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Title: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 18:22:48 pm
Is anyone else slightly concerned about our terrible start to the season, we are only 4 games in and are already 9 points off top spot and showing no signs of winning in the league. Ok we have a good Carling Cup draw to look forward to which will create a bit of income to the club but were still lying 19th and haven’t won a league game this season.

Our chances of being promoted are fading week by week and with the likes of Thornton leaving this summer, where will we be left? Despite having one of the larger budgets in league 2 Sampson has done nothing but disappoint in the summer transfer window, he gave Bayo a deadline to agree his deal to allow him a chance to land a striker that he feels good enough to score goals in this league which he hasn’t been able to do. He has repeatedly made mistakes in selecting the starting line up and has even admitted this himself.

Cardoza has confirmed that there is no money to be made in this league and he wants out of it as soon as possible, we are not going to be able to achieve this with the current squad and management strategies. I am starting to fear for the future of this club, with no money to spend and key players leaving next summer we are on a downward spiral. I know we are never going to be Championship level but we are slowly sliding closer and closer to non league football…


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on August 28, 2010, 18:28:57 pm
A lot can change in a short time in football. We may not have got the right results as of yet but we've played three very difficult sides (and Accrington who admittedly we should be beating at home) and we've only lost one out of four. We look reasonably solid at the back, have good team spirit and would appear to be a difficult side to beat. The only difference between us and the top sides in this league is the lack of a 20-goal-a-season man up front. As I said, a lot can change in a short time and one little tweak can make all the difference; in this case the difference maker is going to be a physical presence with a good shot on him and there's a fair few of those knocking about, although admittedly they are a bit pricey. Drawing Liverpool in the Cup should help towards covering the cost of that though.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 18:29:25 pm
Relax, we are only 4 games in.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 18:40:58 pm
Sampson has had 3 months to sign someone better than Steve Guinan and has failed miserably, simple as that. 


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 18:41:59 pm
Sampson has had 3 months to sign someone better than Steve Guinan and has failed miserably, simple as that. 

Is Purcell not better than Guinan?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 18:45:50 pm
Relax, we are only 4 games in.

and if things carry on going the way they are going we will finish over 70 points off top spot


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on August 28, 2010, 18:50:06 pm
and if things carry on going the way they are going we will finish over 70 points off top spot

Are you one of the sorts who will foresee doom now but, when we do get a decent result in the near future, will be proclaiming us as title challengers? ;D

Far too early to be writing us off. The squad is still gelling, still a work in progress, and the door is still open for it to be improved.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: 4everdelayed on August 28, 2010, 18:54:02 pm
MK Dongs fan in disguise. Always pops up in threads to post a negative comment about whoever we sign.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 18:54:29 pm
Is Purcell not better than Guinan?

Evidently not, how many league games is it that Purcell has started ahead of Guinan now?  :-\


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 19:02:28 pm
and if things carry on going the way they are going we will finish over 70 points off top spot

So are we realistically not going to win a single game this season, and draw 3/4 of our games?

Evidently not, how many league games is it that Purcell has started ahead of Guinan now?  :-\

You're actually suggesting Guinan is better than Purcell?? I obviously can't take you seriosuly then...


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: salsalocust on August 28, 2010, 19:03:10 pm
and if things carry on going the way they are going we will finish over 70 points off top spot

Hilarious.... no doubt the Torquay fans have already "calculated" they can go through the season without dropping a point!!   :o


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Deepcut Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 20:44:25 pm
Samaritans for MK_Cobbler.................?  8)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 22:53:36 pm

You're actually suggesting Guinan is better than Purcell?? I obviously can't take you seriosuly then...

I am only going on the judgement made by Sampson starting Guinan ahead of Purcell, but after all he only sees him in training everyday…. What does he know? If only you handed your CV when we were looking for another manager….


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 22:58:37 pm
Judging by the amount of sarcastic comments no one else is worried about our woeful start… Il take all of your words for it and expect at least a play off position come the end of the season!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Marvo on August 28, 2010, 23:00:11 pm
On the evidence so far this season we look no more than an average League 2 side heading for a midtable finish. However if Sammo can find that elusive striker to bang in 20 goals then that would make all the difference. Whether he will or not though is the main question.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 23:10:43 pm
I am only going on the judgement made by Sampson starting Guinan ahead of Purcell, but after all he only sees him in training everyday…. What does he know? If only you handed your CV when we were looking for another manager….

When the transfer window closes and Purcell is fit again, I fully expect him to start ahead of Guinan every week. Guinan is just in the shop window, it's the only reason he is starting.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 23:16:32 pm
When the transfer window closes and Purcell is fit again, I fully expect him to start ahead of Guinan every week. Guinan is just in the shop window, it's the only reason he is starting.

Ah I wish you had of posted this before. So Sampson has just wasted the first month of the season in order to help Guinan get another club.  :-\


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 23:22:03 pm
Pretty sure I saw an interview with Sammo where he basically said he's playing him to get other club's interests.

But please, tell us all why else Sammo would persist with Guinan ahead of Purcell. Is he brilliant in training and earns himself a place in the starting XI each week, but when it comes to matchday he turns into a useless bag of s*** (an opion shared by many on here)?

Sampson has had 3 months to sign someone better than Steve Guinan and has failed miserably, simple as that. 

Like I asked before, do you actually believe Guinan is better than Purcell?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 23:31:02 pm
Pretty sure I saw an interview with Sammo where he basically said he's playing him to get other club's interests.

But please, tell us all why else Sammo would persist with Guinan ahead of Purcell. Is he brilliant in training and earns himself a place in the starting XI each week, but when it comes to matchday he turns into a useless bag of sh*t (an opion shared by many on here)?

Like I asked before, do you actually believe Guinan is better than Purcell?

He says time and time again in his post match interviews that he is playing Guinan due to his effort in training and pre season performances.

I don’t know enough about the two of them, I have just seen them both on match days. Sampson feels Guinan is better than Purcell hence the staring line up each week and I trust his judgement. You obviously know different and must see Purcell a lot more than Sampson does...


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 23:38:17 pm
Ah so that's why he starts every game. He tries hard and scored against non-league teams in friendly matches.

One goal (a penalty) in 5 matches, and a whole load of abuse on these boards. No I don't trust Sammo's judegment in this case, and like many here am disappointed that he is preferred to Purcell.

I think you're on your own on this one.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 28, 2010, 23:44:49 pm
Ah so that's why he starts every game. He tries hard and scored against non-league teams in friendly matches.

