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[EnglishRed]

Originally Posted by Back of the Kop

No one is more excited about the potential that this takeover gives us, its absolutely brilliant but I for one will point out when I believe things should have been done better.

We shouldn't be going into the first game with last seasons chronic midfield. That's criminal. What's confusing you about that ?

Different systems, different players around them.

Personally I dont think Davies and Young are bad players at this level. What's confusing you about that?

[Back of the Kop]

Originally Posted by moynkeepthefaith

Is there no room in your mind for the fact that the existing midfield may just respond better to a manager who actually has a tactical plan ? We have a good manager and assistant - personally I am prepared to see what they do with the team before running for the exit and suggesting defeat at Solihull is a certainty.

So we don't need to strengthen the midfield then ?

[EnglishRed]

Originally Posted by Back of the Kop

So we don't need to strengthen the midfield then ?

Literally no-one has said that.

[Back of the Kop]

Originally Posted by EnglishRed

Different systems, different players around them.

Personally I dont think Davies and Young are bad players at this level. What's confusing you about that?

We have no specialist holding midfield player. What's confusing you about that ?

[louisleftboot]

Originally Posted by krux

agree with most of this - especially the back three bit, and less so the Dibble bit.

Its just odd we have doubled (?) our budget and Dibble's still and in goal and Reckord is likely to play CB on saturday.

Obviously trust the team and the process but that second paragraph kind of sums up my thoughts too. I’m sure the people in charge will come good.

[Back of the Kop]

Originally Posted by EnglishRed

Literally no-one has said that.

So, we shouldn't be frustrated that we've done fook all about it and the season starts in 2 days. The directors and manager are accountable or are we not to question anything of the new regime ?

A strong midfield unit is not a nice to have in a promotion chasing side, it's an absolute must. Alarm bells have been ringing in preseason games against the Dog and Duck

[EnglishRed]

Originally Posted by Back of the Kop

So, we shouldn't be frustrated that we've done fook all about it and the season starts in 2 days. The directors and manager are accountable or are we not to question anything of the new regime ?

A strong midfield unit is not a nice to have in a promotion chasing side, it's an absolute must. Alarm bells have been ringing in preseason games against the Dog and Duck

Well I wish you'd tell Parkinson, id imagine he has no clue how important it is, despite having 20 years managerial experience.

How do you know what we have and haven't done about it? Of course you can question it due to the fact that we haven't signed anyone yet, but the fact that Parkinson has repeatedly said he wants to bring more people in, and that we will keep working on it until the window closes and weve left a pretty obvious shirt number free, suggests people are working on it as we speak. There have been umpteen reports from other managers and chairmen and people who are involved in transfers saying that things are moving slower this year, I just don't think panicking about it and mentioning it on every thread is particularly helpful. But you keep doing it if it helps you, its not for me to tell you what to do with your time.

[Teifi Red]

Originally Posted by Back of the Kop

My logic is that the defence is reasonably calm if Lainton is there. Confidence in your keeper spreads through the team and vice versa.

With Dibble in goal you're always waiting for a clanger and our midfield that constantly gets outplayed, Mullin and Hyde will be feeding off scraps because we'll just hoof it

The key is a decent keeper and 2 solid quality CM's and they should be in place for game 1. They aren't and that annoys me because we've had the time and certainly the money

Based on that then, the team will have confidence in Dibble as I read somewhere he kept 3 clean sheets in pre season games. As for hoofing it, lots of people wanted to retain Kelleher, Vassell and Pearson who were hoofball masters.
Despite injuries, this is a new era with proper manager, coaches and off field professionalism.
Give the team a chance before writing them off before a ball has been kicked in anger.

[JonesRed]

Originally Posted by Teifi Red

Based on that then, the team will have confidence in Dibble as I read somewhere he kept 3 clean sheets in pre season games. As for hoofing it, lots of people wanted to retain Kelleher, Vassell and Pearson who were hoofball masters.
Despite injuries, this is a new era with proper manager, coaches and off field professionalism.
Give the team a chance before writing them off before a ball has been kicked in anger.

Exactly that.