Is it too early?

Holohan is a tricky one.
His passing can be woeful but there has certainly been games where he has won everything in the middle and got us on the front foot repeatedly.

I think the combination of Hunt and Glennon has real potential if we actually get a couple of half decent centre forwards in the box attacking the ball.

As for Max, earlier in the season I thought he would be moving up a league or two. Changed my mind on that now lol.

Quoted from chaos33

Because brilliant,flawless,top keepers sign for  L2 clubs don’t they. Some people need a big dose of realism.

I think we need a dose of ambition .
Plenty of high quality keepers in league 1 and 2 (better than Max)
And surely if we want to do better we need to get better ?
If we are aiming to stay the same keep Max , have Taylor and Orsi up top and settle for 'punching above our weight' at 15th in league 2 .
Surely we need to aim for better , otherwise next season everyone will be on here again having meltdowns .

Totally bizarre to even be talking about releasing Waterfall, especially when he's under contract. One of the first names on the team sheet when fit and I expect him to remain that way next season.

The ones who are almost certain to be released are Pearson, Scannell and Gallacher. I also think we will release Amos as we need an upgrade at left back. I don't think he's been any worse than Glennon but he's the one out of contract so he'll probably have to make way. Everyone else still has time to earn a new contract before the summer.

Quoted from chaos33

I think it’s unfair and a bit disrespectful to do this now. Just my opinion.

Yes, especially when the management team are trying to prepare the squad for a local derby game. They know they were poor both on and off the pitch so they have to be as professional as they can tomorrow. We have our part to play. Doncaster are in a bad run and fans have low expectations. Why would we undermine our players on a fans forum?

Two hours after the match on Friday, I saw one of our younger players walking alone round a Grimsby suburb. Looked bored and fed up. Pro football is a meat grinder for young players especially those a long way from their family.  Our comments can wait for a couple of weeks. I think PH is also running on empty by now. Missed and occasionally testy interviews to live radio show he has little patience for fan's views generally. Time to give him some space too.

Without Max Crocombe, we'd be in a relegation dog fight. He was absolutely brilliant for the first 3 months of the season. There were several games that he kept us in and we nicked points,  not to mention the command of the box cutting out chances.

He's not been great the last 6 weeks, but the whole team has been bad for longer. And you can't rely on the keeper to save the defensive member ups forever

Inevitable that releasing players will be a talking point. My basic emotion is that I’m massively fond of all our players they’ve given me some fantastic days over the last 18 months. I think they’ve worked their nuts off and given more effort than many would.

On the flip side I’m not in the camp who say if you give everything I’ll support you blindly. Was looking at a league two team of the year Gab Sutton posted today. Not one of our players would have been near it. If we want to challenge next year we’ll need two or three at least who could be in that discussion. There’s a few who might keep developing and have a hot season (Harry, Michee, Glenno maybe?). To get to that level we’ll need to bring them in. We seem to have solid pros with seemingly good attitudes and that’s so much better than some previous squads but I’m coming round to us needing major surgery to challenge.

Quoted from Croxton

Yes, especially when the management team are trying to prepare the squad for a local derby game..

As much as I like you my friend and generally agree with you I’m not sure they read The Fishy.

Quoted from Lord Gadiform

Inevitable that releasing players will be a talking point. My basic emotion is that I’m massively fond of all our players they’ve given me some fantastic days over the last 18 months. I think they’ve worked their nuts off and given more effort than many would.

On the flip side I’m not in the camp who say if you give everything I’ll support you blindly. Was looking at a league two team of the year Gab Sutton posted today. Not one of our players would have been near it. If we want to challenge next year we’ll need two or three at least who could be in that discussion. There’s a few who might keep developing and have a hot season (Harry, Michee, Glenno maybe?). To get to that level we’ll need to bring them in. We seem to have solid pros with seemingly good attitudes and that’s so much better than some previous squads but I’m coming round to us needing major surgery to challenge.

Was that the PFA’s voted team of the year or just nominations by the equivalent of a social media football “influencer”?

We’re 15th in the league and I would agree with you, we don’t warrant any players to be in any form of team of the year regardless of who’s opinion it is.

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Without Max Crocombe, we'd be in a relegation dog fight. He was absolutely brilliant for the first 3 months of the season. There were several games that he kept us in and we nicked points,  not to mention the command of the box cutting out chances.

He's not been great the last 6 weeks, but the whole team has been bad for longer. And you can't rely on the keeper to save the defensive member ups forever

Read what you’ve posted, a season does not last for 3 months. The term “business end” has a meaning.

A social media ‘selection’. Personal opinion in effect. Granted Gab has a bit of a squeaky voice and laugh but when he talks about lower league football I’ll listen to his views. He’s knowledgable and often on the money and has a nice sideline in winding up Bradford fans without realising he’s doing it.