Is this is the worst team we've ever had?

[Yer Blues]

Thought they went full time when they were promoted

Ah fair dos. Hands up, I didn't realise.

My point remains, while not throwing shade on how well Braintree have done.

 

[NZamba Legend]

I'd personally prefer not to see any of the exec team out on the lash with us being in this position.

I quite like the idea of our chairman slumped in the corner of the Railway at closing time slurring along to A Rainy Night in Soho after a humiliating defeat. Or Tom Waits’ version of Waltzing Matilda

 

[Realist]

Yes of course it is. This is a non league team/squad. Even the teams of the late 90s and early 00s would destroy this current setup. Trevor Fitzpatrick hat trick, Tony Henriksen penalty save etc etc.

 

[WestyReturns]

I'd personally prefer not to see any of the exec team out on the lash with us being in this position.

Sorry but that's absolutely ridiculous. The game was well over and he can do what he wants, he isn't working. What has the world come to when people think they can tell others what they should or shouldn't be doing in their own personal time.

 

[Yer Blues]

Sorry but that's absolutely ridiculous. The game was well over and he can do what he wants, he isn't working. What has the world come to when people think they can tell others what they should or shouldn't be doing in their own personal time.

No problem. Agree to disagree.

 

[Paulie Walnuts]

I thought the teams under Gary Waddock and Lord Moseley were worse than this lot but not by much.

People always have a kind of nostalgic view on the past which is a lot of the time just human nature remembering the good times only and blocking our the bad.

I remember being two divisions higher playing the likes of Cheltenham at home and losing) in front of 3000 fans and trust me that felt a lot worse than now.

 

[Shrimp and two veg]

Yup i remember Luggy's first game. Back in League2 and it was an awful watch. I remember just sitting there thinking this is so depressing.

 

[Strykr]

Yup i remember Luggy's first game. Back in League2 and it was an awful watch. I remember just sitting there thinking this is so depressing.

We all love luggy, and he saved us big time.

But more often then not most on here were critical of the defensive way he set us up, saying its boring etc, a classic example of what @Paulie Walnuts was saying about glossing things over.

 

[JB Shrimper]

Bad players? No. Poor tactics given to them? I think so!

 

[Strykr]

I thought the teams under Gary Waddock and Lord Moseley were worse than this lot but not by much.

People always have a kind of nostalgic view on the past which is a lot of the time just human nature remembering the good times only and blocking our the bad.

I remember being two divisions higher playing the likes of Cheltenham at home and losing) in front of 3000 fans and trust me that felt a lot worse than now.

Molesleys was worse. Every game set up to try and not lose, then by some miracle nick a goal. EVERY GAME.

Not in a single one of his games in charge did I ever think we would come back once we'd conceded a goal.

 

[BEERMONSTER]

Sorry but that's absolutely ridiculous. The game was well over and he can do what he wants, he isn't working. What has the world come to when people think they can tell others what they should or shouldn't be doing in their own personal time.

Personally I would sooner he was himself than exhibit any false or pretentious impression that goes against his nature. At the end of the day he is an Aussie, enjoys a beer with 'his' teams fans on a match day. He makes himself available and doesn't hide behind security.
I think we should celebrate he embraces the culture and he has shown that when he needs to have the appropriate business head on it's there for all to see.

 

[nick12]

I would say on par with the dire relegation teams and the way this is going that's exactly where we are going to end up in the unthinkable 6th tier of football unless something drastic happens.

 

[Shrimp and two veg]

We all love luggy, and he saved us big time.

But more often then not most on here were critical of the defensive way he set us up, saying its boring etc, a classic example of what @Paulie Walnuts was saying about glossing things over.

Tbh the football damatically improved and i was a fan of Luggy and recognised his mammoth effort to save that team. Just the beginning and the whole standard of L2 back then, uurrgh

 

[BriggBlue]

To answer the original question, unsurprisingly is yes.

We have been under transfer embargoes for most of the last 2 seasons, we had a takeover that only went through when the league tried to make the club pay 1M to start the season.

We couldn't sign players when the best were available, our first choices all went elsewhere.

The club was massively in debt and remains totally unsustainable, to ensure we have a club for the future we need to keep our powder dry for when the right players for this club are available, right now they aren't and knee jerk reactions get you the likes of Greg Halford or Jacob Mellis.

There needs to be some patience from the fanbase, we have had a takeover but we have a legacy to deal with.

 

[Holy Joe]

The club was massively in debt and remains totally unsustainable, to

Sorry to highlight this part of your post. I suspect the club is still in relatively substantial debt - COSU have allegedly put in circa £6m, I suspect all loans, so less debt than before, but still a substantial amount. Hopefully though this is, or will be, sustainable.


But I think you're right, the club will be in a better place if we wait for first choice signings, either in Jan or at end of season.

 

[Gorgy21]

Having been a season ticket holder for over forty years I must say the performance against Maidenhead was one of the worst I have seen, not saying I think Maher should go but things to improve quickly.

 

[Thundersley Blue]

To answer the original question, unsurprisingly is yes.

We have been under transfer embargoes for most of the last 2 seasons, we had a takeover that only went through when the league tried to make the club pay 1M to start the season.

We couldn't sign players when the best were available, our first choices all went elsewhere.

The club was massively in debt and remains totally unsustainable, to ensure we have a club for the future we need to keep our powder dry for when the right players for this club are available, right now they aren't and knee jerk reactions get you the likes of Greg Halford or Jacob Mellis.

There needs to be some patience from the fanbase, we have had a takeover but we have a legacy to deal with.

Thank you an awful lot of common sense and reality.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Maybe the club should release on YouTube the video of the Col Ewe game under Phil Brown so people can remember how bad things actually were?

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Right now we are in a massive transitional period but something feels very rotten to me ATM

Recruitment is certainly not what the previous model was in the last 2 windows that we could trade in.

Gubbins, Wind, Keenan are the only signings that (to me) have maintained that recruitment process in being players that seem to be on an upward trajectory

Walker, Moncur and Bonne all feel like massive paycheck collectors and to me, they feel like a massive weight on our shoulders, especially when they play badly. We've had this before and it can very crippling.

Hillson, Pebble and Foran are all panic signings due to injury and lack of depth so can't really criticise then as these types of signings are needed.

We need fighters who want to play in the EFL by getting there with us

 

[ShrimperMatt0099]

Molesleys was worse. Every game set up to try and not lose, then by some miracle nick a goal. EVERY GAME.

Not in a single one of his games in charge did I ever think we would come back once we'd conceded a goal.

Agreed Molesley's team was the worst, the biggest problem for Kev is we all thought that this season we'd have a real good chance of promotion and getting back into the league and it seems to have fallen apart very quickly, in charge since Oct 21 and this is in my opinion his first real test, and hope he comes through it