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If 25,000 average attendance is enough for the pigs (stapons figure i think), then how come it's not for us. Are they in a better financail situation than us?.
I would say the wages need trimming.
 
Their wage bill certainly is less than ours, however we certainly have a considerably higher turnover then they do (close to three times I think).
 
LoughboroBlade said:
Presumably what hasn't helped is that we haven't had a reserve game for nearly 2 months, which would have been the ideal way to improve his fitness.
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This has bewildered me a little bit. Of course we have fixtures dicatated to us and the snow has caused havoc. But at a crucial time why the fuck haven't we had any reserve fixtures. We've got Naysmith, Geary and Fortune desperately needing match fitness. On top of that we have France, Reid and Little who could be keeping fit (and trying to impress) by playing in these games. Henderson, Camara, Williamson and Ward are all first team players who could be featuring to increase fitness levels and sharpness.
 
We have kind of gone off the point here, but it really is shit or bust at the moment. I;ve said this in another thread, but I think it's important to I'll say it again ......

Blackwells tactics are based on grinding teams down and nicking a win. It's dull and dreary, but more often than not it works. His whole system is based on being SOLID! If we lose that then we'll finsih mid table. The record of winning when we go in front and losing when we go behind backs this up. Last season we had the best defensive record in the leage and best away record and it was all about not conceding. With a back line of Walker (or Naughton last year) Killa Morgs and Naysmith we had probably the best defense in the league. Seip looked a (fairly) adequate replacement for Kilgallon, but now he's out for 6 weeks.

Notice how our good form this season has been when we keep it tight? I hope KB notices this and does something about it.
 
lenners said:
It is cashflow, pure and simple. We needed the money - I can't even see why that's difficult to grasp when we've got to find £4.5m before we start at zero in the current financial year.
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I thought that the £8M received for Naughton and Walker wasn't included in the last financial year? So if we needed to find £4.5M, we've already found it haven't we?
 
Ollessendro said:
We have kind of gone off the point here, but it really is shit or bust at the moment. I;ve said this in another thread, but I think it's important to I'll say it again ......

Blackwells tactics are based on grinding teams down and nicking a win. It's dull and dreary, but more often than not it works. His whole system is based on being SOLID! If we lose that then we'll finsih mid table. The record of winning when we go in front and losing when we go behind backs this up. Last season we had the best defensive record in the leage and best away record and it was all about not conceding. With a back line of Walker (or Naughton last year) Killa Morgs and Naysmith we had probably the best defense in the league. Seip looked a (fairly) adequate replacement for Kilgallon, but now he's out for 6 weeks.

Notice how our good form this season has been when we keep it tight? I hope KB notices this and does something about it.
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I agree with a lot of that but I wouldn't worry about Siep being out for 6 weeks, the way our injuries have worked this season I won't be surprised in the slightest to see him line up against Reading tomorrow.
 
Ollessendro said:
We have kind of gone off the point here, but it really is shit or bust at the moment. I;ve said this in another thread, but I think it's important to I'll say it again ......

Blackwells tactics are based on grinding teams down and nicking a win. It's dull and dreary, but more often than not it works. His whole system is based on being SOLID! If we lose that then we'll finsih mid table. The record of winning when we go in front and losing when we go behind backs this up. Last season we had the best defensive record in the leage and best away record and it was all about not conceding. With a back line of Walker (or Naughton last year) Killa Morgs and Naysmith we had probably the best defense in the league. Seip looked a (fairly) adequate replacement for Kilgallon, but now he's out for 6 weeks.

Notice how our good form this season has been when we keep it tight? I hope KB notices this and does something about it.
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Know what you mean Ollie.

I'd rather has a manager who realises it is too risky relying on the defence and therefore looks to score a few more. I know KB doesn't purposefully say 'only score one goal lads' but when the solid defence has gone surely he has the means to react and set his sides up a bit differently.
 
Sheffield United has cash outgoings in excess of £100,000 each working day, on average. Why would a single hit of £30k help

Cus we only had 70K that Tuesday?
 
lenners said:
Sadly, signing Fortune indicates the money from Killa will be banked.
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Why does it?

Maybe we've signed him to cover our bases. We're obviously trying to bring someone in but haven't succeeded yet. Signing Fortune is much needed cover should Marcel Seip get injured in the warm up. Who would've played at centre half at Bolton if we'd not signed him?

And don't say Walker!

That would mean France at right back
 
We're skint, so a loan players or cheap deal is the best we can hope for.
 
Micalijo said:
I'd rather has a manager who realises it is too risky relying on the defence and therefore looks to score a few more. I know KB doesn't purposefully say 'only score one goal lads' but when the solid defence has gone surely he has the means to react and set his sides up a bit differently.
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Yeah me too.

KB doesn't mean to do this, but he does. By refusing to give dangerous talented players, such as Cotts (and possibly Reid) and always opting for the defensive minded player/work horse he ends up with a team without any flair. Luckily Jamie Ward can do both, but not many can. KB opts for players such as Monty, Quinn, Hendo and Cresswell who are all good players, but are very limited. He doesn't realise he's doing it, but by having to have wingers (and players in other positions) who can defend he is grinding out all the flair form the team. Notice he doesn't want to play Williamson and Harper in CM, as he wants the 'protection' from Monty.
 

Just looking at the fixtures and the next few weeks is going to be a very difficult period. 3 weeks of back to back Saturday and then Tuesday fixturs will take it's toll on us. Couple of potentially tricky games in there (particuarly Forrest and West brom away).

We need another CB KB!!!!!!! Work your magic!?
 
Ollessendro said:
We have kind of gone off the point here, but it really is shit or bust at the moment. I;ve said this in another thread, but I think it's important to I'll say it again ......

Blackwells tactics are based on grinding teams down and nicking a win. It's dull and dreary, but more often than not it works. His whole system is based on being SOLID! If we lose that then we'll finsih mid table. The record of winning when we go in front and losing when we go behind backs this up. Last season we had the best defensive record in the leage and best away record and it was all about not conceding. With a back line of Walker (or Naughton last year) Killa Morgs and Naysmith we had probably the best defense in the league. Seip looked a (fairly) adequate replacement for Kilgallon, but now he's out for 6 weeks.

Notice how our good form this season has been when we keep it tight? I hope KB notices this and does something about it.
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You've got more chance of being bitten by a lettuce than Blackwell noticing a problem and doing something immediate and incisive about it !!

(although I understand that the male lettuce can be quite ferocious in the breeding season)
We will "make do and mend" and keep fingers crossed, as we have done for the last 12 months.
UTB
 
Ollessendro said:
Just looking at the fixtures and the next few weeks is going to be a very difficult period. 3 weeks of back to back Saturday and then Tuesday fixturs will take it's toll on us. Couple of potentially tricky games in there (particuarly Forrest and West brom away).

We need another CB KB!!!!!!! Work your magic!?
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If we are to have any chance at the playoffs this season we need a competent left back, eg Kallio and a competent centre half (with a bit of pace preferably) to partner Morgan. And we need them now!!
UTB
 
Darthblade said:
You've got more chance of being bitten by a lettuce than Blackwell noticing a problem and doing something immediate and incisive about it !!

(although I understand that the male lettuce can be quite ferocious in the breeding season)
We will "make do and mend" and keep fingers crossed, as we have done for the last 12 months.
UTB
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Darthblade said:
If we are to have any chance at the playoffs this season we need a competent left back, eg Kallio and a competent centre half (with a bit of pace preferably) to partner Morgan. And we need them now!!
UTB
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Too true Darth. Maybe KB will realise when we get spanked by West Brom on Sat!? :eek:
 
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