Quote Originally Posted by Terry Harkin View Post
I think the penny will drop that the players had stopped playing for Artell months ago, the disaster junkies as we were called will be proved correct, I am still annoyed that we have given up our Div.1 place with such a wimper.

As for next season with Daft Dave in charge we would have dropped out of the league, no danger, Div 2 next season will be carnage with clubs like Stockport Wrexham and any from the following, Vale Bristol Rovers Swindon Mansfield Salford and Tranmere all going hell for leather, the Division will be as tough as it has been for years, the next managerial appointment will be pivotal, lets hope the recruitment is better than it has been, fingers crossed.
Recruitment has been fine up until the last 12 months and maybe we should look beyond "Artell bashing" for the reasons for this. Of course, he shoulders some of the blame but there is no doubt that blame lies elsewhere too. As for saying we would have dropped out of the league had Artell still been in charge, well that is at best wild speculation based on no facts or just plain bull****. I would have expected us to recruit better (particularly with someone with the specific responsibility for recruitment and nothing else) and of course some of our players who have established themselves as part of the first team squad to be better players and to show it a league lower. However, let's not stand in the way of more Artell bashing in spite of him having left the club!