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Resilience and Leadership, and Conspiracy

31 January 2025

Just the two emails to report but, unusually for the postbag, highly topical. Amazing what happens when you check it more than once a season...

Resilience and Leadership

Have crossed the Pennines four times from the Land of the Prince Bishops to watch Town. Was struck by the Barrow match comment about resilience and leadership. Both were lacking at Holker Street, present at Carlisle, and unforgiveably absent in the last quarter at Accrington. Morecambe was a stroll in the park. While generally applauding the data driven approach to recruitment, football is still played on grass and not a screen. Attitude is a quality not easily measured by IT applications.

from Patrick Conway

Letters Ed responds: We're guessing this is the Patrick Conway who helmed the award winning Mariner programme in the 1980s. In which case, lovely to hear from you again Patrick. There's no doubt we've looked frail between the ears lately and this is reflected in the following stat: Just 4 points from losing positions out of a possible 45 this season. Sort it Artells

Faroes PR Conspiracy Claim

Town couldn't be holding back the Faroes signing announcement until Sunday morning to distract everyone from tomorrow's 3-0 defeat at Bromley could they?

from S Bennett

Letters Ed responds: Well, we would never suggest such a tactic but it certainly worked last week