⚽ Match Thread vs. Lincoln City 08.08.23 [EFLC R1]

[SmiffyPie]

Wonder if there is a conflict brewing between managerial requirements and the accepted recruiting policy?

[tommopie8]

Wonder if there is a conflict brewing between managerial requirements and the accepted recruiting policy?

In one of his interviews he did mention that he has no control over recruitment and I'd never heard him say it that bluntly before.

[SmiffyPie]

In one of his interviews he did mention that he has no control over recruitment and I'd never heard him say it that bluntly before.

LW is a good manager, a good motivator and appears to be a good bloke all round. He isn't stupid or lacking in vision (I hope) and would have made it known we needed approvements across the back. Why it didn't happen remains a mystery.

[the_anticlough]

LW is a good manager, a good motivator and appears to be a good bloke all round. He isn't stupid or lacking in vision (I hope) and would have made it known we needed approvements across the back. Why it didn't happen remains a mystery.

I can only think that we missed out on the top targets, so far. With a limited budget, you get just 1 chance to bring someone in.
If we've avoided bringing in players through desperation after missing out on targets, it means we can still get someone who ticks all (or most) of the boxes.

[ajojones]

Certainly no need to panic yet and we have no way of knowing if change is needed until we can keep 11 players on the pitch. Shouldn't drop our heads yet, great team and manager dont become bad overnight- stay the course.

[Elite_Pie]

When I saw the team it was obvious we were treating this competition the same as we treated the cup competitions last season - as low priority. It showed, we were very poor again, only Slocombe, JOB and Bostock of the starters emerged with credit. None of the fringe players did anything to push their case. We were slow and ponderous going forward, and always looked likely to gift a goal at the back. We actually caused them more problems in the last 5 minutes playing with ten men than we did with eleven! It was a weakened team so I won't read too much into it, but we need a big improvement for Saturday.

[the_anticlough]

In one of his interviews he did mention that he has no control over recruitment and I'd never heard him say it that bluntly before.

I've only heard him say we have specialists at the club for that and he gets on with coaching the team - like the interview with DBG where they joked about not being trusted to go to the supermarket

Lot's of over-reaction on the thread, we lost another game with 10 men to L1 opposition. I agree we could do with getting something on Saturday but all the knee-jerk stuff is silly. At least we lost tonight with a back 4 so that's one area of hysteria that should quiet down a bit.

Have we lost both Baldwin and Bajrami for Saturday? If so, it looks like Brinds-Rawlo-Cameron will have the chance to put things right.

[freemuzzy]

In one of his interviews he did mention that he has no control over recruitment and I'd never heard him say it that bluntly before.

I noticed that too and it is concerning, because under both Burchnall and (before this summer) Williams, the club did a lot of PR and went to great pains to state that recruitment was a collective. Now Williams is repeatedly saying it’s nothing to do with him; that’s either a shift in approach (which would be strange after such a successful season), or it’s always been the case and he’s not playing the game anymore.

It is a guess but my feeling is Williams would be bringing in at least one defender if he could and is probably frustrated at not getting his way on that front. Hopefully Baldwin’s red today may force the issue.

[OldBanksy]

What's the point of having overwhelming possession and causing no threat? Always playing safe? Never mixing it with long ball? Predictable, slow build up? One up top with no supply and no support? Embarrassing capitulation.

[Glad2BeAPie]

At least we can concentrate on avoiding relegation now