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Post by Convictatthemac on Aug 10, 2024 12:11:33 GMT 1
I’m going with smash it… we are going to be undefeated after 8 games. I’ll have what you’re drinking…..!!!! Just on the water tonight 😉 Personally I think we are going to get a win away today, the same type that surprised us when we went to Palace in the prem. It’s going to lift the club and that will give us momentum into 3 very winnable games. Momentum will carry us through the big games and we’ll be undefeated after 8. Getting Marshall in has convinced me that we are going to continue to make the right moves in the transfer market. That one relieves the immediate pressure and allows us to hit our big targets now. |
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Post by uptownfunk on Aug 10, 2024 12:28:16 GMT 1
I’ll have what you’re drinking…..!!!! Just on the water tonight 😉 Personally I think we are going to get a win away today, the same type that surprised us when we went to Palace in the prem. It’s going to lift the club and that will give us momentum into 3 very winnable games. Momentum will carry us through the big games and we’ll be undefeated after 8. Getting Marshall in has convinced me that we are going to continue to make the right moves in the transfer market. That one relieves the immediate pressure and allows us to hit our big targets now. That’s the spirit! |
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Post by Convictatthemac on Aug 11, 2024 7:38:15 GMT 1
Just on the water tonight 😉 Personally I think we are going to get a win away today, the same type that surprised us when we went to Palace in the prem. It’s going to lift the club and that will give us momentum into 3 very winnable games. Momentum will carry us through the big games and we’ll be undefeated after 8. Getting Marshall in has convinced me that we are going to continue to make the right moves in the transfer market. That one relieves the immediate pressure and allows us to hit our big targets now. That’s the spirit! Part one ✅ |
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Post by runner76 on Aug 17, 2024 19:21:35 GMT 1
He’s now left Jan and Danny in the dirt…..looking good so far….!!
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Post by kennyk2 on Aug 17, 2024 21:32:53 GMT 1
I reckon he'll win the first 3.
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Post by runner76 on Aug 17, 2024 22:46:28 GMT 1
I reckon he'll win the first 3. I certainly think he will end up at the top of the list of those managers 🙏🏻 |
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Post by tyketaffy on Aug 17, 2024 22:59:55 GMT 1
Im feeling very positive about Duff, his pressers before and after the game are brutally honest, he reminds me very much of Mick Buxton. No one but no one is going to get a free ride with him in charge, makings of a town legend in my eyes so far
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Post by utttrooper on Aug 17, 2024 23:26:11 GMT 1
Im feeling very positive about Duff, his pressers before and after the game are brutally honest, he reminds me very much of Mick Buxton. No one but no one is going to get a free ride with him in charge, makings of a town legend in my eyes so far Like Buzz if he didn't just make himself into a meme |
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Post by Convictatthemac on Aug 18, 2024 5:06:17 GMT 1
I think Duff is the real deal. It’s exactly what the club needed, he’s starting to change the attitude of players, the JK interview was a hint to what is taking place in the dressing room and fans are very quickly getting onboard. I think he’s league one’s answer to Ange Postecoglou and we are on for a very special season under Duff.
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Aug 18, 2024 10:19:58 GMT 1
I think Duff is the real deal. It’s exactly what the club needed, he’s starting to change the attitude of players, the JK interview was a hint to what is taking place in the dressing room and fans are very quickly getting onboard. I think he’s league one’s answer to Ange Postecoglou and we are on for a very special season under Duff. As usual, agree with the vast majority of what you say but I'll disagree with the highlighted bit, I think he already has changed the attitude. We had very little fight left in us when he took over & our confidence was lower than a snake's belly. Now I think he's got them thinking that they are a squad of Championship players currently stuck in L1 but actually determined they will get up this season.[ To me, they are playing like a team who trusts the manager & his methods & who goes out expecting to win every game. This can be an issue, as per yesterday, when we clearly settled for 2-0 & lost momentum, thus allowing Stevenage back into the game. Contrast this to lat week, when the most pleasing part of the game for me was the 1st 15 minutes of the 2nd half when we knocked the stuffing out of Posh by carrying on playing. I hope yesterday will be a valuable lesson to the players, we can't afford to switch off at 2-0. Two other things that stood out to me yesterday were that we can cope with physical teams but we are taking our chances like a L1 team & not a Championship team, which means we are still short in the striking department. |
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Post by Terry Jacko on Aug 18, 2024 10:29:52 GMT 1
Very early days and we will have a bad spell at some point under him but I like in general that he doesn’t bullshit and calls it like it is.
