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Post by gibbo on Sept 17, 2024 10:51:02 GMT
Turnbull, Poole, Griffin and Tansey were all relegation standard players in league 1 at that time (mainly due to inexperience). And were subsequently relegation standard players in League 2 the following season (as all stayed with us IIRC?). (though Tansey probably had an ok season to be fair)
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Post by scfc73 on Sept 17, 2024 10:53:12 GMT
yep. Ward gets a bit of a pass on here due to his achivements as a player/assistant, but was just as bad as Ablett / Kalezic etc. To be fair to him, he didn't want to be there. He knew he was out of his depth but felt obliged to help out as nobody else wanted to touch it and he was already at the club. He's always been quite open about it. Peter Ward had a brief spell working at the factory where I worked after his involvement at County ended. Unfortunately didn't get to spend a lot of time with him as he was on a different shift to me but did manage to have a very brief chat with him before he moved on & nicer humbler guy you couldn't wish to meet. Told him that I loved him as player & he was a great assistant & I that thought his brief spell in charge under difficult circumstances didn't detract in any way from his contribution to County, he was very appreciative of that but also humble with it, said he was gutted at the way things turned out. Would have loved to have got the chance to have a proper in depth conversation with him but he moved onto another job elsewhere pretty soon. I just remember at the time feeling quite sad that he wasn't involved in football anymore & reduced to working in the same hell hole as me!
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Post by suedehead on Sept 17, 2024 11:53:03 GMT
To be fair to him, he didn't want to be there. He knew he was out of his depth but felt obliged to help out as nobody else wanted to touch it and he was already at the club. He's always been quite open about it. Peter Ward had a brief spell working at the factory where I worked after his involvement at County ended. Unfortunately didn't get to spend a lot of time with him as he was on a different shift to me but did manage to have a very brief chat with him before he moved on & nicer humbler guy you couldn't wish to meet. Told him that I loved him as player & he was a great assistant & I that thought his brief spell in charge under difficult circumstances didn't detract in any way from his contribution to County, he was very appreciative of that but also humble with it, said he was gutted at the way things turned out. Would have loved to have got the chance to have a proper in depth conversation with him but he moved onto another job elsewhere pretty soon. I just remember at the time feeling quite sad that he wasn't involved in football anymore & reduced to working in the same hell hole as me! If you get 30/40 mins, watch this. Was filmed two days before the Halifax game in 2022. Such a good night. Some decent Jim and Liam Dickinson content in there too!
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Post by vicar on Sept 17, 2024 12:37:07 GMT
To be fair to him, he didn't want to be there. He knew he was out of his depth but felt obliged to help out as nobody else wanted to touch it and he was already at the club. He's always been quite open about it. Peter Ward had a brief spell working at the factory where I worked after his involvement at County ended. Unfortunately didn't get to spend a lot of time with him as he was on a different shift to me but did manage to have a very brief chat with him before he moved on & nicer humbler guy you couldn't wish to meet. Told him that I loved him as player & he was a great assistant & I that thought his brief spell in charge under difficult circumstances didn't detract in any way from his contribution to County, he was very appreciative of that but also humble with it, said he was gutted at the way things turned out. Would have loved to have got the chance to have a proper in depth conversation with him but he moved onto another job elsewhere pretty soon. I just remember at the time feeling quite sad that he wasn't involved in football anymore & reduced to working in the same hell hole as me! Him and Jim were perfect together, he's "one of the lads" and it complimented Jim's more authoritarian approach but he was never cut out for the top job.
