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« Reply #360 on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 12:39:52 » |
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Sidi, Grant and Doughty playing against Brentford today.
Henry, Reid, Broadbent, Curran, Romanski, May, Doughty, Grant, Sanokho, Twine, Woolery.
Tasty for a friendly!
That's a more than capable reserve side! On paper at least. |
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« Reply #361 on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 12:42:48 » |
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0-0 at HT
May with a volley cleared off the line. Henry called into action from a free-kick.
Swindon 0-1 Brentford
They had a couple of million pound players playing. Sounds like not much happened. Minutes in the tank, though.
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« Reply #362 on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 13:52:49 » |
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That's a more than capable reserve side! On paper at least.
Interesting that Benda isn't in that side. |
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« Reply #364 on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 14:22:56 » |
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Can someone explain what this Duncan Shearer thing is about please? I'm not too clued up on that.
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« Reply #365 on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 14:38:32 » |
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Can someone explain what this Duncan Shearer thing is about please? I'm not too clued up on that.
It arose from speculation about whether Bradford would recall Doyle if he was going well and we were threatening to compete with them for promotion. It's not quite like the Shearer case, where Blackburn in their Jack Walker moneybags days bought our best-performing striker in order to derail our competition with them for promotion to the first division, as it was then. Of course, we were complicit by accepting their bid. |
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« Reply #366 on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 14:40:33 » |
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Can someone explain what this Duncan Shearer thing is about please? I'm not too clued up on that.
He (Shearer) was scoring goals for fun for us, and we were challenging for promotion alongside Blackburn, and others. Blackburn, then managed by Kenny Dalglish, bought Shearer from us. It transpired that Blackburn did not buy him so he could score goals for them, but to stop him from scoring goals for one of their promotion rivals (us). There is a chance that Bradford could do similar with Doyle. |
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« Reply #367 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 09:03:16 » |
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Orient game sold out after allocation increased twice. Isn't this now the 3rd successive away game we've sold out? That alone tells you a lot about how we're shaping up - it's fun and exciting to be a Town fan again
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« Reply #368 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 09:07:39 » |
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Amazing support. I know Exeter and Cheltenham aren't exactly far and I imagine our away games after this will be back to 4-500 but it's still good to see. Good crowds at home too (if Morecambe brought more than 7 people that would have been 7K+ too).
Great what some simple engagement can do. Ben Hooke deserves a payrise
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« Reply #369 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 09:08:29 » |
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Orient game sold out after allocation increased twice. Isn't this now the 3rd successive away game we've sold out? That alone tells you a lot about how we're shaping up - it's fun and exciting to be a Town fan again
For the first time since PdC was in charge I am looking forward to watching games again. There is a feeling surrounding the club of advancement and happy faces, something that has been missing a long long time at STFC. We are playing decent football, scoring goals, not collapsing when we go a goal behind. Looking fairly solid all over the pitch (central defence slightly excepted) but I feel we will win way more than we will lose this season. Its great for the fans to have some optimism again. |
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« Reply #370 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 09:09:52 » |
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it's fun and exciting to be a Town fan again
It is. Really looking forward to every game as it approaches. It wasn't that long ago that football felt like a chore for me; one evening I even chose to do some work instead. |
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« Reply #371 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 10:30:58 » |
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Amazing support. I know Exeter and Cheltenham aren't exactly far and I imagine our away games after this will be back to 4-500 but it's still good to see.
TBF 4-500 away fans is still decent in League 1 never mind League 2 |
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« Reply #372 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 10:34:05 » |
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TBF 4-500 away fans is still decent in League 1 never mind League 2
It is, so far this season in the 3 games we have played at the CG we have only had a total number of 726 away fans and thats spread over 3 games. |
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« Reply #373 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 13:45:51 » |
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It is, so far this season in the 3 games we have played at the CG we have only had a total number of 726 away fans and thats spread over 3 games.
That does include Carlisle and Morecambe, but the point still stands! I was missing the days of full away ends. Hopefully get some good numbers to the games up here in the North West after Christmas, assuming things continue to go well. Great what some simple engagement can do. Ben Hooke deserves a payrise
He's done really well. I'd argue things on the pitch are having as much/more of an impact though. |
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« Reply #374 on: Thursday, September 5, 2019, 13:56:43 » |
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That does include Carlisle and Morecambe, but the point still stands! I was missing the days of full away ends. Hopefully get some good numbers to the games up here in the North West after Christmas, assuming things continue to go well.
Looking at the clubs in our division this season I would say that the only clubs who will being decent followings will be - 800-1,000 Bradford, Plymouth 500-800 Cheltenham, FGR(if they are doing well), Exeter, Walsall, Orient, Newport All the rest will be well under 500 most probably well under 300. We will take 1,000+ to Exeter, Cheltenham, Newport, FGR, Walsall, Northampton and probably get to around the 800 mark for Stevenage, Plymouth, Crawley, Bradford, Colchester, Cambridge and Salford(possibly because they are new). There will be very few we will get under 400, especially so if we carry on playing as we are. |
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