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Post by Sio on Aug 18, 2024 10:53:17 GMT 1
Like a few others have said, I didn't want Duff the first time round - thought he was a safe, out-of-work, easy option. Probably mates with Cartwright too.
So far though, I'm very pleasantly surprised. Talks incredibly well and I trust his 'process' far more our previous 4-5 managers.
He has a plan and it's evident, and even if Stevenage had caught us out yesterday and come back, I trust we'd have learnt from it next week.
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Post by Convictatthemac on Aug 18, 2024 11:17:31 GMT 1
I think Duff is the real deal. It’s exactly what the club needed, he’s starting to change the attitude of players, the JK interview was a hint to what is taking place in the dressing room and fans are very quickly getting onboard. I think he’s league one’s answer to Ange Postecoglou and we are on for a very special season under Duff. As usual, agree with the vast majority of what you say but I'll disagree with the highlighted bit, I think he already has changed the attitude. We had very little fight left in us when he took over & our confidence was lower than a snake's belly. Now I think he's got them thinking that they are a squad of Championship players currently stuck in L1 but actually determined they will get up this season.[ To me, they are playing like a team who trusts the manager & his methods & who goes out expecting to win every game. This can be an issue, as per yesterday, when we clearly settled for 2-0 & lost momentum, thus allowing Stevenage back into the game. Contrast this to lat week, when the most pleasing part of the game for me was the 1st 15 minutes of the 2nd half when we knocked the stuffing out of Posh by carrying on playing. I hope yesterday will be a valuable lesson to the players, we can't afford to switch off at 2-0. Two other things that stood out to me yesterday were that we can cope with physical teams but we are taking our chances like a L1 team & not a Championship team, which means we are still short in the striking department. I agree with most of what you are saying but I believe we are still only at the start of the change in attitude. To switch off and revert to playing like last season to me is evidence that they are still in a very early stage of attitude adjustments towards being the dominant team of not only the game, but the league. Duff expects them to win and to win well, not just this game but the whole league. Thought that was evident by the after match interviews and I like where Duff is going with this. We as fans are expecting a lot too, but to be a top team you have to start somewhere and I don’t think for one minute that we aren’t still early on in our attitude adjustment. It’s one thing to say my attitude has changed, but it’s entirely different to having doubts or moments when you think to yourself I’m not good enough or here we go again. It’s all about belief, we are 2 games into the league and I won’t believe we are past the start until they get to 8-10 games when they will have gained belief in beating everything put in front of us. Once we beat Birmingham (or whoever is the closest challenger) only then will we have total belief that we are going to be the dominant team. Naturally some would be more advanced in attitude changes than others. I agree with almost everything you’ve said, especially the comments about the second half, except we can’t get ahead of ourselves and we are still early on in this project and attitude changes. |
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Post by Convictatthemac on Aug 25, 2024 9:00:04 GMT 1
Well I think if you’ve got anything less than 13-16 you are done here.
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Post by runner76 on Aug 25, 2024 22:57:19 GMT 1
Fair point…..he’s has already got to the ‘ok’ bracket with 5 games left…..!!!
