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Originally Posted by JEFF
We have had four matches against top teams, before the season started I said that I would be very happy with four points from the first four games but I was worried that we would get none. We have three points, OK we are bottom of the league but we are only one point behind twelfth place and only six points from the top of the league. We have a goalkeeper who has been in the Scotland squad, we have just signed a centre half who is in the current Northern Ireland squad and we have a Benin International in our team.
Our next twelve games are Grimsby, Mansfield, Wrexham, Macclesfield, Notts County, and Rotherham at home and Shrewsbury, Bury, Bradford City, Dagenham, Barnet, and Morecambe away. If we are still in the relegation positions after this then I will be worried, but I am confident that after these twelve games we will be comfortably in the top half of the league.
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I think you and others who have posted up beat, positive statements are right in what you are doing, but I think some of us are a little worried that a squad that offered so much potential over the previous season is struggling, worst still is the fear that we might just struggle on against what we might consider lesser teams. We have what it takes to compete against any team in the league and should be doing just that even from the outset.
Unfortunately, there appears to be something nasty in the coal hole and I don’t just mean Mr Evil de’Stamper. I hope it is nothing more than a few wayward grumbles and that the management and lads get themselves sorted.
What I don’t like is the fact that we seem to want to be the “bad boys” of the League, Master Whalley having a paddy in front of the supporters, notwithstanding his frustration and disappointment at being subbed; he should have saved it for the Dressing Room, Branch is an experienced play and should have known better and Evil playing on reputation not skill and to top it off we have the dug out playing like babes in a tarts nursery.
Let’s get back to playing passionate professional football and show the league and our doubters what we can achieve against the odds