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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Thorney on November 15, 2025, 05:59:11 pm
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Between this place and other social media places
I want to be a bit more positive.
Last 2 results have been better bar the results obviously.
Molyneux looking like the player we know he is.
Sterry now back.
Hanlon looking a totally different player than a few weeks ago.
Mcann still got the hunger to succed, unless some get their wish and force him out.
6 points next 2 games i can feel it.
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
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Sterry and molyneux looked better down the right. I'd try hanlan from the start next game, his turn and finish was very good and deserves a go from the start. We usually have to take sharp off towards the end and i reckon if he comes on around 70 minutes and is fresh he finishes one of the chances at the end if they drop to him. Could make the difference if we are chasing the game
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We could win the prem, champions league and any other cup we enter and some of our fans will still complain, never seen such a fickle fanbase.
2 seasons ago we had an awful start to the league and look destined for the national league yet ended up finishing 5th and penalty kicks away from Wembley.
Last season we were 12-15 points behind Walsall yet we end up winning the league and gaining promotion.
I know the results aren't great right now but this league is terrible and we are all just as bad and as good as each other, we are only 10 points from the top of the league. Thankfully the teams below us arent great at the moment either.
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We could win the prem, champions league and any other cup we enter and some of our fans will still complain, never seen such a fickle fanbase.
2 seasons ago we had an awful start to the league and look destined for the national league yet ended up finishing 5th and penalty kicks away from Wembley.
Last season we were 12-15 points behind Walsall yet we end up winning the league and gaining promotion.
I know the results aren't great right now but this league is terrible and we are all just as bad and as good as each other, we are only 10 points from the top of the league. Thankfully the teams below us arent great at the moment either.
Seen fans criticise hanlon saying he should never play for us again, and then in a very short space of time criticise mcann for not starting him after scoring 1 goal in a vertu trophy game in which both teams had already qualified.
Who'd be a manager hey
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The squad has proven before they can turn bad to good. I’m not worried at all, this manager will find an answer.
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
name the goal scorers and I’ll place a bet , I should get good odds !! :chair:
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Our fans I've always thought are a bit dumb. Booed at HT today booed at FT. Booed Street a few not all. First 10 minutes more interested in chanting about their keeper being a paedophile.
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
McCann must be frustrated by what has happened to results and performances, but he has to take most of the blame as it’s been obvious to a blind man that we didn’t have the quality upfront from the start of the season. Bailey a midfielder is our top scorer and when he continually selected Billy upfront match after match , this sent out a huge tell tale sign to all our opponents that we had a problem . Results prove that we were not strong enough up front and could offer no threat or variation to our attack and it was looking dire the moment injuries started to effect the defence with Sterry and Magrath and goals dried up .
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Like put on another thread apart from the results which I know helps and means sumthing the last 2 games is up there with the best we have played this season
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
McCann must be frustrated by what has happened to results and performances, but he has to take most of the blame as it’s been obvious to a blind man that we didn’t have the quality upfront from the start of the season. Bailey a midfielder is our top scorer and when he continually selected Billy upfront match after match , this sent out a huge tell tale sign to all our opponents that we had a problem . Results prove that we were not strong enough up front and could offer no threat or variation to our attack and it was looking dire the moment injuries started to effect the defence with Sterry and Magrath and goals dried up .
…and some folk seem to want to ignore the fact that without the fortunate signings he has managed to make in the two January windows he would have not survived in his position in his first season when we were bound for the National League. He also got the boost that he needed for automatic promotion from his second successive January window this year. Otherwise we might have been enmeshed in the play-offs again instead of managing the title.
Having failed to recruit competent goal-scorers this summer no one can pretend that we not now on the same downward trend as we were two years ago. It requires a rather blind kind of optimism to believe that we can now halt the slide into the relegation zone which means that survival will depend on an unlikely treble of success in the January 2026 window.
“Positivity” amongst devoted fans is a “given” before every game. Comments afterwards from those same fans that are critical are genuine opinions and are just as valid as those who choose to ignore what went wrong.
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
McCann must be frustrated by what has happened to results and performances, but he has to take most of the blame as it’s been obvious to a blind man that we didn’t have the quality upfront from the start of the season. Bailey a midfielder is our top scorer and when he continually selected Billy upfront match after match , this sent out a huge tell tale sign to all our opponents that we had a problem . Results prove that we were not strong enough up front and could offer no threat or variation to our attack and it was looking dire the moment injuries started to effect the defence with Sterry and Magrath and goals dried up .
…and some folk seem to want to ignore the fact that without the fortunate signings he has managed to make in the two January windows he would have not survived in his position in his first season when we were bound for the National League. He also got the boost that he needed for automatic promotion from his second successive January window this year. Otherwise we might have been enmeshed in the play-offs again instead of managing the title.
Having failed to recruit competent goal-scorers this summer no one can pretend that we not now on the same downward trend as we were two years ago. It requires a rather blind kind of optimism to believe that we can now halt the slide into the relegation zone which means that survival will depend on an unlikely treble of success in the January 2026 window.
“Positivity” amongst devoted fans is a “given” before every game. Comments afterwards from those same fans that are critical are genuine opinions and are just as valid as those who choose to ignore what went wrong.
How can a signing be fortunate!
What a weird thing to say
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
McCann must be frustrated by what has happened to results and performances, but he has to take most of the blame as it’s been obvious to a blind man that we didn’t have the quality upfront from the start of the season. Bailey a midfielder is our top scorer and when he continually selected Billy upfront match after match , this sent out a huge tell tale sign to all our opponents that we had a problem . Results prove that we were not strong enough up front and could offer no threat or variation to our attack and it was looking dire the moment injuries started to effect the defence with Sterry and Magrath and goals dried up .
