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The post-mortem inquest can wait until we actually have a corpse.
Suffice to that personally, as I've said before, I just don't think KT can be entirely blamed for the piss-poor recruitment of a manager who had hitherto been very astute in the transfer market (Morton, Goode, McCormack, Wharton, Oliver etc).
The more pressing question is this: given the extremely limited cards at his disposal, what can Brady do differently? If Sheehan is back and Mitchell is out then he could try this:
Mitchell Horsfall Sheehan Jones Kioso Morris/Sowerby McWilliams. Mills
Watson
Hoskins Jones/Edmondson
I think there will come a point when we just need to really attack teams and go for it.
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The post-mortem inquest can wait until we actually have a corpse.
Suffice to that personally, as I've said before, I just don't think KT can be entirely blamed for the ****-poor recruitment of a manager who had hitherto been very astute in the transfer market (Morton, Goode, McCormack, Wharton, Oliver etc).
The more pressing question is this: given the extremely limited cards at his disposal, what can Brady do differently? If Sheehan is back and Mitchell is out then he could try this:
Mitchell Horsfall Sheehan Jones Kioso Morris/Sowerby McWilliams. Mills
Watson
Hoskins Jones/Edmondson
I think there will come a point when we just need to really attack teams and go for it.
Miller presumably.
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The defense has been a lot better since going to a back 4.
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You were probably the only one laughing.
I doubt that very much. I'm quite confident that most of the lurching crew on here attract plenty of derision. We’re never more than a couple of wins away from content supporters. And conversely, a couple of losses from all out rebellion.
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The post-mortem inquest can wait until we actually have a corpse.
Suffice to that personally, as I've said before, I just don't think KT can be entirely blamed for the ****-poor recruitment of a manager who had hitherto been very astute in the transfer market (Morton, Goode, McCormack, Wharton, Oliver etc).
The more pressing question is this: given the extremely limited cards at his disposal, what can Brady do differently? If Sheehan is back and Mitchell is out then he could try this:
Mitchell Horsfall Sheehan Jones Kioso Morris/Sowerby McWilliams. Mills
Watson
Hoskins Jones/Edmondson
I think there will come a point when we just need to really attack teams and go for it.
I don’t agree mate, it’s all Thomas’s fault, he’s the Chairman and if he had one ounce of interest he would have overseen what Curle was doing, after all he’s a self professed “football man” and should have know what quality we needed. Compound this with the Nuttall debacle, the guy should be sacked for gross misconduct.
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Rule Britannia
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guest2995
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At some point one or two of Rose , Edmondson , BAS , Hoskins , Miller , Marshall , Chuck - had to come off and get us 15 goals . None of them have threatened whatsoever and they have all had failure seasons / half seasons . If we are to stay up , one of those players has to miraculously produce . Furthermore not one of the youngsters has come through and the goalkeeper has cost us dearly . We would have struggled in league 2
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Terryfenwickatemyhamster
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I don’t agree mate, it’s all Thomas’s fault, he’s the Chairman and if he had one ounce of interest he would have overseen what Curle was doing, after all he’s a self professed “football man” and should have know what quality we needed. Compound this with the Nuttall debacle, the guy should be sacked for gross misconduct.
Does DB use Thomas for any of his other business interests?
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1) Probably too worried that someone might come in an poach Curle following promotion so offered him the two years...perhaps there was actual interest from someone else so he tied him down to that contract because it was the easy thing to do. 2) Seems to forget the Goode money and the FA Cup run money when he goes on about the debt. 3) Claims that he waited too long last time to get rid of a manager so this time he went early.....really? He went far too late in my view, the writing had been on the wall for a couple of months before. Then we all got over excited by a 0-0 draw with Accrington! 4) Agree with that 5) I'm sure he's as interested in us as he was with Torquay and Oxford before us...... 6) Agree with that too..... thats where KT's "right kind of players" came in.....those who just shut up and toed the party line. 7) He may have headed the consortium that bought the club in 2015 and that paid the immediate debt to the taxman to avoid us being wound up.....but its now 2021, and the progress on and off the field has been negligible under his watch. We are losing money hand over fist (he says) and by the end of this year the debt to Bower/him/Ventures/Belle de Jour will be in the region of £9m. That right there is the reason there have been no takers for either buying the club or any outside parties putting in some investment.
He never has (had to) answered for the Chinese debacle....did they sell 60% of the club or did they sell 100% of the club, did the money change hands, did the full amount paid by the Chinese get returned to the Chinese when the deal went belly up 9 months later? Why did the losses from that (the Hasselbaink wage and transfer splurge) get covered and hidden on a balance sheet somewhere in the British Virgin Islands?
There will be no deal with the Council, there will be no new/finished stand, and there will be hard times ahead for the club....its about time people realised this and stopped with the quite frankly pathetic "Thomas saved the club" mantra.
