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Unfortunately one or two or more back room staff may go but we do need somebody with a footballing background in the hierarchy at the club imo the owners don’t have the time or experience imo and wether it’s a head coach or manager set up they need some serious help. Owners haven’t got time to be sorting transfers and players contracts out they are first and foremost business men in their own rightbluessupporter wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:55 am If we go down I think we need a root and branch sort out from top to bottom.
At that level will we need a DOF - whoever it is - and a lot of other behind the scenes people?
Transfer listed?Bigfathoss wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:30 am I'd pull MJ aside, tell him he will be captain from this point on, that we will build the team around him next season, ask him what position he wants to play, tell him the majority of the team will be transfer listed and then get in a manager post-season that agrees with that.
We were mug enough to buy them, so somebody else might. At least put them on the market to see if anyone does a bit of drunk e-baying.WalneyOne wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 12:08 pmTransfer listed?Bigfathoss wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:30 am I'd pull MJ aside, tell him he will be captain from this point on, that we will build the team around him next season, ask him what position he wants to play, tell him the majority of the team will be transfer listed and then get in a manager post-season that agrees with that.
You don't seriously think we can sell this lot do you?
M.J’s seasonBigfathoss wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:30 am I'd pull MJ aside, tell him he will be captain from this point on, that we will build the team around him next season, ask him what position he wants to play, tell him the majority of the team will be transfer listed and then get in a manager post-season that agrees with that.
125 me. 130 anyone?tommy2thumbs wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 10:14 amI'll be 120boyliegladbach wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 9:25 pm We are down, if its a 48 year cycle, looking forward to doing it all again when I'm 100.
Agreed he’s part of what’s wrong with the club really. I had hoped his return would stiffen us up towards these last few games and whilst you can argue he’s not helped by some of those around him, he and Canavan as two of our more experienced players and leaders haven’t led, haven’t demanded enough and haven’t shown enough individually. First goal yesterday we need to do more to stop the cross and it shouldn’t come in, Williams lets his man go and then turns his back and it deflects in off him. It’s fine and well saying not good enough afterwards but he and others at times could’ve done more on the pitch. It comes down to desire, commitment to want to defend and attack the ball and keep it out. We haven’t had that fight all season really. Think of port vale away last year and the attitude then. Third goal as well we’ve got two big centre halves in there and they still get a header in although Stanway should save it. Second goal split apart by a simple through ball.Bob wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 12:46 pmM.J’s seasonBigfathoss wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:30 am I'd pull MJ aside, tell him he will be captain from this point on, that we will build the team around him next season, ask him what position he wants to play, tell him the majority of the team will be transfer listed and then get in a manager post-season that agrees with that.
Injured
Few o.k performances in centre mid
As captain gets sent off for punching opponent
Back at centre back costs us some goals by backing off defenders and weak defensive headers across our box
Injured again
Few o.k performances in centre mid
Back in defence, ducking out of headers again at centre back.
Mentioned this many many times, but whilst all is ok on the pitch it gets pushed back, “stop being negative” “enjoy it whilst we are here”etc, but if you step back and look at the club there is no footballing structure outside the first team, no youth set up, no academy, no women's team. We’ve had 6 seasons, to put a plan in place to grow the club, link with other amateur set ups across the area. There’s little to no appetite to explore opportunities with Team Barrow. We have the smallest social media following across the EFL…Matty wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 11:01 am We are where we are because we haven't had any long term strategy or stability across our six seasons at this level. We've had no consistent approach to recruiting managers or players. As a result of this we have been stuck in a firefighting mentality that's never allowed us to put bonus income from things like the Villa and Chelsea cup matches into anything other than paying off managers and signing more players.
I've never been naive enough to think we'd stay at this level forever. But I did think we'd use this once in a generation opportunity to slowly build some infrastructure that, if we did go down, would give us a better chance of returning to this level. That hasn't been the case unfortunately.
Perhaps their goalie coach might be interested in a wonderful new opportunity in the National League!
We allowed Dino to get rid of a better goalkeeper coach a decision at the time I said was ridiculousbluessupporter wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:15 pmPerhaps their goalie coach might be interested in a wonderful new opportunity in the National League!
Unfortunately it all went wrong after his concussion injury away at Bromleybluessupporter wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 7:42 pm Strange to think that earlier in the season he was being talked about as being worth quite a bit of money being sold to clubs at a higher level.