[lindave]

lindave, on 16 April 2024 - 06:42 AM, said:

Notca good performance last night the whole of the back 4 were slow again, Jones, Naylor and Manders were a let down. Hobson motm by a mile never stopped running at them. Dobra and Quigley not much of a threat but could us put us 2.0 up. The 2nd was never a pen and was a mile offside. Thank God that was the last away game in this league. 1555 Town fans out of 884. The one good thing for me was the £230 I won on the 50/50.

155 Town.

[Search & Destroy]

We’ve scored 1 goal in six hours of football

That Curtis signing, a back up who’d never played 45 minutes of men’s football in his life

Quigley, a player who looks more like a competition winner you couldn’t find

Amazingly I don’t think many will see this season as particularly memorable

[Mr_Pleasant]

Search & Destroy, on 16 April 2024 - 06:43 AM, said:

Cook extended Quigleys deal

Absolute madness

I don't think it was. He's been very effective coming off the bench this season.

Don't get me wrong, he is not good enough to start and if he is first back up next season I will be concerned. But he will be ok as a squad player, and someone in the National League will pay money for him if we want to sell.

[dtp]

Search & Destroy, on 16 April 2024 - 07:01 AM, said:

We’ve scored 1 goal in six hours of football

That Curtis signing, a back up who’d never played 45 minutes of men’s football in his life

Quigley, a player who looks more like a competition winner you couldn’t find

Amazingly I don’t think many will see this season as particularly memorable

Seriously, don’t you think many will see this season as the season we won promotion back to the EFL after too long in the NL?

Then, when folks look back at the final league table they will see how we won it very comfortably.

Would you have preferred we won it with a goal, Glyn Hurst style, in the last minute of the last game?

Get a grip man. This season is this season over and done with. Next season is next season and the planning is already under way. Very few clubs have that luxury even now.

[Goku]

Search & Destroy, on 16 April 2024 - 07:01 AM, said:

We’ve scored 1 goal in six hours of football

That Curtis signing, a back up who’d never played 45 minutes of men’s football in his life

Quigley, a player who looks more like a competition winner you couldn’t find

Amazingly I don’t think many will see this season as particularly memorable

Imagine your obsession with James Rowe ruining your enjoyment of a record breaking championship winning season. Absolute freak behaviour.

This post has been edited by Goku: 16 April 2024 - 07:29 AM

[JonB]

Dont get the fuss about Cook having a break when we have no game for a while and we are already up....you see it throughout football with managers, players etc taking a break when fixtures allow. Bet some Prem and Championship folk are off for a break every time there is an international break if they are not involved with international games.

[essexspireman]

JonB, on 16 April 2024 - 07:25 AM, said:

Dont get the fuss about Cook having a break when we have no game for a while and we are already up....you see it throughout football with managers, players etc taking a break when fixtures allow. Bet some Prem and Championship folk are off for a break every time there is an international break if they are not involved with international games.

Didn’t he have a touchline ban at the same time?

[danblue]

60s 70s Spireite, on 16 April 2024 - 05:43 AM, said:

Reading posts on here, I’m a bit concerned a lot of our supporters won’t, as if only Cook would listen to them we’d be challenging for a top three place.

FWIW, I think we will definitely be in the top third, we have the management team, and the backing to make that happen.
One slight concern, does all this recent negativity give Cook the opportunity to say if that’s the thanks I get, perhaps time to move on?

Apparently he went over to our supporters last night and apologised for the last few performances.
Sounds like a manager who knows we've been sh1ť and wants to put it right, not spin on his heels and join Plymouth*

* other teams available looking for a quality manager

[60s 70s Spireite]

essexspireman, on 16 April 2024 - 07:27 AM, said:

Didn’t he have a touchline ban at the same time?

But he’s not missed a game has he? He went away during a 14 day spell when we had no games. Exactly as do PL managers and players during international breaks.

[spireitedave]

I imagine the last few games have just confirmed what he knew and the plans he and backroom staff have been planning for months.
Next year's team will be very different

[JonB]

60s 70s Spireite, on 16 April 2024 - 07:41 AM, said:

But he’s not missed a game has he? He went away during a 14 day spell when we had no games. Exactly as do PL managers and players during international breaks.

Plus you can pretty much guarantee he's not missed training either as i suspect the players and backroom staff all had some days off as well.

[azul]

Cartman, on 15 April 2024 - 10:08 PM, said:

Maybe, however, there is plenty of money washing around the National League and no financial fair play rules

Plenty of our players would be wanted by other NL clubs - look how Hobson did at Kiddy, Whelan is a regular - if having people under contract means we get 50k for them then happy days

Expect at least 5 new signings so it will be interesting to see what happens with the rest of the squad

Do you think we’ll be receiving fees from NL clubs for contracted players we no longer want?

