John B

And we thought we were going to get promoted with that lot

You must be joking. The Central Defence was rubbish. Makin was a fullback

Yes that it was I am trying to say. But it is important to have a really good playmaker something we have not had for a long time.

I am not Jan P so I do not know his thoughts but obviously he knows the situation and will have planned for contingecies. Mills maybe on the left must be better than Jermaine Wright Jake Thomson on the right Maybe younger players will not have so many injuries

MLT was a of course a great player I saw MLT in 1986 score two goals against Man Utd at the Dell Big Ron's last game but he did not appear to be a player to me from what I have seen Morgan does. But I do not think he was a midfielder in fact it was very difficult to categorise him probably why he did not play much for England as SFC built their team around him. But to me a playmaker is someone who sits in midfield and spreads the ball about MLT did not do that

I should leave the worrying to Jan he is the judge of what players are required in his team. Of course you are right Luke Young and Wayne Bridge would be better but we are not in the position at the moment to recruit players

MLT was not a playmaker IMO he did not sit in Midfield and spray passes about Terry Paine like MLT was not a play maker in his prime but assisted in hundreds of goals Jimmy Melia Jim Mcalliog Alan Ball Jimmy Case were

I originally had 1 and 2 combined but I thought they were slightly different in that if we are keeping to the Stategy the bank may in fact give another loan if we are doing well at Xmas for new players. I think you are wrong about Point 4 Players like Davis Rasiak Saga Safri Euell etc are not good enough for the Premiership and will be in all likelihood off after there contract ends. Where as the younger ones may well develop into Premiership players given the chance. By the way I find most of the threads have very similar content this one could easily be the Saga one

Unfortunately you are correct about 4 and 5 but in the real world top class players of international standard will want to play European Football . How many of the current regular England team play for Bolton Blackburn West Ham etc

Yes yuo are correct Realism is not negative. I feel I am a Realist and I think the Current long term Stategy is the only Realistic chance we will ever have of returning to the Premiership without tens of millions being invested. I think we will have to be patient it is going to take sometime until we are a force to be reckoned with again

I dont think you understand the direction the club is going in but you may do and disagree with it. The main problem at SFC is of course finance which everybody knows about. So the strategy appears to be to get rid of overpaid and under achieving players are replace them with keen and talented youngsters on lower salaries. The Benefits of this Stategy 1 Lowers the risk of Administration 2 Keeps the Bank happy 3 Gives the fans a better type of football 4 Develops Players who may wish to be sold off thus enabling the financial situation to improve. 5 Develops a team which may be able to push for promotion in 2 to 5 years and stay in the Premiership. Disadvantages 1 The team may not perform and will be relegated. 2 The team may not perform to the fan's satisfaction with lower gates and less income. I feel that the advantages are real provided SFC pick up 6 or 7 points per month and stay in the Championship this season but of course we will have to wait and see.

That could be said about most clubs

NickG I too do not understand these posts regarding keeping expensive players. We are indeed in serious financial trouble and we are not going to get promoted for some time so as long as we remain in the Championship I do not see there is a real problem.

Yes Totally Agree with your first two sentences but lets wait and see about the fullbacks although it does appear to worry lots of fans

Move on to what do you suggest?

Who were Nigels three best players Wright John Lucketti? This thread is not waste of time compared with other threads where I need a Crystal Ball like where are we going to finish in May and What will the score be on Saturday

Yes me too but Lowe and Wilde are obviously on board with the new direction the club is going and are giving their support.

I was not on the Forum last year but I was advocating Burley out from last September but as you say lots of fans thought I was completely wrong and George would lead us to promotion. I doubt if Jan will lead us there this year but there is the possibility that he may in later seasons and we should give him our support and forget about both George and Nigel

I will be surprised

Let's forget about Burley and give Jan our support

Dexter Blackstock certainly made me laugh when he went into goal

It is from the Forum there is another thread which explains it better

Yes I pretty much agree with what you are saying but a new regime may be able to work with JP in a similar way. I just like the idea of making a new with young players and then developing into a better team replacing say McGoldrick with Phillips would be OK in the short term but not in the long one I suggest. I dont know Shearer's coaching ability but Wotte and JP have played at high levels and have been coaching for a long time. Young players may well wish to learn from good coaches but in the Premiership when we tried it with the more experienced players it did not work.

Yes I agree with You I think we are getting too optimistic I dont expect us to be in the top half of the table for a couple of years yet