Barney Imp
Vital Champions League
Enjoy!!Will take that, hard on the nerves though. Now off out to drink my dinner at a gig with Mr Hither, see you tomorrow
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Enjoy!!Will take that, hard on the nerves though. Now off out to drink my dinner at a gig with Mr Hither, see you tomorrow
Very good Genesis tribute band called Los Endos, relaxing night out and sensibly priced bar!!Enjoy!!
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.. Rodders we'll be millionaires.Performances slightly immaterial at the moment and the 3pts all but secures our safety in League One.
We had some very good passage of play and some very poor. You can see the game plan. It isn’t always well executed but I do believe this time next year we will be in a far better place.
Excellent. Enjoy.Very good Genesis tribute band called Los Endos, relaxing night out and sensibly priced bar!!
I've been defending the "project" as I think it's the right way to go, and I still think Appleton is a good choice to put it into practice, but as we won today (a lucky win as Burton were the better side) it's a good time to bring some things up.
When he came in the manager, correctly I thought, said the team is too old, there's not enough pace in it and there are too many loan players.
We're still playing with three 30-somethings in the back four, the latest replacing another discarded one of those by choice. We lost our three quickest players in January, for understandable reasons, but quick players of that type have not been brought in. Today's line up contained a three man midfield which is entirely on loan to us. 5 or 6 of that 11 will probably not be at the club come June.
I'm quite prepared to say this season is an experiment to prepare for the next but where is the joined-up thinking?
It's beginning to look like a jumble of tactics and line ups in the hope that something actually works. As a result of the John-Jules injury he will probably now have to persist with Hopper and Scully which is a good thing. Hopper looked like a proper centre forward today and Scully is promising even if he is incredibly green.
We do have a number of new signings, though, who I hope respond well to coaching as I'm not convinced they're going to be of L1 standard.
The most composed player in the team is obviously Bridcutt, he looks a division above everyone else in the side, and if he signs for next season it would be a scoop, but I don't expect it.
I've never thought we would be anywhere near relegation and I'm usually pretty patient, but I'm starting to wonder what is being worked towards at the moment because there's no real identity and some of our players are just not very comfortable on the ball. Possession is given away very cheaply far too often.
I don’t think we are actually playing with next year in mind only in terms of style and MAPP method of footballing philosophy.
The advantage for those who will be with us next season have an early hand of what is expected. But I agree we haven’t currently got an 11 who can execute to a tee.
Decision making in January selling out of contract players, and subsequently moving on big earners to lower the wage bill has happened. This with next year in mind releasing vital funds for MAPP to invest in players to execute his style. Arguably relationships have also been built with Premier League clubs trusting us with their players, and the age of the squad has been lowered. I imagine the board will also back MAPP as this style of play needs better more expensive technical players.
However, there was no chance of signing players in January that will be first team players come August bar those who have potential i.e. Edun, Melbourne and Scully.
MAPP has said we are a million miles away from where we want to and need to be. We need to get to end to the end of the season with our future in League One.
Probably the opposite - the shift in methodology is from expensive older players to cheaper young players.I imagine the board will also back MAPP as this style of play needs better more expensive technical players.