dagnogo
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Post by dagnogo on Jul 29, 2015 7:50:03 GMT
So Cheltenham have a "top ten" budget for the conference according to their chairman but still beat us. This puts us in good stead for a top seven finish this year? Discuss. It was a friendly and one s**te performance. If we beat West Brom on Friday it doesn't mean we'll walk the league either. |
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dagnogo
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Post by dagnogo on Jul 29, 2015 7:51:24 GMT
Arsenal first 11 was that? I don't think it was, was it? Why get so defensive? Considering the club we should be and budget we should have based on gates etc why do you still defend the fact we haven't spent any real money? laugh at me all you like but this team won't cut it in League Two. For the first time in many years our club are working to a sensible budget and DC works within that budget. long may it continue Well said. |
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Post by fanatical on Jul 29, 2015 7:51:28 GMT
Arsenal have a budget of one billion trillion and only beat us 1-0. We shall qualify for the Europa League through the League Cup and have bunting everywhere. Lovely scenes will occur and everyone will stop mentioning a poxy friendly against Cheltenham in which the most important outcome was no more injuries. Best wishes. Xx Arsenal first 11 was that? I don't think it was, was it? Why get so defensive? Considering the club we should be and budget we should have based on gates etc why do you still defend the fact we haven't spent any real money? laugh at me all you like but this team won't cut it in League Two. I seem to remember you saying something like this a year ago |
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Post by PeterHooper57 on Jul 29, 2015 7:53:56 GMT
Other than Linsey, which is a tremendous signing IMO,DC has not for whatever reasons, probably financial, been able to bring in the wingers he says he needs, no quality on the wings equals poor sevice to the front men. The additions he has made look poor to me from what I have seen in the friendlies. I expect Rovers to finish just below mid table; just hope we are not drawn into yet another battle with relegation. UTG
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 29, 2015 8:22:58 GMT
we have strengthen the squad Lines, Montano, Clarke these have been added and with a fit again Easter we are better prepared than 12 months ago I would imagine 12 months ago Cheltenham were looking forward to the season we are were not... now 12 months on roles have been reversed ..progress for one and utter dread for the other ..I am in camp one and looking forward to the season. The Arsenal U21 game taught me we are a million miles from matching such a high ranking Club. What about the other 3 additions we have made Mike? |
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Post by stevek192 on Jul 29, 2015 8:34:10 GMT
Don't panic lads twp loans and a permanent winger being signed next week when DC returns from Cardiff. There is no need to panic as most say that.
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Thatslife
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Post by Thatslife on Jul 29, 2015 9:54:59 GMT
Pre season friendly are nothing more than enhanced fitness workouts with a some assessments of unknown players who are possible signings.
NOTHING MORE!!!!!
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Post by DudeLebowski on Jul 29, 2015 10:12:58 GMT
This thread.....
In the bin.
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Post by pilninggas on Jul 29, 2015 10:51:19 GMT
So Cheltenham have a "top ten" budget for the conference according to their chairman but still beat us. This puts us in good stead for a top seven finish this year? Discuss. It was a friendly and one s***e performance. If we beat West Brom on Friday it doesn't mean we'll walk the league either. +1. I can't see West Brom fans going into meltdown if we beat them either and the talk of their forums being impending disaster. Why do people read so much into friendlies? Didn't buckle win all his friendly matches with us and look where that went..... |
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 29, 2015 11:03:53 GMT
This thread same as a recent one about budget. Might not be exactly the same but same arguments are being repeated.
UTG!
