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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #176
clint van damme said:
Anyway, sorry to quote my own post,but genuinely interested to hear people's opinions on it.

Dovin now No.1, EMC looks a player, Kitching back in the fold, (early days) and profit turned on Palmer and lati.

We certainly haven't wasted 42 mil.
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I’ll be honest I don’t think the squad is bad individually and there’s a lot of talent in the group. Just the squad balance is slightly off.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #177
clint van damme said:
If Lati goes for profit does that count as a succesful signing?
Because the recruitment is starting to look not quite as bad as has been made out.
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Yes, I'd say so
 
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Hutch11

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #178
The look of the quality of recruitment will fluctuate as the players fluctuate in and out of form or injuries.
On the whole I think our recruitment has been largely successful
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #179
Chicken Mcgraw said:
Do you not find it weird they would post him voluntarily though? Or would the admin not be aware of any ongoing negotiations anyway?

Does seem odd for the club to say he’s ill and can’t attend an event but then voluntarily show he isn’t ill!
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Not sure if they'd know to be honest.
Hopefully it's sll done and dusted quickly and all parties can move on and we xancea k on bringing someone in.
 
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #180
Deity said:
Absolute clown.

If you are in the bottom 3 all season and win the last 4 matches to pull clear have you had a season fighting relegation, yes of course you have. Your final points total is not the only consideration when reflecting on how your season has gone.
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we weren’t in the bottom three all season
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #181
Deity said:
I haven’t seen a single comment saying Robins wasn’t great for our club.
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how about yours, where you say our position flattered us, we scraped by and all that accompanying horseshit
 

Chris1987

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #182
clint van damme said:
Anyway, sorry to quote my own post,but genuinely interested to hear people's opinions on it.

Dovin now No.1, EMC looks a player, Kitching back in the fold, (early days) and profit turned on Palmer and lati.

We certainly haven't wasted 42 mil.
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Nothing to disagree with here.
There have been some less astute signings but that happens at the majority of clubs.
 
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wingy

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #183
Anyway I think it's possible to look from both prism's we underachieved when comparing to say Ipswich or Hull?
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #184
Shannerz said:
As has been pointed out, that is with a sample size of one.

And also a season where everyone expected our league position to drop due to the player churn in the summer. Going on comments at the start of the season, the finishing place was as most predicted.

Also, it seems pretty obvious that the drop in quality this season has been due to the radical changes to the coaching staff that took place in the close season, and the poor form / injury of our best players. I don't think it's necessarily on King, anyway.
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Do you think we’ll finish 9th or higher this season?
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #185
clint van damme said:
If Lati goes for profit does that count as a succesful signing?
Because the recruitment is starting to look not quite as bad as has been made out.
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Any transfer where you make a profit cannot be seen as anything other than a success.

Barring a select few clubs, the MO of any clubs transfer policy is to buy low and sell higher. We’re in a good position in our squad to make profit on most of our players, despite the bedwetters.
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #186
shmmeee said:
Do you think we’ll finish 9th or higher this season?
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I think 12th.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #187
Deity has been busted! What’s their other account name?
 

TomRad85

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #188
clint van damme said:
Anyway, sorry to quote my own post,but genuinely interested to hear people's opinions on it.

Dovin now No.1, EMC looks a player, Kitching back in the fold, (early days) and profit turned on Palmer and lati.

We certainly haven't wasted 42 mil.
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The notion that it was all wasted was always overdramatic bollocks tbf. I can't think we'd sell many for less than what we paid for them.
Think the last time we had this convo I said maybe question marks over Dovin if he can't get ahead of pinky and perky but even he had time on his side. Well since then he's back in and looks really good imo.
We need injured players back and even then we are still short of 2 or 3 to be a force in this league it seems. But it's not all bad.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #189
shmmeee said:
Do you think we’ll finish 9th or higher this season?
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Personally, I don’t think so on the current viewing. It’s not out of the question though because we’re 8 points off that now.

Looking at last season, we were 5/6th and finished below Boro who were probably around our position at the same point this year.

Get a few good players in this month, bring back the star players from injury and finish the season on a high and the good vibes at the club return imo.
 

skybluecam

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #190
Chicken Mcgraw said:
Do you not find it weird they would post him voluntarily though? Or would the admin not be aware of any ongoing negotiations anyway?

Does seem odd for the club to say he’s ill and can’t attend an event but then voluntarily show he isn’t ill!
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Makes sense that he would be in training unless the deal is fully signed and sealed, it may well fall through.

I assume he didn't play the other night to avoid risking an injury that would scupper the deal.

Could be that he/the club wanted to avoid any awkwardness since the rumour is out there, so pulled him out of the event.

Guessing photographers/social media people wouldn't be told about transfers early either to avoid leaks.

I wouldn't read anything into his picture getting posted.
 
