09-10-2017, 13:39
I must say I can't remember a Chesterfield side in 56-ish years that hasn't had a single player you could say would be a cut above our regular opposition. A man you could rely on for a 7 out of 10 even when everything's going wrong. Now the only one you could even imagine in that role is Tommy Lee and it seems that maybe the full Tommy could be gone forever. In truth individually we are struggling to match every opposition team in every single position in every single game. We can't murder a full back, embarrass a centre back, outclass a midfielder, silence a forward. We are regularly outmatched all over the park.
My opinion is that Jack needs to start building a team, when that is even possible for him, that will be capable of doing well in the Vanarama. Failing league players won't be the answer. At Dover, Kidderminster, Halifax, Woking, Sutton, Solihull, St Albans, Truro, Maidstone, Bromley, Dagenham, Boreham Wood, Aldershot, Blyth to name a few, you can find clubs with not much money, but at least one or two talented players, not only capable of Division Two, but who would not find the Vanarama a shock. When the window opens Jack, if the club makes it clear its priority is if it goes down to come back quickly, should be recruiting not only to save the club from relegation, but also provide the basis of a team which could bounce back.
Now it's true that, if for instance Leicester City come in as they did last season for Chester's 20-year-old centre back we couldn't compete ....... EXCEPT that we could say as Lincoln clearly did to Sean Raggett when he was at Dover, "COME TO US AND YOU'LL PLAY!" He did, now he's got a bigger club and is only back at Lincoln on a temporary loan as part of the deal. The truth is a lot of non-league clubs would regard being cash-strapped as unimaginable riches. They are open to deals and our pockets don't need to be that deep.
My opinion is that Jack needs to start building a team, when that is even possible for him, that will be capable of doing well in the Vanarama. Failing league players won't be the answer. At Dover, Kidderminster, Halifax, Woking, Sutton, Solihull, St Albans, Truro, Maidstone, Bromley, Dagenham, Boreham Wood, Aldershot, Blyth to name a few, you can find clubs with not much money, but at least one or two talented players, not only capable of Division Two, but who would not find the Vanarama a shock. When the window opens Jack, if the club makes it clear its priority is if it goes down to come back quickly, should be recruiting not only to save the club from relegation, but also provide the basis of a team which could bounce back.
Now it's true that, if for instance Leicester City come in as they did last season for Chester's 20-year-old centre back we couldn't compete ....... EXCEPT that we could say as Lincoln clearly did to Sean Raggett when he was at Dover, "COME TO US AND YOU'LL PLAY!" He did, now he's got a bigger club and is only back at Lincoln on a temporary loan as part of the deal. The truth is a lot of non-league clubs would regard being cash-strapped as unimaginable riches. They are open to deals and our pockets don't need to be that deep.