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  1. #11
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    Having read through this post just a few points.
    1. We do not have a strong squad.
    2. We have been ravaged by injuries to key players, crucially, midfield and right side defensive players.
    3. Apart from Abbott the midfield has been weak all season.
    4. LW was on a poor run when he left. Had he stayed he would undoubtably have got more out of the squad.
    5. It is ridiculous to refer to the NL promotion season and compare it to where we are now.
    6. SM can only work with what he has been given and has available (but see #4).
    7. SM seems to be carrying all the blame when the blame (if that is the right word at this point in time) should be shared equally across the board. (see #6). January window last season and again this season saw us in a strong (ish) league position but obviously about to falter because of inadequacies in specific areas of the pitch. Both occasions nothing immediately effective was done (defence last season, midfield this year (attacking and holding)).
    8. The Bros took the gamble with SM and it's not working out. There is a good manager in there but it is a couple of seasons (and more experience) away. He should not have been allowed to throw himself under the NCFC Supporters bus.
    9. Recruitment this season has not addressed our short-term needs and I am yet to be convinced of the long-term benefits of any that have come in.
    10. This league has been there for the taking and we have failed to take if for the sake of two strong players in the middle and one player able to adequately cover for AJ and DM.
    11. DM, AJ, Platt, Bedeau, Abbott, MP (just) and Bass have been the bedrock of this season. The other positions have injured players and players not up to it. To have been where we have been is a credit to that bedrock.

    I have given SM the benefit of the doubt and hopefully tempered any criticism I may have had by a few of the points above but he can't take us where we want to got as it stands.
    The question underlying everything though is where do the Bros want us to go?

    Edit:
    I do get the sustainability/finance thing and congratulate the Bros. But if we are to accept those constraints then why are we bitching about this season? Everything eventually is down to affordability?
    Last edited by SmiffyPie; 23-04-2025 at 10:20 AM.

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