Osborne leaves

[legs77]

That is what happened with Turner in the play offs, played well in the semis and kept his place for the final.
That turned out well didn't it?

In fairness to Ardley it was after 4 months of no games so we don’t know if Turner was training better than Rawlinson.

In normal circumstances when you are playing week in week out you play people in form and it is there shirt to lose.

Anyone with any basic understanding of the game knows this.

[Elite_Pie]

Read this statement from the Bury FC chairman. It makes you appreciate our owners.

To be fair we don't need Bury, our last few owners make us appreciate our owners!

I don't know much about the situation at Bury, but that rant suggests that a happy ending for the fans is a very long way away.

[Freeman25]

You want examples here they are Maidenhead and Aveley dropped next game.

Roberts was not here when we played Maidenhead or the game after so you cant shoehorn that into yiur arguement.

He was being overlooked by Shields earlier in the season who lets face it was sh*te.

I think Neil Cox could've had a decent game against Aveley to be fair, he also came into the team FOR that game and we won our next 4 in a row without him even on the bench so I don't see a problem there, Cal Roberts returned to the side for the Fylde game after Aveley, that's good man management, Ardley rested a key player and gave a youngster some minutes in the cup, then Roberts was back in the team after a rest, win win.

Maidenhead was the game he scored in but did nothing else right? The game that Stallard talked about during the Solihull game that whilst he'd scored he was barely involved and he could understand why Ardley made changes. Either way, he had 20 minutes off the bench and we won. The next few games he played 68 minutes, 83 minutes and 79 minutes in the 3 games after. I'm not really sure how much more you expect him to play unless you think someone is completely undroppable and must play every minute of the next 5 games if they come into the team and score but he had a good spell in the side after the Maidenhead game and didn't make the most of it, he was terrible against Dover and Roberts was on fire for the rest of the season.

Whilst I agree Sean Shields looked cr*p, when he came off the bench against Dover (to replace Osborne) he looked more threatening than Osborne had for the other 75 minutes. Ardley see's the players in training and I don't know why people think he'd refuse to play Osborne if he thought it would help us play better, he was practically forced into talking about his weaknesses or the flaws in his game because of the non stop "wHeReS OzZy?!" that fans ask on social media and at the Q&A events so maybe he overlooked him for Shields because Shields did what he was told and Osborne wouldn't? Who knows, either way, he rated him enough to offer him a new deal and Osborne made the smart decision to go elsewhere for first team football, there's really not much more to it than that imo

[durhampie]

I think Neil Cox could've had a decent game against Aveley to be fair, he also came into the team FOR that game and we won our next 4 in a row without him even on the bench so I don't see a problem there, Cal Roberts returned to the side for the Fylde game after Aveley, that's good man management, Ardley rested a key player and gave a youngster some minutes in the cup, then Roberts was back in the team after a rest, win win.

Maidenhead was the game he scored in but did nothing else right? The game that Stallard talked about during the Solihull game that whilst he'd scored he was barely involved and he could understand why Ardley made changes. Either way, he had 20 minutes off the bench and we won. The next few games he played 68 minutes, 83 minutes and 79 minutes in the 3 games after. I'm not really sure how much more you expect him to play unless you think someone is completely undroppable and must play every minute of the next 5 games if they come into the team and score but he had a good spell in the side after the Maidenhead game and didn't make the most of it, he was terrible against Dover and Roberts was on fire for the rest of the season.

Whilst I agree Sean Shields looked cr*p, when he came off the bench against Dover (to replace Osborne) he looked more threatening than Osborne had for the other 75 minutes. Ardley see's the players in training and I don't know why people think he'd refuse to play Osborne if he thought it would help us play better, he was practically forced into talking about his weaknesses or the flaws in his game because of the non stop "wHeReS OzZy?!" that fans ask on social media and at the Q&A events so maybe he overlooked him for Shields because Shields did what he was told and Osborne wouldn't? Who knows, either way, he rated him enough to offer him a new deal and Osborne made the smart decision to go elsewhere for first team football, there's really not much more to it than that imo

That's your opinion...which for what its worth is biased...

[Freeman25]

That's your opinion...which for what its worth is biased...

Why is it biased? I'm a Notts fan the same as anyone else, I don't know Osborne, Enzio, Roberts or Ardley personally and I've already said I think Osborne made the right decision for his career to go and play regular football elsewhere. Anyone that wants him to succeed should think the same, sitting on the bench at Notts behind two of the best wingers in the division isn't going to help him progress

[Elite_Pie]

Why is it biased? I'm a Notts fan the same as anyone else, I don't know Osborne, Enzio, Roberts or Ardley personally and I've already said I think Osborne made the right decision for his career to go and play regular football elsewhere. Anyone that wants him to succeed should think the same, sitting on the bench at Notts behind two of the best wingers in the division isn't going to help him progress

Must be the pedant in me, but I would respect your opinion a little bit more simply because you correctly call him 'Osborne'.

Why do his biggest fans get his name wrong and repeatedly call him 'Osbourne'?

[laddo]

Why does it bother you so much? Don't sweat the small stuff.

Have/of , stopping caring so much it's just a football forum after all.

Maybe try golf or fishing? Find a hobby

[Killerkline]

Why does it bother you so much? Don't sweat the small stuff.

Have/of , stopping caring so much it's just a football forum after all.

Maybe try golf or fishing? Find a hobby

To be fair, now it’s been pointed out it’s annoyed the hell out of me.

[Elite_Pie]

Why does it bother you so much? Don't sweat the small stuff.

It bothers me because I think the English language is worth preserving, rather than just handing it over to the lazy and ignorant.

Have/of , stopping caring so much it's just a football forum after all.

Even on a football forum, saying "it could of been" rather than "it could have been" makes no sense at all. Let things like that go uncorrected and next you'll be having people repeatedly putting 'lol' at the end of their posts when they've said nothing remotely funny.

Maybe try golf or fishing? Find a hobby

I tried golf, quite enjoyed the whacking the ball into a hole bit but couldn't cope with the waiting around. Taking four hours to do something that should take two was the thing that put me off. Fishing? I find that about as appealing as American line dancing, which is probably the least appealing and most pointless hobby I've ever seen. I'll stick with racket sports and vegetable growing thank you.

[durhampie]

I can’t recall Osbourne playing well enough to retain his place since Roberts was signed. You may have a point earlier in the season, but I think was a toss up between Booty and Osbourne. At the time I don’t think you could argue either way.

LB comment understand. I would be critical more so of Turner, he should have been talking to Bagan. I would also be critical of Ardley at this point, I would have taken Turned off at half time.

Osborne never got into the side when Roberts was signed. So i think you have recalled wrong, like so may on here who never go to matches