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Post by Better things to do in life on Jun 21, 2019 8:55:42 GMT
If the KM reports we have signed 100% of the players the club wanted (bar one cause of travel), then it must be true. Stands to reason. Obvious. Fancy anybody thinking a few may have escaped the net. Strange thinking JS2 had a shortlist of 40-50 when we always get our first choice anyhow. What a lovely morning, warm sunshine and flying unicorns just sighted. I think JS2 is playing the PR game and just skimming over any signing problems here simply because the logic and maths of a shortlist of 40 and signing 100% of our targets and having signed 10 just does not add up - unless 30 more or waiting to be announced! We on this forum aren’t experts but we aren’t fools either. We just need JS2 to sign more quality like George and Clovis and Noah etc got midfield and I’m sure it’ll be fine but this last comment needs to be taken with more than a pinch of saxa!
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Post by daveu on Jun 21, 2019 9:11:53 GMT
Interesting that we use a unicorn as an indication of delusional fantasy and s refusal to face reality. Especially when you consider that the royal arms - the symbol of the UK government - includes one. 🦄🇬🇧 Why is having faith in the management a refusal to face reality? Too many people on the forum think they know better than JS and HK.
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Post by pwoodstone on Jun 21, 2019 9:13:45 GMT
If the KM reports we have signed 100% of the players the club wanted (bar one cause of travel), then it must be true. Stands to reason. Obvious. Fancy anybody thinking a few may have escaped the net. Strange thinking JS2 had a shortlist of 40-50 when we always get our first choice anyhow. What a lovely morning, warm sunshine and flying unicorns just sighted. I think JS2 is playing the PR game and just skimming over any signing problems here simply because the logic and maths of a shortlist of 40 and signing 100% of our targets and having signed 10 just does not add up - unless 30 more or waiting to be announced! We on this forum aren’t experts but we aren’t fools either. We just need JS2 to sign more quality like George and Clovis and Noah etc got midfield and I’m sure it’ll be fine but this last comment needs to be taken with more than a pinch of saxa! You understand the concept of a shortlist though? He may have had 3 shortlisted keepers and secured his first choice. Extrapolate that throughout a squad and you will see how 40 on a shortlist doesn’t translate into 40 signings. Also, there is still plenty of time to make signings. More players become available the nearer you get to the season starting.
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Post by Better things to do in life on Jun 21, 2019 9:44:34 GMT
I think JS2 is playing the PR game and just skimming over any signing problems here simply because the logic and maths of a shortlist of 40 and signing 100% of our targets and having signed 10 just does not add up - unless 30 more or waiting to be announced! We on this forum aren’t experts but we aren’t fools either. We just need JS2 to sign more quality like George and Clovis and Noah etc got midfield and I’m sure it’ll be fine but this last comment needs to be taken with more than a pinch of saxa! You understand the concept of a shortlist though? He may have had 3 shortlisted keepers and secured his first choice. Extrapolate that throughout a squad and you will see how 40 on a shortlist doesn’t translate into 40 signings. Also, there is still plenty of time to make signings. More players become available the nearer you get to the season starting. I guess it’s the confusion of a shortlist of 40 with a 100% signing rate that throws me! Our signing rate is one in four I.e 25%. To only have signed 10 means we needed a longer shortlist! Yes more players will come available the nearer the season gets but will they be of the quality we need? I hope so but would have hoped that last minute deals would have been for squad players not the key ones we still need, but we are where we are!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 10:05:47 GMT
Frankly, if of our first couple of friendlies are played by 10 Probables and a few Triallists / Academy players, so what? Day after day after day after day after day after day of oldboy saying the same thing (even on days when we make a couple of signings) is tedious beyond belief.
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Post by pwoodstone on Jun 21, 2019 10:11:07 GMT
You understand the concept of a shortlist though? He may have had 3 shortlisted keepers and secured his first choice. Extrapolate that throughout a squad and you will see how 40 on a shortlist doesn’t translate into 40 signings. Also, there is still plenty of time to make signings. More players become available the nearer you get to the season starting. I guess it’s the confusion of a shortlist of 40 with a 100% signing rate that throws me! Our signing rate is one in four I.e 25%. To only have signed 10 means we needed a longer shortlist! Yes more players will come available the nearer the season gets but will they be of the quality we need? I hope so but would have hoped that last minute deals would have been for squad players not the key ones we still need, but we are where we are! We have had to wait for several players to makes decisions. We could go all out and sign defenders when WDH hadn’t left yet. You need to know whether his wages are going to be freed up. You are working from an over simplified understanding of how a pre-season works. It isn’t just a pool of players there waiting for offers and making decisions.
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Post by Bernie on Jun 21, 2019 10:53:16 GMT
The forum always gets like this in summer. Then it changes when the season starts and results are not perfect. People like to moan; particularly old people.
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Post by pedant on Jun 21, 2019 11:07:27 GMT
The forum always gets like this in summer. Then it changes when the season starts and results are not perfect. People like to moan; particularly old people. That's an outrageous generalisation on us who've experienced more years than some others
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Post by binsey on Jun 21, 2019 11:14:49 GMT
should be another today!
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Post by daveu on Jun 21, 2019 11:26:58 GMT
The forum always gets like this in summer. Then it changes when the season starts and results are not perfect. People like to moan; particularly old people. What do you classify as old? Does 61 count.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 11:45:57 GMT
The forum always gets like this in summer. Then it changes when the season starts and results are not perfect. People like to moan; particularly old people. What do you classify as old? Does 61 count. Personally I don't think people should be categorized at all. Bloody millennials - not even worth a capital M. #whingingrants
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Post by Tstone on Jun 21, 2019 13:00:33 GMT
Are millennials those conceived on the Millennium Bridge?
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Post by holysmokes66 on Jun 21, 2019 13:20:46 GMT
One look at Instagram and Twitter shows you a lot of players are on holiday at the moment. It seems a bit early for this amount of panic to set in so long before the season starts. This is the off season, and players probably have switched themselves off for a few weeks from the constant training / travel / game commitments, which makes total sense.
Some players sign early and get it out the way, some take a little longer and sign on midway through the summer and then others will leave it to the final few weeks. It's not surprising, really.
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Post by Nick on Jun 21, 2019 13:38:44 GMT
The forum always gets like this in summer. Then it changes when the season starts and results are not perfect. People like to moan; particularly old people. What do you classify as old? Does 61 count. HOW MANY YEARS AGO WERE YOU 61 ?
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Post by Better things to do in life on Jun 21, 2019 14:12:02 GMT
One look at Instagram and Twitter shows you a lot of players are on holiday at the moment. It seems a bit early for this amount of panic to set in so long before the season starts. This is the off season, and players probably have switched themselves off for a few weeks from the constant training / travel / game commitments, which makes total sense. Some players sign early and get it out the way, some take a little longer and sign on midway through the summer and then others will leave it to the final few weeks. It's not surprising, really. m Switch yourself off for a few WEEKS? When you should be looking for a new job? Which is your only income? In which you only work three or four days tops? Never thought I’d see the day that non league players - in tier six at that - so pampered and removed from the real world of work! No wonder last years lot looked so Passionless! Just hope JS2 and Hak have got it right with this lot-I’m sure they have. I do wonder what though what the poor mites will do when they have to retire from football and get real jobs!
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