Optimism? (1 Viewer)

Paxman II · Aug 2, 2014

I don't know any of the players and as I doubt I'll ever get to sixfields will even know what they look like but the last couple of friendlies have been good results. Is there reason to be optimistic?

dancers lance · Aug 2, 2014

No, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys...... we will struggle this year.

stupot07 · Aug 2, 2014

dancers lance said:
No, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys...... we will struggle this year.

I wouldn't mind Yeovil'l monkeys the season they got promoted

shmmeee · Aug 2, 2014

It's certainly sounding like we're starting to click, but it all means nothing until we do it in the league.

skybluepm2 · Aug 2, 2014

You have to admire SP'a optimism..I'm going to reserve judgement until 5 games in or when we actually have enough players in the squad to get through the season! Bit worried with only a week to go...first eleven looks half decent though!

Nick · Aug 2, 2014

shmmeee said:
It's certainly sounding like we're starting to click, but it all means nothing until we do it in the league.

Exactly, it is good to see that we can play some decent football and hopefully it will carry over into the league. It would be more worrying if we had played really bad every game and got hammered but there is nothing worse than winning friendlies and then getting hammered in the league.

Hobo · Aug 2, 2014

Well they say optimism does not exist without the presence of some form of rational fear.

dancers lance · Aug 2, 2014

stupot07 said:
I wouldn't mind Yeovil'l monkeys the season they got promoted

And that worked out well for them didn't it, they got their arse handed to them in the Championship and came straight back down.

Samo · Aug 2, 2014

dancers lance said:
No, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys...... we will struggle this year.

Yeh like Moussa.

dancers lance · Aug 2, 2014

Samo said:
Yeh like Moussa.

And we didn't even offer him peanuts, we just let him walk out the door.

Samo · Aug 2, 2014

dancers lance said:
And we didn't even offer him peanuts, we just let him walk out the door.

You know that to be fact? We did not make Moussa an offer?

skybluefred · Aug 2, 2014

Samo said:
You know that to be fact? We did not make Moussa an offer?

I doubt it is fact but any offer would have been derisory in keeping with our wage budget and ffp.

Samo · Aug 2, 2014

skybluefred said:
I doubt it is fact but any offer would have been derisory in keeping with our wage budget and ffp.

And that's the way it goes. We picked up Moussa on a free because he'd had a dodgy period. Short contract of course reflecting an element of risk. Moussa took his opportunity and tore a hole in league 1. Then of course, clubs from a higher division, with bigger budgets come looking and we can't compete. All perfectly natural and happens to many clubs all the time. So why are people so down on frees? There are good players out there looking to reignite their careers. Of course if they do well we struggle to keep them as they are on short contracts but we've lost nothing and and gained a decent player for a year.

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Aug 2, 2014

dancers lance said:
No, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys...... we will struggle this year.

Top post mate...

Samo · Aug 2, 2014

CCFC said:
Top post mate...

Sarcasm I hope.

Noggin · Aug 2, 2014

my main worry has always been the strength in depth of the tiny squad, the injury proneness of the new recruits and the likelyhood we'll fall apart when the injuries, suspensions and winter set in. So while im slightly more optimistic than I would have been if we had lost these games (though for the most part I consider the results near irrelevent), no I'm not optimistic at all unless we can bring in a good few more players.

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Aug 2, 2014

Samo said:
Sarcasm I hope.

Guess I should have used this at the end :sarcasm:

Sky Blue Kid · Aug 2, 2014

What about Murphy? He openly said he wanted to stay at CCFC. and he knew he would have to take a wage cut, but SISU in their infinite wisdom let him go.

Samo · Aug 2, 2014

Sky Blue Kid said:
What about Murphy? He openly said he wanted to stay at CCFC. and he knew he would have to take a wage cut, but SISU in their infinite wisdom let him go.

Was an offer made?

bringbackrattles · Aug 2, 2014

You have to be optimistic as that's what being a football fan is all about.But then again mixed in with a touch of realism too. With our better players gone and replaced by gambles you have to say it's not going to be easy,but then again every season is never easy is it ? But you have to give credit to Pressley as he's always upbeat !

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Aug 2, 2014

Sky Blue Kid said:
What about Murphy? He openly said he wanted to stay at CCFC. and he knew he would have to take a wage cut, but SISU in their infinite wisdom let him go.

He got a better offer than ours, let it go.

stupot07 · Aug 2, 2014

dancers lance said:
And that worked out well for them didn't it, they got their arse handed to them in the Championship and came straight back down.

What's that got to do with signing players and competing in League One? Absolutely nothing that's what. You can't get a decent squad together in league one for very little. And Yeovil were sensible in the championship or do you think they should have broke the bank and took a punt on staying up, and to hell with the financial consequences?

mark82 · Aug 2, 2014

dancers lance said:
No, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys...... we will struggle this year.

I'm willing to bet we still have a comparatively large wage budget for this league.

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