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Post by thetheremin on Sept 9, 2024 18:41:53 GMT
There was a reality show - can’t remember what it was called - where discarded footballers were given a second chance.
They played Curzon Ashton in a friendly and the footage was really up close so you could hear everything going on between the players. The stick Mahon gave those kids was something else. It wasn’t a friendly to him.
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Post by Royal Blue on Sept 9, 2024 21:05:46 GMT
There was a reality show - can’t remember what it was called - where discarded footballers were given a second chance. They played Curzon Ashton in a friendly and the footage was really up close so you could hear everything going on between the players. The stick Mahon gave those kids was something else. It wasn’t a friendly to him. several Chester links in that side, really enjoyed that whole series but the match against CA was real men against boys wasn't it |
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Post by tonya on Sept 9, 2024 21:34:15 GMT
On the few occasions was able to watch us during his time, as i am South based, he was a stand out player. However we have a great manager so no need to consider him.
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Post by brooklaneblue on Sept 9, 2024 22:33:48 GMT
Still think getting rid of him for John Johnston plus 25k we paid for him is one the worst bits of transfer business this clubs ever done. What a player what a servent made up he’s doing well absolutely shocking business by Bern and Jono, JJ was a really poor signing and shows how poor their recruitment was. |
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Post by Imperial on Sept 10, 2024 1:30:04 GMT
Still think getting rid of him for John Johnston plus 25k we paid for him is one the worst bits of transfer business this clubs ever done. What a player what a servent made up he’s doing well absolutely shocking business by Bern and Jono, JJ was a really poor signing and shows how poor their recruitment was. They also brought in Akwasi Asante, Brad Jackson, Joel Taylor, George Glendon & Declan Weeks. |
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Post by weareblues on Sept 10, 2024 1:52:13 GMT
absolutely shocking business by Bern and Jono, JJ was a really poor signing and shows how poor their recruitment was. They also brought in Akwasi Asante, Brad Jackson, Joel Taylor, George Glendon & Declan Weeks. No doubt about it just seems it never worked out for them when they paid a fee for a player though George Green an example |
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Post by Lobster on Sept 10, 2024 2:26:49 GMT
Funny ones Bern and Jonno. Recruitment questionable, not brilliant tacticians and young development non-existent, but overall I do rate them as managers, and their record over their careers is pretty good.
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Post by Curva Nord on Sept 10, 2024 10:08:25 GMT
TBF to them it must be hard to sell the club to players. No training ground, moneys probably not that great. I think they did well with waht they had, calling in favours from players they knew etc.
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Post by brooklaneblue on Sept 12, 2024 22:05:23 GMT
absolutely shocking business by Bern and Jono, JJ was a really poor signing and shows how poor their recruitment was. They also brought in Akwasi Asante, Brad Jackson, Joel Taylor, George Glendon & Declan Weeks. I don't really get your point, they wasted 25K but its ok as the signed some other players, so has anyone come in to buy Glendon and Weeks for 25K |
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Post by Anders on Sept 12, 2024 22:56:25 GMT
They also brought in Akwasi Asante, Brad Jackson, Joel Taylor, George Glendon & Declan Weeks. I don't really get your point, they wasted 25K but its ok as the signed some other players, so has anyone come in to buy Glendon and Weeks for 25K Chesterfield did come in and buy Taylor for exactly that so the point you're trying to make there doesn't really work. Link
Also to be fair Murphy paid the 25k entirely. Mahon was the loss in that deal not the 25k. |
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Post by Moltisanti on Sept 13, 2024 6:32:18 GMT
It’s not like Brooklaneblue to make himself look stupid. That’s really surprised me.
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Post by milnerisgod on Sept 13, 2024 7:36:12 GMT
They also brought in Akwasi Asante, Brad Jackson, Joel Taylor, George Glendon & Declan Weeks. I don't really get your point, they wasted 25K but its ok as the signed some other players, so has anyone come in to buy Glendon and Weeks for 25K If anybody has come in and offered 25k for either of them, I hope we told them where to go! Point to any top manager in the world and there will be a fair few high profile, big money (£10s of millions) signings that didn't work out for them, but they will also be judged on the signings that did. Weeks & Glendon are two of the best signings this club has ever made, certainly since reforming, and have easily given us much more than 25k's worth of value, so to wholesale call B&Js recruitment 'poor' is doing them a deliberate disservice. . |
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Post by Firestick Frank on Sept 13, 2024 7:43:43 GMT
Yeah Mahon plus cash for that useless fraud Johnston was a disgrace. Our fan-owned club should never be paying a transfer fee for any player IMO. As I touched on earlier, the LADS were jealous of the standing Mahon had with the club and the fans, they wanted their own pals in and he was frozen out pretty quickly.
Still a Chester legend.
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Post by Imperial on Sept 13, 2024 8:12:32 GMT
They also brought in Akwasi Asante, Brad Jackson, Joel Taylor, George Glendon & Declan Weeks. I don't really get your point, they wasted 25K but its ok as the signed some other players, so has anyone come in to buy Glendon and Weeks for 25K My point, which I would have thought was obvious, was that they made some poor signings & some unbelievable signings. As much as you can rightly criticise the Mahon/Johnstone transfer they deserve praise for signing Asante who couldn’t get a game in the division below at the time, who was absolutely unreal from day one. So your assertion that their recruitment was very poor is at best harsh. |
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Post by bing on Sept 13, 2024 8:18:44 GMT
Does anyone know whether we use data to make new signings, like in the higher leagues?
I'd be interested to know the whole process works - how our scouting works etc.
