Quote Originally Posted by HUCKNALLPIE View Post
The owners have put their money in and have the right to run the club the way they want. We definitely need a huge clear out in the summer.
I agree we need a clear out, but a huge one? I’m not so sure.

It’s the NCM solution: “Get rid of the dead wood, and all will be well “, along with “We need a new striker / box to box midfielder / central defender / winger / left back / goalie (delete as applicable)”. We have almost always needed “a couple of players”, without whom we apparently don’t stand a chance.

As to the “dead wood”, there’s never any possibility of a player turning round their form, in the gospel according to NCM.

I’ve been around long enough to see a player have a good season followed by a bad one, and the other way round. The same with a team. It’s hard to prove yourself after people have written you off, but it can be done, especially with the right management. I think Ardley achieved a turnaround last season, helped enormously by Roberts having such an impact. Burchnall has to get players confident and positive in outlook, trying to impose our way of playing on the opposition - but of course the opposition will be attempting exactly the same.

Every managerial appointment is a gamble. Even the sainted Sirrel failed at Sheffield United.