Is that Knowl and did you mean GMK? :bear:Paul Knowles who many of you will know for running CWR and looking like a bear
Knowl bores the ass off me so cant listen
There was a quiz when they first started, Only Covect, think it was hard to sustain as its a fairly narrow subject to keep interestingjust a suggestion, but something I really like with similar sports podcasts is a regular quiz section, which you could ask the panel at the start and then towards the end get them to answer and then reveal the answers, giving the listeners time to think of the answers. Always gets you thinking and feeling part of it.
ie...
Its Grimsby at the weekend...
1) Which players have played for both ccfc and grimsby
2) Which ex Grimsby player was in the 87 final squad
etc
That's all opinion though which is fair game and there to be argued with. I tend to agree more with yourself, the ridiculous thing from that episode though was thinking that Robins would come out prior to a cup match and say that we're going to lose/we don't care about the competition. No manager would publicly throw his young players under the bus in advance of a game and destroy their confidence. I appreciate knowl has to travel to games and he may be playing an Adrian Durham kind of wind up merchant role (although I don't think so) but he's demanding something that's never going to happen.I was pretty wound up by this latest edition because I felt like it was needlessly negative. You wouldn't have thought we were top of the league with zero goals conceded and one shot on target against us. In both games, whilst we haven't been flashy by any stretch of the imagination, we've controlled both games we've played in and that's reflected in both results thus far. There were a few comments which left me bewildered:
- One of the lads said that we were a 'one paced team', which didn't really make sense, Jodi Jones is our main threat pace-wise but he's supported by Grimmer, Stokes and McNulty in the starting line-up, then you've got bench players like Nazon to come on and offer something else. We have a physical side.
- The comments about McNulty annoyed me, especially because it was followed by an appraisal of Kwame Thomas. McNulty isn't a massively physical presence, but to deduce he's not 'going to add much' is a silly comment. He finished top goalscorer for Portsmouth (15/16 season) with 10 goals in 27 games. His goal v Grimsby, whilst being lucky, showed he had a quick wit about him not many others would have. But to speak so positively about Kwame Thomas, who by comparison, is inexperienced and unproven, but had 'one good game vs Oldham', was pretty stupid. If he could stay fit, I think he'd be a decent player, but he's never really fit.
- Being dismissive of Vincenti as a player who 'won't create much' and his role being merely a 'left winger with good defensive shape' was annoying. He's got 1 assist already, and created almost a carbon copy of Jones' first goal v County in our last game. Watching the extended highlights, he was involved in a lot; a Jones chance, the penalty shout and a close headed chance from a corner is what I remember off the top my head. Just because he isn't a player who takes on players and takes lots of shots doesn't mean you're not going to create much. Bringing me onto my next point...
- Why the unhealthy obsession with 'The Duck'? He had a good cameo v County and played well in the 1st half v Blackburn, but I don't think he's going to be a starter just yet barring injuries. I also don't think he was signed as a striker. Saving the best till last...
- The comment of '21 out of 22 players aren't very good' followed by 'if Jodi Jones played for County, they'd have probably won' is complete and utter shite. We controlled the Notts County game from the 1st till the last minute. Even Kevin Nolan said if they had Jones, we'd have found a way to snuff him out of the game. The suggestion we're a one man team are, frankly, unfounded. Both teams we beat, won their other game so it's not like the opposition are in particularly bad-form. Rant over.
However, all in all, I do actually like the podcast, I just get irritated by needless negatively, particularly when the comments aren't very well-founded.
That's all opinion though which is fair game and there to be argued with. I tend to agree more with yourself, the ridiculous thing from that episode though was thinking that Robins would come out prior to a cup match and say that we're going to lose/we don't care about the competition. No manager would publicly throw his young players under the bus in advance of a game and destroy their confidence. I appreciate knowl has to travel to games and he may be playing an Adrian Durham kind of wind up merchant role (although I don't think so) but he's demanding something that's never going to happen.
It's a decent podcast, it would be less interesting if I agreed with it all.Can't believe how many people are criticising the podcast.
I love the podcast. It's definitely one of the best lower-league team based ones out there, so good work on that.
Maybe I'm just a hopelessly negative person as well, but I tend to agree with Paul a lot. Not a fan of Vincenti either, and agree that for the majority of the Grimsby game, Jones (and to a lesser extent their lad Dembele) were the only players who stood out. We've started well, but I haven't seen anything yet to suggest we're a cut above at League Two - except for Jodi.
Good podcast but have to agree that this week's was incredibly downbeat.
Criticisms against anyone feel harsh considering we've won both games, kept clean sheets and scored 5 goals. I feel as though this is perhaps due to subconsciously comparing the team with some of the sides we had in League 1.
Also think Vincenti comments are odd, he's tall which perhaps isn't the blueprint for an attacking mid, but he's proven in League 1, and well liked by Rochdale fans, and from what I've seen is a very effective and tidy player.
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