Well, a week ago 4 wins out of 4 and everything was rosy, now a week later and 2 defeats later we're out the play off spots a weeks along time in football, so how do we feel Powell's first month has gone?
Made a good signing in BWP who seems to be the fox in a box 20 goal a season striker we've been after since D Bent left, a striker who will score if he has a chance but also capable of creating his own chances (overhead for Col U)
He's had quite a bit of luck admittedly (weak Plymouth back pass for Waggys goal and Col U disallowed goal) and we've yet to see the dominate 90 minute performance we've been waiting for all season, and we still seem to start games too slowly, Powells even said so himself last week. TBH I've given up thinking we'll see one now, we'll scrape wins by the odd goal, but we don't have the players to take a game by the scruff of the neck and really impose ourselves, instead we'll lump it forward for 45 minutes before someone tells them it isn't working and then we'll start passing.
One plus he does have the support of everyone, seen by the crowd being more patient and when I walked away from peterborough last week I really thought, even though was a little lucky to win, that Powell had changed the mood around The Valley and I really was looking forward to getting 3 points vs Hartlepool and showing everyone we mean business with promotion...
One worry for me, whether due to injuries or not, he still doesn't know his best team. Bessone or Fry at left back? McCormack or racon in midfield? Eccelstone has started right/left winger and striker in 3 games. Yesterday seemed to me a formation created to include Eccelestone/BWp and Abbott, even though it probably would have been better suited to just play 2 of them up top.
We have some useful players on the bench but Waggy and Ayinsahh don't seem as effective as they did at the start of the year. Reid has lost all confidence since being dropped, but think he still has a big part to play and can see him starting Friday. Notts County is a huge game for our season now, every team around us plays Tuesday night, and come Friday we could be a little more adrift even with games in hand. A win and everything looks a bit better, a loss and we'll be seriously wondering whether we'll make the play off's.
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Having said that, he can only work with the tools he's been given and some of them are right tools! I thought he'd tightened up the defence, but that all went out of the window yesterday.
Our season has also finished now. Just terrible.
That puts pressure on our limited midfield.
Which puts pressure on our limited defence.
Based on the games I've seen, we seem to be somewhere in between Parky's style and a passing game which doesn't suit our players.
Need to give him time but does make you wonder if he can build a good squad in the summer.
Is he just trying to change too much to soon? Or is it right to try and improve the football to see who is good enough for next season?
I think you are right. The squad we have is not good enough. Parky bought players in like Francis, Macormack, Doherty, Abbot, Anyisah and Reid. Only 2 out of 6 we generally rate so this tells we bought in the wrongs players.
Lets see who we get in the summer but I am hoping for a lot better next season.
I know Abbott wanted to leave but he was our most improved player in his last few games, surely CP should've had someone lined up before he allowed him out the door?
It's a shame because this year the league 1 competition for promotion is absolute shite.
Unless Powell gets his team playing REALLY well next year we could struggle to go up anytime soon.
We didn't have the wage of transfer budget to buy proven League 1 players.
No doubt BWP is on a bigger wage than our other strikers, and Eccleston wouldn't have been cheap either. Hopefully we'll have bigger budget in the summer, will be a real struggle if we don't I think.
bang on
Yes but I am sure there were other players on the table Parky could have opted for?
Having said that Slater did say promotion this season would be a bonus so I am being paitent once again and hoping we can bring in some decent players for next season.
Dreading each and every game as they come
Having said that Slater did say promotion this season would be a bonus so I am being paitent once again and hoping we can bring in some decent players for next season.[/quote]
I wonder who said "we must appoint a new manager to give us every chance of going up", did not sound like a bonus then!