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Post by dezzly on Jul 26, 2024 17:16:40 GMT 1
Thank fuck.. goodbye. A few more need to be leaving ASAP, free up some space for new signings. Koroma, Jackson, Turton and Ward would be ideal IMO. Koroma maybe goes,Jackson might get a loan…the other two id be amazed.Ward won’t get the money he’s on anywhere therefore even if he’s wanted he ain’t leaving.Don’t imagine anyone pays money for turton given his injury record the last 2 years.
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Post by incognito on Jul 26, 2024 17:20:25 GMT 1
Would be interested to hear what the thinking was behind him playing yesterday rather than someone who is going to be here like Eccleston Clayers' theory seems the most plausible one put forward so far.
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Post by blueandwhiteterrier on Jul 26, 2024 17:21:07 GMT 1
I'm not feeling confident anymore about the transfers window. We have had a few good signings (time will tell I'm sure). The squad we had last season, management included, brought us down. I think we should have cleaned house top to bottom. Offloaded a majority of the players. But none of this has happened. It's almost like no one learned from their mistakes. We need forwards, as far as I'm concerned we have one in Healey that's it. We haven't had a decent striker in well I can't remember when. Our back line is old and not up to pace. The fact he has taken them to Austria says to me this is the team we have to work with. I'm sorry for the rant, I'm sorry this has all been said before on here. I just wanted to vent. If we don't sort these issues we will be stopping in league one for the foreseeable.
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Post by berlinterrier on Jul 26, 2024 17:24:10 GMT 1
Thank fuck.. goodbye. A few more need to be leaving ASAP, free up some space for new signings. Koroma, Jackson, Turton and Ward would be ideal IMO. to be fair, Turton is a great squad option for centre half, right wb and even Lwb and dcm at a push. Koroma if Duff can get him focused , could be very much a leading player for us at this level (its a big if to get JK to frame for a whole season i know) . Jackson i totally agree, as he just has not shown enough for me, you seem some things , then just doesn't do the basics right to be consistent enough. Plus with the options at LWB it would make sense to let him move on. Turton can stay for me, if we’re employing him in the Martin Cranie role. Koroma’s a problem though. It’s been such a long time since he’s shown even a hint of class that I don’t know if the right coach can draw it out of him now. I just wonder if he’s beyond that point. In any case, if we go into the season with either Koroma or Ward vying for 2nd among our list of strikers, I’ll be very worried. I’m still desperate to see Town become a bit more cutthroat when it comes to recruitment. We need to stop giving players so many chances to come good. We need to demand it from them, and if they can’t do it, move them on. We can be a community club off the pitch, and ruthless on it. I have faith that we’re moving in the right direction, but it’s certainly slow movement.
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Post by ldotm on Jul 26, 2024 17:24:29 GMT 1
I'm not feeling confident anymore about the transfers window. We have had a few good signings (time will tell I'm sure). The squad we had last season, management included, brought us down. I think we should have cleaned house top to bottom. Offloaded a majority of the players. But none of this has happened. It's almost like no one learned from their mistakes. We need forwards, as far as I'm concerned we have one in Healey that's it. We haven't had a decent striker in well I can't remember when. Our back line is old and not up to pace. The fact he has taken them to Austria says to me this is the team we have to work with. I'm sorry for the rant, I'm sorry this has all been said before on here. I just wanted to vent. If we don't sort these issues we will be stopping in league one for the foreseeable. You can’t offload players if they aren’t in demand…
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 26, 2024 17:25:29 GMT 1
I'm not feeling confident anymore about the transfers window. We have had a few good signings (time will tell I'm sure). The squad we had last season, management included, brought us down. I think we should have cleaned house top to bottom. Offloaded a majority of the players. But none of this has happened. It's almost like no one learned from their mistakes. We need forwards, as far as I'm concerned we have one in Healey that's it. We haven't had a decent striker in well I can't remember when. Our back line is old and not up to pace. The fact he has taken them to Austria says to me this is the team we have to work with. I'm sorry for the rant, I'm sorry this has all been said before on here. I just wanted to vent. If we don't sort these issues we will be stopping in league one for the foreseeable. All depends if there has being offers at all, never mind suitable offers for players. We cannot force them out the door, you can't even force a player to accept a pay up of their contract. I really do not think there has being the "interst" that A) the players thought, they would have B) the club expected for players. There might be more movement as the window closes, but currently i think values and wages said players are on, probs are not worth it to other clubs.
