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Im afraid its not cheating if legal!
Sadly it is legal.
Im afraid its not cheating if legal!
To be fair I don't read that in anyones posts on here. Most are only saying what Danny has been trying to do since last August, ie buy a striker better than what we've already got or commenting on rumours from twitter etc. Our transfer history in the last year also suggests we have a habit of punching above our level, strikers may be more expensive but I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to do that with a striker.So you aren't at all keen on seeing us reach the play-offs again?
Some perspective is needed here. Some people have unrealistic fantasies about Lincoln having loads of money and being able to spend a large chunk of it on a brilliant striker who will score us 30 goals next season. Pie in the sky, I'm afraid.
i believe we started last season with 18 contracted players. + 4 loanees. three of the contracted players were howe, mccombe and walton - so effectively the squad was 19.
if we start the season with 24 effective players it will not be the usual, but it will be showing the management have learned from last season. i am expecting to see that they have learned this and an awful lot more from last season.
a squad of 25 would be a 31% increase from last season
Incidentally did unbelievable jeff eat his hat?Anybody thinking that promotion is achievable with a squad size we had last season is deluded in my opinion.(46 game season)
.The facts are there to see we failed to get over the line last season(small margins) and the larger squads fought it out at Wembley with Coventry promoted despite only achieving the same points over the season as us.
Injuries and poor form plus a very average January window allied to the small squad model failed to get LCFC over the line last season.....fact.
The numbers we ran with last year hardly even gave competition for the shirt on a Saturday once injuries kicked in.
There was nothing sparkling about the playoff opponents last season, with a larger squad we could have gone up .(my view)
Sides in and around the playoffs floundered,Mansfield/Swindon etc.
We stumbled into 7th
Went down to Exeter in the 2nd leg with injuries, players out of position and very little balance in the side, one winger who had lost his mojo little width in the team,no offering coming down our leftside The group on the bench didn`t include game changers.
The teams entering the play offs gave us little to fear....we couldn`t capitalise on this.
Coventry,fragile when probed with balls into the box and a flapping keeper(we stuffed them on their home turf.)
Exeter a team that was losing their manager whilst entering the
playoffs(not positive)
Notts County,a side that left the Bank punch drunk and on the ropes when we last played them....swamped in the semis by Coventry (plus poor ref decisions)
Evaluating success is did we get promotion in a substandard league 2 last year answer no,did we do well for a first season back in the league then yes, could we have achieved promotion with a larger squad, possibly...(back to back promotion rare)
I will be the first to eat my hat if we achieve a promotion with a small squad but i will also be happy to hear next season that the dressing room door is being ripped off it`s hinges occasionally by players arguing to be played and they are not getting a look in because there are too many blokes after the same shirt, because that might indicate we have a few more heads in the squad to choose a side from.
As has been said before nobody is advocating giant squads just more competition for places to give a greater chance of success.We are guided by the transfer window and there is important business to be done now, come January it`s too late.
This window may define our season ahead.
My advice to those players would be: be careful what you wish for.Interesting about us having a bigger squad. It's a fine balance as we're talking about 2 players leaving because they're not getting enough game time (despite 40+ apps last season)
Coventry,fragile when probed with balls into the box
Applies equally in cricketSnigger.
We have to pay what the market demands (as much as I hate saying that). If that means someone who can score goals consistently then we have to pay that. The market price will be lower if we think we have identified a gem that noone else has spotted, otherwise we are in the same market as everybody elese and if we don't compete for the best at our level, we won't get them. If that is the case we have to accept we are where we are; and that last year we punched slightly above our weight..This is a make or break period for new signings,the earlier the better and as Impish says we are in a position to invest and i`m sure it will be a better window than last January.
Good player loans may well be the order of the day.
Two words: "Liam Hearn"My advice to those players would be: be careful what you wish for.
Following game after we stuffed them 2 defenders were sent to oblivion...replaced immediately,larger squad enabled them to drop players not delivering the goods, a luxury we did not have.Snigger.
scotimp is on the money again we are not awash in cash and can’t afford to get the likes of Stockley.
We have to be realistic but we will get one in.
scotimp is on the money again we are not awash in cash and can’t afford to get the likes of Stockley.
We have to be realistic but we will get one in.