Never in this mess again

Hopefully we won't be but I wouldn't bet on it unfortunately.

Hagrid has nailed it for me. As impressive as the performance was yesterday it shouldn't paper over the cracks of what's been an awful season.
After last seasons cup exploits we all pretty much expected some end of season excitement this year, but not at this end of the table. The recruitment was done early and looked impressive despite the lack of a star striker, ticket sales stood up well and optimism was high. But it's been a complete flop and goodness knows what the outcome might have ben if we hadn't reverted to a back five after the famous team meeting.
A new CEO is arriving soon and I'm guessing there'll be a big change in the playing staff, but most importantly I hope the owners know what went wrong this season. I'm sure they do by the way!!

What me must not do now is persuade ourselves that because we have had mid table  form since the Doncaster game that this squad needs anything other then a massive overall with only 4 or 5 good enough to keep.

A season that flattered to deceive. Players brought in last summer didn’t quite kick on as hoped, with the exception of Danny rose. And, surprisingly for me, I think mullarkey and Rodgers have actually improved since DA got here, although maybe it was a low bar being set from mid September.

DA has got some much needed ability with his recruitment in January but there’s a definite need to get rid of some that have underperformed that’s for sure.

I'm just hoping that Artell doesn't now revert back to trying to do what he tried when he first came .

With the likely budget and players we are likely to be able to attract, trying to play like the L2 Man City is never going to work. I hope he's learnt from this season to mix some pragmatism into his ideology.

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

I'm just hoping that Artell doesn't now revert back to trying to do what he tried when he first came .

With the likely budget and players we are likely to be able to attract, trying to play like the L2 Man City is never going to work. I hope he's learnt from this season to mix some pragmatism into his ideology.

I’m just hoping that we actually do sign some players capable of playing better football than that we’ve endured for many years.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I’m just hoping that we actually do sign some players capable of playing better football than that we’ve endured for many years.

Need players who will get us more points. Not necessarily the same thing.

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

I'm just hoping that Artell doesn't now revert back to trying to do what he tried when he first came .

With the likely budget and players we are likely to be able to attract, trying to play like the L2 Man City is never going to work. I hope he's learnt from this season to mix some pragmatism into his ideology.

I think you’re going to be extremely disappointed then because we’ll no doubt see a shift from percentage football and scrapping for wins at all costs to something more proactive. It was Hursts approach and signing players based on them being nice hard working lads that got us into this mess.

Artell was brought in to implement an indentity throughout the whole club and that’s exactly what I expect him to do. Every single good side we’ve played this season played good football.

Artell has already proved he can bring in good footballers to the club, Hurst just convinced everyone for years it wasn’t possible and left Artell to pick up the pieces (and get absolutely hammered whilst trying to get it right).

I’m looking forward to seeing what comes of the summer and how we start to transition into a decent side, there’s a long way to go but I’m still convinced Artell is going to prove so many people wrong next season.

Quoted from pontoonlew

I think you’re going to be extremely disappointed then because we’ll no doubt see a shift from percentage football and scrapping for wins at all costs to something more proactive. It was Hursts approach and signing players based on them being nice hard working lads that got us into this mess.

Artell was brought in to implement an indentity throughout the whole club and that’s exactly what I expect him to do. Every single good side we’ve played this season played good football.

Artell has already proved he can bring in good footballers to the club, Hurst just convinced everyone for years it wasn’t possible and left Artell to pick up the pieces (and get absolutely hammered whilst trying to get it right).

I’m looking forward to seeing what comes of the summer and how we start to transition into a decent side, there’s a long way to go but I’m still convinced Artell is going to prove so many people wrong next season.

Maybe the learning has been evolution & not revolution?

Quoted from pontoonlew

I think you’re going to be extremely disappointed then because we’ll no doubt see a shift from percentage football and scrapping for wins at all costs to something more proactive. It was Hursts approach and signing players based on them being nice hard working lads that got us into this mess.

Artell was brought in to implement an indentity throughout the whole club and that’s exactly what I expect him to do. Every single good side we’ve played this season played good football.

Artell has already proved he can bring in good footballers to the club, Hurst just convinced everyone for years it wasn’t possible and left Artell to pick up the pieces (and get absolutely hammered whilst trying to get it right).

I’m looking forward to seeing what comes of the summer and how we start to transition into a decent side, there’s a long way to go but I’m still convinced Artell is going to prove so many people wrong next season.

I don't think you're wrong, but I think we'll see an evolution of the way we setup right now. He'd be foolish not to, if we could get it right in possession next season then we'd be very difficult to play against. It'll be a much weaker L2 next year based on the teams going up and coming down giving us a great opportunity to capatalise.