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I’d also add Les Robinson. We had 2 solid full backs who were solid at defending and allowed the wingers to do their thing.
We also had Smith and Gray in centre midfield, with two stand out centre backs and a very good goalie, plus a winger in Massey who could defend.
The game has changed but I do think the teams that get promoted are more defensively solid than we are/have been.
Over 46 games being a disciplined, tough defensive unit pays off, people want pretty, attacking football but, even with us spunking a lot of money up the wall, I think it’s very hard for a club of our size to swashbuckle your way out of this level, we were more effective under Manning because we had discipline to a plan.
Given where the club is and how important promotion and success is going to be, then it might come down to a choice between pretty football that will always fail for us or a less attractive but more successful style that helps the club survive, we need to be recruiting players for the latter in the summer.
I think he got hung out to dry a bit when asked to play right back as we had no other options. It didn't go well and I'm not sure we've seen him since (did he also get a knock?).I just dont get whats happened to Oisin Smyth scores a worldie and plays really well and yet has barely featured since. What is the official or unofficial explanation?
I just dont get whats happened to Oisin Smyth scores a worldie and plays really well and yet has barely featured since. What is the official or unofficial explanation?
Just like Jodi Jones, Gatlin ODonker, Joel Cooper, Dan Agyei, and Matt Taylor under Robinson then.We don’t seem to get explanations on players out of the side. Tyler Burey another. Best just assume their faces don’t fit.
Why did we take the guy when he’s clearly not fit? Such a waste.Slightly controversial, but my comment on the Matete thread is going to be about Matete!!
Undoubtedly a good player at this level, we were pretty much all in agreement that he was a great signing on paper. Unfortunately he was never really fit and now he can hopefully get time to get his knee fixed and fully recover ahead of preseason.
However, if he is able to get a full preseason under his belt and prove his fitness then I'd like to think that we might be interested in taking him on loan again. He's a box to box player that would really complement Cam when on his game.