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Post by terrier19 on Apr 20, 2009 22:04:06 GMT 1
Attended by about 150 people, Guests were Geoff Hutt, Lee Clark, Andy Holdsworth, Danny Cadamateri, Alex Smithies, and Steve Black with Sean Jarvis the MC. This is what i can remember being said. - We are playing Coventry in a Home friendly on 25th July, also in talks with Newcastle and Celtic over a game on the prev or following Saturdays, we will also be traveling to play the mighty CORBY TOWN.
- from next season we will be using Pro-Zone which has 8 cameras set up around the stadium which will monitor the game and within 5 mins of full time Lee Clark will have a DVD of each players stats, movement, time spent sprinting, touches etc available to him.
- Lee Clark urged everyone to get themselves to Card Factory as he see Fulham as a role model where they are now an established Premier League team
- Andy Holdsworth said fans behind the goal make a differance and they dont really notice the upper tier when they play towards it as it seems far away
- DC & AH both agreed Alex Smithies was a brilliant prospect and best to come out of the Academy
- Alex Smithies delayed signing his new contract as it was a big step for him to commit to a 4 year contract, he has to speak to his family and also the coaches and make the best decision for his future. There was never any truth in rumours of Tottenham being interested.
- andy booth was mentioned, Steve Black said he seems to levitate off the ground for headers as he struggles to move at all during the week.
- Cadamateri enjoys it at the club and has felt the benfit of the new coaches and feels his injuries problems are behind him.
- Lee Clark stood by his decision to criticise the pitch, saying it has a balloon like bounce, and our away performances on good pitches back up his point and he wants our players to be confident playing 1 and 2 touch football at home but pitch hasnt allowed that for the past few months.
- Players have been identified for signing in the summer, however wanting them and getting to sign them are 2 completely differant things.
- money is available for signings in the summer
- the club want premiership in 2 years.
- he has hardly ever had to bollock players for effort on training pitch and Michael Flynn was picked out as an especially hard worker
- after scoring the winner against Leeds Andy Holdsworth's mates threw tomatoes at his car the night following the game when he was asleep
- steve black talked positively about motivation and said he thought we were the best team in this league.
- the scouting system in in the middle of a complete overall, from this summer we will be linked to Scout Seven ( i think that is name) which has millions on players on the database available to clubs and shows stats and even in some cases video clips.
- Andy Holdsworth talked about his desire to go into management (with town being his 1st choice) and he has just received forms to apply for coaching badges today
EDIT ---no contract talk was allowed but from the way both players spoke i expect Danny Cadamateri and Andy Holdsworth to be town players next season.
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Apr 20, 2009 22:13:36 GMT 1
thanks for posting what was said..... some good stuff !
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Post by downatthepharm on Apr 20, 2009 22:15:01 GMT 1
cheers
anything said about getting a new pitch?
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Post by digwon on Apr 20, 2009 22:15:40 GMT 1
thanks for posting what was said..... some good stuff ! aye thanks for posting it on here too,couldnt hear a word Clark was saying
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Post by ThreeLions on Apr 20, 2009 22:19:41 GMT 1
Cheers
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Post by Heckyblue on Apr 20, 2009 22:20:56 GMT 1
thanks for posting what was said..... some good stuff ! aye thanks for posting it on here too,couldnt hear a word Clark was saying Neither could I, and I was on the front row. ;D
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Post by NookTerrier on Apr 20, 2009 22:21:24 GMT 1
Nothing about the aparent Borussia Monchengladbach away trip then ;D
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Post by ThreeLions on Apr 20, 2009 22:22:32 GMT 1
haha
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2009 22:22:45 GMT 1
Steve Black thinks we're the best team in this league? ? Have we been relegated to the Unibond and nobody told me?
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Apr 20, 2009 22:24:31 GMT 1
At our best we probably are ...... except for Leicester City !
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Post by terrier19 on Apr 20, 2009 22:26:21 GMT 1
Steve Black thinks we're the best team in this league? ? Have we been relegated to the Unibond and nobody told me? its just his positivity, he really does believe we are the best and his whole outlook is based on positivity, he talked about how Johnny Wilkinson was not the best rugby player he has ever seen, he just worked damned hard and trained relentlessly
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Post by Venezuelan Pete on Apr 20, 2009 22:27:50 GMT 1
Premiership in 2 years?!?!
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Apr 20, 2009 22:29:18 GMT 1
Uefa cup in the next 5..... could see us getting to a final !
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Post by andymerriman on Apr 20, 2009 22:29:38 GMT 1
Corby town is in northamptonshire fair old way for a non league friendly
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2009 22:29:53 GMT 1
Premiership in 2 years?!?! It's all about the positivity our kid.
