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Comment | Hutchinson on Target as England U21s Win Euros
at 09:42:03
Well done Omari, caused the Germans real problems and scored a very good goal. Sadly though this all adds to his appeal and it will be no surprise if the 3 million clause is met given that players who have equal or less ability than Omari are commanding 50 or 60 million. |
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Comment | Ashton: We Have to Look at Recruiting a Different Type of Player
at 09:46:22
The hard part is getting a balance where we have the attributes to see out a three games a week scenario of the Championship against the other needs of being in the Premier League. Many Premier clubs for instance have two top class keepers whilst it can be said Town doesn't have any. Whether there's a need to restructure this part of the team will depend on how many other positions we need to replace/strengthen. We know midfield is ultra important along with the position vacated by Tuanzebe and also Delap and possibly Omari ? |
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Comment | Brentford Linked With McKenna Move Should Frank Depart For Spurs
at 16:59:20
All I hope is whatever happens it doesn't interfere with the players we are after now and the build up to next season.
We have a fair amount of rebuilding due to players leaving whether sold, loans or just allowed to leave.
Favourites in the eyes of the bookies mean nothing.They are just money making establishments and they wouldn't be in existence if more punters won than lost.
Sadly it will now be that the manager and players will be touted not necessarily on a the failure of the season just gone, but by our rise the two previous seasons and the reason for failure whilst open to debate was partly due to over achieving and the need to have a balance between trying to keep in the Premier League with one eye on what would happen if relegate and being left with players on big contracts who were worth less than we paid for them.
Gladly that's not the case but with it comes the added problem of some being sourced by promoted clubs and also established Premier clubs. |
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Comment | Premier League Trio Linked With O'Shea
at 16:12:32
Doesn't make any sense selling the player who was our best defender in the Premier League last season. We were not exactly the most secure at the back and whilst some of this could be to do with the goalkeeping situation even when that was sort of sorted we were still pretty vulnerable.
Unless we have someone who we see as ready made to step into O'Shea's place and we get silly money I wouldn't sell as if the bookies are correct we will be back in the Prem in two seasons time. |
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Comment | Delap Chelsea Move Edging Closer
at 15:28:29
I feel that our problem with Delap was lack of service, too many players such as Incisco and Hutchinson playing for themselves rather than for the team.Also our midfield was pretty rank as well neither covering the defence or feeding the forward line.
Compared to the two previous seasons we never looked like a team and yes I am aware we were in the highest League and that several players that we had from those heady days wouldn't have been good enough therefore we had to get others in and the choices were restricted by availability and costs.
Delap will receive far better service and support at Chelsea. I wish him well. |
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Comment | McKenna: FFP Limits Promoted Clubs' Ambition
at 18:36:34
There is obviously a serious problem for promoted clubs. That's not a finger in the air guess it's a fact borne out of six teams gaining promotion and six teams being demoted in the last two seasons. Players don't want to join a newly promoted club if they are established at another Premier club unless like Phillips who was basically loaned to revive a flagging career and to get some of the costs off Man City's wage bill.
That means that newly promoted clubs can only lure players from other Championship clubs or as in Town's case players that have performed to a reasonable standard in the Premiership.
Of course there will always be the situation where even if it was possible to compete financially with a big club if both they and yourselves are in the market for a player they will 99 times out of 100 go to the bigger club.
I have advocated a handicap system whereby clubs finishing top start minus 9 points the next season. Second, third ,fourth, fifth and sixth start minus 6 points. From seventh down to 15th minus three and 16th,17th and the three promoted clubs start at zero.
Not saying that is the exact model but you have a system in horse racing where handicap horses are given weight dependent on their finishes in races. |
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Comment | McKenna: Phillips Unlikely to Return Before End of Season
at 15:28:43
Given that his wages are reputed to be £150,000 a week and Town most likely paying half that figure he has been a huge disappointment. Unfit when coming from City he has had several spells out injured and under-performed when he has played, rarely dominating. But to be fair the whole of Towns midfield has struggled this season with injuries and this will be a vital area for MA & KM to get right for next season.
Of course I wish him well but I do wonder where he will end up. |
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Comment | Manchester United 'In Pole Position' For Delap
at 19:13:18
Over the years there have been many players who jump ship at the first opportunity a sad case of that has to be Kalvin Phillips, a star at Leeds and a broken man at City. Trying and in many respects failing to revive his career at a newly promoted club.
If he goes to Man Utd I wish him well. But as with Rasmus H it's an awful lot of responsibility on young shoulders. Many bigger stars than Liam have tried and failed.
