Exeter City v Carlisle Utd matchday thread

[BigBanker]

I don’t think the currently manager is that fabulous

Woah today's result must be galling for you!

 

[geoffwp]

Get in there!! A bad night for the boo boys

Very stupid comment

 

[edwin_price]

not necessarily. Getting him early prevents others from signing him.

The reason why they managed to get him early is because they paid an amount that Harrogate and Armstrong thought it extremely unlikely anyone would match. That's how you conclude business early.

 

[BigBanker]

The reason why they managed to get him early is because they paid an amount that Harrogate and Armstrong thought it extremely unlikely anyone would match. That's how you conclude business early.

I don't contest that.

But as Tavy said, only time will tell if that was a good decision.

 

[BigBankAl]

Slightly improved. My usual hit list all looked a bit better, against however poor oppposition.

That said we need to be beating these teams so it’s good from perspective. Home form improves like this I’ll be getting tissues for the nosebleed.

Glad to see the promotion winning back 3 (or parts of it), and Sonny up top getting another goal.

I’ll keep my powder dry on getting to carried away to see what we do in the window, and the still nagging feeling we’ve got another 10 game losing streak in the management.

 

[edwin_price]

I don't contest that.

But as Tavy said, only time will tell if that was a good decision.

No. Because they could've done more sensible business more slowly. The sole benefit of doing it early would be to have him in training and then playing this specific match. Have a look back through all the shaking anxiety on here about only getting one attacking player over the line in the first week. If Armstrong turns out to be great, they could still have got better value by waiting a bit to see what the auction was looking like.

 

[denzel]

Don't want to be one of those I told you so w***ers (but I am one).. anyone still jealous of Carlisle getting Armstrong in very very early for what is probably a serious chunk of cash, somewhere south, but not too far south of half a mil + big wages?

Early days they could still come good.

 

[edwin_price]

Early days they could still come good.

Early days eh? I guess everyone will be very relaxed about the speed of our business then if it's not realistic to expect anything much the first week. Think people were jealous of the speed rather than the player.

 

[CREDYGRECIAN]

That was Difficult to gauge, was City good or are Carlisle absolutely awful…..I’d suggest a mix of the two….fair play to anyone who travelled from Carlisle to watch that.

Thought the new lad did ok , some nice touches , drifted in and out a bit like you would expect.

The win was better than the performance but there does look like a bit more confidence is starting to creep back in….

I still found it a difficult watch as we play too slowly in possession but it’s nice to see us score at the 6th attempt this season.

Add a striker or ideally 2 and we will finish mid table comfortably this isn’t a strong league this year some of the sides below us or around us are far worse than us.

 

[Devon Red]

Credit where it's due, decent enough performance, good 3 points and I enjoyed it. More of that other the next few weeks and months and I may well change my avatar.