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Post by ebargum on Jul 26, 2024 17:27:59 GMT 1
and how’ve you come up with that one🤣 Not hard to work out. New boots.
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Post by blueandwhiteterrier on Jul 26, 2024 17:30:55 GMT 1
I'm not feeling confident anymore about the transfers window. We have had a few good signings (time will tell I'm sure). The squad we had last season, management included, brought us down. I think we should have cleaned house top to bottom. Offloaded a majority of the players. But none of this has happened. It's almost like no one learned from their mistakes. We need forwards, as far as I'm concerned we have one in Healey that's it. We haven't had a decent striker in well I can't remember when. Our back line is old and not up to pace. The fact he has taken them to Austria says to me this is the team we have to work with. I'm sorry for the rant, I'm sorry this has all been said before on here. I just wanted to vent. If we don't sort these issues we will be stopping in league one for the foreseeable. All depends if there has being offers at all, never mind suitable offers for players. We cannot force them out the door, you can't even force a player to accept a pay up of their contract. I really do not think there has being the "interst" that A) the players thought, they would have B) the club expected for players. There might be more movement as the window closes, but currently i think values and wages said players are on, probs are not worth it to other clubs. I hear you, I think I'm just getting frustrated. I suppose we are already doing better than the last summer window.
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Post by arry11 on Jul 26, 2024 17:31:58 GMT 1
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 26, 2024 17:34:50 GMT 1
All depends if there has being offers at all, never mind suitable offers for players. We cannot force them out the door, you can't even force a player to accept a pay up of their contract. I really do not think there has being the "interst" that A) the players thought, they would have B) the club expected for players. There might be more movement as the window closes, but currently i think values and wages said players are on, probs are not worth it to other clubs. I hear you, I think I'm just getting frustrated. I suppose we are already doing better than the last summer window. I totally understand it, i think as the window goes on, players/ clubs may budge on their stances - or after the window, we may offer deals to cancel contract, that then becomes more appealing , to then make it easy for clubs if needed if that makes sense. We have had this situation years ago prior, such as Simpson, Kay etc who as the window went on, we came to an agreement that was more suitable to let them go. But you start at one point, then start to come to a balance.
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Post by blueandwhiteterrier on Jul 26, 2024 17:36:16 GMT 1
I'm not feeling confident anymore about the transfers window. We have had a few good signings (time will tell I'm sure). The squad we had last season, management included, brought us down. I think we should have cleaned house top to bottom. Offloaded a majority of the players. But none of this has happened. It's almost like no one learned from their mistakes. We need forwards, as far as I'm concerned we have one in Healey that's it. We haven't had a decent striker in well I can't remember when. Our back line is old and not up to pace. The fact he has taken them to Austria says to me this is the team we have to work with. I'm sorry for the rant, I'm sorry this has all been said before on here. I just wanted to vent. If we don't sort these issues we will be stopping in league one for the foreseeable. You can’t offload players if they aren’t in demand… Well AB talking shit about them certainly didn't help. Now he's pissed off back to Germany. What a shit show.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 26, 2024 17:39:51 GMT 1
You can’t offload players if they aren’t in demand… Well AB talking shit about them certainly didn't help. Now he's pissed off back to Germany. What a shit show. The problem is weather it was shit or not, its probs best to keep things in house. Simply because muck sticks as it were. I do have a feeling that some of the things AB said had substance, but it was not the correct time or place to air the feelings .
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Post by theterrier42 on Jul 26, 2024 17:40:12 GMT 1
I’ll be honest it’s not quite been the squad overhaul I had hoped for so far. Aware there’s still plenty time in the window left but we are 2 weeks from the season opener now and I would have hoped that we would have a number of players settled in by now and get rid of some crap that have been here for years and only know losing. I’m not worried just yet but getting to that stage with the shear lack of rumours
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Post by Captainslapper on Jul 26, 2024 17:46:33 GMT 1
Dont get why anyone would want Turton to go. He'll be a very good player in this division once hes fully fit...he was a good player in the level above before his injuries.
