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I'm on the fence with DA personally but I will say I thoroughly enjoyed seeing us win 3 out of 4 home games.Once he has z full squad available we will be a much better side Thame Thompson and Davies are 3 of our better players for sure.UTM

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

I’m big enough to admit I’m one of DA’s critics and not convinced by him still. But do I want him to fail … ? Course not as this  means that our club is in thd sh.it yet again. If he turns us round and gets us anywhere near the top of L2 I’ll happily buy him a pint .

Whilst not overly critical I wouldn't say I am a fan either - I just don't get it if I am honest.

I said on Saturday it was all about the result for me - felt like we needed to win and we did so well done.

I want(ed) 15 points from the first 10 games to be satisfied

Quoted from rancido

Sadly I think that some posters want Artell to fail so they can say " I told you so , he wasn't for us". Yes, we all want a winning side and I think that soon DA will produce one but we need to be patient. It takes time to create a totally different mindset at the club but unfortunately patience is a rare commodity in a football  clubs fan base.

And this is basically what DA said when he joined us.  He never promised an instant fix and said it would take a few seasons to turn things around.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Sorry, but overall this squad isn’t better than the one he inherited.

In virtually every position we've upgraded since Artell took over.  Exception is arguably centre-forward although I'd argue that the development of Gardner and/or the signing of Obikwu in favour of Pyke as 3rd/4th choice striker is an upgrade.

Goalkeeper - I'm taking Wright over Cartwright.  Not the best start from Wright but Cartwright was too early in his career to be No 1, sure he'll have a fine career but just wrong time.  

Right Back - I liked Efete and wasn't desperate to see him go.  But Warren is fine at this level and is getting better each week.  

Left Back -  Not a huge fan of Hume but seems to have played his way out of poor form and despite his lack of pace he looks like prime Usain Bolt next to Anthony Glennon.

Centre Back - Cameron McJannet is an upgrade on more or less every central defender we've had in the past 15 years, certainly on Niall Maher and that's no slight on the latter either.

Right Wing - I think in a handful of appearances JDS has already contributed more than Arthur Gnahoua did all season.

Left Wing - Vernam for Vernam.  Eisa, when he could be arsed, is better than both Vernam and Barrington but his effort dropped when the clocks went back.

Centre Mid - Thompson over Conteh, every day.  Conteh showed promise and will go for more money throughout his career than Thompson could ever dream of.  But here and now, Thompson wins.    McEachran over Hunt.  Davies over Holohan.  To my mind we've not replaced Clifton but both Khouri and Green have come on leaps under Artell, all part of the improvement.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

And last season he kept us up by playing shite football. He won’t get away with that again.

He won't need to.  We're not playing shite football (that he had to do owing to the excrement he inherited) and we won't be in a relegation scrap either. Nothing so far this season has suggested so, a bad performance doesn't equal a relegation scrap.