Match Thread vs. Boreham Wood 23.11.21 [NL]

[TSANHO]

I’ve a feeling the top brass have the, err, brass, to compete with anyone in this league…and at least the one above it, but they’re obviously weary of doing so….which has both its positives and negatives.

What slightly worries me is that they seem intent on using this style of football to achieve success, seemingly without another option. Is it the owners dictating how Neal Ardley and IB are to set up their sides to play, when perhaps both of them may see the flaws in it?

It is such a hard style to get right, and even more so at our level and requires the players to be 8/10 every game. It’s just not possible. Very often we don’t create enough chances to dominate or win games comfortably. I’d like to see us mix it up a bit more and get players like Wootton doing what they do best.

[Notts78]

I’ve a feeling the top brass have the, err, brass, to compete with anyone in this league…and at least the one above it, but they’re obviously weary of doing so….which has both its positives and negatives.

What slightly worries me is that they seem intent on using this style of football to achieve success, seemingly without another option. Is it the owners dictating how Neal Ardley and IB are to set up their sides to play, when perhaps both of them may see the flaws in it?

It is such a hard style to get right, and even more so at our level and requires the players to be 8/10 every game. It’s just not possible. Very often we don’t create enough chances to dominate or win games comfortably. I’d like to see us mix it up a bit more and get players like Wootton doing what they do best.

IB is playing the way he wants. The owners have there own ideas and got a coach/manager in that they feel can deliver.
We sign players we feel we can improve by playing a certain way. Most teams in the Prem and championship play a possession style of football. By getting our players playing this way, and players like Rodrigues flourishing (yet still a rough diamond) will have the odd scout at those levels looking - that’s where the money is and it’s there money we want. We don’t want to be accepting 100k off Bradford we want several hundred thousand and sell on clauses from much higher up. That’s our model. The owners want us to be self financing.
The hope is that we develop players and get promoted. You would think if Radar works then the 2 objectives will co-exist.

[SaltySeaDog]

IB is playing the way he wants. The owners have there own ideas and got a coach/manager in that they feel can deliver.
We sign players we feel we can improve by playing a certain way. Most teams in the Prem and championship play a possession style of football. By getting our players playing this way, and players like Rodrigues flourishing (yet still a rough diamond) will have the odd scout at those levels looking - that’s where the money is and it’s there money we want. We don’t want to be accepting 100k off Bradford we want several hundred thousand and sell on clauses from much higher up. That’s our model. The owners want us to be self financing.
The hope is that we develop players and get promoted. You would think if Radar works then the 2 objectives will co-exist.

Well said 78