Braintree's new Manager

[swift]

well.....there is a budget for a full squad....

[Barry Proudfoot]

goalkeeper defence and midfield must've been bloody cheap then

[swift]

???? thats like saying how do you sign flacky , or hockton , anyone else...the budget is for a squad...you pay extra for attackers you'll be short in midfield and defence...you get a keeper who's great, but up front your strikers cant hit a cows [****!!****] with a banjo...its all a toss up

[Barry Proudfoot]

thats a fair point but I'd be very surprised if Flacky or Hockton would command as much salary as Holdsworth, who is ex premiership after all.

 

Anyhow it really is academic and I dont want to start sounding like our friends from down the road

[swift]

tbh i have no idea how much any of these guys cost...what i do know is that Brian didnt get the credit he deserved for turning round a bottom half team to a team challenging for promotion...

[smallsy]

well swifty me old china from what i know there is enough money to be in the top half. heybridge may not have the biggest budget but i bet its not too different to billericays playing budget. difference is matt jones brought in decent players from lower leagues and got them playing like ryman prem players. heybridge took half of a poor wivenhoe side!

[The Town Crier]

Originally Posted By: swift

tbh i have no idea how much any of these guys cost...what i do know is that Brian didnt get the credit he deserved for turning round a bottom half team to a team challenging for promotion...

From who...I think you are wrong swift, why would his name be linked to the vacant position at Braintree if he receives no recognition?

[smallsy]

swift are you brians dad/lover?

[The Town Crier]

 

 

I like your post tho' smalllsy, can't argue with that.

 

 

Edit; the one about Jones, not the lover one

[swift]

ahhh...illuminaries such as yourself can see it, i was speaking more of the guys who populate the meaasge bords with topics such as $wit$ sign so and so...and smallsy...i have no idea of either clubs budget, so i cant comment, surfice to say that i think a decision was made to go with a bigger squad earlier this season as injuries cost us a lot last season...maybe the squad still has some trimming to go

[swift]

no to both

[smallsy]

yer to be honest TC just saying it how i see it. seems to be a good blend of younger lower league players with older players from higher leagues.

 

swift i want to see heybridge do well as reasonably local to myself and i played for burnham ramblers for a few years so often kept track on the swifts.

 

i also had a friend who started the season with swifts so i came to watch a few games (charlton/witham and couple more)

 

 

[richards]

I have been informed by a reliable source that Lee Patterson of East Thurrock has been appointed as the new manager of Braintree

[The Town Crier]

 

Given your locality and high social standing Richards, I would guess this fact.

 

If it is true, then good luck to Lee. I think he has

done a exceptional job under difficult circumstance. He will do a good job Braintree.

 

 

[richards]

TC thank you for your kind words, you are a true gent!

 

Pleased to say the Braintree website is now confirming this, otherwise I would have looked a right prat.

[The Town Crier]

Originally Posted By: richards

TC thank you for your kind words, you are a true gent!

I've heard this before, but usually the spelling of gent is quite different.

[jl]

Good luck to Lee, whenever I've spoken to him he seemed like a decent bloke. He's done well at East Thurrock. It'll be interesting to see how he approaches the challenge at Braintree as he did seem to favour the "well-travelled" player route at ETU.

[Barry Proudfoot]

some would call it experience jl.

 

A good appointment and he does like to use a bit of colourful language on the bench so not much different from Borg in that respect. Be interesting to see if Borg takes over at East Thurrock now

[smallsy]

is it official?

[Adam.S]

yes it's official smallsy.

 

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