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We probably can't hold onto them, but the only ones I would want to keep next season are Southwood, Freestone & Ferry. Plus young Thomas of course. The rest just aren't good enough even for League 2. Johnson style rebuilding project required, if Darrell is up to the job? The problem is we had a...

That was utterly disgraceful. A team of total strangers clearly lacking confidence, belief and in some cases ability. Clarke has been amazing for us but he got the team selection so very wrong last night. The only positive was the substitutions who improved us albeit from an extremely low baseline.

My point is clearly we cannot wait, recruitment needed to start weeks ago otherwise next season will be a disaster no matter which league we are in.

I would like to see Bonds back in tonight to replace Kinsella. give us a solid base and allow Sercombe or maybe Thomas to play the attacking role with more freedom because they are our best hope of a goal.

Regarding Thomas I suspect his move was at least partially influenced by the fact our former chairman has been a sponsor down at Bath and been quite involved with the club. It seems we didn't pay a big fee for him either.

it will be down to DC Rusty Agents and the board DC has been around long enough to know the agents that will be putting their players in the shop window However we need to know where we are playing I agree but I would add the recruitment analyst in there and remove the board (they just set the budg...

Max Harris will replace Southwood, surely? If he's going to step up it has t be next season or likely never. And JP has said he is very highly thought of at the club. That would mean Pardington steps up to no.2 and we essentially "save" Southwards wage for investment elsewhere (as Southwo...

The problem we face is that if we lose players like Freestone, Bonds and Lloyd then financially we will struggle. They came up with us from League Two and will still be on wages closer to the League Two level. But to replace them with proven League One equivalents will mean players who want wages c...

Jury is still out on recruitment since MM left. I personally don't think we can just rely on DC's little black book this summer, and I hope we've been doing so serious leg-work during the season. It's harder and harder to find hidden gems as all teams have extensive scouting networks so we need to ...

We all seem to expect Southwood will move on, but GK no.1 spots are notoriously difficult to find - there are only 92 in the Football League, after all. Any rumours out there about where he might go? Any Championship or League One clubs need a keeper? Is he better than what they've already got or c...

Forest Green could go down next weekend...

I'm sure Micky Moore had a team our scouts under him, whether they went with him to Shrewsbury or not I don't know. The cynic in me suspects we didn't scout a lot of our signings last summer so they probably did.

No matter which league we are in, although if we go down I suspect we will see more turnover, this summer is going to be massive for us. We have a large amount of players out of contract and I suspect most will be let go and there are others under contract which I feel the manager may be willing to ...

Carlisle drew their last game at home to Stevenage, they will likely also be relegated next weekend so right before playing us which probably isn't good for us. I hadn't realised Stevenage scored a 96th minute equaliser in that game! Last time we played Carlisle in April the result secured our prom...

Garby74 wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 07:51 Maybe Tom King should get run out.
We have a great youth team

Other than King it seems all the youth team are being released, it's massive step to league one though but if Lloyd is out he will have to be on the bench Monday.

Carlisle drew their last game at home to Stevenage, they will likely also be relegated next weekend so right before playing us which probably isn't good for us.

Bookies have Fleetwood as 1/20 to go down after today they are done. Vale are the next favourites.

Solihull would be a decent away day next year, at least we won't have to go up the hill at Nailsworth.

Great win, keeps our chances alive and for the people worried about Port Vale keep in mind Bristol Rovers have been in terrible form lately. Cambridge result was a real body blow for us though.

Just a personal view - it is probably the case that a lot of Championship / League 1 / League 2 Clubs factor in money expected to be cascaded from the Premier League, hence running up some level of debt (not all of the debt, as that would likely constitute serious mismanagement for whatever reason)...

https://www.shrewsburytown.com/news/2024/march/shrewsbury-town-fc-limited-accounts-for-the-year-ended-june-30-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1fCIPJKEq_hDvaCuOxgastzI93DoluYp1g_X84SGh5KBkXz43bbhGfGJ8 https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2024/03/28/shrewsbury-reveal-huge-loss-in-latest-...

Is this PB backing out of the club? i dont think anybody can criticise PB and his contribution to CTFC. Like everybody else he is getting older and probably wants to relax and enjoy time with his family without the 24-7 stress that no doubt CTFC will give him. That's a weird response he hasn't been...

Not sure I would ever want to see the day the trust own the majority of the club. Being third largest shareholder should be enough we need benefactors like Keswick and Jennings for their financial support because the trust cannot provide that level of help.

This sounds to me like the trust have bought the shares at a discounted rate from Mr Baker, was there no option of a rights issue so the money went into the club?

Interesting read...last accounts, Looks like we took a bank loan out of 500K presumably for the training ground, but don't quote me as I am no Accountant. Top line shows latest accounts. Some share issues presumably to provide funds. Not sure if any loans relate to share issue. Cash at bank was int...

Very little loyalty in football, his work rate this season has been very good but you can't hide the fact he has only scored two goals all season. I would have liked to have kept him to compete for a spot in our front two but will be interested to see who takes a chance on him.

Agree about Sercombe, he's the midfielder who can arrive late in the box, Pett/Bonds/Kinsella are just never doing that so our goal threat reduces a lot without him. We are also missing physicality up top, Nuttal is a long way short of what we need, Goodwin/Street would bully defenders and cause spa...

I feel we are almost non-league in what we offer within this space and whilst I do not know this provider it sounds like it's much needed and overdue to get us to where we need to be.

Yep in Manchester and London prem games I reckon half the stadium is full of tourists just having a day out. They're the only ones prepared to shell out the obscene ticket prices! I went to Anffield a few years ago and it was exactly the same thousands of tourists taking photos with big selfie stic...

Smallest squad in the league and carrying injuries to several key players is our biggest problem right now. That said the clubs with the larger squads will undoubtedly include their U-23 squads which only the bigger clubs will operate at this level. The clear outlier their is Fleetwood who invested ...

Connor Wickham was probably the only tried and tested league one footballer that was out there and given he has gone to Charlton (who tripled Alfie's wages) I doubt he was anywhere near our wage structure. Could we try again for Joe Doodoo though? RCS - I don't believe teams like Shrewsbury or Cambr...

Sorry Si ,but I respectfully question what you say. Finding 21k shouldn't be beyond a National League club let alone a L1 club, so to say we might become insolvent is scaremongering. Whether there's an oven ready option out there who knows, but for heavens sake we need to try. If we max out the cre...

What does plan properly for league two even mean? Are we talking about the on field side of the club or commercial revenue (or lack of)...

Yes - we're only in with a Scooby due to Darrell Clarke. If he goes, then many others go with him - Pett/Sercombe/Taylor/Ferry/Long. Davies/Southwood/Bonds/Lloyd/Harrop are probably worth a punt at this level - maybe Keena needs better/more creative players around him than we have and then he'll ge...

Another two point deduction would be very handy for us.

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