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AB said from the end of last season that would be very close to the first league game when all of the pieces of the jigsaw joined the club.  He is being proved right and clearly expected it to be this way.  He doesn't look like a man that is feeling the pressure and getting desperate.  He looks relaxed and quietly confident, maybe all of us on here should be following his lead?

Guys,

we all need to relax a little bit.  AB will know that the CB/GK positions are our weakness, but rather than panic he is biding his time to bring in the "right" players rather than ones who are only slightly better than we already have.  There are a shed load of decent young centre backs that can be brought in at a moments notice on loan, but this can't happen until nearer the season as their clubs will want them to do preseason at their club.  As AB proved last season, bringing in decent keepers is also fairly easy.  If I was a gambling man I would be putting my money on 1 GK and 1 CB coming in on loan, and the longer the Carlisle saga drags on, the more likely he will come in as well.

None of us know what is going on inside the club (those days stopped ages ago) so lets let the manager manage the situation, and lets sits back and get ready to enjoy the league 2 ride.  Who cares how we get on in preseason anyway??!!!  As long as we have a strong 15 or 16 players in place as the season starts who are fit and ready, none of this matters.

UTCFTP

Cloughy said he thought the lad did well so I would be surprised if he binned him off now without giving him another run out.

Can't understand the bitterness over someone trying to better themself. Good luck to him if he gets a place at Derby. Good luck to Gilbert.Also the midget left back that went to Gillingham whose name I can't remember. Good luck to Giles Coke. They are all just trying to get a better job with better pay. You've all done it.
Get some priorities sorted ladies and gents, football really isn't that important.

Well said that man!

I think it was a case of wrong club at the wrong time.  Deep down I think he has real quality and I fully expect him to be a success for Exeter.  Shame it didn't work out here, but definitely the right thing for both parties to go their separate ways.

Just watched his interview on the Cobblers player and found myself smiling the whole way through it!  He is going to be league 2's answer to Ballotelli!  He sounds super confident and I think he thinks he is a global superstar rapper!  He is deffo going to provide a lot of entertainment this season although I'm sure it won't all be in a positive way!

My predictions are: -
- the budget for the players xmas do will be a lot higher with his fines
- At least one sending off
- Some amazing goals
- Some arguments with his own team mates on the pitch
- Him being a massive crowd favourite
- All of us arguing about whether we should keep him or not next summer by weighing up the talent vs hassle ratio!!!

Personally, I already know I am going to love him!!!!

If we have got £400-£500k for him I am delighted.  I am probably in the minority but I think he is overrated.  Not in the same class that Bunny, Brad J, or Chambers were when they left.  I hope I am wrong as I love to see our own do well, but I can't see him ever going any higher than Derby.

Good luck to the lad, and well done the club for getting a decent return for the time and money they have invested in him.

Looks like our very own Cobblers anti-Wonga campaigner has had some success!  Buried on the Sun website after an RBS story......

LOAN firm Wonga has been given the boot by the Football League.

Club websites will no longer carry ads for the payday lender, which charges up to 4,214 per cent APR for short-term loans arranged online.

They had sponsored the League’s websites but a new contract has now been signed with credit card firm Capital One.

A campaign against Wonga payday loan ads on the sites had been waged by Northampton supporter Bob Ward and Sc***horpe fan John Flanagan. Labour MP Stella Creasy backed them and called for Wonga to be shown the red card.

Wonga is one of dozens of payday loans firms which are the subject of an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading into sales practices.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/city/4383012/Dont-bank-on-advice-from-RBS-as-it-axes-600-advisers.html

His twitter feed is amazing though!

I don't understand this sudden CC bashing???

Maybe a reality check is needed.  A centre back that is experienced, doesn't make mistakes and gives you 8 out of 10 performances every week is never going to found in league two!  They will be much further up the league ladder.  The reality is that all experienced players in league two have flaws in their game, will make mistakes and won't be perfect.  Or why the hell would they be in this league???

Guys, instead of getting angry, why not just ask the club?

I emailed Gareth late Friday afternoon to ask if they were available, he emailed me back that evening (fair play to him as his working day would have been 'officially' over) and he said they are due any day.

The club can't do anymore than that.  They have a contract with the supplier and that puts them in the suppliers hands.  Does anyone seriously think think that the club want to wait this long to sell the shirts, they want the money through the till as early as possible.  When they sign a new contract with the existing or new supplier, I am sure they will put some SLA's in around the delivery time, and if they fail at least the club will get a few quid in compensation.

Lay off the club, this is such a pathetic thing to moan about when clearly it is out of their hands.

Can anyone inform me of what a CRM manager role would involve. I've never heard the term before

CRM = customer relationship management software.  In the world of sales we use it to track opportunities so you don't lose track of potential business.  It does sales forecasting and reporting and all that kind of stuff.  Pretty boring but crucial to sales teams.

Sorry about another thread regards redevelopment!

The club currently have a job going for box office and CRM manager, nothing really interesting in that! However in the job description the following job role requirements are listed:-

c) Working with the club Chairman on how ticketing and stadium entry will work post re-development.
d) Look at costs and benefits of implementing an access control system into the stadium. Looking at avenues open to increasing matchday revenue and cost savings by having a full or part system in place.

Am I reading too much into this, or doe this mean the stadium work is not far from kicking off???

I love how the club are pretending they want him to stay, when really they know that this is our best chance of getting loads of £££ for him!  If he stayed, both DC (he deserves a few quid back in his pocket should he choose to keep some of it) and ADB (he will be financing a chunk of next years squad from this cash) would pubically be pleased but privately I am sure they would be gutted as they know this is the right time to cash in.  One injury, or a prolonged period of poor form and his value will plummet!  One more good season, and his value will not go much higher than it is now.  A simple risk vs reward analysis and it deffo makes sense to thank him for all his efforts, and send him on his way!

I saw Malcolm Christie at Sixfields McDonalds with AB and DC. DC was handing him a piece of paper with CONTRACT printed on the top, and also giving him a big bag of cash.

Roll on 2012/2013.

Anybody who thinks that we are bound to be safe is misguided. You only have to remember the relegation from Div 1 under Gray. One point was needed from 3 games - we didnt get it!

The support at Crawley was in number terms quite good. But the support was mainly pensioners or oldish people relatively few younger people. So the support lacked the passion so important at Crewe, Burton and Cheltenham. You need this type of support to gee up the players - it  was a bit like Accrington very lukewarm support. If we supporters dont make it to Hereford you can expect the worse. Good support makes a huge difference to the players - just ask them, they become aware of the committment. Some of the excuses overheared from supporters at lastnight's game was quite pathetic - like got to go London with Mrs or a " do in the evening"  - makes you puke.

What a stupid post.  Let everyone support in a way that is appropriate to their situation.  There are a million valid reasons why people can't attend games and if you can't see that then you are utterly dillusional.

Working in Horsham on wednesday, 10 miles from Crawley, Tuesday overnighter methinks, Has anyone ever been to Horsham? In the centre of town it has a large sculpture of a ladies part set on a pole which rises up and when filled with 6 tons of water, proceeds to gush out into a bowl. Might as well stay watching that on tuesday as it's not dissimilar to the way the Cobblers played on Saturday. 

I have the pleasure of living in Horsham! The Fountain of Life has got to be the most random fountain in the uk!

what a difference a week makes, we have dragged ourselves right back into the fight!

Well done boys!

Well done lads, massive three points and a clean sheet! I wonder if Freddie Hall gets his clean sheet bonus!!!!