…and some folk seem to want to ignore the fact that without the fortunate signings he has managed to make in the two January windows he would have not survived in his position in his first season when we were bound for the National League. He also got the boost that he needed for automatic promotion from his second successive January window this year. Otherwise we might have been enmeshed in the play-offs again instead of managing the title.
Having failed to recruit competent goal-scorers this summer no one can pretend that we not now on the same downward trend as we were two years ago. It requires a rather blind kind of optimism to believe that we can now halt the slide into the relegation zone which means that survival will depend on an unlikely treble of success in the January 2026 window.
“Positivity” amongst devoted fans is a “given” before every game. Comments afterwards from those same fans that are critical are genuine opinions and are just as valid as those who choose to ignore what went wrong.
How can a signing be fortunate!
What a weird thing to say
Well they can can’t they? Plenty of luck involved the way we recruit I can tell you that.
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
McCann must be frustrated by what has happened to results and performances, but he has to take most of the blame as it’s been obvious to a blind man that we didn’t have the quality upfront from the start of the season. Bailey a midfielder is our top scorer and when he continually selected Billy upfront match after match , this sent out a huge tell tale sign to all our opponents that we had a problem . Results prove that we were not strong enough up front and could offer no threat or variation to our attack and it was looking dire the moment injuries started to effect the defence with Sterry and Magrath and goals dried up .
…and some folk seem to want to ignore the fact that without the fortunate signings he has managed to make in the two January windows he would have not survived in his position in his first season when we were bound for the National League. He also got the boost that he needed for automatic promotion from his second successive January window this year. Otherwise we might have been enmeshed in the play-offs again instead of managing the title.
Having failed to recruit competent goal-scorers this summer no one can pretend that we not now on the same downward trend as we were two years ago. It requires a rather blind kind of optimism to believe that we can now halt the slide into the relegation zone which means that survival will depend on an unlikely treble of success in the January 2026 window.
“Positivity” amongst devoted fans is a “given” before every game. Comments afterwards from those same fans that are critical are genuine opinions and are just as valid as those who choose to ignore what went wrong.
How can a signing be fortunate!
What a weird thing to say
Well they can can’t they? Plenty of luck involved the way we recruit I can tell you that.
Ah, so the signings that don’t work out are down to the manager not knowing what he’s doing, and the the good signings are just lucky.
I get it now
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
McCann must be frustrated by what has happened to results and performances, but he has to take most of the blame as it’s been obvious to a blind man that we didn’t have the quality upfront from the start of the season. Bailey a midfielder is our top scorer and when he continually selected Billy upfront match after match , this sent out a huge tell tale sign to all our opponents that we had a problem . Results prove that we were not strong enough up front and could offer no threat or variation to our attack and it was looking dire the moment injuries started to effect the defence with Sterry and Magrath and goals dried up .
…and some folk seem to want to ignore the fact that without the fortunate signings he has managed to make in the two January windows he would have not survived in his position in his first season when we were bound for the National League. He also got the boost that he needed for automatic promotion from his second successive January window this year. Otherwise we might have been enmeshed in the play-offs again instead of managing the title.
Having failed to recruit competent goal-scorers this summer no one can pretend that we not now on the same downward trend as we were two years ago. It requires a rather blind kind of optimism to believe that we can now halt the slide into the relegation zone which means that survival will depend on an unlikely treble of success in the January 2026 window.
“Positivity” amongst devoted fans is a “given” before every game. Comments afterwards from those same fans that are critical are genuine opinions and are just as valid as those who choose to ignore what went wrong.
How can a signing be fortunate!
What a weird thing to say
Well we got to the playoffs in the first and promoted in the second .. and unless we pull something out of the bag AGAIN we’re L2 bound in the third . simples .
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Agreed with all of that, hopefully know McCann knows his favourite starting team
McCann must be frustrated by what has happened to results and performances, but he has to take most of the blame as it’s been obvious to a blind man that we didn’t have the quality upfront from the start of the season. Bailey a midfielder is our top scorer and when he continually selected Billy upfront match after match , this sent out a huge tell tale sign to all our opponents that we had a problem . Results prove that we were not strong enough up front and could offer no threat or variation to our attack and it was looking dire the moment injuries started to effect the defence with Sterry and Magrath and goals dried up .
…and some folk seem to want to ignore the fact that without the fortunate signings he has managed to make in the two January windows he would have not survived in his position in his first season when we were bound for the National League. He also got the boost that he needed for automatic promotion from his second successive January window this year. Otherwise we might have been enmeshed in the play-offs again instead of managing the title.
Having failed to recruit competent goal-scorers this summer no one can pretend that we not now on the same downward trend as we were two years ago. It requires a rather blind kind of optimism to believe that we can now halt the slide into the relegation zone which means that survival will depend on an unlikely treble of success in the January 2026 window.
“Positivity” amongst devoted fans is a “given” before every game. Comments afterwards from those same fans that are critical are genuine opinions and are just as valid as those who choose to ignore what went wrong.
How can a signing be fortunate!
What a weird thing to say
Well they can can’t they? Plenty of luck involved the way we recruit I can tell you that.
Ah, so the signings that don’t work out are down to the manager not knowing what he’s doing, and the the good signings are just lucky.
I get it now
Not at all, but if there is a margin of error as big as the one within our recruitment process there is always luck involved. We’ve signed some really good players recently but we have also signed some dross. The strike rate isn’t high enough to trust the process imo.