RedM Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 No more faint hopes for this season so let's look forward to the next. At the beginning of this season Gary said that the playoff's had put us behind other teams when it came for planning for the future, rightly things had to be delayed. He said that other club's had a head start on us as they already knew what division they would be in and we able to go out straight away and talk to players. Hopefully now we can take advantage, put in some youngsters, talk to existing players, sort out contracts etc. We haven't failed this season, we got what we deserved. We are now firmly established as a championship side and have to act like one in the preparation for next season. there are lots of reasons why we have finished in this position. The Bradley orr contract dispute mid season was a contributory factor, I would like to see a repeat of anything similar avoided in the future. This is work that has to be started now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Four names on the team sheet for Monday...Weale, Wilson, Artus, Akinde... Don't sign John, pay off Trundles contract, give Dele his two years, the second year to include a coaching role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 GJ's stance on the Bradley Orr fiasco was just plain stupid - hopefully he has learned from that. See now I'd argue that GJ's stance on Bradley refusing to sign his deal was spot on, and I think Bradley realised that. Why should Gary pick someone who wants out? He should only pick those players who are 100% committed to the shirt. Just saying like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlicbread Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 See now I'd argue that GJ's stance on Bradley refusing to sign his deal was spot on, and I think Bradley realised that. Why should Gary pick someone who wants out? He should only pick those players who are 100% committed to the shirt. Just saying like. He was picked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan 7 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Four names on the team sheet for Monday...Weale, Wilson, Artus, Akinde... Don't sign John, pay off Trundles contract, give Dele his two years, the second year to include a coaching role. Rather difficult when they're out on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 He was picked Once he had signed his deal yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondsbury_red Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 We need to start looking at players who will improve us for next season. Most will agree we are short of a creative midfielder and a right midfielder. Plenty of good players we can bring in, in these positions. Bailey, Llanna, campbell ryce John Joe o'toole all create and score goals. We also need a pair of new fullbacks because the two we have at the moment aren't upto scratch. Both have poor distribution and Mcallister in particular has discipline problem and gets booked far too many times. Eardley was mentioned earlier in the season or giving Ribiero a chance next year and Fox from coventry is another brilliant fullback at this level. Bringing in a new central defender because Mcombe is simply not good enough. Hes far too clumsy on the ball and is only effective in the air. Someone like Jay Demerit from watford or someone like Dann from coventry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlicbread Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Once he had signed his deal yes. I may be wrong, but could've sworn Johnson played him when he was on the transfer list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent_bcfc Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I may be wrong, but could've sworn Johnson played him when he was on the transfer list only because everyone else he tried at right back was terrible or got injured as for players like john joe o'toole and campbell-ryce no thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I may be wrong, but could've sworn Johnson played him when he was on the transfer list Apologies, you were right. He was transfer listed though. Which I still agree with Gary doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Rather difficult when they're out on loan. I thought they were on 24 hour recall..so not so difficult! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Four names on the team sheet for Monday...Weale, Wilson, Artus, Akinde... Don't sign John, pay off Trundles contract, give Dele his two years, the second year to include a coaching role. Three of those are out on loan and neither Artus or Akinde can be recalled in their first month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted April 11, 2009 Admin Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 See now I'd argue that GJ's stance on Bradley refusing to sign his deal was spot on, and I think Bradley realised that. Why should Gary pick someone who wants out? He should only pick those players who are 100% committed to the shirt. Just saying like. I'm 100% against your opinion on this one, if we have a fit player, who is in form and by merit should be in the first team, that we are paying, he should be played, even if he hasn't signed a new contract. Going on your stance Marie, Adebola shouldn't be playing, he was offered a new contract after Forest came sniffing, which he hasn't signed, you can't have one rule for one and one for another.................. On Radio Bristol just now Johnson said he understood why at 32 or 33 Adebola was trying to get the best and longest deal he could, of course I understand that, but why shouldn't that also apply to a player in his 20's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Three of those are out on loan and neither Artus or Akinde can be recalled in their first month. Akinde is now on a 24 hr recall, you're right about Artus..it just seems he's been there for ages given his goal scoring record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Fleuriot Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I'm 100% against your opinion on this one, if we have a fit player, who is in form and by merit should be in the first team, that we are paying, he should be played, even if he hasn't signed a new contract. Going on your stance Marie, Adebola shouldn't be playing, he was offered a new contract after Forest came sniffing, which he hasn't signed, you can't have one rule for one and one for another..... On Radio Bristol just now Johnson said he understood why at 32 or 33 Adebola was trying to get the best and longest deal he could, of course I understand that, but why shouldn't that also apply to a player in his 20's? I thought GJ (and therefore DollyMarie) was spot on. I also don't think the Adebola scenario is the same thing, for various reasons discussed on previous threads. I also don't think we were winning everything in sight before Orr was dropped (and we're not winning everything in sight now with Orr in the team). To suggest that this damaged our season doesn't seem accurate to me (you could argue that the resulting goodwill is what fired our players up to go on that winning streak). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Going on your stance Marie, Adebola shouldn't be playing, he was offered a new contract after Forest came sniffing, which he hasn't signed, you can't have one rule for one and one for another..... I'd agree with that, Bradley had turned down 2 contract offers though, and maybe at this point in the season Gary is feeling a bit more desperate and so not so keen to drop Dele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Nose Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 We need to start looking at players who will improve us for next season. Most will agree we are short of a creative midfielder and a right midfielder. When you say a creative midfielder I'm assuming you mean one of the two central midfielders where I'd argue that we have enough cover in Elliott, Skuse, Johnson and Welsh bloke. Creativity can also come from wide midfield players and I expect competition for wide right and wide left to be added to the squad as a necessity for the early renewal of my season ticket... The squad has looked thin all season but now we are an established championship side lets back it up with a FULL squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Gary should now do what he did when we were promoted i.e. talk about loyalty then quietly make significant changes. A number of players seem to be in their comfort zone and have lost the hunger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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