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Post by droitwichgas on Jul 29, 2015 11:38:37 GMT
we have strengthen the squad Lines, Montano, Clarke these have been added and with a fit again Easter we are better prepared than 12 months ago I would imagine 12 months ago Cheltenham were looking forward to the season we are were not... now 12 months on roles have been reversed ..progress for one and utter dread for the other ..I am in camp one and looking forward to the season. The Arsenal U21 game taught me we are a million miles from matching such a high ranking Club. We've signed Montano who's getting good reviews on the wing, possilby Bodin for the other wing with Gosling as back up, we're only really one winger short and Dawson hasn't signed up for anybody yet/ a loanee can still be signed. plus Dom Thomas must surely be worth a place on the bench this season? The squad's big enough it's up to the players to prove they are good enough. |
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Post by gashead1979 on Jul 29, 2015 12:14:49 GMT
Look at the bright side, imagine our budget if we'd lost the play offs.....
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Post by Nobbygas on Jul 29, 2015 12:15:07 GMT
we have strengthen the squad Lines, Montano, Clarke these have been added and with a fit again Easter we are better prepared than 12 months ago I would imagine 12 months ago Cheltenham were looking forward to the season we are were not... now 12 months on roles have been reversed ..progress for one and utter dread for the other ..I am in camp one and looking forward to the season. The Arsenal U21 game taught me we are a million miles from matching such a high ranking Club. What about the other 3 additions we have made Mike? and a lot of people seem to forget that we seem to have some decent youngsters coming through. DC watches them in training everyday, and I'm sure he's hoping to give some of them a run out at some point. |
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Post by Curly Wurly on Jul 29, 2015 12:27:26 GMT
It might be their first eleven, I haven't seen arsenal's team sheet for the first game of the season. Can't wait to win the League Cup now bbz. league cup? I'd love it if we won it but being a realist know we don't get past the first round. What does bbz mean? Hopefully nothing like you f******g cu *t But who knows? ? BBZ is a term of endearment, but your argument is a load of BLX (and I don't mean Belluno Airport) |
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Post by Bernard Briggs on Jul 29, 2015 12:34:47 GMT
Keep trolling, trolling, trolling, Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide |
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Post by brizzle on Jul 29, 2015 12:39:49 GMT
Keep trolling, trolling, trolling, Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide I was more of a Cheyenne Bodie man myself.  |
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harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Jul 29, 2015 15:37:46 GMT
What about the other 3 additions we have made Mike? and a lot of people seem to forget that we seem to have some decent youngsters coming through. DC watches them in training everyday, and I'm sure he's hoping to give some of them a run out at some point. Yes Lucas, Preston and Greenslade are now ready for first team action. I rate them all. Prefer them in the squad than unknown loanees. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 29, 2015 19:16:10 GMT
and a lot of people seem to forget that we seem to have some decent youngsters coming through. DC watches them in training everyday, and I'm sure he's hoping to give some of them a run out at some point. Yes Lucas, Preston and Greenslade are now ready for first team action. I rate them all. Prefer them in the squad than unknown loanees. Ah the famous new 'additions' |
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Post by bluebeard on Jul 29, 2015 19:34:49 GMT
People forget that L2 is almost as crap as the conference. Not many teams go straight back up when relegated and not many go straight back down when promoted. We start tthis season with basically the same squad that outperformed the rest of the conference for the final two thirds of last season. We might not finish in the top 3 but we can challenge for the play offs. Don't panic. 'Out performed the rest of the conference'...wow that sets the bar high doesn't it ?..trouble is that its not true Woking and Dover away being 2 examples. I read DC comments after Wembley and he said that he wanted to bring in 4 or 5 quality players for this season...they haven't been brought in,I wonder why?
The bar doesn't have to be high, we're in L2. And 2 poor away performances don't alter the fact that, in the final two thirds of the season, we outperformed the rest of the conference. I suspect that DC intended to bring in 4 or 5 quality additions but he hasn't managed it on the budget he has been given and / or within the wage and contract structure he has in place for the rest of the squad. We really need to get back to being the underdogs in L1 or higher because we don't do the "big club for this division" thing very well at all. |
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Post by gashead01 on Jul 29, 2015 20:06:37 GMT
we never beat gary Johnson, whether it be a friendly or a competitive game!!................ he will go to his grave with his two fingers stuck up at Bristol rovers!
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