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Southampton Gull wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 21:50 Some might count this against Young, I know Merse does, but people forget, one of the major reasons we got him in the first place was that he wanted to stay local. Merse sees that as a Mummy's Boy mentality but I don't see how it makes him any less of a man. Not everyone was attracted to the bright lights of London like some others I could mention

It was League 1 Colchester he turned down when he listened to Farcegreaves.....Colchester is little bigger than Newton Abbot but has a better bus service and the MacDonalds is in the High Street rather than stuck out on the by-pass; so hardly the bright lights of London Dave! :~D


The bright lights of Colchester.....
would be a little tiring for Young Luke & his mum

A League 1 club wanting him hardly adds to your contention that he’s rubbish. McGinty aside, the last player you rubbished in the same way was Angus MacDonald.

merse btpir wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 21:54 Player of the year is a bit of wood with some shiny tin tacked onto it. Relegation is a disgrace; and at the end of the day I am more focussed on that relegation than who gets player of the year.

Players ability is always subjective so just pick on the main men who are taking us down Merse - Osbourne/Harrop/Owers - nobody will disagree with you on that topic.

Clearly you have never won Player of the Year yourself then. Or it seems recognise the value of it or any other footballing accolade.
Or maybe you think we should scrap the end of season awards as a punishment for relegation ?
Comrade Merse you are not the first persons in history to think this way although in a more sinister way I accept.
Seriously though it’s not the relegation that is inevitable that’s a disgrace . It’s the way it has come about .
I would take relegation now if it meant Osborne , Harrop and Owers for that matter would just **** off !!!

I was referencing your decision to up sticks to the capital, not stating Colchester is inside the M25. That said, I'd rather live in Colchester with a bunch of squaddies than North Lundin but each to their own.

Rjc70 wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 22:06 A League 1 club wanting him hardly adds to your contention that he’s rubbish. McGinty aside, the last player you rubbished in the same way was Angus MacDonald.

To be fair, at the time he was rubbish until a certain manager turned his game around. Can't seem to recall the name of that particular manager though

westyorkshiregull wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 22:01 Agree with that , should bleeding cancel it

Cancel what York's ? Player of the year awards ? Couldn't agree more if we go down, sorry, WHEN we go down.

Yes player of the year ...

westyorkshiregull wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 22:12 Yes player of the year ...

And if we get promoted the next season do we still not have the awards ?

westyorkshiregull wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 22:12 Yes player of the year ...

Yep, never heard of an award / accolade for failure unless your an MP or Banker (& that's usually financial ), so let's cancel it this year when the inevitable happens it would be appropriate in the circumstances.

Almost every team have end of season awards, why should we be any different no matter how shit we are?

Teigngull wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 22:21 Yep, never heard of an award / accolade for failure unless your an MP or Banker (& that's usually financial ), so let's cancel it this year when the inevitable happens it would be appropriate in the circumstances.

Isn’t that a bit like talking your football home when you were a kid when you’re losing in a kickabout ?

tufcyellowarmy wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 22:18 And if we get promoted the next season do we still not have the awards ?

No we can have it then , be no problem Just think if you get relegated it's hardly appropriate

We cancelled it in 2007 if I remember right

westyorkshiregull wrote: ↑25 Feb 2018, 22:26 No we can have it then , be no problem Just think if you get relegated it's hardly appropriate

We cancelled it in 2007 if I remember right

In all honesty , in the perpetual misery of being a Tufc fan I can’t remember but accept totallly that you are correct.

Let's have one of these whilst we're at it then