There's good players out there few been mentioned on here already,some we have signed have been of a very poor standard just gets bleaker and bleaker

With the signing of Hopper and others is Collier playing "safe" and signing those players he knows about as most of them seem to have connections with him from the past, fair enough he knows what they're capable of but results and performances don't seem to be improving. Is the "dream ticket" of Collier and Jones living up to the hope/hype?
Feel most of us go to a game hoping for a win/decent performance, rather than expecting one even against teams at the bottom of the table which is disappointing and a sign of how far the club has gone backwards over the last few years, A change of mentality as much as players is required.

I wouldn't necessarily agree that we're no further forward, we've shown that we can compete and come out on top I.e. Weymouth, St Neots etc.  By and large we've looked well organised over the past weeks which makes the result at Bashley more galling.  There are some obvious weak links, and some obvious prima donna's who need to be shown the door, but I honestly think we were going down the plug hole under the past two managers so we need to support MC and TJ.  They've got the experience at this level and I fully expect them to stabilise us before really getting to grips with the squad in the summer.

That is what has been frustrating this season. The fact that we actually do have some really capable players in the squad, but they haven't always been ready for the battle every week, for these individual games. That's what non-league football is about, and anyone playing at this level has to develop the right mentality that they focus on their role in the team, developing their game for those incisive moments, working harder than the opposition and developing that hunger to win on the day.

You have it right Paul, that Phillips, Griffin, Dean and Tindle are the lads who work their socks off and seem to understand the game best. The rest of them are not yet at the same level consistently.

It must be noted though - They still haven't had that much time playing together. Semi-professional footballers don't have as much time to gel. Once they better understand eachothers game, and which abilities each individual carries, things will look much more positive at the club. I don't see anything too much wrong with the way that Collier is handling this transition, even though some of the results have been disappointing.

Last edited by CodeBluebird (13/2/2014 12:26 AM)

People keep referring to the contracted players as if they are a massive obstacle to our rebuilding plans and yet in the same breath praise the work ethic of players like Griff, Lee Phillips and Greg Tindle, who are some of the players most likely to be on a contract. You can't have it both ways.