We will be fine. (2 Viewers)

[Ccfcisparks]

Usually I love a good bed wetting situation but I feel this season will genuinely be comfortable. I don’t feel like the league has improved, and there are some terrible teams including Derby and Peterborough, and from what I heard yesterday we are starting to look like a good team. In this league we will have games like those. We have Godden, Kelly, Eccles all to come back in as well as a loan player likely. I still think we will end up anywhere from 14th-18th.

 

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[Dog]

We will be better than fine. That is as long as we don't have lots of injuries at the same time. But that's the same for any other club.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We will be better than fine. That is as long as we don't have lots of injuries at the same time. But that's the same for any other club.

Won’t win without scoring unfortunately

 

[Gint11]

It’s fine margins as always. We scored 2 in the opener and then yesterday we should have scored 3. I know we didn’t, but we should have. So we’d be on 5 goals in 2 games as thats without our best striker (Godden) and Kelly who for me is our No1 leader.

We’ll be fine.

 

[Grendel]

Kelly looked poor when he played in the second half of last season - his lack of pace and poor distribution was getting worse.

he’s going to be a fringe player this season

 

[Garryb80]

Kelly looked poor when he played in the second half of last season - his lack of pace and poor distribution was getting worse.

he’s going to be a fringe player this season

He isnt. Kelly when fit walks in to the team

 

[Gint11]

Kelly looked poor when he played in the second half of last season - his lack of pace and poor distribution was getting worse.

he’s going to be a fringe player this season

I recall seeing stats last season with and without Kelly and it favoured having Kelly in.
He’s injury prone now unfortunately but still an important cog in our team. I would feel differently if we have James but we don’t.

 

[Grendel]

I recall seeing stats last season with and without Kelly and it favoured having Kelly in.
He’s injury prone now unfortunately but still an important cog in our team. I would feel differently if we have James but we don’t.

Stats show Wilson is one of the best goalkeepers we’ve had

 

[lord_garrincha]

Omen wise...

Was this the first last minute penalty we've missed since Jutkiewicz against Reading?

We weren't fine that season

 

[Garryb80]

Stats show Wilson is one of the best goalkeepers we’ve had

Now max has gone you needed a new boo boy I guess it's Kelly's turn

 

[Grendel]

Now max has gone you needed a new boo boy I guess it's Kelly's turn

Ive never criticised him but you have to be realistic - he’s approaching 32 has had several injuries and we have signed central midfielders with transfer values collectively of over £2 million and the general consensus is we need another

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Kelly will be fine to add that experience in games but I don't think he'll be seen as a starter ahead of Hamer and Sheaf unless either of them play really poorly. Given his injury record it's likely he'd spend some time out anyway.

If we're looking to have a back-up to bring on Kelly fits the bill fine (and Eccles the same when he's back). Using part of the budget for a back-up CM wouldn't be a good use of funds IMO. If we go for a CM it'd have to be as an upgrade for the first team and I don't reckon we've got enough money for that. Perhaps a loanee?

 

[Gint11]

Stats show Wilson is one of the best goalkeepers we’ve had

Stats show Wilson is one of the best goalkeepers we’ve had

In what time frame though? My reference to Kelly’s stats was based off last season. If Wilson’s stats from last season has him as our best keeper then he was. Again, I recall he collected a good amount of clean sheets.

 

[Dog]

Won’t win without scoring unfortunately

We were very unlucky yesterday. And not all sides will get most of their players booked to stop us from having good chances. They scored from about their only decent shot. Their only shot on target I remember.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

I do agree that you won’t get a whole season out of Kelly as he is seeming to be picking up more injuries. Still a great influence for the younger players but we do need another Championship experienced midfield operator.

 

[Tommo1993]

Stats also show RCC was one of our best. Now he plays for Welling United. Not sure how it can be measured by that.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Stats also show RCC was one of our best. Now he plays for Welling United. Not sure how it can be measured by that.

Is it a mere coincidence then that our win percentage was a lot higher with Kelly?

 

[Gint11]

Stats also show RCC was one of our best. Now he plays for Welling United. Not sure how it can be measured by that.

Ok, I just referenced stats to show Kelly still makes a difference but of course, stats don’t tell the only picture, agreed.

