Originally Posted by
Grumpy King of the West
Ferguson oozes quality. He's only here because he's lost that half a yard of pace from his early 20s. He almost always gets his cross in. Just play him warney. On the left for me though, not central. In my mind Rathbone is our maverick player. The more I see of him, the more I ask myself HOW THE FECK DID ROCHDALE KEEP HIM FOR SO LONG??!!
I honestly believe this squad is stronger than last year's. Ok we've lost one stand out player in crooks but replaced him with Rathbone, Ferguson, and a couple of others with real potential (Bola for example).
Now, I'm going to have my moan whether it upsets some on here or not. We still seem to struggle with some real basic things. Throw ins, substitutions, continuing to play Harding on the left, for example. Unless it's the most bizarre of coincidences we always make a substitution on the 70 minute mark. That's clearly a pre-planned action - irrespective of how the game is playing out. Anybody with half a footballing brain could see that Grigg's movement is light years ahead of Ladapos. In my opinion that change was made simply because it had been written on Barker's clipboard during the midweek briefings (and for any pedants, I don't mean literally written on Barker's clipboard).
It's a blooming good squad this. The style of football is better than last year. I genuinely look forward to matches once again. We're close, very close to getting this right. C'mon warney iron out those last few wrinkles and let's storm this division.
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