I think you have a valid point in that the wholesale changes to the team is something that successful teams have difficulty in managing well. I remember when Bobby Gould took over the team from Dave Sexton and we saw a mass turnover of players. In the longer term that provided the basis for our 87 cup winning squad, but in the short term we struggled in the post Xmas period during the first season.Firstly I didn't disagree with us binning off most of those players we released back at the end of last season.... but looking at those senior players we have still got on the books since the start of last season, I am scratching my head wondering about the potential impact of the lack of continuity.
If we remember that G Thomas, RCC, Turnbull and Reid may leave before the Notts County game, and remembering that this time 12 months ago none of Stevenson, Kwame Thomas, Dion KE or Beavon had (barely) played a single game for us, the only first-teamers left in the squad are:
Lee Burge
Ryan Haynes
Chris Stokes
Jordan Willis
Jodi Jones
That's not a great line-up, considering that Haynes and Stokes have injury records (last season at least), may also, Jones and Burge have been inconsistent (at best) performers and that Willis may also leave (touted to Rotherham), you are looking at a very, very thin "long term" continuity/spine of the squad.
I hope MR will start to construct a long-term spine to the squad and develop a continuity in the club, rather than having virtually a new squad every season - his offering 2-year deals to several new recruits bodes well from this point of view.
You don't see many testimonials these days!
I meant continuity over a few seasons not between last season and this. Great news if the players are buying into MR's ethos as reported above - hopefully we will start to have testimonials every season again!We know theres a large turnover of players, there is in most league one and league two sides. I'm not sure how you can discount the likes of beavon, Stevenson, etc they all played last season, but yet include Turnbull, Reid and G Thomas as potentially leaving thus not giving continuity.
I look at the players who were released and with the exception of lamieres I don't see any as bad decisions.
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Correct, hence we've bought a shit load morethe only first-teamers left in the squad are:
Lee Burge
Ryan Haynes
Chris Stokes
Jordan Willis
Jodi Jones
That's not a great line-up,
You don't see many testimonials these days!
I look at the players who were released and with the exception of lamieres I don't see any as bad decisions.
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I agree entirely, which again highlights the recruitment Mowbray was mainly responsible for.
Managers will always look to turf out the previous managers players. TM did it when taking over from Presley and other managers before that. But if one thing stands out more than ever this year is Mowbrays signings were mainly duff.
We got lucky the season before last that the loans paid off - Kent, Armstrong, Murphy, even Cole to a degree. All of those I assume were taken on a wim that they would come good; if our scouting system was anything to go by I doubt we had them watched before they were brought in
Hollyoaks have offered him a better dealI was concerned about the amount of injury prone/inadequate left backs we had; however, I have heard from a good source that Paul Nicholls (ex Eastenders) has just been offered a short term contract as cover (don't shoot the messenger)
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