We had a decent thread a while back discussing Evatt’s philosophies and approach to the game (think it got tainted and pulled)

So not a bad time to start it up again at the beginning of the season.

In the main he’s done a fantastic job. A minority lost patience round about Xmas/New Year in both seasons. 

But surely now he has the large backing of the majority of fans and the brand he talked about implementing here is now well and truly established.

Good article above highlighting how he’s using Sport Science to get the squad performing to it’s optimum level.

A young, meticulous, intelligent and passionate individual, who we are very lucky to have leading our club.

I hope he gets what he deserves with promotion to the Championship. 

Whilst we can all speculate all we like as to what/ifs when it comes to future results in the promotion run in based on performances to date , one factor that will have to be taken into consideration is all the new signings that have been made in this window and which clubs emerge stronger as a result

Forest Green for example - relegation certainties ? have signed a virtual new team

More relevant to us though is those clubs around us - some clubs seem happy to go more or less with what they have currently got - Ipswich and Plymouth along with ourselves being the most active. .

Below are signings up to yesterday  

Plymouth Argyle

IN (5):
Defender: Saxon Earley, 20 (Norwich City)
Midfielder: Callum Wright, 22 (Blackpool)
Midfielder: Tyreik Wright, 21 (Aston Villa)
Midfielder: Jay Matete, 21 (on loan from Sunderland to the end of the season)
Striker: Ben Waine, 21 (Wellington Phoenix – New Zealand)

OUT (1):
Striker: Morgan Whittaker, 21 (end of loan from Swansea City)

Sheffield Wednesday

IN (1):
Defender: Aden Flint, 33 (on loan from Stoke City to the end of the season)

OUT (2):
Defender: Mark McGuinness, 22 (end of loan from Cardiff City)
Midfielder: Alex Mighten, 20 (end of loan from Nottingham Forest)

Ipswich Town

IN (4):
Defender: Harry Clarke, 21 (Arsenal)
Midfielder: Massimo Luongo, 30 (Middlesbrough)
Striker: Nathan Broadhead, 24 (Everton)
Striker: George Hirst, 23 (on loan from Leicester City to the end of the season)

OUT (1):
Midfielder: Tommy Hughes, 22 (released)
 

Derby County

IN (1):
Midfielder: Tony Springett, 20 (on loan from Norwich City to the end of the season)

OUT (3):
Goalkeeper: Joseph Anang, 22 (end of loan from West Ham United)
Striker: Jack Stretton, 21 (Stockport County)
Striker: William Osula, 19 (end of loan from Sheffield United)

Bolton Wanderers

IN (5):
Midfielder: Randell Williams, 26 (Hull City)
Striker: Cameron Jerome, 36 (free agent)
Striker: Victor Adeboyejo, 25 (Burton Albion)
Striker: Dan N’Lundulu, 23 (on loan from Southampton to the end of the season)
Striker: Shola Shoretire, 18 (on loan from Manchester United to the end of the season)

OUT (4):
Defender: Will Aimson, 28 (Exeter City)
Defender: Owen Beck, 20 (end of loan from Liverpool)
Midfielder: Oladapo Afolayan, 25 (FC St Pauli – Germany)
Striker: Amadou Bakayoko, 27 (Forest Green Rovers)

Barnsley

IN (3):
Defender: Bobby Thomas, 22 (on loan from Burnley to the end of the season)
Defender: Barry Cotter, 24 (Shamrock Rovers)
Striker: Max Watters, 23 (on loan from Cardiff City to the end of the season)

OUT (3):
Defender: Tom Edwards, 23 (end of loan from Stoke City)
Midfielder: Tomas Kalinauskas, 22 (FC Den Bosch – Netherlands)
Midfielder: Will Hondermarck, 22 (Northampton Town)

Peterborough United

IN (2):
Goalkeeper: Will Norris, 29 (on loan from Burnley to the end of the season)
Defender: Nathanael Ogbeta, 21 (on loan from Swansea City to the end of the season)

OUT (2):
Goalkeeper: Lucas Bergström, 20 (end of loan from Chelsea)
Goalkeeper: Harvey Cartwright, 20 (end of loan from Hull City)

Wycombe Wanderers

IN (1):
Goalkeeper: Harvey Cartwright, 20 (on loan from Hull City to the end of the season)

OUT (2):
Midfielder: Sullay Kaikai, 27 (Milton Keynes Dons)
Striker: Ali Al-Hamadi, 20 (AFC Wimbledon)

5 minutes ago, Benny The Ball said:

Whilst we can all speculate all we like as to what/ifs when it comes to future results in the promotion run in based on performances to date , one factor that will have to be taken into consideration is all the new signings that have been made in this window and which clubs emerge stronger as a result

Forest Green for example - relegation certainties ? have signed a virtual new team

More relevant to us though is those clubs around us - some clubs seem happy to go more or less with what they have currently got - Ipswich and Plymouth along with ourselves being the most active. .

