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  1. Bittners a Legend

    Gary's January Transfer Window

    Implausible but not total fantasy in Collins' case. It's possible we might persuade Collins to sign on for another 12 months (24 unlikely but not impossible?) with an improved deal and a release fee clause. Caldwell clearly thinks he can improve Archie further and if Collins buys into that he...
  2. Bittners a Legend

    Summer Transfer Thread

    Lighter in numbers certainly but not sure we are much lighter in quality. 12 months on and this group of players has improved individually and collectively. To suggest we are weaker this year is just bizarre unless people think Blackman is significantly worse than Dawson. Matt Taylor's...
  3. Bittners a Legend

    Exeter City v Bradford City FA Cup 1st Round Replay Match Day Thread

    Not sure if this has already been mentioned but Bradford had a 6th substitute lined up on the touchline and ready to come on for several minutes before eventually not making it.
  4. Bittners a Legend

    Investment Proposal - Trust ballot

    This is similar to the post I came on here to make. I support the proposal and think it is a sensible use of funds in principle. What we can't make a judgement on, and perhaps that is fair enough, is whether or not everything included in that £2.2m spend is necessary. I think the comments from...
  5. Bittners a Legend

    Leyton Orient v Exeter City Matchday thread 14/08/2021 3pm KO

    I'm very much a rose tinter but I have seen Seymour in a lot of games and am not convinced there is anywhere near enough to his game to even be challenging for a place on the bench. One of Taylor's odder decisions is backing him over Fisher in my opinion. Would be delighted to be proven wrong...
  6. Bittners a Legend

    Ethan Ampadu

    I think the most important thing for Ampadu is to play every week in the position that Chelsea see him developing in for them (no idea what that position is). Whether that is at the bottom of Premier League or top of the Championship probably doesn't matter at his age. Bournemouth might be a...
  7. Bittners a Legend

    Joel Randall (to Peterborough)

    "big" club. As if Joel Randall, or most footballers, will give two hoots about what partisan football fans arbitrarily describe as being a "big" club or not when making a decision on their career. He will move up two divisions, increase his salary by many thousands and be playing for a club...
  8. Bittners a Legend

    Joel Randall (to Peterborough)

    I think Randell Williams performances last season show exactly why selling Joel Randall is the right move once we got the price we wanted. It is disappointing for us but I would be surprised if Matt Taylor does not make at least two exciting signings before the end of August as a consequence.
  9. Bittners a Legend

    St James Park Investments

    "the fans want it". Do we? I don't remember being asked. I imagine if most fans had the choice between a scoreboard at hundreds of thousands or a couple of decent signings, most would choose the latter. If the numbers have been crunched and it will pay for itself fair enough, but it doesn't seem...
  10. Bittners a Legend

    Welcome Josh Coley - our new No. 31

    Suspect he might be viewed as a replacement for Joel Randall if he leaves in January or next summer. Imagine we will have the option of a third year contract wise. Imagine the fee is next to nothing but the sell-on will be reasonable. A good profile of signing, especially for 1931. Nice to hear...
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    Politics Today

    I love the UK but hate the way (often foreign) money has poisoned the discourse in this country and threatens to turn us into a very inward looking nation. I don't think there is any logic in linking disappointment at the current political situation in the UK with hatred, if anything it is the...
  12. Bittners a Legend

    Dick Pym Honoured

    Presumably McCarthy Stone paid us for the advertisement in the article above. If not half the content in that article has no place on the club website in my opinion.
  13. Bittners a Legend

    Ollie Watkins

    Southgate suggested Lingard was going to start tonight - didn't mention Ollie which I took to mean he won't but we still benefit if he comes off the bench?
  14. Bittners a Legend

    Matt Taylor - 2 Years As ECFC Manager...

    I don't doubt our income would increase but I suspect so too would our expenditure to fund trying to stay in the division. A middling L1 club might be better for fan experience and income (or certainly for the first couple of seasons, after that people might get bored - look what happened to...
  15. Bittners a Legend

    Harry Lee and Sonny Cox - sign professional contracts

    I almost completely agree with your post but would make the point that there are also clearly many more players in "top" academies who don't make it and who very much get left behind in terms of coaching along the way. It isn't simply a case of being at a top academy guarantees you better...
  16. Bittners a Legend

    Matt Taylor - 2 Years As ECFC Manager...

    I'm not saying I disagree but is it truly a results business for us? Obviously in the context of not getting relegated or being really rubbish I accept that it is but would being a middling or struggling League One club be that much different for us than being a top end League Two club? I'm...
  17. Bittners a Legend

    Matt Taylor - 2 Years As ECFC Manager...

    This attitude is offensive and dull. I doubt there are any fans that are "happy" any time we don't win a game or any season we don't gain promotion. Not having a tantrum every time things don't go our way doesn't make you happy. I recognise the difficulties of this season and the opportunities...
  18. Bittners a Legend

    Retained List 2021

    Think he was pretty clear in that interview that Jokull obviously hopes to break into the Reading first team squad this pre season and if he doesn't we will be picking up the phone and asking the question. Yes talking up nothing...except for mentioning wanting to sign 3 or 4 marquee players...
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    Harry Lee and Sonny Cox - sign professional contracts

    This is precisely it. The decision the players have to make is whether to take the money now and decrease the chances of becoming a professional footballer or take the first team opportunities in League Two, increasing your chances of a career in the game, but not get the money. The long term...
  20. Bittners a Legend

    Retained List 2021

    Having watched that excellent Matt Taylor video explaining his decisions (a good reminder of why I still find him refreshing compared to Tisdale) it is clear that he told Fisher he was going to be behind Seymour regardless and that Fisher chose to stay. Clearly Fish's game is more developed than...
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