by brendywendy » 27 Oct 2009 13:25
by Mad Dog's Ghost » 27 Oct 2009 13:26
by Sun Tzu » 27 Oct 2009 13:29
working class hero But 40% was not a big enough cut for the Club to be able to afford the wages - so poor contracting. Harps did not wish to go - when last I asked him if he was staying he replied 'it's not up to me if the Club want me to go'.
by Cotswold Royal » 27 Oct 2009 13:35
brendywendy Pitch looked fine after rugby at whe weekend, berti and mills look good,rasiak and mcanuff ok at this level as last minute signings. Looks to have settled on 442,and hopefully will pick same side with maybe a dm,and ivar in for coventry away. Its not great,but hed have a few more games if twere up to me.
by Dorset-Knob » 27 Oct 2009 14:00
by brendywendy » 27 Oct 2009 14:05
Cotswold Royalbrendywendy Pitch looked fine after rugby at whe weekend, berti and mills look good,rasiak and mcanuff ok at this level as last minute signings. Looks to have settled on 442,and hopefully will pick same side with maybe a dm,and ivar in for coventry away. Its not great,but hed have a few more games if twere up to me.
In many ways you are right. However I think we both know that the pitch will deteriate rapidly over the winter. Anyway, that remark was just a teasing little aside .
Personally, I don't think Rasiak is good enough at this level and I think he has proven that over the last few years. I think Mills is OK but does not have pace and Mcanuff is a luxury and is no better in my opinion than the luxury we already have. These are of course all opinions and open for debate and there is no doubt that he has had his hands tied financially.
The bigger problem is that he sees the players everyday and it has taken him 3 months to work out the best formation (if indeed he has) and his best team. He has not been overly hindered by injuries in this time either. For me, a Manager who takes that long to work things out, is not a good Manager.
by AF1 » 27 Oct 2009 14:05
Dorset-Knob BR has already taken too many liberties IMHO and he has collected a fair amount of hand-wringing, understanding apologists en route. The reality is that we lost again and the team could have been and was in some cases accurately predicted by other posters.
Certainly the enforced return to basics was probably not the frst choice of our own particular tinkerman, his previously outrageous comments, signings, team selections, substitutions and tactics demonstrate this adequately well.
It still grates with me that he went from one extreme to the other with his "great job, sleeping giant, excellent facilties, players etc etc" to "There is a massive task here" comments! and yes I do understand the difficulties he was up against and why anybody would talk it up etc.
But get real, we are where we are, we do have some serious problems and I for one am not convinced that a football manager who treats league programme matches as preseason games is not living in cuckoo land.
We have fallen too far, too fast through poor decision making throughout the club and it would always have been better to suffer midtable mediocrity through a less ambitious restructuring policy.
There's really no need to destroy the entire thing in order to justify shooting for the stars, we really weren't that bad to start with!
He has until the end of November to prove me wrong, for me at least, before it becomes too late!
Clearly time will tell who was right for whatever that may be worth!!!
by Man Friday » 27 Oct 2009 14:13
by AF1 » 27 Oct 2009 14:16
by Wimb » 27 Oct 2009 14:40
Dorset-Knob BR has already taken too many liberties IMHO and he has collected a fair amount of hand-wringing, understanding apologists en route. The reality is that we lost again and the team could have been and was in some cases accurately predicted by other posters.
Certainly the enforced return to basics was probably not the frst choice of our own particular tinkerman, his previously outrageous comments, signings, team selections, substitutions and tactics demonstrate this adequately well.
It still grates with me that he went from one extreme to the other with his "great job, sleeping giant, excellent facilties, players etc etc" to "There is a massive task here" comments! and yes I do understand the difficulties he was up against and why anybody would talk it up etc.
But get real, we are where we are, we do have some serious problems and I for one am not convinced that a football manager who treats league programme matches as preseason games is not living in cuckoo land.
We have fallen too far, too fast through poor decision making throughout the club and it would always have been better to suffer midtable mediocrity through a less ambitious restructuring policy.
There's really no need to destroy the entire thing in order to justify shooting for the stars, we really weren't that bad to start with!
He has until the end of November to prove me wrong, for me at least, before it becomes too late!
Clearly time will tell who was right for whatever that may be worth!!!
by PEARCEY » 27 Oct 2009 14:46
by Uke » 27 Oct 2009 14:51
PEARCEY So if we have been such a well-run club why has no buyer come forward?
by Wycombe Royal » 27 Oct 2009 14:52
PEARCEY ^ Wimb Madejski has wanted to sell the club for three years now. So if we have been such a well-run club why has no buyer come forward?
Is it because Mr Mad is holding out for an unrealistic amount of dosh?
by Dorset-Knob » 27 Oct 2009 15:08
by Forbury Lion » 27 Oct 2009 15:20
Scouting for players perhapsCpl Jones Dont panic I saw Pardew walking into the Madsat last night, seems strange that he has watched us twice in a week, is his life really that desperate?
by Dirk Gently » 27 Oct 2009 15:23
Forbury LionScouting for players perhapsCpl Jones Dont panic I saw Pardew walking into the Madsat last night, seems strange that he has watched us twice in a week, is his life really that desperate?
by NR_Royal » 27 Oct 2009 15:24
by Wycombe Royal » 27 Oct 2009 15:25
NR_Royal There were a significant amount of managers in the house
Alan Pardew
Harry Rednapp
Tony Adams
Dave Jones
Mark Robins
and probably more...
by Ferris » 27 Oct 2009 15:26
NR_Royal There were a significant amount of managers in the house
Alan Pardew
Harry Rednapp
Tony Adams
Dave Jones
Mark Robins
and probably more...
by Wimb » 27 Oct 2009 16:11
Wycombe RoyalPEARCEY ^ Wimb Madejski has wanted to sell the club for three years now. So if we have been such a well-run club why has no buyer come forward?
Is it because Mr Mad is holding out for an unrealistic amount of dosh?
Yes he is asking for a high price but he is also very picky on who to sell to. He won't sell to any dodgy consortium or to meddlers like Carson Yeung.
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