26-04-2025, 18:27
Well now it’s mathematically over, although in all honesty I think we all knew the season was destined to fall into abject failure a few weeks ago, even if we lived in hope.
What is even more concerning right now is, the rebuild required is massive.
Whoever comes in will have very little to work with as most of the current squad are just not good enough to compete at the top of the championship. The new HC will need funds from selling our better players, but who is a better player with any value? Fellows’ stock has absolutely plummeted over the closing weeks of the season and talk of up to £15m for him are just pure fantasy. Maja could still command a decent fee but that’s not a given.
As for those that we need to hang on to, Griffiths has shown promise in goal.
In defense only Heggem and possibly Furlong have consistently stepped up. Bartley is showing his age and despite the ‘love in’ for Styles let’s be honest here, he is the proverbial headless chicken.
The likes of Grant, Swift, Wallace, Diangana, Molumby, Dike need moving on and some of our home grown talent, Taylor / Cleary need to be brought into the fold. Any ideas of signing Armstrong permanently need to be quashed immediately.
The overhaul needed is not going to be easy and it must start with the right appointment as Head Coach, which incidentally we should not be taking weeks and weeks over. Whoever it is will need a lot of time to get things in place for next season and get the right personnel in.
It could be a very barren couple of seasons coming up.
What is even more concerning right now is, the rebuild required is massive.
Whoever comes in will have very little to work with as most of the current squad are just not good enough to compete at the top of the championship. The new HC will need funds from selling our better players, but who is a better player with any value? Fellows’ stock has absolutely plummeted over the closing weeks of the season and talk of up to £15m for him are just pure fantasy. Maja could still command a decent fee but that’s not a given.
As for those that we need to hang on to, Griffiths has shown promise in goal.
In defense only Heggem and possibly Furlong have consistently stepped up. Bartley is showing his age and despite the ‘love in’ for Styles let’s be honest here, he is the proverbial headless chicken.
The likes of Grant, Swift, Wallace, Diangana, Molumby, Dike need moving on and some of our home grown talent, Taylor / Cleary need to be brought into the fold. Any ideas of signing Armstrong permanently need to be quashed immediately.
The overhaul needed is not going to be easy and it must start with the right appointment as Head Coach, which incidentally we should not be taking weeks and weeks over. Whoever it is will need a lot of time to get things in place for next season and get the right personnel in.
It could be a very barren couple of seasons coming up.