Next manager

[molepar]

I don't think it's fair to mention those bad signings and neglect talking about one of the worst signings; Brad Barry. It was evident from his first involvement in preseason friendlies that he isn't up to scratch and was playing his team mates into trouble with poor backpasses time and time again, resulting in goals on occasion, like the late one against Villa. I'm certain that if he was no relation to Gareth Barry he would not being playing in League One. I haven't seen any of his so-called potential. Against Wigan he was beaten down his flank twice in the opening 3 or 4 minutes, on one occasion he was outmuscled completely and it was embarrassing for him to be honest. You can see that Branco has some words with him afterwards (looks like words of encouragement, rather than having a go) but he looked like the weakest link. I wonder if there was resistance from Cooper to sign him as the whole saga seemed very protracted. Cooper seemed to say things like "Barry did okay" after his preseason trial appearances but never really praised his performances unlike some of the others e.g. Robert. There seemed to be a certain inevitability about signing him. There must be some kind of motive to signing him like there may have been with us signing (and regularly playing) Rodgers because Barry certainly doesn't look like he is here on footballing merit.

[random_five]

Blowing a ton of cash on assembling the worst squad we've had in fifty years

- Can't happen here, Ling won't be involved with player recruitment

 in tandem with his arrogant, self-righteous and dismissive attitude towards the fans who turned up to watch

- Unlikely to happen here either, due to Ling's connection to the club from his playing days
 
although he still managed to ruffle a few more feathers by referring to us as a 'shithole club'

- You are a shithole club

Next.

[Flashheart]

Most, if not all, of our players have been poor up until the last couple of games. Even the ones we know are not poor. Let's not judge the new guys by what's happened this season. They could come good if recent changes have the intended effect.

[Reg Smeeton]

I don't think it's fair to mention those bad signings and neglect talking about one of the worst signings; Brad Barry. It was evident from his first involvement in preseason friendlies that he isn't up to scratch and was playing his team mates into trouble with poor backpasses time and time again, resulting in goals on occasion, like the late one against Villa. I'm certain that if he was no relation to Gareth Barry he would not being playing in League One. I haven't seen any of his so-called potential. Against Wigan he was beaten down his flank twice in the opening 3 or 4 minutes, on one occasion he was outmuscled completely and it was embarrassing for him to be honest. You can see that Branco has some words with him afterwards (looks like words of encouragement, rather than having a go) but he looked like the weakest link. I wonder if there was resistance from Cooper to sign him as the whole saga seemed very protracted. Cooper seemed to say things like "Barry did okay" after his preseason trial appearances but never really praised his performances unlike some of the others e.g. Robert. There seemed to be a certain inevitability about signing him. There must be some kind of motive to signing him like there may have been with us signing (and regularly playing) Rodgers because Barry certainly doesn't look like he is here on footballing merit.

Barry is a product what might be called the Agombar syndrome....other than he was at Brighton so Williams might have had something to do with it.

[molepar]

Agombar only made one appearance for us though so his lack of skill didn't matter as much.

[Skinny Pete]

If I had one big moan about Power's recruitment it has been his failure to sign a decent left back/wingback.

He seems willing to dish out contracts for plenty of average midfielders but he seems to turn away from a left back.

Oh for a Bodin

[Panda Paws]

Toffolo was pretty darn good for the majority of last season....

[molepar]

Turnbull has done okay when he's been put there but I struggle to remember when we last had a good left back....I'm not going to count Byrne because he was much better in midfield in my opinion.

[Skinny Pete]

I never really rated Toffolo. We're now squeezing non left backs into the role.

BOO looks poor. But it is so obvious to me that teams attack us down the left more often than not. They know where our weakness lies

[molepar]

Apart from when Barry plays and then they attack us on that side...

[Reg Smeeton]

Agombar only made one appearance for us though so his lack of skill didn't matter as much.

The point is that it showed the club was signing players for reasons other than being a footballer...we've seen this before where players have been signed as a favour to an agent, or some such madness.

It's the murky world of football transfers involving agents....remember when Fitton tried to do without them for deals. When Wray took over he had no such qualms but spunked a fortune on dross.

We seem to  have been taken for a ride in the summer...

[blah blah]

Agombar wasnt even the first - who was the lad that Kingy signed who was the son of a mate of his ? Big gangly centre back I think, played 1 JPT game away at Boston, never to be seen again.

[Reg Smeeton]

Agombar wasnt even the first - who was the lad that Kingy signed who was the son of a mate of his ? Big gangly centre back I think, played 1 JPT game away at Boston, never to be seen again.

Ben Martin.  I once had a chat with Big Ben, who told me he was in fact more of a tennis player  

I think that JPT game, Boston were in the south section, whereas Hereford in the north 

Hereford were in the first round of the FA Vase on Sat, along with such sides as FC Romania and the wonderful Sporting Khalsa.  The name Agombar links both Hereford and us 

[tans]

Agombar wasnt even the first - who was the lad that Kingy signed who was the son of a mate of his ? Big gangly centre back I think, played 1 JPT game away at Boston, never to be seen again.

Ben martin

[Batch]

to be honest Barry has looked a bit better than when I saw him at supermarine, where I reckon I could have done just as well.

given the opposition have got tougher I suppose that's a positive...

never seen anything in traore, he just runs around a lot.

not looking forward to Louis and gladwin going back. have to hope we have replacements lined up...