Crewe accept offer from un- named..........

championship club, for 2 million it cant be us can it?

 

Simon Davey has just been on Dearne FM and said so.

 

Im guessing Bristol City

pulled out of two deals, rumoured to have offers for him turned down previously.

 

ipswich nt

 

Depends if paddy was watching the same game as us last night and decided he'd better do something about it.

 

I Think Ipswich as well nt

 

Magilton has said he wont pay over the odds

and theyve signed Lisbie since then.

"significant funds"

 

Ipswich fans reckon done deal 2.25mill nt

 

Fair play to them

Lisbie, Maynard, Lee, Counago, Haynes, Clark, Walters. Thats the kind of selection of strikers and squad that can realitically look at top half and higher.

Im begining to think Davey's on borrowed time.

 

Bloody Walters

Why can't these goons do it for us?

 

Reiterating our place in the natural order

and why Davey is doing a good job?

 

Because after 5 games in which he hadn't scored he was ****.

Plus he was playing up front on his own in a team that had lost all it's confidence.

 

I think he's done well with what he's got

but the perception was we were going to push on this season and the message from the 'board' was that funds were going to be made available for the kind of quality signings needed to compete and finish in the top half of the table. Thats simply not materialised. 3 out of the 4 signings cost nothing in fees, so was it wind and piss or has someone set Davey up for a fall?

 

RE: Because our fans put pressure on strikers too quickly

Yes, we've been starved of a decet striker since Shipperley, but a lot of fans don't allow new strikers to settle.

I think managers have to take some responsibility for tactics too... as a recent example, Odejeyi is capable of scoring goals, just not from running one-on-one with a keeper. If you check back to his Cheltenham days he was scoring with his head and also tap-ins. Davey doesn't play to these strengths.

 

Yes thats it

Our tactics need to be to give the strikers tap ins.</p>

If only Davey would have thought of that.</p>

 

Perhaps so, don't think the comments from the board have helped to be fair, just raised expectations

 

they also

got Rhodes, who is a lot better than any of the youngsters we've got coming through

 

Exactly

our best 11 are capable of giving anyone a game, but the reality is with injuries, suspensions and loss of form, we're most likely to be fighting relegation again. Maybe the statement was based on selling Howard, which wouldve contradicted other statements (under contract, worth 10 million etc), but more likely the "significant funds" were never available for Davey to spend and that he's expected to work a miracle on a slightly increased budget. Given the Cup money, thats disappointing. Imho, we've stood still whilst clubs around us have strengthened. Spent less than last season yet expected to do better. I honestly believe that its just a matter of time before we're looking for another manager.

 

What board? PC is the one making the statements. He

was the one who got rid of AR and replaced him with SD cos he didn't think survival was enough. SD's remit is a top half finish for this season and a push towards the play-offs not just survival

 

He got rid of AR because he refused to strengthen the squad and we were heading for relegation. Where did he say survival wasn't enough?