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Not for the first time I'm glad "Twatter" is a mystery to me.  I think we should go back to the days where an expectant crowd gathered outside of the Blundell Park gates eagerly awaiting a typed bulletin to be placed there listing who had signed. It had to be done quickly before the players went off to their various summer jobs (Dave Boylen-ice cream man). Once read we went off to toast our favourites in Hewitt's Dark Mild at the nearest local hostelry.

Quoted from barralad

Not for the first time I'm glad "Twatter" is a mystery to me.  I think we should go back to the days where an expectant crowd gathered outside of the Blundell Park gates eagerly awaiting a typed bulletin to be placed there listing who had signed. It had to be done quickly before the players went off to their various summer jobs (Dave Boylen-ice cream man). Once read we went off to toast our favourites in Hewitt's Dark Mild at the nearest local hostelry.

Me too - it would mean we were still in the Football League and we could afford to get players in on a longer term basis rather than this revolving door situation.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Me too - it would mean we were still in the Football League and we could afford to get players in on a longer term basis rather than this revolving door situation.

I readily take your point but wonder if back then (meaning late 60s early 70s) it was actually much different. The fact the players (well some of 'em at least) had to have summer jobs suggests all year long contracts were a thing for much higher up the leagues!

Just think, in the good old days we didn't know about anything that happened at the club on non match days.

We turned up at 3pm on Saturdays, went home at 5 and read about the match in the paper the next day. That was about your lot.

We were blissfully ignorant, and a part of me would like to return to those days. Football has become all consuming in this modern age. First the internet and then social media has changed all that. It's exhausting.

I'd quite like to switch off and return in a few weeks to see what's happened. But I can't, because I can't help myself!

I remember when I would watch the scores on teletext/ceefax. Page 312 (news in brief) was the lifeline to the footballing world

I've always been in the pro Fenty camp but if he lets this squad fall apart for the sake of a few bob then he's just making a rod for his own back

Quoted from grimps

I've always been in the pro Fenty camp but if he lets this squad fall apart for the sake of a few bob then he's just making a rod for his own back

Whether you're pro-Fenty, anti-Fenty or in the middle, I think we'd all agree that the dismantling of the squad that a) came so close and b) would have 'won the league had we had it all season' (PH May 2015), would be pretty reckless all things considered.

For a start I don't think JF or PH would personally expect a player to take a pay cut on the back of what happened last season. The way it works , as I understand it , is that JF tells PH what his total playing budget is for the season and he works with that amount. PH might decide on a squad size and then allocate what he thinks is a fair wage for each player. He might decide on 20 players and split the pot accordingly or he could decide on a 24 man squad with a general reduction in what each player gets. We are not privy to any of this and all attempts to try are just pure speculation.

Quoted from barralad

Not for the first time I'm glad "Twatter" is a mystery to me.  I think we should go back to the days where an expectant crowd gathered outside of the Blundell Park gates eagerly awaiting a typed bulletin to be placed there listing who had signed. It had to be done quickly before the players went off to their various summer jobs (Dave Boylen-ice cream man). Once read we went off to toast our favourites in Hewitt's Dark Mild at the nearest local hostelry.

How ironic that you have posted this via tinterweb 😉

But Twatter is and Facefuck are indeed the work of the Devil herself.

Quoted from rancido

For a start I don't think JF or PH would personally expect a player to take a pay cut on the back of what happened last season. The way it works , as I understand it , is that JF tells PH what his total playing budget is for the season and he works with that amount. PH might decide on a squad size and then allocate what he thinks is a fair wage for each player. He might decide on 20 players and split the pot accordingly or he could decide on a 24 man squad with a general reduction in what each player gets. We are not privy to any of this and all attempts to try are just pure speculation.

If that is the case then i would certainly be giving those that deserve it a little extra and then work with what is left. Having said that 2 absolute quality players are needed in Key areas, Midfield and Striker.  Wait i'm getting carried away we need them to re-sign first lol.