aaron_bwfc wrote:Obviously we have had a poor start to the season but i'm sick of all the bloody negativity on the board at the moment, talk of sacking Dougie after 4 league games is fucking madness.
I honestly believe we will sneak something on Saturday and after the international break we have some very winnable games at home and after September things will start looking better in the league.
I, for one, agree with Aaron. We have had a plethora of injuries and the team is not gelling. Individually we have players who can play at this level. Get rid of Knightmare and get a Dawson clone or Dawson himself and we have a shot at moving up the table quickly.
I would not pretend to know more tactics than anyone on this board, so I won't quibble when you think DF is not up to speed. I do recognize that Ream had an excellent game last week and so did Bogdan.
Many of you asked for the young players to get a chance. They did last night and they were mediocre against Tranmere. Of course it was our captain, Knightmare, who gifted them the goal.
Eaves may have been denied one or two good goals and if the linesman gave us a break, we would all be happy having won 2-1 and having had the youngsters play a half.
DF has brought in, for very little money, some players who may prove to be winners. Beckford, Hall and Moritz may come to fruition. No one wants to give DF time to build the club, but for my money, that is wrong. He may succeed as he did last season. If he fails, so do the players.
My biggest gripe is not replacing Dawson. We have won only once since he has left the club... and that was against inferior talent. DF is not daft and is probably working behind the scenes to fill that gap. Knightmare is an accident waiting to happen, but somehow he looked okay with Dawson. Even Cahill didn't make Knightmare look good... but Dawson had and has that ability. I am sure there will be some changes down the line, and I hope it is not too late by the time they happen. Remember we were relegation fodder when DF took over and if not for goal differential and the lack of Dawson in the final game, we would have been in the playoffs.
It's too soon to panic. Give DF a fair chance to right the ship. Everyone of you said the first five games would be very tough. Some of you (the insane ones), said we would get double figure points from them. That's optimism that might have been justified if Eagles, Holden, Davies and even Riley were playing. CYL has not made a comeback yet. But Robert Hall looks like he has inspiration and creativity and Medo has a brilliant shot (which one day may go between the posts) and Beckford may find his ability again (though he really should have scored this past Saturday). Let's hold off on the call for action and give DF the chance to pull them together. We had a horrible preseason and now it is a different team which is trying to learn from each other. They deserve that chance.
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