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17 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Speculation. LOL. 

Lol.

To clarify for you, I don’t mean it’s speculation as to whether there is a player who you think is a [censored] to you and the rest of the cheer squad, I mean I don’t think it’s worth the rest of us trying to work out who it is so we can out one of our own as a [censored] (and slander a bunch of others in the process).

 
10 minutes ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

Lol.

To clarify for you, I don’t mean it’s speculation as to whether there is a player who you think is a [censored] to you and the rest of the cheer squad, I mean I don’t think it’s worth the rest of us trying to work out who it is so we can out one of our own as a [censored] (and slander a bunch of others in the process).

Our players get slammed on here anyways. But I appreciate your clarification all the same. 🙂

I’ve had PMs from folks saying it’s no surprise since they’ve also been treated rudely by one or some of our players, past and/or present.

It does strike me as strange though that I have to tolerate reading the awful comments about our players on DL, yet the moment I mention the  rudeness from one of them the [censored] hits the fan. Methinks personal agendas come into play. 🤔 

5 hours ago, Travy14 said:

he has been training and playing as a def all year, it's not a smart move to put someone into a new system and expect them to learn it in 5 weeks.

Very good way to confuse a player and stunt development too.  Bowie is a great backman and should stay there.  the players that would move for Hibbo would be Brayshaw and Rivers who have both had midfield roles this year so have been training in that area. 

 

5 hours ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

This. 

I think his current position is as forward as he’ll get, he’s a lock in the defensive set up but the press allows him to get up to 50 and occasionally sneak in and be a target or have a shot if his opponent isn’t paying attention.

Wouldn’t expect to see him ever playing as a forward. 

This pretty much covers it.

Think he would make a handy forward if he trained for it in the off but also unlikely.

5 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I think Goody is showing who he wants in the finals side. Jvr didn't knock the door down but is back. Having said that, I think Goodwin will test both of these players and he's not afraid of dropping them again. Despite Goody saying there's plenty of time left to sort things out, there isn't. It's crunch time. Jvr, Chandler and Bbb are all in the mix. We need at least one tall so Jvr or Bbb are a lock one would think. Hopefully Grundy comes in soon to pick up the slack so to speak. Big game for Melksham again . If Fritta returns to fitness, he's definitely coming in for finals so it's up to Milk to keep his spot. No reason we can't have two mediums.

Melk is a big game player.  Has to stay in.  I think his effort last week will see him preferred over Joel from here regardless of Fritta coming back or not. (no slight on Joel either who's done well to push his way back in and makes a pretty good sub imho).

Our two great come back wins in the last two seasons had significant Melksham moments.

Not sure what slack you are referring to LD?  Maybe BB's form given his knee is apparently not great?

At some stage the forward line needs to settle and just be allowed to click in terms of being a core group that rarely changes most weeks.

That's the only way they'll get to know each other's game / methods / leading patterns etc in order to become a tight cohesive unit performing at a high level most weeks.  A la our regular line up down back.

Same in terms of the mids/HBs clicking with them and visa-versa.

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    On 7/21/2023 at 2:00 PM, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Conversely, there are some players who don’t engage at all and even one who is notoriously rude to DA members. Not gonna name them but it’s like with any group of individuals in life: some are not as pleasant as others. 

    He's probably still waiting for a banner guernsey!  I'd be [censored] too!

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    44 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Our players get slammed on here anyways. But I appreciate your clarification all the same. 🙂

    I’ve had PMs from folks saying it’s no surprise since they’ve also been treated rudely by one or some of our players, past and/or present.

    It does strike me as strange though that I have to tolerate reading the awful comments about our players on DL, yet the moment I mention the  rudeness from one of them the [censored] hits the fan. Methinks personal agendas come into play. 🤔 

    Not sure about personal agendas or anything hitting the fan, my original post on this was a guess as to a couple of players I thought it might be, then after I posted I decided I wasn’t comfortable speculating on the personal character of people I don’t know so I edited the post to reflect that. Anyone else is free to do as they please. 


    7 hours ago, DemonWA said:

    I was using WCWs comments around everyone saying he's a legend as a process of elimination 

     

    It's an interesting topic I assume in this case there's a familiarity bias or something-  the Demon Army are always around the team so I can kind of see how they might not get as much attention from some of the players as they probably deserve - less effort put into each interaction because there are more of them?

    This is exactly what we say. And you know what? It’s totally fine. We don’t expect extra attention from the staff or players. That’s NOT what we’re there for. But we do get a lot of love from them (which is always welcome) and to varying degrees. They’re all different. But that doesn’t mean constant rudeness from someone is ok, from anyone, not just an elite footballer. I’m sure every team has at least one such player. 

    8 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    How gorgeous are the Ionian islands M_9? One of my favourite holidays was a fortnight hopping around Lefkada, Kefalonia and Ithaka in autumn. You can keep the 40 degree heat though!

    Can’t agree more. My third visit to this area. Best Greek isles by the length of the straight (and I’ve done about 30). Swimming trip based on Ithaca all of next week. Will probably finish with a week on Zakinthos. Hard life but I’ll just have to grin and bear it.

