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Post by rebellious on Apr 7, 2024 9:04:17 GMT
We have a large expensive squad. Promotion via the play offs is not an over achievement for this group of players.
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Post by dutchboy74 on Apr 7, 2024 9:36:11 GMT
We have a large expensive squad. Promotion via the play offs is not an over achievement for this group of players. Not really sure if we have a large squad. If we did have we wouldn’t need the loan signings. With regards to expensive I trust the people who make these decisions that all is done within our financial limits/budgets. Sometimes there are opportunities to good to turn down player wise. But like I said I fully trust the people making the decisions. There are plenty of examples of where it goes wrong with overspending, owner running out of money etc
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Post by Bally on Apr 7, 2024 9:56:06 GMT
Expensive compared to our history but in this league, with the full time teams in play, we are great value for our position (quite rightly managed in a sustainable way).
Best teams and players command the highest fees!
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solva
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Post by solva on Apr 7, 2024 10:45:59 GMT
Would Luke Garrard - leaving Borehamwood at the end of this season - be in the frame ?
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Post by Keithsson on Apr 7, 2024 11:23:11 GMT
Would Luke Garrard - leaving Borehamwood at the end of this season - be in the frame ? Never say never. However I would just observe that given their FA Cup money and a fairly benevolent owner Garrard would be used to working with a very healthy budget, something he wouldn't get here. I thought the same when the ex Ebbsfleet guy's name was suggested. Whoever takes over should ideally have experience of working within strict financial boundaries. On CV's we shouldn't just be looking at previous experience and achievements, but under what circumstances that experience and achievement was. Ideally someone able to obtain success greater than the sum of its parts.
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Post by rebellious on Apr 7, 2024 12:12:46 GMT
We have a large expensive squad. Promotion via the play offs is not an over achievement for this group of players. Not really sure if we have a large squad. If we did have we wouldn’t need the loan signings. With regards to expensive I trust the people who make these decisions that all is done within our financial limits/budgets. Sometimes there are opportunities to good to turn down player wise. But like I said I fully trust the people making the decisions. There are plenty of examples of where it goes wrong with overspending, owner running out of money etc Robinson, Wheeler, Wadhams, Lyons-Foster, Rees, Austin, Bull - all missing yesterday. That's a big squad.
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Post by dutchboy74 on Apr 7, 2024 12:34:48 GMT
Not really sure if we have a large squad. If we did have we wouldn’t need the loan signings. With regards to expensive I trust the people who make these decisions that all is done within our financial limits/budgets. Sometimes there are opportunities to good to turn down player wise. But like I said I fully trust the people making the decisions. There are plenty of examples of where it goes wrong with overspending, owner running out of money etc Robinson, Wheeler, Wadhams, Lyons-Foster, Rees, Austin, Bull - all missing yesterday. That's a big squad. So we have a squad of 20/21 players. Personally I think that is right. I think it is needed to compete. Especially as we are part time and sometimes players miss due to work commitments, injuries etc. But that is my opinion and you don’t share that. Which is absolutely fine.
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Post by rebellious on Apr 7, 2024 13:13:34 GMT
Robinson, Wheeler, Wadhams, Lyons-Foster, Rees, Austin, Bull - all missing yesterday. That's a big squad. So we have a squad of 20/21 players. Personally I think that is right. I think it is needed to compete. Especially as we are part time and sometimes players miss due to work commitments, injuries etc. But that is my opinion and you don’t share that. Which is absolutely fine. With Starkey Jnr, whom I forgot, it is at least 24 players. All I said was "We have a large expensive squad. Promotion via the play offs is not an over achievement for this group of players."
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Post by Keithsson on Apr 7, 2024 14:06:46 GMT
Regards Jessie, he's suuurely now in the Alex Parsons camp... the old boys network.
Sits up in the stands periodically in a club tracksuit... presumably just to avoid paying on the gate as they've got about as much claim to being in the squad as I have 😄
Coxy was in 'the network' last season too... 'gone, but not gone'. However I swear its him, more portly, who can now be found drinking and heckling at Chichester games 🤪
I reckon Robbo will join this bizarre band of merry hangers-on next season in the unlikely event of Aarran staying in place.
