[stainlessstephen]

Looking forward to next season already. There will be ups and downs, twists and turns and bumps in the road. But 100% confident we will be there or thereabouts. Cream always rises to the top.

ATAW STID

[clarevoyant.]

GrassmoorSpireite, on 17 May 2025 - 01:28 AM, said:

Wow �� how ‘witty’ of you!! 1971 has been on the phone, they’d like their joke back

P.s. you’ve spelt Clairvoyant wrong �� do people from your area of town know how to spell?

Asking for a friend ��

Well I didn't see that coming.

I'll decide if my names spelt correctly and why. Is it coincidence that after last night, considering the clown in chief appears not only to have his brain cells mjumbled up but also the letters of his name, good old Mr Minkpiss.

On a serious note if his agent has owt about him he should be getting him away from that sh..house club ASAP before the coaching ruins what is a potentially good keeper. Mr Agent think of the kids future and get him out of there, having to do what he's doing to appease coaches, is wrong and could damage his future.

This post has been edited by clarevoyant.: 17 May 2025 - 08:20 AM

[Mr_Pleasant]

Rodney, on 16 May 2025 - 11:17 PM, said:

Another one of those toothless possesion but no end product performances tonight. That's no wins in four against an average Walsall side that's the truth but overall a very succesful season which could have ended better but for an unprecedented injury crisis. i think we'll go up automatically next season.

Recruit well over the Summer and I will fancy us strongly next season.

Having had time to think about it, Walsall can't have played the same all season as they did against us in the play offs. They are the only team in the league to have scored more than us, and they let in the same number of goals. Last night, after the first 5 minutes they sat deeper than I can remember seeing a home team sit before. Fair play to them, once they were 2 up after a quarter of the tie, they did exactly what they needed to do, and it would have been difficult for us even if we had played with more tempo.

What I did take from it was how good their full backs were going forward, a real threat. I think that is the Cook ideal.

[hewittfan]

GrassmoorSpireite, on 16 May 2025 - 10:38 PM, said:

Donancien, Dunkley, Jones, Sheckleford and Madden all in JD gym Thursday. Madden having One on One fitness training with Ben Partridge the others just doing there own thing together. I’m reading from that they are working on getting Madden ready for pre season. Dunkleys a hard one for me as he offers so much when fit, Donancien on a crutch so wasn’t able to do much - the others for me will probsbly be out the door

Sheckleford is under contract for next season.

[Phil V 72]

hewittfan, on 17 May 2025 - 09:01 AM, said:

Sheckleford is under contract for next season.

If he’s here I’d expect him to be back up for next season, we’ll have a new right back for sure

[Westbars Spireite]

clarevoyant., on 17 May 2025 - 08:18 AM, said:

Well I didn't see that coming.

I'll decide if my names spelt correctly and why. Is it coincidence that after last night, considering the clown in chief appears not only to have his brain cells mjumbled up but also the letters of his name, good old Mr Minkpiss.

On a serious note if his agent has owt about him he should be getting him away from that sh..house club ASAP before the coaching ruins what is a potentially good keeper. Mr Agent think of the kids future and get him out of there, having to do what he's doing to appease coaches, is wrong and could damage his future.

On the contrary, clubs will look at that and see a street smart keeper who knows how to manipulate situations.

[Misnomer]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 May 2025 - 09:17 AM, said:

On the contrary, clubs will look at that and see a street smart keeper who knows how to manipulate situations.

He's got a rate future ahead of him.

[Trigger]

Phil V 72, on 17 May 2025 - 09:07 AM, said:

If he’s here I’d expect him to be back up for next season, we’ll have a new right back for sure

Upon reflection we probably should have kept tanton around. By all accounts he's been fit for the last 2 months whereas arujo has vanished.

Could have made a massive difference in the sense mandy wouldn't have been right back

[60s 70s Spireite]

Trigger, on 17 May 2025 - 09:28 AM, said:

Upon reflection we probably should have kept tanton around. By all accounts he's been fit for the last 2 months whereas arujo has vanished.

Could have made a massive difference in the sense mandy wouldn't have been right back

If Tanton has progressed somewhat, and kept fit, I would have him back. A full back with pace, someone to help with the much needed overload we thrive on.

[azul]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 May 2025 - 09:17 AM, said:

On the contrary, clubs will look at that and see a street smart keeper who knows how to manipulate situations.

Are you talking about the Walsall keeper?

What is smart about laying down faking an injury when your team is under pressure on instruction from the manager. The referee has no other option but to stop the game. Who knows if he even makes the decision when to do it, it is probably a signal from the bench.

This post has been edited by azul: 17 May 2025 - 09:42 AM

[born in 1866]

Trigger, on 17 May 2025 - 09:28 AM, said:

Upon reflection we probably should have kept tanton around. By all accounts he's been fit for the last 2 months whereas arujo has vanished.

Could have made a massive difference in the sense mandy wouldn't have been right back

Maybe it wasn't our decision for him to return.

[azul]

Mr Mercury, on 16 May 2025 - 09:31 PM, said:

Totally agree. These last two games we’ve been far too pedestrian. Painfully at times.

We have been pedestrian in our build up on and off all season and it normally ended badly. I have no idea why it happens, perhaps it is just playing safe in a higher league. Not sure it has that much to with older players or lack of energy although lack of pace in the team probably doesn't help. There were even times last season when it crept into our game for no apparent reason.

[clarevoyant.]

azul, on 17 May 2025 - 09:39 AM, said:

Are you talking about the Walsall keeper?

