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5 defenders, 3 defensive midfielders, an attacking midfielder who cant shoot and a striker who spends most of his time on the wing and isnt a good finisher.

Its NOT injuries that have predominantly cost us. Its the poorly put together squad that has cost us.

And we need more than 3 or 4.

I know why these players werent selected or brought on. I am not saying that they should have been, I am saying that they werent because they are one of numerous examples of terrible recruitment. My point is that the squad is nowhere near good enough. And you are just bending over backwards to defend the club.

De Neve wasnt needed because he is shit. Thats my point. Pickering was never going to change the game either. Gueye is a senior player that is fit but is a waste of time hence why he wasnt missed. Kargbo has been a waste of time whenever he has played. What would Forshaw and Montgomery have done had they been available to change yesterdays game? In the summer, Gestede kept banging on about bringing in extra defensive cover to ease Wharton back. We didnt, we repeatedly played him and he broke down again. We cant then bemoan his absence as hard luck. I dont know why but as our poor squad repeatedly shows itself up, you are going even further out of your way to justify it. Honestly, please just look at whats happening in front of your eyes.

See post below, better to develop your own opinions rather than just use the injury excuse. I have never changed my tune on my opinion that the squad we have is not fit for purpose. If you want to be flippant and say some good some bad and not look beyond that, or take discussions off on random tangents to justify things, thats up to you.

But overall, the squad is not fit for purpose. If hes played a big part in that then it reflects badly on him. Simple concept.

Yep, away win. Saw yesterday a stat before the game, amended for the result yesterday, Ismael has a very healthy 4 wins from 18 home games in charge. If that is just league then make that 19.

When he signed for us it didnt get the same sarcastic comments. Eustace knows him etc.

If Ismael has had such a big say in building this shitty squad then that says a lot about him.

So the last time was 8 seasons ago in League 1. And you are going round shooting people down who doubt whether it will happen this time?

Ive posted in the Wrexham thread about how its easy to blame injuries but if you look a bit deeper, that excuse doesnt hold as much weight. Its absolutely mental how an "overhaul" in a summer that you repeatedly defend the success of, can then lead to the point where we will happily take just about staying up (with the help of 3 or 4 more signings you seem to trust the club in getting in of sufficient quality) having finished 7th last season, before totally reassessing.

Doesnt mean that the manager isnt shit.

Experienced and fit to play? Asking for far too much.

Yeah, we will be reyt. Just need a couple of signings as the cherry on top of the cake that is our otherwise functioning team. "Top spy" Gestede will sort it.

I suspect they will be more suitable than Venkys.

All comes down to standards.

Sometimes its worth looking into the "injury crisis." Wrexham yesterday had no Keiffer Moore, Josh Windass, Ryan Hardie, Danny Ward, James McLean, Lewis Brunt and 1 or 2 others. Also like us had a key wing back at AFCON. Sheffield Wednesday had more injuries than us. We had 2 summer signings yesterday who couldnt get any minutes despite the "injury crisis." We had another summer signing stinking the place out up front. We had another senior player signed by Gestede who has been dreadful and whilst being available, wasnt seen as worth including. And you look at those who are out, how many are out if you ignore those who are of little no use or those whose injuries were predictable? Wharton and Carter, we cant whinge about those as their injuries could be seen a mile off. Kargbo, Forshaw, Montgomery, Tavares, do we miss any of them? The main issue is not injuries. The squad we have "built" was never going to have the quality or depth needed and so it has been proven. You can either buy the narrative of hard luck or challenge it. But at least we are supposedly "prepared" coming into this window. Hopefully a rejected bid can score the winner against Charlton.

I think the Swedish league is well down the list of coefficients in terms of quality. Not doubting his effort but in terms of attributes, havent seen anything at all.

What are the flashes? What attributes has he shown to suggest that there is something to work with?

This club keeps dropping to new depths. Absolutely woeful, shameful and embarassing performance. One of the biggest things to show how desperate we are is the suggestion that we need to put Gueye back in the squad. That anyone is even suggesting that such a clown could improve us shows how bad things are. We need to totally gut this squad and it wont happen. Miller and McLaughlin were both terrible. A proper defender was outstanding at the other end. We do need a left wing back. Baradji looks like another dud. Cantwell was awful. Ohashi again rubbish, not a very good player. Henriksson I think has won a competition to play.

He is crap but he is not worse than Kean or Coyle.

I cant ever remember a set of players as shit as this.

Phillips has probably accelerated his development by playing more since leaving than he probably would had he stayed. Wharton is a special case, not the norm.

Why would I have info on transfers? Ismael might be prepared and have agreed to sign x, y and z. So were previous managers. He isnt the reason many fear a slow and/or poor window.