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My feeling is we don’t play like a league 2 team we have no grit and determination we just try and get the ball and hope for the best and after yesterday watching the way harper acts when chasing his man we don’t have the belief we can do it
A confident player would chase his man down and get a kick on that ball and that’s a goal stopped

At this moment in time I feel Gallagher isn’t the right man to get us there as his lack of experience we needed someone with league experience to steer us in the right direction
(I also do hope I get proved wrong )

blue nige wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:19 am The mix is all wrong we've got young lads who need player's to nurture and help them, they will start to get disillusioned and feel the pressure, sums it up when in his interview Gallagher says he took Powell off because he's never played at this level and needs time, well that's all good if you're mid table and under no pressure but we're not ,this is an absolute joke just what is going through their minds in the recruitment of player's???

Strange decision to take Powell off as he was the best of all the young players even when faced with the most difficult task of marking Swindon's best player. It illustrated how well he did when he was replaced by Jackson who was beaten every time by the same player.

Where is Stephen Clemence nowadays ?

The bookies sometimes get it wrong, but not often ( ask anyone who does a Saturday football bet).
We are generally 4th favourites for the drop, with Shrewsbury, Newport and Harrogate below us.
The way this season has gone I'll happily take that!

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:19 pm The bookies sometimes get it wrong, but not often ( ask anyone who does a Saturday football bet).
We are generally 4th favourites for the drop, with Shrewsbury, Newport and Harrogate below us.
The way this season has gone I'll happily take that!

That hasn’t to be in the mindset of the players or anyone else involved within the club and I’m sure it won’t be. Simply have to set themselves milestones and once they have achieved one milestone set another.
The biggest concern at the minute is as defensive unit we are switching off at various times and individual errors are getting punished more often than not, that should be the first thing to address. Do that and we shall give ourselves the best chance of avoiding the drop as we certainly aren’t going to outscore teams week in week out until the season ends.

McMark wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:28 pm

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:19 pm The bookies sometimes get it wrong, but not often ( ask anyone who does a Saturday football bet).
We are generally 4th favourites for the drop, with Shrewsbury, Newport and Harrogate below us.
The way this season has gone I'll happily take that!

That hasn’t to be in the mindset of the players or anyone else involved within the club and I’m sure it won’t be. Simply have to set themselves milestones and once they have achieved one milestone set another.
The biggest concern at the minute is as defensive unit we are switching off at various times and individual errors are getting punished more often than not, that should be the first thing to address. Do that and we shall avoid the drop as we certainly aren’t going to outscore side week in week out until the season ends.

I wasn't for a minute suggesting that should be our mindset, just pointing out the bookies don't think we'll be relegated.

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:53 pm

McMark wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:28 pm

That hasn’t to be in the mindset of the players or anyone else involved within the club and I’m sure it won’t be. Simply have to set themselves milestones and once they have achieved one milestone set another.
The biggest concern at the minute is as defensive unit we are switching off at various times and individual errors are getting punished more often than not, that should be the first thing to address. Do that and we shall avoid the drop as we certainly aren’t going to outscore side week in week out until the season ends.

I wasn't for a minute suggesting that should be our mindset, just pointing out the bookies don't think we'll be relegated.

I never said you did bud. I was giving an opinion of what the way forward should be to give us the best possible chance of proving the bookies right

McMark wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:57 pm

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:53 pm

I wasn't for a minute suggesting that should be our mindset, just pointing out the bookies don't think we'll be relegated.

I never said you did bud. I was giving an opinion of what the way forward should be to give us the best possible chance of proving the bookies right

Are you ( like myself and many others on here) of the opinion that the way forward is , amongst other things, ditch the back 3?
Time has shown it doesnt work.

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:32 pm

McMark wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:57 pm

I never said you did bud. I was giving an opinion of what the way forward should be to give us the best possible chance of proving the bookies right

Are you ( like myself and many others on here) of the opinion that the way forward is , amongst other things, ditch the back 3?
Time has shown it doesnt work.

We keep making mistakes because our defender's aren't up to it !

blue nige wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:42 pm

WalneyOne wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:32 pm

Are you ( like myself and many others on here) of the opinion that the way forward is , amongst other things, ditch the back 3?
Time has shown it doesnt work.

We keep making mistakes because our defender's aren't up to it !

Fair point!

When your in a hole, you can keep digging and more often than not your soon in it up to your neck or build a foundation around yourself to pull yourself clear.
Now I’m no football manager or profess to be.
We are in a hole, we need a solid foundation to build on. An old school 4-4-2 for me for six or seven games but someone is getting paid a princely sum with plenty of knowledgeable support around them to make that call. Injuries and suspensions never help.

Well it's down to what we have now!, don't honestly know how we'll end up but ultimately it'll be down to player's attitudes and how much they care about our club!
Looks like with our signings the club are determined to crack on with a back 3 ,this is either brave or stupid time will tell, I'll just be glad when this is all over!

McMark wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 10:02 am https://youtu.be/5b0Pt-k1hGo

Brilliant Mark!

blue nige wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 9:42 am
Looks like with our signings the club are determined to crack on with a back 3 ,this is either brave or stupid time will tell

Probably Wood involved in that decision!