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I think he has the football potential to do a good job (although last nights 3rd goal was just a joke) but sadly there are some bad character traits that keep appearing

 

How was Longridge last night? Worth a start ahead of Henley?

 

What a damn good and sensible post !
It's a relief to know that others share my understanding and values.

 

Agree it is now looking a very strange decision, I think at the time we all thought they would be mainly as back up and reasonably cheap options with the 'main man' yet to arrive at the club - of course that might still happen

 

So we’ll have to make 8 changes again next Tuesday??

 

Preston were the away team, and evens to win the match. Bookies obviously knew they were much better than us, that we're on a poor run, and that it could be a potential cricket score. I thought 7.6 wasn't bad at all.

 

Are you for real? Nobody is saying we shouldn’t have made changes, but EIGHT??? The formation is the problem, not the players. But if he’s going to persist, did he really need to leave out the likes of Donaldson, Vaughan, O’Donnell etc?

By all means, tweak the preferred starting line up, e.g. Longridge at LB, Gibson/Scannell at the tip of the diamond, Paudie in at CB, but 8 changes including shoehorning French in to a position he will never play again???

 

Problem is though, who's going to want them?

 

I’m glad he did. We can draw a line through most of that team and concentrate on a smaller squad.

 

Not really. French was poor at right-back, but if we are at full strength and needed to throw French on at centre-back, I’d be confident that he could perform. You’re writing the keeper off too and the left-back? Had Doyle played alongside Donaldson or Vaughan and still struggled, then fair enough. But last night proved nothing that neither we nor Bowyer knew already.

 

I don’t recall saying who I’d right off. You mentioned the keeper and left back.
All last night did for me, was confirm that most of those here from last season need to move on.

 

Your comment was, “I’m glad he did. We can draw a line through most of that team and concentrate on a smaller squad”.

You may not have written particular players off, but you did say ‘most’??

 

Crickey pal. That's awful odds, I assume your based in Estonia? Can you not back with UK bookmakers? I only know it was 40/1 as I laid two bets at that price.