EssTeeFree
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The problem is none of us really know do we. Like ohers have said it would be hard to get upset about any of them leaving given how bad last season. On the other I can't shake the nagging doubt that this group was completely misused and inhibited by two poor managers. There is a part of me that wants to see them right the wrongs and get us back up.
Look at League 1 last season, Wigan and especially Blackburn didn't make wholesale changes when they went down, just added a few and kept the nucleus together and went straight back up. I'm also sure plenty of you can give me examples of teams who didn't make changes after relegation and kept sinking.
Players mentioned as not good enough, like Kasim, Bowditch, Powell, Turnbull, van Veen and Foley, have all been regulars in teams who've done well in League 1, even played a decent number in the championship as well in some cases. Crooks, Pierre, O'Toole have all been in League 2 team of the year. On top of that Buchs, Moloney, Hoskins all played a good number of games for the team that walked League 2 not long ago.
Possibly because I'm sick of wholesale changes every window but for some reason I really want to believe the talent is there. If used in the right way and with 3 or 4 decent additions (and a few departures) we could have a 'good' season.
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The Rauldinho
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Harry Toffolo is a decent left back available after release from Millwall, we would need to ship out Buchs (probably no chance) or Bunney (more likely) first though.
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guest48
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League 2, piece of p*ss !! JJ Hooper even managed to score a hatrick in Grimsby's last match, I rest my case.
P.S. As long as Cornell is NOT our first choice keeper !
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Vintage Cobbler
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The priority has to be a couple of strikers. I think VV is dead man walking but reliance on goals from Sam Hoskins ( 5 in two seasons) finally coming good is the stuff of dreams.
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Poggy
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I weren't too impressed with his finishing. The misses against Rochdale (away), Oxford (home) and Bristol Rovers (away) cost us dear.
I think he's the type of player who could do well in a better performing team but he doesn't have pace or great ability to hold the ball up or the capability to bully a centre back so it's a no from me.
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guest2995
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There was a reason Long wasn’t involved at the end of the season . He won’t be returning !
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Wolvo
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I'd imagine he'd find himself a League One club quite comfortably. If he did fancy coming back, I'd have him back without hesitation. He'll be a regular scorer at League One for years.
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Pink Army!
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The Rauldinho
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There was a reason Long wasn’t involved at the end of the season . He won’t be returning !
Is this another of your cryptic posts or do you want to enlighten us? Everyone knows something was going on behind the scenes when Long wasn't involved at the end of the season.
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Glastonbury Cobbler
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There was a reason Long wasn’t involved at the end of the season . He won’t be returning !
Instead we had to endure the delights of hoskins!
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Glastonbury Cobbler
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League 2, piece of p*ss !! JJ Hooper even managed to score a hatrick in Grimsby's last match, I rest my case.
P.S. As long as Cornell is NOT our first choice keeper !
Yeah it's so crap we bounced back straight away last time we were here didn't we 🙈🙈🙈
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JollyCobbler
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There was a reason Long wasn’t involved at the end of the season . He won’t be returning !
So why don't you enlighten us as to exactly what the issue was?
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Irchy cob
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Nicky Law and Tony McMahon have been released by Bradford.
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OCoole
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Nicky Law and Tony McMahon have been released by Bradford.
Two very good players! Good shout Irchy
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FezNTFC
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Nicky Law and Tony McMahon have been released by Bradford.
Always been impressed whenever I've seen Law, and just the kind of centre midfielder we could do with in League Two. Would gladly take him.
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crazycobbler
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Part of me feels like DA thinks this team is better than it is judging by some of his comments. We had the worst defence in the league last season and only Bury scored less than us. Hasselbaink’s tactics can’t be solely to blame for that. There was a clear lack of quality in the playing staff throughout the season. If DA doesn’t significantly add to this squad I can see us struggling again. I know it’s a lower division but the confidence around the squad can’t be that high, these players have just been relegated.
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Glastonbury Cobbler
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Nicky Law and Tony McMahon have been released by Bradford.
Agree both these would add quality to our squad
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EssTeeFree
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Part of me feels like DA thinks this team is better than it is judging by some of his comments. We had the worst defence in the league last season and only Bury scored less than us. Hasselbaink’s tactics can’t be solely to blame for that. There was a clear lack of quality in the playing staff throughout the season. If DA doesn’t significantly add to this squad I can see us struggling again. I know it’s a lower division but the confidence around the squad can’t be that high, these players have just been relegated.
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking Austin’s public statements are what he’s also saying privately. That said he clearly identified a confidence issue when he stepped in, talking the players up is part of the process of turning that around. The way Jimmy set us up, always worried about the opposition was constantly hammering a message home to the players that he thought they weren’t good enough, it’s no wonder that settled into their subconscious. Austin seems to be taking the opposite approach. Interested to know which players you genuinely feel can’t hold their own in league2? As I said earlier in the thread I’m not about to tip us to win the league without decent additions but I really don’t see us struggling in the bottom half.
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Glastonbury Cobbler
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Part of me feels like DA thinks this team is better than it is judging by some of his comments. We had the worst defence in the league last season and only Bury scored less than us. Hasselbaink’s tactics can’t be solely to blame for that. There was a clear lack of quality in the playing staff throughout the season. If DA doesn’t significantly add to this squad I can see us struggling again. I know it’s a lower division but the confidence around the squad can’t be that high, these players have just been relegated.
Agree with a lot of this, a lot of lasts years issues are not just going to disappear because we are playing a level lower
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TownOwl
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Agree with a lot of this, a lot of lasts years issues are not just going to disappear because we are playing a level lower
No but add in that JFH has gone and...
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