Reality Check

Quoted from ginnywings

He was clear to play but is carrying an injury.

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Quoted from RonMariner

Really?  

He is working hard to bring someone in and has made at least one offer to a striker who turned us down. He has brought some fine players in this season, even though we looked like a real basket case of a club having finished bottom of the league. No doubt our reputation for penny pinching under the previous regime didn't help either.

In the circumstances he has done well to get us to where we currently are. Have a little faith!    

The week before last he asked about 2 players, 1 was a no the other they couldn’t get over the line.

Quoted from aussiej

Such a lot of cliched comments...  but the facts are it may take some time (maybe years) to put (and build) a team together ready for promotion...  In the meantime lets all do something a little
different and all get behind our team and give them our full support.... and maybe just enjoy ourselves...  

In the meantime, consider that we will have potentially the same budget as every other team in the National League next season regardless of whether your home gate is 600 or 6000.

The tone of PH's final comments in his interview last night are of greater concern than the results themselves. That said, I'm sure he'll address his own concerns.

No one really expected us to go unbeaten through the entire season, did they? This is a blip and I’m sure we’ll have another. Let’s stick with them and enjoy the season. UTM

Quoted from Tinymariner

No one really expected us to go unbeaten through the entire season, did they? This is a blip and I’m sure we’ll have another. Let’s stick with them and enjoy the season. UTM

Who said anything about 'going unbeaten'? Truth is that we've lost three on the bounce without scoring. That's something that must surely be a concern. There's people on here who seem to have forgotten how they used to react to three straight defeats.

Is it the end of the world? Of course it's not.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

The week before last he asked about 2 players, 1 was a no the other they couldn’t get over the line.

No, one he decided against because he didn’t like some of the info that came back about him.

That was someone from either a L1 or Championship club.

We’ve since gone a further 2 games without scoring or really troubling the opposition keeper, dropped out of the cup, lost arguably our best player for a month and now relying on Taylor (with a bad hamstring) and LJL (without a pre-season).

Like someone else has already said, this is arguably our best chance of getting straight out of the division, it’ll be hard to take if it gets to May and we’ve come up short because of a lack of quality up top.

As for mid table being a decent finish, in the words of Tim Booth, if I hadn’t seen such riches I could live with being poor. This team could go on to have a great season, they just need another option up top.

We had plenty of chances pre season of getting a striker in but PH said he likes working with small squads.
Well with injured players who haven't even played a game this season, and others who frequently break down after a couple of games, he has his wish with a small squad.
This season without additions up front will end in tears, and that's criminal on our loyal supporters.

think the return of Grant is clouding the issue. TBH if he is anywhere near fitness then he is probably the solution - he's exactly the type of player we'd be looking to bring in. if he's retained his ability and desire he'll improve us enormously

Quoted from RonMariner

Let's not over react.  After four or five games some were already celebrating the championship, now with a few injuries we have narrowly lost three games and it's doom and gloom.

With a fit and available McAtee, Effete, Taylor and Hunt these last three matches may well have gone differently.

The fact is that even with the last two league defeats we have made a far better start than any of us expected. Did we really expect to be 1 point off top spot after 14 games?

We also have Grant returning to fitness to give us a different option up front which will help.

Next weekend we have a great chance to return to winning ways against an out of form Aldershot. If we do, we might very well be top of the table again.  

Yes, it's been a disappointing fortnight, but let's keep a little perspective.    
    

Nice bit of common sense, gold star for you.

Quoted from DB

Nice bit of common sense, gold star for you.

Cheers! I do try and resist the knee jerk reaction!"

Mind you, I really lost it under the previous regime. I think I almost broke the swear filter.