Results will have more effect than quality. If we’re playing well and losing and not challenging for auto promotion the gates might drop off. You seem obsessed about the loss of two players that don’t make a team. If it’s not quite as pretty but we’re digging in, players are putting shifts in and challenging for promotion; thats what people want, not hanging on for a Butterfield worldie.
You are correct Deerey results have the biggest impact. I’m just not feeling too optimistic about either results or how we are shaping up to play.
It’s not just the loss of our two best players, it’s the loss of other good footballers and the lack of any quality coming in to replace those that have departed. There’s been no real excitement over any of our signings and a general feeling of underwhelm on the football side of things. It’s quite telling that the announcement of one players exit has had a vast amount more fan engagement than all four of our incomings combined.
Whilst seasoned fans might be happy with ‘digging in’ the fair weathers and younger generation want a bit of excitement and they are here for the ‘worldies’. A lad I met last year told me he’d been bringing his 10 year old son to most home games as his son had become a real young die hard after the Brackley game. No guesses who his favourite player was.
If we are challenging for promotion all will be well but removing the rose tinted spectacles for a second that is a very big IF. There is still hope that the club have a surprise rabbit to pull out of the hat in the next week or so as I’m struggling to believe we will sign more than 1 of the trialists we currently have training with us.
