31-07-2018, 11:48
Things change if you are going to succeed. It even happens in the Sunday League, but yes, is his name Peter Lim in the background with the multi-millions? Salford City is essentially a new club so much has changed. BUT it is very difficult to build a league team without changing the culture and entire nature of club.
As for last night at Matlock, a crowd of over a thousand turned up to watch Chesterfield. They got our Juniors plus Joe Anyon with dropsy. Why did we arrange the Alfreton and Matlock friendlies if we were going to wrap our miniscule squad in cotton-wool? I'm all for our young players coming up against men BUT to benefit properly they need also to play WITH men - three or four first teamers would have made all the difference. As it was we showed disrespect to Matlock.
The other interesting thing is Bob's didn't seem to recognise what a performance it was from our young team to win the Derbyshire Cup last season. Perhaps they will begin to realise now how much those youngsters achieved in the final against what was an Alfreton team selected to win the game.
Our squad is a bit too small and still lacks goal-potential. Also even if we can't ditch Joe Anyon every friendly is proving we cannot afford to risk him in a league match - he is very rarely mistake-free. We need a young promising keeper who will take over from Jalal (even if that means Anyon trains and never plays - as he is a threat to our very survival).
As for last night at Matlock, a crowd of over a thousand turned up to watch Chesterfield. They got our Juniors plus Joe Anyon with dropsy. Why did we arrange the Alfreton and Matlock friendlies if we were going to wrap our miniscule squad in cotton-wool? I'm all for our young players coming up against men BUT to benefit properly they need also to play WITH men - three or four first teamers would have made all the difference. As it was we showed disrespect to Matlock.
The other interesting thing is Bob's didn't seem to recognise what a performance it was from our young team to win the Derbyshire Cup last season. Perhaps they will begin to realise now how much those youngsters achieved in the final against what was an Alfreton team selected to win the game.
Our squad is a bit too small and still lacks goal-potential. Also even if we can't ditch Joe Anyon every friendly is proving we cannot afford to risk him in a league match - he is very rarely mistake-free. We need a young promising keeper who will take over from Jalal (even if that means Anyon trains and never plays - as he is a threat to our very survival).