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Reply | Julien Stéphan talks dreams, transfers, and that Coventry game – Interview
at 12:42 11 Sep 2025
Agreed that JS comes across well, I think he obviously has good experience with younger players and how to foster a good team mentality throughout the club.
I thought his answer on fitness was a good example of that, I would have said Charlton goals were an example of good substitutions and I imagine he would have been well within his rights to say that but instead suggested it was about fitness |
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Reply | Summer Transfer Window - Patreon Podcast
at 12:59 5 Sep 2025
Tbh I'm not sure how to take that. Does Belk have the experience to do that role, as it's a much wider remit than just player recruitment. Or does Nourry think that the DoF role is just about player recruitment?
The game model for example, CN seemed to be leading on that previously which would normally be DoF remit. |
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Reply | Summer Transfer Window - Patreon Podcast
at 11:36 5 Sep 2025
I was always under the impression that we went to retexo to hire either a new CEO or DoF and he basically put his own name forward. Not sure if it was his idea to combine the roles or the clubs but he certainly seemed confident about it when first interviewed.
As Norf points out, LH was always clear as CEO he knows nothing about the playing side just sets the budget and wider strategy. CN has less experience than LH and thinks he can do both.
Initially when they appointed him as CEO I wasn't too concerned, yes he was young but I don't think that necessarily is a bad thing. But I was expecting a separate DoF. CN could hire a DoF who uses data, want's to improve the DS etc etc who he could work hand in glove with but for whatever reason wants to do it all himself where an experienced DoF may be able to assist. Arrogance/control freak/naive, who knows but everything suggests he's one of those things at least and it worries me for the club, if that's allowed without being labelled a hater. |
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Reply | Julien Stéphan
at 20:43 31 Aug 2025
Yeah authorised it, but I doubt they're making the suggestion as the idea would come from the CEO, DoF or Chairman who's involved in the day to day. So it's entirely possible one of those in a day to day role was suggesting that they sack Marti before and Reuben said no. |
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Reply | Julien Stéphan
at 20:38 31 Aug 2025
So do you think it was Reuben who decided to put MC on garden leave? |
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Reply | Hayden, Dunne, in-game management on the pitch.
at 08:32 31 Aug 2025
I think Dunne is a good organiser, one example from yesterday was when we were attacking with Smyth coming across to take a long throw from the right wing. The throw in ended with the keeper and Dunne was up to get the flick on, so Campbell pulled into the left wing with Dunne absent to receive a quick pass from the keeper. The keeper looked like he was shaping up to release it to Campbell and at the same time Smyth thought he needed to get back onto the left wing and in position but Dunne stopped him and got him to mark Campbell while he was getting back, which completely stopped the Charlton attack before it started.
Not sure if that's just good communication that you'd expect from an experienced defender or leadership but it was good to see. |
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Reply | Playing Walsh after the 7-1 defeat
at 08:17 31 Aug 2025
His kicking was poor but you'd hope that's something they can work on fairly easily in training. He gets a good distance, just needs to work on accuracy. I did however like him flying off his line to punch the ball clear when we were getting bombarded towards the end.
The goal yesterday I have some sympathy for him. From the West Paddock I was in line with the shot and the post and thought Mbengue jumping unsighted Walsh and he probably thought (as did I, as did Mbengue) that it was going to get headed clear. So while it was soft I don't think the blame lies fully with Walsh.
I was impressed with how confident he was in the first half considering last week. It wasn't that long ago that we watched Lumley go from promising goalkeeper to a bit of a liability and it happened around the time he lost his confidence. So it was a shame in the second half when he's down the school end and the away fans are on his back that the home crowd wasn't on his side.
As always with these things, it's going to be a long road to redemption for Walsh as it's hard to change people's opinions once they have a negative view of a player. I hope he succeeds. |
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Reply | CONTRARY to FIRM BELIEF
at 18:46 30 Aug 2025
He did ok today, but talking on the way home I can't help but think part of the problem is at best he's ok, when he's not up to his best he seems to end up being carried by the team. Good at set pieces though and can pass well, but doesn't help the team much if we're struggling to get a foot hold in the game. |
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Reply | Seven days – Preview
at 09:38 30 Aug 2025
Great writing as per usual.