One goal (a penalty) in 5 matches, and a whole load of abuse on these boards. No I don't trust Sammo's judegment in this case, and like many here am disappointed that he is preferred to Purcell.

I think you're on your own on this one.

Ok, so you and everyone else on this board know a lot more about Purcell and Guinan than our manager and coach do?..... No I didn’t think so.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on August 29, 2010, 00:28:34 am
The fact that Sammo shoehorned both Guinan and Purcell into yesterday's line-up proves it's more about wanting Guinan to start for whatever reason than not wanting Purcell in the team. No idea what the benefits are and why he is so steadfast in insisting Guinan keeps his place in the team, but I think it's safe to say yesterday's game proved even Seb Harris is a much more effective target man than Guinan, and he was playing American college soccer 12 months ago and is primarily a centre-half nowadays. That speaks volumes for Guinan's performance levels. He seems a nice bloke and I wish him well with the club but I'd be much more comfortable with him on the coaching staff and as a back-up than as a first choice centre-forward every week.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Dr Feelgood on August 29, 2010, 00:51:51 am
There is no way on earth we'll go up...we struggle against these bullish Div 4 teams..I actually think we'd be higher up the league in Div 3 right now..


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on August 29, 2010, 00:56:15 am
There is no way on earth we'll go up...we struggle against these bullish Div 4 teams..I actually think we'd be higher up the league in Div 3 right now..

Agree. League One suits the 4-2-3-1 better, and that's the only formation we ever look like scoring in.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Deepcut Cobbler on August 29, 2010, 05:47:44 am
So, if in the opinion of the 'majority' on here Guinan should not be playing/be first choice, why does Sammo keep picking him?
What does Sammo see in Guinan above every other player able to play in his position that all of you 'experts' on here can't?

If it was my job that was based on 'results', I would not be playing my second or third best player in a particular posistion just so I could get rid of him, to the detriment of those most valuable 'results'.  ::)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Insider on August 29, 2010, 06:25:23 am
I'm not going to comment on Guinan's performances, he is clearly trying very hard, and it just isn't working for him at the moment.  But in the pre-match interview with him before the Torquay game, Guinan said that he was being played in the hope he could "bang in a couple of goals that would get him a move to another club before the window closed".  His words.  In our dire situation, it's a bit like owning a car that's started playing up.  You cannot replace until you have the cash from a sale, so the last thing you'd do is stop advertising in the paper.  This may be a new reality for a lower division team trying to offload one of its most expensive players.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 29, 2010, 09:45:03 am
Ok, so you and everyone else on this board know a lot more about Purcell and Guinan than our manager and coach do?..... No I didn’t think so.

In this case...yes.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Marvo on August 29, 2010, 09:48:21 am
In this case...yes.

This from the guy who thought Wedderburn would be too tired to play this week!  ::)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on August 29, 2010, 09:49:28 am
This from the guy who thought Wedderburn would be too tired to play this week!  ::)

I was right about Herbert though wasn't I  ;)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on August 29, 2010, 09:52:16 am
Im with those who think he's being played to sell. But the only problem with this tactic is - to further add to Insiders analogy - that when somebody sees the advert and takes the car for a test drive, they will then know how s***e it is and not bother buying it.

I think we should have kept the car in the garage with no petrol in it and a contract that says 'sold as seen' forced upon whoever decided to buy it!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: HertsCobbler on August 29, 2010, 10:29:42 am
I also wonder if Sammo is concerned we do not have many experienced heads in the side.  Hall and Holt aside, if Guinan was left out, most of the players are in their early to mid 20s.  Maybe he thinks Guinans' experience is useful.  I certainly do not!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: The Hask on August 29, 2010, 11:54:56 am
I also wonder if Sammo is concerned we do not have many experienced heads in the side.  Hall and Holt aside, if Guinan was left out, most of the players are in their early to mid 20s.  Maybe he thinks Guinans' experience is useful.  I certainly do not!

Guinan for all his experience needs to start playing to the whistle, many occasions yesterday he froze expecting a foul only for the ball to be played around him while he was flapping his arms around.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: abington_cobbler on August 29, 2010, 14:21:00 pm
Guinan for all his experience needs to start playing to the whistle, many occasions yesterday he froze expecting a foul only for the ball to be played around him while he was flapping his arms around.

He does that in every game not just yesterday  :o


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: The Hask on August 29, 2010, 16:01:20 pm
He does that in every game not just yesterday  :o

For some reason it became more obvious to me yesterday


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: bungle on August 30, 2010, 15:03:12 pm
Im with those who think he's being played to sell.

Perhaps this theory will be proved or disproved one way or the other after the transfer window closes. If Guinan is still here and suddenly gets dropped it will start to look like you were right all along. Personally I don't think that Sammo is the type to put business before football, however strange his continued selection of Guinan, coupled with the bizzare signing of Alaistair Slowe, might appear. I think his continued faith in Guinan is arising of some misguided idea that A. you can't win in League Two without a target man and B. that Guinan is the best we currently have in the squad. I disagree with both these propositions, and would like to see us play without a target man altogether. However, if Sammo insists on having a big lump up top, why not extend Harris' cameo into a start against Hartlepool in the JPT? I really can't believe that he'd be less effective than Guinan.

Once again, however, Sammo's team selection didn't make much sense on Saturday. What did he think he would gain by dropping Herbert for Guinan? I'm all for 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3, but to make it work you need players with pace and energy out wide. Sammo's gone on record as saying Purcell and Guinan are 'similar' types of player - surely he realises you can't play both in the same team? Herbert has a lot of faults but his pace makes him infinitely more dangerous than Guinan. Wycombe's defenders probably allowed themselves a collective sigh of relief when they saw the teamsheet.







Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: PineWoody on August 30, 2010, 17:37:45 pm
I can't accept that Sammo is playing him purely to try and sell him and if he is, I completly disagree with his decision. Apart from anything else, all playing him in every game is doing is showing all the scouts that have flocked in from every club in the country how s*** and ineffective he is. Instead we found another approach, bribing the football league show to lavish praise on him, a better route of advertising to follow in my view.

I sincerly hope Sammo wasn't playing him just to put him in the shop window, although I also hope if he was that it has worked (looking unlikely) and also that if he wasn't, that he now realises his mistake and starts someone (anyone) else up front.

