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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 15, 2015 9:09:53 GMT
To make it more farcical after our 12 minutes of entertainment the group I was with walked across the goalmouth, to indeed confirm it was firm under foot, out I'm sure through the Alton Rd entrance & around to muller Rd playing fields where our Saturday team were playing and watched the reserves not entertain us on a pitch without a hint of ice on it.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 12, 2015 10:39:28 GMT
I'd put Spiess and Puddy in similar brackets personally but I'd love to be proved wrong. Fair enough. I'd put Puddy in the team and have Spiess selling brackets at B&Q or somewhere. I never saw Spiess play but was there a reason the manager was playing him in front of Puddy? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 11, 2015 14:26:17 GMT
It's women's football, I never had any interest in it in the first place.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 8, 2015 19:40:30 GMT
Even if we circulated his name in May, we could still be stuck with him if no one wants to contribute to his wages But, and here's the startling bit (you may need to keep up here), had we circulated his name in May we may not be stuck with him & as it's being described the 'Goalkeeper farce'. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 8, 2015 19:20:33 GMT
No PeterParker was saying that DC couldn't try because he was under contract, which of course is an absolute crock of s***e. Of course if you don't try to move players on then you can be assured that you won't. Where did i say thay, i said we were stuck with him when we probably hoped he never took up his contract option. Then i said perhaps they thought as he is signed we would give him a chance,.to which DC made clear he was no longer in his plans prior to that Yeovil match. What we have done to get rid is obviously circulate his name. And as i also said off loading him is probably a matter of what other clubs are willing to contribute to his wages And wow I thought you said So know one has any idea why the decision was made in August & not in May, which is why we've ended up with 4 goalkeepers? Unless I missed Mildenhall name being circulated in May? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 8, 2015 18:11:49 GMT
He didn't between May and August which would've been a good time to try. But we're both forgetting he can't as he's under contract.
So what are you saying? You've never heard of a club not being able to offload a player, because they are under contract? I've seen that numerous times, at Rovers and at other clubs at all levels.
No PeterParker was saying that DC couldn't try because he was under contract, which of course is an absolute crock of s**te. Of course if you don't try to move players on then you can be assured that you won't. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 8, 2015 16:09:08 GMT
Well you learn something new everyday and the fact a manager can't try to move on players under contract is certainly something I've never heard of before Perhaps he is trying to He didn't between May and August which would've been a good time to try. But we're both forgetting he can't as he's under contract. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 8, 2015 13:50:41 GMT
I'm presuming that the medical staff also advised that Mildenhall would drink from the fountain of youth during the summer and come back as the goalie he used to be? No, I think that is more Mildenhall had an option for another year and took it. Well you learn something new everyday and the fact a manager can't try to move on players under contract is certainly something I've never heard of before |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 8, 2015 9:12:42 GMT
According to my one of my car sharing mates who was at the Q&A session, they got talking to DC at the end. Apparently we've got into this mess because of the advice of the medical staff we had at the time (they've since been shipped out) as DC was advised that Puddy's injury wasn't serious and that he would recover in time to make an early season start. Unfortunately because of that advice and other further incorrect medical advice received at the time meant that first DC went for a short term loan, (Chapman) but then subsequently was forced into a 93 day loan (Nicholls) to cover the error the medical staff gave him. Nicholls is only going back because his 93 day loan deal is up. There was a rumour circulating (in the car) that DC was trying to sign Chapman again on a longer deal. I'm presuming that the medical staff also advised that Mildenhall would drink from the fountain of youth during the summer and come back as the goalie he used to be? |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 5, 2015 12:41:19 GMT
It's nothing to do with one hat trick, it's 18 months of quality, top scorer last season, top scorer this season in his first ever at football league level. The only thing the hat-trick has done is wake up those that continued to doubt him, but he's already proven himself way before the game against Wycombe. Why on earth would he want to stay with us come January? The club is a shambles and the majority of the fanbase have treated him like s***e. He could go straight into a top 10 league 1 team and make a contribution, and i see no reason why Championship clubs wouldn't want him as part of there squad. He's out of contract in the summer so any offer of £300k and above would be hard to turn down, and the modern world of football is peanuts for clubs even at league 1 level. You did tell us last December that he had played his last game for Rovers.... quite a track record you have there |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 4, 2015 9:40:12 GMT
Facts are often inconvenient, but I make it that Ellis was scoring 0.43589 goals per game last season (and was spending on average fewer minutes per-game on the pitch), Matty (including being the main penalty taker) 0.4166. So what positions was Ellis scoring from exactly? Where was Ellis for the first half of last season? Not working hard enough to get into the team.