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Deity

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #191
Ring Of Steel said:
we weren’t in the bottom three all season
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It was theoretical
 

skybluecam

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #192
Chicken Mcgraw said:
At very worst it looks like we could break even on the current bunch. I’m more concerned about where we go in the summer if, MVE, Sheaf, Wright leave.
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Then we'd hopefully have £30m+ to spend and it would be deja vu to summer 23, with an arguably better foundation to work from.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #193
skybluecam said:
Then we'd hopefully have £30m+ to spend and it would be deja vu to summer 23, with an arguably better foundation to work from.
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Hopefully have the sporting director in by then to oversee things.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #194
Chicken Mcgraw said:
At very worst it looks like we could break even on the current bunch. I’m more concerned about where we go in the summer if, MVE, Sheaf, Wright leave.
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Can't really count Sheaf as he didn't come in with the Gyokeres / Hamer money. But through moving on Wright and MVE you'd certainly think the club would recoup at least half of the £42m total.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #195
skybluecam said:
Then we'd hopefully have £30m+ to spend and it would be deja vu to summer 23, with an arguably better foundation to work from.
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No arguably about it. Would be a far superior base to build from.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #196
TomRad85 said:
No arguably about it. Would be a far superior base to build from.
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Agreed but didn't want the agg from McFadzean/Godden fetishists and similar
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #197
skybluecam said:
Agreed but didn't want the agg from McFadzean/Godden fetishists and similar
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But we need a smattering of those types of players.
Hopefully that gets addressed.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #198
clint van damme said:
Anyway, sorry to quote my own post,but genuinely interested to hear people's opinions on it.

Dovin now No.1, EMC looks a player, Kitching back in the fold, (early days) and profit turned on Palmer and lati.

We certainly haven't wasted 42 mil.
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there's players in thomas and rudoni as well
 
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Deity

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #199
Tommo1993 said:
Deity has been busted! What’s their other account name?
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I don’t have a second account I have an unpopular view which has created the pile on.

I think King has been good for us, Robins brilliant but had some flaws, our scouting broadly good, our players do care.

This isn’t inline with the herd mentality of some.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #200
Has he gone yet???
 

clint van damme

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #201
Deity said:
I don’t have a second account I have an unpopular view which has created the pile on.

I think King has been good for us, Robins brilliant but had some flaws, our scouting broadly good, our players do care.

This isn’t inline with the herd mentality of some.
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You made statements that weren't true. If not ignoring actual facts is herd mentality then so be it.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #202
David O'Day said:
there's players in thomas and rudoni as well
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Agreed.
 
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Deity

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #203
clint van damme said:
You made statements that weren't true. If not ignoring actual facts is herd mentality then so be it.
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Nono didn’t you plum. We have different views of the same season. Those views are views not facts.
 

clint van damme

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #204
Deity said:
Nono didn’t you plum. We have different views of the same season. Those views are views not facts.
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You said we were in the bottom 3 all season and won the last 4 to pull clear.
That is not true, it didn't happen, you plum.
 
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Deity

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #205
clint van damme said:
You said we were in the bottom 3 all season and won the last 4 to pull clear.
That is not true, it didn't happen, you plum.
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No I didn’t …. I was proving a point using a theoretical argument.
 

Shannerz

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #206
shmmeee said:
Do you think we’ll finish 9th or higher this season?
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I wouldn't put money on it, but it's hardly the point.

We've had one full season since King took over.

And even if we finish 17th (or whatever) this season, saying that King has regressed the club after only two seasons in charge would be hyperbolic.

There's no question that this season has been hugely disappointing, and this team is very hard to like, but that's not all on King. In fact, he's acted decisively to try to rectify it; whether those actions will prove the right ones remain to be seen, but at the moment it's too soon to gauge whether his effect on the club is positive or negative.
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #207
Deity said:
No I didn’t …. I was proving a point using a theoretical argument.
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Tried that many times with my wife. Never worked.
 

ProfessorbyGrace

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #208
Ring Of Steel said:
Tried that many times with my wife. Never worked.
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Logic never prevails in that area, either.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #209
Shannerz said:
I wouldn't put money on it, but it's hardly the point.

We've had one full season since King took over.

And even if we finish 17th (or whatever) this season, saying that King has regressed the club after only two seasons in charge would be hyperbolic.

There's no question that this season has been hugely disappointing, and this team is very hard to like, but that's not all on King. In fact, he's acted decisively to try to rectify it; whether those actions will prove the right ones remain to be seen, but at the moment it's too soon to gauge whether his effect on the club is positive or negative.
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Ita not hyperbolic. It’s a fact. We would have gone backwards. Maybe that’s reasonable. Maybe it’s understandable. But if you’re wondering why the people who pay to see the team progress aren’t happy that’s your answer.
 

Briles

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  • Jan 14, 2025
  • #210
25 years old, over 130 championship appearances and an international who can play multiple positions. Be weird if he wasn't sought after by people who know stuff tbh
 
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