I am worried about our poor start in the league, I was hoping we could make the play-offs this season and at the moment we look a long way off, but i still beleive our midfield is one of the best in this league and if we can somehow start scoring goals, these draws will turn into wins.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Positively Mad Mark on August 30, 2010, 18:32:23 pm
I am not happy with the form of the season so far but am not going to get too concerned as yet, who would bet that Torquay will be top of the league at Christmas, et alone the end of the season?

Remember how well Barnet were doing last season when they won at Sixfields!  It is a marathon not a sprint.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on August 31, 2010, 20:27:01 pm
So far, in all competitions: After 90minutes only:

Played 7. Won 1, drawn 3, lost 3. Scored 6, conceded 11.

No spin, these are the stats. And the game we won was against Brighton reserves!

I've got to say, Im very worried - now that transfer deadline day has passed without any activity.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: RussNTFC on August 31, 2010, 20:45:39 pm
After those depressing stats.....who's up for Aldershot away?!    :D

See you there!   ;)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on August 31, 2010, 20:48:04 pm
I would go to that Russ but *unfortunately* I have got to be in Bedford circa 7pm at a wedding reception! And before anyone says I can get back in time I cant because I've worked it all out!  ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: RussNTFC on August 31, 2010, 20:53:37 pm
Wedding reception?? Wish I had an excuse like that!   ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on August 31, 2010, 21:00:23 pm
Oh yes, one of birds mates. Im not sure whose getting married next week but hopefully somebody will be!  ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Gonzales on August 31, 2010, 21:19:32 pm
I wouldn't worry about anything, purely because the Man City reserves are starting to look like the DFS sale, and surely one of their many strikers will be desperate enough for first team action to come here?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on August 31, 2010, 22:03:56 pm
At this stage in the league last season that saw Gray sacked ...


Played 4
Won 2
Drew 1
Lost 1
GD +4
Possition 5th

This year...

Played 4
Won 0
Drew 3
Lost 1
GD -3
Possition 19th


I know which one I would rather have...


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: The Hask on September 01, 2010, 05:36:10 am
At this stage in the league last season that saw Gray sacked ...


Played 4
Won 2
Drew 1
Lost 1
GD +4
Possition 5th

This year...

Played 4
Won 0
Drew 3
Lost 1
GD -3
Possition 19th


I know which one I would rather have...


It went more downhill then that though before Gray was sacked though if i recall we were definitely not 5th when he went.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Son Of Geoff on September 01, 2010, 06:31:23 am
So far, in all competitions: After 90minutes only:

Played 7. Won 1, drawn 3, lost 3. Scored 6, conceded 11.

No spin, these are the stats. And the game we won was against Brighton reserves!

I've got to say, Im very worried - now that transfer deadline day has passed without any activity.

No spin? Are you kidding? You can surely see for yourself what you've done there.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on September 01, 2010, 06:52:04 am
You will have to enlighten me! Other than taken the extra time and pens out of the equation (it was still technically a draw) Im not sure how I've slanted it one way or the other.

For the record, I am still not particularly worried at this exact moment in time. BUT if we don't address the situation very quickly then things could get very bad. We had 63% possession os Saturday (a positive) but what exactly did we create? Thats twice as much of the ball than what Wycombe had. Those stats point towards a problem forward line because the midfield can clearly keep hold of the ball. And it was a defender who won us the goal scoring chance which a midfielder converted.

It still wouldn't surprise me if we beat Aldershot on Saturday, but likewise it wouldn't if we got hammered. We are skating on a very thin line of ice at the moment and the money men at the club are taking a huge gamble by not investing in the team. I wouldn't expect anybody to throw their own personal money at us, but as always it goes back to previous errors of financial judgement that are now haunting us. Thats how I see it.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Macc Cobbler on September 01, 2010, 07:29:16 am

We had 63% possession os Saturday (a positive) but what exactly did we create? Thats twice as much of the ball than what Wycombe had. Those stats point towards a problem forward line because the midfield can clearly keep hold of the ball. And it was a defender who won us the goal scoring chance which a midfielder converted.


I am not denying that we have a problem with the forward line, but the lack of creativity is mainly down to the midfield and to some extent the reluctance of the full backs to push forward.
Again, against Wycombe our two forwards were completely isolated being completely outnumbered and correspondingly marked out of the game by Wycombe's back four.
Teams are happy to cede possession to us because they know we cannot hurt them - with the lack of pace within the team alarming.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on September 01, 2010, 12:01:10 pm
In Thornton, Jacobs and Davis (when fit) we have creative midfielders that would get in any team in our league. In Wedderburn and Osman we have holding players that can knit these together.

Our forward line though is way to pedestrian. Guinan makes no runs...I listened to Terry Angus's comments on the subject intently on the way home after the game on Saturday and put them down to him just being polite. Because a lot of us realise what attributes a player like Guinan brings to the team, but its bloody evident that he doesn't. He's a link player but he doesn't link. McKay looked likely, but he needs a physical player to play off of. He would then score 15 - 20 goals in a full season...I reckon he would anyway. Purcell, its still too early to say and he hasn't really been played yet. Whilst Herbert is very raw still and is learning his trade.

I accept as well that very few crosses are being put in, but thats because it looks like our tactics are to pass our way into the penalty area. Guinan cannot head the ball in any case, even Angus said that. He will never rise above his marker and score headers, thats not his game. So I think our tactics are actually right given the current team selections.

It all points back to the real problem, no link man in attack. No target. No Bayo. As a result the midfield cannot get forward in support because as soon as the final ball is delivered its back to the opposition.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on September 01, 2010, 15:12:14 pm
At this stage in the league last season that saw Gray sacked ...


Played 4
Won 2
Drew 1
Lost 1
GD +4
Possition 5th

This year...

Played 4
Won 0
Drew 3
Lost 1
GD -3
Possition 19th


I know which one I would rather have...


