I thought we had a chance against both Luton (if they weren't on a going day) and Yeovil (who were inevitably thinking about Man Utd). I expected Stevenage to beat us. I was quite optimistic (for me) about yesterday.
I feared Jack was planning to consign young Joe to the bench. I think he's right to identify that our wide midfield men have lacked the weapons to put pressure on the opposition's wide defence (which I'm pretty sure is a big reason we've ended up playing eight left backs this season). I was hoping Joe Rowley and Louis Dodds would move in behind Dennis and add to our goal threat. Once you've got that, my thinking is the opposition full backs have got to think both about the direct threat out wide AND covering in behind their centre backs who'll have their hands full. The more you occupy them the less weight they can add to their team's attacking threat.
Matt is quite right. Bring in this amount of new players and you have to get them to gel. Noticeably almost all Forest Green's dealings were in the first few days of the window. They've had some settling-in highs and lows. We clearly count every penny when it comes to that extra month of wages. Last-minute deals do, however, have another cost, but the crazy roundabout at the end of January clearly benefits some and creates a lot of interest, some of which seems like legalised stalking. (A good job it's not the Womens' game, there'd be a lot of casting couches - and coaches - and proto-Weinsteins around.)
My opinion is pretty much what it has been since I copped a butchers at GC's recruitment - we are going down. Somehow Jack has to lift us one place above a failing club. The brilliant Jim Bentley seems determined to organise Morecambe up the table ...... maybe Crewe could lose their remaining dregs of focus ............ or maybe Jack can knit his recruits together, but seven wins sounds a big ask to me.
I feared Jack was planning to consign young Joe to the bench. I think he's right to identify that our wide midfield men have lacked the weapons to put pressure on the opposition's wide defence (which I'm pretty sure is a big reason we've ended up playing eight left backs this season). I was hoping Joe Rowley and Louis Dodds would move in behind Dennis and add to our goal threat. Once you've got that, my thinking is the opposition full backs have got to think both about the direct threat out wide AND covering in behind their centre backs who'll have their hands full. The more you occupy them the less weight they can add to their team's attacking threat.
Matt is quite right. Bring in this amount of new players and you have to get them to gel. Noticeably almost all Forest Green's dealings were in the first few days of the window. They've had some settling-in highs and lows. We clearly count every penny when it comes to that extra month of wages. Last-minute deals do, however, have another cost, but the crazy roundabout at the end of January clearly benefits some and creates a lot of interest, some of which seems like legalised stalking. (A good job it's not the Womens' game, there'd be a lot of casting couches - and coaches - and proto-Weinsteins around.)
My opinion is pretty much what it has been since I copped a butchers at GC's recruitment - we are going down. Somehow Jack has to lift us one place above a failing club. The brilliant Jim Bentley seems determined to organise Morecambe up the table ...... maybe Crewe could lose their remaining dregs of focus ............ or maybe Jack can knit his recruits together, but seven wins sounds a big ask to me.