Rovers Away : Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:53 pm
They’ve been building for a few years, have been better than us for a few years and deserve their shot as SL although I suspect it will be a struggle. We look in good touch and I hope we give a good account of ourselves. I think we have a chance if we start well. I’m hoping for the best but am realistic.On field save for a low battery performance in the 1895 semi and mediocre performances in first few home games ( no doubt the result of sluggish recruitment and the need to bed in players after the clear out of the Coleman era) we’ve done as well as I think any could hope for. The players and coach deserve credit for that and although recruitment was far too piecemeal and slow it has been good. Napoli, Stock, Whare, Bassett and Norman all good. other decent, certainly no passengers or any I’d be desperate for us to unload. Compare that to the year before- how many were duds? Nuff said For that the management team, although completely below the radar and offering up nothing in the way of updates to fans, do deserve some credit. Hopefully they will take what they have learnt and apply it to next season, albeit in a little quicker fashion.
Off field we have a lot of work to do in the close season. Some kind of strategy for growing/sustaining gates, engaging with the local area (even the coach to play off games doesn’t go from Wimbledon - what does that say) and acquiring sponsors and a coordinated recruitment and retention policy. We’ll need it because Toulouse will still be knocking around and Trinity will be full time.
