24-02-2015, 11:40
(24-02-2015, 08:16)St Charles Owl Wrote: Well I for one hope that this will be the last season that we have to settle for signing mediocre players!! Whether the new owners introduce any new methods of assessing what we have such as stats, or just go by the "eye" method, its plain to see we do not have the quality needed to challenge next season. We do have the nucleus of a team capable of challenging but it definitely needs some key additions!!
When will the ratification come through?? The sooner the new owners can lay out their expectations and plan, and more importantly start working on, the better we will be next season!!
If you take our current squad (less a few dead beats), add the on loan players and add two or three quality players then we could challenge for promotion next season.
GK - Westwood, Wildsmith, Dawson
CB - Lees, Loovens, Dielna +1
FB - Palmer, Vermijl, Helan, Mattock
Mid - Hutchinson, McGugan, Lee, Semedo, Melo +1 (Antonio, BM10, Knockhart)
Strikers - Keane, May, Madine, Bus +1
The margins between success & failure have been tight this season & we have failed due to poor tactics, formation & substitutions. Get those right & we are close to the Playoffs. Get one of Antonio, BM10 or Knockhart & another striker and we are close to automatic promotion.
We made two fatal errors.
1) Pushing Antonio out to get May
2) Not taking Afobe on a free when he was clearly going to get goals (24 goals already this season including 5 in 7 matches for Wolves)
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