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6 games into the season.

That’s all we are. Mccarten has trained this week I think Bowyer has said. The rest we had to get rid of due to wages. Good players for league two or not. We cannot have them at top end of wage bill. It causes unrest.

Give it time. Stop the panic. We are not in meltdown as most want you to believe

 

It’s alright, he’s an Apple user.

 

I think there is a bit too much panicking going on.

Last year we were absolutely hopeless. The first step over the summer was plugging the woeful defence.

Through a drop in league and a few faces coming in we now seem to have a decent defence. BRE has been one of our best players. We know Paudie is League One level, nevermind L2, and he’s only just got fit. Chicksen was diabolical last year but we have better alternatives this year with Wood back in plans and Henley doing a job. Even Longridge hasn’t done badly in the rare time he’s been given.

O’Donnell is faring better. Looks the GK we thought we signed last year.

A solid defence is what any promotion side should be built upon.

Vaughan is the best striker in the league and been scoring despite us not playing with wingers.

Yes, midfield isn’t sorted yet, but Palmer seems better than Devine, Anderson and Akpan, we know Devitt is a top L2 player from his time at Carlisle and we now have wingers as well as a fit McCartan to come in.

I know we were babba under Edin but he’s gone and we need a bit more perspective.

Pritchard looked lively on Tuesday and if he can build on that performance and Connolly injects pace on the other side, all is not lost yet!

 

Glass half full vs somebody stole my glass.
We’ve been waiting for a come from behind win for over 2 years. Why not enjoy that moment.
Then you can happily return to your abject misery?
Edin really fcked up our fan base. No belief or trust in anyone. We were right to protest and get Rahic out of the club for all the damage he did and were still dealing with the aftermath.
Bowyer is picking up those broken pieces and may or may not be the answer. Time will tell.
Is that being a so called thoroughly nice chap? Or just realism. I reckon the latter.

 

I really do think all this is being completely blown out of all proportion... we'll be top 7 by the end of the season easy, it just takes time for things to settle.

 

The one thing I look for is a good strong mentality throughout the squad.

Top players ending up in the basement with a limited time as professional
footballers should show they want to go out with a bang and achieve as much
as they can.I hope Vaughn and Donaldo will do this,I think they will.

Younger players need to do the same for different reasons.Going as far as they
can as a player so producing all the attributes we want to see.

The Bolton result felt like a defeat and showed little of what I want to see,
especially in the first half.The mentality required to be successful is to WIN
every game you play,or give it your best.Players who don't give that extra
effort don't deserve to be in the squad.Last season apart from OB we had
that indifference nearly all season and if we fall into that lethargy again we
will be struggling.

We are in the basement and the only direction we can consider is UP.I am
hopeful the wingers we have will create what we were missing last season and
if Vaughn and Donaldo can keep fit we should be afraid of no one in this league
and our aim should be automatic promotion and kick on to another crack at the
championship.Then,who knows.

 

We are a 1 legged duck swimming in circles.

 

We look far from the finished article but most of our games have been tight. Expected goals tables suggest we deserve to be a few positions higher.

Improvement is needed, yes, and Bowyer does deserve some criticism for bending over and accommodating visiting teams at home, as well as constantly changing the system, but it is still very early days, we could quite easily be sat in the playoffs and we all know we’re probably playing below our full potential.

I think we’re showing about 65 % of what we’re capable of with this squad but, long term, i think a 4-4-2 with this side will see us nestle in the top seven;

O’Donnell, Longridge, Paudie, BRE, Mellor, Pritchard, Palmer, Devitt, Connolly, Vaughan, Donaldson

That’s a very good League Two team (on paper) if a fit Longridge and Connolly prove up to it and offer natural balance in their respective positions.

Cooke, Anthony O’Connor, QPR kid, Wood and McCartan looks a fair bench too.

Keep Hornby, Devine, Patrick, Anderson and Akpan as far away from the XI as possible.

 

We dominated the whole of the second half

 

Sorry, all out of hope.

 

Stay away from the windows.

 

Why don’t you watch over the next 10 games and if we’re still struggling to perform then PANIC

 

You’ve not been supporting us very long have you?

 

Eh?

 

Of course it doesn’t but the second half showing shows that we are capable of being a decent team at this level

 

Without getting into the ins and outs we look a mid table side. Not great but not a complete farce either.

 

Better today.

Devine was carried but with Cooke or later on, Devitt, replacing him, we look almost there to knowing best team after today.

 

Ok 20 minutes of reasonable football makes everything alright does it?
#delusionalgomperism

 

Our victory yesterday was the best come-from-behind performance since Jenna Jameson visited the fire station.

 

20 mins of reasonable football?! Now don't get me wrong, we are not exactly setting the world alight but I'm currently looking for evidence of a strong defence, more control and attacking threat from the midfield and a forward line that looks to have goals in them. Based on Saturday's performance we had all of that in the 2nd half and some of it in the first. Further improvement needed - absolutely - but it was certainly a step in the right direct and more than 20 mins of reasonable football. In my opinion at least.