The fixtures ahead

[davewilli]

Originally Posted by Inside Left

Interesting times at the Alex Dave.. Ice Cream van man and an ex Evo Stick guy plus a retired banker add to that the fans input as well.
Could these guys take the Alex further ???

I don't follow them closely other than what our football lads say and Artell has certainly won the faithful over with his young team the football they are playing. So far they seem to be resisting the temptation to sell their best youngsters, but I expect that is short lived as to fund the academy it is believed they need to generate £1m per season in player sales to break even. Crewe and Dario G had the foresight to set up their academy to punch with the big boys where our ambitions stopped short with a CoE and although their fans have to be patient it has proved highly successful. The problem is keeping it in the changing times.

[Inside Left]

Originally Posted by Inside Left

The fixtures ahead must give the club a sporting chance of climbing the table away from danger.

The luck of the fixtures are with Wrexham when you see the current form of the next 3 teams that they take on. At the members meeting the 'football director' thought the games ahead were a real challenge but having studied the form of the upcoming opponents its all there to win and Wrexham catch them out when those teams are all on one of their worst runs of form this season

Bromley first up - 4 losses and 1 draw in the last 5 games

Yeovil second up - Zero wins and 3 draws.

Eastleigh 2 losses 2 draws and just 1 win

In summery out of the last 15 games these teams have managed just ONE WIN in a combined last 15 games -

Onwards and upwards to safety !!!!!!!

PART TWO Road to safety (Courtesy of teams in decline)

All three teams lost on Saturday, including Bromley

Next up is Yeovil who now have zero wins in goodness knows how many matches!!!

Then Eastleigh who are having a torrid time.

The above teams together now have ONE win in Eighteen matches. What a stroke of luck to have these three at this time as The Town climb to relative safety.

I am sure the management are using this post as motivation for the players.
If not they should be ----

[bartonbank]

Originally Posted by John Neals Dynasty

You say Walsall has continued to go backwards not to true, their manager said he inherited a very poor squad.. Who built that?

The manager before Keates, whose squad he inherited and was stuck with crap players on two year deals.

[Willywill]

Keates is quite an emotive figure for me. A really good player, but can’t really get excited about his dire, negative tactics football. He hasn’t quite grasped that the word entertainment fits in somewhere. I do tend to laugh at those who dislike him, because he dared to leave us. It was a financial thing, and sadly, that’s what makes the world go round.
Can we like or respect Keates again? I remember most feeling confused or annoyed when Gary Bennett signed for us. A Chester hero for some. He had a monkey on his back for a few games, but when he started scoring, he achieved cult status. It can be done.
Like it or not, the ONLY thing we must achieve now, is avoiding relegation. As for a manager for next year, it depends what league we end up in. If we stay up, I would love to see Spencer get the cheque book out and attract someone qualified for the job. A healthy bank balance seems futile if we are struggling in the league. We could go down - I would rather not dwell on that.

[marathonplny]

If we stay up, as we should now, then Keates stays - 18 month contract remember

[Phils-an-alki]

Originally Posted by bartonbank

The manager before Keates, whose squad he inherited and was stuck with crap players on two year deals.

Majority of the squad almost won the league the season before. Keep the excuses rolling.

I notice you stop short of pointing the finger of blame at the real culprits for this mess, the club board. Can't think why?

[fluffysheepsupporter]

Originally Posted by Phils-an-alki

Majority of the squad almost won the league the season before. Keep the excuses rolling.

I notice you stop short of pointing the finger of blame at the real culprits for this mess, the club board. Can't think why?

Just perhaps he is OK with them?

[Phils-an-alki]

Originally Posted by northwalian dragon

You're joking right?!

Keates took over when we were 5th from bottom. He then dragged us all the way down to rock bottom. Last place. The lowest point in our history.

He consistently loses against teams in and around us dragging us deeper into a relegation scrap.

He's been absolute garbage since the day he came back and needs to be given the boot as a priority.

Absolutely. But you're trying to deal with people here who are easily brainwashed by a bit of Bartonbank WST sponsored propaganda and fans who consistently choose to ignore the league table and prefer to look at hand picked 'stats'.

Keates took us to rock bottom, he had zero impact when he came in and actually made the situation worse. And is now just about keeping us out of the relegation zone by a huge two points after throwing a load of money at it in January. And even now we're woefully short in defence so the squad is a few injuries away from being thrown into crisis again.
If a centre back gets injured, Pearson in particular, we're screwed.
We have one fit left back and a young CB playing out of position at RB.

We're still deep in the mire but the WST sponsored propaganda has started already with elections due in the summer. The desperation to make Keates out to be some sort of inspired appointment who is 'taking the club forward' is frankly quite laughable and utterly flawed.

[Phils-an-alki]

Originally Posted by fluffysheepsupporter

Just perhaps he is OK with them?

Anyone who is OK with them isn't a real fan of the football club and should ask themselves why they support individuals over the good of the club. This is a question you'll undoubtedly duck.

I expect it from you because you've been brainwashed and you are dangerously deluded. I put you in the same category as head cases like paddockgraham.