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May 19, 20215 yr Yep. Always a shame for good honest triers like Arthur, & Miller never let us down. Thanks to them. A tad surprised that Tutte remains but, again, never let us down just overtaken by other players. Same with Delaney. Can't see Comley, Greenidge, Gordon still being here come September. Evatt won't use a squad number on them. A few of the on-contract list are young enough not to count in the 22. I suspect he'll bring a few in but some, like in January, may be late as they look for bigger pay or clubs. Plus a couple of loanees once clubs from the top 2 leagues settle their squads. Interesting times & far, far better to be doing this now rather than preparing for play-off matches.
May 19, 20215 yr Aslong as Tutte is content in being a backup squad player filling in when needed then no problems he didn't put a foot wrong really. Delaney on the other hand is suspect & was at fault for a good amount of goals after the new year, so thank god Baps came in. Delaney did have a decent bit of form in our mini run before Xmas & scored that winner against Cheltenham so credit where it's due but I wouldn't have kept him on although I hope he proves us wrong. The rest are all expected & no real complaints, Isgrove stepped up when it mattered during the final push & his pressure from the front will be vital in the harder games next season. Arthur & Miller thanks for the Mansfield/Southend/Barrow winners, should have no problem getting a L2 team hopefully they can start games for whoever & smash it.
May 19, 20215 yr Currently reading Kieran McGuire's The Price of Football. Average wage in L2 is apparently around £75k pa. In L1 double that. I guess if you have players like Tutte and Delaney who can do a squad job you might be able to save a bit on wages and pay new and quality arrivals more. Presumably those like Doyle and Sarce had wage increases built into their contracts if we got promoted.
May 19, 20215 yr 11 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Thought faal was going to rip it up He will find another job
May 19, 20215 yr 18 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: I would have fucked Tutte and Delaney off, they are L1 standard at best, they are just taking up a squad places. Which league are we in?
May 19, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, radcliffewhite1 said: Thought faal was going to rip it up Not after I saw him come on against Rochdale - never looked one inch like a footballer.
May 19, 20215 yr 32 minutes ago, marple whites said: Not after I saw him come on against Rochdale - never looked one inch like a footballer. Made my mind up after his first touch. Didn’t even make the bench at Barnet towards the end.
May 19, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, Mr Grey said: I would have fucked Tutte and Delaney off, they are L2 standard at best, they are just taking up a squad places. Tuttes played plenty at L1 level If we go with MJ and Lee starting he'll do as back up, we rarely needed him post Jan, but needed him on the bench Be fine if it works like that next season
May 19, 20215 yr 53 minutes ago, marple whites said: John and dapo back defo if we can, isgrove ? Offered more than Dapo so I would Be interesting to see if we persue that Kiltie, he sounds promising
May 19, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, Mr Grey said: I would have fucked Tutte and Delaney off, they are L2 standard at best, they are just taking up a squad places. Delaney can definitely go. Tutte is plenty good enough as back-up IMO.
May 19, 20215 yr Anybody think Crawford might be worth another go? Also be interesting to see how Politic gets on.
May 19, 20215 yr 1 minute ago, Traf said: Anybody think Crawford might be worth another go? Also be interesting to see how Politic gets on. Crawford was fckd off by Doncaster. We signed him when Chino swept up a squad in a weekend. He was a revelation ... how could this guy have been available ? The injury ended his season. We were all delighted when Evatt signed him as almost his first act. He was then incredibly ordinary despite several opportunities. Wasteful andc ess urgent than we had a right to expect. We loaned him to a major competitor. Hill obviously remembered thecgood version & maybe they had a good bond. Fortunately he was as unimpressive there as he'd been with us. Did he ever, really, recover from his injury ... mentally, let alone physically. I hope so. I'd love him to return to his original form. I just doubt it & he's well & truly been overtaken.
May 19, 20215 yr 16 minutes ago, Traf said: Anybody think Crawford might be worth another go? Also be interesting to see how Politic gets on. Not particularly. He was shite for us this season and shite for Tranmere on the few occasions I watched them.
May 19, 20215 yr Crawford, no. One of the most frustrating wanderers players I’ve seen in years. Took forever to make his mind up and when he did it was shit. Politic I’m looking forward to seeing
May 19, 20215 yr Tutte good squad backup , Delaney is a liability even though he probably is brave committed & genuine.Would love to be proved wrong regarding Delaney.
May 19, 20215 yr I reckon Delaney will only have been offered 1 year or had an option triggered. Gives Brockbank and Edwards time to get up to speed as centre halves while providing back up. We can get away with Delaney. We’ll be getting plenty of new players in anyway, at least it keeps plenty of this seasons squad together.
May 19, 20215 yr Politic has got better the longer he has been injured. Same as Darcy, the longer he has been out the better he has become.
May 19, 20215 yr 34 minutes ago, Rudy said: Crawford, no. One of the most frustrating wanderers players I’ve seen in years. Took forever to make his mind up and when he did it was shit. Politic I’m looking forward to seeing If anyone comes in for Crawford, he's gone. Thankfully.
May 19, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, Traf said: Anybody think Crawford might be worth another go? Also be interesting to see how Politic gets on. Yes I do. Happy with all that’s been announced. He knows what he’s doing. Hopefully club can just get on with it.
May 19, 20215 yr 54 minutes ago, DazBob said: Not particularly. He was shite for us this season and shite for Tranmere on the few occasions I watched them. Being shite for Tranmere is reason enough to keep the door open.
May 19, 20215 yr Hopefully Delaney doesn't agree a deal because he would get embarrassed at this level. Greenidge is another who hopefully will be 5th choice and doesn't see the field. Ronan Darcy couldn't get In the team last season. He's shite. Built like a 12 year old. He's not getting in this team.
May 19, 20215 yr Not convinced Edwards will be good enough. Don’t get me wrong, he impressed me in 19/20 and has been unlucky with injuries. He’s 25 this year though. Got a deal until next summer off the back of the season he looked promising, but was part of a depleted squad. I’d expect to see him on the release list if his contract was up this summer.
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