joe Rafferty contract

[CAMiller]

On the plus side he seems to have an involvement in most goals we score. On the negative side he seems to have an involvement in most goals we concede.

I guess without him we could have had 38 0-0 draws and been 2pts better of than we are, but very bored

[Townerslovechild]

Joe is decent full back who does seen to care what happens, he isn't a wing back or a CB,play him in his position with someone more attack minded on the right.

[bigburns]

We have 12 players out of contract (including Rafferty and Yearwood with options), plus 5 loans, plus Nombe, Hall and, if he has a good WC, Martha moving on. That's 19 players Rob Scott and the management team have to replace or recontract. He may not be outstanding but lightening that workload has got to be a good thing

[Derbymiller]

Rafferty has been played out of position. A lot this season, he isn't a wingback or centre back and he isn't the only player put in this situation. I think if we want to keep some experience next season in league 2 then Rafferty and James if played in a 4 would be the best options from those we have. Powell is far too good for L2 and for us and he will move on to a top half L1 side and do well for them. The rest can go and being that RS, SE, MT and MH recruited so badly you would need to hire a coach to ship all the cross out of NYS.

[Old_time_miller]

Joe is decent full back who does seen to care what happens, he isn't a wing back or a CB,play him in his position with someone more attack minded on the right.

As I believe is what happened in our 5 game mini revival. Raff douglas james.

[Old_time_miller]

If a keeper has a solid defence in front of him, he can be said to keep a clean sheet. Nonsense.
If a player is played OOP, but we win, not much notice taken. He is ok. Nonsense.

What happens with a team as a whole is often far more important than a single.

When rafferty played with douglas and james in a THREE and we were ok, no one on here complained about the hamshaw three.

Team situations often are more complex than a player. Unless that happens to be a glaring failure or constant which would happen regardless. That is the only time we can truly be specific.

[RU66]

If a keeper has a solid defence in front of him, he can be said to keep a clean sheet. Nonsense.
If a player is played OOP, but we win, not much notice taken. He is ok. Nonsense.

What happens with a team as a whole is often far more important than a single.

When rafferty played with douglas and james in a THREE and we were ok, no one on here complained about the hamshaw three.

Team situations often are more complex than a player. Unless that happens to be a glaring failure or constant which would happen regardless. That is the only time we can truly be specific.

That was the start of our downfall before Xmas playing James in a back 3 & getting injured. He's our only left sided player who gets behind the oppositions defence.