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Sept 15, 2024 8:04:13 GMT 1
Up to and including Wrexham away we have a tough start of away games. Peterborough, Rotherham, Bolton, Reading, Birmingham, Orient, Wrexham. Home games look much easier. I’d expect near maximum points from home games and couple of draws, wins and losses away. No idea how this season is going to pan out but surely we have to win at least half (23) of our games as a minimum. Our tough run of away games so far is 2 wins out of 3. That and winning at home is a sign of a promotion winning team. On we go. |
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Post by runner76 on Sept 15, 2024 10:29:19 GMT 1
Very good so far, Duff, very good!
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Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Sept 15, 2024 19:52:02 GMT 1
Just looked at the descriptions, 9-10 on! Expectations were low in some quarters  |
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Post by Dell12 on Sept 15, 2024 20:27:02 GMT 1
He's definitely a cut above the last few managers we've had, and it's quite reassuring that he's mostly not afraid to criticise when criticism is due.
We now seem to have a system that you can see the players are trying to work to. But we're not so rigid that we can't go long when we need. I enjoyed Nicholls putting his foot through it a few times when Bolton would have tried to play their way out from a very dangerous position.
Although things haven't always gone to plan, I'm fairly confident we'll look better by game 20 than we did in game two. That said, we'd probably have about half as many points as we have now had we turned in the same performances in the Championship. It's way less forgiving than League One, and I think there's a pretty big gap in general quality between the two divisions.
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Post by shawsie on Sept 15, 2024 20:49:23 GMT 1
He's definitely a cut above the last few managers we've had, and it's quite reassuring that he's mostly not afraid to criticise when criticism is due. We now seem to have a system that you can see the players are trying to work to. But we're not so rigid that we can't go long when we need. I enjoyed Nichols putting his foot through it a few times when Bolton would have tried to play their way out from a very dangerous position. Although things haven't always gone to plan, I'm fairly confident we'll look better by game 20 than we did in game two. That said, we'd probably have about half as many points as we have now had we turned in the same performances in the Championship. It's way less forgiving than League One, and I think there's a pretty big gap in general quality between the two divisions. The gulf in quality between champ and league 1 is huge imho. Totally agree with Duff - i think he gets this club. He realises there was a disconnect between fans and players and hes trying to rebuild it fast. Ups and downs await im sure - but hes level headed and hasnt said stuff in a presser thats made me think "he watched a different game". We have a good squad for this level and top 6 has to be a minimum target cos from what ive seen there aint that much real quality we are up against week in week out. Two winnable home games await in the next 10 days.......a real chance to make a good start become an outstanding one! |
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Post by gledholt terrier on Sept 15, 2024 20:55:26 GMT 1
He's definitely a cut above the last few managers we've had, and it's quite reassuring that he's mostly not afraid to criticise when criticism is due. We now seem to have a system that you can see the players are trying to work to. But we're not so rigid that we can't go long when we need. I enjoyed Nichols putting his foot through it a few times when Bolton would have tried to play their way out from a very dangerous position. Although things haven't always gone to plan, I'm fairly confident we'll look better by game 20 than we did in game two. That said, we'd probably have about half as many points as we have now had we turned in the same performances in the Championship. It's way less forgiving than League One, and I think there's a pretty big gap in general quality between the two divisions. The gulf in quality between champ and league 1 is huge imho. Totally agree with Duff - i think he gets this club. He realises there was a disconnect between fans and players and hes trying to rebuild it fast. Ups and downs await im sure - but hes level headed and hasnt said stuff in a presser thats made me think "he watched a different game". We have a good squad for this level and top 6 has to be a minimum target cos from what ive seen there aint that much real quality we are up against week in week out. Two winnable home games await in the next 10 days.......a real chance to make a good start become an outstanding one! I like Duff and think he will be a good, maybe great, Town manager but he watched a different game at Rotherham! |
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Post by dezzly on Sept 16, 2024 8:16:59 GMT 1
The gulf in quality between champ and league 1 is huge imho. Totally agree with Duff - i think he gets this club. He realises there was a disconnect between fans and players and hes trying to rebuild it fast. Ups and downs await im sure - but hes level headed and hasnt said stuff in a presser thats made me think "he watched a different game". We have a good squad for this level and top 6 has to be a minimum target cos from what ive seen there aint that much real quality we are up against week in week out. Two winnable home games await in the next 10 days.......a real chance to make a good start become an outstanding one! I like Duff and think he will be a good, maybe great, Town manager but he watched a different game at Rotherham! I was going to mention that too.However I suppose you have to factor in all the shit that’s going off pitch level.Evans and his staff are well known for been in the ear of the ref constantly as are his players.Maybe duff thought we stood up to that fairly well right up to the ward red. We also have to factor in that sometimes what managers say in the media is as much for the players as it is anyone else. If we were to go on a 4/5 game streak of bad results and he consistently at odds with what the fans saw then I’d be less likely to make a couple of minor excuses |
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Post by aksaiblue on Sept 18, 2024 10:05:29 GMT 1
We have won 2 away games which most people would have been happy with, a point at Peterborough and a point at Bolton. What I admire about MD is he will keep his players fully focused and keep their feet on the ground and remain humble in front of the press.
