So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
I may be being dense, but how are there 90 points to play for? 60, surely?
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
Mathematically I agree with you, but does this team look like it can go on a run, even with 2-3 top quality additions? They don't have the grit and fortitude, most of them are brain-dead.
I think brain dead is a tad too harsh mate, they’re just not good enough. I get the rationale behind the statement about points to play for - it’s 60 points to play for btw, not 90. However, a team 26 games into the season having looked this mediocre doesn’t suddenly do enough to get to the 75pt mark with one or two loan additions of Prem youngsters. It’s definitely not going to happen. We could force the top 10 at most. The most important thing is not to get sucked into a relegation scrap
Because of Roland, and almost continued 3rd tier football we haven't got the "youngsters" to play. We have got a crop of 19-21 year olds to play.
We have got some very high potential U18s and first year pros but so few are ready at that age. We have probably had 4 or 5 in the last 40 years that are. Even Parker, who by most messures is the best player to ever come through our youth set up, wasn't ready at 17/18. It can do them more harm than good.
It's the group of Claydon, Wasim, Ness etc that should be knocking on the door now. We know why they aren't.
This. Bowyer had Aribo, Grant, Doughty & Dijksteel during his management period. At some point all the penny pinching from Roland and ESI was going to catch up with us. You had hoped the likes of Dempsey and Vennings would be breaking into the first team, but they are not good enough. Unfortunately, we are in that transition period when we have a weak group of 19 to 22 year olds, but good 18s. I am certain if anyone from the 23s were good enough to be in the first team, they would be.
Only one who might play between now and May is Aaron Henry and hes only 18 i think.
Neither Aribo nor Dijksteel are academy products, there were signed aged 18/19
Neither are a lot of the current 19-21s.
But then that's nothing new. Neither Paul Mortimer nor Paul Williams came through our youth system, we've always picked up good players either from non league or that have been released by other clubs
The point is we haven't got any now, regardless of where they came from.
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
Mathematically I agree with you, but does this team look like it can go on a run, even with 2-3 top quality additions? They don't have the grit and fortitude, most of them are brain-dead.
I think brain dead is a tad too harsh mate, they’re just not good enough. I get the rationale behind the statement about points to play for - it’s 60 points to play for btw, not 90. However, a team 26 games into the season having looked this mediocre doesn’t suddenly do enough to get to the 75pt mark with one or two loan additions of Prem youngsters. It’s definitely not going to happen. We could force the top 10 at most. The most important thing is not to get sucked into a relegation scrap
I don't think brain-dead is that harsh. How else do you explain us constantly being offside from free-kicks, our corners endlessly hitting the first man, playing short free-kicks in the last kick off a half/game when we're losing, then the ref blows the whistle to end it... Giving away silly fouls when we're losing and basically managing the game for the opposition... There are more examples not coming to me in this moment but such basic things that are all about thinking and not really about playing.
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
Mathematically I agree with you, but does this team look like it can go on a run, even with 2-3 top quality additions? They don't have the grit and fortitude, most of them are brain-dead.
I think brain dead is a tad too harsh mate, they’re just not good enough. I get the rationale behind the statement about points to play for - it’s 60 points to play for btw, not 90. However, a team 26 games into the season having looked this mediocre doesn’t suddenly do enough to get to the 75pt mark with one or two loan additions of Prem youngsters. It’s definitely not going to happen. We could force the top 10 at most. The most important thing is not to get sucked into a relegation scrap
I don't think brain-dead is that harsh. How else do you explain how constantly being offside from free-kicks, our corners endlessly hitting the first man, playing short free-kicks in the last kick off a half/game when we're losing, then the ref blows the whistle to end it... Giving away silly fouls when we're losing and basically managing the game for the opposition... There are more examples not coming to me in this moment but such basic things that are all about thinking and not really about playing.
Yes, it’s frustrating, and there are definitely things we can do better. But talent, or lack of it, for me, is the key problem
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
Mathematically I agree with you, but does this team look like it can go on a run, even with 2-3 top quality additions? They don't have the grit and fortitude, most of them are brain-dead.
