the reason why we are not so effing brilliant any longer is we got shot of all our best players and never replaced them.
with the likes of Barnes, Alloa, Buckley,Bridcutt,Cook,ect,ect all gone and playing premiership or will be playing very soon,so where has that effing money gone.
we now have a good efficient manager (lets see if we can hang on to this one) and give HIM the money to spend (if there is any left) and not pick players that the upper management think might do a job.
for gods sake if we now have an actual manager let him do just that MANAGE
The hoofball approach seems to be part of CHs style, that wasn't the first game this season where hopeful punts were made from the back upfield, we may just need to get used to it
Calderon has been listed as one to keep. But if it comes to pass surely he is destined for the subs bench for the majority of a potential one year deal?
Hopefully something can be found for him working with the younger players longer term.
CMS.. what can we say? It hasn't worked out for him at all at this club. Maybe we haven't played to his strengths, or maybe, he isn't really all that good at this level. I'm going for the latter.
I think it will be seen to be shown that Baldock will be similar to CMS, lots expected, but not much delivered. That's allowing for him actually staying off the treatment table.
O'Grady is just awful, hopefully we can still ship him back up North, if they are still interested.
So recruitment needs to be made in the summer, but it needs to be intelligent recruitment.
It's hard to disagree with any of that report. It reads like so many others this season. Too many of the thirty something players used are average at best, while the likes of Greer, Calderon and Bruno have all had their day. Too many of our better players have been moved on and replaced by the mediocre squad we have now. As far as who stays, the list seems about right although I can't believe that there aren't better left backs out there than Bennett. To my mind, a full back is primarily a defender -he can't defend and is too easily beaten by anyone with a bit of pace. Major surgery is needed in the summer-and early enough to ensure that a solid team is in place for the start of the season and not halfway through September.
I can open numerous threads on here and read negativity and criticism of the players. The points raised may be entirely correct. call me old fashioned but I would prefer match reports to report on the match.
Sorry.