sunshine185

We've got the best striker in the league, we have Willoughby, Reid Dickenson and Fondop. We have some good defenders and ward and lundstram to come into midfield. I'd take this squad over Chesterfields. WE should be the best team in this league and WE should "probably" win it.

He was on the podcast saying we need to get away from this negative mindset, if saying that a rival will probably win the league after 4 games isn't a "negative mindset" then I don't know what is.

DU has just conceded the title to Chesterfield

is anyone actually looking forward to this game ?

Hartlepool?

Can we not have everyone else's points deducted then? It isn't fair that they have a head start when our season doesn't begin until tomorrow.

Take away Baxter,wabara and Derbyshire, would we still have a good enough team to avoid relegation under a different manager?

If it came down to it, would you sacrifice any deal with Baxter in order to pay off PD and his staff?

Rumours on twitter that the fans were calling for PD's head, any truth in this?

I don't think they did anything too vigorous yesterday did they?

Ok, made a mistake with Crawley, but I still don't think our lack of funds is the reason we are in the bottom three. I bet we are nowhere near the bottom in the funds league.

I don't understand this " we have no funds" argument. Stevenage, tranmere, Crawley etc have the same, if not less funds than us and they aren't doing too bad.

I'd go with that, we might still lose and get relegated but at least we would have plenty of laughs along the way.

Worst case scenario, we get someone in who has us playing crap and gets us relegated, which is exactly the position we are in now. We have nothing to lose by getting shut of Dickov.

Tranmere have tried this type of price promotion on several occasions previously, with varying degrees of success. As regards last Friday, I guess the thinking was to attract a decent crowd in front of the Sky Cameras, and any shortfall in revenue would be more than compensated for by the TV money, plus merchandising etc.

 

One of the major plus points was that it was pay cash at the turnstiles, rather than having to buy tickets in advance to take advantage of the offer, which as put people off in the past due to the inconvenience of that arrangement. Personally, I would have been delighted with an 8K crowd, but over 10500 was remarkable, especially on a poor night weather-wise. That said, no doubt most of the day-trippers will have drifted away before Tuesday's home game v Walsall, but as a season-ticket holder, I support any initiative by the club to raise the profile of TRFC locally, & attract latent but apathetic support back through the turnstiles.

 

Years of decline have led to thousands drifting away, and once fans are lost, it is very hard to entice them back. The problem is the same for the likes of ourselves, Stockport, Rochdale, Bury etc - namely that it is hard to keep a visible profile, even in your own towns, with the glamour of premier league football being so accessible, both geographically & of course with Sky TV in direct competition, especially for youngsters. That's why price-promotions, or other innovative marketing, is so crucial, as we all have to sell a match-day experience that may not be as sophisticated as the big boys, but offers something better in other respects, be it a sense of community, belonging, civic pride or whatever.

 

The thing is though, although we all moan about the way things are these days, we all love it really - the quirkiness, and often perceived eccentricity, of being seen to support your local club through thick and thin, and not having to justify this to superficial glory-hunters who have succumbed to the bright lights of big city neighbours. No, when it comes down to it, we know that any thrill the tele-clappers have is ultimately vicarious, whereas in those all to brief moments when our own clubs make us proud, there is no better feeling in the world.

It was a shocking performance by us on Friday though!

Fantastic post!!!

I bet they get the day off today, after yesterdays debacle I'd have them all in for a full training session. But this won't happen because PD is too soft with them. We need a manager who won't take any crap.

If it means losing one game rather than continuing with this crap until we are relegated then yes, I'd take it.

If you knew PD would definitely be sacked if we lost at Hartlepool, would you want us to lose the game so it happened? It breaks my heart to say it but I would.

Voted Donny, but I prey to God he goes asap.

Smith scores again coming on as sub, I bet he still doesn't make the starting line up on Tuesday.

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We are still not a bad team. Sooner Dickov goes the better.

I can't see any harm in the trannies being on here, to be fair to them they could be on here gloating but they have kept it respectful.

Simpson was played in the hole at the start of the season where he wanted to be and played :censored:.

 

But that was all Dickov fault no doubt and it won't be because of the player himself.

I know he was, even his dad said he turned down better offers to play here so what's gone wrong?

Ok let's forget about PD for the moment, what is it about playing for latics that makes players play below the their standard? We have some very good players ATM , Simpson included, but they just can't perform to a certain level. I know we have some inexperience in our team but surely the likes of Baxter,Derbyshire,Furman,byrne,simmo,wabara,croft etc have enough skill in them to at least feet us playing some decent footie.

tiresome? it`s getting damn tiresome spending over £50 in travel and matchday expenses to sit at BP expecting us to play crap and lose.