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Nomally i would say we're only 4 games in and the team needs timel to gel so too early to panic,,BUT I have to agree.
We dont look a good side..we got beaten today by another poor side imo. We give away too may silly goals and dont really seem to have much of a goal threat ourselves. On top of that we cant keep 11 players on the pitch. 5 games played and a red cad in each.
We let a number of players go in the summer with the supposed idea we were going to bring better players in and improver the team. I dont see it. I dont think this team is as good as last years or the team we had in the Conference the previous season. Clarke better than Pearson ?? Rose better than Diz?
Dixon is no better than say Gregor Robertson was..Kelly hasnt done much yet. Hooper scored a good goal today but I am not convinced by him . Cardwell puts himself about but is another who lacks much 1st team experience.
Dembele is an exciting player to watch but with little help around him ends up trying to do too much. Jaiseyimi in his cameo today showed a couple of nice touches. But both are young and inexperienced..this is their first taste of pro football. A bit unfiar that we are pinning our hopes on them
Ok we have a couple of injuries (and seem to be missing Jamie Osborne). All of a sudden Berrett (who to be fair i think is a decent honest pro) is one of our main players. Will Asante's eventual return make a difference ...again we dont know as he is another with little/no league experience.
I feel a bit sorry for Slade as he doesnt seem to have been given much backing and the signings smack of bargain basement. That said I would at least like to see Town play something resembling football. Far too much back to front long ball.
As the OP says so far on this evidence we are going to be nearer the bottom of the league than the top and we cant even contemplate what another relegation to the Conference would mean. It would destroy us (look at York City....that could be our future) The board need to act. We have only used a fraction of the Bogle transfer fee and now have the sell on fee following his move to Cardiff. They need to use a bit of this before its too late.
Slade, like all managers , has a budget to work with and I'm sure ours is a lot higher than over half the teams in this division. These are the same teams that are currently above us in the league. I don't feel sorry for Slade because he has wasted money on signing poor players on two year deals. |
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The only way we should be opening the piggy bank is if we can afford it.
We don't want any more loans. Benign or otherwise.
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It is not a question of more players we have 28 or signed. Problem is quality
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A classic case of Manager on the rise versus manager on the decline. Then again for a while we where all taken in by the up and coming Marcus Bignot.
I don't think MB had 4 consecutive defeats when he managed us coupled with 5 consecutive sending offs. Also, if he was still here, do you think he would have had a worse start to the season? |
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The only way we should be opening the piggy bank is if we can afford it.
We don't want any more loans. Benign or otherwise.
Three players of quality would be a damn sight cheaper than going back in to the abyss. Another relegation and you can kiss goodbye to half the season ticket sales and the justification for a new stadium. It's time to roll the dice because what we've got is not good enough. |
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It is not a question of more players we have 28 or signed. Problem is quality
10 of those players were signed by Slade and not much evidence of quality among them. |
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Three players of quality would be a damn sight cheaper than going back in to the abyss. Another relegation and you can kiss goodbye to half the season ticket sales and the justification for a new stadium. It's time to roll the dice because what we've got is not good enough.
I see what you're saying but who do you trust to spend it wisely? |
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I see what you're saying but who do you trust to spend it wisely?
Not The Nearly Man, obviously ! |
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He's signed a JJ and a DJ.
The only way Slade is going to entertain us is to get a BJ on the pitch next home game..
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I see what you're saying but who do you trust to spend it wisely?
A better question than I've got an answer for. One thing's for sure, yesterday's gate will have been well under par too. |
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