More thoughts You can't play academy football with academy players in Div 2,thinking Betsy. As I said before picking players by stats is not relevant in Div 2. Nichols mentioned we have 38 players at the club. This is madness for a club of our size. I believe as a club we should concentrate on the first team only. Clearly some of the 38 are not Div 2 standard. To save money I would end all loans if possible except for Balgazi and Fellowes. Of load as soon as possible those that are nowhere near Div 2 standard. IMHO we need a squad of 26 max.
Any club that is going to be successful needs a clear playing/signing strategy, even if it’s ugly like Sutton. They are a great example of a club where you can see the entire club signing players in the same style the manager wants and that suit the way they play.
I feel like I don’t even know what a good signing for this club looks like anymore as we have lost any kind of playing style/identity. I think that’s reflected in our wasteful transfer dealings both in and out since WAGMI.
Any club that is going to be successful needs a clear playing/signing strategy, even if it’s ugly like Sutton. They are a great example of a club where you can see the entire club signing players in the same style the manager wants and that suit the way they play.
I feel like I don’t even know what a good signing for this club looks like anymore as we have lost any kind of playing style/identity. I think that’s reflected in our wasteful transfer dealings both in and out since WAGMI.
I think that at the start, the club did have a decent signing strategy - bring in some decent players, plus a number of young prospects that could develop by playing regularly in a B Squad so that over the next couple of years, we’d have them feeding into the main squad.
Problem is that due to injuries early on (and having loaned out players who could have easily filled those positions) we’ve had to rely on those younger players who are not ready for the rough and tumble of League 2. Nor have we really set up a B squad properly, so the young prospects aren’t getting the chance to develop.
With the constant revolving door of managers, the players must be as confused and dispirited as the fans.
Any signing strategy we started off with in the summer seems to be in tatters. We desperately need an experienced manager and decent signings in the transfer window. It’s unclear whether we’ll get either. The next month will be vital.
"Matthew and Simon both impressed me during the recruitment process and it was clear to see that their ambitions match those of the club" - Chris Galley 27th November.
"It has become clear to all involved parties that this partnership is not the right fit to carry the club forward and achieve our goals" - Chris Galley 29th December.
Either Chris must enjoy making a total fool of himself or he has also been hung out to dry. Regardless, the trap door should open underneath him.
"Matthew and Simon both impressed me during the recruitment process and it was clear to see that their ambitions match those of the club" - Chris Galley 27th November.
"It has become clear to all involved parties that this partnership is not the right fit to carry the club forward and achieve our goals" - Chris Galley 29th December.
Either Chris must enjoy making a total fool of himself or he has also been hung out to dry. Regardless, the trap door should open underneath him.
It would be interesting to hear HKPs thoughts on the current situation.
He’s on twitter, pretty much echoed what people are saying here. Get Lewis Back, get Yems in charge of recruitment and get a proper CEO. Erdem was in a twitter space with the lower league look and pretty much said our priority should be getting 50/55 points to be SAFE. Much like John used to parrot in interviews.
Where’s Steve? Missing his comments about how we are idiots for questioning Wagmi’s decisions! How we are idiots for questioning the summer signings? How we are idiots for questioning that running a football club based on stats is doomed to failure? Yes Steve you were right all along!!!!
Maybe not the time for point scoring (from us anyway!) I'd say that the Betsy supporters may well feel that his removal has orchestrated something far worse!
It would be interesting to hear HKPs thoughts on the current situation.
He’s on twitter, pretty much echoed what people are saying here. Get Lewis Back, get Yems in charge of recruitment and get a proper CEO. Erdem was in a twitter space with the lower league look and pretty much said our priority should be getting 50/55 points to be SAFE. Much like John used to parrot in interviews.
Lewis is as much a rookie as the last two. He started well but again didn't get time to prove his ability. No thanks from me and I'd hope his p[ride would keep him away
"Matthew and Simon both impressed me during the recruitment process and it was clear to see that their ambitions match those of the club" - Chris Galley 27th November.
"It has become clear to all involved parties that this partnership is not the right fit to carry the club forward and achieve our goals" - Chris Galley 29th December.
Either Chris must enjoy making a total fool of himself or he has also been hung out to dry. Regardless, the trap door should open underneath him.
This would suggest to me there are two most likely scenarios;
1) Etherington and Davies have decided that they don't want the hassle of the job or it isn't what they are looking for
2) Etherington and Davies are not getting what was discussed/promised during the recruitment so have decided their positions are untenable and decided to jump ship accordingly
Given that there was a period of about 6 or 7 weeks between Betsy being sacked and them being appointed I would think that both parties would have had more then enough time to discuss expectation and requirements for the role etc. so I think scenario 2 is more likely, but I will await and see what answers if any we get from WAGMI.