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A really poor listen (when I finally managed to get the humberside commentary on via the tele!) sounded like the team didn’t turn up, despite a seemingly strong line up. Results like this make you wonder if a ‘cheap’ management appointment and cutting the wage budget so much could turn out be a false economy. A good cup run and a decent manager would have covered his own wages. If performances persist in the same vein and gates drop have we really saved any money? Ugly football makes for tough watching, but if we’re getting results the fair weathers will still turn up. But ugly football and losing games, that’s another matter.
I expected the football to be defensive under Butler but what’s alarming is how we seem to have lost all ability to pass a football. Perhaps the time spent in the swimming pool and boxing ring during preseason, should have been spent doing some simple passing and shooting drills.
Some Drivel posted online, one suggesting Butterfield had he been retained would swat teams aside on his own, Mbappe style.
Time to cash in on some of the JD/DH Signings?
Whilst he might not be Mbappe we are definitely missing his 20+ goal contributions from last season. How many have we scored from midfield so far this year? His long range screamers and individual moments of quality, he was able to create a goal from nothing, something we could definitely have done with on Saturday.
The trouble is that a footballer like Butterfield makes the players around him look better than they probably are. His calmness and composure on the ball, ability to dictate play and make the intelligent pass made us a better team and flattered his teammates. How many times last season did we fall to bits when he was subbed off? The game at GP vs Boston when he got the concussion springs to mind straight off the bat. This year Clunan, Scales, Robert’s et al all look half the players they were last year, and even then we weren’t good enough.
Speaking of our dearly departed I think Ogle and his charging runs would be doing a much better job down the flank than Barrows currently is and now we’re persisting with playing two upfront not having Elliott in the squad is a massive miss too.
The players we’ve brought in have flopped so far and Butler doesn’t have the confidence to start any of them (bar Nicholson) even when the team is in need of something different. The cameo appearances off the bench haven’t given us any reason to think they can improve the side and only one new recruit nailing down a starting spot begs the question, what is Lee Turnbull adding? Surely his wages could be better spent improving the squad or dare I say, bringing in an experienced manager?
I fear we are stuck with Butlerball for the duration but hold some hope we can turn this around under the guidance of someone who knows what they are doing. If we don’t go up this year we lose Robert’s, Whitehall, Fitz, Clunan and Kougan at a minimum as they are all still on the Hilton wages. Then we could be stuck in this nasty league for a long time to come.