I think brain dead is a tad too harsh mate, they’re just not good enough. I get the rationale behind the statement about points to play for - it’s 60 points to play for btw, not 90. However, a team 26 games into the season having looked this mediocre doesn’t suddenly do enough to get to the 75pt mark with one or two loan additions of Prem youngsters. It’s definitely not going to happen. We could force the top 10 at most. The most important thing is not to get sucked into a relegation scrap
I don't think brain-dead is that harsh. How else do you explain how constantly being offside from free-kicks, our corners endlessly hitting the first man, playing short free-kicks in the last kick off a half/game when we're losing, then the ref blows the whistle to end it... Giving away silly fouls when we're losing and basically managing the game for the opposition... There are more examples not coming to me in this moment but such basic things that are all about thinking and not really about playing.
Yes, it’s frustrating, and there are definitely things we can do better. But talent, or lack of it, for me, is the key problem
I think talent is the least of our problems, we don't play Pep's barca every week but we often make them look better than they are. We constantly do the basics wrong.
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
Mathematically I agree with you, but does this team look like it can go on a run, even with 2-3 top quality additions? They don't have the grit and fortitude, most of them are brain-dead.
I think brain dead is a tad too harsh mate, they’re just not good enough. I get the rationale behind the statement about points to play for - it’s 60 points to play for btw, not 90. However, a team 26 games into the season having looked this mediocre doesn’t suddenly do enough to get to the 75pt mark with one or two loan additions of Prem youngsters. It’s definitely not going to happen. We could force the top 10 at most. The most important thing is not to get sucked into a relegation scrap
I don't think brain-dead is that harsh. How else do you explain how constantly being offside from free-kicks, our corners endlessly hitting the first man, playing short free-kicks in the last kick off a half/game when we're losing, then the ref blows the whistle to end it... Giving away silly fouls when we're losing and basically managing the game for the opposition... There are more examples not coming to me in this moment but such basic things that are all about thinking and not really about playing.
Yes, it’s frustrating, and there are definitely things we can do better. But talent, or lack of it, for me, is the key problem
I think talent is the least of our problems, we don't play Pep's barca every week but we often make them look better than they are. We constantly do the basics wrong.
But if they were better players, surely they would do the basics better. I get what you mean, but if players keep making the same mistakes, game after game, I start to question their talent.
Let’s hope today they can show a bit more about them 🤞 because I think a lot of us are probably on the verge of starting to get a bit fed up with them. Defeat today and I think the team will have the crowd right on their backs
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
13 points off the play offs but just 6 off relegation. So if top 6 is a faint possibility then bottom 4 is a much bigger one.
Lose today & we drop at least 2 places. Then there are games in midweek......and we then don't play our next match until Monday 31st. By then we could be 5th bottom.
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LOAN NEWS:
Goalkeeper @nathanharness_ joins us on a 1-month loan from @CAFCofficial. The 22-year-old is available for today’s game against Concord Rangers.
Welcome, Nathan! @CAFCOfficial
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
13 points off the play offs but just 6 off relegation. So if top 6 is a faint possibility then bottom 4 is a much bigger one.
Lose today & we drop at least 2 places. Then there are games in midweek......and we then don't play our next match until Monday 31st. By then we could be 5th bottom.
No, no it's not. The bottom 3 look pretty much down to me then there are 5 teams below is. Not all of them will get enough points to go past us. I'm not defending how poor we've been this season but to suggest we are in a relegation battle is laughable.
So many saying “why bother” we have no chance of the playoffs…we are only 13 points off with 90 to play for…I’d say playoffs are unlikely BUT not over yet. Go on a run of wins and a few above have injuries/lose key players and it is still possible ….
13 points off the play offs but just 6 off relegation. So if top 6 is a faint possibility then bottom 4 is a much bigger one.
Lose today & we drop at least 2 places. Then there are games in midweek......and we then don't play our next match until Monday 31st. By then we could be 5th bottom.
No, no it's not. The bottom 3 look pretty much down to me then there are 5 teams below is. Not all of them will get enough points to go past us. I'm not defending how poor we've been this season but to suggest we are in a relegation battle is laughable.
He didn’t say that though did he? Golfie wasn’t wrong, relegation is as likely as play offs. Neither are happening.
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If we are matmatically safe there would be no harm in giving him some games towards the end of the season.
Lose today & we drop at least 2 places. Then there are games in midweek......and we then don't play our next match until Monday 31st. By then we could be 5th bottom.
Has done really well as our EFL Trophy Goalkeeper
Been banging the drum for us to sign him up for a couple of months now. Think he offers something we don’t have atm.
Played well first half and in spurts the second.