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Post by wnm on Sept 17, 2024 13:22:26 GMT
Peter Ward had a brief spell working at the factory where I worked after his involvement at County ended. Unfortunately didn't get to spend a lot of time with him as he was on a different shift to me but did manage to have a very brief chat with him before he moved on & nicer humbler guy you couldn't wish to meet. Told him that I loved him as player & he was a great assistant & I that thought his brief spell in charge under difficult circumstances didn't detract in any way from his contribution to County, he was very appreciative of that but also humble with it, said he was gutted at the way things turned out. Would have loved to have got the chance to have a proper in depth conversation with him but he moved onto another job elsewhere pretty soon. I just remember at the time feeling quite sad that he wasn't involved in football anymore & reduced to working in the same hell hole as me! Him and Jim were perfect together, he's "one of the lads" and it complimented Jim's more authoritarian approach but he was never cut out for the top job. I’ve said it on here numerous times and I’ll say it again. The squad Ward was left with by Simpson was horrendous. Our two best players were loanees who we couldn’t keep and basically went as soon as Ward was given the job. Mathias then took over when the squad was at its best after some good recruitment from Ward. Unfortunately the thing Ward never managed to sort was CB with Grieve from Newcastle being nowhere near good enough and that cost us big time.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Sept 17, 2024 13:25:26 GMT
That 'who are ya' that Birmingham do for every opposition substitution is incredibly cringeworthy. Definitely the most insufferable fanbase in L1. Player going off named “WHO” Player coming on names “WHO” WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA Almost as bad as that Chesterfield “we are the town ahhhhhhh” nonsense.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Sept 17, 2024 13:30:17 GMT
Thought Parkinson's decision to swap both strikers like for like was weird. They hadn't even been getting the ball to the forwards. He doesn’t have a plan b. When they don’t have things all their own way they will struggle. There aren’t many teams who will dominate them like Birmingham did last night, so they usually have it all their own way.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Sept 17, 2024 13:32:12 GMT
Wrexham really only have one way of playing but they are very good at it. Come up against a better team tonight. Really impressed by Birmingham. Moved it positively and really slick. Went long if they needed to. Clinical with their chances and controlled the game since the equaliser. Iwata looks some player. I agree, they are good at the one way they play, I just think that we have multiple ways of playing and will show this over the season. Agree about Brum though, they looked good and I fully expect them to win the league I said it last season but Wrexham were the best at playing their brand of football in league two last season, Franchise the best at playing theirs. Mansfield too. We finished above them all by being able to mix it up better than anyone else. Having more ways to play will always be effective.
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Post by countymike on Sept 17, 2024 14:03:05 GMT
Peter Ward had a brief spell working at the factory where I worked after his involvement at County ended. Unfortunately didn't get to spend a lot of time with him as he was on a different shift to me but did manage to have a very brief chat with him before he moved on & nicer humbler guy you couldn't wish to meet. Told him that I loved him as player & he was a great assistant & I that thought his brief spell in charge under difficult circumstances didn't detract in any way from his contribution to County, he was very appreciative of that but also humble with it, said he was gutted at the way things turned out. Would have loved to have got the chance to have a proper in depth conversation with him but he moved onto another job elsewhere pretty soon. I just remember at the time feeling quite sad that he wasn't involved in football anymore & reduced to working in the same hell hole as me! If you get 30/40 mins, watch this. Was filmed two days before the Halifax game in 2022. Such a good night. Some decent Jim and Liam Dickinson content in there too! What a fantastic night that was! Some great stories from everyone involved which obviously didn't all make the cut. Wardy was fantastic that night. We bumped into wardy in a pub in Asthon before one of the games against Curzon, ended up having a pint with him and then he jumped in our taxi to the ground... Years later we met him again in the Prince and he told others the story about the taxi... a great guy, and someone that you could talk to all day about county
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Post by nelly on Sept 17, 2024 14:08:12 GMT
If you get 30/40 mins, watch this. Was filmed two days before the Halifax game in 2022. Such a good night. Some decent Jim and Liam Dickinson content in there too! What a fantastic night that was! Some great stories from everyone involved which obviously didn't all make the cut. Wardy was fantastic that night. We bumped into wardy in a pub in Asthon before one of the games against Curzon, ended up having a pint with him and then he jumped in our taxi to the ground... Years later we met him again in the Prince and he told others the story about the taxi... a great guy, and someone that you could talk to all day about county I can still see that free kick he scored against Stoke in the playoff semi. Danny taught him how to do it apparently.
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Post by mat1scfc on Sept 17, 2024 17:34:35 GMT
Carlie closing in on mk dons Manager and director of football
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Post by Duncan McOchin on Sept 17, 2024 17:46:24 GMT
That doesn't mention Williamson?
Surprised at MK's start this season though.
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Post by mat1scfc on Sept 17, 2024 17:57:59 GMT
That doesn't mention Williamson? Surprised at MK's start this season though. no but it's all over twitter
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Post by mat1scfc on Sept 18, 2024 7:55:16 GMT
Wouldn't have tasted it myself but whatever floats his boat. A Birmingham fan has replied saying they dont sell carling though...
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Post by Philcounty on Sept 18, 2024 8:10:54 GMT
Wouldn't have tasted it myself but whatever floats his boat. A Birmingham fan has replied saying they dont sell carling though... It seems your AI model has trouble detecting humour. I've seen a few comments about them being showered with spit and pints of piss from above. Something to look forward to at the beginning of December.
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