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Post by Up the Duff. on Jul 26, 2024 18:01:10 GMT 1
Thank fuck.. goodbye. A few more need to be leaving ASAP, free up some space for new signings. Koroma, Jackson, Turton and Ward would be ideal IMO. to be fair, Turton is a great squad option for centre half, right wb and even Lwb and dcm at a push. Koroma if Duff can get him focused , could be very much a leading player for us at this level (its a big if to get JK to frame for a whole season i know) . Jackson i totally agree, as he just has not shown enough for me, you seem some things , then just doesn't do the basics right to be consistent enough. Plus with the options at LWB it would make sense to let him move on. Differing opinions but fair enough on your reasoning. Turton in my view has improved whilst not being in the team, like many do when the team is so bad. We have Spencer and Sorensen for right wb now plus kasumu in an emergency. Not sure if he will properly get over his recent injuries and he wasn't exactly fast before. Cheers.
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Post by Terriersmad on Jul 26, 2024 18:04:03 GMT 1
to be fair, Turton is a great squad option for centre half, right wb and even Lwb and dcm at a push. Koroma if Duff can get him focused , could be very much a leading player for us at this level (its a big if to get JK to frame for a whole season i know) . Jackson i totally agree, as he just has not shown enough for me, you seem some things , then just doesn't do the basics right to be consistent enough. Plus with the options at LWB it would make sense to let him move on. Differing opinions but fair enough on your reasoning. Turton in my view has improved whilst not being in the team, like many do when the team is so bad. We have Spencer and Sorensen for right wb now plus kasumu in an emergency. Not sure if he will properly get over his recent injuries and he wasn't exactly fast before. Cheers. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Just because a player won’t be first choice shouldn’t mean automatically saying get rid. We need a squad. Turton - a consistent performer with a brilliant attitude - is a key squad man even if he won’t play every game. We have a squad with plenty of chaff in it. We let one of those go today. We still have 3/4 of those non-playing options to clear off the books before we look at clearing those who will be part of the squad.
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Post by arry11 on Jul 26, 2024 18:04:24 GMT 1
Some people like to play dumb and some don't need to play.
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Post by teesdaleterrier on Jul 26, 2024 18:07:46 GMT 1
We're nearly in August and haven't announced squad numbers yet. Absolutely have irons in the fire, we must have otherwise this bit would have been done by now. But this window hasn't gone to plan that's clear. Hasn't Koroma looked decent with a couple of assists in pre season also? Definitely seen him win it and cross for a couple of goals at least on the right hand side
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Post by htafcdan on Jul 26, 2024 18:12:33 GMT 1
Some people like to play dumb and some don't need to play. inspirational that mate, almost brought a tear to my eye but i really hate to break it to you i’m not duff in boots🤣yes i registered the night it kicked off if that’s why you think mostly because i was pissing myself at the argument and thought i have to sign up to this 😂😂br] if you don’t believe me that’s fine pal but i’m just saying it wasn’t me👍enjoy your day
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Post by bluesandtwos on Jul 26, 2024 18:13:05 GMT 1
I'm not feeling confident anymore about the transfers window. We have had a few good signings (time will tell I'm sure). The squad we had last season, management included, brought us down. I think we should have cleaned house top to bottom. Offloaded a majority of the players. But none of this has happened. It's almost like no one learned from their mistakes. We need forwards, as far as I'm concerned we have one in Healey that's it. We haven't had a decent striker in well I can't remember when. Our back line is old and not up to pace. The fact he has taken them to Austria says to me this is the team we have to work with. I'm sorry for the rant, I'm sorry this has all been said before on here. I just wanted to vent. If we don't sort these issues we will be stopping in league one for the foreseeable. You can’t offload players if they aren’t in demand… And under contract
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Post by Up the Duff. on Jul 26, 2024 18:14:25 GMT 1
Differing opinions but fair enough on your reasoning. Turton in my view has improved whilst not being in the team, like many do when the team is so bad. We have Spencer and Sorensen for right wb now plus kasumu in an emergency. Not sure if he will properly get over his recent injuries and he wasn't exactly fast before. Cheers. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Just because a player won’t be first choice shouldn’t mean automatically saying get rid. We need a squad. Turton - a consistent performer with a brilliant attitude - is a key squad man even if he won’t play every game. We have a squad with plenty of chaff in it. We let one of those go today. We still have 3/4 of those non-playing options to clear off the books before we look at clearing those who will be part of the squad. I don't think he is 2nd choice and I don't rate him at all. We have becone accepting of anything like mediocrity. Totally agree others need to be shifted out too. We need an overhaul if possible.