Gray was sacked after the 3-1 home defeat to the mighty Barnet, which left us nearly as far down the table as we are now. With 33% extra on the budget to what we have now, and with the likes of Akinfenwa in the team, the start we made was simply not acceptable. But with finances as they are at the minute I think the fans accept that another season of mid-table anonimity is on the cards, and will not be so quick to jump on Sammo's back.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Positively Mad Mark on September 01, 2010, 16:17:01 pm
It is worrying that we are not creating chances at the moment.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: The 12th Marquis of Sixfields on September 01, 2010, 20:06:48 pm
After those depressing stats.....who's up for Aldershot away?!    :D

See you there!   ;)
I'd loved to have gone but I'm trying to get my finances to break even, much like NTFC. They'd stand a chance of doing so as well if the club had refunded my Brighton ticket within the 3 working days like they said. Oh well, 2 birds one stone tomorrow then. I can try and make some sort of sense out of this ticket situation whilst I'm down there as it seems nobody has a clue who can buy what, where or when.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: tcobb on September 01, 2010, 21:22:41 pm
This season is running to form so far, no funds for signings, players that have been signed are not really up to the standard needed to exit league two the correct way. Nobody can be surprised that the manager employs such negative tactics,he does not seem to have the nerve to take the game to opposing teams, 1 player up front on saturday, is that really the way to try and win a home game?
 The one striker that was played up front is on the transfer list, what does that say about the forwards who are not played in that position ?
 Good job the league 2 play off final is not at Wembley this season, nobody will be dissappointed when the Town dont make the final.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: clarkeysntfc on September 01, 2010, 21:25:27 pm
Mid table obscurity is unacceptable. There are no points for a good looking balance sheet.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 01, 2010, 21:44:13 pm
Cardoza has said he expects promotion this season but hasn’t given Sampson any financial backing to carry this out.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: 4everdelayed on September 01, 2010, 22:08:15 pm
Our best hope would be to sneak into 7th with the current squad. I highly doubt it'll happen, though. A few more additions and we'd have been decent shouts for the play-offs, I reckon.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Son Of Geoff on September 01, 2010, 22:15:41 pm
If we fail to get promoted, I dare say we will have failed with a bigger budget than at least one of the 4 who do go up.

We have a problem in that Guinan and hinton, for example, are taking up a valuable chunk of the budget and we're getting very little from them.

Still, from what the Chairman and Sammo say, I gather there is still some cash left for a couple of loan signings. If those two players are the right players anything is possible this season.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on September 01, 2010, 22:24:58 pm
We are only, as 4everdelayed says, a few decent signings off having a very handy little squad, which is what's most frustrating about all this. One good striker who can hold it up and lay it off, and one sturdy, reliable centre-half (not sure whether I'd drop Beckwith or Holt at this stage but the current partnership does appear to be a bit shaky) would complete the jigsaw, and start turning those draws into wins. If we start winning again, and it's fun to go to Sixfields again, ie a better matchday experience (no overcooked pies or OTT stewarding), the attendances would surely return to former highs and extra gate receipts would cover the costs of investing a little more in the playing staff. As others have said, speculate to accumulate. Because at the minute the club is lacking any direction or momentum and it's difficult to see where we're actually going at the moment. Is there any kind of long term strategy to get us moving in the right direction again? 


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Grove on September 02, 2010, 06:33:54 am
I bet every club in the division is "one or two players short of a good squad"


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Bingers on September 02, 2010, 07:03:26 am
There are no points for a good looking balance sheet.

However, there are -10 points for goint into administration, so at least we haven't got that to contend with.

Whilst I would love to see us have a great season, from a longer term point of view, I would like to still be able to take my grandchildren to see The Mighty Cobblers - League 2 or Champions League, don't care which as long as I can do it.

PS Before any smart arse calls me an old git, Boy Bingers is only 9 and even round here they don't start that young.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on September 02, 2010, 07:07:02 am
Looking at it from DC's point of view...probably.

He buys a striker for 250k. Big wages or a transfer fee plus wages. Whatever, lets say for argument sake 250k. He then promptly gets injured or turns out to be Andy Kirk. Or Constantine. Or Wilkinson. The moneys spent, he literally loses a quarter of a million squid.

Looking at it from the fans point of view...

He buys a striker. For 250k as above. He scores 25 goals and gets 10 assists. Our gates go up to pay for it, we get promoted and earn more TV money etc. We then sell him for 500k. DC's debt goes down and we are in league1.

Thats what I love about football. Option 2 please DC, you know it makes sense!  ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: HertsCobbler on September 02, 2010, 07:20:53 am
...or your manager makes a promosing signing on a Bosman, hardly ever uses him and he then gets injured on his full league debut.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 10:08:31 am
Yet more lies from Sampson...

"I've got people in mind who are either free agents or loan signings but I couldn't move for them before because I didn't have the funds but with the good cup run we've had that has made a bit of money available for wages."

So dispite him saying week after week that he is very close to bring players in, he was unable to do so as he didnt have the funds? But now due to the cup run he has a bit of money to spend on wages (even tho Cardoza has said otherwise). What the hell is going on with this club? Does he or does he not have money to spend on wages?  ???

Another line from Sampson...

"He has battled on in some discomfort for a long time for the benefit of the team but the pain is unbearable now."

This is Sampson commenting on Gilligans ankle injury. Gilligan has been battleing on for a long time with this injury, he now needs an operation and will be out for 3 months. Have we not just had pre season? If hes been battleing on for so long with it, why not get the problem sorted in pre season?  ::)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: bigcitylights on September 02, 2010, 10:36:43 am
... this season has been a lot of things (and we're only just out of August) but it hasn't exactly been dull so far.

 ;D ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Mark-JB on September 02, 2010, 10:40:13 am
Looking at it from DC's point of view...probably.

He buys a striker for 250k. Big wages or a transfer fee plus wages. Whatever, lets say for argument sake 250k. He then promptly gets injured or turns out to be Andy Kirk. Or Constantine. Or Wilkinson. The moneys spent, he literally loses a quarter of a million squid.

Looking at it from the fans point of view...

He buys a striker. For 250k as above. He scores 25 goals and gets 10 assists. Our gates go up to pay for it, we get promoted and earn more TV money etc. We then sell him for 500k. DC's debt goes down and we are in league1.

Thats what I love about football. Option 2 please DC, you know it makes sense!  ;D

Piss easy to gamble with someone else's money!  ;)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DustCobb on September 02, 2010, 10:45:07 am
... this season has been a lot of things (and we're only just out of August) but it hasn't exactly been dull so far.

 ;D ;D

Fooking Soap Opera!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 10:45:32 am
Yet more lies from Sampson...

"I've got people in mind who are either free agents or loan signings but I couldn't move for them before because I didn't have the funds but with the good cup run we've had that has made a bit of money available for wages."

So dispite him saying week after week that he is very close to bring players in, he was unable to do so as he didnt have the funds? But now due to the cup run he has a bit of money to spend on wages (even tho Cardoza has said otherwise). What the hell is going on with this club? Does he or does he not have money to spend on wages?  ???

