Match Thread Cheltenham Town (A) (3 Viewers)

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Looking forward to seeing which of our two 2nd choice goalkeepers wins the battle between two bald men fighting over a comb and gets to start vs Forest

 

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[Tea & Busquets]

Yes, it’s been reported we’re signing 3 more players and two of which will be loans. Robins says he wants 4 new signings.

Cheers, let’s say Bushiri signs as well, 2 signings would be a CB and versatile midfielder?

 

[WestEndAgro]

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Isn't that the new lad "Ian" from Chelsea

 

[Dickie]

Don't make me pull out all the defeats and draws for teams in the championship and prem today to justify why pre season means very little

But seriously, it won't be the same come 7th August.. it literally NEVER is

Celtic 2 West Ham 6 lol good old Hoops

 

[WestEndAgro]

Rangers playing Brighton at 5.30, I'll be watching, wondering if Leo will be involved

 

[theferret]

Thought we looked decent second half. Not worried at all tbh.

 

[covcity4life]

Perhaps he needs more than 2 friendlies to get rid of ring rust?

Crazy I know

 

[Evo1883]

I think we need to give moore some time before we make proper judgement

 

[shmmeee]

I think we need to give moore some time before we make proper judgement

Booooooo!

(I may have rediscovered pubs today. They’re great ain’t they?)

 

[better days]

Booooooo!

(I may have rediscovered pubs today. They’re great ain’t they?)

Yep
Good chance of getting pinged though if you keep the app switched on

 

[stupot07]

We've scored just 1 goal in 300 mins of friendlies so far, and have conceded 13.


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[mark82]

Feels like we're way behind with our pre-season at the moment. Covid obviously had a big impact. Recruitment seems to have been difficult too. Confident we'll get there eventually, but first few weeks could be tough as we get up to speed.

 

[usskyblue]

Moore will be fine

 

[Tea & Busquets]

Moore is like an iron pole left in the rain, lad looks to have a lot more rust to shake off in preseason…

 

[Greggs]

Moore is like an iron pole left in the rain, lad looks to have a lot more rust to shake off in preseason…

are you selling tickets mate?

 

[Tea & Busquets]

are you selling tickets mate?

No, i’m selling biscuits and clumps of my own hair.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Cheers, let’s say Bushiri signs as well, 2 signings would be a CB and versatile midfielder?

If it’s 3 signings, I’d guess a LWB, CB and a CM. As for the 4th signing, at a guess, I could see us signing either a CAM or a more experienced centre back to eventually replace McFadz. Long term, we need to move on from Kelly and McFadz despite them being instrumental last season.

There’s a few things for Robins to consider:

- is Reid ready to step up to the championship?
- can DaCosta play LWB effectively?
- likewise with Burroughs at RWB and LWB
- does MR trust Pask and Rose to be effective in the championship?
- does he trust his CM options?
- how committed to 'the box' and if Robins trusts JJ to be effective there

All around, I think the Championship will be of a lower standard this season than previous years because of the prolonged impact of loss of ticket revenue has had on the league. A lot of teams, really relied on ticket sales to keep their losses sustainable and lot of those teams will be tightening their belts. A few teams are yet to make signings and generally it seems to be a slower transfer window for the entire league so the league is definitely in transition.

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

We've scored just 1 goal in 300 mins of friendlies so far, and have conceded 13.


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Put like that it is a damning statistic and doesn’t bode well for the season ahead. The Covid outbreak has done us no favours but that is possibly the same for all teams. We are a couple of weeks away from when we have to be ready and I suspect there will be lots of unpredictable results in all leagues until it all settles down with the Euro’s, covid and incomplete squads.
I hope we can hit the ground running but I wouldn’t put my house on it at present but I have faith in the manager to have a competitive team when the season begins.

 

[CDK]

If we can finish 15th or 16th that will be ok but ideally 11th or 12 th to show real progress.

 

[fatso]

Any update on Jones's performance, or have I missed it?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Any update on Jones's performance, or have I missed it?

Looking fabulous in training allegedly

 

[fatso]

If we can finish 15th or 16th that will be ok but ideally 11th or 12 th to show real progress.

It's got to be a massive week or 2 of transfer dealing if we are to improve on last years position.

 

[usskyblue]

Anyway, don’t worry kid. If Moore doesn’t cut it, we’ve always got Wilson

 

[hinckley cov]

We've scored just 1 goal in 300 mins of friendlies so far, and have conceded 13.


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Was thinking the same myself, it’s not great, every teams working on fitness and scoring one against crap opposition is worrying

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Looking fabulous in training allegedly

So did Cody McDonald

 

[Tea & Busquets]

If we can finish 15th or 16th that will be ok but ideally 11th or 12 th to show real progress.

can’t see us pushing far past the 15-16 mark.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Was thinking the same myself, it’s not great, every teams working on fitness and scoring one against crap opposition is worrying

Crap opposition? Our first game was against a champions league team

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It's got to be a massive week or 2 of transfer dealing if we are to improve on last years position.

Come on

Potential first teamers out

Hyam
Rose
Kelly
Bright
Godden

Almost half a team

 

[tom88]

So did Cody McDonald

lovely hattrick apparently

 

[Tea & Busquets]

Crap opposition? Our first game was against a champions league team

Out of the teams we’ve played so far, you wouldn’t expect our greatest loss to be against MK Dons.

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Crap opposition? Our first game was against a champions league team

What about the other ones?

 

[skyblu3sk]

 

[Evo1883]

What about the other ones?

An under 23 team got beat in a 60 minute match 5 nil against a strong mk dons ... and we shipped 4 against sevilla .

So that's 9 of the 13 .

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Out of the teams we’ve played so far, you wouldn’t expect our greatest loss to be against MK Dons.

Go on, what’s your previous alias on here

 

[Tea & Busquets]

Go on, what’s your previous alias on here

New user mate took me a week to realize the confirmation email was in my spam folder