hayfever Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 8:59 AM, hayfever said: https://www.efl.com/news/2022/april/football-manager-efl-team-of-the-season-line-ups-announced/ Named in the League 2 Team of the Year as well, they may yet throw away the league title though as they got beat again tonight. I can hear the sound of recycled bottles breaking in Gloucestershire, beat again on Saturday and fan-owned Exeter are now top of the league 3 What Carew can do with a ball, I can do with an orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaunTon Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I'd be quite happy to see Exeter take the title as they're a decent club who've had their fair share of problems over the years. Forest Green have had a great season and like many clubs they appear to have taken their foot off the gas when they achieved promotion. Somehow I doubt their fans will be too distressed however it ends up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitanus Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 16 hours ago, hayfever said: I can hear the sound of recycled bottles breaking in Gloucestershire, beat again on Saturday and fan-owned Exeter are now top of the league If you are one of their them, then it should read 'fanny-owned'. Next. 1 1 SACK THE BOARD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 I see Ray Mckinnon had a heart attack. Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but only with religion do good people do bad things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 2 hours ago, port-ton said: I see Ray Mckinnon had a heart attack. Was noticing that we were the only one of his former clubs that hadn't sent out a get well soon tweet. But we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EanieMeany Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Whilst it might appear somewhat cold-hearted to object/raise an eyebrow at such a tweet, I think you could really get away with not acting like somebody who’s so utterly reviled by the fanbase and who treated the club so poorly is deserving of any mention whatsoever. AWMSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TRVMP Posted May 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2022 The SFA hearing made clear his character. Nonetheless, he's a man with a family. Hopefully for their sake he makes a swift recovery. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitanus Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 minute ago, EanieMeany said: Whilst it might appear somewhat cold-hearted to object/raise an eyebrow at such a tweet, I think you could really get away with not acting like somebody who’s so utterly reviled by the fanbase and who treated the club so poorly is deserving of any mention whatsoever. Its just the right thing to do. Recent times have surely taught us that football is only a game, and the health and wellbeing of people is surely much more important. 2 SACK THE BOARD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, EanieMeany said: Whilst it might appear somewhat cold-hearted to object/raise an eyebrow at such a tweet, I think you could really get away with not acting like somebody who’s so utterly reviled by the fanbase and who treated the club so poorly is deserving of any mention whatsoever. Or people could just ignore the tweet if they don't like it or him. It's not a nice thing that's happened and Morton have shown common courtesy regardless of what he done - I'd raise an eyebrow if they didn't. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfever Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 6 hours ago, capitanus said: If you are one of their them, then it should read 'fanny-owned'. Next. Nicely written there you absolute spanner 4 What Carew can do with a ball, I can do with an orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitanus Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, hayfever said: Nicely written there you absolute spanner Next. SACK THE BOARD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamCam Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 11 hours ago, capitanus said: Next. To be fair, I never knew being called a spanner was an insult. A tool yes but specifically a spanner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Not an ex player, but Michael Garrity has scored the opening goal for Annan in their play-off semi final 1st leg against Forfar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Sam Ramsbottom, Kalvin Orsi, and Joe McKee watch on as Gregor Buchanan (own goal) and Ross MacLean help Dumbarton towards League Two. 4 hours ago, Jamie_M said: That's almost walking football there. No wonder so many of these guys come up here and look so far off being ready for competitive football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) Yep. The only way to be truly prepared for first team football is to play first team football. Guys who are still playing at the "PL2" level at the age of 22 simply aren't going to make it as top flight footballers, nor even especially close to it, hence a guy who's a world-beater at that level didn't look up to much in the Scottish Championship. He may very well go on to have a decent career in the lower leagues but the idea that the "PL2" is the training ground for future stars is simply wrong. The ones who are up to much are almost invariably out on loan even at a young age. To take extreme examples: at Chelsea, Callum Hudson-Odoi barely ever played in the PL2, going straight to the Chelsea first team as a 17-year-old. (You can say he's gone off the boil since then, but the point is that there was no chance of him playing U-23 football for any serious amount of time.) Then there's Billy Gilmour, same - out on loan to another Premier League team. Mason Mount, two successful loan spells as a teenager and now firmly established in the first team despite still being U23 eligible. Contrast that to almost anyone else over the age of 19 who's still in the PL2. It's because they're not good enough for first team football at a meaningful, competitive level. I'm not saying getting guys on loan from there is *always* a bad move but if a guy's almost 23, like Tom Allan, and we're his first meaningful loan move*, we'd do well not to get excited. If on the other hand he's been on loan since the age of 19 or so and is working his way up the divisions, maybe he's a player. Sad to say, but "on loan from a Premier League team" doesn't really mean much at all. For that reason I hope we're judicious with our loan signings this season. To prove there are exceptions: Oisin McEntee is 21. We're his first "real" club with first team appearances. And he's looked strong for us. So there is a chance these guys can be good. It's just a low chance, that's all, because for the most part if they were any good they'd be playing first team football somewhere already. *Playing one game for Accrington doesn't really count. Edited May 3, 2022 by TRVMP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Is that thee Gary Harkins playing against Garrity's Annan tonight? Thought he retired years ago if so. Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but only with religion do good people do bad things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 8 hours ago, port-ton said: Is that thee Gary Harkins playing against Garrity's Annan tonight? Thought he retired years ago if so. Yes. He announced he was retiring when he left Stenhousemuir two years ago after the Covid curtailed season. He then signed for Gartcairn but left for a coaching role at Forfar and was registered as a player as well. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Jack Iredale leaves Cambridge and is set to sign for Bolton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deego Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Robert Thomson signs for Stirling Albion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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