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This season just gets weirder

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 6:27 pm Murray is systematically getting rid of anyone who resembles a footballer.
Unless you're 6ft + and a thug there's no place for you in Murrays team.
Thug as a player, wants thugs as a manager.
Won't be pretty, let's see if its effective.

I see where your coming from but this move appears to have been initiated by Whitfield
I don’t blame him the way we play is bloody awful to watch. In terms of playing styles Whits has gone from one extreme to another in styles.

Whitfield has been out of form for over 12 months and cant remember the last 90mims he played. If the move helps him regain a spark good luck to him. He’s looked out of sorts for a long time.

Liked Whits, and wish him well in football and in life.
But let’s be honest here the squad was rotten to the core last season. They collectively cost us our league status ultimately and a few more yet need to go for me.

Sure we’ll replace him with some more conference south/north players that played 4 times for Kidderminster.

Regardless of his pressing style he gets the ball in the box which Walker seemingly struggles to do consistently.

The fact a promotion contender that currently tops the league wants him suggests he must have something to give still.

Another strange decision. Be interesting to see which former Kidderminster player from last season comes into replace him, as we continue to build the side that won the play offs in the league below last year.

beachy01 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 6:23 pm

Barrowvianbedlam wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 6:14 pm Haha this season is turning into a shambles. Booty, white and whits all not good enough for us but on course to [SwearFilter] the league with boreham wood

Hes been awful since he came back. Hopefully frees up money to sort out other positions

We’ve been absolutely honking for months and he’s been played out of position. Add to the list of McCann, Banks, Malcolm, Booty and White who weren’t good enough but seem to be doing very well elsewhere

Probably why we signed Seb Thompson he is a winger.
Wonder if their approach was last week

Who’s ever said banks and mccan weren’t good enough?

Barrowvianbedlam wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 6:57 pm

beachy01 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 6:23 pm

Hes been awful since he came back. Hopefully frees up money to sort out other positions

We’ve been absolutely honking for months and he’s been played out of position. Add to the list of McCann, Banks, Malcolm, Booty and White who weren’t good enough but seem to be doing very well elsewhere

McCann wanted to go, no1 ever said he wasnt good enough? Banks downed tools, ud want to keep him? Malcolm and Booty never played enough to make a judgement on. We should have kept Tom White

Your right we have been honking, but Whitfield was part of that, out of position or not. Should have gone in the summer IMO. Another one gone from last year, happy days

As ive said previous id have been happy if they all went

Always Ultra wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 6:24 pm Unable to play 90mins at Murray's intensity.

You're right but some of the player's Murray has signed are garbage!

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2026 6:27 pm Murray is systematically getting rid of anyone who resembles a footballer.
Unless you're 6ft + and a thug there's no place for you in Murrays team.
Thug as a player, wants thugs as a manager.
Won't be pretty, let's see if its effective.

Absolutely agree. Going to be served up even more dross it seems

He's better than that awful walker who gets a start every week.

Strange departure all around. I could understand him going somewhere to get game time, but the fact that the title favourites believe he has something to offer whilst we don't is the headscratching part. I haven't seen anywhere near enough from the other wingers to suggest they are an improvement, despite Whitfield being short of the player we saw in his first spell.

All part of the process I guess, and there were always going to be decisions that seem odd at first.