Oh so quiet.....

[noughtyforties]

With so few signings so far

I don't get that comment. We have 14 players officially announced, and it's not even July. We're not going to be working with much more than a squad of 20...

I think people are just a bit spooked by Scunny, who got their business done very early and have formidable squad depth. They must surely be favourites for the title, with the rest of us scrapping for the playoffs again.

They might have the best squad of players on paper, but how often doesn't that then translate into winning things? We know that better than most.

When have we ever gone into a season with the best squad of players?

we've had good-ish squads but Ive never seen us as favorites.

Sadly now we seem to be also rans

[Dipdodah]

With so few signings so far

I don't get that comment. We have 14 players officially announced, and it's not even July. We're not going to be working with much more than a squad of 20...

I think people are just a bit spooked by Scunny, who got their business done very early and have formidable squad depth. They must surely be favourites for the title, with the rest of us scrapping for the playoffs again.

They might have the best squad of players on paper, but how often doesn't that then translate into winning things? We know that better than most.

When have we ever gone into a season with the best squad of players?

we've had good-ish squads but Ive never seen us as favorites.

Sadly now we seem to be also rans

I know I am an half full glass kinda guy, but I am quietly confident we will do well this season Andy. I think the best signing so far is the keeper.  We need about three more players to complete the jigsaw. A striker or two are a must in my opinion.

[noughtyforties]

With so few signings so far

I don't get that comment. We have 14 players officially announced, and it's not even July. We're not going to be working with much more than a squad of 20...

I think people are just a bit spooked by Scunny, who got their business done very early and have formidable squad depth. They must surely be favourites for the title, with the rest of us scrapping for the playoffs again.

They might have the best squad of players on paper, but how often doesn't that then translate into winning things? We know that better than most.

When have we ever gone into a season with the best squad of players?

we've had good-ish squads but Ive never seen us as favorites.

Sadly now we seem to be also rans

I know I am an half full glass kinda guy, but I am quietly confident we will do well this season Andy. I think the best signing so far is the keeper.  We need about three more players to complete the jigsaw. A striker or two are a must in my opinion.

Play offs at best Mick.

Its what the club want

Not promotion though sadly, I'm resigned to us being in this league for years.

[Pete Brooksbank]

I feel like we're stuck in the same kind of rut as we were in the mid 90s, when we had good teams and could beat anyone at home on the day, but rarely could sustain a genuine title challenge.

Of course, non-league has changed a lot since those days, when we could expect to be there or thereabouts almost by default - but now we're having to fight ever harder against the tide of money flowing into our level.

Sure, improved finances have allowed us to move to this new hybrid model, but honestly the recruitment doesn't feel much more exciting than any other season, perhaps Bostwick aside. Hopefully we'll have more positive news on the recruitment front this week or next.

[wismo]

Hopefully the best is yet to come

[pieman pete]

Sometimes the recruitment can be very difficult to judge, players like Shaun Pearson, Ricky Miller, Dayle Southwell weren't heralded as being good signings and turned out to be tremendous players for our level

[Pete Brooksbank]

Oliver Wilson, Sam Essien, Jake Lovelace and Ryan Hand sign for the u23s, also having signed first team registration numbers.

[wismo]

After Ian Culverhouses interview then probably the ‘best’ is not yet to come. Only possibly two more so a squad of 16 and the under 23’s to draw on. He’s happy though

[Pete Brooksbank]

Bit concerning. That'd leave us very light. I can only hope we'll be looking at trial players during pre-season and maybe some loans to thicken the squad out?

[Dipdodah]

https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/video--ian-culverhouse-interview-2787922.html

Seems happy enough. Tomorrow, a lot of players released from league contracts.  Maybe something in the pipeline.

[wismo]

As always, a very good interview with Joe Simpson regarding the U23’s

[Keynsham Pilgrim]

I’m guessing with the squad numbers reveal that we are still looking for a right back although with the 9 and 10 shirts taken, no main centre forward (back up though). Or am I placing too much importance on the 1-11 numbers?

[Pilgrim86]

New forward from Chesterfield, Michael Gyasi. Used to play under Cully at Lynn

[oxo]

New forward from Chesterfield, Michael Gyasi. Used to play under Cully at Lynn

As I understand it Cully never gave him a run in the starting eleven so hopefully he has improved in Cullys eyes and is not just making up the numbers.

[Dipdodah]

Was not a regular in Gloucester team either last season.