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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 15, 2018 11:23:12 GMT
I would hope it is because the ones we are after are in high demand and do not feel it necessary to rush a decision. We have had plenty of seasons where we have signed a large number of new players and it tended not to end well. Personally i am happy with the early signings and happy enough to wait on any more. My bigger concern is the fact i got a letter today stating that i have not renewed my season ticket yet, when i did so ages ago! And i want to see the new kits! Here’s a clue. They will be in quarters
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 16, 2018 11:09:43 GMT
The posh to date have signed 7 new players already. Surely it can't be that difficult. You are looking at probably 10 new players for them come the beginning of the season. We don't need a clear out but signing new players seems to come easy for some teams why not us ! You’re right it is easy to sign players. Bury and Northampton did it plenty last year. The problem is signing the right players for the team, players who will tick lots of boxes and not just players who want a two year contract. I’ll trust DC to do it his way. UTG!
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Post by eppinggas on Jun 16, 2018 11:39:36 GMT
Without wishing to put the boot in. I am leaning towards having a little more confidence in DC's decision-making ability than I do with kegandegg's.
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 16, 2018 13:21:25 GMT
The posh to date have signed 7 new players already. Surely it can't be that difficult. You are looking at probably 10 new players for them come the beginning of the season. We don't need a clear out but signing new players seems to come easy for some teams why not us ! You’re right it is easy to sign players. Bury and Northampton did it plenty last year. The problem is signing the right players for the team, players who will tick lots of boxes and not just players who want a two year contract. I’ll trust DC to do it his way. UTG! I won’t do a list but DC has brought in some utter dross & a fair few times. Easy to just pick out Nicholls but look further and you will see
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 16, 2018 13:57:53 GMT
You’re right it is easy to sign players. Bury and Northampton did it plenty last year. The problem is signing the right players for the team, players who will tick lots of boxes and not just players who want a two year contract. I’ll trust DC to do it his way. UTG! I won’t do a list but DC has brought in some utter dross & a fair few times. Easy to just pick out Nicholls but look further and you will see Have to disagree KWP. He recruited well in non league year to get us promotion and added well in league 2 to get us promotion. League 1 was always going to be harder but the additions in this league, Slocombe, Smith, Hartley, Sweeney, Lumley, Salter -Clarke, Burn, Moore, Colket, James ,Partington, Bola, Craig, Mellanise, Sercombe, Mensah, Bennett, Nichols, Telford have been ok. Of course you get a few who don’t make it such as Burn and perhaps Moore but the rest have been pretty good. The jury’s out on Nichols but none of them have been utter dross to be honest. Had many of them been utter dross I suggest we would have been relegated, that we finished mid table tells me they were probably ok, not good enough to get us into the top six but ok. Some may have been less of a success but none of them would I call utter dross. Now that we’re back where we’ve spent most of our history, division 3, we need to accept most players will not be either brilliant or dross. If we stay in this league most will be ok, not special but good enough to keep us here. Now if you want to talk about “utter dross” then we could have a good conversation about players from 2001-2005 and a few from 2011-2014, then we could have made a good list of such players!😉 UTG!
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Post by axegas on Jun 16, 2018 14:11:41 GMT
You’re right it is easy to sign players. Bury and Northampton did it plenty last year. The problem is signing the right players for the team, players who will tick lots of boxes and not just players who want a two year contract. I’ll trust DC to do it his way. UTG! I won’t do a list but DC has brought in some utter dross & a fair few times. Easy to just pick out Nicholls but look further and you will see But he’s achieved back to back promotions and made us competitive in League One? Every manager will sign a few players that won’t work out, it’s all about making sure that more are successful than not and I feel over the last 3-4 years DC has done this and has maintained a good atmosphere in the dressing room at the same time, the calibre of players that we have been signing now are certainly far better than most of the players that we brought in 2011-14. There are a few things to moan about this football club but transfer policy certainly isn’t one of them in my opinion.
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 16, 2018 15:13:12 GMT
Exactly axegas. Spot on. UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 15:34:08 GMT
Let's put it another way then, surely it is better for all parties concerned to get new signings done sooner rather than later. Maybe not always possible with some, but it must be the best option.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 19:29:19 GMT
You’re right it is easy to sign players. Bury and Northampton did it plenty last year. The problem is signing the right players for the team, players who will tick lots of boxes and not just players who want a two year contract. I’ll trust DC to do it his way. UTG! I won’t do a list but DC has brought in some utter dross & a fair few times. Easy to just pick out Nicholls but look further and you will see Hows this for a list. 1] taylor 2] bodin 3] sinclair 4] monkhouse 5] mansell 6] sercombe 7] leadbitter 8] partington 9] lines 10] easter 11]bennett 12] lumley 13]gaffney 14] broadbent 15]craig Add to that retaining lockyer,o clarke, parkes and perhaps best of all converting ellis harrison to a striker and giving him every chance to become the player he is today.
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Post by lavalamp on Jun 16, 2018 20:42:16 GMT
Let's put it another way then, surely it is better for all parties concerned to get new signings done sooner rather than later. Maybe not always possible with some, but it must be the best option. Contract don't actually run out until the end of the month though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 22:09:27 GMT
Yo Kegan, I has been calling on you, like all night bruv. Mrs Degg says you're not coming out to play. She is bare fit, mind innit. The rose of BS3. Why you not picking my calls either? Call me, Kegan. Kegan?