Another line from Sampson...

"He has battled on in some discomfort for a long time for the benefit of the team but the pain is unbearable now."

This is Sampson commenting on Gilligans ankle injury. Gilligan has been battleing on for a long time with this injury, he now needs an operation and will be out for 3 months. Have we not just had pre season? If hes been battleing on for so long with it, why not get the problem sorted in pre season?  ::)


How is it a lie? Sammo's targets were probably financially out of reach on the current budget, but with the Liverpool money he might be able to get one or two of them. DC says the money will go into the running costs, does this not include wages then?

For someone who trusts Sammo so much, you sure love to have a go at him.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 10:52:12 am
How is it a lie? Sammo's targets were probably financially out of reach on the current budget, but with the Liverpool money he might be able to get one or two of them. DC says the money will go into the running costs, does this not include wages then?

For someone who trusts Sammo so much, you sure love to have a go at him.

So he kept nearly signing players on a weekly basis just to find out they were out of our budget?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 11:10:31 am
So he kept nearly signing players on a weekly basis just to find out they were out of our budget?

I guess so yea. I'd imagine after some negotiations, the wage (either for a free agent or a % of the wage going to the other club for a loanee) became a stumbling block and the deal was called off. It may not be great PR to keep telling the fans that they are close to signing players, but then it doesn't come off, but at least it shows they are being proactive in the transfer market, even if they aren't coming off.

Or do you think Sammo is lying about that too, and we haven't actually tried to bring anybody in. So much for trusting him eh?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 11:17:47 am
I guess so yea. I'd imagine after some negotiations, the wage (either for a free agent or a % of the wage going to the other club for a loanee) became a stumbling block and the deal was called off. It may not be great PR to keep telling the fans that they are close to signing players, but then it doesn't come off, but at least it shows they are being proactive in the transfer market, even if they aren't coming off.

Or do you think Sammo is lying about that too, and we haven't actually tried to bring anybody in. So much for trusting him eh?

Maybe he is aiming to high with the players he is trying to bring in. Iv lost count the amount of times he has nearly signed someone. Surely he knows by now what sort of player he can get in with the money he has got?

Who knows what Sampson gets up to, im not too even he does at times...


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Son Of Geoff on September 02, 2010, 11:21:59 am
Yet more lies from Sampson...

"I've got people in mind who are either free agents or loan signings but I couldn't move for them before because I didn't have the funds but with the good cup run we've had that has made a bit of money available for wages."

So dispite him saying week after week that he is very close to bring players in, he was unable to do so as he didnt have the funds? But now due to the cup run he has a bit of money to spend on wages (even tho Cardoza has said otherwise). What the hell is going on with this club? Does he or does he not have money to spend on wages?  ???


You're presuming the targets he's referring to are the same as he previously mentioned in interviews.

He may previously have been after targets X, Y & Z, (who were within budget) but they went to other clubs or their parent clubs decided they wouldn't let them go.

He's now looking at targets A,B & C ("I've got people in mind"), who will cost a little more than targets X, Y & Z, but financially that's not such a problem ("with the good cup run we've had that has made a bit of money available for wages").

The money's always been there for wages, but now there's a bit extra.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Insider on September 02, 2010, 11:38:34 am
The money's always been there for wages, but now there's a bit extra.

The reports in the Chron would suggest otherwise.  First Sammo goes public in the Chron that "he's going to talk to DC about bringing in a couple of more new faces".  The Chron then reports that DC states there's no money available.  Crosby then states that we'll have to make do.  QED there was money for wages, but not for incremental wages, hence the insistence that someone had to go out before a new one came in.  None of this in a properly run club should have been aired in public.

Two weeks later we draw Liverpool.  We go through this shebang again.  Except now DC says on the radio we might be able to bring in a new face or two and "who knows, if it's televised we might even be able to pay a fee".  But ironic this is said only after Gilligan was out until Xmas and Purcell injured and awaiting a scan. 

It's all getting very tiresome.   If we're in the s*** at least be honest about it.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: GrangeParkCobbler on September 02, 2010, 11:43:29 am
DC said a couple of weeks ago that we were slightly over the wage budget, but he was ok with it.....so the money for wages hasnt always been there at all!

Does anyone know, whether in the case of Purcell, there is some kind of insurance that players must have and that covers the club, that will pay his wages if hes out injured for a length of time? I'm guessing if someones out for a week then insurance doesnt pay out.....but a year??


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Son Of Geoff on September 02, 2010, 12:06:24 pm
I might be naive, but when Sammo talked about bringing players in I just presumed that meant he had run it by the chairman and there was some scope for signing players. On the other hand, Sammo could be a bare-faced, thundering wicked liar.

(He's definitely not a bare-faced, thundering wicked liar.)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Son Of Geoff on September 02, 2010, 12:44:53 pm
I can't really add a lot to this thread other than to introduce a little bit of expectation management.

With the situation as it is at the moment, I confidently predict we will be out of this division within the next two years...

I will let you draw your own conclusions from that statement....

play-offs here we come.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DustCobb on September 02, 2010, 12:49:45 pm
I can't really add a lot to this thread other than to introduce a little bit of expectation management.

With the situation as it is at the moment, I confidently predict we will be out of this division within the next two years...

I will let you draw your own conclusions from that statement....

Sadly i think you may be right fenners.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 13:20:14 pm


With the situation as it is at the moment, I confidently predict we will be out of this division within the next two years...


Non league or league 1?  ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: abington_cobbler on September 02, 2010, 13:22:27 pm
The way things are going i can only see it being non league


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 13:24:32 pm
Championship?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 02, 2010, 13:25:13 pm
The way things are going i can only see it being non league

Agreed, we are defiantly slowly sliding that way...


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: GrangeParkCobbler on September 02, 2010, 13:26:57 pm
Championship?

Nah, he said two years, not five!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Insider on September 02, 2010, 13:33:07 pm
I might be naive, but when Sammo talked about bringing players in I just presumed that meant he had run it by the chairman and there was some scope for signing players. On the other hand, Sammo could be a bare-faced, thundering wicked liar.

(He's definitely not a bare-faced, thundering wicked liar.)

You assumed wrong:

Sampson asks Cobblers chairman Cardoza for more cash
Date: 17 August 2010
By Jefferson Lake
Ian Sampson will attempt to convince Cobblers chairman David Cardoza to expand his playing budget as he bids to add some new blood to his squad this week.