For Utd £30 million is small change if you compare that against the likes of Pogba at £90 million and even if Delap turned into a moderate success it wouldn't be that difficult to recoup the money selling to another newly promoted club. |
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Comment | McKenna: We're in a Difficult Spot in Terms of Availability
at 16:11:08
It's funny how players are always fit if a team is doing well, but injured when they are not. Yes I know we have a few long term, but the short termers seem to be stacking up. Is this a ploy to keep certain players out of the spotlight, to try different things and players such as Phillips who won't be here next season to say thanks, but no thanks for what remains of our time in the Premier League. |
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Comment | Town Accounts Show £39.3m Loss and Turnover Increase By 71 Per Cent
at 12:41:48
With regards to Gamechanger and their investment many millions more will be spent before they offload the club. By then based on where we are League the Cobbold will be redeveloped making PR a 35-40,000 seater stadium and I suspect they will hope by then we have a team in the Premier League which is established along with millions of pounds worth of assets. Therefore a very good return on their investment and it has to be remembered that they already have a further investment in the club to the tune of £115 million. |
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Comment | Delap Left Out of England Squad
at 10:09:19
No doubt his form has tailed off. When you consider his performance against Chelsea he's been way off that. But then you take the situation where we lost Burns due to injury, Omari hasn't been anywhere near the goal threat of last season and Philogene is still getting up to speed and will maybe take until next season to show his full potential and our midfield have been shuffled about so many times with injuries and suspension. So this all adds up to the team as a whole not performing well enough. |
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Comment | Al-Hamadi: Stoke Loan Move a Perfect Fit
at 12:11:52
Whatever AAH does I wish him luck. He could be a great asset to Town in the Championship that is if Town doesn't get an offer that would be acceptable. I still have reservations that he will make a Premier League striker though. |
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Comment | McKenna on Cunha Charge: My First No Comment in Three Years
at 18:39:02
If you could look back on my comments made with regards to people who continually worry about what other teams are doing you would see I totally agree with Mr. McKenna. Yes if one of our players is violent towards an oppositions player or staff and they were in a similar position as we are in that they were scrapping for survival then they would want our player given a long ban. It will be of little use to ourselves if the Wolves player is banned if we don't get two more wins than them. One being our game against them. But every player we lose through injury is making it harder and harder to put out a side capable of beating the ones we need to. We have had terrible luck with injuries that may or may not have altered the slim margins between winning and losing. Who knows. But it's in our hands. If we aren't good enough then we go again and the need will be for the team to be stronger. |
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Comment | Szmodics and Tuanzebe Set For Ops as McKenna Gives Lowdown on Injury Woes
at 15:06:27
I don't know what it is with players today they get far fewer games to play, far less heavy pitches to encounter and yet so many bad injuries. Perhaps it's actually this rotation thing and players coming on with 20 minutes to go that is the problem as in the Premier League they get fewer matches than the Championship and Cup games are usually played by those that are in the squad as subs or not getting regular game time. |
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Comment | Woolfenden: Everyone's on the Same Page, We Still Believe and We're Still Going Right to the Wire
at 15:50:34
I don't know how many players have now come out with similar statements with regards to us getting results and whilst I'd be the first to say I still believe in these players I cannot see how we are going to turn this around. Every game that passes and we don't get anything out of it means we are nearer to the end of the season and whilst there are still 33 points to fight for we are five points off Wolves who also have a better goal difference as well. So in truth that at the least two more wins than wolves. One being our home game against them. But so far we have been unable to beat teams near to us in the table. |
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Comment | Delap: Culture Here is Excellent
at 15:58:06
My thoughts are if we are to improve and ultimately stay in the Premier League we need to keep our best players whether that's Delap or whoever. Of course they all have their price but we aren't as a club exactly skint with I believe an £800 million cash fund as proclaimed by Gamechanger when they took over. The mere fact that they have invested over £120 million in the squad and have poured millions into the PR stadium with plans for the Cobbold after the development of the training facilities means they aren't going to go anywhere anytime soon.. |
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Comment | Town Agree Goalkeeper Data Partnership
at 14:13:14
What is the old saying "There's lies. damned lies and statistics" As many have allured to currently we have a large squad of players where many of the new recruits just aren't cutting the mustard. I'm not having a go at them as I don't believe some are as bad as some are saying. But in my humble view you cannot beat trailing a player for weeks, perhaps months to see how they perform in all situations. Not just going on some computer generated analysis. It doesn't always follow that because someone is a "Good kid" that when on a football pitch that they will perform better than one that's a bit of a rogue. |
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Comment | Clarke Completes Blades Loan Move
at 18:27:59
Good luck Harry. Would like to see you back at Town one day as nobody can ever deny you gave your all. Sadly for you and a few other guys who put us where we are the Premier League was one step too much. The sad fact is the likes of Chappers and Woolfy may not be with us if we dropped down a League so it makes you wonder who out of the players replacing these players will no longer be with us either. Some will see themselves as being too good and some will be sold because of their asset value. |
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Comment | Bruce: Baggott Outstanding
at 11:51:45
Personally could never understand why Baggott wasn't given a chance to establish himself in the first team. He came on against Fulham in the Cup last season and marshalled the defence very well and also scored a late goal in a game we were totally outclassed. Maybe it was too much to expect him to be up to Premier League quality but he could have had a few more games in the Championship. As a club our progression of young players has been poor for many seasons now. It needs to end. We have allowed that lot up the A140 to have carte blanche to cherry pick. If we are to compete in the top league we need to produce players that we can use and also sell. |
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