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[john ridley]

Archie  ****ing Collins,what have  we become.....

Edited Thursday at 20:15 by john ridley

[Scotch]

2 hours ago, john ridley said:

Archive  ****ing Collins,what have  we become.....

A league one team. 

[J.Lisemore]

On 24/06/2026 at 19:20, fox_favourite said:

Agree all but Okonkwo. I just think there must be better keepers

Okonkwo is dreadful. No better than Jakub to be honest 

[J.Lisemore]

8 hours ago, South Shire Fox said:

Absolutley no chance will that be a midfield partnership for a team who aims to dominate the league. Will be 2 CMs minimum signed this summer imo

By who? Recruitment staff have been asleep for years. 

[dmayne7]

9 hours ago, South Shire Fox said:

Absolutley no chance will that be a midfield partnership for a team who aims to dominate the league. Will be 2 CMs minimum signed this summer imo

Page should 100% be in there somewhere and imagine Skipp will be hard to shift. So if those were 4 of our options at this level and we're not dominating, it will be even more laughable than it has been

[LeePhilpottsBaldSpot]

5 hours ago, john ridley said:

Archie  ****ing Collins,what have  we become.....

I lived in Peterborough for a few years and have mates who are Posh fans - they really, really rate Collins. Works all day and by all accounts a good character, often their captain.

 

Peterborough have been desperate for him to sign a new contract but he wants to step up.

 

I'd argue not buying players like him because they come from a club like Peterborough is one of the main things that got us into this mess.

 

Reminds me of when Everton fans turned their nose up at KDH... until they actually saw him play, and now they love him.

[Iwebema]

8 hours ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said:

I lived in Peterborough for a few years and have mates who are Posh fans - they really, really rate Collins. Works all day and by all accounts a good character, often their captain.

 

Peterborough have been desperate for him to sign a new contract but he wants to step up.

 

I'd argue not buying players like him because they come from a club like Peterborough is one of the main things that got us into this mess.

 

Reminds me of when Everton fans turned their nose up at KDH... until they actually saw him play, and now they love him.

I agree, people saying this will be the worst window ever. Sure in terms of "names" but I'd argue it has the potential to be the best considering the type of player we are going to have to bring in. 

No more names looking for a pay day that we cant budge, hungry players with a point to prove on smaller deals....hopefully....I do have trust issues with our recruitment team so lets see what the first few signings look like.

Edited Friday at 06:48 by Iwebema

[Ric Flair]

6 minutes ago, Iwebema said:

I agree, people saying this will be the worst window ever. Sure in terms of "names" but I'd argue it has the potential to be the best considering the type of player we are going to have to bring in. 

No more names looking for a pay day that we cant budge, hungry players with a point to prove on smaller deals....hopefully....I do have trust issues with our recruitment team so lets see what the first few signings look like.

I'd agree if we had a completely new recruitment structure but we haven't. They'll have absolutely no clue whats needed to rebuild this club.

[woznotwos]

I saw a few games at Posh towards the end of the season and they were all talking about how the team misses Archie who was out .

[honeybradger]

9 hours ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said:

I lived in Peterborough for a few years and have mates who are Posh fans - they really, really rate Collins. Works all day and by all accounts a good character, often their captain.

 

Peterborough have been desperate for him to sign a new contract but he wants to step up.

 

I'd argue not buying players like him because they come from a club like Peterborough is one of the main things that got us into this mess.

 

Reminds me of when Everton fans turned their nose up at KDH... until they actually saw him play, and now they love him.

One of our biggest issues is that we get overrun in midfield too easily.

 

That was also one of peterbough's biggest issues last season. A lack of defensive solidity and energy in midfield, at which Collins was supposedly the defensive component of.

 

Collins is more of the same type of midfielder we already have and which has got us into so much trouble. A midfield controller without enough energy or defensive nous to sit at the base of midfield.

