Didzy, JJ and Crowley

[slack_pie]

I thought it would look something like this, you?re only as good as your players. I do think we have been a bit unlucky and also dropped a clanger not replacing Crowley with someone half decent.

Selling Crowley made financial sense, but it also made promotion much harder, especially with our other star players injured. The team we've fielded that last two games is nowhere good enough, but it's ultimately what happens when your best players are sold on out for long periods.

[SwalePie]

Far better to have SM's calm, intellectual approach where every game is like a chess match, played with no rooks and the bishops on the wrong coloured squares. And when a pawn gets promoted, he chooses another pawn.

My point is that there are different ways to motivate. Being angry and shouty is only one of them.

[SmiffyPie]

Selling Crowley made financial sense, but it also made promotion much harder, especially with our other star players injured. The team we've fielded that last two games is nowhere good enough, but it's ultimately what happens when your best players are sold on out for long periods.

Promotion has never been a target, if it occurred it would have been a fortunate by-product.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

Just seen this .thanks.i made a point on another thread about how have we performed with our best players in the team re Crowley, jj and Mcgoldrick. You've more than answered this .cheers ..!

[slack_pie]

Promotion has never been a target, if it occurred it would have been a fortunate by-product.

I think that's a bit facetious, but it certainly isn't the only priority like it is at some clubs. They want to get promoted but doing things their way, which means running the club sustainably and with a clear footballing philosophy that is relatively immune to personnel changes. But yeah, if they just wanted to go up ASAP and at all costs, we'd have kept Crowley.

We can't all be Wrexham's and blast our way through the leagues. Last time we tried to buy promotion at all costs, we got relegated and nearly went out of business. We're way better off now. But I agree - at some point, we may need to take promotion more seriously if we don't want to continue to fall short. As it stands, we have a coach with no experience of real success and a team of average L2 players and untested youngsters, plus a couple of injured stars. Not good enough, even in a poor league.