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Spiv/Paul as you both have watched a lot ( if not all) of pre season with all the new names signed.  If the season started tomorrow what would be your starting 11 ?

There you have it direct from the Club. Ref McFadden. Nothing to see here so move on.   McFadden is going nowhere. 

No surprise, under Lakeland he couldn't get a start

Be interesting to see the starting line-up tonight and again on Saturday.  Getting close to the opening day game so would hope Rowe will be getting his starting line-up out from the start, or close to it.

If there are problems in the dressing room then results will say a lot more.

New Manager comes in, one player doesn't buy into him and how he does things.  Nothing new there.  Now if it was more than one player then that starts to become more of a problem.

McFadden was decent but if he is the one causing issues in the dressing room then Rowe needs to get him out the door.  Players come and go.

Maybe McFadden doesn't  fit Rowe's eye on the future. Then again why did he sign Marriott ? 

Have a feeling Jones won't start between the sticks either. Perhaps Blue could confirm or otherwise ?

What would Eric say ?  Maybe another of the famous sons from there could stick a few mil in.   The purse from one fight would keep them going a lifetime

Bal needs to turn the stopcock off by the looks of things. 

That would be an even bigger surprise.  It seems very much like Rowe is building a strong united squad. So for a player wanting out would kick that theory out of the window.

With a left sided defender signed from Sudbury today then maybe we are over 'staffed' in the central defensive area.  Though really can't see Kyle going. He brings a lot of different things to the party.   I would have thought there were players more likely to be shown the door than McFadden. 

Like all things in Football it's subjective and people have their  own opinions.  We have Adam Marriott back.  Whe he left he was the ultimate fox in the box at this level.  Since he left things haven't quite been the same.  Can he deliver back at this level with a few more years on Clock? 🤷‍♂️

As for Toll he produced right through from Step 7,6,5 and last season step 4.  Can he do it at Step 2?  On loan at Step 3 if he scores goals then I would suggest he will be back with us PDQ. If not then he might be more of a slow burn.

I remember hearing Setch say he expected him to leave Corby and play much higher. I would suggest Setch knows a player, when he sees one.

Be interesting if we go 4-3-3 who will be the 3 up top? Maybe Marriott with pace either side of him?

Will be interesting to see how many places above Sports we finish. 

If Gold was signed pre Rowe joining then that's another one chalked up to Bal.  it was very complicated times back then.  Cleeve wanted to keep Lakeland then Gash came into the scene before a big change of thought saw Rowe became the man.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a reply.  That train only goes one way.  As in no return

Ok I'll correct you.  Gold was not on the retained list he was re-signed.  Anyway when Rowe came into the building there were others who he has since moved on, presumably because he didn't fancy them.  Gold being still here suggests he has a role to play with the new Manager.