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Yeah another example is Tottenham who under Big Ange have "their Tottenham back" they are likely to finish 5th and trophyless, like they always do.

I think the biggest headache will be getting the players contracted beyond this season off the books who aren't needed. You would imagine the likes of Willoughby, Nuttall, Shelton, Ward and Reid have already been told to find new clubs. If we can do that then that's going to give us abit more leeway interns of bringing players in.

Don't forget Hendon at home or Kidderminster at home. This team has thrown in too many stinkers and that's why it more than likely won't go up. However we are going to get back to the football league at some point and some of those players who haven't performed on the pitch and in training for us this season won't be on that journey with us. I'm not going to hate them for that, lifes too short.

Why do you work in an abattoir?

Dissapointing. Embarrassment or a shambles is being twatted 5 or 6 nil. How many times have you said this is the worst you have ever seen? I bet its atleast once a season. Everytime we lost the sun came up the following morning and the world didn't fall apart. I think that while we can still reach the play offs it's more likely that we won't reach them which is dissapointing considering the financial outlay that we've seen abd the talent in the squad. But if that's the case so be it we can regroup and go again next season. Knowone has died we don't suffer and the world will keep turning. The day will come like what happened to Chesterfield last Saturday where we will get a big promotion party either at Boundary Park or Wembley.

No it's not a shambles we are in a rebuilding phase on and off the pitch. The off the pitch rebuilding has included alot of easy wins, opening the fans bar, opening the North Stand, a prayer room, new benches in the dug out, and just an attempt to engage with the fans and treat them like adults rather than talk down to them like the failed policeman did. The wins on the pitch imparticularly the goal of promotion is significantly harder. Some of the hyperbolic language used on here such as us being "a shambles" or "an embarrassment" is just pathetic petty and juvenile.

Is Sir Peter Ogden any relation to you?

Yes definitely wide areas and creativity are the issues in our team. We need a magic man someone who can male things happen in the final third. We have Devran Green who can do it a little bit but not consistently. So I would say 2 wide players who have the courage to get on the ball and try things. I think if you did that you will see more from Tom Conlon who is the one midfielder that we have who has abit of quality on the ball but he needs runners or players who will show for him in good positions particularly in wide positions which will allow him to spread the ball. So 2 wide players preferably with abit of pace and trickery who can create chances. We still need a first choice right back it's a mystery why in the 2 seasons of the National League but we haven't. It's quite possible a decent right back can not only add to is defensively but can also be a creative force with over lapping runs and good crosses. For our strikers we have Norwood Garner on the payroll next season I believe Fondops Contract is up but I'd keep him on. So we'd need to find another who can complement them. All 3 are the wrong side of 30 so I'd be looking for a younger player with pace who can run the channels. On paper Andrew Dallas ticks these boxes (he's also scored 20 goals at NL level in the last 2 years) but for some reason it hasn't worked for him here it's abit of mystery why he hasn't got going. If we are to make a move for him then we'd have to find a way to get more out of him. Apart from that I'm pretty happy with the centre of defence Left back and goal keeper. The centre midfield while has been a concern but I don't think it's as bigger problem as the wise areas. As said earlier Conlon has ability on the ball he just needs runners and players who can get into space. Hammond has potential and Sheron who divides opinion sometimes is very much a team player who we know we are always going to get 100% effort from. If we sign creative players and tell him to just go win the ball and give it the ball to them he will be perfectly fine. He does need those players around him. The final thing is that all the players we sign need to be tough mentally. You don't have to be a physically big player to be tough mentally but we need players who can deal with the expectation of challenging for promotion of being expected to win regularly particularly at Boundary Park as while we can hugely supportive can at times feel intimidating for some of our players, they need to be able to deal with the moans and groans if things don't go right. This will be difficult for creative players who we need to take risks and try things but it needs to happen if we are to go up.

