It wont but without a new owner/ground ownership then we are what we are and any hope we have of success is pinned squarely on the ability of this manager to get the best put of average footballers. What better crowds do is enable better options come January in the transfer market etc
Errrr elephant in the room…
Darrel Clarke?
Nobody has put it better than this:
Absolute mess
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Stop it you cynic 
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Where did I state that I was an “expert on judging somebodies character”?
The facts are that MF is much more experienced at managing teams at this level than MT & JF. Therefore, in my logical opinion, I give him the benefit of having a little more knowledge about what is required to form a successful L2 team…
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I believe that the majority of the current squad were signed by JF/MT, no?
I didn’t say you were, I said the assertion that MF is any better at that than our previous managers is nonsense.
I disagree. It’s all about opinions…
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Yes and the one before that built on the right “characters” by Darrell Clarke was completely shit with a poor attitude as well.
Yeah well, there’s good opinions and naive opinions.
I get it, it’s much easier to blame Taylor and Fullarton for all our ills, and to hope Flynn really is the Messiah rather than admit the reality that this club is fundamentally broken, from its approach to football, to its approach to recruitment on and off the pitch, to any semblance of a plan or direction. But unfortunately at this point the evidence is overwhelming.
Exactly the point I was making. But was missed. Dean Keates’ squad too…
It gets boring but our issues and hopes do not lie with one man
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Suppose we should hive him a chance
Maybe hes being clever with his paymasters and eaking out a gew more quid.
Lets hope its not excuses this soon
Less than a month ago Brentford beat Chelsea (the champions of Europe) 4-1 at Chelsea.
Brentford used to be a peer of Walsall.
Brentford have been managed intelligently for a decade, with no mass injection of money.
Now, it is very difficult to get to the top without money, and I’m not saying we should have done a Brentford, but it shouldn’t be an excuse for the level of underperformance seen at Walsall since SMITH left.
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Things could be worse
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They’ve been managed intelligently, no doubt, but you might want to have a look at this, if you think there has been no mass injection of money at Brentford. It shows that by Summer 2018, Matthew Benham had already invested more than £113 million in the club. No idea how much more he has put in over the last four years.
https://www.brentfordfc.net/how-much-cash-has-matthew-benham-put-into-brentford-football-club/
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It’s about context and perspective though. Nobody is demanding we do a Brentford. Absolutely nobody. If you look at their budget their not in the top 10 of their league. They are absolute now where near, like our illustrious chairman claims we are. They’d probably only just be in the top 10 of the league below.
But doing a Morecambe, a Plymouth, a Wycombe, an Oxford, a Cambridge, a Cheltenham, an Accrington Stanley, an Exeter or even a Northampton, or a Port Vale, a Sutton United or a Bristol Rovers would be nice!
In fairness agents and players wage demands in April are going to be unrealistic anyway, majority of them are being paid for several more months yet, as their presents contracts expire or begin to get close then they’ll start to become more sensible.
Let’s be honest lads we’d be no different if we were professional footballers on 2k a week with few months left, you’d get the agent to be demanding 4K especially when your approached as MF as done, it will all calm down I’m sure.
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Absolutely. We are League 2. No excuses. The covid crap is the same for everyone, plus ‘we have come out of it better than most’. LP needs to stump up the cash this time otherwise more failure will turn to consistent discontent.
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Doesn’t inspire me to renew my ticket.
For me I just cant see how this coming season’s budget can be anywhere near the level of this season just gone. To my knowledge we haven’t got the benefit of any transfer money coming in from player sales, unless the Rico money is in jnstallments or if there are any clauses in any future possible Adebayo sale or promotion .
I haven’t seen anything out of the club about the Early Bird sales yet, which from memory on previous years there has normally been something released by now about how good sales have been?
From a personal point of view this is the first season that we have not renewed our season tickets by now. Normally i can’t wait to do it. Last week we went away on holiday but i had planned it so that we would come back on Thusday so as to got to the Friday game. When it came to it i couldn’t be bothered to rush back so stayed down in sunny Pembrokeshire for a few extra days instead. That is the first time in my life that i have ever felt like that, or couldnt be bothered to go to watch us at home!!! I am ashamed to admit it!!!
I am still undecided about renewing season tickets. This year would cost nearly £1800 and i just can’t see the return in the enjoyment factor for that sort of outlay at the moment. The Club and the Board are to blame for that and the poor management and leadership, and lack of direction!!!
We probably now have potentially the best manager since Dean Smith but i have finally been worn down by lack of ambition, investment and a willingness to change an incestuous culture that still seems to exist at Board level where those there only care about and protect there own interests, with a “sod the fans” attitude!!!
I have a lot of other negative stuff going on in my life at the moment and may be part of the way i feel at the moment is reflected in my view about the Club and its direction. I suppose you get to the point where you are fed up of hearing and listening to the same sales marketing rubbish about how this season we are going to give it a really good go!!! Well the chances are that they will probably be doing it without our money this coming season.
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Well us fans have done our bit so over to the board…
Do not even go there, Walsall FC are lucky to have you as a fan
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