This was just one day after the Chron reported that Sammo was looking to bring in one or two new players.  Then another day later:

Cobblers unlikely to make more signings
Date: 18 August 2010
By Jefferson Lake
Cobblers assistant boss Malcolm Crosby has revealed the club's bid to bring in new players 'does not look like happening.'
Town were hoping to bring some new blood into their squad this week, with manager Ian Sampson still looking to recruit a striker to his ranks.


You can read all the articles in order on the Chron website.  IMHO, this whole saga has been an utter shambles.




Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: abington_cobbler on September 02, 2010, 13:58:46 pm
If our geographical position according to the JPT is anything to go by in two years time we could be plying our trade in the Blue Square North East ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on September 02, 2010, 14:44:11 pm
If our geographical position according to the JPT is anything to go by in two years time we could be plying our trade in the Blue Square North East ;D

 ;D ;D ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Mark-JB on September 02, 2010, 15:16:54 pm
I can't really add a lot to this thread other than to introduce a little bit of expectation management.

With the situation as it is at the moment, I confidently predict we will be out of this division within the next two years...

I will let you draw your own conclusions from that statement....

I wouldn't say I confidently predicted it, however the prospect of dropping out of the league is as real and as large as its ever been. We aren't too good to go down and with a young and inexperienced squad if it starts to tailspin its going to be difficult to turn it round.

That said, it is still early days this season and there's still 42 games to go so no need to panic just yet for this 12 months. 


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MKMal on September 02, 2010, 16:05:16 pm
Mid table obscurity is unacceptable. There are no points for a good looking balance sheet.

There are no points for a bankrupt club going into obscurity. I think several clubs, supposedly "bigger" than ours will fall by the wayside this season.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Son Of Geoff on September 02, 2010, 17:35:41 pm
You assumed wrong:

Sampson asks Cobblers chairman Cardoza for more cash
Date: 17 August 2010
By Jefferson Lake
Ian Sampson will attempt to convince Cobblers chairman David Cardoza to expand his playing budget as he bids to add some new blood to his squad this week.


This was just one day after the Chron reported that Sammo was looking to bring in one or two new players.  Then another day later:

Cobblers unlikely to make more signings
Date: 18 August 2010
By Jefferson Lake
Cobblers assistant boss Malcolm Crosby has revealed the club's bid to bring in new players 'does not look like happening.'
Town were hoping to bring some new blood into their squad this week, with manager Ian Sampson still looking to recruit a striker to his ranks.


You can read all the articles in order on the Chron website.  IMHO, this whole saga has been an utter shambles.




I agree entirely that the way things have been handled is shambolic.

However, the articles you refer to do not prove my assumptions to be incorrect.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: clarkeysntfc on September 02, 2010, 21:31:40 pm
Name one football lg club that has gone into liquidation in the last 20 years?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on September 02, 2010, 21:35:32 pm
Name one football lg club that has gone into liquidation in the last 20 years?

Aldershot?

Chester within 12 months of exiting the league.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on September 02, 2010, 21:49:08 pm
Off the top of my head you can also add Maidstone, Halifax Town and Newport County (late 80's but have since risen back up to the conference), all of which went down in financial ruin and ended up going pop. The conference takes no s*** from financially insecure clubs unlike the football league.

For starters, Pompey would be in league2 if their rules applied.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DustCobb on September 03, 2010, 08:24:50 am
This season imo can be summed up by the good things and bad things.

Good things - emergence of Jacobs, performance v Brighton and Reading, cup tie v Liverpool.

Bad things - performance v Torquay,Accrington, Wycombe and Hartlepool, injuries to Purcell, Gilligan and Hall, lack of goals.

At the moment, simply there are more bad things than good, can that be turned around? Personally i 100% think it can be and probably will be.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 03, 2010, 14:15:25 pm
Hahahaha I don’t believe it, Sampson has now said we no longer need another centre back!! Comical..  ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Tyler on September 03, 2010, 14:29:48 pm
Hahahaha I don’t believe it, Sampson has now said we no longer need another centre back!! Comical..  ;D

 ::)

f***ing shut up, you're turning yourself into a laughing stock. He said we didnt need one at the moment as the strikers issue took higher priority

Also, did you need to post the same thing on 2 threads?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on September 04, 2010, 00:17:53 am
Hahahaha I don’t believe it, Sampson has now said we no longer need another centre back!! Comical..  ;D

He's not said that at all. He's said we've got to make do for the time being and the other end of the pitch takes priority.

It's about time you changed the record and stopped trying to get the fans to turn on Sammo. There is a high proportion of football fans who are so short-sighted they'll just blame the manager for any negative situation that may arise because they're incapable of looking at the deeper root causes of the problem. That's why manager turnover is so high nowadays. As Sammo himself has said in the past, the football fans of today win the title on Championship Manager and then convince themselves they know more about actual football management than their club's gaffer.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on September 04, 2010, 00:37:52 am
MK Cobbler, you mentioned before about trusting Sammo, and now all you do is have a go at him? Stop being such a two-faced c*** and get behind him and the team.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Marvo on September 04, 2010, 07:26:58 am
As Sammo himself has said in the past, the football fans of today win the title on Championship Manager and then convince themselves they know more about actual football management than their club's gaffer.

and why do people convince themselves that just because somebody once played football they'd make a better manager than someone who only watches it?

I drive trains, do you think that means I'm qualified to build one for you?

PS: I've never played football manager, I think it's akin to trainspotting.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Marvo on September 04, 2010, 07:33:41 am
Oh and here's an interesting read for you:

LINK (http://www.carling.com/football/five-of-the-best/161/)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Gonzales on September 04, 2010, 19:34:03 pm
I think Sammo should play Football Manager for once, I see that there is a potential use for real managers, to take a quick look at potential signings and the like, as the lads at SI are usually quite accurate with their player statistics, and I imagine that the Cobblers probably don't have an army of scouts like at some Premier League clubs, and would be a helpful way of getting a glance at a player, but I am not saying it should replace scouting, as nothing can fully replace real scouting. It could also be used to see the strengths and weaknesses of certain formations and the like. Might be a bit strange if Sammo took over a rival L2 club and played against himself though!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: 4everdelayed on September 04, 2010, 19:51:25 pm
I wonder how they rate Slowe on the new one  ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Gonzales on September 04, 2010, 20:08:46 pm
I wonder how they rate Slowe on the new one  ;D

They probably have about as much idea of Slowe as they do of Bebe!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MCHammer on September 04, 2010, 21:50:43 pm
They probably have about as much idea of Slowe as they do of Bebe!

