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Fizzled out again

Fizzled out again

raefil

raefil

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Story of our last 3 seasons, so much promise but ultimately nothing.

We go again next season.
 
Yes, this sums it up for me sadly. Not all doom and gloom, been a decent season, but not there yet.

Positive for the future at least.
 
It has been a very good season , but ultimately our home form has let us down badly.....

The only thing left to try and achieve is finishing higher than 11th
 
We're so close - just need a striker.

It was 18 attempts with one on target at one point today.

Need to keep squad together and find a gem from somewhere...
 
No excuses this time. Just when we have a full fit squad they go into the end of season funk.
Oh well there's always next season.
 
Staffordwhite said:
We're so close - just need a striker.

It was 18 attempts with one on target at one point today.

Need to keep squad together and find a gem from somewhere...
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We've got a brilliant striker in Maguire. But we created very little for him. The problem today was that we had haven't tested their keeper, and at set pieces we were no threat. Harry Kane would have struggled to score today for us from open play.
 
I said if we lost today I'd concede the playoffs. I think we should use the final 6 games of the season to start thinking about next year. I'd look at playing some of the younger lads get some game time in them. Notably I'd be letting Harrop start the next 6 yo get some decent minutes.
 
paddysr said:
I said if we lost today I'd concede the playoffs. I think we should use the final 6 games of the season to start thinking about next year. I'd look at playing some of the younger lads get some game time in them. Notably I'd be letting Harrop start the next 6 yo get some decent minutes.
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Harrop should have been on today. I'd have put him in the no.10 role and put Browne back alongside Pearson in place of Gallagher. Harrop is one of the best technical players we have and dangerous from set pieces. I'm afraid Gallagher's time is up. He does occasionally provide some decent assists but for the most part his corners and free kicks are poor. He's been a good servant but sadly, no longer up to the mark for the Championship.
 
paddysr said:
I said if we lost today I'd concede the playoffs. I think we should use the final 6 games of the season to start thinking about next year. I'd look at playing some of the younger lads get some game time in them. Notably I'd be letting Harrop start the next 6 yo get some decent minutes.
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The last two games are a carbon copy of each other. Poor opposition, we don't take our chances gift the opposition a goal (s) and spurn further chances to get a result although mainly from set pieces. Not creating much from open play so this is the time to give others their chance because without a plan b we will struggle to make further progress next year. Harrop would be top of my list too.
 
Schemer said:
Harrop should have been on today. I'd have put him in the no.10 role and put Browne back alongside Pearson in place of Gallagher. Harrop is one of the best technical players we have and dangerous from set pieces. I'm afraid Gallagher's time is up. He does occasionally provide some decent assists but for the most part his corners and free kicks are poor. He's been a good servant but sadly, no longer up to the mark for the Championship.
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I don't disagree. On the 1st Feb I got absolutely slated for giving a list of players I thought would be likely to leave at the end of the season. I have seen every "first team" player I mentioned be suggested its time for them to go on here today and over the last few weeks.

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paddysr said:
I don't disagree. On the 1st Feb I got absolutely slated for giving a list of players I thought would be likely to leave at the end of the season. I have seen every "first team" player I mentioned be suggested its time for them to go on here today and over the last few weeks.

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This summer will be crucial in terms of signing players who can take us to the next level. Hopefully we have at least some of the Hugill money to spend but it still won't be easy finding such players as they need to fit into our wages structure. That's the challenge for Neil, Ridsdale and the scouting staff and you would hope that targets have already been identified.
 
Schemer said:
This summer will be crucial in terms of signing players who can take us to the next level. Hopefully we have at least some of the Hugill money to spend but it still won't be easy finding such players as they need to fit into our wages structure. That's the challenge for Neil, Ridsdale and the scouting staff and you would hope that targets have already been identified.
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Agreed if we had more to spend. And that's the issue. Our structure means we either gamble on a hopefully talented young player or take a gamble on a player that's not fulfilling their alleged potential.
Either way our odds of buying an odds on certaintity are not high!
I for one feel very lucky we have an owner who spends his own wealth on our club and will go on regardless but I feel the current situations reality is the championship may be the best we can hope for but maybe dream for a cheeky sixth spot then this time next year wodders.........
 
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