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A really good manager knows which players respond to a good 'hairdryer' and which ones respond better to an arm round the shoulders and told they are the best thing since sliced bread. Someone like a Megson only knows the former so usually gets an immediate improvement but tails off into shite...

I think for a lot of people it will coincide with the era they started going to games, my first game was in '75 and my first hero was Tommy Hutchison.

Harry Haddock, James Perch, Martin Ling, and Steve Guppy

1-2 loss with another lacklustre performance - should be feeling positive on such a nice sunny day too :)

This seasons purely because we have a much better depth of squad, which will mean we are not as weak as we were last season when we have a couple of players out and there is more competition for places which should in theory push players to perform better.

December '75 Home vs Spurs (2-2 I think)

Man management - ability to get the best out of each player

He has always shown commitment to the cause, in the season season before last I believe he played out of position at left back for several weeks even though he needed pain killing injections before each game. Good solid defender I have always rated him (more so than McPake but seemed to be in...

Like many I would go for Dublin, not just because of his goals but he was a leader and a strong presence on the pitch which would be good for the youngsters.

If we do not sign anybody we will go down as some of those currently listed as here will not be. Exactly the same story as last season - not enough goals in the team and not enough depth to cope with suspensions/injuries.

Thorn's plan was to have the lads back in on Sunday 1st, apparently a week before most teams are reporting back.

Shaw was a good player for us - he got a little more suspect in the last couple of seasons or so when he lost a yard or two of pace but a Richard Shaw would massively improve our current back line, all our current crop are more likely to fuck up than he would.

Quick pick from the players I have seen play GK. Oggy RB. Neilsen CB. Gillespie CB. Peake LB. Pearce RM. Gallacher CM. Yorath CM. McAllister LM. Hutchison CF. Dublin CF. Wallace

Perhaps the club will have to have some open trial days at Ryton - anyone with a pair of boots who fancies a go and doesn't want paying more than the minimum wage can turn up and AT will pick the best 15 or so to complete the squad for the new season :)

Trouble was we couldn't afford to spend that on players - desperate cost cutting started the following season and was the start of the long decline.

Didn't he have to be classed as an assisstent manager until Thorn got some badges or is that total crap ?

Think the physio went at the same time as Harrison - contract not renewed and he has moved onto Scotland.

Club everytime.

It is all very depressing atm, I'm afraid I only see another season of struggle. In my opinion predictions of promotion/play-off challenge are optimistic in the extreme. With no sign of the embargo being lifted in the near future, and I am sure the club would say if the accounts were going to be...

Pile of bollocks to get peeps to buy season tickets - just like the ALF stories at the start of last season a paltry bid no one will take any notice of.