03-02-2023, 17:46
Yes Matt and Peterborough also have a record of also buying non-league players who become complete failures and return. One played for Barnet against us last week. If Kabongo is their player how can we be loaning him out? We can't loan Paul Mullin out from Wrexham can we? The Posh have got a history of wide-boy deals. They are taking a punt they hope will pay off and they'll have last season's Tshimanga. They are the market-traders of the EFL. Check the label.
Of course there is something you can do when an important player doesn't want to play - you can sign another player to take his place. We've finally signed a winger with a modest record of goals. We have a centre forward who is scoring more than we could expect and it may well not continue and a potential strike partner who has rather lost the knack .... and that's your lot. Does that sound like going up? And it has taken us five months of the season and inaction to get ourselves there. It certainly is a Road to Nowhere and it's unadopted and unknown.
The other thing you can do when a player feels unloved and thwarted is give him a bit of love. Provide an incentive. get him fired up to show his true self. If you feed bitterness it only grows. Five months to heal a rift and we can't do it. When you are happy with being third-rate you don't find solutions.
Of course there is something you can do when an important player doesn't want to play - you can sign another player to take his place. We've finally signed a winger with a modest record of goals. We have a centre forward who is scoring more than we could expect and it may well not continue and a potential strike partner who has rather lost the knack .... and that's your lot. Does that sound like going up? And it has taken us five months of the season and inaction to get ourselves there. It certainly is a Road to Nowhere and it's unadopted and unknown.
The other thing you can do when a player feels unloved and thwarted is give him a bit of love. Provide an incentive. get him fired up to show his true self. If you feed bitterness it only grows. Five months to heal a rift and we can't do it. When you are happy with being third-rate you don't find solutions.