Alfreton....Match Thread

I think that we will be competitive. Not interested in the injury list , possibly correlated to the recruitment but who knows. Mid table in this league would be a choker. Hurst will need some time but this is all about locking into the top 7 , in my eyes anything else is failure. Hurst is well capable of this and I expect nothing less. I am bored senseless by the demise under the old regime and I need something to rekindle the passion which is the lowest it has been. Brutal but truthful utm

It would be great to see the final pieces of the jigsaw in place sooner rather than later but surely it’s better to get the right pieces? I know we want to hit the ground running but we’re told that there’s money to spend from season ticket sales so we need to be patient.

By the sounds of Hurst is saying in his interviews ,  There is nothing out there that he wants and we will have to play the youths etc up front to start off with, Not a good way to start a season by any stretch for any club that has money to spend. There will be many fans that have pushed the boat out cash wise , And have been carried along with the new flow of hope that we have, but paid full price to watch a half built team when it comes to it unless more players have been found  

We still don't have shirt numbers 7 & 9. Obviously, Hurst has a plan for these positions beit the guys he wanted earlier have gone elsewhere or his targets are holding out for EFL clubs. They could be holding out to see who offers them the most money or be in the EFL and not be required by an existing club, but not replaced yet.

Whichever way you want to spin it no manager is not going to have a number 9 & 7, so it's wait and see time. We're told patience is a virtue and with the season starting soon it's trying for all of us.

I will be deeply concerned if we go into the first game of the season having not signed another striker atleast (hopefully 2) yes I know no leagues are won in August but we need to get off to a good start o
If we can and starting the first game of the season with 2 teenage youth players leading the front line isn't ideal.

Likewise we need more options right throughout the squad, depth is a real issue and I'm not concerned yet as we still have 2 weeks to go but this time in 2 weeks time on the eve of the new season I sincerely hope we have signed atleast another 3 players with atleast one of them being a recognised striker

Quoted from Mariner93er

From what was said, it does appear hurst has been backed with a healthy budget. But that doesn’t really reflect in the team for me at the minute. I can’t help but compare to the team that won the play offs (but only finished 4th), and this doesn’t look as good, which it should if we’ve got a better budget now. And I don’t think a good striker will change my opinion on that.

I think that the reason we have stalled with signings is the fact that we have possibly reached our budget limit mainly due to us being unable to offload our highly paid unwanted players

Quoted from arryarryarry

Didn't you keep bleating on last season that we would stay up when many who do have an idea about football could see we were doomed for months.

Hahaha, you know nothing about my background in football, don't assume things sonny, because assumptions are often wrong.  Also I was saying we could stay up until it was mathematically impossible, i.e. if we still had enough to points to play for to avoid relegation.  Those of you experts who said we were doomed from months before the season ends are just those few who always make derogatory comments  when Town lose, but are nowhere to be seen when Town win.

Quoted from 123614

Hahaha, you know nothing about my background in football, don't assume things sonny, because assumptions are often wrong.  Also I was saying we could stay up until it was mathematically impossible, i.e. if we still had enough to points to play for to avoid relegation.  Those of you experts who said we were doomed from months before the season ends are just those few who always make derogatory comments  when Town lose, but are nowhere to be seen when Town win.

It was quite apparent to anybody with half a brain cell the way we started last season was a recipe for disaster.Whilst this season is not exactly the same there are worrying similarities we have not yet acquired our main strikers at this late date.Had we won a couple more at the beginning of the season we would have stayed up.I am not overly hopeful for this season.

Like rats in a sack on here. You can tell Hurst’s a yorkie, tight as a Duck’s bottom. Just get some money spent man.

Quoted from golfer

I think that the reason we have stalled with signings is the fact that we have possibly reached our budget limit mainly due to us being unable to offload our highly paid unwanted players

Not true. PH made it very clear that players who were putting cones out wouldn’t impinge on his budget.