22-10-2017, 12:40
As you know I'm definitely NOT Mr Blue Sky, but it was very much what I expected. I don't think it was reasonable to expect Jack to turn this squad into winners. He's got to get them to be in every game and winning some of the time until the January window. And it sounds as though we were in the game at least.
I have been liking our foul counter going down, but this time it was up. Bad sign!
One of our problems is that our two closest apparent rivals are not only better than us, they also both have a top goalscorer and I don't think either of them will be in the relegation mix at the end of the season ......... and because they are improving we are already way off the pace, which could be dispiriting. (I think Neil Aspin is a shrewd appointment at Vale and if we are going to recruit non-league players we are going to find ourselves in competition with him, because he's developed a whole load of players who have come through to league success from non-league .....)
Carlisle is a chance to win. Should we be scared of Devitt and Liddle? The two goalscorers that took them to the top of the table for so long the other year are now at Cambridge and Bradford respectively. I'm still of the opinion that Hird and Evatt can only fail in the long run and that at some point we have to be brave enough to play Maguire with Evatt and play Hird just in front of them. Jack is trying to protect our centre backs, but at the moment he doesn't have the players to do it particularly well. And another problem you get when your centre backs lack pace is that your full backs end up in bad positions and making mistakes, because they are permanently on the alert to cover across ........ rather than concentrating on their own job.
I can't say I'm any more hopeful, but I'm certainly not any less. It did only take Ricky German 19 minutes to score for Sheffield and Jack Brownell made their other goal (and he's been making or scoring every week!) I'm still wondering if anyone notices. Willock was only sub for Kettering who played Slough in a top of the table clash that gave them a 0-0 draw. He came on as sub and got 5 out 10 for the performance.
What is happening with O'Grady and Ugwu? How is Tommy? And is the legendary Binnom-Williams still a month away from playing?
I have been liking our foul counter going down, but this time it was up. Bad sign!
One of our problems is that our two closest apparent rivals are not only better than us, they also both have a top goalscorer and I don't think either of them will be in the relegation mix at the end of the season ......... and because they are improving we are already way off the pace, which could be dispiriting. (I think Neil Aspin is a shrewd appointment at Vale and if we are going to recruit non-league players we are going to find ourselves in competition with him, because he's developed a whole load of players who have come through to league success from non-league .....)
Carlisle is a chance to win. Should we be scared of Devitt and Liddle? The two goalscorers that took them to the top of the table for so long the other year are now at Cambridge and Bradford respectively. I'm still of the opinion that Hird and Evatt can only fail in the long run and that at some point we have to be brave enough to play Maguire with Evatt and play Hird just in front of them. Jack is trying to protect our centre backs, but at the moment he doesn't have the players to do it particularly well. And another problem you get when your centre backs lack pace is that your full backs end up in bad positions and making mistakes, because they are permanently on the alert to cover across ........ rather than concentrating on their own job.
I can't say I'm any more hopeful, but I'm certainly not any less. It did only take Ricky German 19 minutes to score for Sheffield and Jack Brownell made their other goal (and he's been making or scoring every week!) I'm still wondering if anyone notices. Willock was only sub for Kettering who played Slough in a top of the table clash that gave them a 0-0 draw. He came on as sub and got 5 out 10 for the performance.
What is happening with O'Grady and Ugwu? How is Tommy? And is the legendary Binnom-Williams still a month away from playing?