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[DonnyOsmond]

1. Relegation was a good thing. It enabled us to get rid of players and rebuild into what we are now.
2. Anyone who thinks promotion from League Two was a given is very simple.

[Campsall rover]

1. Relegation was a good thing. It enabled us to get rid of players and rebuild into what we are now.
2. Anyone who thinks promotion from League Two was a given is very simple.

I am simple then.   No seriously it wasn’t a given of course it never is. But we were head and shoulders better than everyone in that league imo. Only Pompey, Plymouth & Luton were even reasonably decent sides.

[Campsall rover]

1. Relegation was a good thing. It enabled us to get rid of players and rebuild into what we are now.
2. Anyone who thinks promotion from League Two was a given is very simple.

Getting relegated to the Conference was probably the best thing ever to happen to this club because we completely re-built from scratch.
At the time though i don’t remember too many of us being happy about it. Do you?

[RoversAlias]

1. Relegation was a good thing. It enabled us to get rid of players and rebuild into what we are now.
2. Anyone who thinks promotion from League Two was a given is very simple.

I am simple then.   No seriously it wasn’t a given of course it never is. But we were head and shoulders better than everyone in that league imo. Only Pompey, Plymouth & Luton were even reasonably decent sides.

Nah, we were in the same bracket as those three sides but certainly not head and shoulders above them. Surprised to see such an arrogance about it, and Darren Ferguson should be commended for assembling the squad he did and getting us promoted with relative ease from that division.

I don't really like Ferguson and was never massively enamoured by his time here, but he deserves the credit for that achievement 100%.

[Campsall rover]

1. Relegation was a good thing. It enabled us to get rid of players and rebuild into what we are now.
2. Anyone who thinks promotion from League Two was a given is very simple.

I am simple then.   No seriously it wasn’t a given of course it never is. But we were head and shoulders better than everyone in that league imo. Only Pompey, Plymouth & Luton were even reasonably decent sides.

Nah, we were in the same bracket as those three sides but certainly not head and shoulders above them. Surprised to see such an arrogance about it, and Darren Ferguson should be commended for assembling the squad he did and getting us promoted with relative ease from that division.

I don't really like Ferguson and was never massively enamoured by his time here, but he deserves the credit for that achievement 100%.

RA there is nothing arrogant about my comment. We were head & shoulders above all but those three others mentioned. We were 8 points clear with 5 to play and should have had that winners trophy in the cabinet without any question imo.
DF recruited well & yes he put a good squad together, but a good manager doesn’t play people consistently out of position and in a formation that the players quite obviously were not comfortable playing in. As for his man management of certain players, don’t get me started.
You only need to look at the team this season. The players are all playing with a smile on their faces.
They were not last season, at times they looked thoroughly confused with their roles on the pitch.
I don’t think DF is very good at man managing or has much tactical acumen.
Shall we leave it at that.