December: Things Could Look Better Before The Window

I was also thinking of that game. Swansea hadn't scored a single goal on their travels until rocking up at Valley Parade

 

sorry but we have to go up this season because frankly thousands of fans simply won’t renew again ...............

 

I agree,we have to go up this season or there will be huge ramifications,I don’t think Hughes will be here,we’ll certainly lose Harry Lewis and another rebuild will be required with probably a reduced budget. The club put a lot into Hughes budget this season but can’t see that continuing for another 4th division season.

 

Darren Morgan as sweeper ??????

 

That would be the penalty the club would suffer. I do hope that we do go up but there are no guarantees and I also think it will require more money being ploughed in. We don’t have the quality we thought. So the Board are no doubt just as aware as the rest of us. We have tried more managers you can poke a stick at, so sacking MH I think will not achieve promotion.
As I said the Board May have come to an agreement. We have had significant injuries which although you expect; maybe but not all in the same area. I believe you are right in that we will lose fans if we do not get promotion this season. It will cost the club more giving up on promotion and making cut backs. They have to keep on investing or they will lose the club my view if we drop into oblivion/ conference. It is catch 22.

 

The same thing is said every season and yet everyone still seems to renew.

 

we end up in midtable then don’t be thinking that the numbers will be the same next term .......... folk signed up because the feel good factor was with us at the end of the season they won’t be suckered again into it

 

On the games we have played so far this season my prediction is this, Orient and Northampton top two and the last auto and playoffs are up for grabs. We have to be more consistent if we are to have any ambition of going up this season.
We need to beef up the midfield to allow us to control games, that will help the rest of the team to build up their confidence.

 

that goes for a hell of a lot of people ....... it really is hard work having to go there now ....... wouldn’t mind if it was entertaining but it’s dull and we ain’t getting the results out of it ........... seriously sat in a warm pub is more appealing than being sat down in the cold while we mess around at the back with it

 

yeah but we ain’t bleeding winning either how many months ........ not games .......months absolutely shocking

 

wasn’t that said last year and the year before too?

 

Having a big budget hasn't worked for us so far so how much more do we have to put in to get promoted? We can't keep throwing money at it and hoping it eventually works. Smart investment is better than more investment. If the only way we can get promoted is by spendings lots more than everyone else then we are doing something seriously wrong and would have no chance in league 1.

 

we don’t go up this season I will bet that at least sales will be down by 2k .................

 

Difficult to really judge a likely points tally given home form and recent performances.

For me, the biggest issue is less about the league position of our opponents and more about ourselves. Our flaws arent many but they are material and they have been obvious since the first game of the season. I see no change in our approach to address those flaws. And I think that will be our undoing. Similarly, does Hughes know where and how to make the squad changes in January to make his style work consistently if he refuses to adapt his game plan? Time will tell. For now though, I'm disappointed in what he's bringing to the table.

 

I’ve been against this formation from the start. To be fair to Hughes, it has yielded excellent away results, but it just isn’t good enough at home.

I find us dull, boring and predictable. If we find a way to win those matches I wouldn’t be so fussed. Adored Parky and he was cut from the same cloth. But our home form is wretched.

are we incapable of using a different set up at home compared to away? It doesnt say much for the coaching staff that they haven’t found a way to break these teams down when the same flaws have been evident since the Doncaster game.

was willing to give us the benefit of the doubt that day as the Osadebe leg break effected the game. But we’re still so slow at getting it forward, freeze cook out of games, contribute little goals from elsewhere in the side. Do we even work on set pieces? How many have we bagged from corners this year, for example?

Hughes seems a top bloke. I really hope he succeeds, but I’ve got my doubts. Every home game is awful.