Posted by countyblueforever on 27/8/2023, 13:02:34, in reply to "Re: Not looking good "
The call for Challinor to be replaced is ridiculous. He has done his best to select a team he thinks is good enough to win each game, with what we have to select from and I was pleased with way we played in the first half yesterday. Having so many players injured was not in the plans. True supporters l am sure, will stick with him. We were in the same position last year and he turned it around. Anyway is there anybody better and remember to sack him will take away some of our transfer funds as he is on a contract until the end of June 2026.
The only criticism I have is, I feel the squad strengthening has not been finished and should have been before the start of the season. IMO we needed another Centre Back, before Byrne was injured as we sent Lewis out on loan. CDM as cover for Croasdale and CF cover for Wootton. As Chadwick has been sent out on loan, then a similar player should have been brought in for the season. The only thing I thought was strange was releasing Johnson and Lewis and not replacing them.
Lets see what the club do in the final five days of the transfer market, as I believe we have three registered spots remaining, four if we don’t register Byrne who is now unavailable for five months. I will be very disappointed if we do not strengthen adequately. Whilst I agree we cannot keep bringing players in, we didn’t plan to have nine players injured and some desperately out of form. Maybe some will go out on loan, but hopefully those that come in will be good enough to transform the team into a promotion winning team.