It's a shame about twitter, I'm not sure how any genuine fan would have a go at you. Your reports and previews are one of the few things that we can be proud of as a club, same with AKUTRS. For a small club we have great independent media which we should treasure. It may be out of fashion at the moment with spotty teenagers on YouTube being the newer media option, but hopefully proper writing will outlive this particular fad. |
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Reply | Andy Sinton
at 12:04 24 Aug 2025
Get well soon Andy.
As a kid I'd always play on the wing so every home game I'd focus on what Andy was doing, not sure if it helped much but it made me learn how to use both feet. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 14:06 23 Aug 2025
I'm starting to think that Leicester brought in Begovic to avoid needing chaperones on the bench for half their team. He probably the dbs check he got for his goalkeeping schools as a selling point. |
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Reply | Eze
at 20:42 21 Aug 2025
Fair enough, I just thought it was coincidence that the widely agreed 20% suddenly changed to 15% around the same time as his release clause ended. But you're right, the sell on would be part of the sale contract and minimum release clause would be between Eze and Palace. |
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Reply | Eze
at 15:16 21 Aug 2025
I wondered whether the 20% was linked to his minimum fee release clause which I think was reported to have ended in August. Maybe when that ended it reduced to a 15% of the profit instead? |
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Reply | The ‘project’…please enlighten me?
at 17:05 15 Aug 2025
That's my biggest problem with him, I don't trust him because he's been found out telling lies. Lies about his experience in football and involvement with things that happened before his time here. Lies about what people have said to him concerning contract lengths, lies about fans forums and lies about our injury situation. Basically the only thing he's demonstrated to me, is that he will lie to make himself look better as none of the list above has a bearing on the performance of the club.
Every signing has a CN statement to go in there, he's having articles written about him , front a center for the fans forum and seemed to be appearing for more interviews last season than our manager. I appreciate self promotion is part of modern practices but he's quite aggressive with it in a similar way that Beale was, so I find it hard to trust him.
The recent signings appear to be good, certainly more happy than I was this time last year. But whether they've all signed up because they're enthused by the project or CN has decided to throw some money at it, I'll wait to see what the accounts say. |
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Reply | The ‘project’…please enlighten me?
at 14:07 14 Aug 2025
Wasn't that the whole point about Les and Warburton falling out. Manager wanted wise heads to shore up the short term and DoF wanted to stick to the strategy (and play some of our younger players) but the DoF was overruled by the owners?
If Nourry has managed to stop the interference from the owners that usually ended up with an Ainsworth or Mclaren appointment, or even if they've just got fed up and are now leaving it to him, I sense that would be a real change for the clubs strategy. |
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Reply | Carabao Cup Winners thread - victim one - Plymouth Argyle
at 20:44 12 Aug 2025
Who is the boring tvvat on comms for sky sports, Nardi saves a penalty and he spends the next 10 mins talking about how his big toe was over the line. If we had var... boring mate.
Like the look of Putman on the ball. Vale looks reliable and Sutton needs to be hooked but pleasantly surprised given the line up. |
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Reply | Marti to Leicester…maybe
at 19:15 17 Jul 2025
The big difference between Marti and Beale is that Marti was reportedly looking at getting a new position last summer, not mud-season. He got the job done and decided for whatever reason that he'd be better off moving to a new club. Beale was doing it mid season and to 3 clubs, so started to look away well before 6 months.
Bigger question for us is why managers keep looking at the working of our club from the inside and deciding they'd be better off somewhere else. I get that football managers are ambitious and that they're not as loyal to clubs as fans as it's their career, but other clubs don't seem to have this issue. Sheffield Wednesday didn't even pay their manager and he's still there. |
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