What is smart about laying down faking an injury when your team is under pressure on instruction from the manager. The referee has no other option but to stop the game. Who knows if he even makes the decision when to do it, it is probably a signal from the bench.

Semaphore

[azul]

Trigger, on 17 May 2025 - 09:28 AM, said:

Upon reflection we probably should have kept tanton around. By all accounts he's been fit for the last 2 months whereas arujo has vanished.

Could have made a massive difference in the sense mandy wouldn't have been right back

He never really captured his early season form on his brief return from injury. It would be a strange decision not to get him back if he was fit though.

[60s 70s Spireite]

azul, on 17 May 2025 - 09:53 AM, said:

We have been pedestrian in our build up on and off all season and it normally ended badly. I have no idea why it happens, perhaps it is just playing safe in a higher league. Not sure it has that much to with older players or lack of energy although lack of pace in the team probably doesn't help. There were even times last season when it crept into our game for no apparent reason.

I always find it frustrating when so many of our players are happy to receive the ball with their back to the opposition goal, even deep into our half, take one or two touches and then play it back/across to a defender and repeat, rather than let the ball roll across them and move up the pitch. Gordon is a classic example, ball from Boot, receives on his left foot, face to our goal- it’s only going one way from there.

Dobs, Metcalfe and Mandy (not at right back though) of yesterdays starting line up are prepared to look and move it forward, although young Metcalfe seemed happier last night playing it sideways. Strange game for Banks, as someone has said not sure he touched the ball in the first 15 minutes, and seemed lost for the rest of the game.

[Johnnyspireite7]

hewittfan, on 17 May 2025 - 09:01 AM, said:

Sheckleford is under contract for next season.

As are Madden and Dunkley

[Misnomer]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 17 May 2025 - 07:20 AM, said:

I'd suggest viewers are 'sick to death of your bollox on here'.

Years of spitting spite on the 'Personal' section - as confirmed by a catalogue of mod' sanctions - and now you're migrating it onto the football forum.

With the ultimate irony of someone perennially cowering in anonymity accusing others of being 'pussies' and needing to 'grow a pair' (yeah, casual misogyny clearly cool with you).

In fact threatening to set his supposed spouse on folk instead of accepting offers to discuss posts in person.

Of course people have the right to be critical. I doubt anyone's been more critical than me through the decades (though, again, always prepared to repeat it in public as witnessed by Carson and Co, for example). But that criticism has to be in context otherwise it's merely mindless malevolence.

You're right, I agree, we might've done things differently against Walsall. We might've gone for their throat from the start. We might've been more direct. We might've bombed it forward towards a box loaded with alternative selections.

And we might've been dead and buried at half time by an outfit so obviously set up to defend in numbers and hit on the break.

Which is kinda what happened over the final stages last neet.

This squad wasn't good enough to go up. As I've stated on several occasions over the last few weeks. It lacked pace and energy and incision all over the field. It was a season too far for far too many.

That critical enough for you?

However that's because Cook had to virtually rebuild rather than embroider quality into a group to whom he'd demonstrated laudable loyalty in January. They'd wazzed the National League after Xmas, for crying out loud.

The same Paul Cook who, quite movingly, put aside his obvious pain to declare how proud he is of his club - our club - post match.

Look, mate, I get it - this sorta stuff is your defence mechanism. You too are hurting yet channel it into scorn and name calling. Like a kid in the playground who's been beaten at marbles or summat. But relax. Go and get drunk. Book a holiday and get a tan. Whatever it takes to get over what is, after all, just a stumble on a stepping stone.

Then come back in August and enjoy what I'm convinced will be a genuine promotion push...

Why didn't you take this to the personal section or DM me, instead of just escalating it further on here? You know I'm going to respond and defend myself.

Try putting things into context before you post. Lad called everyone 'nobheads' for daring to criticise a performance which, they are completely entitled to do; so, I responded.

Far worse words have been said on here than 'pussy'; in fact, one of your mate, Josh's, favourites is to call people 'bitches'. I'll look forward to you publicly dressing him down and calling him a misogynist, when he next does it.

Catalogue of sanctions. What you mean is, Christopher, you grassed on me to your mate, who subsequently banned me, TWICE. Hardly a 'catalogue' but, we know you like your hyperbole.

'threatening to set his supposed spouse on folk instead of accepting offers to discuss posts in person.' I've genuinely no idea what you are talking about.

As for spitting spite; you ain't so bad yersen - I have those delightful emails you sent to me.

Let's leave it here, yeah. We've done pretty well avoiding each other on the personal section - I don't want it on here.

As for the the rest - it's just opinions, and everyone is entitled to them, without being called a 'nobhead' before they post something. Many people subsequently disagreed with his view on the performance.

Personally, I know we are in good hands, and I'm extremely grateful to the Kirks for that.

[Westbars Spireite]

azul, on 17 May 2025 - 09:39 AM, said:

Are you talking about the Walsall keeper?

What is smart about laying down faking an injury when your team is under pressure on instruction from the manager. The referee has no other option but to stop the game. Who knows if he even makes the decision when to do it, it is probably a signal from the bench.

In professional football, unpalatable as it may be, that is seen as smart.

[azul]

Westbars Spireite, on 17 May 2025 - 12:00 PM, said:

In professional football, unpalatable as it may be, that is seen as smart.

If any club wants a mature keeper to lie-down on the job I'm available and I won't need to be coached when and where.

[Jud]

Johnnyspireite7, on 17 May 2025 - 10:43 AM, said:

As are Madden and Dunkley

I get the feeling we may have seen the last of Madden, yknow.