Thought this was going to be a suggestion for a new song!
Who do you think you are kidding Mr Mowbray? If you think we're on a run!....
Who do you think you are kidding Mr Mowbray? If you think we're on a run!....
Probably the same fans who were outraged when we signed Stokes from non league. "No future, no future...nooow!"
Half the team will be playing wearing tena man under their shorts, just to catch those last few drops !!
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A lot of ageism on here. You are not a senior citizen when you are 34. Obviously they are past their peak and are not long-term prospects but they could do a job for us in the short-term. Lets wait and see how they do. We can't afford anyone younger and more talented any way, so lets make the most of what we have.
No, if we fail we will look back and blame the manager for signing the older players.
Complaints when we have a team full of nippers, complaints when we bring in a few old heads to add experience in the run in.
Damned if you do....
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Wasn't sure if this was serious or not!
Last line up (from memory)
RCC- 20s, Lorentzon - 30s, Ricketts 30s, Ramage 30s, Stokes 20s
Fleck 20s, Vincelot 30, Murphy 20s, Maddison Teens, Hunt 30s, Armstrong Teens
To me, that is a balance. We have added experience yes with Henderson, but balance that with the two new young loanees.
In every squad you need a mix, and I think we have that - the older heads will hopefully help guide the young ones, as pressure of a promotion push will be new to them
Last line up (from memory)
RCC- 20s, Lorentzon - 30s, Ricketts 30s, Ramage 30s, Stokes 20s
Fleck 20s, Vincelot 30, Murphy 20s, Maddison Teens, Hunt 30s, Armstrong Teens
To me, that is a balance. We have added experience yes with Henderson, but balance that with the two new young loanees.
In every squad you need a mix, and I think we have that - the older heads will hopefully help guide the young ones, as pressure of a promotion push will be new to them
Couldn't really care less how old players are. Although obviously the more older players you have the bigger an issue it will be in the long term but saying that we sell all the younger players anyway so they aren't really a foundation for the future either.
The key thing is getting in players that are still able to play week in week out. Nobody would claim signing Dennis Wise a few years back was a bad move, don't think you'd get the same response about Arjan de Zeeuw
The key thing is getting in players that are still able to play week in week out. Nobody would claim signing Dennis Wise a few years back was a bad move, don't think you'd get the same response about Arjan de Zeeuw
How many of our over 30s are on contracts longer than the end of this season, not many if any. They are here to help get a job done, that's win promotion. Remember the succession of youth academy players previous managers had to field or put on the bench when they clearly weren't ready or good enough. You can't beat experience
I'm okay with this but people should realise there is no 2 year plan.
Next year we start again with all the loans gone and with any of the older players that make it through the summer.
Next season will be the same as this, we will have a few long term contracted players supplemented by upto 5 loan two or three out of contract players and Bosmans plus hopefully a bargain or two. that's the way it is nowadays hopefully if we are in the Cahampionship and still have the Mowbray factor we attract decent quality
He must have been referring to the changing rooms at Ryton ?
The second coat is due in December this year.