We need a defensive coach urgently

[Kelton]

Last eight league games we conceded an average of 0.88 a game.
Over the course of the whole of last season that would have been the 3rd best in the league.

We shouldn't get too fixated on the play off games. We won't play against that calibre of opposition every week and in normal time (League games don't go to extra time remember) we scored more than we conceded in those two games.

So as long as we dont make the play offs we will be ok? Yes that shud work….

[Mapperleypie]

So as long as we dont make the play offs we will be ok? Yes that shud work….

Ok Neal.

[countygump]

Ouch!

[upthemaggies]

So as long as we dont make the play offs we will be ok? Yes that shud work….

Hindsight shows that IB got it wrong at Torquay. The strong finish to the regular league campaign however shows that it should be the right approach in terms of going for auto and if that fails, we should still be in the play offs having entertained the spectators paying to turn up.

Seeing that we haven't yet once managed to move into 2nd spot since being relegated - Being cautious clearly isn't the way to go if we're serious about challenging for top spot.

Having yet another season where we're just talking about games in hand to be in with an outside chance of making auto but realistically just doing enough to secure a top 7 finish, can't be acceptable anymore.

OK, we can't and shouldn't expect us to win the league, but for god's sake, a third season in it's about time we gave it a serious go and you can only do that by scoring a fair amount more than you concede and winning lots of games. We've got to go for it at this level, we just have to.

[Kelton]

Hindsight shows that IB got it wrong at Torquay. The strong finish to the regular league campaign however shows that it should be the right approach in terms of going for auto and if that fails, we should still be in the play offs having entertained the spectators paying to turn up.

Seeing that we haven't yet once managed to move into 2nd spot since being relegated - Being cautious clearly isn't the way to go if we're serious about challenging for top spot.

Having yet another season where we're just talking about games in hand to be in with an outside chance of making auto but realistically just doing enough to secure a top 7 finish, can't be acceptable anymore.

OK, we can't and shouldn't expect us to win the league, but for god's sake, a third season in it's about time we gave it a serious go and you can only do that by scoring a fair amount more than you concede and winning lots of games. We've got to go for it at this level, we just have to.

Im sure we will give it a right go of course we will but as has been said by a few on hear. We cannot expect to win games if we concede 2 and there were too many Solihull moors away moments for my liking so..,,
As i said when i started the thread we need some good coaching to defend our own goal. Trouble is some fans on hear are in denial or just a little stubborn to see an obvious weakness and prefer to be sarcastic insulting or just plain daft but i put it out there to provoke meaningful debate…. At least we got some for those inputs i thank you

[laddo]

Tbf it's been 100% Notts related debate as far as Kelton is concerned , even if it appears glass a third full and one side of the coin only. I'll take it. Good stuff

[Notts78]

Ouch!

Torquay won’t finish in the top 7 let alone top. You can never dismiss teams relegated tho history suggests they struggle for an immediate return.
I think he has us about right as things stand. Stockport would be my favourites as it stands but a lot can change in the next 4 weeks with signings etc..

[upthemaggies]

Tbf it's been 100% Notts related debate as far as Kelton is concerned , even if it appears glass a third full and one side of the coin only. I'll take it. Good stuff

We're all banking on them showing the post-Mo Ross form in the new season rather than the pre-Ross incident form. We did have a run where we conceded two goals in six out of eight games (conceding one in the other two games, 14 against in 8 overall). Hopefully that was just a case of time being needed for IB to get his ideas across and Ross being something of an obstacle to that process. If not and the run-in was merely a case of a momentum that's now been lost, then Kelton may well be proved right.

It's still early days for IB. So far he's done the minimum of what was required in terms of results. Going from the day he took over (25th March) we'd be a lowly 12th in the PPG table averaging 1.50 per game with 7 wins 3 draws and 6 defeats.

[laddo]

As we all know the schedule was crazy, in the initial period he almost had more games than training sessions. That should be factored in to things as it's misleading

Once the fixture list slowed a little and he could properly prepare for games and get time on the training pitch we saw a marked improvement. I believe it was the Torquay away game.

Next season I pray he manages all of the games and it will fairly show where we are what we have with IB as head coach.

[Elite_Pie]

Torquay won’t finish in the top 7 let alone top. You can never dismiss teams relegated tho history suggests they struggle for an immediate return.
I think he has us about right as things stand. Stockport would be my favourites as it stands but a lot can change in the next 4 weeks with signings etc..

I think that among the favourites,Torquay are the team I'd lay, but at the moment third place for us is a bit higher than I'd predict.