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I think we will just starve off relegation this season, as I think there will be two worse teams (We HAVE to beat Donny, Forest Green and Sutton).
But looking at the list of players, its absoultely frightenning the amount of players I would let go, or look to offload at the end of the season.
I think thats a big task for any manager and I think the owners need to get in their minds now, that the close season may cost them more money than they envisaged!
Is this the worst squad we've seen from Town in the last ten years? - Potentially is.
Goalkeepers
Harvey Cartwright - Think gets unfair critistim. Kept us in games and most goals havent been his fault. Would sign as backup.
Jake Eastwood - Not good enough. Offload.
Defenders
Danny Amos - Not good enough. Offload.
Michee Efete - Not good enough. Offload.
Anthony Glennon - Defensively very poor and a massive portion of goals conceeded have come down his side. Offload.
Niall Maher - Should only be kept as backup.
Toby Mullarkey - Defensively very poor and a massive portion of goals conceeded have come down his side. Offload.
Harvey Rodgers - One of the worst defenders I've seen.
Doug Tharme - Too early to judge.
Midfielders
Callum Ainley - No comment except get well soon.
Jamie Andrews - Goes absent in games too many times. Don't attempt to sign.
Aaron Braithwaite - No comment
Jamie Bramwell - No comment
Harry Clifton - Not the same player as last couple of seasons. Unfortunatley it was maybe time for him to move on last summer when we had 'rumoured' interest.
Kieran Green - Not good enough. Offload.
Gavan Holohan - Unfortunatley offload at the end of the season. Been a good player but now becoming to inconsistant.
Alex Hunt - Not good enough. Offload.
Otis Khan - Not good enough. Let contract run out.
Evan Khouri - Needs a 6 month loan to see how he gets on.
Charles Vernam - He needs to prove what he can offer towards end of the season.
Harry Wood - To early to assess, but IF it was just based on yesterday, i would'nt attempt to sign.
Arthur Gnahoua - Not good enough. Offload.
Forwards
Abo Eisa - Offer a new 1 year contact, but needs to be more consistant.
Edwin Essel - No comment, but assume he will be released.
Cameron Gardner - No comment, but I dont see him breaking into the team this season.
Justin Obikwu - Too early to judge.
Rekeil Pyke - Hardly available. Offload.
Danny Rose - Keep. The only shining light of a poor season.
Harvey Tomlinson - No comment, but assume he will be released.
Donovan Wilson - Hardly available. Offload.
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I think the only things I would change is I'd keep Gav and maybe Arthur as a back ups and I wouldn't send Khouri out on loan I'd keep him because before he got this lkng term injury he was looking good.
Maybe agree with you on keeping Gav as backup, but for Gnahoua I would have to disagree with you completely. 0 goals and 1 assist in 19 league games (averaging 58 minutes playing time per game), is absolutely dire for a winger. |
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Maybe agree with you on keeping Gav as backup, but for Gnahoua I would have to disagree with you completely.
0 goals and 1 assist in 19 league games (averaging 58 minutes playing time), is absolutely dire for a winger.
Yet some of our best performances have involved Arthur. He certainly works a damn sight harder than Eisa. |
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Davies , Pearson, Croudson out now please
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Davies , Pearson, Croudson out now please
Absolutely with you on this, DA should've been given a clean slate to work with, I honestly think the biggest faux pas by the owners is showing loyalty to 3 coaches who were part of the coaching staff that had us playing the most boring, anti football I've seen. To tell a manager (head coach) "heres your tools, oh and you have to use those blunt chisels to carve out a chippendale" was wrong, that should never, ever have been their call to make |
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Players coming in should improve us. I think that is the general idea whoever is in charge, if like us you have a great fan base, good income, a proud history and have had a couple of good years.
I have rarely been less impressed by the the two new players who started on Saturday. Tharme and Wood I thought were so below average it took the mickey.
We desperately need some proper money spending to get us back on track. It is ludicrous to think we can become sustainable at this point of our development. I personally think the owners have put several carts before several horses but understand what they are trying to eventually achieve.
Every lower league club wants to be the next Brighton, but you need to put the football front and centre of everything until the football world stops seeing you as perpetual strugglers.
I think the owners have been a bit naive. Players move for money and prospects. You won't entice better players by being nice people or have particular values or whatever.
