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  1. Southwood JDC Toal Forrester Johnston Schon Matete Morley Sheehan Collins Vic 4-0 Collins x2, Morley pen and a late goal for Lolos against his former club
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    It’s also the season we were relegated and didn’t even complete our fixtures - so a low comparator. No doubt it’s impressive though. When you compare to 16/17, which was our promotion season from L1 and before everyone really fell out with Ken, even then we only averaged 15,100 at home. When you consider how shit it’s been since (league position wise), the fact we’ve added 6,000 fans is amazing.
  3. Returning hero! Some difference to how he’ll be remembered here. Genuinely one of those players in about 3 years where someone will mention his name and it’ll be a case of “Scott Arfield, did he really play for us?”. Good luck to him, I think he was a pretty decent player at one point but we just got him 2-3 years too late.
  4. Did Arfield actually go? I remember seeing something about Falkirk but don’t think I saw anything official.
  5. Cup winners cup. Also one of the 3 that I’ve just checked that have all won Serie A, along with Nakata and Candela
  6. Yes please. I’m not sure who plays furthest forward but you could make a case for any of them (it’d be interesting to see Sheehan released a bit if you’ve got Morley playing quarterback and Matete’s energy behind him. Same back 5 (maybe Schon back in for Murphy). Same front 2 - Vic’s doing alright for me and I’d like to give the partnership with Collins another couple of games.
  7. With good reason considering our record in the big games which have an increased level of pressure / intimidation. I’ve no doubt that Evatt was a key component, but the players were on the pitch when they froze against Oxford and capitulated against Stockport - there’s hardly been an example of them showing strong mentality. It’ll be very very interesting to see how the same players fair in those big games in the second half of the season under SS. A strong record would be very incriminating on Evatt because his record over his whole tenure was terrible in them (you could already point to the Huddersfield game as something that would never have happened under Evatt).
  8. For me, his pace is (or was) in a foot race over a distance, not turning or doing short sharp sprints in the centre of the park - he’d make GT look agile 😉. Anyway, it’s not even a conversation because he’ll never play centre mid. I personally hope he doesn’t play for the rest of the season - only because it means that Forrester is playing well week in week out (and he’s our asset). Nothing against Santos, I just want to see Forrester prioritised over a player that’s going in the summer.
  9. Doesn’t matter as long as you pray for forgiveness afterwards
  10. FFS mate, I’ve removed these nob heads (and the anger that goes with reading it) from my life. You’re stressing my Monday morning out! 😂
  11. My main concern isn’t that he’s not good enough for us for the rest of the season, it’s the impact he has on the likes of Forrester and Toal by keeping them out of the team. They’re our assets, their value is going up, they need to playing week in week out. Santos being here makes that less of a possibility so for me it’s thanks for everything Rico, you’ve been an absolute beast for the majority of the time but it’s time for you to move on and find a nice contract nearer home and we’ll move on to our next generation. Probably our stand out player of the last 5 years but it’s just the right time for everyone involved.
  12. Definitely feels like we’ve seen the peak of it (thank fuck). I know we joke about it, but I don’t think it’ll be long until you see a successful team playing with a big man / little man combo up top again. Everything goes in cycles and there’s no reason why it can’t work effectively again.
  13. All opinions, for me Matete is streets ahead for agility, tackling and ball retention. GT has other attributes that are better but for a real engine in the midfield 3 - and to best compliment Sheehan, who can be our most influential player if left to dictate play rather than graft - I’d rather have one that doesn’t constantly arrive at a player the second after the ball has been moved on and looks like he’s running in treacle. It might be that GT comes straight back in after his ban, my main gripe though is that so far this season, he’s been a constant when every other player is rotated and he’s far from being good enough to be treated that way.
  14. I don’t think Jones will go, he’s useful and I don’t think would be too much of a problem as a predominantly back up player for the rest of the season. I reckon Baxter and Santos will go. Their admission over the past few weeks, the fact it’s now or never to cash in and also the fact that they’d be seen as starters in the squad (I.e. not the same position as Jones) means I can’t see how they stay. Williams - wasn’t an obvious one until his post on social media. Could be in the same position as Jones but he really has been shit in the main since day one. I’d be delighted to see the back of him. Wouldn’t be surprised to see a few loans in. Low risk for SS considering he’s only just through the door (and use some favours from contacts). Then properly assess what’s needed in the summer. Centre back (especially is Santos goes) and centre mid. Possibly a forward but depends what he thinks CMG can contribute for the rest of the season.
  15. Exactly, or just hook over your shoulder / stick it in the channel without knowing exactly where the forwards are. Johnston seems to have benefitted the most, less indecision and second guessing. If there’s not an obvious pass on then don’t try to engineer something, just be a defender and clear your lines.
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