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Comment | Yengi Starts For U23s
at 12:41:41
Steve - Yengi is not going to overtake Piggott if we choose to play a second striker up top, nor Norwood, is he?
Suspect the team tomorrow will feature the seven subs - Holy, Toto, Harper, Aluko, Chaplin, Edwards and Norwood. You can likey add in KVY, Woolfenden and Nolan to the starting XI, assuming all are fit to play.
Not sure whether much can be read into Tommy Smith not starting for U23s today as unless Coulson has recovered from injury, we will need a LB to give Penney a rest. |
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Comment | Keane: I Got Recruitment Wrong at Town
at 23:14:02
No Roy.
You cannot blame this on recruitment no matter how hard you are trying to rewrite history to get you another lucrative job.
You were an appalling manager and an appalling people manager.
While PC cannot touch your playing CV, he is a hundred times the manager you were, or ever will be.
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Comment | Dyer: Bags of Potential in Young U23s Squad
at 12:24:37
I do find it remarkable that we were not doing this in the past. The whole point of the Development Team squad/manager is to develop players, not win matches. Absolute basics. |
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Comment | Town Survey Fans on Tannoy
at 15:14:03
Careful Phil, or some pedant will point out that Tannoy is a brand name...
No goal music today? by xrayspecs 7 Aug 2021 19:59May have just been a duff tannoy, but I do not recall any of the canned music after we scored today.
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Comment | Downes: We Couldn't Have Asked for a Better Start
at 07:30:26
Town can field a competely changed starting XI and stay within the rules. Wilson, Donacien, Emmanuel, Huws, Edwards, Nolan, Roberts and Keane all have 40+ first team starts. Only four of them would need to play. |
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Comment | Town Among Clubs Linked With Bolton Defender
at 13:03:42
chalky
there will be a lot going on behind the scenes. deals offered, agreed in principle. Few get done before the end of June. Expect more to be announced in July once existing deals come to an end.
plus we probably only looking at four signings (+ a replacement for bart assuming he leaves).
Holy is signed. Looks like Norwood will be done this week. Plus another forward/target man (Keane) plus another defender, who could cover a couple of positions. |
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Comment | Kenlock Pleased to Get His Chance After Early Frustration
at 21:38:17
Have watched a lot of lower league football in recent years plus U18/development squads. A couple of comments.
Development squads are like an iceberg - only a few make it and step up as regular pros. 90%+ do not make it professionally. Not a betting man but would not place much on Kenlock (Emmanuel, Morris, Nydam). Dozzell needs to show that he can physically handle the professional game. I watched Woolfenden a month or so ago for Swindon and was very unconvinced - nowhere near as good as Clarke who we let go to Portsmouth. It may that it is just Downes who makes it from the current crop. Plus Bishop and possibly Lankaster.
Slightly tangential, I saw Sean Longstaff play for Blackpool last season, on loan from Newcastle. He was head and shoulders above the rest of the team, you could see him as someone who could make it as a pro. Spoke to him and his dad after the game (Dad played ice hockey internationally). No surprise that he had stepped up.
My point being that unless you really stand out as an emerging pro, the likelihood is that you will not make it. If you have not done this by 22, then I doubt it will ever happen.
League 1 is brutal. If you cannot handle the physicality, then you have no chance of shining. |
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Comment | Town Face Competition For Pilkington From Latics
at 22:58:14
Saxon
If Pilkington wants to move back closer to home (lots of players do), then ME may not be able to do anything to change his mind. Money v quality of life. For a lot of folk (not just footballers), it is not always the best financial deal that works. |
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