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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 10, 2016 20:25:47 GMT
Watching that poor excuse for a football programme on Channel 5, Is it me or did Sunbed Brown not look convincing when Kelly Cates asked him if he's coming to Bolton?
I personally think it's a done deal, he never once gave Southend fans any grounds for confidence!
The usual 'I'm at a wonderful football club with a wonderful chairman that supports me, with a great bunch of players and supporters' never came out of his mouth, instead reminiscing about his arrival in 87/88 under Phil Neal and waxing lyrical about BSA's time in charge. He even managed a wry dig at Gartside as well.
Bigger job than ever now at the ReeMac
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 10, 2016 20:31:27 GMT
I've also realised
Trottersforever Forum is 2 years old..
Thanks realtrottersforever
Where has 2 years gone???
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 21:12:05 GMT
Great forum but we have gone down is it your forums fault mate! Only joking it has been great banter lets hope we will all still be on here next season but under better times. Cheers realtrottersforever good fun
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Post by megsontilidie on Apr 11, 2016 20:32:56 GMT
team almost playing so bad, you're almost relieved to go down to potentially face a (slightly? ) lower standard of football. we just hope it bottoms out, and we can start to build confidence & shed the losing mentality. our season so similar to Villa's in many ways...owner not interested and wanting to sell, and been teetering on the brink of relegation for a year or 2. don't let anyone ever say.."you pay peanuts you get monkeys" EVER again. our previous regime seemed to think if you pay over the odds in wages you get over the odds in performance. well it didn't happen. all it seemed to attract was people who love a pound note more than their love of playing. we need hungry players . it's like the Peter Crouch line about...what would you be if you weren't a footballer...he jokes.."a virgin ". overpaid footballer attracts gold-digger aeroplane blonds . www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2578980/Divorce-bankruptcy-osteoarthritis-reality-retirement-footballers.htmlThirty-three per cent of players divorced within a year of retirement
you need to know why you're attracting those you're aiming to attract. we no longer need to worry about those coming just for the money..'cos we ain't got any !. but you still need to have an answer...a chance of first team football..a good youth academy etc etc. get a winning team, and the momentum heading up and that's an attraction in itself. again we've been fighting the reverse aspect of that for the last year or 2. there was a good stat on Lion of Vienna suite saying we'd finished in a lower position for about 6 years in a row. that has to stop. |
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Post by whitesince63 on Apr 12, 2016 6:54:43 GMT
Make that 7 years then Meggo because wherever we finish next year it will again be lower than this year. Thanks for the forum rftr and all regular contributors for some really interesting posts but it's a shame some old regulars of the first year dropped out or didn't come across. BTW Meggo, splendid new icon we could do with some players with a swerve like that!!!
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Post by realtrottersforever on Apr 12, 2016 17:47:59 GMT
you need to know why you're attracting those you're aiming to attract. we no longer need to worry about those coming just for the money..'cos we ain't got any !. but you still need to have an answer...a chance of first team football..a good youth academy etc etc. get a winning team, and the momentum heading up and that's an attraction in itself. again we've been fighting the reverse aspect of that for the last year or 2. there was a good stat on Lion of Vienna suite saying we'd finished in a lower position for about 6 years in a row. that has to stop. As you say MTID we need players that have an incentive to improve. - Pay players top whack right from the get go, and they have no incentive to get better, as it is unlikely they are ever going to be paid more than their starting salary. We have quite clearly seen this in action this season, with several players on ridiculously high salaries underperforming to a staggering degree, with no hope of shifting them on. - Pay them a lower salary with the promise of extra for maybe performances/points/goals then you would hope they would be busting a gut to get the bonuses. - If you must give them a contract for 3 years, pitch it at a salary commensurate with the league you are in with the promise of increments each year for finishing higher in the table than the year before, plus the bonuses as stated above, but also with the inclusion of a clause of a reduction should relegation happen. The previous board has played free and loose with the club's finances with no thought to the worst possible scenario happening. Let's hope the new board have a different outlook on this. |
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