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Post by thebluecamp on Apr 1, 2024 21:19:44 GMT
We should never accept that as good enough…this league is so poor, not only from an away day perspective, or a moral sapping home experience, lots of these clubs are little better than Sunday league jobbers, our recruitment is a shambles obviously. We should be able to attract much better experienced players.I can’t accept a player would prefer to play in front of 250 fans at Farsley for example, This kinda attitude is a problem. Many teams in this league are funded by owners and not fans like us. Having said that it is a crap end to the season and we need to take a good look at our approach of trying to play ticky tacky football to get out of this league and get some physical presence back in the squadSpot on. |
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Post by waggoner on Apr 1, 2024 21:23:21 GMT
He never said it’s time to get an investor in at all. Another’new poster’ on a wind up! I never implied Callum said that - 11 minutes and 11 seconds in “Find a way to spend more money” the only way to do that is to bring in a money man please take that comment back old chap Oh yes you did. Cal said “we need to find a way to spend more money” he never said anything about investors it’s you that said it but in a way that it looks like Cal said it ‘old chap’ |
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Post by league2 on Apr 1, 2024 21:31:44 GMT
Brilliant interview from callum.
So honest,almost but what he wants to say is we haven't got the money to compete at the very top of this league..
If any fan thinks we can well they are completely deluded
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Post by tonya on Apr 1, 2024 21:32:36 GMT
Listening to Seals Live today I just accepted the result before they’d even scored. Two very poor defensive errors (free hits) from what I could make out which is inexcusable. But they also hit the woodwork twice. So, so disappointing we couldn’t carry on where we left off from Buxton. Proper Chester. I get the feeling that Cal is too reluctant to evolve and adapt. I’m happy to give him the rest of the year to see what happens. If we get to Christmas and it’s just same old same old then it’s goodbye time I’m afraid. I really hope he can turn us around and have a good start to next season. As it’s worked out I’m going to both Gloucester and Brackley away and it’s been a while since I’ve been to a game with nothing riding on it. Gloucester is my only match now each season and will still go Saturday because when there's statistically still a chance we can still hope. |
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Post by leedsutd234 on Apr 1, 2024 21:37:14 GMT
Today was another repeat performance like many games in the past twelve months, even going back to Brackley in the play off defeat. Unfortunately, we've not learnt our lessons at all and we are so one dimensional. As soon as Alfreton took the lead, you could see what little confidence we had drain out of us. At half time, I thought we might see some reaction similar to Friday, especially considering what was riding on it, but there was very little urgency and it all got very disjointed with some players arguing with each other and others looking like they wanted to be elsewhere. Whilst I think Gloucester is winnable, I can’t see us beating Brackley or Darlington, so we’ll need a miracle to get into the play offs now. I believe Cal is contracted for next season and I still think he’s the right man for the job, but I think he needs to have a good think about where it’s all gone wrong this season and look at how the poor recruitment and fitness has been overall. Cal is contracted for the next two seasons. The board have committed the same error as the McCarthy saga, which was very expensive to end. |
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Post by Anders on Apr 1, 2024 21:38:34 GMT
Noticed that Chorley won again, third and flying, probably will catch Scunthorpe.
Frankie Maguire announced as man of the match again and literally every other week as well.
Binned off here.
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Post by daz on Apr 1, 2024 21:46:50 GMT
We have a few good players but I feel we need to break up this squad and add some height and physicality to it.
It would improve our set piece for a starters and i've lost count of how many tall physical teams have sussed us out and physicality dominated us.
Literally change the colour of the away kit and the last 10 or so home games have felt like deja vu.
If we want to play tikky takka football it's got to be done at a far faster pace and we are only hybrid/part time.
