Ego Tripping wrote:Agree with most of this but Artell was not released. He was offered a contract (albeit only 1year) but turned it down and left. I'm amazed how everybody suddenly thinks Artell was a great defender. Remember he played in the 6-0 daggers game and Crewe have hardly been strong at the back this year. I seem to remember he was hardly a fans favourite before the Crewe game and was constantly critisised for poor distribution.
RedRedWine wrote:When is Andy Bishop signing for us? Is he still having his medical???
Ego Tripping wrote:Agree with most of this but Artell was not released. He was offered a contract (albeit only 1year) but turned it down and left. I'm amazed how everybody suddenly thinks Artell was a great defender. Remember he played in the 6-0 daggers game and Crewe have hardly been strong at the back this year. I seem to remember he was hardly a fans favourite before the Crewe game and was constantly critisised for poor distribution.
Posh wrote:Ego Tripping wrote:Agree with most of this but Artell was not released. He was offered a contract (albeit only 1year) but turned it down and left. I'm amazed how everybody suddenly thinks Artell was a great defender. Remember he played in the 6-0 daggers game and Crewe have hardly been strong at the back this year. I seem to remember he was hardly a fans favourite before the Crewe game and was constantly critisised for poor distribution.
Your missing the point. Dave Artell wasn't a great defender but he scored goals, was a leader on and off the pitch, and was the kind of player you would call a 'Shrimp'. The sum of the whole was greater than the parts. Yeah he let the odd goal in, yeah the odd pass was a misguided hoof but, like Craig Stanley, he was a much better player than I think Sammy could see. He was captain of a side that won 7 on the bounce, 5 in a row without conceding a goal. Yet for Sammy, he, and Bents, weren't first team footballers.
james456 wrote:I don't know how easy it would be for us to develop that kind of team spirit again - or if Sammy is the man to do that
james456 wrote:but I think if he is our manager next season, he needs to see that it simply hasn't worked this season and be man enough to consider changing his strategy completely.
If you have 4 great seasons, one crap one and continue with the crap approach, you don't have a future. If you have 4 great seasons, one crap one and then learn from that, you're a good manager.
seasonsinthesun wrote:Which is why I believe Sammy will be staying for next season.I think the board will treat this as one poor season, what with the difficult pre-season thing and the new ground etc.etc. he may well be given another chance to see what he can do with a full pre-season and no excuses with moving to a new ground this time around.
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