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if that’s all we can afford then better we go part time.
That’s not all we could afford. Butler clearly wants to go in another direction and he was offered what they believed he was worth. 2nd half of the season at times he was a luxury player and as soon as teams stuck close to him and got at him, he was pretty ineffective.
Butterfield would be a year older, a year slower and all teams would do is just do the same again. If Butterfield was still here naturally the players on the pitch would mostly go through him and it would take away from the other players. #
Butler maybe doesn’t want us to be as heavily reliant on one single player and is going towards a more collective effort for next season. When you actually take a step back and think about the clubs decision on Butterfield, it’s completely understandable.
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Think our style of play will be different next season and Butterfield maybe doesn’t suit that brief
Exactly what I was thinking. Had to change from last season as we were often over run by part time players as we were too nice to play against.
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Butler clearly hinted he wants a more solid and fit team. Last season we were over run by fitter more robust part time players and how many times did we come back from a goal down ?
We need a more robust team with more energy and stamina. Clearly Butterfield wasn’t the top of Butler’s list and was offered what he thought he should have been offered, he’s decided not to take it so we move on.
Butterfield was way above this level, but when he started to markedly slow down in the second half of the season he used to get overpowered and overrun and Butler would have noticed it. We’ll need to sign a tidy ball player though to replace him.
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Beestin “if he signs”
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ClunanAdd another to those possible four already here and we’ll be ok. Moving away from Butterfield it’s great news Barrows has signed on again. Clearly loves the club and always did say he was a better all around RB than Ogle. Barrows doesn’t have the acceleration of Ogle, but his delivery is better and is a better attacking option than Ogle. Barrows is a better passer of the ball as well.
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However, on reflection, although I would have been delighted if he’d stayed, it’s not the end of the world.
I’m in the same camp, I’d rather he stayed, but it’s not too damaging that he’s gone. I always thought Barrows was the better all round RB, but whether he’s here next season is another thing all together.
If I was Butler I’d give Barrows assurance of first team football as first choice RB and then sign a younger one as back up. Apart from Ogle, Elliot is moving on according to twitter. Bit of a blow if he does go in my opinion.
I know he wasn’t a constant last season, but in a formation with two up top you would have thought he’d score 20+ goals.
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Never quite got the hype around Ogle.
Athletic with fantastic work ethic, but his final delivery into the box 9 times out of 10 was terrible and made plenty of errors. I’m sure there are suitable replacements out there.
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I would have kept Ferris and would have moved Roberts on personally. I really like him, but he’s best paid player and a just tad unreliable.
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Went down the other day and thought the volunteers have done a cracking job tbh.
It’s to Peter Swann’s embarrassment that he allowed to run it down to such a state after pumping X amount of millions in over the years and supposedly being a hospitality expert.
Paint job looks spot on. Wait until the solar panelling is on, Cliff. The stadium will be positively space age !. I can’t quite believe the stadium is going to look the best it’s looked since it was freshly built, after nearly going out of business.
Crazy really. The speed of progression is staggering.
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Not only painting job has taken place, which is going all the way around the stadium. The guttering was cleaned out all the way round. The front path was professionally cleaned, which resulted in the SUFC coloured paving once again visible.
In the coming weeks solar panelling is being fitted free of charge which is going to cut the electric bill right down once installed.
Both the 1st team and training pitches are getting fully replaced, which Michelle paid a fee for, but comes with a partnership with said firm who is throwing in pitch maintenance for 2-3 years “can’t remember what she said in the interview”
The iron bar is getting a refurbishment too.
As the OP stated, all mostly being carried out for free. The paint job looks really nice and goes with the Attis Arena signage spot on. Starting to look quite smart now. I think I recall the new catering guy is smartening up the cooking points too and bringing new equipment.
The head of catering comes with a fantastic CV as he did a brilliant job at Hull KR. In my opinion everything is looking extremely promising. Not only do we have owners who love the club, the general public is pouring love into the club. As mentioned above, once all the work is carried out, I’m sure the ground will be looking fantastic by the start of this coming season.
I’ve never seen the ground looking so fresh.
