Alfreton....Match Thread

Quoted from ska face

Hoping I don’t top myself before the start of the season. Can’t guarantee it with a few more threads like this.

There’s still hope then? I

When you look at the current injury list I’m not sure we can be that stunned can we? Taylor, LJL, Fox, Scannell and Coke all came in with known track records of injuries.

It’s bad luck that they’re injured already but we can hardly be surprised.

Quoted from Mariner93er

First game I’ve watched and it didn’t fill me with confidence to be honest. We were always going to struggle going forward with the two youth players, but it’s at the back that concerned me, we don’t look solid at all. Compare that defence to the one that got us out of the league and I think this one looks weaker...time will tell though I suppose. And let’s hope fox isn’t injured!

We kept a clean sheet!

Injuries, lack of strikers…. No excuses for me this seasonand the only thing that matters are the results in the league games. We were a disaster last season and the second half was no better than the first half and so no room for whining  and excuses Time to deliver utm

I think that’s pretty much fair enough. A few clubs have spent big and we need to keen in touch if we don’t start that well. Couple of good strikers and one or two more elsewhere and we should be good.

Quoted from Zmariner

Injuries, lack of strikers…. No excuses for me this season and the only thing that matters are the results in the league games. We were a disaster last season and the second half was no better than the first half and so no room for whining  and excuses Time to deliver utm

Fully agree, PH has to do it this season or he has to go.

It seems pretty grim but the point of these games is to find out who can do what and who can’t and who is willing to chase lost causes. So we haven’t seen anything like the Bromley starters yet.

But I must agree though that unless we sign at least two decent front players who are not prone to long term injury or are young loanees needing too much coaching, we will not be taking any league by storm. In fact with the players we have, mid-table in the autumn looks increasingly likely with a slow drag to the playoffs next year. Hope not. I really was hoping we would see a team primed and ready for goalscoring action at Bromley but the longer it goes the more unlikely that seems.

I’d agree with that RRFC. Time to dial back the expectation level pending the arrival of New Podge (whoever that might be).

Still there’s nowt we can do but go along and support.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Fully agree, PH has to do it this season or he has to go.

I think we need to have a dose of realism.

Notts County and Chesterfield have been down here a while now and have made a steady 7 additions each this summer. Wrexham have made 6 and Stockport have made 8 (source: [url]https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/national-league/startseite/wettbewerb/CNAT[/url])

We have made 13 and know that we require at least another 2.

Notts and Chesterfield are building on their recent seasons where they have been there or thereabouts. If you thought the gap between the National League and League 2 wasn't big 5 years ago, it's an even better standard down here now thanks to a few of the more traditional teams falling through that League 2 trap door and Stockport finally rising from the ashes.

When you look at teams that get promoted, it has typically been 2 or 3 years in the making with a few solid additions. In an average squad of 24, the likes of Notts, Chesterfield etc are retaining 75% of a team that knows one another. We, on the other hand, are retaining about a third of our first team squad.

Yes I would love promotion but realistically, there are a few other teams that are probably better placed than us to achieve one of only 2 promotion places this season.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

I think we need to have a dose of realism.

Notts County and Chesterfield have been down here a while now and have made a steady 7 additions each this summer. Wrexham have made 6 and Stockport have made 8 (source: [url]https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/national-league/startseite/wettbewerb/CNAT[/url])

Sounds a bit more real when you put it like that