Rebuilding Notts County's Defence

[keldsyke]

like i say Elite , we all have the right to be disappointed with any budget that is divulged if it is lower than perceived. However my point is people really shouldn't be complaining and demanding more money should be spent and start to berate the owners and their commitment to the club. I thought we had learnt lessons from the past about spending money we haven't got.

I don't think anyone has criticised them on budget, but recruitment is IMO open to criticism, its been very poor this season.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

Why is a top six budget unrealistic? Mansfield have a far bigger budget than us on much lower gates. So do a bunch of other clubs. Hardly any clubs break even at this level, or at any level for that matter. It all comes down to how deep the owners' pockets are.

If our owners aren't wealthy enough for us to have a top-six budget in L2, we'll be stuck at this level for quite a while, even if they are smart with the funds they have.

Its unrealistic because we are a club that runs at a loss.Anything else around this is down to the generosity of the owners and what they are prepared to plough into the club. If they feel a top 10 budget is what they are going to fund then who is anyone to argue with that.? You might not like it but that's your prerogative. Why don't you take over the club and give us a top 6 budget.? Maybe you know some cash rich investors who would plough money into the club that would guarantee the highest budget in the division.
Like I said it's great just picking a number out of thin air and demand a top budget of any kind.Whatever other clubs choose to do has nothing to do with us.

[slack_pie]

Its unrealistic because we are a club that runs at a loss.Anything else around this is down to the generosity of the owners and what they are prepared to plough into the club. If they feel a top 10 budget is what they are going to fund then who is anyone to argue with that.? You might not like it but that's your prerogative. Why don't you take over the club and give us a top 6 budget.? Maybe you know some cash rich investors who would plough money into the club that would guarantee the highest budget in the division.
Like I said it's great just picking a number out of thin air and demand a top budget of any kind.Whatever other clubs choose to do has nothing to do with us.

That's my point - no club turns a profit at this level. It's always down to how rich and ambitious the owner is.

Do you really think the bros are less ambitious than half the owners in L2? I don't. I think they are trying to run the club in as smart a way as possible, trying to gain an edge in terms of recruitment or coaching rather than splashing the cash, and that that approach worked up until late last year.

They may realise that to progress at this level, we need a better playing squad, and that that requires a bigger budget.

[midshipman]

If we have to sell both JJ.and Macca to rebuild our defence we will have to sign players to bring the attack back up to strength. Who can we get to replace JJ who week after week provides brilliant crosses which often leads to goals. Who will provide the goals at the rate Macca has done over the last two seasons will be expensive.to sign. I hope both will stay and any money will go towards two strong and experienced C B. I also think we need two strong and experienced full backs so we can switch when necessary to a back four.

[Woodypie]

Nobody knows what budget the syndicate really has or are willing to spend. Notts aren't going to generate a profit any time soon, but if their hobby is to run a successful football club then the will need to accept a loss on clearing out our entire defence and start again. Clearing out the coaching team would be good too but I have a funny feeling that won't happen. If their aim is to do a Brentford, then they must presumably have access to resources to fund this.

[legs77]

I don't think anyone has criticised them on budget, but recruitment is IMO open to criticism, its been very poor this season.

Agreed signings havent been great we have signed 4 decent ones.

There isnt a magic formula for players though a number of factors can impact players at any club.

An example is Caicedo £100m looked great at Brighton and obviously can play goes to Chelsea and looks a £100 player !

[drillerpie]

I wouldn’t say overall recruitment has been very poor as we have signed Jones, Crowley, Jatta, Macari, Robertson and Didzy (open to debate). The lack of focus on defence was very poor, especially with us having the second worse defence in the National league (time out of possession), they didn’t deserve being retained on two year deals.

That sounds like an interesting stat - is that goals conceded correlated with time the opposition had the ball (I.e., time spent actually defending?)

[Ex_Southwell_Magpie]

That sounds like an interesting stat - is that goals conceded correlated with time the opposition had the ball (I.e., time spent actually defending?)

It is that. Seeing as we were only defending for around 25% of matches, it was pretty damning.