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I don’t think the Head Coach is going anywhere, we’re gonna be “stuck with him”…
So here’s the start of what we need to box off.
Let Virtue, Connolly, Lavery and anyone else leave. We’ll miss you at left-wing back and your heavy touches. I’d activate the +1 on Husband (decent squad member and left sided option) and Carey (if we give him some freedom on the pitch)
Sign about 10 new players. Some proven League 1 talent, with a sprinkling of young Premier League quality on loan- Surely he’s got a contact at Liverpool or Villa… 6 of the new signings need to be 1st team ready.
Having bigged up the signing of Kyle Joseph as part of the Yates deal we need to let him have a good pre-season and play him. He’s by far our best forward of the 4 that played today. I’d keep Kouassi as 5th choice, maybe a League 2 loan… get rid of Beesley, I’m sure a League 2/Conference club will sign him on the back of a few goals this season, but 1 good game every 10 isn’t what we’re after. I’m thinking 2-3 strikers. Need one who’s mobile and good in the air to be the central striker, can take the ball to feet but can offer a run in behind and one that wins headers. We need to spend on this as this is the focal point of the team.
Rob Apter HAS to be given an opportunity to play. We’ll find out if he’s good enough. He is and will be.
The formation is key to getting the best out of the players we have… think Joseph is best as a wide forward of 3… for me we should be playing 4-3-3… but I don’t think Neil is having that so if it’s 3-5-2 or 3-4-3… we need to sign defenders who are good on the ball. Brave on the ball. Comfortable and confident to pass forwards. This is essential. If you want to play “possession based football” you need players who are good in possession.
We’ll need at least two midfielders, able to play on the half-turn, play forwards, run forward with the ball and get beyond the strikers if required.
We’ll need proper wing-backs… don’t even think about signing Coulson permanently. See if Dorking Wanderers or KFC Fylde want to take CJ on a season long loan even if it means us paying 95% of his wages.
Sign someone who can is Set-piece/free-kick expert. We’re dogshit at free-kicks. Sack short corners off.
Give some Youth players a chance. If they do well in the Motors trophy, give them a league start.
We’ll need some players with some fight in them who are a bit lairy and up for giving the ref and their players shit. It’s not about “nice young man”… it’s about “decent player with an edge to him”. You can’t be nice like Neil in League 1. You need some balls.
Besides adding a new coach into the mix and potting off one of the Boswell brothers which won’t happen and changing the formation, the gaffer needs to understand that we’ll be better than 80% of the league, so fuck worrying about them and just go for it.
It’s a simple game, but we’ve got a head coach who would make making toast a military operation, ensuring every area of the bread was toasted and at the same toasted level and that’s before we talk about adding butter/margarine which he’d probably weigh out and have a selection of knives to use, this whilst covering the smoke alarm with a sock during the process and opening the window and patio doors, only slightly so no insects could gain entry. Turn the overthinking in and play a lot quicker and with a bit of passion. That’s all we ask for.
Off the pitch, move the away fans close to the North as NC has just cleared the dance floor at a wedding by dropping in the Shoop Shoop song atmosphere wise. Come up with an innovative ST pricing structure. Get the East refurb fully locked in and start digging holes in the Grange Park swamp. The board would have to be on another planet to not be clever this summer with their approach as the gate today showed. The atmosphere was also flatter than a CJ cross.
It won’t take much but it’ll take some bollocks and bravery this summer. Time to stop being boring and plodding and remember the town is famous for fun & rollercoasters and for this very well paid infrastructure of CEO’s and recruitment to start earning their dough.
We’ve made a right mess of it this season as it wouldn’t have taken much. If we haven’t learnt then it’s going to be even more annoying next season.
So here’s the start of what we need to box off.
Let Virtue, Connolly, Lavery and anyone else leave. We’ll miss you at left-wing back and your heavy touches. I’d activate the +1 on Husband (decent squad member and left sided option) and Carey (if we give him some freedom on the pitch)
Sign about 10 new players. Some proven League 1 talent, with a sprinkling of young Premier League quality on loan- Surely he’s got a contact at Liverpool or Villa… 6 of the new signings need to be 1st team ready.
Having bigged up the signing of Kyle Joseph as part of the Yates deal we need to let him have a good pre-season and play him. He’s by far our best forward of the 4 that played today. I’d keep Kouassi as 5th choice, maybe a League 2 loan… get rid of Beesley, I’m sure a League 2/Conference club will sign him on the back of a few goals this season, but 1 good game every 10 isn’t what we’re after. I’m thinking 2-3 strikers. Need one who’s mobile and good in the air to be the central striker, can take the ball to feet but can offer a run in behind and one that wins headers. We need to spend on this as this is the focal point of the team.
Rob Apter HAS to be given an opportunity to play. We’ll find out if he’s good enough. He is and will be.
The formation is key to getting the best out of the players we have… think Joseph is best as a wide forward of 3… for me we should be playing 4-3-3… but I don’t think Neil is having that so if it’s 3-5-2 or 3-4-3… we need to sign defenders who are good on the ball. Brave on the ball. Comfortable and confident to pass forwards. This is essential. If you want to play “possession based football” you need players who are good in possession.
We’ll need at least two midfielders, able to play on the half-turn, play forwards, run forward with the ball and get beyond the strikers if required.
We’ll need proper wing-backs… don’t even think about signing Coulson permanently. See if Dorking Wanderers or KFC Fylde want to take CJ on a season long loan even if it means us paying 95% of his wages.
Sign someone who can is Set-piece/free-kick expert. We’re dogshit at free-kicks. Sack short corners off.
Give some Youth players a chance. If they do well in the Motors trophy, give them a league start.
We’ll need some players with some fight in them who are a bit lairy and up for giving the ref and their players shit. It’s not about “nice young man”… it’s about “decent player with an edge to him”. You can’t be nice like Neil in League 1. You need some balls.
Besides adding a new coach into the mix and potting off one of the Boswell brothers which won’t happen and changing the formation, the gaffer needs to understand that we’ll be better than 80% of the league, so fuck worrying about them and just go for it.
It’s a simple game, but we’ve got a head coach who would make making toast a military operation, ensuring every area of the bread was toasted and at the same toasted level and that’s before we talk about adding butter/margarine which he’d probably weigh out and have a selection of knives to use, this whilst covering the smoke alarm with a sock during the process and opening the window and patio doors, only slightly so no insects could gain entry. Turn the overthinking in and play a lot quicker and with a bit of passion. That’s all we ask for.
Off the pitch, move the away fans close to the North as NC has just cleared the dance floor at a wedding by dropping in the Shoop Shoop song atmosphere wise. Come up with an innovative ST pricing structure. Get the East refurb fully locked in and start digging holes in the Grange Park swamp. The board would have to be on another planet to not be clever this summer with their approach as the gate today showed. The atmosphere was also flatter than a CJ cross.
It won’t take much but it’ll take some bollocks and bravery this summer. Time to stop being boring and plodding and remember the town is famous for fun & rollercoasters and for this very well paid infrastructure of CEO’s and recruitment to start earning their dough.
We’ve made a right mess of it this season as it wouldn’t have taken much. If we haven’t learnt then it’s going to be even more annoying next season.
as if.
