In the days when the local press was king, it was a great time to be working at the BFP.
Pete Lansley or Claire Nash coming out of the office telling you who’d just signed, seeing the inevitable ‘sat on the BFP advert hoarding with a fresh club scarf held aloft’ pic and being able to go down the pub in the know.
I'm sure the club has a stock of blank shirts, and a means of screen printing the player's name and squad number on the back, which will happen if he signs tomorrow, and Matt wants him in the matchday squad for Northampton.
Looking at the size of him, he'll probably need an XXL.
I’d be surprised if he’s anywhere near fit thanks to his issues in Turkey and not having a pre-season. When we signed him first time around we had to wait til Christmas to see him.
Stuart Earp was a wonderful, evocative writer. I used to love reading his match reports.
And to be fair I don’t know whether the Ashford/Barrett transfer was in the BFP that Friday, but I vividly remember turning up to that first home game hearing the team over the tannoy and the realisation that it was THAT Ashford and Barrett.
The coach he’s been training with has also had some insta pictures put up:
I hate to try and put a realistic edge on things, but in the assumption the announcement is minutes away, let’s remember he’s not scored a goal in over a year, not had a proper preseason behind him, and doesn’t know or gelled with the players.
All of this is a recipe for him to need the same time Vokes needs to get back to full speed who also came into the season injured, missing half of preseason, to the point when everyone decided we needed a new striker in the first place.
But that’s a lot of words to say, don’t be surprised if he needs time to get up to speed.
It was announced in the BFP on 8 August, a week before the opening game, and took everyone by surprise I think, no hint of it beforehand. It's interesting that Ashford saw Wycombe as his route into the Football League.
Simple solution- go back in time have a questionable relationship with food that leads to comfort eating,a lack of desire to exercise and a hankering for fatty food like me and you’ll be quids in.
I’m blaming the website. All the info looks like you’re getting to the current kit but when you pick on it’s the old kit. Seems like poor work on the clubs behalf is you ask me 👀😬 (and totally not my lack of reading)
incidentally, if you go through and personalise a number of shirts, it doesn’t add the £12 additional fee either.
Totally away from real football I will be absolutely delighted if on Monday (or any time after midnight tonight) Salah joins a Saudi club. Klopp will explode
Not as good as Forino, not as good as Low, not as good as Tafazoli. IMHO Keogh is our fourth choice centre half if you discount Grimmer. So unless there is an injury to once of those four I think it would be excessive for him to return. I also think that Blooms is in danger of recruiting good guys from his playing days. He's now the manager and signing players you are pals with is a challenge Gareth acknowledged when he was first in charge.
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Or even worse he signs and they can’t get a shirt that fits for three weeks and he’s sidelined until it turns up!
In the days when the local press was king, it was a great time to be working at the BFP.
Pete Lansley or Claire Nash coming out of the office telling you who’d just signed, seeing the inevitable ‘sat on the BFP advert hoarding with a fresh club scarf held aloft’ pic and being able to go down the pub in the know.
I'm sure the club has a stock of blank shirts, and a means of screen printing the player's name and squad number on the back, which will happen if he signs tomorrow, and Matt wants him in the matchday squad for Northampton.
Looking at the size of him, he'll probably need an XXL.
I’d be surprised if he’s anywhere near fit thanks to his issues in Turkey and not having a pre-season. When we signed him first time around we had to wait til Christmas to see him.
Hasn’t had a pre season, his insta admits he has only just started training after some time off.
Bench at best with five min cameo (first home game not at The Cobblers) to welcome him back.
Oh almost forgot, he hasn’t signed yet!
oy! your grounded realism is not welcome here.
Stuart Earp was a wonderful, evocative writer. I used to love reading his match reports.
And to be fair I don’t know whether the Ashford/Barrett transfer was in the BFP that Friday, but I vividly remember turning up to that first home game hearing the team over the tannoy and the realisation that it was THAT Ashford and Barrett.
The coach he’s been training with has also had some insta pictures put up:
I hate to try and put a realistic edge on things, but in the assumption the announcement is minutes away, let’s remember he’s not scored a goal in over a year, not had a proper preseason behind him, and doesn’t know or gelled with the players.
All of this is a recipe for him to need the same time Vokes needs to get back to full speed who also came into the season injured, missing half of preseason, to the point when everyone decided we needed a new striker in the first place.
But that’s a lot of words to say, don’t be surprised if he needs time to get up to speed.
we can’t even get ‘a’ shirt, never mind the size!
It was announced in the BFP on 8 August, a week before the opening game, and took everyone by surprise I think, no hint of it beforehand. It's interesting that Ashford saw Wycombe as his route into the Football League.
Someone managed to get one in New Zealand https://twitter.com/NZSoccerCoach/status/1697452939345055942?t=DxJldNpFS4H0_MOuc4twxQ&s=19
But I've been getting this on the shop for the last week or so
Simple solution- go back in time have a questionable relationship with food that leads to comfort eating,a lack of desire to exercise and a hankering for fatty food like me and you’ll be quids in.
This is my time.
This WAS your time @TheDancingYak . It’s 23/4 now.
God Damn it.
I’m blaming the website. All the info looks like you’re getting to the current kit but when you pick on it’s the old kit. Seems like poor work on the clubs behalf is you ask me 👀😬 (and totally not my lack of reading)
incidentally, if you go through and personalise a number of shirts, it doesn’t add the £12 additional fee either.
Someone should tell the club or they might be missing out on all that sweet sweet Kian Breckin merch money.
The look on your face when THAT arrives in the post, 🤣🤣🤣
The photo that @TheDancingYak would have posted would have been priceless!
I would have had a smile on my face and loved every second of the new arrival.
I’m stubborn and won’t admit when I’m wrong. 😉
It is also pretty fucking village that the new kit isn’t even an option on the website from what I can see.
If someone makes a poor pass tomorrow I for one will be shouting “oi xxxxxxx that was pretty fucking village mate”
Totally away from real football I will be absolutely delighted if on Monday (or any time after midnight tonight) Salah joins a Saudi club. Klopp will explode
It's absolutely nailed on he'll go to a Saudi club, the only question is when.
Smart money is next summer.
Would have been shouting that all evening on Tuesday
They've just rejected £150m from Al-Ittihad
How much are you hanging on for if you’re Liverpool? £200M? £250M?
I think they're insane for rejecting that given his age and salary...
Agreed
But they can probably push them up towards the 300 - what did Neymar go for?
Does anybody think Anthony Stewart will come back?
That would be a really good move.
Not as good as Forino, not as good as Low, not as good as Tafazoli. IMHO Keogh is our fourth choice centre half if you discount Grimmer. So unless there is an injury to once of those four I think it would be excessive for him to return. I also think that Blooms is in danger of recruiting good guys from his playing days. He's now the manager and signing players you are pals with is a challenge Gareth acknowledged when he was first in charge.