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Is it safe to come out yet?
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Have we all calmed down?
There are some positives this season.
Taylor at RCB isn't out of his depth so we have another option.
Magennis looks decent and fit.
Phoenix has shown he can deliver crosses.
Sanderson and Mellon give us new options and competition up top. One of them at least should be a good find.
Yes the club comms have gone downhill and we haven't exactly gelled as a team yet. Hopefully it'll come good. We have played pragmatic football for years, played to the strengths of the players we can attract and afford, rather than free-flowing open football. And we've largely done OK.
Anyone seriously thinking about binning the project this early needs a check-up from the neck-up. Let's see where we are in November.
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Still back and support Revs but the football is just plain boring.
I get the whole thing about the need to be pragmatic and without that pragmatism we run the risk of relegation.
I don’t know what the answer is, but I don’t think it’s necessarily the results or a false expectation that gets Revs the criticism (in the main) I think it’s the lack of intent and attacking aggression that we show.
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I think the pragmatic label gets thrown around too liberally now. We’re not being pragmatic now, at times we’re not compromising at all. Pragmatic is “this game needs X, so we’ll do it,” as opposed to just being married to one philosophy and the only tweaks being whether we play 5-3-2 or 4-3-3.
Edit: I fully support Revs. The football isn’t exciting to watch but he got us play-off football last season. That doesn’t mean he isn’t beyond criticism or that we can’t hope for some more eye pleasing football, even if most of us know that may result in less pleasing overall results.
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I think it's far too early in the season for anything drastic, we need to give the team time to gel, but I have definitely downgraded my expectations based on recent results.
Over the last couple of years, I think some of our fans have had very high expectations that we should be competing at the top end of the league, so maybe collectively lowering our expectations will take the pressure off a bit. A mid table finish might be seen as a success rather than a failure...
A couple of wins would bring some much needed positivity back, so keeping my fingers crossed for the weekend.
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Without being defeatist for as long as we are a League One club I think as fans we need to set our expectation level at don’t get relegated and work from there. That doesn’t mean seasons like last season aren’t possible, it doesn’t mean being happy to not go down, it’s just about being realistic about the size of club we are compared to those we come up against.
Past performance doesn’t indicate future results. Those who expected another play-off campaign or a title tilt this time around are deluded.
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I’m a 10 game a season supporter these days so I’m kind of limited in terms of objective opinion. However, there clearly needs to be a reality check. We’re a small club that got very close last season to being promoted to the second division. Of the games I saw last season, we played decent - possibly attractive - football at times, but we also played torpid football with little imagination and not a lot of ambition. The word ‘pragmatic’ has been used by my old friend Balders, and I agree that this is predominantly the way the team is set up to play. After all, this is the third division and not many teams have the players with the ability to play flowing possession football. We certainly don’t have them and it’s extremely unlikely that we would ever attract them. That being said, I did come out of the match on Saturday questioning my life choices.
What therefore surprises me is how our manager deserves to endure a middle-aged man screaming abuse at him from 50 yards away, being told to eff off etc, as said punter leaves the North Stand before the final whistle.
By the way, I may have mentioned it before, but I really don’t like our kit (again) this year. Said punter was wearing the away top - mate, you’re too old for it. It doesn’t go with your Skechers.
Edit: just to be clear, I’m not defending the manager. I was particularly perturbed by the way he lined up our subs on Saturday, looking to consolidate a 0-0 before, in the 5 minutes that elapsed, we went a goal down, so he changed the subs (after a further few minutes of wasted time) to enable us to claw back a 1-1 draw. Pragmatism in practice, I suppose.
Edited by Geoff Wode at 12:42:46 on 26th August 2026
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I wear Skechers! However, I've long since realised that replica shirts belonged in my 20s and 30s. And I can't be arsed to get angry at football, seems weird to me
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sketchers are good for your gait according to my orthopedic physio...
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I thought they were just for people that couldn’t tie their shoelaces. Perhaps I should get some.
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Well actually... due to two replacement hips, you ain't far from the truth there
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I’ve always said you’re the hippest person on borochat.
Wahey!!
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Hip hip hooray!
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In that case, you’re excused. Although two new hips will surely make you more agile than anyone in our starting eleven.
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...but can you or could you do the Hippy Hippy Shake?
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I can definitely kick better than Marschall
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Got to get the correct ones for foot issues.
Summer wear for me is Archie's and Birkenstock flip flops as the arch support is good for the feet.
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Doesn’t Archie mind?
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I took a mate and his two kids for their second ever visit on Saturday. Much as I personally don’t need ‘attractive football’, the lack of intent we showed was actually embarrassing.
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I’m with you, 100%.
Was it you shouting abuse at the manager though?
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People in the North around me were just quiet. Mogadon level
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Good to see you post at weekend from the North, I see most of our games online nowadays and that's never a good thing as you don't see the whole picture. Agree, our expectations should be pragmatic, mid table in this league is an achievement with our resources.
That's why I've gone back to Adidas, far better footwear (no I don't wear any of our kits, too old for that shit)
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Hello mate. The thing is, I tend not to watch us even if we’re on the telly.
Most footwear is an issue for me. Did I mention I had arthritis in my big toe? 😉
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I’ve had gout in mine. And have size 16 feet. So the whole footwear issue is a sore point for me, although both my feet and my waist are considered quite normal in America.
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you know what they say. Big feet happy wife.
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It’s true. I’ve got the big nose and the big hands too so I can’t be lying!
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No, must be a bitch in the winter, I broke mine for the second time in January, size 10 on 1 foot and about an 8 on the other now 😁
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Blimey, that’s bad luck. Stop kicking the bollards.
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Agree,but we really need in short term to get LJW or Pattenden back plus Campbell around as another winger option.
PS transfer deadline on Tuesday.Assume Malcolm and Brown will go on loan ,not sure if we need any incomings ?
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What do you suggest we do to 'get them fit'. Limb replacements maybe?
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Jovan is off to York.
Edit: Now officially confirmed.
Edited by Chuds at 12:40:38 on 26th August 2026
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Forgot all about Chem. Here's hoping he's back sooner rather than later!
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He said a couple of weeks at the open training session, but it feels like he was a couple of weeks away from returning at the end of last season so not entirely sure. We definitely need him back though, we basically have him and Phoenix who can run past people and cross properly
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Personally, i think Phoenix is a little overated and can see why he didn't start many games last season. Great vs tired legs though.
Chem is definitely the better player and fully expect him to start once back fit.
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Didn't rate Phoenix playing in Kemp's position yesterday.
He is better on the wing with space to run into. Trouble is when other players aren't any threat/danger, teams can just put two on him and them he becomes ineffective.
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agree better wide. But if they double up we have to use the free man that creates.
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We always need new / better players.
Doubt we can afford any under new spending rules. we'd need to offload I guess.
And we do have
2 GK,
2 LB,
2 RB,
4 CB,
4 strikers,
3 wingers
And a variety of flexible midfield options.
All first-team ready, albeit of varying quality and experience, plus other fringe/youth options, as you would expect.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 11:15:02 on 26th August 2026
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