Alf
Well-known member
Two things - I also got carried away, my thinking was exactly the same now but I thought we would get that stroke of luck more often than not, for no good reason other than giddiness.I think you make fair points, maybe this is all far too early, when in reality next season probably should be the acid test.
Again some very valid points in there for me too. On the Subs question I was just firing back a Counter point but I agree with you Critch is probably trying to see as much from what he’s currently got as possible.
which of course means he’ll have to do the same again with the players we’ve not yet seen.
I think the problem is that a lot of us, me included got a bit carried away thinking we’d be up the top competing, as we’d done the business early and Critch had been with the club since March. (I think). We still might be, but it seems like a hard place to start that from now.
My intention wasn’t to be doom and gloom, far from it. Just some things I hadn’t expected to see from NC. That worried me.
Lastly a quick question for both of you, and this isn’t an intentional needle I’m just genuinely interested. Would you both take “ work in progress” up to Christmas, being frustrated around 15th-17th place. With the hope of finishing strongly down the stretch?
Secondly, yeah I would so long as we’re talking 15th-17th and I can see that he is still being consistent with his long term vision and not chopping and changing to save his job and dodge the pressure.
If we’re talking Lee Clark, Neil McDonald, Jose Riga points tallies then no, realistically it could be Guardiola in charge and I’d say better to find somebody who can keep us up and develop their own system next season.
So I guess we will see, but I’m nowhere near panicking or even concerned in all honesty. The general direction to me is just as exciting as it was in pre-season.