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Post by softboy on Sept 19, 2024 20:35:44 GMT 1
So 1 point against Northampton, Blackpool and Reading would be a - amazing start - let’s see
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Post by rockwall on Sept 20, 2024 6:50:16 GMT 1
These next 2 weeks could be huge.
5 games.
Northampton H
Blackpool H
Reading A
Birmingham A
Barnsley H
I'd take 3 wins 1 draw and 1 defeat. That would have us with 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from our first 10. A very good start.
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Post by dezzly on Sept 20, 2024 7:30:25 GMT 1
These next 2 weeks could be huge. 5 games. Northampton H Blackpool H Reading A Birmingham A Barnsley H I'd take 3 wins 1 draw and 1 defeat. That would have us with 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from our first 10. A very good start. Win the next 3(I know,steady,steady) and we could be playing Birmingham with both teams 7 wins from 8.Would it get as mfg attention as Birmingham Wrexham the other night? Not that it matters was just something that occurred to me. |
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Post by colnevalleyblue on Sept 20, 2024 8:46:32 GMT 1
These next 2 weeks could be huge. 5 games. Northampton H Blackpool H Reading A Birmingham A Barnsley H I'd take 3 wins 1 draw and 1 defeat. That would have us with 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from our first 10. A very good start. Win the next 3(I know,steady,steady) and we could be playing Birmingham with both teams 7 wins from 8.Would it get as mfg attention as Birmingham Wrexham the other night? Not that it matters was just something that occurred to me. Only if Whoopi Goldberg, Usain Bolt and a bunch of other famous actors and sportsmen wake up today and decide to start following Town. |
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Post by runner76 on Sept 20, 2024 8:58:05 GMT 1
Win the next 3(I know,steady,steady) and we could be playing Birmingham with both teams 7 wins from 8.Would it get as mfg attention as Birmingham Wrexham the other night? Not that it matters was just something that occurred to me. Only if Whoopi Goldberg, Usain Bolt and a bunch of other famous actors and sportsmen wake up today and decide to start following Town. Whoopie cushions is closest we will get at town |
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Post by sapphireblue on Sept 20, 2024 13:03:12 GMT 1
Win the next 3(I know,steady,steady) and we could be playing Birmingham with both teams 7 wins from 8.Would it get as mfg attention as Birmingham Wrexham the other night? Not that it matters was just something that occurred to me. Only if Whoopi Goldberg, Usain Bolt and a bunch of other famous actors and sportsmen wake up today and decide to start following Town. Usain Bolt doesn't follow anyone. |
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Post by deucebigalow77 on Sept 20, 2024 17:37:07 GMT 1
Just watched the press conference. I could listen to Duff all day, a very clever, articulate bloke. We're in good hands UTT
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