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Meliora

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Charlie Adam brought in half a team yesterday. You can't say he's not trying, although desperate measures are clearly needed there.
 
I think the Cods are doomed, Charlie Adam has a magic left foot but isn’t going to be able to pull a rabbit out the hat and keep Fleetwood up!
Still surprised he took that job, he was always on a hiding to nothing there and not the first job on his management CV I would have thought a new coach would have wanted.
 
Think they have already waved the white flag and are clearing the decks for L2 next season. Higher earners gone and cheap young loans and Irish players in replacement. Tough job for Charlie and I just hope he gets a crack at it next season but knowing how sack happy they are I wouldn't guarantee it.
As squads and quality go we are miles ahead of them now.
 
Meliora said:
Charlie Adam brought in half a team yesterday. You can't say he's not trying, although desperate measures are clearly needed there.
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Four from premier league clubs as well in that bunch. 😮

Still going to need a minor miracle though to turn things around.

Yet someone on here posted 5 out and non in last night. 🤣
 
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PNENIL said:
Think they have already waved the white flag and are clearing the decks for L2 next season. Higher earners gone and cheap young loans and Irish players in replacement. Tough job for Charlie and I just hope he gets a crack at it next season but knowing how sack happy they are I wouldn't guarantee it.
As squads and quality go we are miles ahead of them now.
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When exactly has a Fleetwood squad been anywhere near as good as ours?
FFS you've set a low bar there comparing us to them🤦
 
The Catcher in the Rye said:
Couple of lads from Premier League clubs (over inflated) squads as apposed to PL players I would say.
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I got it wrong 4 players from premier league clubs and a player from the Irish premier league so 3 loans and 2 permanent deals.

So 5 out 5 in and fees paid for 2 of them. 😮

Pilley must have a stash under his pillow in his cell which they haven’t found yet.🤣
 
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Jaffa_The_Hut said:
I got it wrong 4 players from premier league clubs and a player from the Irish premier league so 3 loans and 2 permanent deals.

So 5 out 5 in and fees paid for 2 of them. 😮

Pilley must have a stash under his pillow in his cell which they haven’t found yet.🤣
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The two they paid fees for were last seen playing at St. Patrick's and Barnet. Kilkenny looks like a decent signing ; the other two loans have one first team outing between them, I think. Meanwhile two of their most experienced players have left.

Looks like a team preparing for League 2, to me. We'll soon know ; seven games in February, if they haven't made serious progress by then, it won't be coming.
 
basilrobbie3 said:
The two they paid fees for were last seen playing at St. Patrick's and Barnet. Kilkenny looks like a decent signing ; the other two loans have one first team outing between them, I think. Meanwhile two of their most experienced players have left.

Looks like a team preparing for League 2, to me. We'll soon know ; seven games in February, if they haven't made serious progress by then, it won't be coming.
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The two players in question both wanted away Marriott since the start of last season when his planned move to Wrexham didn’t happen.
No point keeping players who aren’t prepared to put in a shift given the fact they were both on the biggest wages.

And for the record no one is saying otherwise league 2 does beckon I’m afraid.
 
basilrobbie3 said:
The two they paid fees for were last seen playing at St. Patrick's and Barnet. Kilkenny looks like a decent signing ; the other two loans have one first team outing between them, I think. Meanwhile two of their most experienced players have left.

Looks like a team preparing for League 2, to me. We'll soon know ; seven games in February, if they haven't made serious progress by then, it won't be coming.
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I said that Robbie but my thread got pulled. Do you know the mods?
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
I got it wrong 4 players from premier league clubs and a player from the Irish premier league so 3 loans and 2 permanent deals.

So 5 out 5 in and fees paid for 2 of them. 😮

Pilley must have a stash under his pillow in his cell which they haven’t found yet.🤣
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They literally spent a total of £50k
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
They have a massive game tomorrow.
Port Vale at home who are just above the dotted line and 11 points better off.
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Port vale have 2 games in hand on them too, so in reality even further away and the teams they're chasing, some shouldn't be down there and will climb. Reading also in a false position because of their points deduction and may lift themselves out of it eventually.
 
69yearsafan said:
Why?
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Good question.

To most of us they are irrelevant but they seem to think they're massive rivals of BFC. They seem to have more songs about us than they do about their own team, FFS!
Pool fans have been boosting their attendances for decades yet still they hate us for being bigger and better (disclaimer, their old school fans are decent non league fans with no axe to grind whatsoever!) despite their disgraced owner being a lifelong Pool fan! Their new breed of clueless losers are embarrasing!

