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Presser 13:54 - Aug 21 with 7244 viewsPhilTWTD

Alex Palmer at 2pm, then Kieran at 2.30pm.
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Presser on 15:23 - Aug 21 with 869 viewsHerbivore

Presser on 15:22 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

Tell him he's not for sale.


I wouldn't list people management as one of your strengths, mate.

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Presser on 15:36 - Aug 21 with 732 viewspointofblue

Presser on 15:22 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

Tell him he's not for sale.


If I was Woolfenden and received that remark from Ashton or McKenna I'd ask what my role is, exactly. To sit on my backside in case O'Shea picks up an injury or suspension? Fine for someone who has always been a reserve, or brought into the club with full knowledge of the competition, but a first teamer who has subsequently been dropped? Much tougher.

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Presser on 15:37 - Aug 21 with 718 viewsGlasgowBlue

Presser on 15:09 - Aug 21 by Herbivore

What exactly can we do? He got a new contract in January. I imagine he wants to play, but I don't see many calling for O'Shea to be dropped so that Woolf can start more games and I can't see us permanently changing shape so that we can play both O'Shea and Woolf, and nor should we. I'll be gutted when he goes as I'm a big fan, and personally I wouldn't have been in a rush to replace him last year, but given where we are at, I don't really see what we can do to make him want to stay when it's clear he wants to be playing regularly.


He's contracted to the club and a very important member of the squad. He's an injury away to O'Shea from first team football. The club holds all the cards imo. We want like for like replacements in the squad so there isn't a massive drop off should they be required.

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Presser on 15:37 - Aug 21 with 708 viewspositivity

Presser on 15:22 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

Tell him he's not for sale.


like omari and broady then?

players have the power and if he fancies a move, then there may not be much more we can do about it

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Presser on 15:39 - Aug 21 with 682 viewsHerbivore

Presser on 15:37 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

He's contracted to the club and a very important member of the squad. He's an injury away to O'Shea from first team football. The club holds all the cards imo. We want like for like replacements in the squad so there isn't a massive drop off should they be required.


Sure, but what we want and what the player wants are different things. Woolf isn't a kid anymore, 2 years ago he was a regular starter in a team that won promotion from this league. He might have been happy making half a dozen starts in the Prem but we're not in the Prem anymore and he'll want regular football. Just telling him he's not going isn't going to make him feel any better about the situation.

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Presser on 15:39 - Aug 21 with 678 viewsJoey_Joe_Joe_Junior

Presser on 15:13 - Aug 21 by pointofblue

The only thing would be to play him on the left ahead of Greaves. I can imagine some fans being happier with that solution. He has experience there from Lambert's League One days though never looked completely comfortable, albeit he didn't have as much experience then. McKenna tried, and generally succeeded, in selling the importance of the squad last season but it won't fly with as many players at a lower level.


Greaves cost 18M

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Presser on 15:40 - Aug 21 with 674 viewsGlasgowBlue

Presser on 15:23 - Aug 21 by Herbivore

I wouldn't list people management as one of your strengths, mate.


And yet oddly enough I've been an employer for most of my working life and when I first started up took 80% f my former employer's workforce with me.

Back to the football though. We want a squad that can challenge for promotion. Not just a starting eleven.

edit. One thing I noticed during my absence was that in groups such as the Blue Monday Telegram group people can discuss their football differing opinions without the personal jibes. And it's much the better for that.
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Presser on 16:54 - Aug 21 with 353 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Presser on 15:22 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

Tell him he's not for sale.


Maybe he wants to be for sale.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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Presser on 16:58 - Aug 21 with 317 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Presser on 15:40 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

And yet oddly enough I've been an employer for most of my working life and when I first started up took 80% f my former employer's workforce with me.

Back to the football though. We want a squad that can challenge for promotion. Not just a starting eleven.

edit. One thing I noticed during my absence was that in groups such as the Blue Monday Telegram group people can discuss their football differing opinions without the personal jibes. And it's much the better for that.
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"Oddly enough I've been an employer for most of my working life".
So has Donald Trump.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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Presser on 16:59 - Aug 21 with 308 viewsHerbivore

Presser on 15:40 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

And yet oddly enough I've been an employer for most of my working life and when I first started up took 80% f my former employer's workforce with me.