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Post by Imperial on Sept 13, 2024 8:24:17 GMT
Does anyone know whether we use data to make new signings, like in the higher leagues? I'd be interested to know the whole process works - how our scouting works etc. No evidence but I’m certain Cal & his back room staff do. He often mentions players stats relative to each other & others in the league in a way that suggests he’s tracking it all & id imagine he uses that as a factor in deciding who to sign. |
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Post by brooklaneblue on Sept 14, 2024 12:31:07 GMT
It’s not like Brooklaneblue to make himself look stupid. That’s really surprised me. lol rich coming from you. |
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Post by Firestick Frank on Sept 14, 2024 12:32:37 GMT
Does anyone know whether we use data to make new signings, like in the higher leagues? I'd be interested to know the whole process works - how our scouting works etc. We signed Pollock based on his aerial duel win percentage - then he had an absolute mare on the opening day and only came back into the side two games ago. Been very good since, though. |
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Post by Moltisanti on Sept 14, 2024 12:37:47 GMT
It’s not like Brooklaneblue to make himself look stupid. That’s really surprised me. lol rich coming from you. You’re in your 50’s and just said ‘LOL’ 😂 |
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Post by agl on Sept 14, 2024 20:39:03 GMT
Yeah Mahon plus cash for that useless fraud Johnston was a disgrace. Our fan-owned club should never be paying a transfer fee for any player IMO. As I touched on earlier, the LADS were jealous of the standing Mahon had with the club and the fans, they wanted their own pals in and he was frozen out pretty quickly. Still a Chester legend. Mahon did well at Curzon but I felt it was the right time to move him on. He wasn't ripping up trees for us. I doubt jealousy came into it, they just made a judgement call. |
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Post by waggoner on Sept 14, 2024 22:10:13 GMT
Yeah Mahon plus cash for that useless fraud Johnston was a disgrace. Our fan-owned club should never be paying a transfer fee for any player IMO. As I touched on earlier, the LADS were jealous of the standing Mahon had with the club and the fans, they wanted their own pals in and he was frozen out pretty quickly. Still a Chester legend. Mahon did well at Curzon but I felt it was the right time to move him on. He wasn't ripping up trees for us. I doubt jealousy came into it, they just made a judgement call. CM was a good player for us. The problem was that he is very lightweight and easily pushed off the ball. His ‘good’ games started to be around one in 3. And his starts in the team were becoming less and less. Nice lad but football is not about niceness it’s about winning |
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Post by Firestick Frank on Sept 14, 2024 22:23:21 GMT
You’re right, it is about winning. And he’s doing a very good job of winning - Curzon are second in the table, the LADS who got rid of him are second bottom.
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Post by jamieablock on Sept 21, 2024 10:06:57 GMT
Mahon did well at Curzon but I felt it was the right time to move him on. He wasn't ripping up trees for us. I doubt jealousy came into it, they just made a judgement call. CM was a good player for us. The problem was that he is very lightweight and easily pushed off the ball. His ‘good’ games started to be around one in 3. And his starts in the team were becoming less and less. Nice lad but football is not about niceness it’s about winning I don’t think you’ve watched Chester play in 8 years. Never seen you, home or away. |
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Post by waggoner on Sept 21, 2024 14:16:08 GMT
CM was a good player for us. The problem was that he is very lightweight and easily pushed off the ball. His ‘good’ games started to be around one in 3. And his starts in the team were becoming less and less. Nice lad but football is not about niceness it’s about winning I don’t think you’ve watched Chester play in 8 years. Never seen you, home or away. Well get your eyes tested. |
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Post by Firestick Frank on Oct 13, 2024 8:52:54 GMT
Third year in a row he has taken Curzon into the first round PROPER.
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Post by oldtimer on Oct 13, 2024 9:08:28 GMT
Third year in a row he has taken Curzon into the first round PROPER. That's impressive ,he presumably knows what he is doing |
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Post by Firestick Frank on Oct 13, 2024 9:09:26 GMT
Third year in a row he has taken Curzon into the first round PROPER. That's impressive ,he presumably knows what he is doing Got them right up in the running in the league too. They could end up Saturday teatime top of the table if we and Scunny draw. |
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Post by avfo on Oct 13, 2024 13:16:40 GMT
Third year in a row he has taken Curzon into the first round PROPER. Not quite, Lakeland was their manager until Sept 2023. Still doing a good job though, especially given his commitments to Wigan. |
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Post by Forever Blue on Oct 14, 2024 2:48:08 GMT
There was a reality show - can’t remember what it was called - where discarded footballers were given a second chance. They played Curzon Ashton in a friendly and the footage was really up close so you could hear everything going on between the players. The stick Mahon gave those kids was something else. It wasn’t a friendly to him. several Chester links in that side, really enjoyed that whole series but the match against CA was real men against boys wasn't it TBF I really enjoyed that series, I felt sorry for George Scott who was often on the bad end of peoples pranks and was told he needed to toughen up on the pitch. I found it really funny when they played Curzon Ashton and after the game George Scott said how there number 16 was smaller than him but he wanted to be like him on the pitch. I think Craig Mahon made a lasting impression on him 😂😂😂😂 I do wonder if any of them made it and are still in football ? does anyone know ? |
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Post by Eddie Gray's left foot on Oct 14, 2024 11:59:00 GMT
With a fraction of our budget When are we going to be champions elect ? But is that true? Curzon get a load of income from the 4g pitches and backers. Judging by the number of players moving both ways between the clubs there can't be too much difference in wages. Their chairman is a bit of a character and was in the LL after they played us last season. He said our budget was 5th best in league. I spoke to Albert at the Gloucester match towards the end of the season and he said ours was around or above the middle. I wouldn't be surprised if Curzon's was about the same as ours. |
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