There was brief moment of shock around the crowd today as he came on to make his debut!!!!

Until the Aldershot announcer realised his mistake and it was actually Harris.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Dr Feelgood on September 04, 2010, 21:52:12 pm
There was brief moment of shock around the crowd today as he came on to make his debut!!!!

Until the Aldershot announcer realised his mistake and it was actually Harris.
sounded like the announcer f***ed up a few times


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: TbananaG on September 05, 2010, 12:35:09 pm
The announcer was hilarious - worse for young Alistair was probably to be announced as Alexandria Slowe as the teams were read out before the game.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: The Hask on September 05, 2010, 12:37:58 pm
sounded like the announcer f***ed up a few times

He did make a few errs - in comparison even our sixfields announcer would have  sounded perfect.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: abington_cobbler on September 05, 2010, 12:41:47 pm
He did make a few errs - in comparison even our sixfields announcer would have  sounded perfect.

Talking of the Sixfields announcer, he needs to learn how to talk into a microphone because I can never understand a f***ing word he says because its all muffled!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: The Hask on September 05, 2010, 12:57:31 pm
Talking of the Sixfields announcer, he needs to learn how to talk into a microphone because I can never understand a f***ing word he says because its all muffled!

Is it him or our PA system


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 18, 2010, 18:37:52 pm
Is anyone else slightly concerned about our terrible start to the season, we are only 4 games in and are already 9 points off top spot and showing no signs of winning in the league. Ok we have a good Carling Cup draw to look forward to which will create a bit of income to the club but were still lying 19th and haven’t won a league game this season.

Our chances of being promoted are fading week by week and with the likes of Thornton leaving this summer, where will we be left? Despite having one of the larger budgets in league 2 Sampson has done nothing but disappoint in the summer transfer window, he gave Bayo a deadline to agree his deal to allow him a chance to land a striker that he feels good enough to score goals in this league which he hasn’t been able to do. He has repeatedly made mistakes in selecting the starting line up and has even admitted this himself.

Cardoza has confirmed that there is no money to be made in this league and he wants out of it as soon as possible, we are not going to be able to achieve this with the current squad and management strategies. I am starting to fear for the future of this club, with no money to spend and key players leaving next summer we are on a downward spiral. I know we are never going to be Championship level but we are slowly sliding closer and closer to non league football…

Is anyone else worried yet? A lot of you seemed to think there wasn't an issue 3 weeks ago, what about now? 


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Erith_Cobbler on September 18, 2010, 18:58:24 pm
Is anyone else worried yet? A lot of you seemed to think there wasn't an issue 3 weeks ago, what about now? 
]

When there are still 117 points to play for, and we aren't even out of September yet...no I am not worried.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on September 18, 2010, 19:10:44 pm
A lot can change in a short space of time in football. I maintain that we've got a squad largely consisting of talented, but inexperienced and naive players, and as such, inconsistency is to be expected. Once they have a bit more experience under their belts and a few more pieces of the jigsaw have been added (which often happens mid-season, as it did last season with the additions of Thornton, Johnson and Gilbert), we have a squad that can pull up a few trees in this division and produce a few more Reading performances. Not overly concerned yet.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: STEVIEG on September 18, 2010, 19:30:23 pm
i personally am worried about where we will finish up this season. Had we not gone on this mini cup run and drawn liverpool then i think alot more people would started getting fed up with how things are going.

i can only see the slide continuing im afraid, with a relegation battle to look forward to come the spring.

i hope im wrong.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: dazza on September 18, 2010, 20:01:38 pm
Is anyone else worried yet? A lot of you seemed to think there wasn't an issue 3 weeks ago, what about now? 


I'm surprised you are worried after all you would rather have your day out on wednesday than getting three points today.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: HertsCobbler on September 18, 2010, 20:16:29 pm
Question: Is Sammo getting more slack from us because he was a Cobblers legend?  Imagine if Fenwick or Gray had made some of these decisions....


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on September 18, 2010, 20:34:59 pm
Question: Is Sammo getting more slack from us because he was a Cobblers legend?  Imagine if Fenwick or Gray had made some of these decisions....

Yes. Another manager would be getting absolutely slated by now.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: HertsCobbler on September 18, 2010, 20:44:24 pm
Does Cardoza ever, ever learn.  Putting managers on long contracts in lower league football is a stupid idea.  I would now start to seriously question Crosby's part in this debacle.  Either he is giving Sammo daft advice or Sammo is not listening to some sensible advice.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: auntie on September 18, 2010, 20:51:14 pm
I would now start to seriously question Crosby's part in this debacle.  Either he is giving Sammo daft advice or Sammo is not listening to some sensible advice.

it's the big dollar question. and why aren't we getting loan players from spurs or boro? Jansen, jonno and steele have proved popular choices for all concerned. why haven't we got a CB from one of these clubs? is it not a bit strange that we are suddenly f***ed on the loan front? where are our loan players? it's like one extreme to another...what a terrible day. s***.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: HertsCobbler on September 18, 2010, 20:53:10 pm
Is it down to the fact the we are able to pay 0% of the wages and we expect the parent club to pick up the whole tab??


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: auntie on September 18, 2010, 21:09:21 pm
I don't know. no one tells the friggin truth around here!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DustCobb on September 18, 2010, 21:13:57 pm
Sammo def gets more slack because he is a club legend, personally i'm willing to give him more slack than i would other managers because of his status with the club. We are all willing him to lead us to success because its the perfect scenario, club legend turns around clubs fortunes etc

IMO mid table at best this season.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DrillingCobbler on September 18, 2010, 21:18:02 pm
Im trying to retain some optimism after todays pre-Liverpool jolly. But Im struggling. The only comfort that I can find is that after the Hereford shocker last season (today was the worst we have played since then that I've seen and I've seen most) we only lost 2 from the next 22 matches.

Footballs a funny ole game I keep telling myself. I wont be there next Saturday though, Im doing the 3 peak challenge. I will stick the link on another section of this website for anybody interested in sponsoring me. I will be in a minibus between Ben Nevis and Scaffold whats it called come 3pm. Thank God.  ;D


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: auntie on September 18, 2010, 21:20:28 pm
Fcuking Cobblers........ Look what you've done to him...

Come to Daddy.........

