I have been thinking about the ‘quality’ of the squad put together
It is, on evidence, very poor - especially for the money we spent.
BUT
Sargent has been poor, McLean has been poor, Fisher has been poor. Some of the newer players who were here last season like Schwartau have been better.
So maybe it isn’t all down to poor recruitment but poor coaching and tactics. So Manning has to go before Knapper.
One thing Knapper is good at is getting a good sell-on price for departing players. Sack Manning, sort out the good players from the bad players, get Knapper to sell on the s**te in January and then give him the boot before the Summer so someone better can manage our recruitment ahead of next season.
Posted By: tim berry on November 2nd 2025 at 10:44:55
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- I have been thinking about the ‘quality’ of the squad put together (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 2, 10:44:55
- Sarge wasn't poor yesterday (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Nov 2, 14:08:48
- Football is a funny old game (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 2, 11:26:51
- but they got a couple of new manager bounce wins...I would be happy with that (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Nov 2, 11:30:00
- Our squad is better than our league position (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 2, 10:58:45
- 100% agreed.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Nov 2, 13:27:15
- Definitely, for me it keeps coming back to patterns of play and movement (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Nov 2, 11:16:42
- Effort levels - “you can’t fault the effort” cliche (NCFC) - APB, Nov 2, 11:26:50
- The press was great 1st half though.... (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Nov 2, 11:38:25
- Coaching!!..Styles of play..patterns (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Nov 2, 11:24:46
- Please, for the love of god, find the comma key (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 2, 11:28:26
- Grammar ..///sHAMMER...YOU GIT THE MESSAGE!..lOL! (n/m) (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Nov 2, 11:39:10
- Please, for the love of god, find the comma key (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 2, 11:28:26
- Effort levels - “you can’t fault the effort” cliche (NCFC) - APB, Nov 2, 11:26:50
- If you are referring to Diallo and Krist. Never are good enough to hit ground running… (NCFC) - WalksietheReturn, Nov 2, 11:12:16
- Maybe not (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 2, 11:17:48
- Harsh on Fisher he barely gets a kick (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Nov 2, 10:50:20
- You only have to watch him play to know why that is (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 2, 11:02:55
- Sorry (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Nov 2, 11:07:01
- Not a real academy player..brought in from a non league side! (n/m) (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Nov 2, 11:04:51
- True but when he’s on, he’s not the same player (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 2, 11:01:53
- Fisher was great under Thorup more poor coaching ?? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Nov 2, 11:06:37
- See my original post, said Fisher was great last season (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 2, 11:09:37
- A lot of ex footballers talk about the dressing room (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 2, 11:28:42
- Who are the players that are going to lead that though? (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Nov 2, 11:45:12
- We don’t seem to have any ‘characters’ in our squad (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 2, 11:56:13
- Who are the players that are going to lead that though? (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Nov 2, 11:45:12
- A lot of ex footballers talk about the dressing room (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Nov 2, 11:28:42
- See my original post, said Fisher was great last season (NCFC) - tim berry, Nov 2, 11:09:37
- Another sensible reasoned ..correct post! (n/m) (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Nov 2, 11:06:04
- Fisher was great under Thorup more poor coaching ?? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Nov 2, 11:06:37
- You only have to watch him play to know why that is (NCFC) - mr carra, Nov 2, 11:02:55
- There is the core of a reasonable squad (NCFC) - The Ghost MP1969, Nov 2, 10:48:11
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