Edited Friday at 08:12 by honeybradger

[davieG]

Recruitment will rest entirely on who we haven't managed to shift and judging from recent history there's likely to be one or two of these Faes, Okoli, Winks, Skipp, Decordova-Reid, Kristiansen, Vestergaard not forgetting Choudhury, Mavididi, Vieites (is he still with us) refusing to be flushed away.

[winteriscoming]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

I'd agree if we had a completely new recruitment structure but we haven't. They'll have absolutely no clue whats needed to rebuild this club.

Not just player recruitment. 
You only have to look at the managers they’ve hired. 
Completely useless. 

[Tuna]

Ryan Wintle linked ex Cardiff "football league world" is the source.

 

 

Edited Friday at 10:54 by Tuna

[WestLothianFox]

1 hour ago, davieG said:

Recruitment will rest entirely on who we haven't managed to shift and judging from recent history there's likely to be one or two of these Faes, Okoli, Winks, Skipp, Decordova-Reid, Kristiansen, Vestergaard not forgetting Choudhury, Mavididi, Vieites (is he still with us) refusing to be flushed away.

What a depressing thought that we could play the first game with the majority of these starting the game. 

 

I do like your optimism that only one or two of these will be left, more like we have managed to get rid of one or two, and they will be season long loans with us paying a chunk of their wages.

[davieG]

Not optimistic as you say I was thinking 1 or 2 starting

[LeePhilpottsBaldSpot]

3 hours ago, honeybradger said:

One of our biggest issues is that we get overrun in midfield too easily.

 

That was also one of peterbough's biggest issues last season. A lack of defensive solidity and energy in midfield, at which Collins was supposedly the defensive component of.

 

Collins is more of the same type of midfielder we already have and which has got us into so much trouble. A midfield controller without enough energy or defensive nous to sit at the base of midfield.

 

I've never seen him play but this is the verbatim response from a Peterborough season ticket holder when I asked him what type of player he is:
 

Quote

Top level league one player, just gets on with it, no fuss/verbals.

Proper engine, always buzzing about. No real flare but gets the odd goal and does all the dirty work, tackling, really well.

 

[honeybradger]

9 minutes ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said:

 

I've never seen him play but this is the verbatim response from a Peterborough season ticket holder when I asked him what type of player he is:
 

 

I guess I'll have to concede as he will know better than me.

 

My understanding is that Peterborough are a similar team to us, trying too hard to be fancy and not doing enough of the basics, with Collins being no different. In my opinion we don't need more of what we currently are, we need hard working players.

 

If that is actually what Collins is then he sounds like a good signing.

[Iwebema]

4 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

I'd agree if we had a completely new recruitment structure but we haven't. They'll have absolutely no clue whats needed to rebuild this club.

These are my trust issues...just have time hope Mccaron and the fact we have to now shop in a different pool means we get lucky and figure it out...im trying to be objectively positive, which felt a bit dirty tbh

[kingfox]

As much as many of us aren’t keen on Russell’s style, we all know what is required when it comes to certain positions, especially the “6” role. If both Winks and Skipp leave, either Archie Collins or Ryan Wintle feel like no-brainers imo, I don’t know how anybody can turn their nose up at two of the best midfielders in League 1 last season.

[CloudFox]

I feel like the Archie Collins rumour has been around for a while now, so there must be a good chance it will happen.

[moore_94]

 

[kingfox]

5 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

Said it before, if we can’t get Tolaj or Ballard, then Keillor-Dunn has to come under strong consideration with what he’s done in L1.

 

If Hourihane comes in as assistant, feels more like a no-brainer imo.

 

Can play pretty much across the whole frontline too, could offer something similar to what Adam Armstrong offered Martin at Southampton.

[fox_favourite]

45 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

So far the rumours have been sensible options. Here going we are learning from mistakes and getting things moving early and with the correct type of player to build a new foundation. 

 

Just need rumours to shift the gorms out that we don't want. 

Edited Saturday at 20:01 by fox_favourite

[john ridley]

League 1 Big  boys 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[stu]

Nixon linking us with a ‘Palace squad man’.

 

What other ageing players do they have to sell us?