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1998-11-29

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cufconline Alastair Woodcock, Carlisle
dcumbrian Dave Burns, Sheffield
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[dcumbrian] Hi, small list?

cufconline> Hi! Sorry wasnt looking there!

[dcumbrian] where's everyone

cufconline> I thought nobody was going to come this week! Kynson's

- been/still is partying

[dcumbrian] Know the feeling - bottle of wine still clearing

[dcumbrian] Didn't get to the match, was it really that bad?

cufconline> According to reports, we were pretty dire up front

[dcumbrian] Still hoof and puff then

cufconline> MK claims we were "outstanding" in the first half

[dcumbrian] so good that the Yorkshire edition of the Sunday paper only

- mentioned the goal

[dcumbrian] What would you do to the team to improve it?

cufconline> I think it's about the third last minute goal we've conceded

- this season

cufconline> Buy 11 new players ??

[dcumbrian] Yeah, Shrews, Halifax and Hull

cufconline> Seriously, we need more midfield invention and at least two

- goalscorers

[dcumbrian] 8 points up in smoke

[dcumbrian] how about a header of the ball ie target man

cufconline> McGregor obviously missed yesterday

cufconline> Neither Stevens or Finney can do that job - possibly Mendes

- could

[dcumbrian] we don't seem to go to the gaol line any more, crossing from 30

- yeards out

[dcumbrian] sorry 'goal'

cufconline> I thought we have been reduced to long range shots and long

- passes

cufconline> Searle OK coming forward, but we have a lack of passing ability

[dcumbrian] Stevens only appears to be good if we can maintain pressure

cufconline> He's under pressure coz he's the only one who can score

- regularly

[dcumbrian] Would you go back to a 'back 5'

cufconline> As long as someone like Patterson was included, he's Ok at

- bringing it out

[dcumbrian] when i say pressure i mean on the opponents goal (not on Stevens

- whom I like)

cufconline> Yes - if Stevens is out of the game he's not very effective at

- other things - e.g. tackling back

cufconline> He's basically a goalscorer - so needs good service from

- midfield

[dcumbrian] Could be 2,500 or less at the Cardiff match

cufconline> Can't see many more - midweek games are usually 500 or so down

- on weekends

cufconline> However I'll be there whatever

[dcumbrian] I'll be coming from Sheffield, but the travelling is starting to

- get to me when the matches are poor

cufconline> Understand completely - why travel 150-odd miles to see rubbish

- ?

[dcumbrian] its the journey back thats hard

cufconline> Esp. when we've lost :(

[dcumbrian] Whats the latest on Sponsership of shirts

cufconline> I think we needed one more fiver last time I checked

[dcumbrian] I've mine ready, just want to do something positive for the team

cufconline> It would be nice to see the ML advertised in the matchday

- programme

[dcumbrian] Yes, it's the only way I can keep in touch (along with the Web

- sites) don't get any news down here

cufconline> I get some of my news for this site from news/star some from

- Sunday Sun, some even off the list :)

[dcumbrian] I like the variety of comment, the caption was good

cufconline> I think Dave's doing another caption comp next month (another MK

- pic that I sent him)

[dcumbrian] Is the news/star as bias as MK makes out

cufconline> Bias against him?

[dcumbrian] Yeah

cufconline> Not IMO. I think it's pretty fair really. Its not as bad as some

- tabloid coverage can get

cufconline> BTW - they ran a big interview with him on Friday

[dcumbrian] Would a few good results change the crowds attitude or is the

- anger deeper



[dcumbrian] Would a few good results change the crowds attitude or is the

- anger deeper

[dcumbrian] Will the interview be on Reeves offside?

cufconline> I'll ask Dave if he can scan and OCR it

cufconline> Some people have vowed never to return while MK is in charge...

[dcumbrian] How much equipment do you guys have

cufconline> I've got a multimedia Pentium + scanner + printer (currently

- under repair)

[dcumbrian] MK seems to have got it wrong over the last three years, should

- have bought after the first promotion

cufconline> I think he used the East Stand as an excuse not to buy

- players...

[dcumbrian] If he bought players he might fill it!

[dcumbrian] We definitly need leadership on the pitch

cufconline> Exactly - I sit in the East Stand and the atmosphere is actually

- quite good - but it's only one third full

[dcumbrian] i still enjy standing, brings back memories of the 70's

cufconline> Defensively, We're OK but if we can't score we're going nowhere

- :(

cufconline> Well maybe down to the Conference :(

[dcumbrian] Won't happen, the scarborough game showed what we can do with

- confidence

cufconline> i used to stand in the scratching pen, before that in the

- petteril end

[dcumbrian] basically we not a bad team, if we could hold onto the ball.

- tactics?

cufconline> I've got a mad flashing advert on my screen at the  moment ...

[dcumbrian] i'd forgotten the petteril end  and waiting for the halftimes

cufconline> I think the system's going tits up - sorry

[dcumbrian] I've scolled my screen down to avoid them

cufconline> I remember - the bloke used to run on with a ladder and clamber

- up to the scoreboard

[dcumbrian] Thats right and noone watched the game for 5 mins

cufconline> He sometimes got the scores wrong anyway

[dcumbrian] do you think we'll get Beardsley eventually

cufconline> Don't hold your breath - he'll be on good wages at Fulham

[dcumbrian] I suspect once he gets into coaching with Kev we've no chance

cufconline> If Keegan ever gets the boot he'd be the one to take over,

- possibly

[dcumbrian] We need some-one on the touchline that has the players respect

cufconline> Think MK should target someone less expensive - I still like

- Wadsworth

[dcumbrian] Agreed, seemed to have a good setup with him in charge

cufconline> He'd also get some of the missing thousands back into BP, I

- suspect

[dcumbrian] seemed to go down hill after he left, Day did well at first but

- I wondered about the players he brought in

[dcumbrian] Just getting a manager will bring back some of the crowd

cufconline> Certainly bought a stinker in with Couzens, it seems - but

- Steph, Archie, Stevens were better

[dcumbrian] Couzens needs ball winners around him and less pressure on the

- ball

cufconline> According to ML posts today, he has breathing problems and can't

- run for more than 20 mins !

[dcumbrian] Stevens , Jansen and Smart were the best combination I've seen

cufconline> Stevens, Jansen and Wright possibly as good, too

[dcumbrian] Find that difficult to believe

cufconline> I'd be amazed - although Matt Jansen had a problem like that

[dcumbrian] We sold Jansen and Delap two weeks to early, should have made

- our position safe first

cufconline> We sold them three months too early - they were always going to

- go but why then??

[dcumbrian] He thought we were safe and cashed in - seemed to be pushing

- them out

cufconline> There would have been plenty of offers in the summer, surely?

[dcumbrian] I thought they would have been worth more if we were a div

- higher

cufconline> That is apparently why he went to the IoM, because he thought we

- were safe

cufconline> He's back in the UK now, BTW

[dcumbrian] Sorry, stiil learning ther abbrevs! BTW?

cufconline> By the Way :)

[dcumbrian] thanks

cufconline> Anyway - its been a good chat - I think I'll log off now

cufconline> Hope there's more here next week :)

[dcumbrian] yeah I need another paracetemol,see you next week

cufconline> Bye Dave

[dcumbrian] fingers crossed, bye

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