Well KT did save the Club from extinction by paying the IR and others. There is more subjective comment than hard facts in your post. Some credit is due surely just for that. Maybe KT is a hard nose businessman who wants to recover his losses and some. Most of us would do the same. Great introduction for the Salop game by the way.
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2020 Grand National S/S 3rd Place
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guest49
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I think as time goes on it becomes more and more apparent that KT is pretty much a clone of DC, maybe that's your average chairman. Both waiting for the fruit machine to pay out. The trouble is that the deeper you get in the harder it is to walk away. At some point you get that deep in that you need to cut your losses. DC tried to take his 'opportunity' and made a royal mess of it. They both have/had the benefit of being surrounded by apathy and (understandably) the average fan is only interested with what's on offer on the pitch. If he'd just built the stand, then that would have been enough for those still asking any questions. We really need a super fan with a Euromillions win who needs a hobby!
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Gen.Disorda
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I think as time goes on it becomes more and more apparent that KT is pretty much a clone of DC, maybe that's your average chairman. Both waiting for the fruit machine to pay out. The trouble is that the deeper you get in the harder it is to walk away. At some point you get that deep in that you need to cut your losses. DC tried to take his 'opportunity' and made a royal mess of it. They both have/had the benefit of being surrounded by apathy and (understandably) the average fan is only interested with what's on offer on the pitch. If he'd just built the stand, then that would have been enough for those still asking any questions. We really need a super fan with a Euromillions win who needs a hobby!
£2 a week each, Hotel end euro millions syndicate.
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GrangeParkCobbler
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Well KT did save the Club from extinction by paying the IR and others. There is more subjective comment than hard facts in your post. Some credit is due surely just for that. Maybe KT is a hard nose businessman who wants to recover his losses and some. Most of us would do the same. Great introduction for the Salop game by the way.
?? Why did it take you five weeks to reply?
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The Hotel End GTA Champion 2006/7, 2007/8, 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2018/19
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Deepcut Cobbler
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I think as time goes on it becomes more and more apparent that KT is pretty much a clone of DC, maybe that's your average chairman. Both waiting for the fruit machine to pay out. The trouble is that the deeper you get in the harder it is to walk away. At some point you get that deep in that you need to cut your losses. DC tried to take his 'opportunity' and made a royal mess of it. They both have/had the benefit of being surrounded by apathy and (understandably) the average fan is only interested with what's on offer on the pitch. If he'd just built the stand, then that would have been enough for those still asking any questions. We really need a super fan with a Euromillions win who needs a hobby!
In my opinion, I don't believe that DC had that intention, he was 'convinced' by a couple of crooks that he was able to make a quick buck or skim some of the Council grant and it all fell apart. KT on the other hand has never hid the fact that he intends to profit from his 'liaison' with NTFC. As you say, the problem now is that he/they have propped up the club financially to such an extent that that they cannot leave before being able to take advantage of the redevelopment in order to balance their financial input. Their problem is that no one will buy what is available at the moment for the price they need to break somewhere near even.
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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GrangeParkCobbler
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The Hotel End GTA Champion 2006/7, 2007/8, 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2018/19
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JollyCobbler
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Christ. And yet the masses still believe they are doing a sterling job. As posted above: the reason they can't find a buyer.
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JollyCobbler
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I doubt that very much. I'm quite confident that most of the lurching crew on here attract plenty of derision. We’re never more than a couple of wins away from content supporters. And conversely, a couple of losses from all out rebellion.
Not sure I agree with this. Even if by some miracle we scrape to survival, it won't mask the flaws in the way this season has been mishandled. Of course, there will be those who blame it entirely on C-19. Isn't that right, Terry?
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West Stand
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Christ. And yet the masses still believe they are doing a sterling job. As posted above: the reason they can't find a buyer. What's the answer? How does the club become sustainable?
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Carton Lid
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What's the answer? How does the club become sustainable?
As I've stated quite a few times, NTFC CAN be run on a break even figure, well it could before Covid, and it was under DC for a couple of years. How much of our current debt is down to paying off previous managers who were given too long contracts ? How much is KT paid ? I presume our the detail of our debt to Belle De Jour is not visible due to the company being based in the Virgin Islands ? Remind me again, why do people set up businesses in the Virgin Islands ?
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singcobb
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What's the answer? How does the club become sustainable?
OI, pack it in or we'll have Beds back in here again.
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Clarity
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EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS The average number of employees during the year was 287 (2019 - 283) Have we really got an average of 287 employees? Seems a lot to me. I'm sure to be corrected but I thought the bar and catering were franchised and the stewards were voluntary. 31 in the first team squad leaves a balance of 256....256?? Someone help me out I just can't see it.
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EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS The average number of employees during the year was 287 (2019 - 283) Have we really got an average of 287 employees? Seems a lot to me. I'm sure to be corrected but I thought the bar and catering were franchised and the stewards were voluntary. 31 in the first team squad leaves a balance of 256....256?? Someone help me out I just can't see it.
Large families?
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