SBAndy
Well-Known Member
I’m past caring about football rivalries, genuine or manufactured. Too little time in life to be worrying about such shite. I’ll give you some answers:
What was the story of your season last year? Highs and lows…
A relatively successful season overall, especially considering we sold our top scorer McNulty. Struggled to replace his goal threat, though over the second half of the season Hiwula began to deliver from a wide-left position. At one stage we had created the most chances in the football league and yet had a scoring rate akin to relegation fodder. Really poor finishing cost us the opportunity to finish higher, but for many it was seen as a consolidation season whilst we got to grips with League 1 again.
Who’s your best player, ones to watch etc?
Player of the season last year was our centre back Dominic Hyam, though he was run close by captain Liam Kelly. Both had outstanding seasons. Hyam was brought in prior to the 2017-18 season as a development player but has grown into an indispensable part of our starting 11. Aside from those, I’m hoping for good things from Tom Bayliss this season. Brought into the fold in December 2017 from the youth team, he earned himself a call-up to the England U19 setup - no mean feat for a League 2 player. However, this has meant he’s played around 16 months continuous football since his introduction and I’m excited to see whether he’ll kick on following a prolonged rest.
How do you think you’ll do against us next season?
I don’t have a clue what your team is shaping up like but our performances against you last season were good enough for 4 points (possibly even 6!). We have a knack of playing better against the better teams in the division so I’d back us to be winning at least 1 of the 2 games we have.
How will you do overall next season?
There’s a certain buzz around and, whilst off-pitch actions have caused much grief, we seem to be building something positive having already brought in 8 first team players for next season. Many think we still need a striker to complete the team, though with another year’s worth of experience in the legs of our young strikers the talk from the coaching staff seems to be that they will improve and deliver what we need. Without a new striker I’d be backing us to finish in the top 6 but if we add a striker with a good record then that could be enough to push us on to challenging for automatic promotion.
What was the story of your season last year? Highs and lows…
A relatively successful season overall, especially considering we sold our top scorer McNulty. Struggled to replace his goal threat, though over the second half of the season Hiwula began to deliver from a wide-left position. At one stage we had created the most chances in the football league and yet had a scoring rate akin to relegation fodder. Really poor finishing cost us the opportunity to finish higher, but for many it was seen as a consolidation season whilst we got to grips with League 1 again.
Who’s your best player, ones to watch etc?
Player of the season last year was our centre back Dominic Hyam, though he was run close by captain Liam Kelly. Both had outstanding seasons. Hyam was brought in prior to the 2017-18 season as a development player but has grown into an indispensable part of our starting 11. Aside from those, I’m hoping for good things from Tom Bayliss this season. Brought into the fold in December 2017 from the youth team, he earned himself a call-up to the England U19 setup - no mean feat for a League 2 player. However, this has meant he’s played around 16 months continuous football since his introduction and I’m excited to see whether he’ll kick on following a prolonged rest.
How do you think you’ll do against us next season?
I don’t have a clue what your team is shaping up like but our performances against you last season were good enough for 4 points (possibly even 6!). We have a knack of playing better against the better teams in the division so I’d back us to be winning at least 1 of the 2 games we have.
How will you do overall next season?
There’s a certain buzz around and, whilst off-pitch actions have caused much grief, we seem to be building something positive having already brought in 8 first team players for next season. Many think we still need a striker to complete the team, though with another year’s worth of experience in the legs of our young strikers the talk from the coaching staff seems to be that they will improve and deliver what we need. Without a new striker I’d be backing us to finish in the top 6 but if we add a striker with a good record then that could be enough to push us on to challenging for automatic promotion.