Below are signings up to yesterday  

Plymouth Argyle

IN (5):
Defender: Saxon Earley, 20 (Norwich City)
Midfielder: Callum Wright, 22 (Blackpool)
Midfielder: Tyreik Wright, 21 (Aston Villa)
Midfielder: Jay Matete, 21 (on loan from Sunderland to the end of the season)
Striker: Ben Waine, 21 (Wellington Phoenix – New Zealand)

OUT (1):
Striker: Morgan Whittaker, 21 (end of loan from Swansea City)

Sheffield Wednesday

IN (1):
Defender: Aden Flint, 33 (on loan from Stoke City to the end of the season)

OUT (2):
Defender: Mark McGuinness, 22 (end of loan from Cardiff City)
Midfielder: Alex Mighten, 20 (end of loan from Nottingham Forest)

Ipswich Town

IN (4):
Defender: Harry Clarke, 21 (Arsenal)
Midfielder: Massimo Luongo, 30 (Middlesbrough)
Striker: Nathan Broadhead, 24 (Everton)
Striker: George Hirst, 23 (on loan from Leicester City to the end of the season)

OUT (1):
Midfielder: Tommy Hughes, 22 (released)
 

Derby County

IN (1):
Midfielder: Tony Springett, 20 (on loan from Norwich City to the end of the season)

OUT (3):
Goalkeeper: Joseph Anang, 22 (end of loan from West Ham United)
Striker: Jack Stretton, 21 (Stockport County)
Striker: William Osula, 19 (end of loan from Sheffield United)

Bolton Wanderers

IN (5):
Midfielder: Randell Williams, 26 (Hull City)
Striker: Cameron Jerome, 36 (free agent)
Striker: Victor Adeboyejo, 25 (Burton Albion)
Striker: Dan N’Lundulu, 23 (on loan from Southampton to the end of the season)
Striker: Shola Shoretire, 18 (on loan from Manchester United to the end of the season)

OUT (4):
Defender: Will Aimson, 28 (Exeter City)
Defender: Owen Beck, 20 (end of loan from Liverpool)
Midfielder: Oladapo Afolayan, 25 (FC St Pauli – Germany)
Striker: Amadou Bakayoko, 27 (Forest Green Rovers)

Barnsley

IN (3):
Defender: Bobby Thomas, 22 (on loan from Burnley to the end of the season)
Defender: Barry Cotter, 24 (Shamrock Rovers)
Striker: Max Watters, 23 (on loan from Cardiff City to the end of the season)

OUT (3):
Defender: Tom Edwards, 23 (end of loan from Stoke City)
Midfielder: Tomas Kalinauskas, 22 (FC Den Bosch – Netherlands)
Midfielder: Will Hondermarck, 22 (Northampton Town)

Peterborough United

IN (2):
Goalkeeper: Will Norris, 29 (on loan from Burnley to the end of the season)
Defender: Nathanael Ogbeta, 21 (on loan from Swansea City to the end of the season)

OUT (2):
Goalkeeper: Lucas Bergström, 20 (end of loan from Chelsea)
Goalkeeper: Harvey Cartwright, 20 (end of loan from Hull City)

Wycombe Wanderers

IN (1):
Goalkeeper: Harvey Cartwright, 20 (on loan from Hull City to the end of the season)

OUT (2):
Midfielder: Sullay Kaikai, 27 (Milton Keynes Dons)
Striker: Ali Al-Hamadi, 20 (AFC Wimbledon)

Never heard of any of them! Are we winning v the rest?

28 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

Never heard of any of them! Are we winning v the rest?

only one i've heard of is Luongo who I thought had a good game against us for Sheff Weds last season

and that George Hirst because he's the son of David Hirst

4 minutes ago, Zico said:

only one i've heard of is Luongo who I thought had a good game against us for Sheff Weds last season

and that George Hirst because he's the son of David Hirst

Heard of Aden Flint

Was at Bristol City and possibly Cardiff 

 

Captain Flint was Long John Silver’s parrot.

No relation I think.

37 minutes ago, Zico said:

only one i've heard of is Luongo who I thought had a good game against us for Sheff Weds last season

and that George Hirst because he's the son of David Hirst

Any relation to George Hirst, famous Yorkshire and England cricketer?

5 hours ago, globaldiver said:

Never heard of any of them! Are we winning v the rest?

Don't know if I'm just getting old but that's what strikes me now about transfer news & gossip, whether its our league or Prem, I've never heard of 90% of them.  We're supposed to get excited when Chelsea spend £80mil on the next sensation and they may as well be signing a gymnast for all the impact it has on me.  

