Jimmy Quinn
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« Reply #390 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:01:32 » |
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Today's attendance was 5,602 I don't know how many were from Wiltshire.
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DV
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« Reply #391 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:03:19 » |
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Then neither can he.
What we can do is judge them on today and if anyone thinks Carlisle are a decent side based on that performance then they clearly haven't a clue. They were as bad going forward as we were at the back and that is saying something because we were a shambles at the back.
People keep saying the ran through us…so did they run through us or were they bad going forward? Which is it? Their finishing was poor, yes…but you could argue that with a decent striker they’d be set & a good competitive team |
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JBZ
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« Reply #392 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:04:21 » |
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Seemed to be the overwhelming consensus from what I read on various platforms.
Ok - but I don't think that was the case here. |
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Nemo
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« Reply #393 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:05:02 » |
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Seemed to be the overwhelming consensus from what I read on various platforms.
The TEF pre-season average prediction was 9th http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=59342.msg1693385#msg1693385Not that people would be happy with 9th I'm sure, but I think a lot of people were a bit wary of this season. |
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« Reply #394 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:06:21 » |
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So last year a large section of supporters were running with the idea that we just needed to survive, clear the debts, get out of the embargo and push on next season.
Now next season is here, and a poster is telling us we're now having the season we were supposed to have last year.
So which one is it? and at which point will you now be satisfied that we should be competing in the top 7?
Genuinely I am curious now. Is it when the debt is 0? Is it once we've purchased the ground? is it once we've sold a few players for profit?
At what point are we allowed to demand being competitive?
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Jimmy Quinn
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« Reply #395 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:06:49 » |
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If we don't have much money to spend how an earth would we have competed in league one.
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« Reply #396 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:07:12 » |
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this year we should be competing for the top 7, anything else is a failure. End of.
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« Reply #397 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:16:51 » |
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Today's attendance was 5,602 I don't know how many were from Wiltshire.
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Jimmy Quinn
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« Reply #398 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:17:40 » |
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« Reply #399 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:18:24 » |
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this year we should be competing for the top 7, anything else is a failure. End of.
Agreed. That is ignoring recruitment and staff, just based on the history of this club. Whether current ownership like it or not, that is what the fan base as a whole will expect. |
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« Reply #400 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:21:11 » |
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That expectation also rises when the club advertise a 40% budget increase, regardless of at what level that was.
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Jimmy Quinn
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« Reply #401 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:23:57 » |
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To be fair it hasn't been mentioned that the playing budget has been increased by 40% its more likely to cover the overall cost of running the football club.
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Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG
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« Reply #402 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:36:30 » |
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At what point are we allowed to demand being competitive?
Never. "Get it through your thick skulls" |
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« Reply #403 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:37:40 » |
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If we can't compete on or off the pitch with about 95% of this league then I despair.
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Nomoreheroes
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« Reply #404 on: Saturday, August 13, 2022, 17:38:49 » |
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Ok. Fair enough.
Bye
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You're my incurable malady. I miss the pleasure of your company.
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