WG if you are trying to tell me that you think we’re a better football team without Ogle, Butterfield, Elliott and DSF you must have been hitting the hard stuff again.
Butterfield didn’t slow down, we lost momentum after January, no coincidence that coincided with losing Butterfield to concussion protocols and Whitehall to match suspensions. We looked nervous as the gap with Tamworth started to widen and tactical mistakes from the manager along with a lack of plan B didn’t help either. As a previous poster pointed out he played 90 minutes in more games toward the end of the season than he did in the first half so I don’t see fitness being a factor as you’re alluding to. I was at every home game bar 2 last season and he was the best player on the pitch in most of those games.
We went a goal down in 12 league games last season and came back to get something from 4 of them; Tamworth away, Chester at home, Hereford away and Gloucester away. I don’t think that’s too bad. But you are right, ultimately we weren’t good enough last season and we blew our best shot to go up.
I’d still have rather built on last season as despite the bitter ending I found it enjoyable for the first time in a long while as a Scunthorpe fan. The ‘pretty football’ when it worked was great to watch. I think with a bit more fitness, tactical nous and plan B for a more physical approach when the pretty stuff wasn’t working we would have had a good chance.
Finances have dictated where we are now at. Michelle said herself Butlers appointment was a financial decision. Affordable manager, bargain signings and in your own words swapping quality for ‘hard work’.