Are we ever going to get new investment to give us a kick start?
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Absolutely with you on this, DA should've been given a clean slate to work with, I honestly think the biggest faux pas by the owners is showing loyalty to 3 coaches who were part of the coaching staff that had us playing the most boring, anti football I've seen.
To tell a manager (head coach) "heres your tools, oh and you have to use those blunt chisels to carve out a chippendale" was wrong, that should never, ever have been their call to make
Yeah but no but … Shaun was a player then a scout & coach in development up until Hurst leaving. Everyone raves about how good Crocombe was, you’re the one who’s already identified the link between coaching & performance. So Steve could have contributed to that. Can’t comment on Ben but as interim we did look a bit more organised & robust. I do agree that if you want to keep players on their toes maybe there’s something in removing familiarity and putting them in a place where they have to earn the respect of the coaches to get picked |
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Hopefully, some other mug can take them off our hands. That FA Cup money has been well and truly pīsséd up the wall.
Has it? From the players arriving this season I'd argue only Rodgers and Mullarkey have been poor additions. We signed Conteh who has rather quickly made us what must be a profit and chance of future earnings, so no money lost there infact money made. The players further up the pitch have been decent enough, with Rose been exceptional. Wilson/Pykle when playing have had an impact. Eisa has scored a few and been dangerous in patches - needs to make that more often and Vernam it would be unfair to comment on as has spent along time injured. Issue for me is we may have tried to over correct. Last season we didn't score or create as much, but did ok relatively speaking in defence - it's the exact opposite this year. It's telling that we've almost scored more than we did last season playing 18 games less but have conceded more than we did last season. I can't help feel the issues this year stem from players already here not pulling their weight or taking a backward step. Maher, Waterfall, Clifton, Green, Holohan, Khan, Hunt etc etc. In terms of who to keep; Firstly the one that I might get pelters for - Glennon. Had issues defensively but had really improved when coming back in around the time Shaun and Ben took charge, with a couple of MOTM performances. If you sort out the major defensive issues we have, his attacking threat and ability far and above makes up for any deficiencies in defence. Think we have 3/4 players back there that are a bigger problem. I know many will disagree, but just my opinion. Rose, Vernam, Clifton, Wilson, Pyke, Eisa, Khouri might be about it though for players, at the moment, i'd want to keep. A few others could improve or be decent back up's but i'm not convinced. |
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Has it? From the players arriving this season I'd argue only Rodgers and Mullarkey have been poor additions. We signed Conteh who has rather quickly made us what must be a profit and chance of future earnings, so no money lost there infact money made.
The players further up the pitch have been decent enough, with Rose been exceptional. Wilson/Pykle when playing have had an impact. Eisa has scored a few and been dangerous in patches - needs to make that more often and Vernam it would be unfair to comment on as has spent along time injured.
Issue for me is we may have tried to over correct. Last season we didn't score or create as much, but did ok relatively speaking in defence - it's the exact opposite this year. It's telling that we've almost scored more than we did last season playing 18 games less but have conceded more than we did last season.
I can't help feel the issues this year stem from players already here not pulling their weight or taking a backward step. Maher, Waterfall, Clifton, Green, Holohan, Khan, Hunt etc etc.
In terms of who to keep;
Firstly the one that I might get pelters for - Glennon. Had issues defensively but had really improved when coming back in around the time Shaun and Ben took charge, with a couple of MOTM performances. If you sort out the major defensive issues we have, his attacking threat and ability far and above makes up for any deficiencies in defence. Think we have 3/4 players back there that are a bigger problem. I know many will disagree, but just my opinion.
Rose, Vernam, Clifton, Wilson, Pyke, Eisa, Khouri might be about it though for players, at the moment, i'd want to keep. A few others could improve or be decent back up's but i'm not convinced.
Yes, it has been pïsséd up the wall because here we are at the end of January joint third bottom of League 2. That money should have been used to kick on, not go backwards! |
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Yes, it has been pïsséd up the wall because here we are at the end of January joint third bottom of League 2. That money should have been used to kick on, not go backwards!
But as I say, I don’t think we can other than the two defenders say any of the others were a waste. You can argue maybe more needed spending or in different areas, I can get on board with that but only 2 players haven’t worked imo. |
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