oscillatewildly
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You've got to get there yet!
You've got to get there yet!On the train already. I’ve got a good feeling about today.
Our head honcho ticket master (He sorts all group matters concerning travel) sent a text to everyone (a bit vague to be honest) about the return train being cancelled. I called him and it transpires it concerns one individual who wasn't on the original cheap booking he made for us all weeks ago who might be therefore in peril of being left behind (?)
I really don't know much more than that as he then said he was going into work for a couple of hours before picking everyone up.
I assume he is going to claim refunds for the cancellations but I also think he's jumping the gun a little.
Anyway, we'll be on the road in an hours time - no doubt soon to meet some kind of lengthy disruption and delay there as well.
I honestly thought the hardest part of today would be the team getting anything from the game. How wrong I was.
* We were originally travelling up on the 8.30 which was cancelled so were going to jump on the 7.27
Our head honcho ticket master (He sorts all group matters concerning travel) sent a text to everyone (a bit vague to be honest) about the return train being cancelled. I called him and it transpires it concerns one individual who wasn't on the original cheap booking he made for us all weeks ago who might be therefore in peril of being left behind (?)
I really don't know much more than that as he then said he was going into work for a couple of hours before picking everyone up.
I assume he is going to claim refunds for the cancellations but I also think he's jumping the gun a little.
Anyway, we'll be on the road in an hours time - no doubt soon to meet some kind of lengthy disruption and delay there as well.
I honestly thought the hardest part of today would be the team getting anything from the game. How wrong I was.
* We were originally travelling up on the 8.30 which was cancelled so were going to jump on the 7.27
The recruitment team have completely let down the club. They have not done their due diligence.
Who would have thought the director of football of St Albans City in the National League South wouldn’t have been able to handle a £20M transfer budget! If only there was a warning sign! The reality is, like all of us on this forum, the only experience Dean Austin has of working with budgets like that is on Football Manager. He’s got to be held accountable for the shocking Haji Wright and Kitching transfers.
We had a once in a lifetime opportunity to propel ourselves into being regular promotion contenders and we’ve put our faith in a washed up National League South director. I fell in love with the squad last season. This season I hate it. I hate all of the players we have spent money on. It’s irrational but I hate the sight of Wright, Simms and Thomas. They make me sick knowing how much we’ve wasted on them.
I’d make Austin pack his bags and get Badlan back in with velocity.
Still pining for Russel Slade to come back?! Isn’t the clown Austin enough punishment for you?!
Yes, but some of his superfans were still rating him higher than Eccles in that game, which just about says it all. There are genuinely some posters on here that have given him man of the match for every single game he has played. It is madness. Then there are those wanting us to play the box. Even put Sheaf in an attacking role despite the fact he blunts our attacks and cannot shoot. That means five defenders that will not score, plus four midfielders that also are unlikely to contribute. In reality, none of of our midfielders are really top of the division quality. Therefore with our strikers struggling to take off, they want to make it even worse by filling the team with goal shy players.
I really think Robins has run out of ideas, as much as I love him. It is starting to piss me off. You can blame a hangover from last season, but for me he is starting to run out of good will. Still nothing on this forum however. Completely batshit. I have seen barely any good alternative solutions. The box, play Sheaf further forward, play Sakamoto and COH behind one striker. It is like we are begging the team not to score.
But we are creating enough good chances to win games. The formation is not the issue.
I personally thought the box was better than playing 2 up top. Having 1 striker run around not doing much is currently better than 2 strikers run around both not doing much. We don’t create enough chances when we play 2 strikers, we seem to find it impossible to break through the oppositions defence that’s why I’m personally in favour of moving away from this weird 5-2-1-2 formation. Yes we’ve spent the money on 2 strikers but if it’s not working then there’s no point in continuing with it.
As for Saka and O’Hare, I think it’s good having them both higher up the pitch trying to create chances, exactly the sort of technical and tricky players we’ll need to break down defences.
I personally think we need to do away with 5 at the back completely and move to a 4, something that almost every successful top flight team does, you don’t see many quality 5ATB teams these days. If we set up defensively but still concede goals then what’s the point of having 5 defenders? I personally think it’s a mentality thing tbh, I know others completely disagree and say it’s a load of shit or whatever but I just don’t like the flatness and lack of confidence it brings, most of our games this season have been flat and I think a big shakeup is what we need if we continue to play in the manner that we do.
It’s a bit agricultural to just say more strikers = more goals.It is an issue.
From the team sheet in the last game, honestly tell me who on there is capable of scoring a goal? Creating chances means nothing if you cannot score them. With the midfield we have, playing five defenders and one striker is counter productive.
Now been fully debriefed - The 18.18 back from Preston has been cancelled (the last direct back to cov is 19.18 anything after will mean changing plus of course the overspill from the cancellation.)Cheers mate. We are on the 9.30 from cov which seems to be ok at the moment. Bit worried about getting back given they seem to cancel trains whenever they want
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Jamie Allen on last seasons form but that’s probably amplifying your point!It is an issue.
From the team sheet in the last game, honestly tell me who on there is capable of scoring a goal? Creating chances means nothing if you cannot score them. With the midfield we have, playing five defenders and one striker is counter productive.
It’s a bit agricultural to just say more strikers = more goals.
Clubs that aren’t having shit seasons do tend to get better crowds full stop. More people are willing to pay to watch a team doing well, that’s nothing new.
So you don't think any of what's going on at the moment is down to the manager at all?
I'm not saying this recruitment team are good but asking for Badlan back is a joke. The bloke is a clown and got fired from Blackpool for leaking team news. What next, Andy Thorn back too?
Horrible rainy miserable day. Good luck to the SBA travelling. All credit to you.
Can’t see us getting anything from the game today. Might be worth putting Simms in up front instead of Wright. If Wright is struggling to settle into the life in the UK, he’s going to enjoy our miserable weather…
You said multiple times that they were better than the last recruitment team, which bought in Gyokeres/Hamer etc as we rose up the divisions.I'm not saying this recruitment team are good
Weren’t you moaning at @Saddlebrains for leaking stuff now you want early team news leakedAnyone got any early team news? I’m hoping we don’t change too much again.
Wasn’t annoyed at him, more whoever his man on the inside is.Weren’t you moaning at @Saddlebrains for leaking stuff now you want early team news leaked
You said multiple times that they were better than the last recruitment team, which bought in Gyokeres/Hamer etc as we rose up the divisions.
They can’t both be true, because the Robins-Badlan recruitment team was, by any metric, one of the most successful in the Football League. Are you still sticking by the argument that Dean Austin and co are better?You know both things can be true don't you?
Yeah fair enoughWasn’t annoyed at him, more whoever his man on the inside is.
Plus team news is a bit different to leaking the shit dressing room
And asking for Russel Spade back isn’t a joke?!
They can’t both be true, because the Robins-Badlan recruitment team was, by any metric, one of the most successful in the Football League. Are you still sticking by the argument that Dean Austin and co are better?
Gyokeres, Hamer, McFadzean, £30 million in transfer profits, two promotions…..the list goes on.Sure, whatever makes you happy.
It has, but when's the last time you saw a bookies closed down due to poor trade?Both teams are on a terrible run, got draw written all over it.
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