Originally Posted by
LaxtonLad
We ought to be signing players better than we already have, obviously, but there we have a problem in identifying them. The bro's have a business which seems European orientated but we can't sign any foreigners. Burchinall has experience of using them but that was when he was abroad and therefore must have little knowledge of home grown non-league players. The players he has brought in are not gelling at all, apart from once and since then seem to have settled to a non-acceptable level but one they are familiar with.
Any of us watching Notts play or listening to Charlie and Stall are finding the same old, same old Notts devoid of ideas of how keep the ball in the enemy's half. I sometimes take my grandson to games and for the last three years I've seen us defending our half and have lost count of how many times I've told him "All the football's being played in Notts' half again...".
In this dinosaur's opinion we've never replaced Don Masson and never will, but there are quality midfielders out there who know how to control a game but they will cost money and will want to see how serous we are and that we mean business. The same goes for effective strikers, non-league strikers are in non-league for a reason. Bringing in non-league players to play alongside other non-leaguers is not, and never will be, the way forward.