Should clarify the main reason I'm suggesting Man Utd players is because they're the ones I've seen being made actively available for loan by their club, haven't read as much about other clubs offering out their young players but there are probably talks going on behind the scenes. Not as familiar with Championship academies so don't know if there are any bright talents there that Blooms is after.
I think he’ll be a good last 20 mins player when we’re leading but I don’t think he has the legs to do the job Kone does in pressurising the defence, sadly.
That said, if we continue to get the ball into the box as quickly as we do do (snigger), his positional sense would bag him a good few goals as it did in the first two games. We’d just have to find a way to off set his lack of mobility.
Can’t see him going this month unless we come to an agreement on paying off the rest of his contract. I see him moving at the end of his current contract.
Part of the reason I hope Bartolo comes good, he's a big lad who can hold the ball up but also has bags of energy which has won him fans at Weymouth, where a lack of service has let him down.
He’s still very young and has a lot of competition ahead of him. Perversely it’s unfortunate that we are doing so well as we are less likely to give him a shot and are less likely to have dead rubbers at the end of the season where we can properly blood youngsters.
And indeed the book ‘Centenary 1884-1984 a history of Wycombe Wanderers’ is on sale second hand for £50 via amazon. No author but probably penned by @micra
Two crucial prices of evidence here. Firstly that the those who met in 1887 believed they were forming a new club, and that the 1884-1887 records were only included retrospectively following the initial error.
For those of us who grew up with the Blues at Loakes Park our formation year will always be 1884 regardless of the (excellent) detective work that explained the reason for that misunderstanding and ‘proved’ that we were actually founded 3 years later than originally believed.
I had extensive discussion with the late (and much missed) Dave Finch about the formation date. Dave’s main argument was that he found no evidence in his research for the book of WWFC existing pre-1887.
As a result the club opted to change their formation date from 1884 to 1887.
My argument back to Dave was that just because he did not find the evidence (and his research was extensive) it doesn’t mean the formation date should have been changed.
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But I'm not sure a fairly immobile player would have helped when down to 10. It was all stations pressing.
Should clarify the main reason I'm suggesting Man Utd players is because they're the ones I've seen being made actively available for loan by their club, haven't read as much about other clubs offering out their young players but there are probably talks going on behind the scenes. Not as familiar with Championship academies so don't know if there are any bright talents there that Blooms is after.
I think he’ll be a good last 20 mins player when we’re leading but I don’t think he has the legs to do the job Kone does in pressurising the defence, sadly.
That said, if we continue to get the ball into the box as quickly as we do do (snigger), his positional sense would bag him a good few goals as it did in the first two games. We’d just have to find a way to off set his lack of mobility.
Interested to see what happens with Vokes. I expect he'll be off this month, but he could still have his uses here.
Can’t see him going this month unless we come to an agreement on paying off the rest of his contract. I see him moving at the end of his current contract.
Can't see him leaving at all.
He'll most likely retire in the summer, so moving somewhere now seems utterly thankless and it's unlikely he'll last many 90s.
So being a 20-30min option for a team near the top of the league seems a good final 6months of here career.
Part of the reason I hope Bartolo comes good, he's a big lad who can hold the ball up but also has bags of energy which has won him fans at Weymouth, where a lack of service has let him down.
Downticks, upticks.
Thumbs up thumbs down.
Who cares?
It's a tool with the sole purpose of boosting/deflating ego. If you take it personally then this isn't the place for you.
Yep. I got downvoted for posting that Wycombe were founded in 1887 🤷♂️
They were founded in 1884…
https://www.wwfc.com/club/history
"Wycombe Wanderers were founded in 1887"
He’s still very young and has a lot of competition ahead of him. Perversely it’s unfortunate that we are doing so well as we are less likely to give him a shot and are less likely to have dead rubbers at the end of the season where we can properly blood youngsters.
You must be confusing us with De Koningshoeven Brewery. Easy mistake to make.
Some fans still believe we were founded in 1884, yours truly being one of them.
Some people still believe the earth is flat.
You mean High Wycombe isn't sufficiently convincing proof that it's not?!
1884, @micra was there!
Whilst @micra probably wasn’t in fact there, I imagine the use of excepted rather than accepted in this useful article will have him in a sweat: http://www.chairboys.co.uk/history/history.htm
So, exactly what are you trying to suggest here, that it isn't flat!!..... Outrageous.
And indeed the book ‘Centenary 1884-1984 a history of Wycombe Wanderers’ is on sale second hand for £50 via amazon. No author but probably penned by @micra
The Exeter fans on ny day were disappointed he’d left them ‘.. you left because we are sh..’
and were surprised he wasn’t involved more…
combination perhaps of rustiness and how much we have progressed this season with expectations..
Pert Steve (@Steve_Peart ) having written the book stating 1887 what's your take?
Chairboys on the net reckons 1887 too, having discredited 1884.
Matt Cecil says 1884
From the official history book. I suppose if any of the 1884 believers have evidence to back up that date, the club might reconsider.
I assume those first two pics were too high res for the Gasroom to handle, should open separately
Two crucial prices of evidence here. Firstly that the those who met in 1887 believed they were forming a new club, and that the 1884-1887 records were only included retrospectively following the initial error.
For those of us who grew up with the Blues at Loakes Park our formation year will always be 1884 regardless of the (excellent) detective work that explained the reason for that misunderstanding and ‘proved’ that we were actually founded 3 years later than originally believed.
I had extensive discussion with the late (and much missed) Dave Finch about the formation date. Dave’s main argument was that he found no evidence in his research for the book of WWFC existing pre-1887.
As a result the club opted to change their formation date from 1884 to 1887.
My argument back to Dave was that just because he did not find the evidence (and his research was extensive) it doesn’t mean the formation date should have been changed.