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I know people think this is harsh what I’m about to say but Turnbull has been living off his past exploits of signing Sharp, keogh e.t.c years before. Who’s he brought in post Sharp, Keogh who’s been any good ?
All we keep doing is keeping him in the background involved when he’s had a hand in signing absolute dross for previous failed managers. Sorry it’s just not good enough.
This fascination with keeping people because “they’re part of the furniture & bleed claret and blue has to stop”. I’d much rather have somebody here in an advisory role when it comes to signings who knows this level particularly and what it takes to get out of it.
All the times we’ve tried this it’s worked with Adkins, no more.
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The problem is, as said numerous times, we don’t have the squad depth or quality to change formation too much without reinforcements
Blame butler as we have a total of 7 central midfielders on the books in a tight squad of players. nobody put a gun to his head and told him to put a squad together exclusively to play this formation. That’s on him.
You can’t say it’s not his fault when it was him who assembled the squad. 7 central midfielders is a joke in any squad at this level, but one of this size ?
Butler knew what he was doing and knew he had very few wide players, but went his chosen path and backed himself into a corner. No excuse as he could have easily have signed a few wide players and alternated between 442 and 433, but he went his own route and well and truly fecked it.
Thanks to Butler now we’ll have to get another manager in who’s going to have to deal and deal best they can to sort the squad out. I will however stress it wasn’t his fault he was offered that extension which was crazy to say the least.
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Still got two games in hand though. Buxton also coming up on Saturday have just started to hit some form.
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Our squad is too small with no quality options
Including Beestin and Braithwaite who’s on dual registration with Gainsborough, we have 7 central midfielders. That is bonkers in any squad size, but especially one of this size. Butler has caused this problem.
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Couldn’t we swop Rowley, Jason Law and our tea lady for him ?
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Butlers full of shite, if he’s not defensively minded first and foremost then the grass must not be green.
Far too safe. There was a post further up regarding high earners at the club which are biting into the budget. Evans for instance could easily be moved on for two cheaper players and he wouldn’t be too much of a miss.
Whitehall is frustrating at times, but at the moment he’s imperative. I bet there’s a player out there though that’s just as effective who won’t want as much money, but it’s just finding him.
Evans I’m not that impressed with though and certainly won’t be worth his wage packet. Denton will be on a fair wedge as well, is he really that impressive that we couldn’t replace him with a comparable player who won’t be on a much money ?
I like him, but what’s he really contributed in terms of goals and assists ?
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I remember we were offered vardy for around 300k after he ran us ragged for Halifax in a friendly, but turned it down due to it being too big a risk !
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Thanks to Butler whoever does end up coming in down the line “which is a forgone conclusion in my eyes” he/they are going to have to ship out say Shrimpton, Rowley and permacrock Law to get wide players in.
I still think we’re a striker short too. This squad needs balancing up. It’s a wonder Butler didn’t think to himself when he got those players in to play this formation, what happens if it doesn’t work !
Butler’s well and truly backed himself into a corner because he has no other alternative but to play this 5 at the back due to lack of options out wide.
Next appointment we need a manager from this level with experience who knows who and what it takes to get out this division. We need to stop this in house managerial rubbish. It worked with Adkins, but I’d rather we didn’t go down this route again.
Who’s it going to be next ?……Scunny bunny, toilet cleaner, pint puller from the Iron Bar ?
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Away, he’s only just come back from injury and isn’t match fit. Pinning our misfortune on him isn’t exactly fair. Bit of a disaster up to now with injury problems, but he’s going to need time. Only problem is he’s going to need time we simply don’t have.
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Clunan is good when we’re on top and keeps the ball well, but as mentioned above when we’re being pressed and it’s a straight battle he get’s out muscled. I’d personally go Beestin and Brogan and see how that pans out. Brogan’s a lot more direct and is a lot more robust then Clunan.
Crying out for width again. Only problem is the whole squad has been put together to play this 5 at the back formation. Only two wide players we have are Roberts and Law. Law is always out injured. I thought we may have turned a corner after Tuesday, but doesn’t look like it, if anything we got worse.
Worst performance of the season and that’s saying something. Apart from 2 performances which can be classed as full 90 minute performances we’ve been absolutely awful to watch.
If Butler is still in a job post January, I’ll be surprised.
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Deerey it’s a football forum, they’re designed to give nitpickers a platform. One slight gripe about last night and it is slight. I still think Kelly offers a bit more class to the left hand side and knocks a better ball in than Denton.
I like the look of young Fish upfront too, he needs more game time. I definitely think there’s a player in there.
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We looked way better in midfield. Butler better not move Beestin again. I’d put Brogan ahead of Scales in CM too. Carlton looked a lot sharper. Fish played well again, all in all a good night. Radcliffe are crap as well so can’t see why we won’t turn them over.
Question is if we keep improving against capable teams.
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We have laws and Roberts as natural wingers other than that NOTHING!!
Couldn’t agree more. Only way around this problem is to let some CM players out and try and balance the squad. Dire need of a striker too.
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Our form isn’t great though, is it ?. Butler is learning on the job, has one way of playing in which he won’t drop the 5 at the back and stupidly keeps chopping and changing players in and out.
I wasn’t really a fan of Dean, but taking into account what he had to deal with during his tenure, is Butler an improvement or a downgrade ?
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Why didn’t Michelle wait until Jan to really see how we and Butler fared before choosing to extend his contract ?. Butler did well to an extent and had a good start, but that’s all it was, a good start.
I love Michelle for her work in saving the club, but there needs to be an experienced football head at the club who hasn’t been connected with the club in the past in an advisory role to safeguard against decisions like this.
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