Should we be concerned?

[Dr. Winston]

Nah.

It seems to me that, other than just for general fitness, Sheehan has mostly been using the pre-season to have a good look at some of the younger players, your Congreves and Wilsons. Trying to see if they can offer us something in the season to come before we make further moves in the market.

I'd say he already knows what his best XI is. Results won't matter as much as their individual performances.

 

[eteb]

Brum lost 4-0 to Crewe, stop crying girls

 

[Neath_Jack]

Well I’d like to think that as well.

But this was, after all, the summer where our spangly recruitment set up was going to get us sorted in time for players to bed in properly. And the key positions are missing. Right up the spine of the team. It’s not great is it.

I’m not sure why people are getting so irritated with it being pointed out?

It always irritates me that the beginning of the season is treated in such a blasé way. The three points in the opening game mean as much as the three points in the closing game. And yet the period until the window closes is always treated as a sort of warm up for the real thing. The sooner they close the window at the start of the season the better.

How many times does it need to be pointed out in here? Perhaps strongly worded emails would be better.

It’s boring to read it over and over and over. We all know we’re short, but there’s not a single thing any of us posters can do about it.

 

[magicdaps10]

I’m not sure why people are getting so irritated with it being pointed out?

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It's a man thing

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I can confirm that I am not concerned.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

How many times does it need to be pointed out in here? Perhaps strongly worded emails would be better.

It’s boring to read it over and over and over. We all know we’re short, but there’s not a single thing any of us posters can do about it.

Sorry for boring you…

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

But this was, after all, the summer where our spangly recruitment set up was going to get us sorted in time for players to bed in properly. And the key positions are missing. Right up the spine of the team.

You're absolutely spot on.

For all the small talk, for all the fuss around a rapper eating Joe's ice cream and a Ballon d'Or winner taking a stake in the club, the reality is that this window is shaping to be little different to the last 4 or 5 summers - a flurry of early activity, followed by weeks of inertia once pre-season starts.

My only hope is that the usual final phase of summer - deadline day panic - isn't about to follow. That said, I'll give the new regime every opportunity to prove that this time is going to be different. Let's see what the next 6 weeks brings.

 

[Neath_Jack]

Sorry for boring you…

No need to apologise, you asked why some people get irritated by reading the same thing over and over, I just politely replied that’s all.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

No need to apologise, you asked why some people get irritated by reading the same thing over and over, I just politely replied that’s all.

In fairness, we’ve spent all summer until now reading about how fantastic our recruitment has been…

 

[Swanjaxs]

Northampton 3 Birmingham 0!
Club in crisis

 

[Manselton Jack]

Should we be concerned with pre season results? No
Should we be concerned that we only have 1 fit centre half? Oh yes!

 

[Malaga]

2014/15 season, last friendly got beat 0-3 by Vilareal,trepidation was widespread, beat man utd away the following week, then Burnley, ended up 8th(not referring to monkball here just the fact that preseason games don't give you the whole picture)

 

[swan65split]

at this point in time, I would say yes, but ask me again in a month.

 

[swannage]

Northampton 3 Birmingham 0!
Club in crisis

They played two matches today. Their main team travelled to Port Vale and won 2-0

 

[Swanjaxs]

They played two matches today. Their main team travelled to Port Vale and won 2-0

Port Vale played thier U16's