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Did they give any idea on who next seasons shirt sponsor would be?

I dont believe this

Rice is having an excellent season!

When it comes to football, you support your team of course but when you're a player, its all about getting a contract, taking every opportunity that comes to you, whether it be a trial at a team you hate. If you only have 1 offer on the table, you are going to accept it because it is a job, if rice was 3 inches taller i think he would be a strong league two keeper however people cannot look past his previous spell here. But all this about him being a city fan really has nothing to do with it, wasnt mark ellis an argyle supporter but that never really effected anything.

after these two signings im not convinced that benyon may be a first teamer! he will start on saturday for obvious reasons but i can see these two new signings doing a lot more in a striker partnership than any other pair

2 month for ball seems abit short seeing as is quite highly rated, i guess we can extend this loan if he does well and if he does bad hes only here for two months so can get another guy in! either way two great signings and im really looking forward to saturday now.

SEgull wrote:Hopefully Pokey will be fit, as much as I like Martin Rice and can see how well he has done in pre season, I just do not trust him.

I should think we will line up something like:

Poke
Tonge Pearce Downes Nicholson
Chappell Mansell Harding Cameron
Benyon 6ft Plus imposing striker of League 1 or above quality.

This would however leave no place for Bodin which perhaps shows the strength of the first 11.

Hard to tell what kind of game it will be this early on but I would certainly not underestimate Wimbledon. They have some useful players and will be up for it.

change for tom cruise and thats the exact line up i'd go for

Seems like the defense isn't high on his priorities list then

Since he has joined we have definitely been playing better football and looking like a better team, but we need a new face and some confidence.. hopefully the draw at accrington will bring the team some confidence to build on

I agree but it will never happen unless we loan in someone in a similar built player to rene, i think benyon and jarvis would work well if we had wingers on the pitch, they would get benyon and jarvis chances and both of them are good finishers, although i dont see rene being dropped unless we sign a similar type of player

Why do we continue to play Craig outwide, then take him off when we want to go attacking.. he's undoubtedly one of, if not the best passer at the club, and he is much better at set pieces than nicho, so why take him off? if we started with craig in the middle and macklin outwide i think we'd see an improvement instantly.

if it isn't broke dont fix it.

Although Brian Saah will get it, I think Downes is perfect for the job of captain. He leads everyone on the pitch, but i dont think the captains armband can make a difference every player has a job to do besides worrying about who is temporary captain

It showed today that playing our best passing midfielder on the wing, he was ineffective, but if we play nathan craig in the middle he can make chances, so why play him on the wing then have defensive minded players hoofing the ball to the isolated howe upfront, the second half when ling decided to play thompson on the wing and not a central midfielder, he whipped one ball in and we scored straight away. 4-5-1 is a good formation if you use the right players.. and it just doesn't suit our team at all. Bodin plays better on the left, Thompson gives every left back he plays against night mares so why dont we use them out wide? Then have Craig pulling the strings, lathrope breaking up the play and jarvis up top with howe in a 442. It might just work..

Alot of people will probably disagree with me on this one but i have been really disappointed with Oastler this season. Hes had a couple average games nothing stand out and he has had more than his fair share of bad games aswell.. Leadbitter has come in and i dont think hes done amazing but his pace has given him the edge.. defensively he needs to improve imho but not many wingers will get past him with pace which can only be a good thing.. and leadbitter is another attacking outlet.. we have nicholson on the left aswell and now we have two attacking full backs and when our 3 in midfield is much more defensived minded this year than last i'd say it compliments eachother. So keep Leadbitter for the time being, Oastler needs time to get back to where he was at last season.