I think Chief has been a little overconfident and a little unlucky.
That’s all.
It’s his first gig. With a disrupted pre-season, which has also led to injuries imo. Rufer and Payne the worst. Colakovski doesn’t replace Ball, but might have been better than the kids. A bit stronger, a bit more experienced. Not title winning though, this season.
One or two more players might have seen us hang in there. Equally we might have hoped for a bit more from Roa Conchie or that Chief could have found a role for OVH.
The biggest question is given how a decision had allegedly been made on David Ball pre-season, is why it took until halfway through the season to play out and we still have no replacement.
Perhaps another question is why we have been so slow to get any injury replacement players in. We’ve had significant loses- 6 useful players at my count (Ball, OVH, Al-Taay, Colakovski, Rojas and Rufer) and we’ve brought no one in to cover them.
Retre and Nagasawa don’t replace Pennington and Kraev for running and ability to drive forward. Nobody replaces Rufer.
Anyway I think the club has to do better next season. It’s a pity we couldn’t maintain our momentum from last season. However, I hope we have Chief and Adam Griffiths next season and a bit more ambition in squad balance and maintenance.
One more experienced utility midfielder/FB and a player to cover Marco and link through the midfield and I think we’d still be in with a shot.
That’s all.
It’s his first gig. With a disrupted pre-season, which has also led to injuries imo. Rufer and Payne the worst. Colakovski doesn’t replace Ball, but might have been better than the kids. A bit stronger, a bit more experienced. Not title winning though, this season.
One or two more players might have seen us hang in there. Equally we might have hoped for a bit more from Roa Conchie or that Chief could have found a role for OVH.
The biggest question is given how a decision had allegedly been made on David Ball pre-season, is why it took until halfway through the season to play out and we still have no replacement.
Perhaps another question is why we have been so slow to get any injury replacement players in. We’ve had significant loses- 6 useful players at my count (Ball, OVH, Al-Taay, Colakovski, Rojas and Rufer) and we’ve brought no one in to cover them.
Retre and Nagasawa don’t replace Pennington and Kraev for running and ability to drive forward. Nobody replaces Rufer.
Anyway I think the club has to do better next season. It’s a pity we couldn’t maintain our momentum from last season. However, I hope we have Chief and Adam Griffiths next season and a bit more ambition in squad balance and maintenance.
One more experienced utility midfielder/FB and a player to cover Marco and link through the midfield and I think we’d still be in with a shot.