Question Rebuilding for the NL season

[SUBBlue]

Going down with three wins on the bounce would actually **** me right off. Three wins too late, makes you wonder “what if” ..

That Exeter result from October keeps coming back to haunt me..

 

[brigg blue]

Every one of our squad will want to stay in the football league if they can.

They should have tried a bit harder over the last 6 months then

 

[tallboyblue]

And Walsh and Ferguson are under contract.

I think White and Holmes will stay and maybe Demetriou - their only other options will be retirement or Colchester. Dieng I reckon will be offered something.

Phil has already shown what he thinks of Akinola and ANG. If he stays they won’t be nor possibly Ferguson. Phillips isn’t physically strong enough.

You‘ve then got to think how many of the others will get better offers bearing in mind they have just got relegated.

The hard one is the youngsters - who might want to chance their arm and stay in the League somewhere if they get offers. Low cost low risk for other clubs but would they be good enough to get us back up if we keep them?

Holmes is past it even for the national league. Can’t afford passengers. He hasn’t achieved anything since he signed on.

 

[General]

What about Mellis!!!

 

[undercovershrimper]

That Exeter result from October keeps coming back to haunt me..

And the two points thrown away at Scunnie who were down to 10 men

 

[Shrimperjohn]

You would keep Lennon?

Na horrific ability to pick up long term injuries.. it’s a no from me...

 

[Rob1920]

Of the players I have seen during this forgettable season, I'd see the basis of our team to be;

Seadon (can't afford Oxley any more),
Clifford,
Hobson (who has become more solid as the season progressed, but please....not at right back!), Lennon,
Cordner,
Taylor,
Walsh
and Rush.

Ricky Holmes and Jon White if they continue playing.

Philips, Dieng and Kyprianou as benchers and Nathaniel George if he can replicate his Crawley YouTube showreel ability.

Finally Brown stays, Ron is locked in his office (and allowed to take only incoming calls) and a new CEO is appointed.

Irrespective I'll be there next season and I'm sure it will be more rewarding than this one. COYB!

No Egbri? He’d be the first one I’d keep. So much heart and fight and a decent amount of ability certainly at this level. Losing him to injury when we did was a real nail in our coffin in my humble opinion.

 

[rlb999]

I’d quite happily get rid of the lot of them. Let’s get a playing budget agreed and offload anyone who doesn’t fit within that. If the following do fit, I’d consider retaining them.

Seaden
Hobson
Clifford
White (if the medical staff think we’ll get 30 games out of him)
Ferguson
Rush
ANG
Walsh bizarrely
There are some youth team midfielders such as Klass and Phillips. If any of them are serious first team players (which I doubt) they can have another year too.

The rest of them - bon voyage.

 

[Jacob Sladder]

Perhaps we should consider building a team around Jacob Mellis, Tes Bramble and Nile Ranger. You know....... Blues players with a little conviction!!!

 

[Shrimper57]

Ron said ' If I don't fix it I will move on but that is not the intention and I will get it right.

Well Ronnie boy you have completely broken it. For once stand by your words and F**k off.

 

[ItsMichaelBlack]

Trevor Fitzpatrick on a pay as you score contract.

 

[les@donr]

The only way you'll get out of the NL, is to have a team of battlers throughout the team. It is very physical football at non-league level, be prepared for some bruising encounters. My team Doncaster Rovers only got out of the then Conference was scraping in every game, including the play-off final which we won against Dag&Red.

 

[mfurok]

The only way you'll get out of the NL, is to have a team of battlers throughout the team. It is very physical football at non-league level, be prepared for some bruising encounters. My team Doncaster Rovers only got out of the then Conference was scraping in every game, including the play-off final which we won against Dag&Red.

Need to reunite PB with Dave Penney.........

 

[les@donr]

Dave Penney got us promoted from the then Conference, wouldn't be a bad choice, knows non-league very well and how to get out of it.

 

[Callum]

Because we have been relegated would the academy or reserve team have any matches next season

 

[SeldomSeenShrimper]

Because we have been relegated would the academy or reserve team have any matches next season

Our Youth team will still be part of the EFL alliance for 2 years I believe. then in the third year, funding will be cut completely.

 

[Barling Magna]

Perhaps we should consider building a team around Jacob Mellis, Tes Bramble and Nile Ranger. You know....... Blues players with a little conviction!!!

You can add Michael Timlin and Ryan Hall to that bunch.

 

[HUMBLEPIE]

Don’t forget Ricky Otto he could hold up play.

 

[amsemp]

I would hope Brown or whoever takes over from him sits down and studies teams like Bristol Rovers etc. who got back into the league fairly quickly to see how they managed it. Whether it was retaining league players, clearing down the decks, signing proven conference players or whatever.

It would also be useful to look at the teams who have smashed the league and been promoted in the last few seasons to try and work out a good nucleus/template for a squad.

If we know, for example, that of the successful teams, the average age was 29, 80% were experienced conference players, 70% were over 6ft battlers and every promoted team played 4-4-2 with an absolute lump upfront, it’ll give us a much better indication of where to recruit in the summer.

Absolutely no point going for proven league players and putting together a team that could hold its own in league two if they’ll be useless in the National league which is a totally different animal.

I really, really hope Ron sorts the management appointment out as quick as possible. He should be talking to and interviewing candidates now in case Brown doesn’t stay. There’s so much work to be done over the summer and that work should really be starting now.

 

[mfurok]

I would hope Brown or whoever takes over from him sits down and studies teams like Bristol Rovers etc. who got back into the league fairly quickly to see how they managed it. Whether it was retaining league players, clearing down the decks, signing proven conference players or whatever.

It would also be useful to look at the teams who have smashed the league and been promoted in the last few seasons to try and work out a good nucleus/template for a squad.

If we know, for example, that of the successful teams, the average age was 29, 80% were experienced conference players, 70% were over 6ft battlers and every promoted team played 4-4-2 with an absolute lump upfront, it’ll give us a much better indication of where to recruit in the summer.

Absolutely no point going for proven league players and putting together a team that could hold its own in league two if they’ll be useless in the National league which is a totally different animal.

I really, really hope Ron sorts the management appointment out as quick as possible. He should be talking to and interviewing candidates now in case Brown doesn’t stay. There’s so much work to be done over the summer and that work should really be starting now.

Macauley Bonne isn’t an absolute lump. He’s a 5 foot 11 inch striker with an eye for goal. 23 in Orient’s promotion season.

Josh Koroma isn’t an absolute lump. He’s a 5 foot 10 inch striker with an eye for goal. 11 in Orient’s promotion season.

Rush might be our Koroma - we need to find our Bonne.

Jobi Macanuff ran the show - could Ricky Holmes be our Jobi?

Dean Brill kept goal - we desperately need to find a proper keeper.

There you go.