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Post by terrier19 on Apr 20, 2009 22:32:18 GMT 1
Corby town is in northamptonshire fair old way for a non league friendly I'm sure he said Corby Town, i was sat near back so didnt hear him perfectly, but thats what it sounded like.
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Post by digwon on Apr 20, 2009 22:32:50 GMT 1
Blackies a great speaker,i dont think Clarks microphone was turned on tho:-)
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Post by Heckyblue on Apr 20, 2009 22:33:39 GMT 1
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Post by specialun on Apr 20, 2009 22:52:38 GMT 1
Pro Zone - good
Scouting system revamp - good
Seems cadders/holdsworth staying - good, good
All good!
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Post by nsevent on Apr 20, 2009 22:59:42 GMT 1
Nice update thanks...two things...
1. How were we supposed to know about this? I don't recall an invite - although I must admit I've dumped a fair bit of Town mail in the bin in recent weeks, season ticket renewal bumpf, that draw thing etc.
2. What does this mean?! Is he suggesting Fulhams success is based on their supporters shopping in Harrods? Or something else that I've missed entirely?
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Post by stevvy on Apr 20, 2009 23:21:07 GMT 1
Nice update thanks...two things... 1. How were we supposed to know about this? I don't recall an invite - although I must admit I've dumped a fair bit of Town mail in the bin in recent weeks, season ticket renewal bumpf, that draw thing etc. well it was on the OS, so thats certainly 1 way you'd have been able to find out
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Post by Fullisheight on Apr 20, 2009 23:24:38 GMT 1
Think invites were sent to B&W foundation members but there seemed to be a few who didn't get theirs and heard about it from others. The Fulham comment came from his 1st hand experience of playing for them and the Card Factory comment was a joke about keeping the money coming into the club. Great night but I think Millbridge need to buy a better microphone for the next time Lee Clarke speaks
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Post by grist on Apr 20, 2009 23:36:55 GMT 1
Nice update thanks...two things... 1. How were we supposed to know about this? I don't recall an invite - although I must admit I've dumped a fair bit of Town mail in the bin in recent weeks, season ticket renewal bumpf, that draw thing etc. 2. What does this mean?! Is he suggesting Fulhams success is based on their supporters shopping in Harrods? Or something else that I've missed entirely? If I had to guess I would say that they were drawing parallels between Fulham and ourselves, in that we are similar sized clubs (debatable because we are potentially bigger) and that an initial investment by the owner resulted in what has become self sustaining premiership status.
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Post by Mastercracker on Apr 21, 2009 0:15:02 GMT 1
Some good stuff there, thanks. I wonder how many teams at our level use prozone?
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Post by andymerriman on Apr 21, 2009 0:28:04 GMT 1
Some good stuff there, thanks. I wonder how many teams at our level use prozone? when clark mentioned this a few months ago at the heavy wollen meeting he said that only prem teams really have it and the odd championship club does, and that its really not a cheap bit of kit
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Post by wonderhorse on Apr 21, 2009 10:43:53 GMT 1
Cheers for this.
I'm pleased with everything that's been reported. Nothing negative in there.
What's this scouting company thing?
LC does seem to be a bit quiet. Anoybody else notices on BBC Radio L**ds they have to turn it up a bit when he speaks.
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Post by Captainslapper on Apr 21, 2009 11:05:12 GMT 1
He does tend .......to........mumble a.........bit....and ..talk very slowly........with lots ......of pauses......in a quiet....monotone..zzzzzzzzz
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Post by bluearmy86 on Apr 21, 2009 11:06:19 GMT 1
Cheers for this. I'm pleased with everything that's been reported. Nothing negative in there. What's this scouting company thing? LC does seem to be a bit quiet. Anoybody else notices on BBC Radio L**ds they have to turn it up a bit when he speaks. He's naturally calm when speaking. Probably what leads him to talk sense most of the time, doesn't get carried away with himself or like the sound of his own voice.
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Post by wonderhorse on Apr 21, 2009 11:13:17 GMT 1
Cheers for this. I'm pleased with everything that's been reported. Nothing negative in there. What's this scouting company thing? LC does seem to be a bit quiet. Anoybody else notices on BBC Radio L**ds they have to turn it up a bit when he speaks. He's naturally calm when speaking. Probably what leads him to talk sense most of the time, doesn't get carried away with himself or like the sound of his own voice. That's what I mean - I didn't mean it in a negative way.
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Post by ram on Apr 21, 2009 11:16:25 GMT 1
???Players have been identified..etc.,etc.,..This doesn,t sound like any pre season written agreements are in place,does it?...making excuses already for NOT signing the players we NEED!..Not a positive statement at all!
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