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Post by arry11 on Jul 26, 2024 18:19:16 GMT 1
Some people like to play dumb and some don't need to play. inspirational that mate, almost brought a tear to my eye but i really hate to break it to you i’m not duff in boots🤣yes i registered the night it kicked off if that’s why you think mostly because i was pissing myself at the argument and thought i have to sign up to this 😂😂br] if you don’t believe me that’s fine pal but i’m just saying it wasn’t me👍enjoy your day Don't worry i will enjoy my day Duff in boots.
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Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 26, 2024 18:21:18 GMT 1
Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Just because a player won’t be first choice shouldn’t mean automatically saying get rid. We need a squad. Turton - a consistent performer with a brilliant attitude - is a key squad man even if he won’t play every game. We have a squad with plenty of chaff in it. We let one of those go today. We still have 3/4 of those non-playing options to clear off the books before we look at clearing those who will be part of the squad. I don't think he is 2nd choice and I don't rate him at all. We have becone accepting of anything like mediocrity. Totally agree others need to be shifted out too. We need an overhaul if possible. Turton is by far the least of the issues . I totally agree that a lot of them would go if we could actually get clubs to take them that is the issue. You have to have a squad a Turton is a solid squad option. Turton is also a good pro, works hard and always gives it everything . His preformance against Brum showed he is a great character (last home game). BTW i totally agree about a squad rebuild if possible , but as it stands it looks not possible or we are doing it as we can. I am sure there will be movement both in and out by the end of the window.
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Post by blueandwhiteterrier on Jul 26, 2024 18:22:24 GMT 1
You can’t offload players if they aren’t in demand… And under contract I am aware of that. Like I said, I was just venting. No need to take everything so literal. Just seems to me other clubs are making more moves than we are.
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Post by dezzly on Jul 26, 2024 18:28:40 GMT 1
I am aware of that. Like I said, I was just venting. No need to take everything so literal. Just seems to me other clubs are making more moves than we are. We’ve a fairly large squad albeit probably not to the quality level we’re after.can’t imagine many more in to be honest.2 probs,at a push 3 unless any were to leave.I reckon 3 including someone in as a replacement for sorba,possibly not like for like position wise though. The rumoured loan to buy striker also probably gets done. The club will know they have 5/6 players who ideally they would have gone but in last year of contracts and no one wants them so they’ll basically do as much business as that allows.
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Post by kennyk2 on Jul 26, 2024 18:48:22 GMT 1
W e're nearly in August and haven't announced squad numbers yet. Absolutely have irons in the fire, we must have otherwise this bit would have been done by now. But this window hasn't gone to plan that's clear. Hasn't Koroma looked decent with a couple of assists in pre season also? Definitely seen him win it and cross for a couple of goals at least on the right hand side You're not going to sleep tonight, are you?
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Post by teesdaleterrier on Jul 26, 2024 19:07:57 GMT 1
W e're nearly in August and haven't announced squad numbers yet. Absolutely have irons in the fire, we must have otherwise this bit would have been done by now. But this window hasn't gone to plan that's clear. Hasn't Koroma looked decent with a couple of assists in pre season also? Definitely seen him win it and cross for a couple of goals at least on the right hand side You're not going to sleep tonight, are you? Haha 😅 yeah I think I'll be fine pal
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Post by Essex Terrier on Jul 26, 2024 19:36:17 GMT 1
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Post by terrierpark on Jul 26, 2024 20:24:47 GMT 1
Very dissapointed not to see a proven striker brought in . I know there is time but then there will be time needed to get fit or get over the inevitable injury and then time needed to gel. We never seem to give ourselves the best chance do we? Hope KN us true to his word and we see the investment
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 26, 2024 20:54:11 GMT 1
Next summer we can unveil him as a signing like we pretty much did when Spencer came back
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