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I think there are more than likely a fair proportion of people on this site who are stating that we should be top six / should gear up for a long, hard season without a workable knowledge of the other squads and our new additions. I hope for a better league finish than I have probably ever seen...

I'm not sure we should be reading too much into this and I suspect Hussey will stay. I don't think he will command much of a fee and, from what I have heard, the Edge has not been convincing at left back. The usual doubters will say this will not have been noticed by Thorn, but he did echo what...

No, and nor should it. No substitute for watching him play and forming your own opinions.

You all owe me three minutes of my life. I will take a pint in recompense. Leave it on an empty bar, I am not sure I can take a face to face conversation as I have an inkling as to how it might pan out.

Yes / no / maybe

This has been my only real concern with friendly performances and results. As long as Thorn is learning in readiness for the new season, I could handle getting beaten every fixture. I want him to get workable plans in terms of players, positions and systems ready for the start of the competitive...

I didn't hear the interview. Do you think the system with wingers and 1 striker will be an interchangeable 4-3-3 with the ball and 4-5-1 without?

Yeah, when I thought aloud about a possibly starting line-up (featuring Thorn's favoured diamond), this is the same stumbling block I faced. Sheffers could be pushed up front with Cody, with Ball on as an impact sub? I am not always fully sold on 'little - little' strike partnerships, but at...

Are you basing this on reputation or knowledge? It gets trotted out a fair amount ('we should be in the top 6 as a minimum, otherwise something is badly awry') and I am wondering what people are basing it on. I havent' seen any pre-season games, so the vast majority of my knowledge on the new...

I am striving for objectivity until I have seen us play a game this season. Win, lose or draw in pre-season, the first game I am likely to get to is Yeovil. I am looking forward to the start of the season. I don't know enough about the other League 1 teams or our new players to say how we will...

No, you are not. You haven't even had an objective look at the few comments on the forum of a team who saw a bright talent get injured and never fulfil their potential for them. You are being negative and only guessing that you are being realistic.

And Wood was definitely off after the Wrexham game... Who knows. I suspect Wood is still the most likely of the trio to leave, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them all start the season in Sky Blue (Thomas potentially off the bench if we have a new look midfield).

Not any more than losing to Wrexham meant we were going to get relegated. My positivity stems more from the potential replacement of Deegan with Barton AND Jennings than it does the result of this friendly, but it is nice to win a game after four losses.

Get fucked, I am making him captain too..!

Perhaps (if we are playing AT's beloved diamond)... ---McSheffrey, McDonald ----------Fleck ------Barton, Thomas ---------Jennings Hussey, Wood, Malaga, Clarke ----------Murphy Or can we drop Fleck / Sheffers further back (possibly at...

If we are getting Jennings and Barton, I am going to grow slowly optimistic. Let's hope we concede again today to nullify that.

What about the age old tactic of shouting STEVO when looking slightly away and seeing if he turns around? If nothing, try STEVE. Then STEVE JENNINGS. Then just tap him on the shoulder and ask him. Then check his ID.

Ha ha, you mugs, you all got season tickets. I got the bird one too.

There were times since arriving when I thought Deegan could add something to our squad. This hyped up 'bite' that he was going to provide, the fact he chipped in with a very occasional goal at times when we looked like we couldn't get one from anywhere. When he played last season, he was one of...

Re-read what I wrote, I was talking about other people quick to write off new players before seeing them.