 

[Tommo1993]

Is it a mere coincidence then that our win percentage was a lot higher with Kelly?

Wouldn’t dream of disagreeing with that. First on the sheet when fit.

 

[steve cooper]

Omen wise...

Was this the first last minute penalty we've missed since Jutkiewicz against Reading?

We weren't fine that season

Fortunately omens are only for the superstitious and have no relevance in reality

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

The more experience our players get at this level, the less the team will need Kelly's nous. We have a very young team overall, but there are definitely 3 worse teams that us so barring major injury issues, I think we'll be fine. Huddersfield, Derby and Peterborough, as well as Hull, Forest and Blackpool could well finish below us.

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

Ive never criticised him but you have to be realistic - he’s approaching 32 has had several injuries and we have signed central midfielders with transfer values collectively of over £2 million and the general consensus is we need another

Approaching 32 means nothing it's the If he gets fit (and it's a big if) we still have an excellent player at this level

 

[Gint11]

The more experience our players get at this level, the less the team will need Kelly's nous. We have a very young team overall, but there are definitely 3 worse teams that us so barring major injury issues, I think we'll be fine. Huddersfield, Derby and Peterborough, as well as Hull, Forest and Blackpool could well finish below us.

Agreed. We’re in our second season so the 3 promoted teams ‘should’ in theory be weaker than us on quality, budget and league experience so we should be better but it obviously doesn’t always work that way.
Last season we stayed up but the other 2 teams that came up with us went down.

 

[cc84cov]

Approaching 32 means nothing it's the If he gets fit (and it's a big if) we still have an excellent player at this level

Late starter he was also

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Late starter he was also

Lol he was playing in the SPL when he was 20

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Stats also show RCC was one of our best. Now he plays for Welling United. Not sure how it can be measured by that.

He was always measured on if he could cook back in the day.

 

[shmmeee]

Is it a mere coincidence then that our win percentage was a lot higher with Kelly?

Yes. One man doesn’t make a team.

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

Kelly will be fine to add that experience in games but I don't think he'll be seen as a starter ahead of Hamer and Sheaf unless either of them play really poorly. Given his injury record it's likely he'd spend some time out anyway.

If we're looking to have a back-up to bring on Kelly fits the bill fine (and Eccles the same when he's back). Using part of the budget for a back-up CM wouldn't be a good use of funds IMO. If we go for a CM it'd have to be as an upgrade for the first team and I don't reckon we've got enough money for that. Perhaps a loanee?

Kelly is head and shoulders above Sheaf and Hamer and is the missing link IMO. Both players need a player like Kelly to make sense their movement.

 

[SBAndy]

Approaching 32 means nothing it's the If he gets fit (and it's a big if) we still have an excellent player at this level

Let’s not kid ourselves, he’s not an excellent player at this level.

 

[shmmeee]

Kelly is the new Max

 

[cc84cov]

Lol he was playing in the SPL when he was 20

Hold on I’m on about Biamou here wtf am I talking about

 

[Tommo1993]

There have been times in the past where Kelly has had the same effect as Reda Johnson. Randomly looked completely different, and worse, without him. Team changed since then but I still think he’s a major, key player.

 

[Evo1883]

Usually I love a good bed wetting situation but I feel this season will genuinely be comfortable. I don’t feel like the league has improved, and there are some terrible teams including Derby and Peterborough, and from what I heard yesterday we are starting to look like a good team. In this league we will have games like those. We have Godden, Kelly, Eccles all to come back in as well as a loan player likely. I still think we will end up anywhere from 14th-18th.

 

[Evo1883]

Yep , we looked good In large parts yesterday , lightyears ahead of where we were after 2 games last season where we were behind on fitness and a bit overwhelmed by the level .. we will be fine

 

[better days]

Ive never criticised him but you have to be realistic - he’s approaching 32 has had several injuries and we have signed central midfielders with transfer values collectively of over £2 million and the general consensus is we need another

You often talk sense G but remember that Kelly's injury last season was caused by crashing into a post attempting to clear a goal bound shot
He'd finally recovered from that and was back training then got a really bad dose of covid, one of the worst cases at the club
Kelly is one of our most diligent trainers and looks after himself off the pitch too so with a bit of luck we can look forward to having him back soon and hopefully get an extended run in the team