We need to be able to mix things up more
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Post by whitey on Apr 1, 2024 22:01:23 GMT
Noticed that Chorley won again, third and flying, probably will catch Scunthorpe. Frankie Maguire announced as man of the match again and literally every other week as well. Binned off here. Kole Hall scored two and also an assist today! |
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Post by oldtimer on Apr 1, 2024 22:13:26 GMT
Today was another repeat performance like many games in the past twelve months, even going back to Brackley in the play off defeat. Unfortunately, we've not learnt our lessons at all and we are so one dimensional. As soon as Alfreton took the lead, you could see what little confidence we had drain out of us. At half time, I thought we might see some reaction similar to Friday, especially considering what was riding on it, but there was very little urgency and it all got very disjointed with some players arguing with each other and others looking like they wanted to be elsewhere. Whilst I think Gloucester is winnable, I can’t see us beating Brackley or Darlington, so we’ll need a miracle to get into the play offs now. I believe Cal is contracted for next season and I still think he’s the right man for the job, but I think he needs to have a good think about where it’s all gone wrong this season and look at how the poor recruitment and fitness has been overall. Cal is contracted for the next two seasons. The board have committed the same error as the McCarthy saga, which was very expensive to end. correct you would think the directors would have learnt by now but they continue to lurch from crisis to crisis wasting the supporters hard earned time and time again |
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Post by arthuro on Apr 1, 2024 22:22:37 GMT
Today was another repeat performance like many games in the past twelve months, even going back to Brackley in the play off defeat. Unfortunately, we've not learnt our lessons at all and we are so one dimensional. As soon as Alfreton took the lead, you could see what little confidence we had drain out of us. At half time, I thought we might see some reaction similar to Friday, especially considering what was riding on it, but there was very little urgency and it all got very disjointed with some players arguing with each other and others looking like they wanted to be elsewhere. Whilst I think Gloucester is winnable, I can’t see us beating Brackley or Darlington, so we’ll need a miracle to get into the play offs now. I believe Cal is contracted for next season and I still think he’s the right man for the job, but I think he needs to have a good think about where it’s all gone wrong this season and look at how the poor recruitment and fitness has been overall. Cal is contracted for the next two seasons. The board have committed the same error as the McCarthy saga, which was very expensive to end. There is a sense of Deja vu now. McCarthy had a dreadful end to a season losing match after match but was kept on. He then made a string of awful recruitments and the rest is history and we ended up in this awful league. Big decisions for the board in the next few weeks. |
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Post by bluejon on Apr 1, 2024 22:25:47 GMT
Cal is contracted for the next two seasons. The board have committed the same error as the McCarthy saga, which was very expensive to end. correct you would think the directors would have learnt by now but they continue to lurch from crisis to crisis wasting the supporters hard earned time and time again Because of the turnover in Directors it’s unlikely that any of them were around when McCarthy was given his two year contract |
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Post by bluey7 on Apr 1, 2024 22:53:19 GMT
our manager is clearly not capable of recruiting the players that are needed to get out of this poor league , possibly down to the lack of experience and the fact he's only done youth football.we need someone from the higher level of football. if we stick with him we will go nowhere Chester fc need to move on now!
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Post by spencerwhelanleftpeg on Apr 1, 2024 23:19:51 GMT
The argument there is with our budget whatever that is has limitations and therefore we have been limited in terms of what/who we can attract to the club.
Not making excuses for whats likely to end in disappointment this season but it’s gotta have some implications on things surely.
Otherwise we would just do what Neil Young did and say ok these are the best players 1 to 11 in this league and sign them all up
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Post by superhans on Apr 1, 2024 23:32:56 GMT
The argument there is with our budget whatever that is has limitations and therefore we have been limited in terms of what/who we can attract to the club. Not making excuses for whats likely to end in disappointment this season but it’s gotta have some implications on things surely. Otherwise we would just do what Neil Young did and say ok these are the best players 1 to 11 in this league and sign them all up I just don't believe that the likes of Brackley are paying more than us. Look at their team today, we had far more FL and NL experience than their team, same as south shields last week. Perhaps the biggest limiting factor for us is the daytime training model? As part time players will probably need to work a day job, but I disagree with all these comments about our actual budget being dwarfed in comparison to very average NLN teams. I think the board could reassure fans with what the plan is for full time football. Is it planned for in X years, or when X event happens (e.g promotion or X money in the bank). It has been fine margins this season at times but it's starting to feel a bit aimless on and off the pitch at present. |
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Post by superhans on Apr 2, 2024 0:03:08 GMT
If we all can see the problem, then surely Cal can too? I worry that he won't realise or have the bottle to break up this team, as he clearly thinks really highly of them all. That could be his undoing as the best managers aren't sentimental, he's not managing kids anymore
Individually there's some great players in the squad for this level but as a team unit we are unbalanced and so easy to sit in against. What other team in this league plays with a tiny midfield that cant do the dirty work? I never understood the decision to retain Glendon and Weeks only to then also re-sign Murray, as I say, good players on their own but clearly not a balanced midfield.
