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Taxi for Lee Burge, Jordan Willis, Josh Scowen, Max Power, Chris Maguire, Aiden McGeady and Charlie

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  1. Draig

    Draig Well-Known Member

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    So has there been a continual stream of L1 sides going on to establish themselves in the Championship with minimal player investment? Nope.

    Do we talk about players being only L1 standard? Being Championship standard? Yep.

    Ergo there is a big difference between the two.
     
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  2. Nacho

    Nacho Well-Known Member

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    Well I was talking about the difference in refereeing standards and so were you so I'm not sure what you're on about here.
     
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  3. scott934

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    We're gonna be in a bad place in the summer if we don't go up, due to this salary cap. It might force us to start being a smarter club with the way we promote our academy players.
     
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    Sorry, it wasn't obvious and I didn't realise. Yet my point still stands, there is a big difference between playing in L1 and in the Championship.
     
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  5. Billy Batts

    Billy Batts Well-Known Member

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    Still can't believe the salary cap got approved. What the hell are the PFA doing about it ffs?
     
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  6. Nacho

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    There is aye which is why it'd be great to have Watmore back seeing as he's scoring in that league.
     
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  7. Draig

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    I think these days they must think the P stands for Premiership
     
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    I’ve often wondered if certain players were happy to be here in league 1 knowing that if we go up there history,now with this cap and those senior players out of contract the incentive is there to push on and drive the others around then for promotion and that bigger contract rather than fester in league 1
     
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    Blond Bombshell Well-Known Member

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    Sounds great but I think it's simply the players, Maguire the king, are just not consistently good enough
     
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    When he took that ball out of the air in our 18 yrd box, vs Port Vale, Maguire was the king.
     
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  11. Blond Bombshell

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    Agree but not consistent enough to be picked up by any teams in a higher league, Donald has cost cut and used the parachute payments to purchase the club rather than invest in the team for an immediate return to the premiership. Hence we've gone down the cheap route and overstocked with average division 3 players who aren't good enough to get us promoted and probably in their best interests not to as they'll struggle elsewhere... Their contracts are up in the summer and if they don't perform now and achieve promotion this could be their last chance as they will not be picked up by any upward moving teams
     
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    The hope now is that Duncan can get his career back on track, and go on to be the player he promised to be, pull an England shirt on, maybe who knows, not out of the question in my opinion, no one deserves it more imo. We ( ie Ross and Parky ) failed him not the other way round.
     
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  13. Billy Batts

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    Bit harsh under Ross mind as he was injured. I was at Wycombe when he got took out, absolutely disgraceful that. Still say Ainsworth sent his players out to take him out of the game by any means necessary.
     
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    He is capable of that sort of magic, but its in many ways an illusion, the reality is he does as little as he can, he is indeed the King of buck passing.
     
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    This, shocking behaviour from Wycombe
     
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    The King... What a laugh
     
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    Thats why he should have been protected. Ross was found out by Ainsworth and Boyer amongst others that season and it cost us the playoffs and him his job imo.
     
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  18. Blond Bombshell

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    Taxi's booked
     
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    It’ll be a 16 seater
     
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  20. G Force Ghost

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    Well we now might be able to afford them, but not that we want to. Get those taxis booked.

    Unfortunately, every time we do a clear out we end up bringing in even worse. Is this the summer when we change that?
     
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