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Tried the legend, tried the League One mastermind, maybe time to try something different rather than a perennial failure. We have to accept Edin has a model and that is the way it is. Collins and the other two have bought into that model so that ticks a huge box if anything.

Coaching shouldn't be a problem, I know someone in the club who really rates Drury as a coach.

 

Funnily enough, I feel more optimistic about the coming season, that I did on the eve of last season, when we were losing some good players, and not replacing them adequately. The blow of losing at Wembley was probably still festering though, to be honest The saga of not replacing McArdle last summer was a real downer at the time. It was a big surprise that we started the season so well, but I was never confident of it lasting, due to the pretty poor home performances served up.
Hopefully, the new coaches will have some good new fresh ideas, whilst also making us more solid and difficult to beat.
I am pleased with the keeper and defensive recruits, still think we need at least 1 more central midfield player, and 1 more striker, 2 if Charlie Boy leaves.
I am sure there will still be a bit of movement in and out before the window closes in August

 

I’m still massively underwhelmed by the HC appointment, as well as Drury and Abbott. They can sign all the ‘decent’ players they like but it’s down to management and coaching to make them into team - this is where we are going to fall short next season imo.

 

Impossible to say before a ball has even been kicked but I would argue that having a coaching team that fully buy into the model has more chance of being the right appointment than having a head coach and support staff that don't.

 

Well this is a heart/head moment for me. My heart tells me to be optimistic, new season, coaches, players, young players, we just might find the formula. My head says caution, the recruitment of head coach was chaotic, we are buying players who don’t cost much, is this team a bargain or are we going to get what we paid for?

I can honestly say I have never felt like this at the start of the season before.

Will we be celebrating our brand new team this time next year, or be truly in the dumps!

 

As usual, figures and stats can be misleading. It could be argued that no manager could have had three attempts at promotion from league 2 if it hadn't been for Parky getting us promoted to league one. Equally, it could be said that Parky improved on every season as manager, which over 5 years is quite remarkable and unparraled in recent history. We can all manipulate stats but theres no getting away from the fact that Parky was a good manager for us.

 

Agreed. What's done is done. This is the start of a new chapter which may or may not be a successful one however we need to give it a chance.

Football supporters by their very nature are impatient and we are all guilty at times of demanding immediate success. For me the timing of this new strategy at the club wasn't the best - especially when we appeared to be on the cusp of making the step up to the Championship. However, it's been/being implemented now so let's suck it up and get on with backing the lads from this point forward.

Patience will be key!

 

This time next year we will be looking forward to seeing championship teams to Valley parade don't forget Edins promise boys and girls

 

Only time will tell. It’s blatantly obvious that Collins is a panic appointment because nobody else wanted to work under the Microscope that is Edin Rahic. Collins is the gaffer now so all we can do is get behind him and the lads and see what they can deliver.

 

That doesn't necessarily mean that the squad was better. PP failed to get the best out of the talent in his squad such as Marshall and Morris. Given what we know they can do at this level, how they were both redundant that season is beyond me. Additionally, the tactics pp employed during the play off semi were awful and we were almost set up to fail. McCall on the other hand got the best out his players.

So was progressing a round further under McCall down to man mangement skills and perhaps a difference in approach, or was it purely down to having superior players available to him and nothing else? Debatable, but it's not as simple as Wembley=better squad. What I do know is that we definitely wouldn't have got to Wembley without Meredith, Mcardle, Cullen and Marshall and they were all available during our 2015/16 campaign.

 

I didn't question him with regards a winger within that system, but he did say the lad Serdorf was a class act with pace to burn and an end product, he can cross a ball.
He also said Collins did not like a big man up front he prefered two quick lads.

 

No denying we got the closest under their new ownership, only as good as your last season mind and that has taken us backwards. In the grand scheme of things it means little, the slate is always wiped clean at the end of the season and we are still in league 1. Time now to see what Collins and Drury have to offer. Could end up a success, nobody at this moment in time knows what will happen. We may be lauding Rahic as a football genius come May next year, we may be calling for his head. Can't wait for it start now.

 

It might not be 'the' appointment but it fits in with the model.

 

For the model and direction we are going yes. Is it the person that Edin had in mind? I don't think so.

 

I tend to agree, even though they came with different ideas of how they thought the club should be run IMO I'd have hoped they would have introduced their ideas and changes as and when appropriate, certainly with regards the footballing side.
Even though they say their model is a head coach who is there to blend players into a winning, atractive footballing side. they didnt have the belief in their convictions or they would have done it from the off, Parkinson out and a head coach in, instead of bringing McCall back (to pacify fans) and bringing their own head coach in and going with their model from day one.
In hindsight it has been two wasted seasons the first team IMO are not as good as the one Parky had at the end of season 2015/16 the development lads have yet to bear fruit one or two have potencial but as yet I cant see any going for the sort of money many were hoping for.
New season new hopes as usual I believe the team/ coaching team will get the full backing of the fans let's hope the new way works out, August will certainly be a challenging month.

 

Why ?? Who do you think will get relegared .

 

Bronco is saying the PP side was better than Stuart's which I totally agree with.

 

Parkinson had 3 attempts at L1 and failed every time. We were L1 when he left and we are still L1.

McCall/Rahic/Rupp got us closer than Parkinson/Lawn/Rhodes ever did and those are the facts whether you like it or not.

 

As is the norm with me the nearer the season gets the more optimistic I become. I am OK with all the signings but would still like to see one or two more come in with something a bit "more". My real concern is the coaching team. I actually wanted a young hungry coach, even if relatively unproven. The problem is that MCs record on paper with the U18s only proves that he isn't very good. I know it's down to available players etc. but I would feel much happier if he had smashed the league last season. Go on MC - prove me wrong!