Ellis came in when our midfield had improved and were supplying more, and where the superior fitness that we had built up in training over the first half of the season was coming to fruition. The only player getting a decent amount of chances when the team was not playing so well, was Taylor. Yes Harrison had a purple patch when the team was playing well, but look what's happened to him now, when chances have become harder to come by. Taylor has carried right on earning those chances to score, and confidence and training means that he's putting them away. Then add in Taylor's assists and key passes.
Look, to use an extreme example, what would you rather have - a player that earns himself 5 chances per game and puts away 2, or a player that earns 2 chances per game and puts away 1?
Strange argument in the 2nd paragraph Ellis only did well because of chances made by the midfield but in the 3Rd paragraph strikers make their own chances. Seems like some people just make it up as they type. All the consistency of a Conference referee |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 3, 2015 21:53:04 GMT
Based on last season form and ignoring the first 30 mins at Wembley I'd rate Puddy over Nicholls as he seems a far better stop stopper, on that basis surely he's good enough to be our No 1, whether he's good enough to be a good Div 2 goalie is another matter. Although after 6 months plus of inactivity can he just return to form as Mildenhall's never been the same since he suffered his knee injury last season. Based on this season's form and ignoring any clangers he's dropped I'd rate Nicholls over Puddy .... |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 3, 2015 12:16:46 GMT
Pure brilliance, is the writer available on a transfer?
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 29, 2015 13:10:19 GMT
Seems like Oldie is right & people are happy to settle for mediocracy. Are they? Or are we/they realsing that we are comijg back from our lowest point and we are taking steps forward even if small ones. We shouldnt be here no, but we are. What do you think we should be doing at this point in time, given where we have come from and been in the past 6-8 years? It's not about what I'd be doing now, it's about what we should've been doing since we got promoted. Making a decision on your keeper at the end of the previous season not at the start of the next season, not making changes up front when it's quite obvious that we have a one dimensional attack, bringing in some genuine width and playing players on their natural side. Still let's just accept that we're mid-table in what (from what I have seen) is a bang average division. Let's not dare to believe we could actually be better than mid-table League 2. Sad to see such a lack of ambition from you & others. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 29, 2015 11:25:37 GMT
Seems like Oldie is right & people are happy to settle for mediocracy.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 29, 2015 11:03:51 GMT
- How was the goal (once again) Nicholls fault?! - Kind of hard to score a winner with 5 seconds left. - We were exceptional today. You only had to listen to the game to establish that. Agree with your first 2 points. Exceptional? Well we only scored one goal & the Exeter fans I spoke to afterwards did say we played far better than them but could only remember thier keeper making 2 good saves. Perhaps Exceptional doesn't mean what it used to. Same old today lots of possession lots of corners and a lack of goals. Which is from someone who actually watched the game, thankfully from the dry old stand. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 25, 2015 22:36:31 GMT
There was absolutely no deflection on the first goal and the keeper looked to me like he'd judged it to be going wide, which suggests an error. No fault for the second. The error was the ref's, as he had stopped the game for no reason the game should have restarted with a contested drop-ball. Having said that, booting it straight to the keeper was naive by Taylor. Crawley didn't have possession in our half when the game was stopped so could hardly have complained if he'd put it out for a goal kick. We'd already seen that Day had a monster kick and a monster to aim for up front. Even more naive, but less costly, was Harrison doing it as well when he came on. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 25, 2015 9:40:22 GMT
Our central midfield is the joke of the squad, not Nicholls. About time some took off the short sighted easy target blinkers and actually got themselves a football brain. You're right I thought Nicholls did well to get his head on that long range shot he let squirm through his hands |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 24, 2015 10:52:01 GMT
Not felt so that excited since the coin toss with West Ham, which made great viewing on the radio
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Nov 23, 2015 21:56:45 GMT
I believe there is/was more than one group interested I believe the initial one i referred to are still negotiating with the club and i understand confidentiality agreements were signed with that group around three weeks ago therefore No 'they didn't walk away' but others may have - UTG So, was Nick aware of the existence of any of these groups when he seemed to be suggesting that he didn't know who they were? Seems like you've suddenly decided to start believing what NH says. Who says a leopard can't change it spots. |
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