StrangelyBrown

We really need to move on from the players who have been ever present through our demise - AA, Stephens, McCarthy - they've been here too long and don't offer much either. Moving on all three would give us space to address our three biggest problems: GK, Striker and leadership at the back

Another excellent signing! Welcome Tom!

Welcome onboard - really good signing for where we are right now. Hopefully he can grow with us!

I'd go further. SR came in with promises to move us forwards and we've gone backwards. They've FAILED - why shouldn't we be angry about it? While Spors might have almost got some very good deals over the line it doesn't look like he's going to fix our 2 biggest problem areas, GK and Striker, despite having signed players there. At GK no matter who we choose we have one of the weakest GKs in the division and we as yet none of our strikers have scored a league goal. Why shouldn't we be disappointed? SR and Spors have much to do to prove themselves.

Still a bit early to judge, but so far a mixed bag... Got rid of some deadwood for good money - Sulemana and Onuachu Got rid of ABK for a season Bednarek gone for a decent fee I wasn't expecting Ramsdale or Dibling to be here this year and we got good deals for both Mads looks like a decent signing. Azaz is a good signing if we can get it over the line. Otherwise, the new keeper isn't what we need - we need someone to push Baz not help put cones out in training. Quarshie isn't at the level we need him to be Downs just looks lost, not the new striker we needed Potential new wingers are a bit unknown so who knows BBD, Aribo, Smallbone, Edozie all need to go this window I fully expect Fernandes to go, but if he doesn't then we've done well

Matski!!!!!!!!!!

This aged well

Jeez we look properly shit at the back

I'm still not sure why anyone thought Spors was going to be the 'man'? His record hadnt been decent for quite a while.

Sounds like the Japan national coach has done us a huge favour!

He finished 4th in a 3 horse race with us so he has form

Seems silly to prejudge this one. On paper he looks like a safe option for this year and the jury is out of we get promoted. Fundamentally we need a new right back and we've now got one.

Are you thinking Eze to Arsenal is a smokescreen for us to sell Dibling to Everton so that we can buy Romeo???? 😄

I'm not sure why everyone seems to have them as the best team on paper. I may be blinkered, but how many of their players get into our side?

Good point away against one of our rivals. Shit defending and a lack of cutting edge from us, but some real positives too. Flynn and Shea look really good. Robinson again looked exciting. I'd like to see Manning start ahead of wellington and Arma looks lost so we need someone else up top.

Agreed. Feels like we've still got a lot of business to do on the selling side - we could do with shifting BBD, ABK, Aribo, Smallbone and Edozie sooner rather than later and then we've still got the big 2 who will inevitably go.

I'm genuinely interested in your perspective btw (not trying to be a dick).... I'm assuming you are thinking we should have played a back 4? In which case who is the extra body you would have picked in midfield and who are the players who you would have played wide in midfield or would you have gone narrow? From my perspective we're really lacking in wingers. Arguably Frazer can play wide and Dibling and Edozie can but the latter 2 aren't really featuring. Armstrong, Robinson and Archer are more like inside forwards, which is what I think Still is referring to when he says he hasn't got the right squad yet.

Are you implying he won't be flexible? The way I see it is that he's inherited a squad that is built for a certain style of play and to adapt he needs some new players capable of doing different things. This isn't on Still - it's on Spors and the recruitment team. Hopefully Rasmus is nowhere to be seen ...

Brooks has been properly decent. Much better than the other number 7 on the pitch!

I can't see how we could do better with available players at the moment.

And a GK

Switch to 4 at the back, take BBD off and bring on Frazer or Robinson, take off Edwards or sugawara and bring on either Downes or Matsuki. Give Downs 10 mins and replace with Arma. Simples

BBD really is crap. Looks terrible against a league 2 side. McCarthy equally dreadful. Sooner we dump the pair of them the better.

Lol. Great fishing... I'll bite. If you watch every chance that Wrexham had in the first half Stephens was in the wrong place. He had a poor game other than the goal and the 2 tackles - 8 out of 10 my arse.

Pleasantly surprised. We did things today that we didn't see last year: we attacked a lot, we showed real character to deal with adversity, substitutions were all positive and most importantly we didn't just sit back and accept it wasn't our day or even accept a draw. Focusing on the positives - Charles and Downes are going to boss most games this year, Robinson is looking already like he will develop into a serious player and Baz pulled off one of the best saves I've seen in a while. Well done Saints!