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drgm

Johnson's building a good side by the looks of things. Let's hope all the fools that brought dinosaurs to the Crewe game demanding "Johnson out", and all the similar fools on here that have done the same this season, or longer, are man enough to admit they were wrong about GJ if this does...

drgm

Maybe his priority has been to make sure the club makes a profit. Hence the square pegs in round holes and cheap ineffective loanees. Didn't we make a profit of £100k the first season back in the league? We may have made another profit last season as well. Maybe the budget has gone up. If this is th...

drgm

Bit concerned about all the 2 year deals being handed out, especially in this case to a player who hasn't established himself in league 2 and probably thought he was destined for National League South

drgm

Good luck to him I say. We'd all do the same in similar circumstances.
Maybe another season muddling along in the bottom third being continually played out of position made the choice an easy one to make.

drgm

Or maybe Pell got fed up with being played out of position. He was settled here. If we played to his strengths he would probably still be here. Should have done more to keep him in my view and I'm not talking about more money. Build a team around him and Atangana and we could have gone places Ben To...

drgm

So you're going on the word of opposition fans that see him maybe twice a season and the odd highlights program over fans that see him for around 23 games or more a season? Pell was nothing more than treading water during the last "frustrating" season and virtually admitted it himself in ...

drgm

Still no right back, or left back for that matter. Not impressed. Seems like a lot of activity
without strategy. Going to be a long season. At least I can pick and choose my games

drgm

Also in the same thread:

'I would have loved us to sign Pell , a cracking player at our level'

Funny how some of us are happy to dimiss Pell. He and Winchester will be difficult to replace.

drgm

What a credit it is to Paul Baker that the club he hands over to the new chairman is in such a good financial position. There's even the added bonus of a little bit of extra money coming in to push the club forward. Paul has sourced a replacement who is enthusiastic, local and has the clubs interest...

drgm

Agree Shev
Grimes is 27 years old and has no previous league experience. What made us think he could make the grade?
He's been poor all season

drgm

We do not need a new stand yet, there is no point ripping it up and building a new one to increase capacity when our attendances have been average, we need to spend a decent amount on players next season to make sure we're competing at the right end of the table, results on the pitch should be Chel...

drgm

A 4000 seater stand with gym and conference facilities will cost a lot more than 1 million pounds

drgm

.and who can blame him for going? Continually played out of position. We will probably discover that finding someone with the same impact both in the dressing room and on the pitch to be impossible given our budget. Pell is probably irreplaceable in those terms. Sure, not one of his best seasons but...

drgm

You mean his first start after 4 and half months out injured, an injury that initially ruled him out for the season. He gave away two penalties before being substituted. He clearly wasn't match ready. Blame Gary if you want but imho he's average at best, a liability at worst. Not the kind of player...

drgm

I won't.

drgm

I think the club have tried to sort his contract situation out. There has been an offer
o the table for some time but he clearly wants to move on. Some players are not
content to muddle along in the bottom third of league 2

drgm

I haven't forgotten his recent performance against Cambridge.

drgm

I think the fire's gone out

Let's have a hungry young manager with a point to prove. Won't happen though.

Hardly missed a home game in 20 years but will pick and choose my games from now on

drgm

For some people nham68 it's quantity over quality

drgm

Too many armchair supporters little mo. Relying on Facebook, the internet and 'someone I spoke to who knew someone who went to the game'. Quick to comment on here without the facts. Johnson went down the tunnel but most of the players stayed on the pitch. Perhaps if they bothered to go they would se...

drgm

Excellent interview by Peter Matthews 'Have you got the drive and energy to do that Gary?' Most pertinent question of the lot We've had two disappointing seasons. Going out of the FA cup in the first round twice. Losing to FGR When we've really needed to put in a performance we just haven't done it....

drgm

I struggle to see the quality in the manager anymore. Let's get this right, GJ getting us promoted two years ago was phenomenal, and I'll be forever grateful to him for it, but last season we managed to stay up in the penultimate game of the season, and this year we've gone into the last game of th...

drgm

I will forever be grateful for what Gary did but things have gone very stale and I can't see
how they are going to improve next season.

Despite the low expectations of some people on here we are not destined to be relegation fodder if he leaves.

We need a young hungry manage with a point to prove.

drgm

Shocking today. Sellars is far too lazy to be in our team. Unless he is willing to sit on the bench majority of next season i just wouldn't offer him a new deal, he's far too predictable as he's so one footed. As for Pell. If we get offered 200k again for him ill drive him myself... no point in kee...

drgm

We have three of the best midfielders in this division but Gary consistently plays two of them out of position so he can find a place in the team for Sellars. Christ - wake up and smell the coffee! Yes, Coventry were good but Gary just handed them the initiative. Some of our better players don't wan...

drgm

In Gary we trust. If any other manager had been in charge of that team today we would have lost 7-1 not 6-1.

drgm

I've followed Cotts career quite closely since he left us and this is the first time someone has come
in after he has been sacked and really turned the club around. May not get another high profile job.

drgm

Although Harry hasn't fired much this season, when he's been able to play to his strengths in his best position, he has been effective, especially when makes those rampaging runs at the opposition. His height also gives us a much-needed physical presence in a team with quite a few smallish players....

drgm

...and who could blame him. Like Winchester he is continually played out of position.
Play Mo up front on his own and play your best players out of position. It's been chaotic all season
and still no recognised right back. Will this somehow improve next season?

drgm

so out of 138 ish fans we have a group of 20 or 30 who want GJ out A few were at the last forum and asked why they should buy a season ticket It is all very well wanting GJ out but have they any alternatives Let them name who they want in Having named him can they explain how he or she are going to...

drgm

I tell you what - let me try another version of the same game I’ll pretend Mo Eisa is worth £1 million. I know he isn’t - everyone who knows literally ANYTHING about football knows this to be utter tosh. But I’ll pretend it to be true and will argue with anyone who says otherwise. When asked for an...

drgm

he led us to two successive play off finals No he didn't. Not unless I missed the two abject performances against Northampton get overturned by the FL while I was still drowning my sorrows about what should have been, that season. Sorry my mistake. Should have said 'play offs' not 'finals'. He wasn...

drgm

He had some personal problems which blighted his last 18 months with us. Prior to that
he led us to two successive play off finals which makes him one of our most successful managers

He seems to be back to his best looking at Solihull Moors results since he took over

drgm

It is not Robins job to go to the forum, stamp his feet and demand a change of manager. It's up to the chairman to react to what he sees both on and off the pitch It's clear we are not a happy camp either on or off the pitch. It's time for a change. Are we really saying that there isn't anyone out t...

drgm

Robin wrote:Do we really have 35 players? I thought it was around 23/24 which I would say is probably normal for league two.

Robin
I just counted what I saw on the back of the matchday programme. Probably includes Downes - another drain on the budget.

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