⚽ Match Thread vs. Gateshead FC 16.08.22 [NL]

[BigFatPie]

Those ratings and comments are certainly more critical than Curtis’s ever were. Thank Christ.

It is concerning that only 2 out of our 6 summer signings started. Which follows another season where the coach seemed reluctant to pick the players we had only just signed.

Seems to be a pattern where the Head Coach doesn’t want to pick players who were signed without his say so.

[GranthamPie]

Those ratings and comments are certainly more critical than Curtis’s ever were. Thank Christ.

It is concerning that only 2 out of our 6 summer signings started. Which follows another season where the coach seemed reluctant to pick the players we had only just signed.

Seems to be a pattern where the Head Coach doesn’t want to pick players who were signed without his say so.

Yup… my thoughts exactly. Either he is deliberately and publicly ignoring the summer signings or they simply are not good enough.

Doesn’t bode well either way. Our star summer signing not even making the bench?

Black clouds on the horizon if you ask me.

[slack_pie]

Yup… my thoughts exactly. Either he is deliberately and publicly ignoring the summer signings or they simply are not good enough.

Doesn’t bode well either way. Our star summer signing not even making the bench?

Black clouds on the horizon if you ask me.

To be fair, there are always black clouds on the horizon.

[BigFatPie]

Yup… my thoughts exactly. Either he is deliberately and publicly ignoring the summer signings or they simply are not good enough.

Doesn’t bode well either way. Our star summer signing not even making the bench?

Black clouds on the horizon if you ask me.

Makes you wonder. Anyone can say in an interview, ‘yep I’m fine with signings being based on stats etc, rather than blokes who for instance played with me before’, it’s whole different thing when you’ve actually got the job, and are watching them train and picking the team yourself.

I found Burchnall’s sidelining of Taylor, Nemane and especially Vincent bizarre, and already I’m bemused at the team selections this season. If O’Brien and Francis make up our best current starting XI I’m a Frenchman. If they start on Saturday, we’ll lose.

As a side note, my lad went to the FGR v Lincoln game on Saturday and he reckoned FGR played more long balls in one game than we did in the whole of last season.