brassmonkey
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longs fault again.. playing the ball blind.Oxford cut to ribbons on the counter-attack for the second goal.
longs fault again.. playing the ball blind.Oxford cut to ribbons on the counter-attack for the second goal.
we got spanked by an extremely good team, and are free falling away from the playoffs, with a squad that should easily be good enough for top 6, sorry if I feel Robinson deserves some blame for thatAre you f-ing serious? You, backed up by several other geniuses on here spout the biggest load of shite on here mate.
We lost, against an extremely good team...we move on we’re playing 9 games in a month and went to extra time on Tuesday against a prem club.
To be honest I don’t even know why I’m bothering responding to this. They say never argue with an idiot...
Because he has a much tactical nous as a Tiramisu?That’s the problem it’s the system 4 2 3 1 or later in today’s performance 4 1 4 1. Why can’t KR adopt a 4 3 3 so Taylor who obviously wasn’t ready would have had company.
Yet another post ! Can't keep away can you all of a sudden spreading bileBecause he has a much tactical nous as a Tiramisu?
Robbo has a lot of strengths. Tactical flexibility has never been one of them.
Sorry im not a beacon of joy after a 4 nil annihilation and a team rapidly sliding down the table.Yet another post ! Can't keep away can you all of a sudden spreading bile
Are you serious?That’s the problem it’s the system 4 2 3 1 or later in today’s performance 4 1 4 1. Why can’t KR adopt a 4 3 3 so Taylor who obviously wasn’t ready would have had company.
No one is , we are having a good 'test ' now to see what we are made of. Endless moans and trying to cause problems helps no one. And you don't come on after a good win ..maybe 1 post ...now you cannot stopSorry im not a beacon of joy after a 4 nil annihilation and a team rapidly sliding down the table.
You will see i gave plenty of credit after the Newcastle game as the players deserved it, but yesterday was dire. We were flogging dead horses almost literally.
To be honest, I have suspected as much.Just here to watch the meltdowns.
On a side note, a reasonable source connected to the Directors informed me that the ambition to get promoted isnt there. Disappointing if true although hopefully taken out of context.
But no business attracts investment by standing still. No club attracts sponsors and advertisers by standing still.But we have to be realistic, as much as we would all like to see us promoted this season, financially, it could ruin us.
Yes I am they tore us apart yesterday with 4 3 3Are you serious?
We don’t play that formationYes I am they tore us apart yesterday with 4 3 3
And this is what so many have been overlooking while they fawn over the excel spreadsheets and praise the profit margins. The footballers who are out there putting themselves through it in pursuit of achieving something have had to deal with essentially being shown that their efforts are potentially unwanted. “We don’t want you to lose too often, but for god’s sake don’t get promoted you maniacs!”That we couldn't sign any needed players, that I can understand. The January window is notoriously difficult to prize good players away from their clubs. In a way I also understand that the board are business men and the offers were too tempting and would cover potential debts. But in the long run to fail to recruit and then sell two of your best players from an already depleted squad makes the clear statement that the board is not interested in promotion this year. This was made clear to all by their actions. Unfortunately it was also made clear to the players. To have busted a gut to get promotion any way they can must have been a kick in the teeth to every one of them.
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To be honest, I have suspected as much.
But we have to be realistic, as much as we would all like to see us promoted this season, financially, it could ruin us. There would be a huge increase in funding needed, for things such as transfers, wages, and probably having to do something with the open end (I'm not sure we'd be allowed to play in the Championship with only three stands, I might be wrong though) and this would all massively increase our losses at the end of the season, and increase our debt. It could leave us totally broke, and then if the owners left, our existence could be in jeopardy. Just look at what has happened to Bury and Bolton, who spent way above their means, trying to compete at levels they were not financially equipped for.
It may just be that the board have recognised this, and decided that financially, we're not in a position to compete in the championship yet, without risking the future of the club, so their short term ambition is to simply keep us at the level we're at in league one, bring in real quality to help keep us in this league, but quickly sell those players for a tidy profit, to clear the clubs debts, and reduce the annual losses, whilst seeing out the current lease on the stadium.
Once this is (hopefully) achieved, maybe they'll feel we're in a better financial position to start investing heavily in the team and stadium issues, and finally make a real push for promotion to the championship, where they'll hopefully be in a better position to be able to stabilise and sustain the club at that level, before looking to push forward again.
However, IF this is indeed their plan, which would be understandable, and lets face it, pretty sensible, then they should at least be honest and outline those plans to us, so the fans can be more realistic with their expectations for the future.
Of course this is just conjecture and very wishful thinking on my part, it may just be that they're a bunch idiots, making a pigs ear of everything again, and undoing all the hard work thats gone into the first half of the season.
Who knows, only time will tell.
And we had a striker yesterday that want at the races whereas on Tuesday we did and having the loan striker doesn’t work and out formation yesterday tore us to shreds.We don’t play that formation
longs fault again.. playing the ball blind.