Powell recruitment worked and there was hardly any duds.
Kirk came with a bigger reputation than Stevens. Stockley than the failed Yann. Bradley Wright-Phillips loved gaming more than scoring goals, Hollands was considered slow, and Ben Hamer was erratic. Jackson was a battler but lack of pace meant he had dropped down the divisions. Morrison career was going backwards and Taylor (CB) was considered a journey man player.
The biggest plus was Solly and Wiggins who were the best full backs in League 1 and when these two were fit and in tandem we had a good shape at the back and had forward mobility especially with Rhoys attacking down the Left.
They became a team at Charlton Athletic because of the manager and the spirit which came from having a good captain in JJ and everyone being on the same page. All the players found their A game and it was a 100 point bonanza of a season. Once shite week when we lost 2 games at home. But other than that we were very consistent.
That team and squad was better than its parts.
Two ways to increase your chances of promotion. Wigan and Ipswich money way, or the Plymouth way and pick a young coach who made mistakes and got thumped by a team last season ! But who learnt from that and with a modest squad has shaped Plymouth into a team with shape, desire, and a winning mentality Judging by their first dozen or so games.
Underwelmed or overwhelmed at first glance, players have to gel once selected.
That is the managers job to Galvanise and get the very best out of the players.
Nigel Adkins has failed and if he didn't want certain players he should have said so. In fact Steve Gallen said Nigel did reject certain players so he must have been content with the rest.
Personally I think it’s fairly obvious he is being ditched.
1. It’s clear there was a late night meeting. If the outcome was to continue, there would have been indications and whispers dropped today that was the case
2 The comms team haven’t put a single thing out today
3 There is no logical reason why to continue the status quo
I love the fact that architects of one of our worst transfer windows in history get a say in the fate of the poor bastard that got lumbered with them.
That may be true and jury was out on some, but it’s also fair to acknowledge that the vast majority of fans were more than happy when we signed Kirk, Leco, Lee, Lavelle at the end of the window, and also the earlier signings of Stockley, MaxGillivray, and Famewo.
We signed some very good players. Its the players we haven't got that is as much of a problem. Maybe Arter can still be one of them.
We signed some wrong players,Clare,Dobson, early and we signed almost all the rest too late. Something a lot of us were pointing out during July. Whatever mistakes Adkins has made the senior management are also culpable.
Personally I think it’s fairly obvious he is being ditched.
1. It’s clear there was a late night meeting. If the outcome was to continue, there would have been indications and whispers dropped today that was the case
2 The comms team haven’t put a single thing out today
3 There is no logical reason why to continue the status quo
I love the fact that architects of one of our worst transfer windows in history get a say in the fate of the poor bastard that got lumbered with them.
That may be true and jury was out on some, but it’s also fair to acknowledge that the vast majority of fans were more than happy when we signed Kirk, Leco, Lee, Lavelle at the end of the window, and also the earlier signings of Stockley, MaxGillivray, and Famewo.
We signed some very good players. Its the players we haven't got that is as much of a problem. Maybe Arter can still be one of them.
We signed some wrong players,Clare,Dobson, early and we signed almost all the rest too late. Something a lot of us were pointing out during July. Whatever mistakes Adkins has made the senior management are also culpable.
Personally I think it’s fairly obvious he is being ditched.
1. It’s clear there was a late night meeting. If the outcome was to continue, there would have been indications and whispers dropped today that was the case
2 The comms team haven’t put a single thing out today
3 There is no logical reason why to continue the status quo
I love the fact that architects of one of our worst transfer windows in history get a say in the fate of the poor bastard that got lumbered with them.
That may be true and jury was out on some, but it’s also fair to acknowledge that the vast majority of fans were more than happy when we signed Kirk, Leco, Lee, Lavelle at the end of the window, and also the earlier signings of Stockley, MaxGillivray, and Famewo.
We signed some very good players. Its the players we haven't got that is as much of a problem. Maybe Arter can still be one of them.
We signed some wrong players,Clare,Dobson, early and we signed almost all the rest too late. Something a lot of us were pointing out during July. Whatever mistakes Adkins has made the senior management are also culpable.
Nobody comes out of this looking good. The point remains that Adkins has enough at his disposal to get us in and around the top half, certainly enough to avoid the bottom 4.
Adkins needs to go but there also needs to be a serious restructuring in the way the club operates. I’m astounded Peter Varney hasn’t be utilised since first speaking to Thomas pre-takeover
Personally I think it’s fairly obvious he is being ditched.
1. It’s clear there was a late night meeting. If the outcome was to continue, there would have been indications and whispers dropped today that was the case
2 The comms team haven’t put a single thing out today
3 There is no logical reason why to continue the status quo
I love the fact that architects of one of our worst transfer windows in history get a say in the fate of the poor bastard that got lumbered with them.
That may be true and jury was out on some, but it’s also fair to acknowledge that the vast majority of fans were more than happy when we signed Kirk, Leco, Lee, Lavelle at the end of the window, and also the earlier signings of Stockley, MaxGillivray, and Famewo.
We signed some very good players. Its the players we haven't got that is as much of a problem. Maybe Arter can still be one of them.
We signed some wrong players,Clare,Dobson, early and we signed almost all the rest too late. Something a lot of us were pointing out during July. Whatever mistakes Adkins has made the senior management are also culpable.
I still think there is a bigger play here. The whole Roland not talking to varney re barclay etc... then TS out of nowhere buying us. Whilst I appreciate TS buying us and ultimately saving us, I think someone's been in his ear the whole time but cannot fathom who.
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Kirk came with a bigger reputation than Stevens. Stockley than the failed Yann.
Bradley Wright-Phillips loved gaming more than scoring goals, Hollands was considered slow, and Ben Hamer was erratic.
Jackson was a battler but lack of pace meant he had dropped down the divisions.
Morrison career was going backwards and Taylor (CB) was considered a journey man player.
The biggest plus was Solly and Wiggins who were the best full backs in League 1 and when these two were fit and in tandem we had a good shape at the back and had forward mobility especially with Rhoys attacking down the Left.
They became a team at Charlton Athletic because of the manager and the spirit which came from having a good captain in JJ and everyone being on the same page.
All the players found their A game and it was a 100 point bonanza of a season.
Once shite week when we lost 2 games at home. But other than that we were very consistent.
That team and squad was better than its parts.
Two ways to increase your chances of promotion. Wigan and Ipswich money way, or the Plymouth way and pick a young coach who made mistakes and got thumped by a team last season ! But who learnt from that and with a modest squad has shaped Plymouth into a team with shape, desire, and a winning mentality Judging by their first dozen or so games.
Underwelmed or overwhelmed at first glance, players have to gel once selected.
That is the managers job to Galvanise and get the very best out of the players.
Nigel Adkins has failed and if he didn't want certain players he should have said so. In fact Steve Gallen said Nigel did reject certain players so he must have been content with the rest.
with those 2.
..The next 24 hours will be crucial....ffs!!
Bin them all and start again. Hopefully with a manager already waiting to enter the fray.