Back to the football though. We want a squad that can challenge for promotion. Not just a starting eleven.

edit. One thing I noticed during my absence was that in groups such as the Blue Monday Telegram group people can discuss their football differing opinions without the personal jibes. And it's much the better for that.
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I'm going to have to get a resupply of irony meters.

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Presser on 17:04 - Aug 21 with 272 viewsDJR

Presser on 14:38 - Aug 21 by PhilTWTD

Woolfy someone we'd like to keep. Situations aren't always simple. Different people have different wishes. Most difficult summer on that front. Have had different situations with people like Burgess, Broadhead, Morsy, people who have had life-changing offers that they've deserved off their time here. Difficult as we want to keep a very strong squad together and want to keep some of those that have been here as part of it, but have to respect wishes and want people who want to be here. Always more complicated than just what we want and the player wants.


This suggest to me that McKenna was not necessarily expecting these departures, and add into the mix the Townsend injury, this has undoubtedly made the transfer window even more difficult.
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Presser on 17:07 - Aug 21 with 249 viewsGlasgowBlue

Presser on 16:59 - Aug 21 by Herbivore

I'm going to have to get a resupply of irony meters.


A few months away from this place taught me that I had spent far too long arguing the toss with people who aren't as important in my life as my wife and family. I was also guilty of being unnecessarily personal in order to win a pointless argument with a stranger on the internet. I would have thought your year away would have given you time for similar reflection.

The Blue Monday telegram group has also shown me how people can have different opinions on football without the need to resort to personal jibes. In the time I've posted there I haven't seen one fall out.

The old Glassers would have replied to your post with something about not running a whelk stall or some other dig. I'm now into disagreeing agreeably.

People have different opinions on what happens at our beloved football club. These differences can be debated civilly.

I'll leave it there for your consideration.

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Presser on 17:24 - Aug 21 with 168 viewsRyorry

Presser on 15:39 - Aug 21 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior

Greaves cost 18M


Playing some because they cost more, rather than because they were/are better players/in better form, was one of the reasons we garnered so few points last season.

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Beautifully done. (n/t) on 17:32 - Aug 21 with 110 viewsBloots

Presser on 17:07 - Aug 21 by GlasgowBlue

A few months away from this place taught me that I had spent far too long arguing the toss with people who aren't as important in my life as my wife and family. I was also guilty of being unnecessarily personal in order to win a pointless argument with a stranger on the internet. I would have thought your year away would have given you time for similar reflection.

The Blue Monday telegram group has also shown me how people can have different opinions on football without the need to resort to personal jibes. In the time I've posted there I haven't seen one fall out.

The old Glassers would have replied to your post with something about not running a whelk stall or some other dig. I'm now into disagreeing agreeably.

People have different opinions on what happens at our beloved football club. These differences can be debated civilly.

I'll leave it there for your consideration.



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Presser on 17:33 - Aug 21 with 104 viewspointofblue

Presser on 17:04 - Aug 21 by DJR

This suggest to me that McKenna was not necessarily expecting these departures, and add into the mix the Townsend injury, this has undoubtedly made the transfer window even more difficult.
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It certainly sounds like he didn't expect, or hoped, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Morsy, Broadhead and potentially Woolfenden would go.

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Presser on 17:41 - Aug 21 with 83 viewsRyorry

Presser on 17:33 - Aug 21 by pointofblue

It certainly sounds like he didn't expect, or hoped, Tuanzebe, Burgess, Morsy, Broadhead and potentially Woolfenden would go.


Must have anticipated it with Morsy surely, due to Sami's age -> inevitable diminishing of his pace?

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Presser on 17:54 - Aug 21 with 52 viewsRyorry

We appear to have crashed the server!

Or someone's forgotten to feed the hamsters.

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Presser on 17:58 - Aug 21 with 34 viewspositivity

Presser on 17:41 - Aug 21 by Ryorry

Must have anticipated it with Morsy surely, due to Sami's age -> inevitable diminishing of his pace?


guessing that the plan was to shift morsy into more of a club captain/sub role, but maybe wouldn't have suited morsy's character in any case?

would've been great to have his experience around the place, but not enough to deny him a life-changing move.

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