Anything else I can help you with? 😉
 
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AllTheBoysAreCheerin' said:
Good question.

To most of us they are irrelevant but they seem to think they're massive rivals of BFC. They seem to have more songs about us than they do about their own team, FFS!
Pool fans have been boosting their attendances for decades yet still they hate us for being bigger and better (disclaimer, their old school fans are decent non league fans with no axe to grind whatsoever!) despite their disgraced owner being a lifelong Pool fan! Their new breed of clueless losers are embarrasing!

Anything else I can help you with? 😉
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If they are so irrelevant to most on here then why do they generate so much discussion and posts? Far more than pne actually. You've got Wiz on this thread boasting that we've been above them for 134 years just because I pointed out they had 3 better seasons than us once. What's that all about? If you take a similar geographic in East Lancashire is there loads of Burnley and Blackburn fans boasting about how much better they are than Accrington Stanley ? Or posting endlessly on their forums about them? I don't think there is is there. It just makes us look tinpot.
 
A win win situation for me they go down I won’t lose any sleep, stay up then King Charlie has done well. I’ve never really seen them as a rival more little Fleetwood from down the tram track.
 
PNENIL said:
If they are so irrelevant to most on here then why do they generate so much discussion and posts? Far more than pne actually. You've got Wiz on this thread boasting that we've been above them for 134 years just because I pointed out they had 3 better seasons than us once. What's that all about? If you take a similar geographic in East Lancashire is there loads of Burnley and Blackburn fans boasting about how much better they are than Accrington Stanley ? Or posting endlessly on their forums about them? I don't think there is is there. It just makes us look tinpot.
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I didn't say "most on here", I said most of us... meaning Blackpool fans. I don't see this site as particularly representative of our fan base and even then, there's only a handfull on here that post about Fleetwood with any regularity.
 
We've lost a number of potential young fans all over North Fylde through Pilleys illegal business strategies financing the club & creation of Poolfoot. I'd be more than happy for FTFC to drift back to non league & tangerine replacing those shitty Arsenal lookalike kits on North Fylde kids.
 
Willie Mcgrotty said:
We've lost a number of potential young fans all over North Fylde through Pilleys illegal business strategies financing the club & creation of Poolfoot. I'd be more than happy for FTFC to drift back to non league & tangerine replacing those shitty Arsenal lookalike kits on North Fylde kids.
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A small club or not they have indeed impacted on our small catchment area, so them falling back towards their level is welcome of we went to help Blackpool grow.

We should also be pushing hard in those areas as well.
 
JJpool said:
A small club or not they have indeed impacted on our small catchment area, so them falling back towards their level is welcome of we went to help Blackpool grow.

We should also be pushing hard in those areas as well.
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Agree JJ. Always thought it a shame when the club do an initiative, free pool shirt was one of them, but only aimed at Blackpool school kids. NHS site states the Fylde coast population is 350k. Plenty to get an interest in ⚽🧡
 
Willie Mcgrotty said:
Agree JJ. Always thought it a shame when the club do an initiative, free pool shirt was one of them, but only aimed at Blackpool school kids. NHS site states the Fylde coast population is 350k. Plenty to get an interest in ⚽🧡
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For me it needs something pre season for the first game maybe, or tbh it would work for any game if well advertised through all the local social media pages etc.

You could do a ST holders can bring x fans for x amount, like SS did when he first got the club. Or a new fan special.

On those sort of deals you aren't really losing a lot, as any who haven't been before wouldn't have come, so getting them in in any way possible is with the hope that some enjoy it and return.

This is also why covid cost us, having only 4k in the playoff game and Wembley was costly. Usually it would be a full house and 25k+ to Wembley, those casuals who go to those games are thrn more likely attended in future games the following season.

So being promoted with fans in attendance would be huge, as price etc is a factor but you can't beat success and a feelgood factor.
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
Love to know if those fans that defected Pool to support Cods ( I know a few) are returning back.
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In my experience growing up in Fleetwood and I still work in the town is that before Pilley we never had significant numbers from Fleetwood supporting us . Some but not as many as you you would think being so close in proximity to the nearest league club. I think the problem is that since their rise they've picked up a little bit of support from other areas of North Fylde. Walking around Cleveleys for instance you're likely to see as many
Fleetwood badges on stuff as Blackpool ( if you can see through the mobility scooters and walking frames 🙂).
It's an area we have to work harder in.
 
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