4 games in...........

Quoted from RoboCod

Still unsure about the whole Pond at CB/Midfield thing and where he would be prepared to play but maybe the management should ask him to try out the midfield berth for the remainder of his loan spell and get Miller back in. Pond's done well but the quicker we get a constant and settled side the better. If Miller can slot back in and play to his usual standard then we have no need for Pond, unless he's in the middle.

This is the reason why I hope we are pursuing any possibility of signing Pond permanenelty or on an extended loan. He looks versatile and has been the best performer along with Pearson so far.

Quoted from hook line and sinker

Great point tonight am sure we'd of all took a point before the game

    Its all about money nowadays and i;m living in dreamland but players the likes of connor townsend, jamie devitt

decent post

I agree with you the likes of Devitt are quality players and would make a difference  but would they be prepared to play bsp if other clubs higher up the leagues are interested in getting them on loan.One of the probs in playing at a lower level  

Quoted from Tommy

I don't think you can really accuse any of the current team of a lack of effort.

When you're not winning its easy(lazy, almost) to just question the effort because you want to believe we wouldve won if they'd tried harder. I don't think that's the case at all though.

If we'd been carrying players not putting enough effort in or not caring, we wouldn't have just kept 2 clean sheets.

The issues at the moment imo are belief, confidence and composure on the ball, and creativity in the final third.

Agree with this to an extent. The midfield yesterday worked hard and covered a lot of ground but the movement from the front two was terrible. The tactic of hoofing it to Elding doesn't work as he's not good enough in the air. It wasn't until Cook came on that we won anything in the air. I'd like to see Thanoj and Niven in CM and Cook and Pearson up front. Not sure the mangers have got the guts to drop Disley and Elding but don't think they're good enough and doubt they can play two games in 3 days.

Quoted from 727[b

]9 points off the top already ,if we pushed on now that would take 3 months to make up and I cant see us pushing on to with this squad [/b]

Yes,we are still in August & already it's looking like the play -offs at best.

Quoted from Marinerz93

The work rate from some players (midfield) isn't 100% as pointed out when you lose the ball you either get it back or cover ground to block off other options, these are the basics of the game.

Belief - I believe that if you want something and in a position to make it possible you'll make it happen, not wait for something to do it for you.  

Confidence - If you don't believe in yourself no one else will, determination is the key here, you know what you are capable of so do it, it's confidence

agree completely particularly with the above points

Quoted from Claudius Tiberius Smith

Yes,we are still in August & already it's looking like the play -offs at best.

It was looking like the play-offs at best before the season started so nothing has changed now.

The lowest points total of the conference champions after 4 games in the last 10 years is 6, with the average being 7 and the most being 10

I have seen nothing so far to suggest we will be anywhere near the play offs, naturally i hope i'm wrong
but there is no mystery to some of the established teams in this league by playing hoofball against them, they have seen all that before and most know exactly how to deal with it.
The managers need to look at their tactics or the play-offs will be a pipe-dream.

Quoted from petethemariner

I have seen nothing so far to suggest we will be anywhere near the play offs, naturally i hope i'm wrong
but there is no mystery to some of the established teams in this league by playing hoofball against them, they have seen all that before and most know exactly how to deal with it.
The managers need to look at their tactics or the play-offs will be a pipe-dream.

At our level though, are there many managers able to switch tactics to such an extent? Our two have their vision/plan to lower league football and its got them this far so no great pressure to think they've been mistaken thus far. I think its more of a man management/ coaching issue. Possibly coaching and managing professional players day in day out is a different animal to part time players. I think part time players at the highest part time level are desperate to go pro, have to work fulltime jobs or in education so are willing to bust a gut to prove themselves. On the other hand, at the lowest level for pros, do they struggle to bother as they languish either on the way down or stuck at clubs they wish they weren't etc, with no way out.

Obviously i do realise that all players, like everyone, are different. Think that's what makes spotting a gem so difficult.

Quoted from cod.gtfc

It was looking like the play-offs at best before the season started so nothing has changed now.

[b]The lowest points total of the conference champions after 4 games in the last 10 years is 6, with the average being 7 and the most being 10[/b]

Bol~~cks! it's even worse than I thought then! Interesting stat though! Very well done!

On the positive side we have looked solid enough and despite claims by some, could easily have had 8 points on the board without playing much differently. Asolid defence is the ONLY fooundation to build a team

We can play far far better than shown so far and i expect us to be in the shake up at the end of the season.

Yes, we seem to be lacking in an attacking sense and the style of play is , at best, mixed.

I appreciate some have already made their minds up that the season is over, the managers need to be sacked and some of the players should be given free transfers, but I reckon 10-12 games in there will be a little more optimism around as we move up the table.

Surely on an August Bank Holiday we can get more than 3000 home fans in BP for the (re) start of the season.

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