So what lesson have been learned

[jackal2]

Not to many I would say.
1- our supporters need a bloody gold medal hanging round there necks for the loyalty they show this club
Time after time we go again hoping we will get things right and get let down.
A big well done notts fans see ya next season
2-is it stating the obvious that we need a battler in the middle of the park or am I blind.
So why don’t we do anything about it
3- we play nice attractive football but this group,and maybe overplaying will not get you out of this league
We’re to soft
To say I’m gutted yet again is an understatement
I just keep reliving our forest loanee pushing there player in the back

1. Yes

2. You're not blind, you're correct. The midfield is a massive weakness in this team. We need a couple of big, strong, dominant 'animals' in there.

3. We play a style of football which is ridiculously over-complicated for the level we're at and the players we've got. It can look attractive at home against weaker teams, but for two (perhaps three) seasons running now it has seen us fall well short of the title challenge we should be capable of making. We're a 'nice' team for anyone half decent to play against, and that really angers me.

It's probably fair comment to say we haven't done enough about these failings so far, but this summer needs to the one where those lessons are learned. I've bought my season ticket, but I don't want to come back next season and see us play like a bunch of pretty boys. I don't mind seeing good, positive football in the right areas of the field, but I don't want to see us taking needless risks in our own half. I want to see a team that can go toe to toe with any opponent in this league in terms of physicality and aggression.

If IB can adapt and deliver such a team, then great. However, if he plans to subject us to another year of some sort of over-elaborate, purist football experiment, and if he can't coach a team to defend properly, then he might be as well heading to Nailsworth.