We are a bang average team in a mostly dreadful division. As I've said before, this has been one of the most disappointing seasons I can ever remember and a massive, massive missed opportunity. Even if we make the playoffs, we'd be extraordinarily lucky to make a dent in them. But what is football without hope eh?
Expectations were high for this season & based on the way Craig turned things around last season hopes appeared justified. There were some excellent performances in the last dozen games thrashing the 2 best teams in the league & with major reinforcements promised 4 this campaign we had expectations of a top 4/5 finish at worst.
Totally agree with the above it's been disappointing at best. The most concerning thing is stil Craig's inability to assemble a settled side!! Even after Chester defeat he's talking about needing new faces & stating he's unhappy with the application & attitude of certain players? Honestly it's just gone too far now!
The concern after this record number of signings & exits is that he's never going to bring in the personnel to get us promoted.. Can his judgement on players be trusted next pre-season, after this past 6/7 months of weekly recruitment you have to wonder?
I like CE he is committed, hard working & honest. He has had success at a lower level. I really hope I'm wrong & like Pete would love us to gatecrash the playoffs but at present it's definitely hope & not expectation.
Did we not determine recently that the number of signings and exits was actually lower in comparison to recent seasons? Whilst I think those stats were based on full seasons vs midway through the current campaign, the revolving door has slowed down considerably recently.
And if we can all be gobsmacked by the poor returns from Arnold, Margetts, Marriott etc, can we not afford Craig such slack too? I see it as a good thing that he doesn't put up with shirkers. I'd rather see 100 faces come and go to find the 20 that are right for us, rather than just settle for the first 20.
This season has been hugely disappointing given the momentum we carried through from the end of the last campaign and it feels to me, even though we're within touching distance of the playoffs, that we're now gearing up for 2019/2020. Failure to mount a serious promotion challenge next season would be the end of the road for CE.