Same goes for the forwards, no striker over six foot is insane for this level of football. People can turn their nose up at Heath's style of play (I have done in the past) but he gets the best out of every squad he has, and they're always punching above their weight. Cal has done the opposite with this squad this season, as much as it pains me to say.
Cal will be here next season unless he quits, and I'm not advocating for that but I am worried that we're just going to line up the same come August in a tougher league with the likely clubs coming up/down. Last season we all believed Cal was the right man, let's hope he learns from this season's mistakes very quickly
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Post by Rio Doherty on Apr 2, 2024 2:15:00 GMT
That the first time Alfreton have defeated us since March 2014. We seem to save our worst performances for the bigger games. First time we’ve lost a competitive home game by more than a goal under Calum McIntyre as well. It really didn’t have to be this way. |
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Post by proudblue on Apr 2, 2024 5:41:15 GMT
Today was another repeat performance like many games in the past twelve months, even going back to Brackley in the play off defeat. Unfortunately, we've not learnt our lessons at all and we are so one dimensional. As soon as Alfreton took the lead, you could see what little confidence we had drain out of us. At half time, I thought we might see some reaction similar to Friday, especially considering what was riding on it, but there was very little urgency and it all got very disjointed with some players arguing with each other and others looking like they wanted to be elsewhere. Whilst I think Gloucester is winnable, I can’t see us beating Brackley or Darlington, so we’ll need a miracle to get into the play offs now. I believe Cal is contracted for next season and I still think he’s the right man for the job, but I think he needs to have a good think about where it’s all gone wrong this season and look at how the poor recruitment and fitness has been overall. Cal is contracted for the next two seasons. The board have committed the same error as the McCarthy saga, which was very expensive to end. Two things always seem to be the kiss of death for Chester managers. One is contract extensions, the other is approaches from other clubs for their services being turned down. In the past year we’ve had both with Calum. There were very few dissenting voices last summer when he was given a new contract, while the club’s decision to reject an approach by Hartlepool or whoever it was at the turn of the year was greeted with widespread relief at the time as well. All seems to have gone horribly awry since then sadly. Really hope he can turn it round, but the worry is that the damage has now been done and the same mistakes will continue to be made tactically. Potentially going into the summer having not scored a home goal since February isn’t remotely going to help boost season ticket sales etc. |
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Post by Moltisanti on Apr 2, 2024 6:18:38 GMT
If mcintyres there next season then I won’t be Good. |
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Post by jackblue7 on Apr 2, 2024 6:32:30 GMT
a 14 minute after match interview...come on Cal stop taking the same shit , brif and to the point
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Post by waggoner on Apr 2, 2024 6:33:23 GMT
If we all can see the problem, then surely Cal can too? I worry that he won't realise or have the bottle to break up this team, as he clearly thinks really highly of them all. That could be his undoing as the best managers aren't sentimental, he's not managing kids anymore Individually there's some great players in the squad for this level but as a team unit we are unbalanced and so easy to sit in against. What other team in this league plays with a tiny midfield that cant do the dirty work? I never understood the decision to retain Glendon and Weeks only to then also re-sign Murray, as I say, good players on their own but clearly not a balanced midfield. Same goes for the forwards, no striker over six foot is insane for this level of football. People can turn their nose up at Heath's style of play (I have done in the past) but he gets the best out of every squad he has, and they're always punching above their weight. Cal has done the opposite with this squad this season, as much as it pains me to say. Cal will be here next season unless he quits, and I'm not advocating for that but I am worried that we're just going to line up the same come August in a tougher league with the likely clubs coming up/down. Last season we all believed Cal was the right man, let's hope he learns from this season's mistakes very quickly The team lacks Height, width, balance and movement and strength. We don’t have genuine wingers to get telling crosses into the box and get behind defences at pace, instead we play tippy happy football looking for the ‘killer pass’ that rarely comes. If by some miracle we do get wide and get a decent cross in the ball is met by players suffering with height defeciency. We are just not much of a threat off set pieces. The squad is so unbalanced it’s unreal. The sideways and back passing delays things to enable the away team to get everyone back behind the ball and say “come on play through us” and with no movement there is no space to do it. It’s so frustrating because we as fans can see the problem but Cal cannot |
