Fourteen seems like the operative number. Isn't that fourteen games and two wins for Mr Caldwell? Last time we had fourteen shots on goal was his opening game in which we basically fielded Danny's team. It's taken a long time to get back to roughly where we were.
Of the six signings Mr Caldwell has made, only one is now a starter and he's a 36 year-old keeper. Not exactly fast forward into the future there either?
BUT Rowley and Maguire have been brought into the fold and are justifying their inclusion which is a huge step forward. And yes Pooch there is a danger once you show the world a young player ......... but the answer is surely to ask him to take a look at Dele Alli. His development, getting competitive games at MKD, has left him way ahead of of his contemporaries. The choice is being swallowed up amongst a lot of other good young players fighting for a place on the bench somewhere and games, experience and publicity! My hope is that Mr Caldwell is brave enough to grasp the nettle now and get a couple more of our youngsters onto the field before the end of the season.
I'm not that big on stats but FOURTEEN shots suggests we might be achieving some balance in our play (you don't win many if you struggle to get 4 shots). I reckon in football you need to give yourself enough chances to score without jeopardising your ability to defend. We have been in an either/or situation during most of Mr Caldwell's term, which I'm sure wouldn't satisfy him. We could defend only when we didn't do much in attack. I know Port Vale are nearly as poor as us and will probably accompany us on the drop, but a combination of fourteen efforts on goal and a clean sheet is hopeful.
Much as young Maguire will testify how much he learnt at Fylde it still strikes me he should have been learning on the field for us when points mattered. When he came back he had a poor game and we let in four, but you don't only learn by succeeding. The education he received may have been brutal but it might have done a world of good.
Much as I don't like or rate him, Stuckmann has done a decent job for us. Unfortunately for him, IF Tommy is going to be fit next season I can't see any sense in a small club keeping a 36 year-old reserve keeper unless he also became goalkeeping coach. Surely our second keeper should be about 15 years younger and improving? As Tommy has proved so effectively this season, thanks to our medical mismanagement and a bad decision from Danny, he isn't immortal.
Overall though Pooch you are right, if Mr Caldwell is staying, he has some knotty decisions to make over players. I can't ever remember looking at a Chesterfield squad before in which there isn't single player over 20 who you'd say WE HAVE TO KEEP HIM!
Of the six signings Mr Caldwell has made, only one is now a starter and he's a 36 year-old keeper. Not exactly fast forward into the future there either?
BUT Rowley and Maguire have been brought into the fold and are justifying their inclusion which is a huge step forward. And yes Pooch there is a danger once you show the world a young player ......... but the answer is surely to ask him to take a look at Dele Alli. His development, getting competitive games at MKD, has left him way ahead of of his contemporaries. The choice is being swallowed up amongst a lot of other good young players fighting for a place on the bench somewhere and games, experience and publicity! My hope is that Mr Caldwell is brave enough to grasp the nettle now and get a couple more of our youngsters onto the field before the end of the season.
I'm not that big on stats but FOURTEEN shots suggests we might be achieving some balance in our play (you don't win many if you struggle to get 4 shots). I reckon in football you need to give yourself enough chances to score without jeopardising your ability to defend. We have been in an either/or situation during most of Mr Caldwell's term, which I'm sure wouldn't satisfy him. We could defend only when we didn't do much in attack. I know Port Vale are nearly as poor as us and will probably accompany us on the drop, but a combination of fourteen efforts on goal and a clean sheet is hopeful.
Much as young Maguire will testify how much he learnt at Fylde it still strikes me he should have been learning on the field for us when points mattered. When he came back he had a poor game and we let in four, but you don't only learn by succeeding. The education he received may have been brutal but it might have done a world of good.
Much as I don't like or rate him, Stuckmann has done a decent job for us. Unfortunately for him, IF Tommy is going to be fit next season I can't see any sense in a small club keeping a 36 year-old reserve keeper unless he also became goalkeeping coach. Surely our second keeper should be about 15 years younger and improving? As Tommy has proved so effectively this season, thanks to our medical mismanagement and a bad decision from Danny, he isn't immortal.
Overall though Pooch you are right, if Mr Caldwell is staying, he has some knotty decisions to make over players. I can't ever remember looking at a Chesterfield squad before in which there isn't single player over 20 who you'd say WE HAVE TO KEEP HIM!