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So we have now completed 23 of our 46 league games this season, with every team to play once again.
The quality of the team's performances will be well debated on other threads, so how about a discussion on how we think this league has changed since our exile in 2010?
Also, of the new grounds we have visited so far, which has been your favourite?
And happy new year to everyone!
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Only been to 4 games, performances to one side looking at the table I'm content. I was hoping for a play off push but mid table is a sensible realistic target.. Look forward to seeing a pre season under Bignot with a majority of his own squad he picks (obviously some have 2 year deals)
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A couple of shots below par, solid start, despite the handicap of losing nearly everyone who was here last year
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I think we are doing ok but with plenty of room for improvement. League 2 is either better than it was or just better than i remember it being due to being away too long. Can't decide which.
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I think we are doing ok but with plenty of room for improvement. League 2 is either better than it was or just better than i remember it being due to being away too long. Can't decide which.
I think teams are fitter and we are playing against clubs who have 'been ahead' of us for 6 years. Certainly doing better than Cheltenham which makes our no-show against them in Hurst's last game even more galling.
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If you asked me at the start of the season, I would have said I was happy with 12th in the table. But because we spent a brief spell in a play-off spot, I still (wrongly) feel a bit discouraged at our current table position.
Like most of us, I guess, I've spent the last 6 years thinking there was very little difference between the bottom half of league two and the top half of the conference. I think that may have been the case when we were relegated 6 years ago, but not any more.
In spite of our league position, I'm enjoying the faster, better quality football that we're seeing now. Yesterday's 0-0 game was far more entertaining to watch than a 0-0 draw with Guiseley in our wilderness years!
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If you asked me at the start of the season, I would have said I was happy with 12th in the table. But because we spent a brief spell in a play-off spot, I still (wrongly) feel a bit discouraged at our current table position.
Like most of us, I guess, I've spent the last 6 years thinking there was very little difference between the bottom half of league two and the top half of the conference. I think that may have been the case when we were relegated 6 years ago, but not any more.
In spite of our league position, I'm enjoying the faster, better quality football that we're seeing now. Yesterday's 0-0 game was far more entertaining to watch than a 0-0 draw with Guiseley in our wilderness years!
I think that your thoughts on the bottom half of league 2 and the top of the conference are probably spot on. The bottom half of this league is weak and that's proved by how we are sat comfortably mid table without really playing very well. In the top half it certainly is of a higher quality, but not by as much as I had thought.
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disappointed overall, while Hurst did my swede in with his defensive mindset, stubborness and lack of plan b i was sorry to see him leave us so soon after finally earning his League Manager status, i always felt his job would be easier in League 2 and we could push for play offs......him going has stalled our season and we are now in for an uncertain season and an MB rebuild in the summer.
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Worryingly we use to dominate matches and make plenty of chances albeit not always converting them. Now we just contain teams but pose little or no threat. If anything I thought we would play a even more attacking game under Bignot
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I've actually been quite impressed with the general level of ability of many of the teams we've played. Lots of skill and application in almost all of them. What most have been lacking is a real cutting edge up front which is something we've actually had (for all our other failings) in certain games where Bogle has been on form.
You can certainly see why big money is paid for strikers with that extra something to offer.
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