The side is too young

[Slim Man]

When the going gets tough who have they got to turn to? Gus? Robinson telling them they're a cunt?

A club with our expectations is hard for young players. And a few of them are either really struggling right now or just aren't ready for the roles they currently have in the side.

One isn't ready. Brooks isn't ready to be our first choice winger.
Peck is struggling, Burrows is struggling. Seriki is.
Bindon and Barry have never played at this level before.
Cannon is crap.
Who can they look to to help them through games atm?

To resolve this we're linked with a 20 year old Swedish lad and a 24 year old from Coventry.

Ben Mee would be the perfect signing for where we are right now. We're got plenty of promising talent and they need the experienced heads to help them grow.

At the minute they're going backwards. As are we.

 

[Foody]

I don't think we've had a super competitive player that fires others up since Baldock (RIP). Genuinely he's the last player I can think of that lifts the whole team performance

 

[Richeee]

What about Choudray then?...i thought he looked calm and composed on the ball..but NO gone to Wrexham for more money..cant even compete with Wrexham now

 

[Darren William]

What about Choudray then?...i thought he looked calm and composed on the ball..but NO gone to Wrexham for more money..cant even compete with Wrexham now

The gut wrenching ugly truth we can't or won't compete !.

 

[Slim Man]

What about Choudray then?...i thought he looked calm and composed on the ball..but NO gone to Wrexham for more money..cant even compete with Wrexham now

No he hasn't

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

We needed to sign obvious targets, that's all. About three 27-30 year old proven Championship players. We didn't, because that's not trendy enough. So here we are

 

[Richeee]

No he hasn't

Sorry jumping the gun a bit..LINKED with the welsh giants

 

[Russ]

Ben Mee would be the perfect signing for where we are right now. We're got plenty of promising talent and they need the experienced heads to help them grow.

At the minute they're going backwards. As are we.

Nearly right. They would be better with Me.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

We were short on depth and quality. Now we're short on depth, quality and experience. Well done, board.

 

[Snowflake]

I don't think we've had a super competitive player that fires others up since Baldock (RIP). Genuinely he's the last player I can think of that lifts the whole team performance

Souter ?

 

[Foody]

Souter ?

Fair point, in a very different way. He seemed to bring calmness and composure, where Baldock kept everyone fired up. Just imagine the two personalities together. Surely that's pure winning attitude right there

 

[Bergen Blade]

Poor start. Feels like we've started the season without being ready, a bit like Hecky's start in the Premiership. Lost some key players, and didn't have the replacements in place, let alone had them adapted.

Cut Selles some slack though. He came here, inheriting a decent squad, with new ambitious owners. Already arranged pre season matches against minor local teams didn't reveal everything wasn't rosy. On the contrary, they showed the team was pretty good at playing against that level of opposition. We looked open at times, but those teams didn't punish us. Fired up Championship teams showed in the first two games that there is a specific weakness against counter attacks.

To help deal with that we changed formation today, which on paper made sense and was what a lot of people wanted. Thought it was worth a go myself. But O'Hare didn't look at home out wide. We struggled to get Hamer (AMC today) on the ball.

One of the good things in the first game playing 4-3-3, it meant we had a lot of players moving forward as we attacked. Asaba commented that today we had many players ahead of the ball, but often standing still, rather than moving into good spaces. We looked very static and players often found themselves on the ball with nobody to pass to.

I reckon we will get some additions next week, but we won't be confident about our play ahead of Millwall. At the moment it looks like we need more than we realistically will get, especially as some who did well in pre season have offered very little so far, i.e. Cannon, Brooks and One.