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Post by sword65 on Jan 15, 2020 15:31:00 GMT
Ideally I would like 2 quality midfielders and with the pitches,especially away ,likely to be pretty heavy over the next 2 months a extra striker as Akanbi cannot do it all on his own and Olutade just isnt trusted by JS2&HH. How do you know he isn't trusted. Could hardly expect to come straight back in on his return. Will almost certainly get his chance with McClure gone, and no doubt people will be on his back if he doesn't hit the ground running, but he will surely need time to adjust to this level having spent the last few months in the Isthmian Premier. I agree but he wont adjust with his arse stuck on the bench. Play 2 up front as a pair to share the workload ,it might work better than one up front and one tucked in behind him in midfield. Many people have said Akanbi was lacklustre on Tuesday ,now that maybe just the conditions but it must be punishing on the fitness level to be on your own up front and having to backtrack all the way down the other end every time we lose the ball.
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Post by Dan on Jan 22, 2020 8:13:51 GMT
A couple of poorish performances by Akanbi and we seem to have no other options. Too much reliance on one player, any loss of form or fitness and the forward line stops functioning. We were promised an emerging and strengthening team by January but there seems no signs, in fact the team is seriously stuttering. Still seem to lightweight and inconsistent in midfield and attacking positions and we really need 2/3 quality signings now to steady the ship. Hoping that the owners be prepared to dig deep and back the managers. Not convinced this will happen though as Terry and Oliver may well have dug as deep as they can manage already.
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Post by jdl on Jan 22, 2020 9:18:07 GMT
A couple of poorish performances by Akanbi and we seem to have no other options. Too much reliance on one player, any loss of form or fitness and the forward line stops functioning. We were promised an emerging and strengthening team by January but there seems no signs, in fact the team is seriously stuttering. Still seem to lightweight and inconsistent in midfield and attacking positions and we really need 2/3 quality signings now to steady the ship. Hoping that the owners be prepared to dig deep and back the managers. Not convinced this will happen though as Terry and Oliver may well have dug as deep as they can manage already. Can't blame T&O. They've already sunk a large fortune into the club, and they blew the budget last year trying to make up for getting rid of Jay. And this is the NS, for fucks sake, we probably have a bigger budget than almost all the other clubs. Lack of 'investment' from the poor bloody owners isn't the problem. Where we are is down to two simple things - player selection and team management. Neither are good enough. Last night we were outplayed by Dartford's second string, at home, in front of 300 people. That's a measure of our situation. I fail to see how Terry and Oliver can be blamed for that.
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Post by sword65 on Jan 22, 2020 10:20:41 GMT
A lot has been made of the fact that our troubles are because we have signed poor players on full time contracts but here is a question for you all. Just because we are a full time club does this stop us from employing good players who only want to be semi professionals?
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Post by davec on Jan 22, 2020 10:33:31 GMT
A lot has been made of the fact that our troubles are because we have signed poor players on full time contracts but here is a question for you all. Just because we are a full time club does this stop us from employing good players who only want to be semi professionals? Yes because they by definition cannot attend all the same training sessions so we cannot be both full time and part time.
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Post by sword65 on Jan 22, 2020 11:30:54 GMT
A lot has been made of the fact that our troubles are because we have signed poor players on full time contracts but here is a question for you all. Just because we are a full time club does this stop us from employing good players who only want to be semi professionals? Yes because they by definition cannot attend all the same training sessions so we cannot be both full time and part time. So if a good goalscorer came to us and says I can bang you in 30 goals a season but I can only train 2 days a week would we send him packing?
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Post by steveh21 on Jan 22, 2020 11:37:45 GMT
Since we went full-time we have gone backwards. Finished 14th in NL as a part time club. Went full-time and started going downwards. I still believe that if we were part time in NLS with the SAME budget as we have now we would attract more experienced nonleague talent. Look at some of the players Dartford have etc. We do not seem to have a high enough budget to be proper full time IMO.
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Post by sword65 on Jan 22, 2020 11:43:28 GMT
Since we went full-time we have gone backwards. Finished 14th in NLS as a part time club. Went full-time and started going downwards. I still believe that if we were part time in NLS with the SAME budget as we have now we would attract more experienced nonleague talent. Look at some of the players Dartford have etc. We do not seem to have a high enough budget to be proper full time IMO. Agree 100%
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2020 11:44:12 GMT
A lot has been made of the fact that our troubles are because we have signed poor players on full time contracts but here is a question for you all. Just because we are a full time club does this stop us from employing good players who only want to be semi professionals? Yes because they by definition cannot attend all the same training sessions so we cannot be both full time and part time. Judging by this KM report www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/stones-boss-axes-late-trio-220583/ some of the full timers don't seem too bothered about turning up on time. I would guess that most semi pros might be more enthusiastic. Just thought I would mention the KM link to support the argument.
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Post by Nick on Jan 22, 2020 18:26:17 GMT
Al least it looks like Boucard is a goodish signing, Temelci has proven himself and Khan is class. Shame that Sam Corne has taken so long to get fit. With the 3 slackers on the wsy out hopefully, JS must reinforce attacking options with 2 new signings.
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Post by pedant on Jan 22, 2020 19:46:14 GMT
Al least it looks like Boucard is a goodish signing, Temelci has proven himself and Khan is class. Shame that Sam Corne has taken so long to get fit. With the 3 slackers on the wsy out hopefully, JS must reinforce attacking options with 2 new signings. Just 2?
Since the end of August we've signed no "attacking options". If you include yesterday's miscreants we've now 'lost':
McClure Edwards Kyei Olutade Amaluzor Allen Embury (injury)
Some may, or may not, be considered as 'no loss' but currently Akanbi appears the only one with "attacking" in his job description.
When JS2 joined us he thought the squad was "unbalanced" but never, to my knowledge, explained that. Wonder what he thinks now?
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Post by pedant on Jan 22, 2020 20:01:39 GMT
Since we went full-time we have gone backwards. Finished 14th in NL as a part time club. Went full-time and started going downwards. I still believe that if we were part time in NLS with the SAME budget as we have now we would attract more experienced nonleague talent. Look at some of the players Dartford have etc. We do not seem to have a high enough budget to be proper full time IMO. Need to be aware of reaching possibly false conclusions from potentially related occurrences.
It appeared to me that the standards in the National League generally got higher each season we were in it. Rumours abounded that the playing budgets were similarly increasing.
Whilst going fulltime and going downwards happened together it is not inconceivable that downwards may have been faster if we had stayed part-time.
However neither position is provable.
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Post by Sennockian69 on Jan 22, 2020 20:19:07 GMT
Al least it looks like Boucard is a goodish signing, Temelci has proven himself and Khan is class. Shame that Sam Corne has taken so long to get fit. With the 3 slackers on the wsy out hopefully, JS must reinforce attacking options with 2 new signings. Just 2?
Since the end of August we've signed no "attacking options". If you include yesterday's miscreants we've now 'lost':
McClure Edwards Kyei Olutade Amaluzor Allen Embury (injury)
Some may, or may not, be considered as 'no loss' but currently Akanbi appears the only one with "attacking" in his job description.
When JS2 joined us he thought the squad was "unbalanced" but never, to my knowledge, explained that. Wonder what he thinks now?
If we lose Olutade then we are bare bones in attack. Need another forward. See what this week brings.
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Post by shamstone on Jan 22, 2020 20:35:35 GMT
Maybe now we know why Olutade was loaned out. Wrong attitude. Certain players maybe upsetting team spirit. There does seem to be something not right lately
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