I still think Dancing's idea of Hird as a very defensive midfielder playing just in front of the back four would improve matters ......... and the guy really does pass well which suggests he wouldn't disrupt our own midfield.
I really did think the best ANY manager could do for us was not to get any further behind until the transfer window and then maybe recruit a miracle. I wanted Jack Lester as manager because I wanted someone for the long-term - Dancing was opposed, not because he didn't rate Jack, but because he wanted someone with a track record of saving teams from relegation which was simply a different way of looking at the problem.
I still look at our team and am amazed to be considering our chances of beating rivals like Barnet and Stevenage. These last few months victory had become something accidentally and very occasionally achieved, which none (or very few) of us felt likely to be repeated. Somehow Jack has got the team to put itself into games. Now he's got to make sure they can repeat the trick to the end of the season AND he has the task of recruiting well whilst making sure his current players maintain their improvement.
It isn't easy, and I still think we've got a bigger ask than anybody else in the division, but I didn't switch on teletext on Saturday lunchtime from behind the sofa.
By the way, I like the fact young Joe carries the ball too far sometimes. It shows he believes in himself. Really good youngsters almost always do it. As for Anyon, you've hit the nail on the head - he doesn't inspire confidence and that is a problem that is very difficult to do anything about. If you carry your past mistakes with you it's pretty damned certain the defenders in front of you will be doing it too.
I really did think the best ANY manager could do for us was not to get any further behind until the transfer window and then maybe recruit a miracle. I wanted Jack Lester as manager because I wanted someone for the long-term - Dancing was opposed, not because he didn't rate Jack, but because he wanted someone with a track record of saving teams from relegation which was simply a different way of looking at the problem.
I still look at our team and am amazed to be considering our chances of beating rivals like Barnet and Stevenage. These last few months victory had become something accidentally and very occasionally achieved, which none (or very few) of us felt likely to be repeated. Somehow Jack has got the team to put itself into games. Now he's got to make sure they can repeat the trick to the end of the season AND he has the task of recruiting well whilst making sure his current players maintain their improvement.
It isn't easy, and I still think we've got a bigger ask than anybody else in the division, but I didn't switch on teletext on Saturday lunchtime from behind the sofa.
By the way, I like the fact young Joe carries the ball too far sometimes. It shows he believes in himself. Really good youngsters almost always do it. As for Anyon, you've hit the nail on the head - he doesn't inspire confidence and that is a problem that is very difficult to do anything about. If you carry your past mistakes with you it's pretty damned certain the defenders in front of you will be doing it too.