End of season ramblings

We can tinker with your numbers and players all day, but on balance pretty fair I’d say.

Time for a big clear out, however there is a nucleus there. All isn’t lost with Smallwood, who should now sit in the Adam Clayton role.
I do want to see Romy back though along with Banks.

 

Bullied by Wootton and we never saw him again. 3/10?

 

Sums it up. Does he still play football?

 

Only minor disagreements with those ratings from me.

A:
Cook and Lewis. Each made some mistakes/fluffed sitters/had barren spells so hesitate to put a + to either, but without one or worse both of them we'd have been nervously working out how soon, or even if, we'd get to the magical 53 points to guarantee safety

B: All your 7s, plus Gilliead, Clayton, Ridehalgh. Some would get a +, e.g. Wright, some a -, e.g. Gilliead, Clayton. But basically these players answered the question, nothing more.

C: All the other 6s. They disappointed in one way or another, some more than others, or didn't get all that much of a chance to show they belonged higher in the rankings. Perhaps put Kelly in here -- shows promise, but very limited opportunities. And Derbyshire.

D: Serious problems here: the 5s.

F: Fail. The 4s. Add Bola and Harratt (albeit for non-footballing issues) here.

Manager: C+. Needs to ponder (be made to ponder) his approach to matches, and whether or not it is appropriate in this division. And that will lead to recruitment: get the players in to suit the style. If that cannot be done within the budget, then go back to the first sentence and think some more.

Season: C+. Better than previous ones, but still a disappointment. We ended up pretty well where we deserved to be -- a playoff-level side, not an auto-promotion level side -- not enough As or high-Bs for that. An A-level performance from the manager might have made up for that, but we didn't get it.

RCB

 

My end of season rambling:

This tweet from a sheff united fan sums it up



The sheer embarrassment of being a city fan. Ridiculed by fans of teams that couldnt fill the TL Dallas. We turn up every week, we support the team in a way some premier league teams dont get and yet we are served poorly by the players, management and owner alike.

Its time for Rupp to step up and fix this shit, the embarrassment we feel is ultimately his fault.

 

I don’t understand why Rupp is getting stick. We’ve brought in an experienced manager who had previously spent his entire career at the very top level (so a major coup if we’re being realistic). The club have backed the manager with a good budget and we must have had one of the biggest squads in the league. All this achieved whilst keeping the season ticket prices at a really cheap price.

What more do you think Rupp could do?

 

He bought the club. He mismanaged the club. A club in progress turned into a laughing stock.

If we do not get promotion next season we will lose revenue the following season with the TV deal change. Next season we have Wrexham, Notts County, possibly Stockport, Salford, MK Dons and Gillingham who are all big spenders, potentially more than us. We cannot win on a shoestring like your Stevenages and Carlisle. If we lose even more revenue the season after next when will we get out of this league?

Rupp is the lynchpin to our demise. All boils back to him.

 

Good summary

 

The last 6 years of turgid football with Covid thrown into the mix has taken its toll on my mental health.
The disappointment yesterday made me numb to the point I didn’t say a word to anyone on the journey home and I’m still angry today.
Maybe I need a break from it all?

 

Nobody died. We'll be back.
Every set back will make the promotion all the sweeter, when it happens.
It will happen.

 

Why would we be embarrassed to be ridiculed by Sheff united? They would easily fill the TL Dallas stand and most of the ground if given the chance.

 

I didn't say anything about being mocked by sheff United fans. That person was being sympathetic to us.

Twitter has been full of Carlisle, Mansfield, Northampton, Gillingham fans goading us. It's not just the fans mocking us is it though? Are you not embarrassed by the state the club has found itself in once again? This will be our fifth season in l2

 

Covid, I perhaps understand, but how can following your football team affect your mental health, if it seriously does, I suggest taking up a new hobby and sacking football off

 

You should never feel embarrassed about following your football club.

 

I'd prefer it is sooner than later mate I'm not getting any younger.