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I think our budget is more than adequate to be honest. We have been incredibly unlucky with injuries and it has taken a few players a while to adjust to League One football such as Marquis & Beestin. Next year get rid of the dead wood like Alcock, Williams and Evina and bring in a few players to challenge for first team places and with a bit of luck on the injury front we should have a team challenges for the play offs at least.
With us it's all about potential.We have a young squad and have been absolutely slaughtered with long-term injuries to key players this season. From what I've seen of both Portsmouth and Plymouth, we have a more talented team than both (definitely Blackpool). We just need a little luck for a change and a bit more concentration and I'd make us a good bet to be challenging for a play-off place at worst next season.
Quote from: rtid88 on April 03, 2018, 08:20:53 amI think our budget is more than adequate to be honest. We have been incredibly unlucky with injuries and it has taken a few players a while to adjust to League One football such as Marquis & Beestin. Next year get rid of the dead wood like Alcock, Williams and Evina and bring in a few players to challenge for first team places and with a bit of luck on the injury front we should have a team challenges for the play offs at least.More than adequate for what though?Avoiding relegation, consolidation, mid-table, top ten?The club is in the second year of a five year plan for promotion.At some stage in the next three seasons it has to give Fergie a budget to achieve that aim.And, let's hope then that it is 'more than adequate'.
Quote from: bobbymax on April 03, 2018, 10:42:43 amWith us it's all about potential.We have a young squad and have been absolutely slaughtered with long-term injuries to key players this season. From what I've seen of both Portsmouth and Plymouth, we have a more talented team than both (definitely Blackpool). We just need a little luck for a change and a bit more concentration and I'd make us a good bet to be challenging for a play-off place at worst next season.'A little luck and a bit more concentration.'If only it was that easy.
I know I’ve gone on about Budgets and wages but if we had scored 1 more goal in 4/5 drawn games we would be in the same position as Portsmouth and Plymouth. As I’ve posted before our defence as been better so far and we have scored 4 goals less than both so far. So with games so far injuries and players learning this league have made a difference but with creativity and goals more than anything.
The main reason we are not in with a shout of the playoffs is our young side not being able to cope with the Physical side of the game in this division in the first half of the season, and our poor defensive abilities at full/wing back. Plus a goalkeeper, who added to the fullbacks by not coming for crosses. We could have had Shearer and Andy Cole up front the first 6 to 8 games, the front men had no service at all in most of them games in the league. Every team roughed us up and attacked our right back position, and got crosses in as soon as possible.
Steve, a game is 90 minutes long, when the goals are conceded makes no difference really, but when professional sportsmen see a perceived weakness they will go at it until it breaks. We were too slow to react, we were getting physically battered every week, Rowe and Coppinger were being targeted, and we allowed some pretty poor sides to bully us out of our rhythm. Individual weaknesses were evident in most matches and were repeated week after week by the same players, and playing May affects the performance of Marquis. Whiteman and Blair are either hot or cold, and will not dominate a midfield at this level. Two of our best players McCollough and Baudry were missing, and when you add Andrews, that is quite a hit, add Mason only now showing consistency in his play, and you can now see the difference in the results lately. In fact Marosi, who has done well when called on, has not been in the games half as much as Lawlor was before their return.
People seem to conveniently forget that we have won points ourselves by scoring late points, almost as many as we have dropped.Things even themselves out in that stat over a season.
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