Pre season so far

[alfie 12]

What is everyones thought of how preseason is going so far?

We have managed 1 win 1 draw and 3 Losses.

Iv been to every game apart from the prestwich game.

I really hope we get are act together soon or its going to be another long hard season.

we have got 1-2 good new players and a few ex players back.

I know its only pre season but we have got some big games coming up in the next few weeks and need a good run in the cup to get some much need money in to the club.

[bandit18]

Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you view it... preseason isn't about winning games...... its about finding the players who can play at step 4 and compete, and hopefully win games. And its about 'making the mistakes' which you learn from in matches that don't really matter.

A couple of the games have been the 'wider' squad, and they've been played to see it they can perform..... and the ones who haven't are now no longer with us.

There is a lot that fans don't see in the background, at training etc, which since I've been privy to has opened my eyes a lot of the working of the playing side. Stuart arrived relatively late in the start of a new season and is trying to build a squad to fit budget, but also as competitive as possible...... some of the oppo have been together a lot longer, maybe even since last season. A prime example is Prestwich. It was most our lads first 90 mins together...... and if we had done a team sheet, we probably could have "named" 5 in the 20 man squad..... where as Prestwich's team-sheet (the game before GNE) only named about 3 trialists..... and multiple of their named players had been playing for their preseason games before ours.... and lots since last season.

I would love to have hit the ground running and been winning all preseason..... or in some eyes been at least as competitive as the oppo, but for us so far this year its about bringing a new squad together (3rd one in 4 years) and getting them use to playing together.

keep the faith, as i'd don't believe we've actually seen what might be classed as a potential 1st 11 play for 90 mins yet.


(my opinion only, not necessarily the club view. I speak for myself, and from myself unless stated at 'the clubs' stand point)

C