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by Lower West
28 Oct 2025 21:50
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIRMED: Leam Richardson
Replies: 66
Views: 5035

Re: CONFIRMED: Leam Richardson

Does anyone know anything about his footballing style? What are we looking at here, big strong lads, difficult to beat? Fast paced, short passing? Direct, attacking play? Many lower league managers fail because they attempt to introduce their own style of play / formation. Rather than look at the p...
by Lower West
28 Oct 2025 17:16
Forum: The Team
Topic: The inevitable poll for the next Reading manager
Replies: 275
Views: 17512

Re: The inevitable poll for the next Reading manager

I mean, it isn’t particularly cultist to believe the owners, privy to 99% more information than the average fan while wanting pretty much the same thing in terms of success, might sign a decent candidate. If that’s Leam Richardson, fine. I get that what the owners want/can spend doesn’t always alig...
by Lower West
28 Oct 2025 17:12
Forum: The Team
Topic: CONFIRMED: Leam Richardson
Replies: 66
Views: 5035

Re: CONFIRMED: Leam Richardson

Sure he's a decent guy. The right person to turn around and transform though. Two wins in 24 matches whilst at Rotheham doesn't inspire confidence. Something cleverly edited out in the press release. This isn't an easy job. There's little time to change the current playing style with limited trainin...
by Lower West
27 Oct 2025 11:14
Forum: The Team
Topic: Hunts gone
Replies: 140
Views: 11134

Re: Hunts gone

Football has become a soulless money driven business. The club's investors just want a return on their money. Building something takes time. Multiple transfer windows to achieve the right blend and create stablity. A constant revolving door of managers rarely brings success.
by Lower West
17 Oct 2025 14:44
Forum: The Team
Topic: FA Cup 2025-26
Replies: 94
Views: 13389

Re: FA Cup 2025-26

Over 4 hour drive from Shrewsbury for a 12 pm KO. Insult to the the fans that support their club away from home.
by Lower West
06 Oct 2025 22:41
Forum: The Team
Topic: Club culture - are problems deeper than management?
Replies: 21
Views: 4048

Re: Club culture - are problems deeper than management?

The Man United analogy is interesting.... From an owner's perspective, Man United is a hugely successful commercial entity... Man United enjoyed the benefit of the stewardship of Sir Alex Ferguson between between 1986 and 2013. That's a long period in which to ingrain a culture throughout every fac...
by Lower West
01 Oct 2025 23:54
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : West Ham United U21
Replies: 111
Views: 12472

Re: MATCHWATCH : West Ham United U21

How do you work that out ? Surely 3 teams can finish on 6 points. West Ham beat Swindon and Swindon beat MK Dons then if will be on GD Yea thanks, can`t see that hammers team beating Swindon. I can't either, but I don't know if Swindon deliberately played stronger side against us than they would fo...
by Lower West
18 Sep 2025 00:11
Forum: Rumours and Gossip
Topic: Rumour - Gareth Ainsworth
Replies: 45
Views: 28119

Re: Rumour - Gareth Ainsworth

Robbie Savage is actually a really good shout!! The guy was a great professional footballer who is well regarded and a bit of a tough guy so would command respect. He also seems to be an all-round good likeable person and at Macclesfield the players loved him, yes, he is only a baby in terms of his...
by Lower West
13 Sep 2025 22:24
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Barnsley (a)
Replies: 147
Views: 20408

Re: MATCHWATCH : Barnsley (a)

Esteban The squad is better than 21st in the league.


Anybody can play fantasy football based on data. Real life is very different. Everybody else was able to do their transfer business earlier. Building a team from what's left. Was always going to require a degree of luck. No preseason to gel either.
by Lower West
05 Sep 2025 11:42
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Swindon Town (a)
Replies: 167
Views: 24718

Re: MATCHWATCH : Swindon Town (a)

windermereROYAL
BRO_BOT What kind of tinpot team loses to League Two opposition

Wolfcastle says HI!!!


Man U


Pitch was water logged in places, A great leveller.
by Lower West
03 Sep 2025 14:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Swindon Town (a)
Replies: 167
Views: 24718

Re: MATCHWATCH : Swindon Town (a)

Swindon were 92nd at one point in the football league last season. The transformation underway with Holloway is what all football fans dream of. Worth noting that Swindon also finished the game without a centre half/centre back. Three fullbacks aged 19, 20 and 21. Not just big chequebooks that matter.
by Lower West
09 Aug 2025 19:14
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Huddersfield Town (h)
Replies: 162
Views: 37515

Re: MATCHWATCH : Huddersfield Town (h)

Do wonder if Hunt's being set up for a fall, was that a vote of confidence in the week Owner's are impatient for instant results. A revolving door creates instability. Successfull clubs stick wth their manager's. Phil Parkinson is now the 7th longest serving manager out of the 92. Building teams is...
by Lower West
09 Jul 2025 00:57
Forum: The Team
Topic: Show me the money
Replies: 22
Views: 11027

Re: Show me the money

Your wage bill is the main determinate of the quality of your squad in L1, not transfer budget. Sheffield Wednesday had the 4th lowest wage in the Championship in 23/24 season - £22.3 million . When the owner runs out of readies as hasn't hit the big time payout. The disintegration of the club star...
by Lower West
06 May 2025 21:02
Forum: The Team
Topic: Low point of the Dai era
Replies: 61
Views: 15875

Re: Low point of the Dai era

Never giving a public interview............
by Lower West
02 Apr 2025 21:42
Forum: The Team
Topic: The phoenix club thread
Replies: 136
Views: 39268

Re: The phoenix club thread

Any Pheonix Club will have to start small.... I once worked out that a Sunday pub team is 12 promotions and sh*t loads of money and luck away from winning the Premier League. So, to begin with we need to form a team ourselves made up of fans. I actually think this is the ultimate challenge and achi...
by Lower West
21 Dec 2024 22:26
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (a)
Replies: 197
Views: 91308

Re: MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (a)

Agree This season is purely about survival. Thanks to Selles and his brilliant team (now gone), we have some decent points on the board….we’ll be fine Chill People speak about Selles but I reckon it is the loss of the rest of his backroom team that is just as impactful as I doubt we have anyone of ...
by Lower West
06 Dec 2024 21:39
Forum: The Team
Topic: Next manager
Replies: 143
Views: 53050

Re: Next manager

genome 3 year contract rofl



Means nothing. Other than a bonus if the club gets taken over. Good academy staff are in high demand across the leagues.
by Lower West
21 Sep 2024 12:13
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Bolton Wanderers (a)
Replies: 132
Views: 39408

Re: MATCHWATCH : Bolton Wanderers (a)

After last weeks no show, and nobody can convince me now that the players weren`t aware of the off field issues how much the players will be up for this or they`ll all be thinking bugger this if we`re busting a gut for this club why aren`t higher management doing the same? Hope I`m wrong, and I usu...
by Lower West
21 Sep 2024 12:11
Forum: The Team
Topic: Selles not out
Replies: 896
Views: 653779

Re: Selles out

Selles must be mentally drained. Why stay in a job where it's little more than treading water. I'm sure another club would happily pay compensation.
by Lower West
20 Sep 2024 20:48
Forum: The Team
Topic: How hard is running a football club?
Replies: 28
Views: 12389

Re: How hard is running a football club?

Say that one of us won £100m on Euromillions, the Couhig deals falls through and it's a case of us buying the club or it going bankrupt. Even out of administration you have to spend something like £30m to buy the club, stadium and training ground. You're then presented with the current running cost...
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