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Ha ha. They wanted T&S and got a bloody dinosaur

 

I heard it was Bristol Rovers who made the approach

 

I can't put into words how unlikely that sounds.

How confident are you that's the case?

 

Is that from your reliable source?

 

Interesting that Sparks only asked Trueman to take over as caretaker manager and it was Trueman who wanted Sellars as joint manager.

 

Bit pessimistic maybe, but Richie Wellens has left Salford. I wonder if Sparks will be weighing up the options? Would say we have no where near the players for his style.

 

Dont understand your post. Why would Sparks be weighing up his options?. He will be very happy with the job Trueman and Sellars are doing, and rightly so.

 

Next season is massive for us, and having secured a contract is also the first real test for Trueman and Sellers. Forget the likes of Robbie Wellans, we've got a management team for next season. Let's see how they go with the expectations us fans have got for next season and the squad they build for that expectation.

 

No.

 

That's been the dream every season we've been in League Two.

The best we've ever done in this current league format is 7th.

 

In truth what we need is Bolton and Tranmere to go up this season.

No, excuses not to go up next season no matter what.

 

Lets see how they go on, The press say and I possibly agree that teams have found a way to play against us, so lets see if the can get us winning again. I believe the way we have been set up was to get us out of the relegation zone but now we appear safe lets open up a bit.

 

All the better-resourced teams are thinking like that.

Salford City just sacked the man that won the league last season. They're distinctly midtable.

Bolton are surging, but they're only 5th and I'm not sure if their form will last indefinitely. Ours didn't. (They had 3 shots against Port Vale and won. They needed a penalty and a red card to limp past Walsall. Prior to those, they failed to beat us, although they blitzed Cambridge).

Tranmere might feel they have the players to secure the league, too, but it isn't happening as the table stands.

It very rarely works as you're suggesting. Last year, a loan player from another League Two club won Swindon the league. Crewe and Plymouth were 2nd and 3rd. No disrespect to any of those clubs, but none of them are top half in League One this season because they simply don't have the resources to compete.

The biggest, best resourced, most ambitious sides don't win the league in League Two. Portsmouth may be the only club to fit that bill in the last two decades (or more).

It's not about 'having to finish in the autos', it's about getting promoted by hook or by crook and doing everything we can do to negate the fact (and it is a fact) that every team sees teams like us and Bolton as big sides. Have you been listening to the away commentary? It's mentioned overtly by the commentators every single game, and you can bet it's used by the opposition players and managers just as often.

 

Some very good points today Jon.
Salford sack Manager and appoint Gary Bowyer but only 'on loan' until the end of the season then back to Derby. Rooney doing Neville a favour?, whilst they line someone up for next season all suggests they have given up.
Tranmere lacking Vaughan until September - not the best solution for promotion.
Bolton, I think, may make the auto spots.
The rest is open. In our case we had more points going into the Carlisle game than in 2013 and the equivalent game after was a 4-1 loss at Exeter, then it all happened.
Watch this space?....possibly.

 

Tranmere have David Nugent and currently in joint 3rd with 2 games in hand over 2nd.

Salford have given up if appointing Bowyer that's for sure! Bradford City gave up appointing him. Shocking appointment by us! Awful!

As for us. Hope you are right!

 

Can't see Rooney's managerial career being a long one, he'll probably give up when Derby see him off..

 

Why on earth would he?

It will be longer than T & S mate.