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Benny Profane

Just realised their centre half (number 17) is Josh Low's son. I suspect that might be the highlight of the afternoon for me.....

Benny Profane

............... taken from the clubs email to supporters, this is an act of genuine decency by Bolton(& possibly an acknowledgment at club level that travelling CTFC fans behaved impeccably on Saturday). "Travel to Toughsheet Community Stadium Bolton Wanderers have kindly agreed to fund a s...

Benny Profane

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/18/darrell-clarke-i-dont-want-to-be-treated-as-the-manager-who-lost-his-daughter Reading this it actually makes me feel proud he's our manager, & convinces me that whatever happens this season we are probably in safe hands as lon...

Benny Profane

...............& show the stereotypically unclassy touch of sacking a manager who is doing a good job, & replacing them with a famous name. In addition to that farce,the media will now being saddle them with the sobriquet 'Wayne Rooney's Birmingham City', a fad that did so many favours for '...

Benny Profane

...................okay, at present I'd probably draw the line at a Russian flag too! But I think the point still stands.

Benny Profane

Why are flags a problem? I mean, swastika on red background has no place anywhere (other than a museum) but outside of that......what's the problem with an Irish flag? If we had a talented French player, would that flag be a problem? Norwegian? Dutch? It's an honest question, not an attempt to provo...

Benny Profane

Seems about right on balance; the more I looked into all the candidates it seemed he & Artell had as much as we could realistically hope for at this stage. Experienced in the lower leagues and had some past success, out of work and so with a point to prove. Personally I'd rather have that than a...

Benny Profane

.....all this is utterly subjective &, more importantly, utterly irrelevant to our current situation. For the record I love the Birmingham badge, have done since the 70s. I think old fashioned coat of arms badges look,well, old-fashioned. 11 years ago when we were temporarily 'The Rubies' in som...

Benny Profane

After watching his first interview at Charlton it's clear this was the move he wanted....we'd have kept an unhappy player till January (albeit a professional one no doubt) & then lost him for even less. Good luck Alfie, an all time great here. Now let's move on!

Benny Profane

The point I tried to make is that the 20% clause was how we managed to get him so cheap. And he's been wonderful for us. And we don't have any clue what was agreed with Alfie, we're just speculating. Good luck to him next season, apart from the games against us, obviously . Let's just move on & ...

Benny Profane

The moaning about 'big portion going to Doncaster' miss the point a little; we got Alfie for £5k! That is INSANELY cheap, more like Conference North/South level than the striker he became. We have comfortably had our moneysworth out of him, he's been a magnificent player for us, & now he goes wi...

Benny Profane

'We are not the Taliban.' My favourite line on the forum, ever.

Benny Profane

Is Malabus really parodying a knee-jerk Daily Mail reader though? The problem with imitating such reactionary dinosaurs is that some people can't detect the satirising and just think somebody is 'telling it like it is'. This misconception drives Al Murray Pub Landlord up the wall (& Johhny Speig...

Benny Profane

They do have previous when it comes to 'Star' shirts though..........

https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/te ... s1483.html

Benny Profane

Brian Graham has just scored an absolute pearler of a volley in the play-off final against Ross County!

Benny Profane

........I am. Of recent vintage, I can only think of Michael Hector & Joe Rodon, Butland too obviously. Any I missed who then 'graced' the top flight?

Benny Profane

............Elijah Adebayo looking classy for Luton in the play-off semi tonight. Would be nice to see an ex-loanee in the Prem (as I don't think Butland will get his gloves dirty at United). And talking of which, is Jack the only professional footballer to be able to describe themselves as 'Former ...

Benny Profane

..........word from someone who works at the club is 'doesn't train as well as he might'.

Would explain his lack of opportunities; we see them in isolation of a Saturday or Tuesday, they see them all week.

Still seems a bit of a shame though, agreed.

Benny Profane

'Passionless twat'. What makes you (or any of us) think he doesn't care just because he isn't a ranter? Passion alone doesn't improve football teams; if that was the case the most rabid fans would be premier league managers. I've seen no evidence whatsoever that he doesn't care; I suspect he probabl...

