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  1. johnniericoh

    Players Positions

    I think it is pretty clear from AT's short managerial career that he favours the common sense approach playing players in their respective natural positions where practically possible. Prior to AT how often have we seen bizarre team selections with left footed players on the right, right...
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    Reserve Team Football

    I wonder if the resurrection of reserve team football would be of benefit to the modern game and particularly CCFC. I see benefits in blooding youth team players, nurturing previously injured players to near full first team fitness and allowing off form players to regain confidence...
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    Loan Players

    I still can't get my head around the principle and ethics of the current loan player system. Obviously in theory it is a route for "wealthier" clubs to obtain the srevices of better players, namely Premier League reserves, without the initial transfer outlay but with the risk of breaking...
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    Just a couple of things that irk me about The Ricoh

    Major turnoff is their insistence in removing top from bottle of water - so ridiculous, stopped buying water - thanks Richo. PUSB
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    Footballers ID

    Come on then who is going to be the first to "guess" the ID of the footballer "identified" by the Scottish Sunday Herald. PUSB
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    48 Years and All That

    CCFC fans are a durable and committed lot none more than me I suppose, now in my 48th year as a season ticket holder having missed just 8 home games primarily due to inconsiderate wedding dates, badly planned holidays and various injuries. I remember the game against Bayern Munich at home...
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    What Planet

    What planet are some of our professional footballers on when trying to send fellow players into orbit. I'm referring to the continuing policy of suicidal tackles we see constantly in live games and on TV which surely begs the question - are they part of the mangers strategy / game plan. If...
  8. johnniericoh

    What a League

    Still the season isn't over yet with the final Championship match at Wembley deciding who goes up to the promised land. It doesn't really matter to CCFC at this stage whether Swansea or Reading are the victors the point is that this league must be one of the most attractive and exciting...
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    Robins set to leave Barnsley

    Talk about rocking the boat. Surely the rumour has no foundation bearing in mind the optimism surrounding CCFC at hte moment with AT as our number one. This talk should be totally ignored at best but even more so should be refuted by those in the know as early as possible before it has a...
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    AB and Talk the Talk

    Well another season over, survival assured with a hint of optimism for next season maybe - familiar territory for CCFC fans but we all have high hopes for AT coming good next season. It makes me think of the optimism surrounding last years appointment of Aidy Bothroyd who certainly could talk...
  11. johnniericoh

    Just two defeats in the last ten games..

    First line should have read "from a max of 30 points" - silly me PUSB
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    Just two defeats in the last ten games..

    Just theoretical but if you transpose AT's 10 match run as achieving 14 points from a max of and had maintained that form for all season we would have had 64 points and finished 12th !!! That would have put CCFC 11 points behind play off Notts Forest 75 points - it just shows how much we need...
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    Player Theatrics

    We are almost at the end of the 2010/2011 season and what can we say about the RESPECT initiative supposingly introduced for the betterment of the beautiful game. We still see angry, snarling in your face reactions of the players to virtually any decision made by the refs with pushing and...
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    Just how good was Kieren Westwood

    Despite all the rumours, speculation and gossip it looks as though we have seen the last of KW in a CCFC shirt. He will be missed - or will he?? Jst how good was he to justify the adulation and praise bestowed upon him over the last three years. I saw a keeper with unbelievable reflexes...
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    Jukebox Joy

    L U K A S J U T K I E W I C Z - wow thats a mouthful isnt it, difficult to chant from the terraces - I prefer Jukebox very apt because he is making all the right sounds at CCFC. Signed last year from Everton the first impressions were of a player that was unfit, clumsy and couldn't hit the...
  16. johnniericoh

    The Eastwood Enigma

    Looking through SBT posts referring to players we should off load or retain there seems to be a large shout for Freddie Eastwood to try new pastures. When FE signed for CCFC he had a track record for prolific scoring in the lower divisions and at £1.1m appeared a snip. First appearances showed...
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    Attendances

    I am a bit worried for next season that even with the superb brand of AT footbal we will never really command regular ground straining attendances. Lets not kid ourselves even at Highfield Road some premier league gates were as low as 11,000 - 13,000 for eg Wimbledon, Fulham, Bolton etc...
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    AT v John Sillet

    What I like about AT already is his refreshing outlook on the modern game and his relationship with fans players and media. He reminds me very much of John Sillet the main architect of our fabulous cup win in 1987. Despite their apparant laid back inclination both AT and JS appear to be ruthless...
  19. johnniericoh

    Goal line Tecnology

    Personally I wouldn't be a ref for all the tea..... tried it in a local park friendly once - never again. Even a ref plus two assistants cannot see every facet of the game therefore they need help particularly in the critical area of awarding goals. Why not as an experiment say in the...
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    Injury dilemma

    I understand where you are coming from AJSCCFC but surely as fans we like to know the wellbeing of our club not only week by week ref playing squad injury niggles but the long termers as well. I think this sort of info will generally be well received by most fans..
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