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Post by bb93 on Apr 2, 2024 6:45:28 GMT
a 14 minute after match interview...come on Cal stop taking the same shit , brif and to the point It was an honest interview of him telling the fanbase what he thinks. No one is forcing you to listen |
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Post by Moltisanti on Apr 2, 2024 7:17:48 GMT
Most toxic fanbase going
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Post by Al on Apr 2, 2024 7:21:31 GMT
Imagine describing 2,500 fans turning up when we haven't won at home in an age as "toxic". |
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Post by btb on Apr 2, 2024 7:21:40 GMT
I thought the support was pretty decent yesterday given the shambles the performance descended to? |
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Post by bluey7 on Apr 2, 2024 7:50:42 GMT
Cal says in his long after match interview that Alfreton should win the playoffs so he's thrown in the towel? not good
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Post by Al on Apr 2, 2024 7:57:20 GMT
Cal says in his long after match interview that Alfreton should win the playoffs so he's thrown in the towel? not good No he said 3 games left do everything he can to get 3 wins and see how it goes. Thing is, we shouldn't be in this situation in the first place really, and Cal has to shoulder the blame for a lot of it particularly the turgid home performances |
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Post by yossergolf on Apr 2, 2024 7:57:48 GMT
Cal says in his long after match interview that Alfreton should win the playoffs so he's thrown in the towel? not good He said at the start of the season that Scunthorpe would walk the league based on their budget and players signed. As Tamworth are going to win it then that’s 2 teams he thinks will be promoted, winners and Scunthorpe. Unfortunately I think Cal’s limited mens football experience has been evident this season, and possibly started last season. He seems too focussed on not losing matches rather than winning matches by his team set up. Let’s hope next season he learns from the past two years with us and the season at Runcorn |
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Post by 1paulcarden on Apr 2, 2024 8:30:45 GMT
Over 2,500 there and haven’t seen a goal in 7 hours at home. Just nonsense. |
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Post by kyle on Apr 2, 2024 8:35:30 GMT
Talk of the budget is valid, but needs to be thought about rationally. Are we struggling to get the players Cal wants? Is salary the only consideration, or are there other factors (model, training times etc)?
It's not a perfect market, good players can be found below their "value". For example if a player is based in Merseyside, Cheshire or Greater Manchester, then a lower offer from us would be more attractive than a higher wage from say Spennymoor, because of the travelling time and costs.
However I don't think us not being in the playoffs can be blamed on budget. The team and squad are good enough, evidenced by us beating all the top sides. We have not got the best out of these players with enough consistency
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Post by bluejay on Apr 2, 2024 9:41:56 GMT
I'm most concerned about the trajectory players take when they're here (and some of them after they leave). Tollitt looked fantastic for a few games and is now starting to look as turgid as the rest, whilst 2 forwards who looked awful for us this season put in fantastic performances yesterday for teams in the same division.
I've no doubt Calum is great with our young players, he is not scared to give them a lot of responsibility and we have more ex youth team players in the team than ever before.
Something is going badly wrong tactically that is making our forward line and attacking midfield very ineffective. It might be the makeup or personnel in the midfield or it might be the instructions they're getting. Tom Peers is a centre forward who likes to run across the line and use the channels but is playing like a target man and is looking worse every game.
Desperately need something positive from these last 3 games.
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