19-12-2022, 15:37
This all made me very sad indeed - apart fom Simpson being on his way back to full fitness.
It illustrates what you all know and what has been happening since before? Corboran (5 from 5 at WBA) decided to go. Two of your best players went to Forest Reserves in return for an invisible £10 million. Proceedings clearly alienated other players who ended up as remainers when they obviously wanted to be exiteers. Others like Russell seem almost to have been destroyed by the changes. And you've brought in two managers from the scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel end of the market. What did you expect? This is almost exactly what you all expected isn't it?
The positive I can see for you is that you have blooded a few very promising young players. Maybe that is the way to go whatever happens with your league position. DITCH the already alienated old guard. Maybe Bolton might like both Ward and Rhodes, perhaps Dion Charles might fancy a trip over the Pennines. Stoke have loaned a 20 year-old centre forward to Torquay (perhaps it is just a six-monther), maybe you could pinch him on loan with an option to buy - he can play and he gets better every week. It might sound like a negative to you, there are a lot of good players even down to non-league football. Wrexham and Notts County might just be in a position to fight off offers, but the others will offer a gift-wrapping service in return for not-too-many readies. Exeter have several players both coming through and already established ...... and they have lumbered themselves with a worse manger than you. That's sad for a nice club, but it is also an opportunity for a club like Huddersfield should the fans be able to wake it from its slumbers.
Of course you need a new manager. Yes you will probably hit the random sacking button. You just need to avoid the random appointment button this time.
I do so hope it works out for you. Even relegation can be a positive IF you start gathering together a team capable of challenging for promotion/s and that in my book would mean a bit of influential experience and good dollop of youthful talent and enthusiasm. And a manager the players like and understand.
It illustrates what you all know and what has been happening since before? Corboran (5 from 5 at WBA) decided to go. Two of your best players went to Forest Reserves in return for an invisible £10 million. Proceedings clearly alienated other players who ended up as remainers when they obviously wanted to be exiteers. Others like Russell seem almost to have been destroyed by the changes. And you've brought in two managers from the scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel end of the market. What did you expect? This is almost exactly what you all expected isn't it?
The positive I can see for you is that you have blooded a few very promising young players. Maybe that is the way to go whatever happens with your league position. DITCH the already alienated old guard. Maybe Bolton might like both Ward and Rhodes, perhaps Dion Charles might fancy a trip over the Pennines. Stoke have loaned a 20 year-old centre forward to Torquay (perhaps it is just a six-monther), maybe you could pinch him on loan with an option to buy - he can play and he gets better every week. It might sound like a negative to you, there are a lot of good players even down to non-league football. Wrexham and Notts County might just be in a position to fight off offers, but the others will offer a gift-wrapping service in return for not-too-many readies. Exeter have several players both coming through and already established ...... and they have lumbered themselves with a worse manger than you. That's sad for a nice club, but it is also an opportunity for a club like Huddersfield should the fans be able to wake it from its slumbers.
Of course you need a new manager. Yes you will probably hit the random sacking button. You just need to avoid the random appointment button this time.
I do so hope it works out for you. Even relegation can be a positive IF you start gathering together a team capable of challenging for promotion/s and that in my book would mean a bit of influential experience and good dollop of youthful talent and enthusiasm. And a manager the players like and understand.