I think their was a time in the early 90s when you would see John Hallworth come out collect a cross and bowl it out to a winger or a full back. Peter Schmeichel was legendary for doing this as he could throw the ball to the halfway line. You don't see keeper's throw the ball out quickly anymore. However goalkeepers today are far far better with the ball at their feet and every now and then will put a quick ball forward to start a counter attack. Ederson at Man City is probably the best example of this Now not many goalkeeper's in the world certainly non at this level are capable of distributing the ball aswell as him. But perhaps it is something we should look to work on but you need players who are going to be alive to this I don't think we are a counter attacking team. Maybe if you have Green on the wing then an early release to him is probably your best bet. Either that or if you have Norwood and Fondop uptop a quick release for them to fight it out with centre backs might be a good opportunity for a quick counter attack.

How many tickets have they given us? They have a big away end compared to some of the bus stops that count as away ends in this division. We need to be filling it and bringing our 12th man for this one it could be crucial.

Me personally? 75 points will get us over the line definitely 5 wins 1 draw allowing for 1 defeat might even get us 5th if we are lucky. It might be less than that 4 wins gets us to 71 points that was enough for Bromley last season who finished 7th that would be touch and go depending on other teams. 74 was enough for Chesterfield in 2021/22 but that was on a 44 game season Prior to that you have to go back to 18/19 for a 46 game season where Eastleigh secured 7th on 74 points. So I'd be aiming at 75 points to be sure of getting in the play offs. Which probably means that each game from now on must be treated as must win.

I think we are at a point now where dropping points will hurt us more. A defeat on Saturday won't kill off our chances of promotion but it will really damage them. I guarantee that all the clubs around us will drop points between now and the end of the season but we don't want to be relying on them to drop points and us to win games We've got to make sure we take care of our own games now and get the amount of points required.

Connor Macleney stats 20/21 Macleney got 21 goals in all competitions 17 of which were in the league. Very impressive in a team that was nowhere near going up and a club that was a shambles off it.

Teams often start getting nervous and start wobbling when they get close to the finishing line. Some others find an extra gear and pull off results that you wouldn't expect them too we showed glimpses of that on Saturday, we need to turn it on against Dagenham on Saturday.

He reminded me of Gerald off Clarksons farm. Wise words.

They should be a sitting duck if we need a win and we can't beat Wealdstone in this fixture then we don't deserve to be in the play offs it's as simple as that.

I think he wanted somewhere outside of London but was seen as parochial and had enough "Daily" readers. It could be worse I live in Hadfield which for those of you who don't know is famous as the home of Roysten Vassey the opening credits you can almost make out my house its fimed at the end of my street. In fact when they did the reboot a few years ago I got a letter through the door asking if we could potentially use it in the making of the league of gentlemen.

Absolutely everyone will come out the woodwork for this one it might be under 20k though but it will be atleast 15k.

Wealdstone have us last game of the season so I'm hoping by that point they are safe and are just going through the motions. Ideally we will be cemented in the play offs by then so the only thing that we are playing for is which place in the play offs we occupy.

I heard a few things about Sharp and he was less than complimentary about us in his autobiography when he was given the managers job. He wasn't helped at all in that period it had to be said being promised funds to improve the squad and then being told to sell people, as the rot set in and the club really needed change from the very top but as a manager he stunk the place out.

Yep as I said in a previous post it's the business end of the season now so games become more and more critical we have 7 Cup finals now and potentially 3 more after that, but in a good way though. We are mid March and we are challenging for the play offs not counting down to 50 points it's a good thing and we should enjoy the ride even if we don't go up this season just getting into the play offs would while not being worthy of an open top bus it would represent an important milestone in our journey back to the football league. Certainly when you consider the wreckage the club was in less than 2 years ago.

I feel like Michael when he tells Alan he's never had a cup of beans? Awww you're in for a treat Mr Partridge.

Oh I think it's nicely taken the edge of this thread you've done us all a favour I was tempted to join in with the telling certain posters to go stand near a cliff earlier in the thread but wiser thoughts prevailed this time. But definitely try I'm Alan Partridge seasons 1 and 2 it's classic British Comedy from what can now be seen as a golden era of sitcoms. You are also definitely of the right age to get it too.

Oh you are missing out son give it a try. Aha!

Excuse me are you Alan Partridge Yes You dropped your Radio Norwich I'd card.