Looking at the squads of other teams in the bottom half....

starting with Watford, as we just played them, I'd say their's actually looks to be better than ours.

Yet their fans, going into the game against us, were of the view that they are the 20th worst side in the Championship. Clearly they are wrong as we are worse.

Reflecting on that further, my conclusion is that championship squads aren't really about having star players. You need a decent, well balanced, hard working group of players as the base line, and then if you have a good coach, you've got a great chance of playoffs, and if you have a couple of stars, you're in for auto.

We don't have the base line - we don't have a well balanced squad, and we don't seem to have a hard working (maybe that's not the right description, what I'm getting at is that appearance of players buzzing around the pitch, constantly moving, pressing, wanting the ball), group of players.

We've got some good individuals, but the balance of the squad is still off, as it obviously was last season. If Wagner has told Webber in the summer that CM was not a priority, he's a blithering idiot.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on November 30th 2023 at 09:30:41

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i can deal wih most things (NCFC) - earthleakage, Nov 30, 03:16:13
- Get a grip. It's football (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Nov 30, 08:55:25
- I'm with Biggles (NCFC) - A new PC Mr Creosote, Nov 30, 08:15:57
  - Looking at the squads of other teams in the bottom half.... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 30, 09:30:41
    - Look at that lot down the road (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 30, 09:35:49
      - and the times we went up under Lambert and Farke (NCFC) - CWC, Nov 30, 10:44:00
        
        Not sure I agree. We had a great squad at this level both times... (NCFC) - usacanary, Nov 30, 14:03:03
        
        Didn't spend much though (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 30, 15:27:07
      - Yes, exactly (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 30, 09:37:23
        
        On the plus side though..... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 30, 09:39:05
        
        Well, what it shows is that spending money isn't a guarantee of improvement, which (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Nov 30, 10:57:27
        
        We spend sod all initially under Lambert, and again initially under Farke (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 30, 09:53:35
  - Also agree (NCFC) - Cellophane Flowers, Nov 30, 08:44:05
    - so if the consensus is that the current squad are mid table standard (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 30, 08:56:01
      - Because in my opinion he isn't the person to try and rebuild (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 30, 09:24:49
      - Because (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 30, 09:01:01
        
        for the last 14 games since we lost Sarge (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 30, 09:01:40
        
        And if we had our last 14 games PPG record last season (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 30, 09:04:30
    - 👍🏻 (n/m) (NCFC) - Jester, Nov 30, 08:49:26
- That's them told (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 30, 08:07:27
- Or we could think outside the box and approach this from another angle…. (NCFC) - Biggles, Nov 30, 08:05:05

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