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 17, 2018 7:54:35 GMT
Let's put it another way then, surely it is better for all parties concerned to get new signings done sooner rather than later. Maybe not always possible with some, but it must be the best option. Ideally but I guess the better players know they can wait for perhaps better offers whereas the players who are released early just want to get signed up somewhere for a contract. UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 12:45:57 GMT
Jack marriott signed for the posh on the 28th June 2017 from Luton !
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 18, 2018 10:49:03 GMT
I won’t do a list but DC has brought in some utter dross & a fair few times. Easy to just pick out Nicholls but look further and you will see But he’s achieved back to back promotions and made us competitive in League One? Every manager will sign a few players that won’t work out, it’s all about making sure that more are successful than not and I feel over the last 3-4 years DC has done this and has maintained a good atmosphere in the dressing room at the same time, the calibre of players that we have been signing now are certainly far better than most of the players that we brought in 2011-14. There are a few things to moan about this football club but transfer policy certainly isn’t one of them in my opinion. Not moaning just simply balancing out the comments with fact. I’m not one of this in DC we trust or in anyone we trust for good measure as we are all fallible (sp) you can look at what Paul Buckle bought in and see some tidy players. I think it’s part expertise and part hope and mix in a little luck. I think most of us could buy players if we were given the remit
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 18, 2018 10:52:35 GMT
Let's put it another way then, surely it is better for all parties concerned to get new signings done sooner rather than later. Maybe not always possible with some, but it must be the best option. Totally agree. Make sure they at least are here when pre season starts and the friendliest. Get them feeling a part of the team earky
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 18, 2018 16:01:03 GMT
But he’s achieved back to back promotions and made us competitive in League One? Every manager will sign a few players that won’t work out, it’s all about making sure that more are successful than not and I feel over the last 3-4 years DC has done this and has maintained a good atmosphere in the dressing room at the same time, the calibre of players that we have been signing now are certainly far better than most of the players that we brought in 2011-14. There are a few things to moan about this football club but transfer policy certainly isn’t one of them in my opinion. Not moaning just simply balancing out the comments with fact. I’m not one of this in DC we trust or in anyone we trust for good measure as we are all fallible (sp) you can look at what Paul Buckle bought in and see some tidy players. I think it’s part expertise and part hope and mix in a little luck. I think most of us could buy players if we were given the remit Come on KWP you can have a different opinion but you can’t call it fact. You said “utter dross” which is fine but it’s an opinion. It’s not fact. UTG!
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Post by faggotygas on Jun 19, 2018 7:50:00 GMT
The posh to date have signed 7 new players already. Surely it can't be that difficult. You are looking at probably 10 new players for them come the beginning of the season. We don't need a clear out but signing new players seems to come easy for some teams why not us ! Bury signed loads of players last summer.
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Post by Gregory Stevens on Jun 19, 2018 10:22:41 GMT
Dross or not, every single signing has been a committed and enthusiastic professional who works hard on the pitch.
That is called recruitment. No point getting someone who can do backflip overhead kicks if they don’t stop crosses and close people down.
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 19, 2018 12:20:28 GMT
Dross or not, every single signing has been a committed and enthusiastic professional who works hard on the pitch. That is called recruitment. No point getting someone who can do backflip overhead kicks if they don’t stop crosses and close people down. Agree with what youve said. Recruitment is getting better. Sorry to keep on about it but DCs recruitment has been ok within the limits he has to work. None have been dross, Burn and Moore perhaps not the best but if many had been dross we would have been relegated over the past two years. That we finished in mid table tells me that recruitment was pretty good. We all have different opinions and my original point was that to call any players “dross” is an opinion not fact as was posted. No argument with you Gregory. Looking forward to a few new strikers to come in and then we’ll be ready. UTG!
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Post by Gregory Stevens on Jun 19, 2018 13:57:21 GMT
Dross or not, every single signing has been a committed and enthusiastic professional who works hard on the pitch. That is called recruitment. No point getting someone who can do backflip overhead kicks if they don’t stop crosses and close people down. Agree with what youve said. Recruitment is getting better. Sorry to keep on about it but DCs recruitment has been ok within the limits he has to work. None have been dross, Burn and Moore perhaps not the best but if many had been dross we would have been relegated over the past two years. That we finished in mid table tells me that recruitment was pretty good. We all have different opinions and my original point was that to call any players “dross” is an opinion not fact as was posted. No argument with you Gregory. Looking forward to a few new strikers to come in and then we’ll be ready. UTG! Agree. They aren’t dross. I call “dross” players who don’t sweat on the pitch. Sinclair is a fine example of how much can be achieved with fitness, attitude and dedication. In fact, I think most fairly sporty folks could be a pro if they apply themselves correctly. There is a thing called the “talent myth”. Ronnie O Sullivan is often touted as “talented”. While it’s true he has natural ability, he was knocking in tons at 13 years old and has practiced for literally years of his life. The top players in any sport are generally not just the best in ability, but the ones who used ability to the maximum and made the most of it. It’s why I always liked beckham. He was certainly not a gifted footballer but he was professionalism and dedication personified.
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