The point would be

That if I remember correctly he still played them for quite a while, with awful results, before bringing in the likes of Lewis and Aarons. He even played Stiepermann at left back before finally giving Lewis a chance.

Zimmermann was meant to be a backup but came in quite rapidly when it was clear that Franke was awful.

Lots of people calling for Farke’s head.

So while in general I agree with your assessment, it depends on what happens right now. Farke and Webber did something about it. I think it was a bit faster than this stage but not sure. Took a while though and the result was essentially avoiding relegation despite having players like Maddison playing. Took another summer window before it really all came together.

Posted By: Legacy Fan on October 20th 2025 at 17:28:33

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Current team vs Farke’s first season (we finished 14th?) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 16:30:14
- Farke's first season. At least we could see what (NCFC) - LowestoftBoy, Oct 20, 19:31:32
  - Great parkas too (n/m) (NCFC) - 51eve, Oct 20, 19:52:50
- Hold on though. You’re comparing to the squad we settled on not those who started (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 20, 17:11:04
  - I chose the ones who played most often, obviously not the whole squad (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 17:23:03
    - Didn't Klose play more than Zimmerman that season? (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 20, 17:45:44
      - May well have done; he was injured a while, wasn’t he? (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 17:57:35
        
        Having said I wouldn’t, I now have (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 18:19:56
        
        Klose was excellent in that brief period when he arrived fit. (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 20, 18:51:31
    - The point would be (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 20, 17:28:33
      - Aarons wasn’t until the next season (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 18:09:06
      - Exactly (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 18:04:52
      - Lewis was injured from late July to mid-Dec (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 20, 17:58:30
      - Franke and Martin started the season (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 20, 17:34:02
- We had parachute payments. Neither Gunn nor Reed would have been cheap. (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 20, 16:42:28
  - Signing outlay must have been significantly less than what we spent this summer though (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 16:47:03
- Maddison won POTS (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 20, 16:37:35
  - Yeah, Gunn was second or third, wasn’t he? (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 16:39:54
    - Maddison; 2nd Hanley; 3rd Gunn (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 20, 17:09:37
- Maddison scored nearly 20 from midfield (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 20, 16:36:09
  - Currently on course for 0 (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 20, 16:38:15
- Talking of Lewis, isnt he currently a free agent? (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 20, 16:35:19
  - I’d say he’s similar to Chrisene. He wasn’t as good as Max (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 20, 17:19:35
- And Lambert’s first season, in League One (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 16:34:20
  - Though he did manage to mention the fact he played for Dortmund (NCFC) - Kev, Oct 20, 17:42:57
    - Borussia behaviours (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 18:09:49
  - All in all, I’m getting strong Roeder 2008/9 vibes (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 16:43:25
    - Minus the loanees (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 20, 16:48:28
      - Some of them were a definite improvement (NCFC) - APB, Oct 20, 16:55:01

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