| Sky Sports News 10:56 - Jul 31 with 7374 views | Dale92 |
Just done a piece on their league 1 preview, they have us 3rd bottom with Wimbledon and the obvious 2 to go down. Said our signings are worrying, they had Accy safe :/ | |
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| Sky Sports News on 17:16 - Jul 31 with 1837 views | boromat |
They also didn't think too highly of our new keeper. Mentioned some horrendous mistakes many of which are apparently available on YouTube. They also questioned O'Connell and how he would do in a struggling League 1 team compared to a team that was doing very well in League 2.
I'm not massively confident. This season is very much dependent on BBM getting more out of the same core of players and also introducing some younger players and getting them to perform. | |
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| Sky Sports News on 17:25 - Jul 31 with 1817 views | Nigeriamark |
The keeper apparently made 2 howlers in about 15 games but still conceded less than a goal a game overall. not saying he will be great but often faults get exaggerated on message boards
Good points made earlier about loanees. I reckon we will be trying to get a few in. Also doesn't the transfer window for the lower leagues go on for an extra month this year? If so plenty of time for a number of clubs to make quite a few signings | | | |
| Sky Sports News on 17:52 - Jul 31 with 1726 views | blackdogblue |
Spot on that Chaff ðŸ‘👠| |
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| Sky Sports News on 17:53 - Jul 31 with 1723 views | boromat |
Yep goes on for a bit this year so lots of time. Not sure I like it though I'd rather not be having the early season disruptions to the teams.
On the keeper that's just their comments on the d3d4 podcasts. I've purposely not looked up the goals online I'd rather make my own mind up on his performances for Dale. | |
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| Sky Sports News on 18:54 - Jul 31 with 1624 views | finberty |
Good points from Chaff.
My additional point about the defence, yes we still have Jim and Delaney, but we no longer have McGahey who was IMHO quite overrated and a largely ever-present member of a very porous backline. If O'Connell proves to be an improvement on HM, then, though we still need another CB, we might not as badly off as we were this time last year.
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| Sky Sports News on 19:22 - Jul 31 with 1569 views | todmordendale |
That must be a big incentive for the players to prove Sky wrong. Let’s get the I’ll show em mentality. I feel a lot more confident this season now that Williams and Inman have been shown the door. It was like having two players sent off every game.
Too much was lost by Hill’s perseverance in playing them regularly. As soon as BBM took charge they were out of the way and results turned around.
We have a strong midfield now and even with the kids. We did ok a couple of seasons ago with Jamie Allen, Callum Camps and Andy Cannon. All under 20 and up in the play off places.
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| Sky Sports News on 19:43 - Jul 31 with 1518 views | boromat |
Also agree with Chaffs post and other comments. One thing I haven't seen mentioned and I think may be our biggest signing of the summer is bringing Kevin Gibbins back to the club. Fitness of a smaller squad is going to be key and even more so if we're going to play a high press like in some of the friendlies. | |
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| Sky Sports News on 13:01 - Aug 1 with 1247 views | milnrowblue |
The biggest issue is not having somebody to back Henderson up, not just now, but in the long term. We were blessed to somehow get Ebanks-Landell and Hamilton in January, but they’re the kind of loan signings we need for a full season. An out and out striker, a left back or left sided centre back as well as a winger all on loan and I think we’ve got a squad more than capable of staying up. Not The Top 20 said they’d probably rather have Keith Hill as manager going into this season, so that’s when I stopped listening. | | | |
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