👍 - Wrath of the Barclay

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The number of chances given to the opposition, even with barnes and Sargent, suggest to me losing them isn’t the main problem.

But obviously a big blow.

I think we’ll be ok this season, but I don’t think Wagner can turn this round. Players don’t buy into his tactics judging by the last couple of games.

My biggest concern for the future is pipeline of players coming through. If the model is to top up our playing budget by selling, where is the top up coming from after selling Sara and Rowe? (And what does our squad look like without those two, if that is where we end up next season). Without a pipeline of players, (or external investment), the quality of the squad will continue to decline. Which is exactly how we ended up in the roeder era. Selling everyone we could sell and replacing with cheaper (worse) players until we had no one left to sell and no budget to improve.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on November 9th 2023 at 09:06:30

Message Thread

OK let's get some proportion here (NCFC) - Joe Strimmer, Nov 9, 08:53:23
- Finally a well balanced post. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Nov 9, 11:24:53
  - Except Barnes is the epitome of backwards progression (NCFC) - Lentil Weaver, Nov 9, 12:01:01
- Yeah I agree with a lot of this. The weird thing is that it is so clearly the manager at (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 9, 09:44:58
  - The manager was appointed by Webber and, most importantly (NCFC) - norwaay, Nov 9, 11:12:24
    - Yeah agree but most managers end up being crap sooner or later (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 9, 12:40:01
      - Yes, that's fair (NCFC) - norwaay, Nov 9, 14:00:38
- I agree with the notion that things could change very quickly (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Nov 9, 09:29:13
- oh come on ... what rubbish.... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 9, 09:21:01
  - I tried that. Baby wouldn't fit down the plug hole. (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 9, 09:33:29
    - Liquidise it. (n/m) (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Nov 9, 09:41:25
- Not sure the finances are quite as comfortable as you suggest (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Nov 9, 09:16:24
  - Nobody is suggesting we are loaded.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Nov 9, 11:29:59
  - Our greatest teams have been built from cheap players and youth prospects (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 9, 09:46:42
- 👍 (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 9, 09:06:30
- Just to remind us how bad things could’ve been, two words: (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 9, 09:05:09
  - Ed Balls (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Nov 9, 09:21:32

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