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  1. Baghdad_Rob

    Player of the year do

    Shows how things have changed that in prior years it was the fault of Scally providing crap misleading / insufficient information, but this year the fans feel the need to apologise for the same crap misleading / insufficient information. If multiple people drew the same conclusion from the...
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    Connor Wickham

    They are in 14th and haven't lost for 7-8 matches. Think they look good to avoid relegation even without Wickham, unless I'm missing something.
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    Wet shave blades, n/g

    I think I made my last blade last up to 6 months before the plastic broke and I couldn’t make it reattach to the handle. Key to make it last is to shave at the end of showering when the face is wet and softened by the hot shower and then put on a decent amount of shower gel. I also tend to shave...
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    swindon game dilemma

    Myself coming up the M3, I tend to refuel at the Costa at Clacket and then down the M26 / M20 and up Blue Bell Hill at junction 6. Can't recall a time I got delayed on that route beyond a stretch of 50mph average speed camera a year or so back upon joining the M20. Unofficially the M26 is an...
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    What On Earth

    As this is arguably true of all posts on this thread, I'm not sure why you specifically responded to my post. Sure, No one knows the context of what he said, when he said it and why he said it. Hence why I started with "My interpretation..."
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    What On Earth

    My interpretation is that he expects to get some racist abuse from the Gillingham supporters, but he will win those racist supporters with his performances on the pitch. I read the "I'm going to bring some racism" as him being the catalyst for others rather than the one creating it. Second...
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    Troy Deeney

    Correct against Cardiff around 2002 or 2003. He did it again a few years later when he was serving a touchline ban as the manager but named himself as a sub against Leeds. He had to sit in the stands until he wanted to come on. And he wasn't allowed to warm up on the side of the pitch so had to...
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    The Official Accrington Stanley Match Thread (Sponsored by the Milk Marketing Board "for all your "who are they?" needs)

    Some quick mental maths is 2 goals in 643 minutes. On a side note of the 12 times he has got on the pitch under SC, he has only completed a full 90 minutes once, and has only started 5 of them. On average he seems to get about half an hour when coming on as sub which might be significant if you...
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    Thoughts on timing of any transfers

    Maybe, but how often do players sign players outside the window? Rare and in the case of Nicholls, he wasn't playing for Crawley and he only signed a week or so prior to the window opening. Presumably allowing him to train with the club for an extra week was worth the cost of a week's wages.
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    Thoughts on timing of any transfers

    Clubs can sign players all year round and don't need to wait for the transfer window to open. However, teams won't be able to register the player onto the 23 man squad list and play them until the window opens. Hence the reason why we were able to sign Tom Nichols in December with him training...
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    Difficult to Understand Rules

    I assume one of their changes was a forced substitution for concussion which doesn't count towards the 5 normally allowed. Supposed to stop managers keeping on concussed players due to a lack of subs left / reluctant to use a sub. Although they seem to have made 4 substitution stops (allowing...
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    You are right to say there was a season where Scally couldn't a main sponsor. That particular season we had 2 club sponsors in Medway Council (home kit) and TicketCo (spare kit). Obviously one main sponsor is better than two. That training pitch was Beechings Cross and we saved ourselves £100k...
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    I was responding to a post essentially asking why would Scally want to remain at the club now that he is no longer dictator. My response is that his love and history of the clubs means he is probably happy to remain as an employee rather than move on and look for a new challenge in life. Not...
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    People assumed he was someone who was a dictator who hated taking orders from anyone else. Evidence from the past 12 months suggest this assessment is wrong. Working for the same organisation for 25 odd years is a major part of someone's life and maybe he has a deep appreciation and love for...
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    According to the accounts, financially we were doing ok up until Covid and we were holding our own in league one even if not looking close to being promotion chasers. And then Scally sneezed and was patient zero for Covid. I think I read that Scally admitted creating Covid to spite the fans...
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    Scally has no major power. All the really big decisions are made by the Galinsons while the day to day stuff is done by Joe Comper. He certainly isn't responsible for anything that the fans could fairly blame him for.
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    How is my description of "responsibility is to negotiate and sign off any contracts on the playing side of things" different from your "head of football board" description? We both seem to be hinting at the same thing. As for the additional things I hinted at, as a director of the club then...
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    BG has already indicated that Scally's main responsibility is to negotiate and sign off any contracts on the playing side of things (once the manager and recruitment has confirmed the target). I am guessing he will also be involved in dealing with the council in the new ground side of things...
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    Your Brad - What do you do

    The way our player recruitment system is normally expected to work is the manager speaks to the recruitment team (ie KJ and AH) indicating the player profile wanted, the recruitment team then go away and compile scouting reports fitting that profile before presenting the player(s) they know...
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    Players Gillingham nearly signed

    We also apparently had a deal in place (in principle) to sign Richie Wellins back at the end of 2005 but he opted for Oldham when we got relegated from the Championship.
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