Is the playing squad any better than under Fenty.

Based on your logic of preseason friendlies Liverpool are going to be having a bad season and Arne Slot's job should already be on the line after they loose to Preston North End!

You cant judge anything yet! Its preseason, we played a game with 3 trialists, 6 new signings.

The players need minutes in there legs, they need to understand and do what the gaffer wants! if all the right parts of the jigsaw come together we should have attacking football and goals this season!

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

The side who beat FGR at Wembley would have won against York every time.

How long had that side been together?

How an anyone say until we've played a few games that actually matter!!

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

The side who beat FGR at Wembley drew 1-1 with Grantham on 29th July 2015.

Pick another example. It was the youth team and a couple of first year pros who played that match and lost on penalties.

If we start the season with the current squad then I’d be massively concerned. Three or four good signings in the midfield and attacking areas and things will look much brighter.

Quoted from 141133

You don’t need the brains of an archbishop to realise than any Midfield with Green as the lynchpin is going to struggle in League 2. Throw injuries to Tharme, Thompson and Rose and we’re already starting to look threadbare.

Recruitment (so far) has failed to improve our attacking threat and I feel that we’ll be taken back to the performances against Donny and Walsall again but right from the off.

Cass and McJannett may well turn out see Tharme warming the bench, we don't know because a) it's pre-season b) no-one has seen either in competitive action and c) it's pre-season!

I cannot get my head round this needless panic over squad depth when we've got a good handful of players that we've only seen in friendlies.   There will be more players coming through the door, does anyone actually believe that's it for our transfer dealings?

Last time I checked, John Fenty wasn't the manager. And so the OP is pointless.

John Fenty supported to playing budget well in his tenure, regardless of peoples opinions. Since then, the new owners are doing a great job too.

Let's not get into a conversation regarding the significance of ownership on the playing squad or playing squad budget shall we.

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

The side who beat FGR at Wembley would have won against York every time.

The side which drew 1-1 with Macclesfield in 2006 would've won 43 times out of 100.

Quoted from DaleH

Last time I checked, John Fenty wasn't the manager. And so the OP is pointless.

John Fenty supported to playing budget well in his tenure, regardless of peoples opinions. Since then, the new owners are doing a great job too.

Let's not get into a conversation regarding the significance of ownership on the playing squad or playing squad budget shall we.

The issue is it's too relevant to just pass over  these days -
invariably the wealthier the benafactor the better the club will do eventually . We can talk about sustainability but in reality how many clubs are actually doing well within the 92 on a close to 'sustainable model 'you can probably count them on one hand .

There is a difference between JS & AP being good owners ,and wealthy enough owners (or at least willing to be as silly as the majority and throw a load at it ) to make a significant difference to our fortunes we are too early in the piece to make a judgement in truth aren't we ?  they have a medium to long term plan let's see if it bears fruit .

The Fenty comparison is bizarre in truth - different time ,completely different £££ being thrown about as to now -when we probably were higher in the food chain in terms of playing budget the issue was he had built a house made of matches .

Quoted from diehardmariner

Cass and McJannett may well turn out see Tharme warming the bench, we don't know because a) it's pre-season b) no-one has seen either in competitive action and c) it's pre-season!

I cannot get my head round this needless panic over squad depth when we've got a good handful of players that we've only seen in friendlies.   There will be more players coming through the door, does anyone actually believe that's it for our transfer dealings?

Probably because we are less than 3 weeks away, have failed to signal any attacking intent with signings and anybody that joins between now and then will either a) Need to get Match fit and up to speed or c) have missed an entire pre-season with their new team mates. Possibly to see us struggling for the first 6-8 weeks.

I’m not convinced DA has it in him to persuade many to come to town. I 100% hope he proves me wrong but my gut instinct suggests otherwise!