyway, I think we'll definitely be top seven, I think we've a good shot at top three, and that's outstanding considering where we were last season. Well done Bowyer and Rupp (and the players) [so far].

 

I always enjoy chatting to you mate and this is a great post.

Look of course i feel our club is great and maybe I need to lower my expectations but honestly I do believe we need to set the target high for the good of the club.

Ross sacked by Sunderland and if Lambert & Ipswich were in Sunderland position he would of gone as well.

We're a big club in this division and as soon as you make excuses or lower expectations then you just become a middle of the road club that stands for nothing. Look at Man Utd now! You have the free ticket ex players making excuses for Ole and the club. It's embarrassing! Ole has gone from talking about top 4 now to top 6 when in truth he should be talking about top spot of at least being the better than Man City! Utd fans need a better manager and should be aiming higher. Not facing a relegation battle.

I think the league is weak. I think we will be top 3. I think the club are confident of it also. You don't let a player like Doyle go to a div 2 club if you're not confident of going up yourself.

Crewe, Forrest Green etc are no different to Swindon and these clubs are average.

I see no reason mate for us not being top 3 and I am known as Mr Negative on here!

 

That's out of order.

 

It's not the worst rep in the world tbh. There was a poster on here who was had a reputation for being angry. He was despicable, but thankfully won't be on here as the mods issued him with a permanent ban.

 

I’m sure the everyone at the club from the owner to staff and players will have promotion as the only aim and hopefully we’ll achieve it.

Regarding Sunderland I actually agree that they sacked Ross. Last year he had the biggest budget ever at that level and should have got promoted, he’s a negative manager out of his depth, it goes to show why people shouldn’t take achievements achieved in Scotland to seriously, which some do on here.

Different situation for us because we don’t have double everyone else’s wage budget. If we got the same amount of season ticket sales but people paid £300 we could have a far bigger budget, but it’ll never happen at this level or the one above. I’d love to see us win the league and raise the price to say, £220 people might just pay that after the buzz of a league win and it would give us the sort of budget to compete for promotion at the next level which is what we all want.

 

To imply we've had a poor start is laughable and to have expected us to be romping away with it is arrogant and disrespectful.

We've had a solid if non-spectacular start which has put in place strong foundations to allow us to push on. We are in a good position right now but it can all change very quickly.

The pleasing thing is we are gradually looking better game by game. Let's hope the good performances and wins keep on coming as we have given ourselves a real chance to take a foothold in the promotion race.

P.S. This is not aimed at Jason but is my general opinion on our start.

 

The thing that I find most bizarre is that your trying to tell Jason what he should and shouldn't write about!! WOAP posts are personal opinions, like on her, about how they feel things are going about City. If you don't agree with it that's fine but to then try tell someone who's written an article what they should have wrote about is madness.

I may be biased as Jason has published a couple of my articles but it seems a fair and balanced piece that still reserves judgement, praises the team and the development yet still questions some of the signings etc but also realises like any normal supporter that there's still a long way to go.

The questioning of the article is way over the mark imo.

 

No problems. Shake hands (metaphorically) and up the Bantams

 

Agreed Jimmy.

I don’t agree with anyone that thinks we’ve had a poor start, because frankly, we haven’t. It is widely acknowledged that a very good side will pick up 2pts per game over a season. If we do, we’ll be close to winning the title.

And yet, despite inconsistencies in some of our games, we are only 3pts behind that target. We have only dropped 5pts from our home games, collecting 13 from a possible 18 (4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss). Whilst that is not amazing, it’s nowhere near being classed as ‘poor’. It’s our away record that is letting us down and if we can improve this, starting Saturday, we won’t be far away come May.

 

He does seem to change opinion more times than the weather. I don't mind his articles, they are usually well written but he would be better off waiting a few months before jumping ship rather than every couple of games.

 

The club should be aiming for top 3. The league is dreadful.

If he's the right manager then he should achieve his aim.

 

Says it all you miserable *@?$.

 

Worth noting that on WOAP we have a number of different writers with different outlooks. It is not one person changing opinion every five minutes, it is different opinions from different people.

 

You know that reason is because we have more fans betting on us, right?

 

I can't name three 'better' sides as I haven't seen them all, but people looking for value mentioned Crewe a long time ago. They don't have name players, but they do have good players. I'm surprised by Forest Green succeeding based on their defence and spoiler tactics, but you can earn promotion on a defence. I think they'll drop, but credit where it's due. People were peeing their pants about Swindon, but they looked very average, and I think they'll be midtable come the end of the season. Exeter, like Crewe, look to have a real chance, I'm not 100 % sure about Cheltenham, Newport have been a good League Two team for some time, arguably distracted by cup runs in recent seasons, so perhaps Flynn will get them promoted, Colchester will definitely be up there in my opinion (though they had a mediocre start), and there's a few others that should improve.

Plymouth, Scunthorpe, Walsall and Salford should all be doing better than they currently are, whether that's enough to put them in the higher echelons is another matter - almost certainly not for Scunthorpe, but I wouldn't be surprise if they troubled the top half at the end of the season.

It's not about 'better sides', it's about competition - and while people decry this division, actually, in terms of competitiveness it blows the others out of the water.

There really aren't any easy games, everyone is pretty even give or take a couple, and the way to get promoted is consistency - which ultimately, is not in the hands of Bowyer or Rupp. It's in the hands of the players.

Anyway, really enjoyed chatting with you tonight, Fordy.

 

I know i read them. You're not the only one that does it, there are a large number of fans that do the same, myself included to some degree. i think Saturday may turn out to be a turning point for Bowyer, first time i can remember for a long time we actually looked dominant and it was Bowyers preferred formation. The crowds reaction tells you all you need to know.

 

Did I miss something last Saturday ?.

 

If he was lucky to get the job, who do you think should’ve got it? Nobody really wanted it in the first place.

You could say Bowyer was unlucky to get the job.

 

Hi Fordy. Although I agree with your scepticism I don't think this league is as bad as you say or I expected. Take Cheltenham, I think we would call them a small club but they looked very good (which is annoying) and showed the benefit of keeping faith with a group of players.
People look at you as a bit of a wind up merchant, a bit like myself. That maybe true to a certain extent but like us all you expect high standards from all at the club.
I would be slightly more generous than you and give both GB and the players 5 out of 10. With Bowyer I expected evolution rather than revolution. Having said that like you I expect promotion this season. The players we've signed plus improvement GB can get out of last season's dross AND any movement in the January transfer window should be more than enough to get us up.
See you at Bradford-on-Sea?