black morse wrote:What are we expecting here? Derek's task this season is to improve the team and save us from relegation.
He appears to have done the first part and we must trust his judgement to achieve the second part. We can't ask more than that this season.
black morse wrote:What are we expecting here? Derek's task this season is to improve the team and save us from relegation.
He appears to have done the first part and we must trust his judgement to achieve the second part. We can't ask more than that this season.
BerlinWaller wrote:We can't look past this season. DA has signed a long term contract but everything he has to do right now is short term. He has brought in players on 6 month deals to keep us up. He will do that.
Says who, says you?
The summer will be interesting. He will be able to look for players to push us forward rather than scrape enough points to keep us up.
IF he has a fistful of dollars he might but don't kid yourself
Slanester wrote:black morse wrote:What are we expecting here? Derek's task this season is to improve the team and save us from relegation.
He appears to have done the first part and we must trust his judgement to achieve the second part. We can't ask more than that this season.
That is pretty much the hope of most supporters. The “illusion” created by some, has not come to fruition so far, and getting carried away so quickly, and readily, can falsely raise the bar of expectation.
HALMA 1983 wrote:BerlinWaller wrote:We can't look past this season. DA has signed a long term contract but everything he has to do right now is short term. He has brought in players on 6 month deals to keep us up. He will do that.
Says who, says you?
The summer will be interesting. He will be able to look for players to push us forward rather than scrape enough points to keep us up.
IF he has a fistful of dollars he might but don't kid yourself
BerlinWaller wrote:He will have more room to manoeuvre as players will have come to the end of their contracts. He has already shown he can bring in better players from a wider area. There won't be the usual ex Bury and Tranmere cast offs.
BerlinWaller wrote:Slanester wrote:black morse wrote:What are we expecting here? Derek's task this season is to improve the team and save us from relegation.
He appears to have done the first part and we must trust his judgement to achieve the second part. We can't ask more than that this season.
That is pretty much the hope of most supporters. The “illusion” created by some, has not come to fruition so far, and getting carried away so quickly, and readily, can falsely raise the bar of expectation.
Your posts leave me with a head ache. There is no illusion, the squad and performances are much improved. Expectations are to survive this season after a horrendous start. DA has worked miracles so far.
Slanester wrote:BerlinWaller wrote:Slanester wrote:That is pretty much the hope of most supporters. The “illusion” created by some, has not come to fruition so far, and getting carried away so quickly, and readily, can falsely raise the bar of expectation.
Your posts leave me with a head ache. There is no illusion, the squad and performances are much improved. Expectations are to survive this season after a horrendous start. DA has worked miracles so far.
Oh dear!!!
Just scroll past, like I try to do most of yours. Very refreshing.
HALMA 1983 wrote:BerlinWaller wrote:He will have more room to manoeuvre as players will have come to the end of their contracts. He has already shown he can bring in better players from a wider area. There won't be the usual ex Bury and Tranmere cast offs.
You're talking as though safety is already guaranteed but unless there's more wins at Home, it won't be enough to prevent being cut adrift along with Stevenage by the clubs above.
3 points yesterday would have been a real tonic, as they lost ground once more.
BerlinWaller wrote:What is the big deal about being cut adrift? We have to finish above Stevenage not 17th. No point worrying about Carlisle and the others above us. We need to out point Stevenage from here on in and I have every confidence that we will under DA.
mrpotatohead wrote:"You will never see 2 up front again in the modern game"
That is soooooo funny!!!!!
BerlinWaller wrote:Not in the conventional 442 you won't
Teams play 3 at the back in order to get a front 2. Maybe with you both having more clubs than Tiger Woods, you have superior football brains.
mrpotatohead wrote:I move that the open terrace be renamed "the wailing wall" in honour of Morecambe FCs only real fan , his opinions may be shite and he may have a full fish supper on his shoulder but hey, he a true "sandgroanin'un"
Ntini wrote:I understand what Cole offers and there's no doubting the hard work he's put in, but for me we need to try someone else. He has spurned so many good chances for too long now. I'd much prefer AJ (hoping he runs towards their goal rather than ours!) or even Mendes Gomes who has proven his worth in finding the target.
Vinny wrote:You lot should not be allowed out at playtime.
Back to topic. We have one of the best strikers in L2 in AJ. What ever the formation, 4-4-2, 3-5-2, playing another striker along side Cole for more of the game than 5 or 10 mins seems imperative. A new (better) striker / cover would be great, but I'd say we still need 2 up front, at least to get a cushion of a couple goals.
Shrimpy wrote:Ntini wrote:I understand what Cole offers and there's no doubting the hard work he's put in, but for me we need to try someone else. He has spurned so many good chances for too long now. I'd much prefer AJ (hoping he runs towards their goal rather than ours!) or even Mendes Gomes who has proven his worth in finding the target.
The problem is you can't just replace Stockton for AJ and Carlos, there is a whole system and style of play that Derek will want to implement that we need to adhere to. Derek may want to have a physical presence playing up top as Cole is doing at the moment. If you just swap Cole for AJ then that changes the whole approach.
Personally I think whoever comes in as a striker would be in a similar mould to Cole, a big man that can hold the ball up and bring others into play but hopefully be a bit more of a goal threat.
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