I also agree with Eric in that whatever short term success we now have, it could well come back to bite us with the appointment of our next manager and the patience afforded to him if we want to change our style of play.
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Whilst I agree with most of what you say above, the one sentence that sticks out is where you say it takes time and patience to be a quick passing team.
Now I don't think Warnock would make us a quick passing team if he had 20 years and £100 million. It's just not his way.
However, early in the season we would get the ball ball forward quickly and play counter attacking football with a fair amount of precision.
I know we are thin on the ground at the moment but I can't justify the selections of players like Patterson and Peltier in centre midfield. We have no control in the at present and I definitely think Veale or Spence would be a better option than these two.
If there is any truth in reports that we are bidding £4 million on one striker this January then I think we'd be better off buying three £1 million players with half a brain and who can actually pass a football.
I'm reluctant to say it Cos I don't want play Jursett's childish little games but Bristol were far better than us vs Citeh whatever the stats say. I watched those games and the first game in particular was competitive. If you look at some of Bristols better players then they haven't cost much. Patterson was a free, Flint cost 300k, Reid and Bryant from the academy and now they've gone and got Ryan Kent from Liverpool and they are rumoured to be after Marley Watkins. All these players can play a bit.
I also agree with Eric in that whatever short term success we now have, it could well come back to bite us with the appointment of our next manager and the patience afforded to him if we want to change our style of play.
Bit pointless comparing the Newport/Spurs game to ours and citing the bigger gap in league places. Man City are streets ahead of Tottenham, they tried to take Man City on for football and came off worse than us, 4-1. The gap between Man City & us is in reality wider than the gap between Newport & Tottenham.
Just read our team cost about £10 million, Man City bench was over £150 million. Fruitless task