Do i follow the light? do i daddy? do i?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: auntie on September 18, 2010, 21:27:28 pm
nope. ya pilot lights gone out. typical tel.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Bingers on September 19, 2010, 16:49:19 pm
I wont be there next Saturday though, Im doing the 3 peak challenge. I will stick the link on another section of this website for anybody interested in sponsoring me. I will be in a minibus between Ben Nevis and Scaffold whats it called come 3pm. Thank God.  ;D

Good luck, go equipped and know how to get off Ben Nevis safely.  It has been snowing on top of Ben Nevis in the last couple of days.  Strange timings, most three peakers do Ben Nevis late afternoon, drive overnight to the Lakes and go up Scafell Pike in the early hours as its the easiest to do in the dark. 


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on October 09, 2010, 15:48:52 pm
Are you one of the sorts who will foresee doom now but, when we do get a decent result in the near future, will be proclaiming us as title challengers? ;D

Far too early to be writing us off. The squad is still gelling, still a work in progress, and the door is still open for it to be improved.
Are you worried yet?....


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Son Of Geoff on October 09, 2010, 15:54:10 pm
I don't know many Cobblers fans who relish a defeat as much as you. Knob head.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: MK_Cobbler on October 09, 2010, 15:57:32 pm
I don't know many Cobblers fans who relish a defeat as much as you. Knob head.
;)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on October 09, 2010, 15:58:34 pm
Are you worried yet?....

No. If we're still down there at Christmas I'll start worrying. As I said, the door is still open for squad improvements, and we're only a couple of jigsaw pieces away from turning some of these losses into wins.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: St Edmundsbury Cobbler on October 09, 2010, 16:01:05 pm
We always seem to be a "couple of jigsaw pieces" away.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Gazman on October 09, 2010, 16:01:51 pm
We are in massive trouble.

Something has to change. Its blindingly obvious it isnt working, so change it.

Playing well wont keep us in the league if we dont have someone to finish moves off.

Can anyone see where the goals are going to come from within the current squad?


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: NTFC Nut on October 09, 2010, 16:05:25 pm
If we can get someone like Zola in to play alongside McKay, and perhaps a big tough imposing bastard in the middle of the park or at centre-back, I'd fancy our chances of beating some of the teams we've got coming up: Hereford, Gillingham, Lincoln, Barnet, Stockport all coming up in the next couple of months, all eminently winnable games. The Ipswich cash will hopefully be made available to Sammo to recruit in these areas.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Dr Feelgood on October 09, 2010, 16:06:03 pm
We are in massive trouble.

Something has to change. Its blindingly obvious it isnt working, so change it.

Playing well wont keep us in the league if we dont have someone to finish moves off.

Can anyone see where the goals are going to come from within the current squad?
Macca should start, match fit bollox he should be doing some intense training to get match fit


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: auntie on October 09, 2010, 19:20:06 pm
match fit bollox

I wish my bollox were match fit...


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: sxcobbler on October 09, 2010, 19:42:42 pm
The Cup heroics are hiding the glaring inadequacies of this squad.....not to mention being compounded by tactical and selection naivety.
Without that run cup what would the flavour be???

C'mon DC spend some of that cup money before losing is ingrained into our future performances....you'll also start losing attendance monies pretty soon anyway.

Hereford & Lincoln are the fairly immediate litmus paper tests, with their new management. However we'll probably then go on and thrash Port Vale....C'mon Cobblers shake this off....

But..."Too good for this division".... my *rse!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Insider on October 09, 2010, 19:55:04 pm
I'd fancy our chances of beating some of the teams we've got coming up: Hereford, Gillingham, Lincoln, Barnet, Stockport all coming up in the next couple of months, all eminently winnable games.

...Macclesfield, Cheltenham... ::)


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: dazza on October 10, 2010, 12:43:50 pm
If we can get someone like Zola in to play alongside McKay, and perhaps a big tough imposing bastard in the middle of the park or at centre-back, I'd fancy our chances of beating some of the teams we've got coming up: Hereford, Gillingham, Lincoln, Barnet, Stockport all coming up in the next couple of months, all eminently winnable games. The Ipswich cash will hopefully be made available to Sammo to recruit in these areas.

Macclesfield and Cheltenham were both winnable as well!!!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: DustCobb on October 10, 2010, 13:02:15 pm
If we can get someone like Zola in to play alongside McKay, and perhaps a big tough imposing bastard in the middle of the park or at centre-back, I'd fancy our chances of beating some of the teams we've got coming up: Hereford, Gillingham, Lincoln, Barnet, Stockport all coming up in the next couple of months, all eminently winnable games. The Ipswich cash will hopefully be made available to Sammo to recruit in these areas.

How are we going to sign anyone that isn't a young s*** loanee.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Marvo on October 10, 2010, 13:19:51 pm
If we can get someone like Zola in to play alongside McKay, and perhaps a big tough imposing bastard in the middle of the park or at centre-back, I'd fancy our chances of beating some of the teams we've got coming up: Hereford, Gillingham, Lincoln, Barnet, Stockport all coming up in the next couple of months, all eminently winnable games. The Ipswich cash will hopefully be made available to Sammo to recruit in these areas.

Do you ever read what you post?

What you're basicaly saying in this typical post of yours is that if we sign a centre-forward, a midfielder and a centre-back, all better than that we have currently, you'd fancy our chances of beating Hereford and Barnet (among others). Jeez, no s*** Sherlock.

I'd fanct us beating Hereford and Barnet if Sammo just picks the right side from the players we have now!


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Insider on October 10, 2010, 13:27:02 pm
Nut's Zola campaign is becoming tedious.  Zola is apparently already one of the highest paid players in this division, is demanding more money to move and has already turned down a move to at least 4 other clubs in this division, including Shrewsbury who are the biggest paying club in Div 2 right now, and who did offer more to Zola than he's earning now.  So give me one reason why he'd move here or why DC would bust the wage structure to fund it.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Tyler on October 10, 2010, 13:27:53 pm
I wish my bollox were match fit...

If they have a history of scoring, the club will probably sign them, match fit or not :P


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: dazza on October 10, 2010, 18:12:31 pm


I'd fanct us beating Hereford and Barnet if Sammo just picks the right side from the players we have now!



Spot on.


Title: Re: This Season...
Post by: Dr Feelgood on October 11, 2010, 17:23:24 pm
I wish my bollox were match fit...
they haven't been match fit for years.. ;D