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Post by cumbriancal on Feb 13, 2024 7:37:21 GMT
I think Huntington is our best CB still and don’t agree that he’s a bad personality or any of that. However, whether he plays or not we’re still crap defensively so I’m not sure he’s the answer some think. Same as Whelan, who all of a sudden is a world beater. I think we are just crap. Fully agree here
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Post by blencathra on Feb 13, 2024 8:16:27 GMT
I've no idea what his off field personality is like but on the pitch he's the best defensive organiser we've got. Admittedly that's not saying a lot! I'd play him when he's fit despite his lack of pace.
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Post by nobbyblue on Feb 13, 2024 8:17:01 GMT
The lack of any defensive signings and only having one striker suggests the club aren’t too worried about relegation and think they can regroup in the summer and come straight back up.
It doesn’t always work like that unfortunately. Giving up the ghost in January is a bit much!
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Post by returnedexile on Feb 13, 2024 8:44:43 GMT
I think Huntington is our best CB still and don’t agree that he’s a bad personality or any of that. However, whether he plays or not we’re still crap defensively so I’m not sure he’s the answer some think. Same as Whelan, who all of a sudden is a world beater. I think we are just crap. Fully agree here He's still our best CB despite being at the tail end of his career and he's one of the few leaders we have in the club. The comments about him deciding to stay at home rather than be on the bench are untrue. He wasn't in the squad but, according to Simmo's interview, was given the opporunity to travel which he declined. I didn't like these comments from Simmo myself as I felt he was leaving it out there for fans to come to the conclusion that Huntington isn't fully committed.
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Post by heyheyalanshoulderl on Feb 13, 2024 9:27:13 GMT
He's still our best CB despite being at the tail end of his career and he's one of the few leaders we have in the club. The comments about him deciding to stay at home rather than be on the bench are untrue. He wasn't in the squad but, according to Simmo's interview, was given the opporunity to travel which he declined. I didn't like these comments from Simmo myself as I felt he was leaving it out there for fans to come to the conclusion that Huntington isn't fully committed. so what does it mean then?
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Post by returnedexile on Feb 13, 2024 9:46:13 GMT
He's still our best CB despite being at the tail end of his career and he's one of the few leaders we have in the club. The comments about him deciding to stay at home rather than be on the bench are untrue. He wasn't in the squad but, according to Simmo's interview, was given the opporunity to travel which he declined. I didn't like these comments from Simmo myself as I felt he was leaving it out there for fans to come to the conclusion that Huntington isn't fully committed. so what does it mean then? Probably means that the rumours of a fall out are true. Was fit for a while and overlooked despite being the best CB we have. Then, picked for a game and not even in the squad for the next.
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Post by markovitch1928 on Feb 13, 2024 9:48:08 GMT
Having to get up at 3am to get down to BP to get to Exeter it's a tad underwhelming to find one of the players can't be arsed.
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Post by blumineauxnoir on Feb 13, 2024 9:48:28 GMT
Crack from the beehive yesterdays was that he hasn't been starting due to clause in his contract that if he plays so many games it triggers an extension.... Maybe Simmo doesn't see him worthy of another year's contract. If this is true, then it makes the decision to only bring in one CB, who they knew little about, during the transfer window, even more baffling ! I suspect it`s more a clash of personalities, and he thinks he could probably do a better job right now than Simpson. And he might be right, if that`s the case.
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Post by carwash on Feb 13, 2024 10:15:30 GMT
A few weeks ago Simmo explained that he would never name Hunts as a substitute but I interpreted it as being due to his status in the game having played at a much higher level. He would only pick Hunts if he was fit enough to start and fitted into the system he wanted to play. There was the implication that Hunts could never be deemed not good enough to start but would be OK for the bench. It probably hasn't made things easy in the dressing room for one player to have had an elevated status including match days off if he wasn't playing. The Piataks probably regard him as another legacy issue so they will be supportive of Simmo running his contract down with no possibility of it being extended.
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Post by blues86 on Feb 13, 2024 10:33:32 GMT
I think the whole 'he doesn't have to travel' thing is much ado about nothing. Didn't Simmo say earlier on in the season the same thing with Garner? He's a veteran pro so if he's not going to make him travel just to be an unused substitute? I'm fairly sure he did.
In terms of running the contract down, I'd rather we used him to try and stay in L1, even if that means giving him another year when we otherwise wouldn't have. Not exactly a disaster having a seasoned pro around the changing room and as a backup. He can't be on that much that it's going to devastate us financially if he got another year. We've paid Andresson and Kayode to do practically nothing this season.
It's also interesting that when a player doesn't want to sign a new contract (Moxon for example) there's lots of questions about loyalty and what he 'owes us'. But when the shoe is on the other foot people are quite happy for the club to make sure a player doesn't get kept on. Just shows you, loyalty is very thin in football and that works both ways.
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Post by blencathra on Feb 13, 2024 10:45:02 GMT
The only true loyalty in football is from the fans to the club. Players and managers are professionals earning their living. All we can ask is that they try their hardest for the club whilst they are here.
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Post by pigeon on Feb 13, 2024 11:03:34 GMT
I think it’s getting to the stage where Simmo is just going to play players who are likely to be here next season. In the centre of defence, this means Barclay, Lavelle and Mellish will be the main 3; additionally, he might feel we have a chance of getting Grehen again, similar to the Fin Back loans, so I don’t think either Huntington or Whelan are going to get close. He might even try Ellis or Armer in a back 3 ahead of either of them.
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Post by gob Bluth on Feb 13, 2024 17:28:26 GMT
It’s a pity what’s going on. We’ve a big leadership chasm & a porous defence leaking daft set piece goals. Hunt’s experience would add a lot of value on pitch.
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Post by theboydonegood on Feb 13, 2024 17:37:36 GMT
I think it’s getting to the stage where Simmo is just going to play players who are likely to be here next season. In the centre of defence, this means Barclay, Lavelle and Mellish will be the main 3; additionally, he might feel we have a chance of getting Grehen again, similar to the Fin Back loans, so I don’t think either Huntington or Whelan are going to get close. He might even try Ellis or Armer in a back 3 ahead of either of them. The whole defence should be scrapped, with the possible exception of Mellish, and Simmo should start from scratch. He needs to try and build a League 1 team, not a decent League 2 side that will need rebuilding if we eventually go back up.
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Post by blues86 on Feb 17, 2024 18:00:40 GMT
Whatever has gone on, Simmo and Huntington need to get together, bury the hatchet and get him back playing and helping the team.
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