| Top of the table to this !!! 19:16 - Feb 25 with 5095 views | numptydumpty |
This statement might not be taken too well.
But Beale must have been some kind of miracle worker to get this group of players to the top of the division,
Whatever we all think about the dreadful flirting with other clubs almost from day one, it must be seen that he must have been doing many things right to get this lot topping the table after SIXTEEN games !!!?
I know he is now seen as a pariah and with good reason but you can't really knock that statement as a pretty impressive feat.
Professional footballers who are paid very handsomely even at our level should not be throwing the towel in every game and its the lack of effort that riles so much. There must be talent there.
To be honest it's an utter disgrace.
I wish Ainsworth well and let's hope we somehow scrape a couple of wins and the odd draw which should be enough to get us in a position to survive in this league.
But really we should be nowhere near how bad we are currently... [Post edited 25 Feb 2023 19:18]
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| Top of the table to this !!! on 09:58 - Feb 26 with 650 views | francisbowles |
| Top of the table to this !!! on 08:01 - Feb 26 by Gloucs_R |
We can blame Beale and Critchley but Les, Hoos and the board are the guilty ones.
Apparently we had a game plan. Set budget, buy low, sell high, develop from within.
Blew this when they threw money at Warburton to sign Austin and Stefan Johansen.
Really really screwed it up by letting Beale buy players who we knew were risks.
In business, you execute against an agreed business plan. Be that a 12 month, 3 year or five year plan. We don't do that. We seem to run on knee jerk reactions and social media pressure.
Whether we stay up or go down, I think we need a brand new philosophy as a club.
First of all we need to address our playing style because it's not suited to the championship and the budget we have.
Secondly we need to look seriously at our youth set up and evaluate if it is cost-effective.
My personal preference would be just to run a B team and bring in players who have perhaps not made the grade at other clubs join that to begin with. I don't have access to all of the budgets to see which one is most financially viable. But when you analyze the success of our players over the last decade nearly all of them have come from other teams and only Bowler and Sterling have come from within.
The Great Rangers Reset. |
Agree that a review and change is needed this summer.
However, with the training facilities being complete for next season and the youth teams seeming to improved this season, now is not the time to be tearing up that part of the plan.
As for Beale, when, more or less, he had the whole squad fit and available, we were in the early days of a new season and a new era, when confidence was high, staleness and fatigue hadn't crept in, yes then, he managed to get us playing well.
That's the easy part. As soon as some of those factors started to be lost, we started on the slide. We've yet to see, and we are unlikely to whilst he is in Glasgow, if he can manage to turn a 'round a bad run. |  | | |
| Top of the table to this !!! on 10:05 - Feb 26 with 611 views | Westy75 |
| Top of the table to this !!! on 09:58 - Feb 26 by francisbowles |
Agree that a review and change is needed this summer.
However, with the training facilities being complete for next season and the youth teams seeming to improved this season, now is not the time to be tearing up that part of the plan.
As for Beale, when, more or less, he had the whole squad fit and available, we were in the early days of a new season and a new era, when confidence was high, staleness and fatigue hadn't crept in, yes then, he managed to get us playing well.
That's the easy part. As soon as some of those factors started to be lost, we started on the slide. We've yet to see, and we are unlikely to whilst he is in Glasgow, if he can manage to turn a 'round a bad run. |
He also had Willock and Chair absolutely on fire. In my mind that alone was the difference. Look at the results - the margins were still pretty fine so their presence alone made the difference. By the end teams had started to suss this, focused on stopping them, and stopped us. Add Balogun in the mix and confidence up just by winning a few games and there’s the difference.
Give Critchley or Ainsworth those conditions and I’d be pretty confident we would have seen a similar set of results. |  | | |
| Top of the table to this !!! on 10:13 - Feb 26 with 574 views | Gloucs_R |
| Top of the table to this !!! on 09:58 - Feb 26 by francisbowles |
Agree that a review and change is needed this summer.
However, with the training facilities being complete for next season and the youth teams seeming to improved this season, now is not the time to be tearing up that part of the plan.
As for Beale, when, more or less, he had the whole squad fit and available, we were in the early days of a new season and a new era, when confidence was high, staleness and fatigue hadn't crept in, yes then, he managed to get us playing well.
That's the easy part. As soon as some of those factors started to be lost, we started on the slide. We've yet to see, and we are unlikely to whilst he is in Glasgow, if he can manage to turn a 'round a bad run. |
The training ground is something to consider. I don't have the answers, just opinions 😠|  |
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| Top of the table to this !!! on 10:17 - Feb 26 with 556 views | paulparker |
We have gone from Chair & Willock as our best players to Osman Kakay, that sums it all up for me |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
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