League Two Rovers v Cobblers

[Ian]

Excuse my ignorance, but what does the 'technical director' do?

 

[Am on mobile]

I know it won't be Jimmy Harvey we had a chat last night he said his phone was going mad with guys asking questions but as he said he is way past it we hsd a good talk abt palios and Daws

 

[ONIGP]

I am going 3-0 saunders hatters

Helluva comeback from 0-4 at half time!

 

[ONIGP]

Looking to bring in more Tom Davies characters suggesting we’ll bring in some more leaders in the summer

Based on the balance of the squad in recent times, it may equally mean half a dozen centre backs. Sorry, gallows humour kicking in....

 

[ONIGP]

Excuse my ignorance, but what does the 'technical director' do?

Here you go Ian: "Football technical directors help football clubs to develop a sustainable business model and sporting identity over a multi-year period. They may cultivate global fanbases to increase annual revenue, design young player and coaching development programmes and manage squad recruitment."

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Looking to bring in more Tom Davies characters suggesting we’ll bring in some more leaders in the summer

Strange that Mellon leaves and then we start bringing in more of the kind of characters favoured by Mellon, rather than kids. A lot of things don't entirely add up at the moment.

 

[Sparky]

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Strange that Mellon leaves and then we start bringing in more of the kind of characters favoured by Mellon, rather than kids. A lot of things don't entirely add up at the moment.

indeed. You can imagine micky thinking it sounds like they are going to bring in the types of players he would have wanted and may well have had success with….

 

[bigmart]

Strange that Mellon leaves and then we start bringing in more of the kind of characters favoured by Mellon, rather than kids. A lot of things don't entirely add up at the moment.

I think there will still be a number of young players signing as well as some experienced players

 

[Ian]

Hopefully they'll have learnt something from this season and we get a bit of a balanced squad.

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

Here you go Ian: "Football technical directors help football clubs to develop a sustainable business model and sporting identity over a multi-year period. They may cultivate global fanbases to increase annual revenue, design young player and coaching development programmes and manage squad recruitment."

Sounds quite a tough job, especially cultivating global fanbases.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

I don't actually think we will be turned over heavily as there will be a lot of anxiety in the Northampton players, particularly after last season's events. I think a draw or narrow defeat is the more likely outcome.

In recent years we have had to endure several opposition promotion parties at Prenton Park, so it would be good if we could prevent this one.

 

[Boz]

Any team updates, is Saunders going to be fit and will Jolley feature at all?

 

[Sparky]

Any team updates, is Saunders going to be fit and will Jolley feature at all?

No specific mentions but Saunders injury last week was his hamstring so given we don’t have much to play for I’d be amazed if they risk him. More likely Taylor will start after his goal and Jolley on the bench and can come on with 20mins to go when we’re 3-0 up!

 

[Am on mobile]

I would love for the team to turn up and win thats all i want just a win

 

[ADD]

Looking forward to this. Hope we turn up as Am says and more importantly put in a preformance. We tend to do better against the better sides so here's hoping.

Team wise think the only change will be Taylor starting as doubt we will want to risk Saunders for what at the end of the day is a meaningless fixture for us notwithstanding the benefits in potentially settling down at least some of the fan base if we play well under Dawes as permanent Manager.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

We did well against the top sides under Mellon, including a draw at Northampton earlier in the season.

Dawes has not been tested in that regard, other than a humiliation at Carlisle.

 

[ALDO MUSSY]

just a win to close what has been a poor season then for a change let us assemble the team early so the management can work with them but we know that never happens

 

[Boz]

Our performances v Carlisle home and away under Mellon and Dawes were both poor and conceding an early goal in each game certainly didn’t help. The new manager hasn’t had a home game against one of the top sides yet.

In the reverse fixture, Rovers played
well and could easily have taken all the points. A lot of water under the bridge since then. Think it’s very important how we approach this game mentally. A battling performance, even if we lose is a must for me. Anything less and given the general unhappiness with Dawes’ appointment, things could turn toxic. My inclination is that we lose this one given Northampton’s greater need for the points.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Our performances v Carlisle home and away under Mellon and Dawes were both poor and conceding an early goal in each game certainly didn’t help. The new manager hasn’t had a home game against one of the top sides yet.

I was not focussing purely on the Carlisle games. I was focussing on performances against the top sides in general.

The implication in the previous post was that 'we' have done well against top opposition this season, whereas all of our strong performances and good results came under Mellon. I appreciate Dawes has only played one fixture against a good team, due to his easier run of fixtures.

 

[Sparky]

Off topic but our old play off rivals borehamwood currently 2-1 up at notts county