I suppose we payed something for Palmer so there’s always a chance.

This post has been edited by azul: 16 April 2024 - 08:22 AM

[60s 70s Spireite]

This vlogger has captured both penalty incidents
https://www.youtube....h?v=ySzpQ38EIgw

The 2nd is a joke.

[JonB]

azul, on 16 April 2024 - 08:10 AM, said:

Do you think we’ll be receiving fees from NL clubs for contracted players we no longer want?

I suppose we payed something for Palmer so there’s always a chance.

Depends who is around in the NL that is likely to pay a fee....likely only Oldham, York if they stay up, Scunny potentially if they come up? Cant think of many other sides at this level that pay fees for players.

[JonB]

60s 70s Spireite, on 16 April 2024 - 08:19 AM, said:

This vlogger has captured both penalty incidents
https://www.youtube....h?v=ySzpQ38EIgw

The 2nd is a joke.

First one shouldnt be a penalty but it always given, he isnt getting the ball he's just leathered out of play for a goal kick then falls over the keeper. Second one he falls over the ball that Tyrer has taken and not touched the player.

[Waller is my hero]

JonB, on 16 April 2024 - 07:25 AM, said:

Dont get the fuss about Cook having a break when we have no game for a while and we are already up....you see it throughout football with managers, players etc taking a break when fixtures allow. Bet some Prem and Championship folk are off for a break every time there is an international break if they are not involved with international games.

Those individuals slating Cook for having a break are just clowns…most of the squad had a break with their families …it’s totally disrespectful of those usual idiots.
They had the luxury of a 2 week period before the next game after a hectic multi game period, why not take a break
In fact now I think from my sick bed…didn’t Warpy criticise this?? The same person the club bent over backwards for to visit whilst in hospital!!??
Your morals have no bounds

[dim view]

JonB, on 16 April 2024 - 08:25 AM, said:

Depends who is around in the NL that is likely to pay a fee....likely only Oldham, York if they stay up, Scunny potentially if they come up? Cant think of many other sides at this level that pay fees for players.

In most cases the 'fee' consists purely of us being relieved of a player's wages. Still on balance a good deal for us.

[Snowflake McBedwetter]

Zytok, on 16 April 2024 - 05:29 AM, said:

Have you ever considered that a song specifically about irony which contained no actual examples of said expression was the ultimate definition of it?

Often.

It's the perfect and least time consuming way of explaining irony (Jud).

This post has been edited by Snowflake McBedwetter: 16 April 2024 - 09:50 AM

[Zigsuk]

Thought we actually played reasonably well last night and certainly didn't deserve to lose. Created chances which weren't taken. Quigley was totally ineffective and should have passed to Clements who was umarked and would probably have scored, instead he had a rubbish shot. Not been impressed with Hobson what I've seen of him. Even though Quigs and he combined for a goal a few matches back they both seem to be passengers. In the few minutes he had Colclough showed what we have been missing. They were still calling him Coloclough too!

This post has been edited by Zigsuk: 16 April 2024 - 09:12 AM

[clarevoyant.]

JonB, on 16 April 2024 - 08:29 AM, said:

First one shouldnt be a penalty but it always given, he isnt getting the ball he's just leathered out of play for a goal kick then falls over the keeper. Second one he falls over the ball that Tyrer has taken and not touched the player.

Fortunately these game changing incidents didn't really matter in the big scheme of things and the 2nd was so laughable all you could do was sit down, shake your head and revisit the 4 absolute stonewall penalties we've been denied this season and reflect that it's a good job we've been good and these bizarre decisions haven't been to costly.

Another, perhaps insignificant issue, when the term "integrity" has been bandied about in relation to NL decisions how about the integrity of the match officals displaying an inability to use a stop watch? Why does it always appear if town are hanging on in a game 6/7/8 minutes gets added, when we are chasing the game it's 3/4 minutes? The added 3 minutes last night was as big a mistake as the penalty cock ups, its not a snap decision like the penalty awards it's simple, the 4th official with time on his hands (sorry) keeps track. 30 seconds per sub X6 = 3 minutes, book a keeper for time wasting 1 minute plus if it warrented a booking he must have done it several times before 2? minutes. Playing on a wide open stadium so an allowance for ball retrieval 2 minutes, in saying that I thought the ballchildren (best be PC) were excellent. Other sundry bits 1 minute. Putting the correct time 8ish minutes in this case (Where's JD when you need him) not only gives the true 8 minutes to get something from the game but also gives the team an adrenaline rush a 'come on we do this" sort of thing.

I can't understand how officals leave them so open for criticism in such situations and leaving their integrity open for question unless they are adding to their CVs with a view of joining the NL management team.