Richard_Cadette
The Realist
There havent been that many occassions over the last few season for me to be genuinely angry and dismayed with my beloved football club, but this is most definitely one of those times.
I find it absolutely staggering that we have managed to ship out 4 players from our already thin squad and replace them with just the one addition as we are about to enter in to one of the most important end of season periods for a very long time.
What the hell is going on down there?
Our squad before yesterday plainly was too small and not good enough (despite our recent improvement) and yet all we have done is some how managed to detract from it in terms of bodies and add just the one striker.
What club in this country would go in to the final part of the season with just 2 central midfielders at there disposal, especially given as one of them got injured the other night, what are we trying to do?
Tilly stated in the summer we needed to add 4-5 players to our squad, and that was before we got rid of the ones we did in the summer, and he keeps stating how we are down to the bare bones at the club, and yet to my amazement, we end up making the squad 20% smaller than it already was, how can that work?
Not only do we have barely any cover, we have zero options open to us to change a game or to change personnel if they are not doing the business, especially in midfield. No central midfield cover, no cover on the right, and no cover on the left. Yes Foran can play there, but it isnt his position and he was signed to score the goals to keep us up.
If this was a one off and we struggled to get players in for various reasons, perhaps you could accept that, but every transfer window is the same at the moment, we wait until the very last minute before signing someone, and in the mean time our squad continues to get depleted. Why? What on earth are they playing at down there?
With all the good news about the stadium and the recent improvements on the pitch with our decent run, you would think they would want to build on that, but no, we are again playing russion roulette with our Championship safety by attempting to get out of this mess on the cheap with a threadbare squad. I am sorry, but that is not good enough.
The fans have been excellent this year, backing the club in both fantastic numbers and voice regardless of our league position and have travelled many miles to do so. On the whole, the effort and commitment shown by the players who go out there cannot be faulted and they deserve credit for the way they have kept plugging away against the odds, but I believe both they and the fans are being let down by the club as they are not donig all they can to help them.
This squad needs more investment in it, and I am not talking millions and millions of pounds, we all know we cant run to that, but we can afford more than we already have and the club need to show everyone they are serious about staying in this league. If they are not serious, then we may as well al go home now and wait until the start of next season.
I, like may other dedicated fans, spend hundreds, possibly thousands, following the club all over the country and I dont know about you, but I expect that if I am putting in the time, effort and money to support this club, then they should be doing the same in return. I am so angry about this, that unless loan players are bought in quick, or my mood lightens somewhat, I will not be travelling to any more away matches this season, which for someone who has only missed 3 so far, thats a big wrench. But if they are not prepared to show the same level of commitment, effort and expense as I am, then I am not interested.
I find it absolutely staggering that we have managed to ship out 4 players from our already thin squad and replace them with just the one addition as we are about to enter in to one of the most important end of season periods for a very long time.
What the hell is going on down there?
Our squad before yesterday plainly was too small and not good enough (despite our recent improvement) and yet all we have done is some how managed to detract from it in terms of bodies and add just the one striker.
What club in this country would go in to the final part of the season with just 2 central midfielders at there disposal, especially given as one of them got injured the other night, what are we trying to do?
Tilly stated in the summer we needed to add 4-5 players to our squad, and that was before we got rid of the ones we did in the summer, and he keeps stating how we are down to the bare bones at the club, and yet to my amazement, we end up making the squad 20% smaller than it already was, how can that work?
Not only do we have barely any cover, we have zero options open to us to change a game or to change personnel if they are not doing the business, especially in midfield. No central midfield cover, no cover on the right, and no cover on the left. Yes Foran can play there, but it isnt his position and he was signed to score the goals to keep us up.
If this was a one off and we struggled to get players in for various reasons, perhaps you could accept that, but every transfer window is the same at the moment, we wait until the very last minute before signing someone, and in the mean time our squad continues to get depleted. Why? What on earth are they playing at down there?
With all the good news about the stadium and the recent improvements on the pitch with our decent run, you would think they would want to build on that, but no, we are again playing russion roulette with our Championship safety by attempting to get out of this mess on the cheap with a threadbare squad. I am sorry, but that is not good enough.
The fans have been excellent this year, backing the club in both fantastic numbers and voice regardless of our league position and have travelled many miles to do so. On the whole, the effort and commitment shown by the players who go out there cannot be faulted and they deserve credit for the way they have kept plugging away against the odds, but I believe both they and the fans are being let down by the club as they are not donig all they can to help them.
This squad needs more investment in it, and I am not talking millions and millions of pounds, we all know we cant run to that, but we can afford more than we already have and the club need to show everyone they are serious about staying in this league. If they are not serious, then we may as well al go home now and wait until the start of next season.
I, like may other dedicated fans, spend hundreds, possibly thousands, following the club all over the country and I dont know about you, but I expect that if I am putting in the time, effort and money to support this club, then they should be doing the same in return. I am so angry about this, that unless loan players are bought in quick, or my mood lightens somewhat, I will not be travelling to any more away matches this season, which for someone who has only missed 3 so far, thats a big wrench. But if they are not prepared to show the same level of commitment, effort and expense as I am, then I am not interested.
