Quote Originally Posted by pass_and_move View Post
Thing is Jules, and I totally get where you're coming from, but my question is- do we actually have defenders at this club that are capable of battening down the hatches and seeing a game out? 68 goals conceded so far this season says it all. That's conceding on average 1.5 goals per game in the league. It's shocking to be quite frank. It has been the case for these last 2 seasons now.

To me we look like rabbits in the headlights when opposition teams show real intent and really go at us. Most of the defenders we have in the squad are simply out of their depth at this level. They're unable to stay switched on, they are caught flat footed or on the wrong side far too much, they're not strong enough, they're clusmsy in the tackle, and there's certainly no cohesion.

Who has replaced Mads and Kitching? I give you Lopata, Sheppard, MDG, Earl, Pines. Has any of the others that I mentioned made a significant improvement over 2 years? Can any of them be sold on for decent fees? I think the answer to those questions is a resounding NO. These players were signed by the recruitment team for either free transfers or nominal fees from lower levels barring Josh Earl.

This is why I fear for Conor or any head coach who takes the reigns here. They are been given a crock of shyte to work with and are expected to challenge for promotion. It's gonna get worse too because come this summer, when our better attacking players are sold, they will also be replaced by more substandard shyte. The team then goes from scoring a decent amount of goals to scoring less. Couple that with our defenders and it only points one way.
It's a pretty simple game to analyse Pass isn't it , it's only complicated by idiots with no real cv on a football pitch .

It goes like this , the less goals you concede the less you need to score in order to win games of football .

It doesn't take much to work out where your priorities should be when building a team .