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Good point in bold - add to that the size of the clubs coming down and the re-development of the club off the field and it's not likely to be as easy as some make out. That said, if we had kept Omar and Henderson, I believe we would have made the play-offs.
You keep referring to this mythical group who believe we should be winning every week or who believe it will be easy? Who exactly is in this group? I've yet to come across any members
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By recent standards town are having a mediocre season and the biggest majority of players brought in are lower league hopeful's or league cast off's, coupled with a lower league hopeful manager. You reap what you sow! Fourth division football has always been dire and possibly even harder than the Conference to escape from and given the acquisitions this season and their performances I am not optimistic that Bignot will progress this club.Sooner or later John Fenty will question the value of a lot of the current squad if performances do not improve and in turn question Bignots ability.
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By recent standards town are having a mediocre season and the biggest majority of players brought in are lower league hopeful's or league cast off's, coupled with a lower league hopeful manager. You reap what you sow! Fourth division football has always been dire and possibly even harder than the Conference to escape from and given the acquisitions this season and their performances I am not optimistic that Bignot will progress this club.Sooner or later John Fenty will question the value of a lot of the current squad if performances do not improve and in turn question Bignots ability.
Recent standards are non-league with a budget in the top 5 of that division playing against several part-time clubs. I don't know how you can compare the two - were you happy with the club being non-league?
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By recent standards town are having a mediocre season and the biggest majority of players brought in are lower league hopeful's or league cast off's, coupled with a lower league hopeful manager. You reap what you sow! Fourth division football has always been dire and possibly even harder than the Conference to escape from and given the acquisitions this season and their performances I am not optimistic that Bignot will progress this club.Sooner or later John Fenty will question the value of a lot of the current squad if performances do not improve and in turn question Bignots ability.
We've had our best season for 11 years...
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Some supporters turn up out of blind faith, others turn up hoping to be entertained and see a result . I am not so blind that I cannot see that a lot of things are very wrong in so many departments.I watched a team that I was proud to say I supported last year despite the league we were in.I really wish I could say that now.I am desperately disappointed with performances this season and the lack of cohesion in the side and see little chance of improvement on the evidence so far. I know that I am not on my own with these thoughts.
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By recent standards town are having a mediocre season and the biggest majority of players brought in are lower league hopeful's or league cast off's, coupled with a lower league hopeful manager. You reap what you sow! Fourth division football has always been dire and possibly even harder than the Conference to escape from and given the acquisitions this season and their performances I am not optimistic that Bignot will progress this club.Sooner or later John Fenty will question the value of a lot of the current squad if performances do not improve and in turn question Bignots ability.
MB was himself a " league cast-off " and made good after he was 24. He , above anybody else, know that being rejected by a league club doesn't mean you can't break through at a later date. We have recently sold a " lower league hopeful " for a seven figure sum. Four clubs are promoted rom league two and two from the Conference so I don't agree with your statement about the difficulty of promotion from our league..
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By this counterintuitive logic if we'd failed to go up last year and limped into the playoffs again we would be considered to have had a better season than what we've achieved this year!?!
That's the difference between absolute and relative performance.
As pointed out above best season in 11 years.
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The good thing about this league is if we finish 7th next season, We could still go up
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Tougher league this year - just ask Cheltenham if they would like to be mid table like us?
A lot of stuff is now getting in place to sort out the behinds scenes situations - reserves, youths etc and also scouting and research for players.
I agree that the first team hasn't clicked into top form, but Omar going along with Henderson's loan finishing abruptly didn't help.
I am happy to wait for the pre season now and see who leaves, and who is signed ready for next year.
Once Bignot has the new side in place , then it is totally up to him to get the players in board to produce wins and a good style of playing.
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I'll say this.. how many of you fine lot have walked into a job and set the world alight within months? I'm sure MB was picked for the long haul. Plymouth and Portsmouth have been down here for a bit, after all those years in the conference we've not got the set up, playing staff and infrastructure yet to challenge. We will do, time my friends, time.
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