The Way Forward

[Arblasterfromthepast]

Yes that’s right.
The addition of better players will always be a welcome thing.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean that Mael, McCart, Shepherd and Lopata are bad players.

If you check back on my posts, I have not said that any of these players are bad players. However, they aren't good enough either at the moment. They need guidance on the pitch which requires an experienced defender on the pitch. If you check back, I've been making that comment since the beginning of the season. I'm not saying an experienced defender would solve all our problems but it would go a significant way to solving them in my opinion. And guess what, we've seen it have a similar effect on two previous occasions. I remember Kevin Long's (1st game?) Away at Oldham. The difference he made was there for all to see from the first game.

[Shadrack the Red]

If you check back on my posts, I have not said that any of these players are bad players. However, they aren't good enough either at the moment. They need guidance on the pitch which requires an experienced defender on the pitch. If you check back, I've been making that comment since the beginning of the season. I'm not saying an experienced defender would solve all our problems but it would go a significant way to solving them in my opinion. And guess what, we've seen it have a similar effect on two previous occasions. I remember Kevin Long's (1st game?) Away at Oldham. The difference he made was there for all to see from the first game.

You are spot on Arba, we have lost 3 central defenders, one who is now playing in the premier league & the other two in the championship & these have been replaced by two players from non league , one from a semi pro French team & loan player from Rotherham with very little experience , now with the best will in the world these players may make a decent living out of the game & eventually progress but at the moment they have stepped up to the third division & currently they are struggling with this level & this is why the team are a shadow of last seasons , now you might say that suddenly over night a coach should wave a magic wand & turn these players into the finished article but in the real world that does not happen , however the real problem as we know it is that if these lads do eventually step up the suits at Oakwell will flog them in a breath & then rinse & repeat & eventually it will result in us going further down the pyramid .