Ins and Outs - Summer 2018

[Cobbler78]

If this squad is kept together and no one leaves , it should shape up well next season .
Clearly we need a keeper , probably another wide player and another centre half / left back .
We are also short of a dead ball specialist .
I would imagine we are trying to offload Kasim , Bowditch and possibly Waters to release funds.

Sounds to me like Bowditch is staying, Austin likes him. To me he reminds me of Foley, a very solid player, but one that doesn’t have a specific position.

[threeinabed]

If this squad is kept together and no one leaves , it should shape up well next season .
Clearly we need a keeper , probably another wide player and another centre half / left back .
We are also short of a dead ball specialist .
I would imagine we are trying to offload Kasim , Bowditch and possibly Waters to release funds.

i would think one keeper will leave to get one in - and it wont be cornell after his new contract or goff.
DA clearly likes bowditch
no-one likes kasim
waters i would think will be off with hoskins/morais/KVV/williams still here - unless KVV is off
new centre back?! we have 4 on the books plus the youth.

[clarkeysntfc]

What I am hoping will happen is that we will send Goff on loan, Coddington goes permanently, and a new keeper is signed as #1.

[guest2995]

i would think one keeper will leave to get one in - and it wont be cornell after his new contract or goff.
DA clearly likes bowditch
no-one likes kasim
waters i would think will be off with hoskins/morais/KVV/williams still here - unless KVV is off
new centre back?! we have 4 on the books plus the youth.

We have 4 centre backs if Turnbull is not playing left back , since he is the only cover there .
I cannot see Bowditch getting into this team and I suspect he is still here because no one will take him on his wages . He couldn’t get a start for Stevenage last season .
Waters probably will be off because Hoskins is a better player in his position I think.

[West Stand]

He was not playing at Stevenage as he was injured. Listening to Austin's interview it sounds like Bowditch is part of his plans.

[threeinabed]

We have 4 centre backs if Turnbull is not playing left back , since he is the only cover there .
I cannot see Bowditch getting into this team and I suspect he is still here because no one will take him on his wages . He couldn’t get a start for Stevenage last season .
Waters probably will be off because Hoskins is a better player in his position I think.

i dont think turnbull is first choice centre half of left back - depends if he wants to stay as a squad player in league 2.
havent seen enough (or any i dont think) of waters - but if hoskins is a better option then he might as well retire.

[guest3023]

Sounds to me like Bowditch is staying, Austin likes him. To me he reminds me of Foley, a very solid player, but one that doesn’t have a specific position.

I've never quite got the stick Bowditch has received on here. He seemed to be mostly used as a sub last season, and when he came on he often did well IMO, good work-rate and some intelligent play. I think part of the problem is due to your point about him not having a specific position. He's not a wide man, he's not a number 10, he's not a defensive midfielder........

Still, I think under Austin he'll come good this season and be an important part of the squad.

[Wolvo]

I wonder if we're planning to use our maximum loan allowance this season. Hope we don't go into the season awaiting a first choice keeper to sign on loan right up until the end of August.

[Deepcut Cobbler]

We have 4 centre backs if Turnbull is not playing left back , since he is the only cover there .
I cannot see Bowditch getting into this team and I suspect he is still here because no one will take him on his wages . He couldn’t get a start for Stevenage last season .
Waters probably will be off because Hoskins is a better player in his position I think.

Bowditch was injured, can you not check your facts before posting derogatory comments?

[guest2995]

Bowditch was injured, can you not check your facts before posting derogatory comments?

Yes he was injured some of the time but when he wasn’t he often didn’t start .
Wind your neck in .
I haven’t said anything derogatory about the player . I said I can’t see him starting in this squad .
It’s a football forum , opinions are allowed .

[Glastonbury Cobbler]

Bowditch was injured, can you not check your facts before posting derogatory comments?

Sorry Deepcut we are all entitled to our opinions and for what it's worth I agree if either or both Bowditch or Hoskins are near are starting 11 we will be struggling are both are short on quality - that is my opinion - Sorry if that differs to yours 

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Yes he was injured some of the time but when he wasn’t he often didn’t start .
Wind your neck in .
I haven’t said anything derogatory about the player . I said I can’t see him starting in this squad .
It’s a football forum , opinions are allowed .

Opinion is acceptable and are encouraged, however you stated that he wasn't selected.
In fact, he started every game that he wasn't injured aside from one game where he started on the bench and that is not an opinion.

You cannot see him starting in our squad this season, that is an opinion that in my opinion I agree with.
Neck remains extended...

[Deepcut Cobbler]

Sorry Deepcut we are all entitled to our opinions and for what it's worth I agree if either or both Bowditch or Hoskins are near are starting 11 we will be struggling are both are short on quality - that is my opinion - Sorry if that differs to yours 

Opinions with a degree of knowledge and reality, yes.  Yours rarely appear to contain either...

Regarding Bowditch and/or Hoskins, your opinion is also one that I agree with however they maybe amongst the players that we are left with.
If they are, I hope they both surprise us with outstanding performances throughout the season.

[Poggy]

Maybe Wrexham can use some of the money they might be getting from the Danny Ward sale to strengthen their GK position by taking Coddington.

Shocking really that we have 3 keepers on our books and seemingly none are suitable to be our No.1

[threeinabed]

Maybe Wrexham can use some of the money they might be getting from the Danny Ward sale to strengthen their GK position by taking Coddington.

Shocking really that we have 3 keepers on our books and seemingly none are suitable to be our No.1

goff?

[Poggy]

goff?

Do you think a 19yo with only a handful of games far down the League levels is ready for the cut and thrust of L2 football?

[MK_Cobbler]

Do you think a 19yo with only a handful of games far down the League levels is ready for the cut and thrust of L2 football?

Joe Hart did okay when Shrewbury made him no.1 at 18 after a couple of games in the conferance and league 2...

[EssTeeFree]

Sorry Deepcut we are all entitled to our opinions and for what it's worth I agree if either or both Bowditch or Hoskins are near are starting 11 we will be struggling are both are short on quality - that is my opinion - Sorry if that differs to yours 

By "near" our starting 11 do you actually mean key players, starting the vast majority of games or do you actually mean just near, i.e. starting around half and being on the bench the others?

Both players could provide value if used in the right way, within the right team. Hoskins started around half our games when we won the league, came on in most of the others. Bowditch started nearly 30 games a couple of seasons back when MK Dons go promoted from league 1. They can clearly add something in the right team / framework.

I'm not sure why everything has to dialled up to be so absolute, it is a team game and there are many ways to get a successful team out. there are so many examples of players who thrive at one club or under one manager who flop at/for the next.

[The Rauldinho]

Chris Long to Fleetwood?

[Poggy]

Chris Long to Fleetwood?

I lost count of the amount of decent chances he missed for us. A big part of last years disaster