I didn’t expect promotion this season but did next season. Now I'm losing faith in NJ. His recruitment is no better than Scott's. Mitchell and Edwards are OK but our better players (Jones, Ramsey, Coventry, TC the winger, and Leaburn), were here already. His loyalty to Gillesphey and persistence with TC as a striker don't help. It was said on ere that he would stand or fall by the decision to get rid of Alfie, and so it seems.
I did expect promotion this season, particularly when you see Wycombe Wanderers are 3rd in the table, and the likes of Mansfield Town are above us. If we don’t get promoted this season, I’d love to be a fly on the wall when Charlie Methven has to ask the US investors to stump up another £8,000,000 plus to fund the following season. Thats the problem with “jam tomorrow”, every season we remain sunk in L1, the jam gets thinner.
Surely the minimum for Charlie to persuade the money men will be a top 6 finish then falling short in the play-offs. A 7th or 8th place might sway them, if we were still in with a play-off shout until the last fortnight (rather than being 12 points or more adrift). Even that is going to be a very tall order from where we are now. Right this minute we have made literally zero progress from 12 months ago.
We have been correct about quite a few things on 606 incl the Alfie May sale, duds like Ahadme etc. My next prediction is the US investors will fast lose interest unless they get the minimum of a day out at Wembley next May.
Last Season’s mistakes are starting to happen this Season. I see no great difference. We are still poor, but now the poor players like Ahadme, Docherty are on long contracts.
That’s the key phrase - “I see no difference” There isn’t one as things stand. Is Nathan Jones really a better manager than Dean Holden ? Are the (cough) replacements really better than CBT, Dobson & May ?
I must say that Jones staples, Docherty, Campbell, Ahadme have been really poor. We are going nowhere with those players.
That’s similar to previous contracts, players signed on long contracts that we didn’t want signed on long contracts. Still happens and nothing learned.
Not wishing to blow trumpets but this site has consistently called correctly the inadequacies of Charlie, NJ Ahadme etc. Watch Leaburn leave this window. I give the owners another 6 months
@lardiman Slightly off topic, but I am intrigued at your concept of a “generous supper”. Not only that, one which caused you to doze off following its consumption. I now have a mental picture of you balancing a tray on your lap …knowing you I’d guess the supper consisted of dry water biscuits and several cocktail sausages Am I correct ?