Benny Profane

He could conduct the interviews via the medium of contemporary dance for all I care; as long as the team play with some cohesion & ambition I couldn't care less about media duties.

It's the rest that worries me.....

Benny Profane

I agree Robin, he probably will be snapped up by a Championship team; however, at the minute he is (technically) unemployed. And my wider point still stands, that a lot of very, very good footballers would seem to prefer doing nothing than doing something (even temporarily) at a lower level (with lo...

Benny Profane

.............Michael Hector is a free agent. One of the classier loan signings we've had this century, & seemed happy in his time at Whaddon too. On a more serious note (kind of) I'm always baffled at the number of players who won't perform at a lower level due to clubs not being able to 'match ...

Benny Profane

...................I always thought the new crest was cool, & the old one looked like any town/civic coat of arms. Without the black though it doesn't look as cool, & red shorts............dull. Red shirt,black shorts always look cool, especially with white socks. Our new shirt, if won with ...

Benny Profane

..............he explained very eloquently why in his leaving statement, where his genuine care for the club seemed quite apparent. Anyway, it's all just speculation & gossip innit?

Cynic.

Benny Profane

Lampard spent a lot of money which the club could ill afford but then he did take Derby from 6th when he took over to 6th when he left. Bang average really; wasn't a disgrace, but probably didn't really do enough to merit taking over at Chelsea (a 'legend' going to a club because they 'get the club'...

Benny Profane

...........the most promising thing about this (apart from the fact he looks a player with decent pedigree) is that the fears on us missing out on transfer targets as everything grinds to a halt without a manager were unfounded. Yes some targets might think twice, but this lad obviously thought thin...

Benny Profane

Duff fitted the exact template I outlined above (technical coach, seemingly decent links enabling good loans etc) as well as the added bonus of having a connection to the club. Of those criteria, I would say the latter was just that, a bonus. There are coaches (notice not 'managers') out there who c...

Benny Profane

https://www.bettingodds.com/news/next-cheltenham-manager-odds-wade-elliott-gary-caldwell-darren-ferguson-david-artell-russ-penn ...........based on that I have a slight hunch for Caldwell, but honestly I don't know. Get a balance between being a modern, tactically flexible coach who can get the best...

Benny Profane

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/25/michael-duff-single-minded-as-little-cheltenham-take-giant-steps Doesn't tell us a lot we didn't know already, but a cracking read all the same. Mildly curious who the 2 first-teamers coming to blows would have been, but no doubt gossip-mongers on her...

Benny Profane

It hasn't been dying (& how ironic it would be if it died at the very point at which CTFC have possibly our best ever team)...............patience probably required.

Benny Profane

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jul/16/no-manager-not-enough-players-how-swindon-town-were-left-to-fall-apart" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A dire warning of how quickly things can unravel; I'm actually from Bury/Bolton way, so I would say Swindon are only a few ...

Benny Profane

Who do we need & who can we (realistically) go for? I'm assuming our budget will be a little more potent this summer as befits a League 1 side, and the combined kudos of being Champions/Duff might enable us to attract players who wouldn't have given us a glance 12 months ago. But where do we nee...

Benny Profane

Some (better) named fanzines from the golden age of the zine scene (late 80s to mid 90s)
'Brian Moore's head looks uncannily like london planetarium' (Gillingham)
'Dial M For Merthyr' (Merthyr)
Super Dario Land (Crewe)*

* Unfortunate 'turning a blind eye' connations these days , sadly.

Benny Profane

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/12/forest-green-aim-break-new-ground-ppointing-first-female-manager" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I hope they do; just because it's 'them' doesn't mean its not a good idea. Duff's doing a tremendous job, but if he wasn't I woul...

Benny Profane

Just a quick one on this (weirdly long-lived) topic. What NEVER gets mentioned about CW is the fact that for vast stretches of his last season with us, he was played at right-back because GJ didn't buy in any cover in that position. As a midfield playmaker he was one of the better ones we've had in ...

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