10 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Don't know if I'm just getting old but that's what strikes me now about transfer news & gossip, whether its our league or Prem, I've never heard of 90% of them.  We're supposed to get excited when Chelsea spend £80mil on the next sensation and they may as well be signing a gymnast for all the impact it has on me.  

Undoubtedly younger folks would know more than me, playing football games.

7 hours ago, MickyD said:

An indication of what? How do they work? Does Mantra go through all the fixtures and decide who’s going to win? Does a pre-programmed computer do the guessing? What is this prediction table telling me, that someone’s imagination of what might happen might happen? 
Football doesn’t work so results can be predicted otherwise Ladbrokes, Fred Done, Sky Bet, etc., would never make money.

Just my own predictions - as I say pointless - but I think it's fair to assume the clubs that have been winning more than losing will continue to do so at a similar rate. Obviously football is impossible to predict but it's still fun to try 😂

2 minutes ago, Mantra said:

Just my own predictions - as I say pointless - but I think it's fair to assume the clubs that have been winning more than losing will continue to do so at a similar rate. Obviously football is impossible to predict but it's still fun to try 😂

I’ve tried but every time I do, Bolton go the entire season without dropping a point.

 

 

Whatever Brand Evatt plays - a player playing like this over the last month is going to be pivotal to our success.

Take a bow Mr Dempsey - a man in form

 

3 minutes ago, desperado said:

 

 

Whatever Brand Evatt plays - a player playing like this over the last month is going to be pivotal to our success.

Take a bow Mr Dempsey - a man in form

 

He needs a song…

4 minutes ago, Steejay said:

He needs a song…

Was only thinking that yesterday, he’s here he’s there he’s every f…..g where would be perfect for him. But some how doesn’t role off the tongue 

What was the Lever End song to Okey Cokey?

something along the lines of

You put the damper in, you pull the damper out…

1 hour ago, desperado said:

 

 

Whatever Brand Evatt plays - a player playing like this over the last month is going to be pivotal to our success.

Take a bow Mr Dempsey - a man in form

 

Would hazard a guess it's one of the first month's he's been able to play every game 

And who's idea was it to mix Praise You with Wicked Game? (It's not that bad actually)

He has been outstanding of late. He does a lot of the unseen dirty work, the water carrying etc and for a small bloke, loves going for a header. You can see why he was captain at Gillingham, leading by example.

But of all the things on that clip, the header to Charles at Charlton. Most players would have tried to score themselves rather than giving someone else an easier chance.

37 minutes ago, Traf said:

He has been outstanding of late. He does a lot of the unseen dirty work, the water carrying etc and for a small bloke, loves going for a header. You can see why he was captain at Gillingham, leading by example.

But of all the things on that clip, the header to Charles at Charlton. Most players would have tried to score themselves rather than giving someone else an easier chance.

He started his run from way inside our half. Impressive lad, hope he avoids jail.

Proper midfielder.

And the goal at Barnsley just gets better.

Sure someone on here said they don’t get Dempsey 

2 hours ago, Steejay said:

He needs a song…

one kyle dempsey, theres only one kyle dempsey.......

what do you think?

Jailhouse Rock might be appropriate come next week 🙄

2 hours ago, MickyD said:

What was the Lever End song to Okey Cokey?

something along the lines of

You put the damper in, you pull the damper out…

And you push the damper in, and you pull the damper out,

but the smoke goes up the chimney just the same,

And you push the damper in, and you pull the damper out,

but the smoke goes up the chimney just the same,

Staaaaar of the eeeeevveening shining on the shithouse waalll,

 

11 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

Sure someone on here said they don’t get Dempsey 

He still doesn't at last post. Gone quiet since.

Like I said at the time, sometimes we make our minds up on a player, and it sticks.

One of my disliked players was Farelli. Had an ability to make it appear he was working hard and doing the yards whilst barely making a challenge. Total soft arse. Could have badges ten a season and I still wouldn't have changed my mind on him.

 

16 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

He still doesn't at last post. Gone quiet since.

Like I said at the time, sometimes we make our minds up on a player, and it sticks.

One of my disliked posters was Farelli. Had an ability to make it appear he was working hard and doing the yards whilst barely making a challenge. Total soft arse. Could have badges ten a season and I still wouldn't have changed my mind on him.

 

 

The greatest drawback with Evatt has occasionally been his remarks. At one time last season, when we were at our lowest, the words "best team in the league," "Crellin has to man up," and "compared our form to some Bible narrative" made me grimace and raised some questions. I can't really hold that against Evatt because his handling of the media compared to Keef is nearly flawless.