2025-26 Relegation thread

[WacoRover]

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Keep hearing this, and not trying to have a go but........Alebiosu and Gudjohnssen have obviously been big misses,  who else do you think that's unavailable would make THAT much of a difference?

Clarification: Overall, it’s a poor roster. But I would say Cantwell, Miller, Montgomery- just to have some options at certain positions. 

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

Clarification: Overall, it’s a poor roster. But I would say Cantwell, Miller, Montgomery- just to have some options at certain positions. 

Fair enough.

Montgomery performed well last time out tbf. We havent been doing well with Cantwell in the side as it is though.

I dont rate Miller at all personally, I know some seem to like him.

[M_B]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Keep hearing this, and not trying to have a go but........Alebiosu and Gudjohnssen have obviously been big misses,  who else do you think that's unavailable would make THAT much of a difference?

It's as much the strength of the bench as the first 11, nobody is getting a rest,Ohashi being the most obvious example.

Morishita is a big miss. 

[roversfan99]

Who are the 13? Now Alebiosu is back.

Gudjohnsen, Miroshita, Miller, Carter, Wharton, Montgomery, Litherland, Hedges, Pears. Kargbo and Tavares too although neither is remotely useful. Who are the 2 I have missed?

[davulsukur]

Assume he's counting Garrett as another

[Tom]

Sheffield Wednesday fan to me in the office today ‘you are going down aren’t you’

In the past we have been quietly bad with people thinking we’ll be fine but others are starting to notice how bad we actually are!

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

Assume he's counting Garrett as another

Think hes been fit for quite a few weeks and playing in the under 21s.

[Ghost7]

No injuries to De Neve, Henriksson, McLoughlin and Gardener-Hickman all season.

We just recruited poorly in the summer, it's as simple as that. That's 4 fit, completely crap players that make our starting 11 far weaker than last year. Plenty of the new signings have been fit throughout our bad form.

Tavares, Morishita and Miller have been available at the same time as the above for a huge amount of this seasons fixtures.

The problem is when you add that poor recruitment to last years further cost cutting recruitment (Ohashi, Gueye and Kargbo), then you have the spine of an extremely weak and ineffective first team squad for this level.

This is the reality. We're witnessing a team that can't win games due to back to back budget cutting anywhere and everywhere over the past few years.

[Tom]

There abound be a study on our injuries this season, I’m convinced it’s all part of a defunding.

Every injury is seemingly 5-6 weeks or more and I’d hazard a guess that some of that is due to misdiagnosis or mismanagement of the initial injuries. It’s never just a knock that is a game or two and then back

[KidderStreetNoise]

47 minutes ago, Tom said:

There abound be a study on our injuries this season, I’m convinced it’s all part of a defunding.

Every injury is seemingly 5-6 weeks or more and I’d hazard a guess that some of that is due to misdiagnosis or mismanagement of the initial injuries. It’s never just a knock that is a game or two and then back

Personally think there's an excuse creation culture. There's players being counted in the list that wouldn't be back in the first team squad, but if we mention they've got a knock then it makes us sound worse off.