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Post by FloridaTerrier on Feb 24, 2021 4:49:38 GMT 1
I don't recall ever being this downhearted and carefree about the trend that our beloved town are on.
The clubs ethos and mindset for the most part has been wrong ever since the play off win over Sheff Utd. A losing, survive only, a small club, a tinpot mindset.
We haven't had a season (yes I am including our promotion winning season, where we had a negative goal difference), where we have gone into the season, wanting to dominate, win games by a big margin.
The current slide isn't worrying it's alarming. The club from top to bottom is rotten to the core, cost cutting (somewhat understandable with pandemic), but let's cut the BS with that, it's been cut beyond a rapid rate, where the clubs assets within coaching staff and playing staff are getting ripped apart.
A lot of blame has been put on CC recently, totally understandable. But, it's got me thinking about the bad hand he's been dealt with (some I think he could have altered, some not his fault).
1). He't not been backed in the slightest. Cut the "experienced" and "higher earners" from the club, to replace with cheap, older, unfit players.
2). COVID-19 short pre-season, theres definitely more injuries across all clubs than ever before, surely the schedule has had an impact on this. But, it seems all the clubs with high intensity training, and style have been affected predominantly e.g Liverpool also.
3). The injury list, I feel for Carlos, in an already bare thin squad, and ability questionable. I don't think CC has anything to choose from: The 1st team/Available for 1st team list of injuries would affect any thin bare squad:
- Tommy Elphick
- Harry Toffolo
- Richard Steerman
- Chris Schindler
- Rarmani Edmonds-Green
- Jonathan Hogg
- Carel Eiting
- Rolando Aarons
- Josh Koroma
- Danny Grant
- Danny Ward
This is also excluding players we released, sold or moved out. We haven't replaced them in the last 12-18 months.
- Aaron Mooy
- Steve Mounie
- Elias Kachunga
- Flo Hadergjonaj
- Terrence Kongolo
- Karlan Grant
- Jonas Lossel
- Ben Hamer
- Emile Smith-Rowe
- Kamil Grabara
- Trevor Chabolah
- Rajiv van La Parra
- Danny Simpson
- Colin Quaner
- Jon Goren Stankovich
Now, we could argue that some of those players haven't gone to any improvement etc. But, 70% of them would walk into our team with a fully fit squad.
So, I think CC has been given a truly awful hand. I hope we can survive this season. I wouldn't mind seeing him being backed properly, along with an injury free season to see what we can do.
One thing for sure though, this is completely all our own downfall which, I don't see where we plug the gap and stop the rot. We've replaced the board of directors, replaced the personnel, the coaching and playing staff. But, all the replacements have been in essence the cheap option.
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