But if an outside face comes in they'll be gone quicker than you can say "£16 please"😉
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Post by dutchboy74 on Apr 7, 2024 15:57:50 GMT
Regards Jessie, he's suuurely now in the Alex Parsons camp... the old boys network. Sits up in the stands periodically in a club tracksuit... presumably just to avoid paying on the gate as they've got about as much claim to being in the squad as I have 😄 Coxy was in 'the network' last season too... 'gone, but not gone'. However I swear its him, more portly, who can now be found drinking and heckling at Chichester games 🤪 I reckon Robbo will join this bizarre band of merry hangers-on next season in the unlikely event of Aarran staying in place. But if an outside face comes in they'll be gone quicker than you can say "£16 please"😉 Sure Coxy supports the bar at Chichester because his “find” Mo Jammeh. Wouldn’t surprise me if he will be the manager at the start of the season there, post dressing room pictures when they are winning. And then walks out after 3 months because he found somewhere else to go/ club and manager want different directions/gets found out. Delete as appropriate.
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Post by findonrebel on Apr 7, 2024 17:00:30 GMT
I mean yes we do have a more expensive and larger squad that we had last season but also you need that to compete at this level sadly! We fell foul of that last season when H got injured and ultimately that was our downfall, so we are now older and wiser on that front and we have learnt. Unfortunately to compete at this level does mean you have to spend more, but that doesn't always equate to success! I would say the likes of Havant, Eastbourne and Dartford have well outspent us this season and look where they are... its still only our second at this level and we have proved a good consistency! I'm not sure going up is a necessity but ofcourse it's great ti have ambitions and push forward, the step up is vast and we have to be mindful, I'm ambitious but I'm also cautious.
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Post by Kenty in Weardale on Apr 7, 2024 19:02:03 GMT
I've really no idea who should be the next manager but I have a absolute belief in who shouldn't be. For the latter there is no way I want Steve King, Alan Dowson or Danny Bloor anywhere near our club, nor indeed any of the usual suspects who bounce from club to club with success when it happens bought via a cheque book
We need to have a proper process, by interview and presentation, including Aaran if he applies. Only then can the board judge who is the best person to take us forward and by what means
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Post by Keithsson on Apr 7, 2024 19:38:09 GMT
I've really no idea who should be the next manager but I have a absolute belief in who shouldn't be. For the latter there is no way I want Steve King, Alan Dowson or Danny Bloor anywhere near our club, nor indeed any of the usual suspects who bounce from club to club with success when it happens bought via a cheque bookWe need to have a proper process, by interview and presentation, including Aaran if he applies. Only then can the board judge who is the best person to take us forward and by what means Agreed, with the caveat that there has to be some sort of criteria for whittling down large numbers of applicants. We know from Barry's Rebel Yell Podcast interview that within a week of Hinsh leaving there had already been many enquiries, long before any advert was circulated. There's only a finite pool to draw from of course. But whilst it may not be hundreds, it could well be dozens. I'd like to think no-one would be hired without an interview/presentation. But unless the panel want to sit through dozens of the b*ggers some sort of process will have to exist to get the longlist down to a shortlist (no more than three or four). A qualities list of 'must haves' and 'must not haves' broken down into imperatives and desirables would probably do the whittling job on a points basis. But there's another crucial test. Barry has said previously he's always networking, 'bending the ear' of other chairmen and club staff at our games by making contacts by enquiring how they operate. Consequently i'd also like to think he has by now got enough trusted contacts within the game to make discreet enquiries about applicants character and suitability on a personal level... the 'no kn*bhead' policy. Candidates that may look good on paper may fall short by that test.
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harty
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Post by harty on Apr 7, 2024 19:44:05 GMT
I've really no idea who should be the next manager but I have a absolute belief in who shouldn't be. For the latter there is no way I want Steve King, Alan Dowson or Danny Bloor anywhere near our club, nor indeed any of the usual suspects who bounce from club to club with success when it happens bought via a cheque bookWe need to have a proper process, by interview and presentation, including Aaran if he applies. Only then can the board judge who is the best person to take us forward and by what means Full disclosure, Danny Bloor is a friend of mine, not in each others pockets but when my life took a wrong turning he was there for me, as were a number of others, however he cannot come back to Woodside as there is too much water under the bridge, he represents part of a different era at the club and quite simply as in many cases you can never go back. That said he will get another job at NLS or Isthmian PL level and will succeed, unfortunately that’s not the case at WFC.
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Post by newtoworthing on Apr 7, 2024 20:50:11 GMT
Most clubs with a managerial vacancy will get loads of applications within days of a vacancy becoming available, most of whom wouldn’t have a cat in hells chance of being appointed. I’ve come to the conclusion from bitter experience with my no 1 team, that you can appoint a manager who seems to have all the right credentials, all the badges, and talks a good game, but doesn’t get the desired results. Only in hindsight, will WFC know whether they’ve appointed the right person.
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