Positives this season

[bazza192]

Ok, had enough of the negative comments as it seems there is not much optimism in the air. Here are a few things i am looking forward to in the new season.

Ian Joyce - Very vocal, confident keeper who looks abit like Napoleon Dynamite.

Barrett and Clarke centre back partnership - You would struggle to find anyone better then these two in league one.


McCormack and Barnard - Have these two to come back.

Revell - Seeing him being played upfront.

Anthony Grant - To watching him get stuck in and hopefully dominate the midfield. If we sign him.

Scannell- Obvious reason. Quality in abundance

Tilson having no money - So he does not p**s it up the wall on a 200k striker worth 10k.

 

[Andyhsufc]

Franny - probably the best right back in the league

Herd, Moussa, O'Keefe - Some of the most talented youngsters in the league

Bailey - One of the best, if not the best, central midfielders in L1

Tilson and Uncle Ron - Absolute legends

 

[leathers20]

all of the above and more signings to come aswell........ all is good in the hall!!

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Still got the blue belles.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Still got the best management team in the division and a chairman who is right behind them.

 

[Phippsy]

Wont have the silly flavs debate after every game (to short, to good looking etc).
Hopefully a few exciting new players to look forward to seeing.
Laughing at our corners and free-kiskcs now we have no one to take them.
Blue belles, need say no more ;-)

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Laughing as our plan to lull the rest of the division into a false sense of security finally comes to fruition.

Seriously, getting back to the Hall will be great, seeing us scoring, singing etc the whole saturday experience.

 

[pringlejon]

spending saturdays out of the house!

 

[Homer]

not more pushing a trolley up tesco shopping isle on a saturday taking up
valuable drinking time

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Barrett and Clarke centre back partnership - You would struggle to find anyone better then these two in league one.

Err.... really? I've always thought that, while both are talented individuals, they make a deeply mediocre / flawed partnership.

I reckon that all of the following have potential better centre-half partnerships than we do:

Hartlepool - Robbie Elliot / Michael Nelson
Orient - Thelwell / Mkandawire
Huddersfield - Mirfin / Lucketti (how the hell did they snap him up?!)
Leeds - Marques / Michalik
Leicester - Morrison / Tunchev
Franchise Scum - Diallo / O'Hanlon (another side with a scarily strong squad)

Orient will fall away like they always do. Posh will score so many that they'll be near the top anyway, especially with their highly rated keeper.

But I would expect very strong challenges from Posh, Franchise, Leeds, Leicester and Pools, with Hudds my dark horses.

Potentially, this is a weaker division than last season - and that's a reason to be cheerful. But right now, with no left back, with our most creative player (Mark Gower) gone, and still with the Clarke/Barrett issue not solved (surely, the play-off semi at the Keepmoat told us for the umpteenth time that Clarke and Barrett are a deeply flawed centre-half pairing) - we also look a weaker squad than the one which reached the playoffs.

Oh for the ability to tempt a Michael Nelson (admittedly, a thug - but a formidable one) or a Chris Lucketti to partner Clarke at centre-half, and to make Barrett learn (perhaps under Chris Powell) how to turn his undoubted talent and hunger into making him a left-back.

Hey ho. You can't always get what you want...

Matt

 

[bazza192]

As i said before only positives. Moan about everything else on the other 100+ threads on this board...

 

[seany t]

Drinking a pint of Otter again in the Spread. No lazy jokes please.

All hail the ale.

 

[Magnum PI]

Ok, had enough of the negative comments as it seems there is not much optimism in the air. Here are a few things i am looking forward to in the new season.

Ian Joyce - Very vocal, confident keeper who looks abit like Napoleon Dynamite.

Barrett and Clarke centre back partnership - You would struggle to find anyone better then these two in league one.


McCormack and Barnard - Have these two to come back.

Revell - Seeing him being played upfront.

Anthony Grant - To watching him get stuck in and hopefully dominate the midfield. If we sign him.

Scannell- Obvious reason. Quality in abundance

Tilson having no money - So he does not p**s it up the wall on a 200k striker worth 10k.

I am trying myself to be positive, but Joyce looks awful, Revell is awful .. and Clarke and Barrett are nowhere near the best centre halfs in the division.
I also am positive about Scannell, and Grant though, and think that O'Keefe is going to be the man !! Macca might not even get his place back as I can see starting mid being Mousse, Bailey, Scannell and O'Keefe.. Grant if he signs will probably play full back

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

I am trying myself to be positive, but Joyce looks awful, Revell is awful .. and Clarke and Barrett are nowhere near the best centre halfs in the division.
I also am positive about Scannell, and Grant though, and think that O'Keefe is going to be the man !! Macca might not even get his place back as I can see starting mid being Mousse, Bailey, Scannell and O'Keefe.. Grant if he signs will probably play full back

I dont think there is anything between Mildenhall and Joyce and will be good them fighting it out for a starting place.

 

[fbm]

I dont think there is anything between Mildenhall and Joyce and will be good them fighting it out for a starting place.

I hope that whoever gets the shirt will be because he's proven to be the best keeper out of the two rather than the one who is least awful...

 

[Hooly]

I dont think there is anything between Mildenhall and Joyce and will be good them fighting it out for a starting place.

I'm hoping as positively as I positively can that Mildew is positively shed loads better than Joyce. You said we had to be postive! :zzzzz:

 

[Irish_Shrimper]

We still have Richie Foran.

Now watch him fire us into the CCC this season ;)

 

[bazza192]

We no longer have Tes Bramble, Bazza Belgrave or Greame Jones up front. Thats a big positive..

 

[OldBlueLady]

We still have Richie Foran.

Now watch him fire us into the CCC this season ;)

God forbid this has any truth in it, you'll be rubbing our collective noses in it!

 

[Irish_Shrimper]

God forbid this has any truth in it, you'll be rubbing our collective noses in it!

I already have a speech prepared for such a time. The phrase 'I told you all so' appears quite often, funnily enough ;)