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Rick Holden

Rick Holden (9/15)

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  1. If you remember to start from the position that we are only told what they think we want to hear the statement is as expected. You can't take it at face value because it has no value. They just want you to renew your season card - don't do it! The reasoning re budget is so wrong as to display childish ineptitude - on second thoughts that is hard on children. The budget will be changed because the ballon payments do not replace what we are getting. As noted by many our budget isn't going to be enough to avoid another relegation battle. Finally the last thing they are committed to do is to sell the club hence my decision not to renew. My money goes to the new owner if/when we have one. I hope I live long enough.
  2. The pitch invasion was always going to happen but was started when a bad foul was only yellow carded.
  3. No. Administration is very risky. Certainly the administrator will attempt to find a buyer and everything could work out but we are too close to the bottom to take the risk. If we had another 10 points it could have worked. The administrator has 14 days to decide whether to terminate employee contracts. He can pick and choose but to take over the football club the new owner would have to honour all 'football creditors' to gain ownership of the 'golden share' which they must have to play in the EFL. We could end up playing Bury.
  4. I think if we had had somebody capable of getting in the way of the opposition we wouldn't have been relegated in the first place. That is what is so wrong about our club now - fall out with Marco and you get the sack or are frozen out.
  5. Contrary to popular belief it does appear that Head Coach Laurent Banide can stand because there is a picture of him doing that at Bradford. I'm now at a loss to know why with a standing Head Coach we could possibly lose.
  6. I wonder what happens when the dozy twats realise that owning a football club outside the efl is not De rigueur!
  7. Sefil is a 25 year old centre half who we are all agreed is positionally very poor. Rather late to coach what should by now be second nature. I imagine Marco & Mo told Banny about all the great signings they were making, tell everyone what they want to hear, and now the stark reality of what he has to play with has struck home. We nearly won through a not surprising lack of respect but the subs changed the game.
  8. I'm not so sure that Banide is saying they are not good enough. It could just be a language thing in that I think he is saying they are not doing enough nor are they playing with the right intensity or spirit. So I think he wants these players to do better and that is his responsibility.
  9. Doubt it. I know it was raining as I was sitting in it but when was the last time the head coach (or manager) just sat out the game?
  10. MIndless, stupid, pointless! Why smash up the facilities we use. However this was a true reflection of where we are.
  11. Well we had the first 3 minutes of that game and then and then....... Vera actually had a good first10 minutes but then....... It was a team of disconnected individuals who had no idea what anyone else was doing with a captain who didn't even know what he was doing himself. Woods saved us from a drubbing and Hamer kept at it. I can't see where our first point is coming from. We need someone who can hold the ball in attack and someone who can make a tackle and keep the ball in midfield.
  12. You have to remember that the now Royle Stand was built to serve two masters - the football club and the landlord. As we found out it wasn't built simply to provide an income stream for the football club. I do not believe that the agreement reached by Corney with the landlord would have been made at arm's length. It follows that if Marco & Mo see an agreement which benefits the Landlord more than the club they would reasonably seek an adjustment in their favour. I don't know what the facts are. We will probably never know but it can't help to have the FLG appearing to have long term aims of taking over the football club.
  13. Against my better instincts my son softly softly persuaded me to support this game. It was the beer I cry. We started looking like we wanted a draw. Defending against an under 21 team? Well yes they started full of energy and scored a great goal. BUT as time went on less confident until it was two teams playing each other and what a strike by Desire. Then Gregor, sorry showing, saves a shot but pushes the ball to their players - behind again. Icovitti who had been on the end of two previous crosses scores with a shot. 2 2 and we are looking the better team. Now Urko Vera had a decent first half. Detractors say a donkey but this donkey as compared to COG is able to do something when he wins the ball. He was never my favourite but first half miles better than COG. In the second first half, score board started again at zero (could be another daft rule change by FIFA), we were toe to toe with the individually good but not so good team and Stott won the game for us. One could say it was a masterclass by our head coach. Didn't play what should be our strongest team but after an entertaining first half and a competitive second first half a well earned win. Well done a good performance. Some on here, myself included, might (please) begin to look a little stupid.
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