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I'm happy enough with Embleton going tbh. We've got people involved now who are very happy to give youth a chance and a pathway. If they've looked at Embleton and decided not to keep him, fair enough. I like the fact that he's two footed, but he's not a really young kid any more. At this age he needs to be good enough to be impacting games. Instead (not his fault I know) he seems to get regular injuries which hamper both his development and his chances of getting a run in the side. Again, also not his fault, but in the few chances that he's had he hasn't done enough to stand out. If he had a couple of years left I'd want us to keep him. As it is we need to decide now if he's worth a new contract when things will be tight simply due to the wage cap. I'm not sure that he justifies taking some of it tbh. If he was looking really good in training and the likes I'm sure that both Speakman and Johnson would want to keep him. I hope that he manages to put his injuries behind him mind, there's definitely a footballer in there.

Agreed, maybe I’m being harsh but I can’t think of a game where he’s played well or stood out. He must be about 23 now? So probably nearing the finished article too.
 
Just ignore him, hes like this on both msg boards
I’ve always liked WW’s angry patter but I don’t get the hatred for Smug here.

I don’t believe he’s a fraction as annoying as oddbod, The Rat, FootballFan etc

It’s nice and chilled here compared to the hysteria over the road. I’ll keep drinking the Kool Aid <cheers>
 
Agreed, maybe I’m being harsh but I can’t think of a game where he’s played well or stood out. He must be about 23 now? So probably nearing the finished article too.
I agree, a local homegrown product or not, the academy and the coaches job is to take the emotion out of the decision. If he was good enough, he'd have been a regular despite his injuries. Jack Ross, Phil Parkinson and now Lee Johnson (and the various coaches they've brought with them) all seem to think he's not good enough. I think we have to trust their judgement.
 
Agreed, maybe I’m being harsh but I can’t think of a game where he’s played well or stood out. He must be about 23 now? So probably nearing the finished article too.
Possible the link with Bristol City could see us taking one of their players who LJ may rate above Embleton , pure conjecture on my part just a thought with LJ being there until fairly recently . I think their will have to be some juggling to stay within squad and salary cap rules , hopefully LJ along with Speakman will be a lot better recruiters than what we have had in recent years as our needs are quite obvious .
 
I’ve always liked WW’s angry patter but I don’t get the hatred for Smug here.

I don’t believe he’s a fraction as annoying as oddbod, The Rat, FootballFan etc

It’s nice and chilled here compared to the hysteria over the road. I’ll keep drinking the Kool Aid <cheers>

Him and the 'idiot clique' have spent all morning discussing me, despite insisting they're not obsessed and me not being on there for over a year
...

... definitely not obsessed though, no sir <laugh>

I'm also, apparently, posting vitriolic attacks on Ghandi despite us having a 20 minute phone call yesterday.

Abolutely determined to cause trouble and make problems between the two forums. They've clogged up the takeover thread to the point where people have stopped posting on it, exactly why the place is going downhill.

Sad little people tbh.
 
Him and the 'idiot clique' have spent all morning discussing me, despite insisting they're not obsessed and me not being on there for over a year
...

... definitely not obsessed though, no sir <laugh>

I'm also, apparently, asking vitriolic attacks on Ghandi despite us having a 20 minute phone call yesterday.

Abolutely determined to cause trouble and make problems between the two forums. They've clogged up the takeover thread and people have stopped posting on it, exactly why the place is going downhill.

Sad little people tbh.
guessing if they were in the states they would be Trumpers.
 
I’ve always liked WW’s angry patter but I don’t get the hatred for Smug here.

I don’t believe he’s a fraction as annoying as oddbod, The Rat, FootballFan etc

It’s nice and chilled here compared to the hysteria over the road. I’ll keep drinking the Kool Aid <cheers>

The Electric Acid variety by any chance? A highly refreshing beverage fully recommended by the Grateful Dead.
 
Changing the subject and I probably should put this in the RTG thread but has anyone noticed Oddbods tendency to go rooting around the dictionary in an argument some of them aren’t even spelled right...:emoticon-0102-bigsm
so he was the one who came up with the song titles for Slade.
 
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Changing the subject and I probably should put this in the RTG thread but has anyone noticed Oddbods tendency to go rooting around the dictionary in an argument some of them aren’t even spelled right...:emoticon-0102-bigsm
That man is an absolute bellend as well as a coward, full on illiterate gobshite.
 
Heard again today that the EFL have approved KLD, and if so that means that it's all down to the club to announce. I really hope that they're not going to string it out trying to do transfer business cheaper before they do.

It needs announcing in time for Look North imo.
Hope so mate. Good point about transfers aswell. Would be nice, for just once, if we did our transfer business early in a window.
 
Heard again today that the EFL have approved KLD, and if so that means that it's all down to the club to announce. I really hope that they're not going to string it out trying to do transfer business cheaper before they do.

It needs announcing in time for Look North imo.
Heard again??
When was the first time. Sorry if I missed it
Look North. Good shout
 
Heard again today that the EFL have approved KLD, and if so that means that it's all down to the club to announce. I really hope that they're not going to string it out trying to do transfer business cheaper before they do.

It needs announcing in time for Look North imo.

Can we have Dawnie giving out the news through gritted teeth? <laugh>
 
Heard again??
When was the first time. Sorry if I missed it
Look North. Good shout

Sorry mate, that wasn't clear.

I was told by the same lad who gave me Christmas Eve as the first announcement.

He messaged to tell me about something else today, a new middle level staff member coming in with KLD, and mentioned the EFL again.

It's knocking a bit of the edge of it, all this waiting.
 
Sorry mate, that wasn't clear.

I was told by the same lad who gave me Christmas Eve as the first announcement.

He messaged to tell me about something else today, a new middle level staff member coming in with KLD, and mentioned the EFL again.

It's knocking a bit of the edge of it, all this waiting.

Nah. Its building the tension up. Love it lol
 
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