Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss

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We’re going to have to give IB time, because he’s not going to achieve anything overnight with his coaching methods - and especially without some pace and desire in midfield.

Absolutely. There is / was the real prospect that things could get worse before getting better. I'm hoping after today it was the low point but thought that was the case against Kings Lynn.

The squad is the squad and the new manager has the same pool of players to chose from as the previous manager. So it's somewhat a given that players who played under Ardley will play under Burchnall and as such will produce similar performances at this stage. It doesn't sound like it's going to be like when Ardley came in and nearly a new team of players are going to be brought in over the next month.

That's why I'm expecting nothing now from this season and any sucess whether that be a play-off finish or promotion will be a bonus. There might be some subtle changes between now and the end of the season but with little time on the training ground it's going to be difficult to implement major changes.

It's going to take time and summer of recruitment at least to address some of the problems in this squad.

However the one positive from today is that for the first 20-25 min we dominated in possession, passed the ball well, were on the front foot and looked attack minded than we have done of late. We managed the game and were professional with the ball. But that's as far as it went. Translating that into a 90 minute performance is going to be the hardest part, and so is keeping the defence tight as that seems to have fell by the wayside in some recent games including today.

One thing is for sure this season has been one where we have certainly been consistent at being inconsistent, not only from game to game, but even during games.