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culmstockgull wrote: ↑01 Apr 2023, 18:27 For you statisticians when was the last time we won two in a row, if this continues a new beer to superseed Bryn will be required becuase if we escape it will be nothng short of a miracle, but onward to friday.

culmstockgull wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 11:56 Just watched the highlights back and the comment of we made them look good is very accurate, watching their goal they had five agianst our three with the midfield making no attempt to get back and help out. As for the comments of Johnson post match,he is past embarassing, even with loaded questions given to him on a plate he still fails to see the same game as everyone else does, as mentioned by others with the pitch and the ref out of the equation what was he left with and to say six or sven did not train this week when at least two of the subs were match fit and were not used. They may not have the quality of the starting eleven but they could at least run for 90 minutes.
What ever happens next season two people should not be at the club, besides half the squad, Johnson and the one who supposedly does the interviews,both have done this club serious damage through their lack of honesty and intergrity.

culmstockgull wrote: ↑22 Nov 2022, 11:37 Any deranged belief that we are a league two team in waiting has been bled out of us during the last two years, yes it is about budgets, geography and the ability to attract decent players from a scouting set up that fails on every level and for the second season running.
Johnson maintains the players do not lack confidence, possibly not, but that counts for nothing when in the main they lack the quality to play in this league, in fact several of them lack the ability to be a pro footballers.
I do no want Johnson's career to end with a relegation, but that is what is going to happen unless we change things, and soon.

Midlandgull wrote: ↑26 Oct 2022, 21:40 There is no way all of a sudden Gary Johnson is a bad manager. He is one of the best managers we have had at this club, ever!

The big challenges have been around losing some brilliant players such as Little, MacDonald, Lemonheigh-Evans, Wright, Wynter, Lewis, and then three brilliant loans like Armstrong, Wearne, and McKenna. Jesus wept, that is a hell of a lot of players and quality to lose. Not to mention losing good players from the previous season due to play-off heartache.

Two of our best players are aging (Hall and Moxey) and we need to wrap them up in cotton wool. The problem is we can't even get a squad of 15 together each week meaning they're constantly forced into action.

Is Johnson perfect? No
Has he signed some players that haven't done enough? Yes

But it's a mammoth task to replace all those players and clearly, we must have missed out on some targets because Johnson would have wanted a bigger squad together.

Once we get some of the injured/suspended guys back we have a reasonable squad. I've got no doubt Gary will get into the loan market again to improve us and give us much-needed depth!

We would've got more points without the recent sendings off as well!

Regardless of everyone's opinions, we have to unite and get behind the boys! I genuinely think the fans can make a big difference.
There's never a dull moment that's for sure!

COYY

culmstockgull wrote: ↑22 Oct 2022, 21:18 Did I just see a football match, was this inept performance put on to show the greater UK population via BT what we in Devon have known all season, we were and are dire. in a first half when they could easily have had five and without any particular effort on their part, Colclough was running the show and no one wanted to go near him, our back four were worse than poor, we had a striker playing left wing, a central midfielder playing right wing, what could go possibly go wrong.
We come out second half with a bit of passion and start playing football , what did we have to lose, even after Hall single handed put us in with a chance every time they came forward you wouldnt have bet against them to score.
Goodness knows how much the FA are going to fine us because of the stupid amount of yellow and reds we have collected because by a country mile we are top of the league , and thats the only time I will saying that this season.
I think I need to crack a bottle of wine before I have the stomach to listen to Johnsons take on this one. Anyone who thinks we have turned the corner, we have improved, we are on the up,we didnt lose, you were not at the game.