    Got a couple of level 1 tickets to give away, my brother has the flu and we can't make it sadly.

    PM me if you need them.

     
    8 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

    I think Goody is showing who he wants in the finals side. Jvr didn't knock the door down but is back. Having said that, I think Goodwin will test both of these players and he's not afraid of dropping them again. Despite Goody saying there's plenty of time left to sort things out, there isn't. It's crunch time. Jvr, Chandler and Bbb are all in the mix. We need at least one tall so Jvr or Bbb are a lock one would think. Hopefully Grundy comes in soon to pick up the slack so to speak. Big game for Melksham again . If Fritta returns to fitness, he's definitely coming in for finals so it's up to Milk to keep his spot. No reason we can't have two mediums.

    On today’s form I can’t see Grundy coming in

    i could see Jefferson as a smokey if he backs up today next week if the vfl is playing 

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    1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    This is exactly what we say. And you know what? It’s totally fine. We don’t expect extra attention from the staff or players. That’s NOT what we’re there for. But we do get a lot of love from them (which is always welcome) and to varying degrees. They’re all different. But that doesn’t mean constant rudeness from someone is ok, from anyone, not just an elite footballer. I’m sure every team has at least one such player. 

    Can we just leave this [censored] out of the game discussion. 

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    12 minutes ago, dino rover said:

    On today’s form I can’t see Grundy coming in

    i could see Jefferson as a smokey if he backs up today next week if the vfl is playing 

    Thanks dr thats a shame but I guess it's only one game. I really believe the fd is committed to seeing him play finals. I hope it hasn't demotivated the bloke being dropped. Was he played predominantly as a forward today?

    13 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Can we just leave this [censored] out of the game discussion. 

    Bravo! 👏👏

    17 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Can we just leave this [censored] out of the game discussion. 

    Cool. How about all the other [censored] that’s also off-topic???? Should we leave that out as well? At least my discussion is footy-related. If you don’t like it, simply ignore it, or report my post. That’s what we all have to do when we don’t like what we’re reading.

    edit: something your comment attracts is reactions from ppl who pick on someone regardless of what they’re saying. 

    I’m asking nicely, not just you, but anyone who has a problem with any of my comments PLEASE REPORT the posts. Or PM me to tell me you have an issue. Or put me on ignore.

    I’m so over one particular poster that I’m pretty much done. Who needs this?

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    Can I ask what the weather forecast is? I'm OS. Apology if it's been mentioned.

    5 minutes ago, M_9 said:

    Can I ask what the weather forecast is? I'm OS. Apology if it's been mentioned.

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    38 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Cool. How about all the other [censored] that’s also off-topic???? Should we leave that out as well? At least my discussion is footy-related. If you don’t like it, simply ignore it, or report my post. That’s what we all have to do when we don’t like what we’re reading.

    edit: something your comment attracts is reactions from ppl who pick on someone regardless of what they’re saying. 

    I’m asking nicely, not just you, but anyone who has a problem with any of my comments PLEASE REPORT the posts. Or PM me to tell me you have an issue. Or put me on ignore.

    I’m so over one particular poster that I’m pretty much done. Who needs this?

    Good call Wcw. There are some real narcissists here as in to the general population. Particularly the ones who hide behind the facepalm emoji. We know who they are. It's strange that they don't make use of the ignore function. It works a treat.They would save so much time and energy. Maybe they enjoy all the agro. For what it's worth, I enjoy all your content as well as your commitment and efforts in supporting this club. 

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    25 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

     

    I’m so over one particular poster that I’m pretty much done. 

    I think you put forward a fact that resulted in a veil of suspicion coming over people we all want to really rate.  Challenged on this, of course you couldn't elaborate.  It wasn't your intention to cause any of the angst I'm sure, and yet with hindsight the reactions are not all that surprising.  It matters so much to so many on here...  Water under the bridge now?

    I for one really enjoy your posts and the positivity characterising your whole persona on here.  There are all sorts of people on Demonland, and some prominent posters are not my cup of tea.  So we're all different - and you will probably get roughed up once in a while - I have been. 

    But where else do we have such a passionate disparate collection of fellow-travellers?  You enrich the site no end. Please, stick around.

     

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    12 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Oops. Didn't mean to lock the thread early. Set it to lock when the Game Day Thread opens and clicked the wrong button.

    I think you’d do us a favour by locking it 

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    13 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Oops. Didn't mean to lock the thread early. Set it to lock when the Game Day Thread opens and clicked the wrong button.

    lift your game mate !


    14 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    The Manor's coffers are a bit strained at the moment ...... so I've loaded up on Port to restore equilibrium !

    The drink?

    Times are tight 

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    2 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    The drink?

    Times are tight 

    Currently I have to restrict myself to $30 bottles of Shiraz deever - it allows me to empathise with hard working salt of the earth type.

    1 minute ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Currently I have to restrict myself to $30 bottles of Shiraz deever - it allows me to empathise with hard working salt of the earth type.

    I'm sorry to hear you've been slumming it mate. Chin up Uncle. Better times ahead. I'm sure. I can always post my Dan mship card to you if it gets any worse. 

    Keep punching.

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