| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" 18:49 - Apr 24 with 2126 views | bobbyramsey |
....to having one of the worst, practically overnight.
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 18:52 - Apr 24 with 2113 views | wkj |
I think the players truly believed this, and now Cook is giving them a wakeup call. |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 18:59 - Apr 24 with 2081 views | TheBoyBlue |
I still think it is one of the best, injury free and with the right attitude, but too little of both has happened this season or last. |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:00 - Apr 24 with 2067 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Who said we had the best squad in the league? |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:01 - Apr 24 with 2056 views | homer_123 |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:00 - Apr 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Who said we had the best squad in the league? |
Quite a few of us fans....truth be told. |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:02 - Apr 24 with 2041 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:01 - Apr 24 by homer_123 |
Quite a few of us fans....truth be told. |
No all of us. | |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:03 - Apr 24 with 2038 views | HARRY10 |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:00 - Apr 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Who said we had the best squad in the league? |
Any number of folk on here
It was the regular stick used to beat Lambert with
"If only we had a decent manager ....blah blah....." | | | |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:05 - Apr 24 with 2018 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:03 - Apr 24 by HARRY10 |
Any number of folk on here
It was the regular stick used to beat Lambert with
"If only we had a decent manager ....blah blah....." |
You can have an uppie. But Lambert was still sh it | |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:06 - Apr 24 with 2008 views | wkj |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:01 - Apr 24 by homer_123 |
Quite a few of us fans....truth be told. |
In all honesty and without doubt our players have proven they can play much better than they are now. I still maintain the shambolic agency over player fitness is a huge consideration as we started strong and got worse and worse as the season pushed on.
The problem also is, I think most of those players think they're the best in the league too and have for a long time - and now we've a manager who has previously and consistently shone at this level, that wakeup call is here. [Post edited 24 Apr 2021 19:06]
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:09 - Apr 24 with 1991 views | happybeingblue |
not really it was brenna woolley and millsy saying how good the squad was, i personally thought they were awful the year they went down and last year after we fluked our way to the top of the league while the sun was out,i remember watching us play blackpool at home think it was 2-2 and i couldnt believe how poor we were so it depends if you believe the hype or judge for yourself. |  | | |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:15 - Apr 24 with 1955 views | HARRY10 |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:05 - Apr 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
You can have an uppie. But Lambert was still sh it |
The problem (ishoooooo) is that the players we sign do not have the drive to push themselves on.
Whatever training and coaching ca achieve it is only against how much each plater 'wants it'.
We have, over the years, been stuck with similar failures that other clubs have not wanted - maybe even some who have come through our youth system
For that, Evans is ultimate;y responsible. He appointed Milne and Clegg and every manager since his arrival,
As I have said. It matters little who the driver is if the car is a Robin Reliant. | | | |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:15 - Apr 24 with 1959 views | BlueBadger |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:00 - Apr 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Who said we had the best squad in the league? |
It as a squad that went on a 14 game unbeaten run despite never ever looking particularly fluent or gelled because the quality was(and possibly still is) there. The trouble was, the bloke in charge thought that this meant that he didn't actually have to coach, organise and motivative players or bother actually getting them fit.
As a result and then, when other sides gelled and achieved true match fitness spent the next 18 months indulging that delusion, supported by an equally delusional owner and fanbase who clearly enjoyed their free beer so much that they're still making excuses for him.
There's been some mad rewriting of history over the past decade at ITFC but some of the maddest has been that which involves excusing our worst two managers ever. |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 20:00 - Apr 24 with 1881 views | Garv |
It was never the best, not close. Lots of people had a warped idea of the quality we had. |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 20:03 - Apr 24 with 1874 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:03 - Apr 24 by HARRY10 |
Any number of folk on here
It was the regular stick used to beat Lambert with
"If only we had a decent manager ....blah blah....." |
It was a stick to beat Lambert with 2 years ago after we'd just come down, I think the overwhelming feeling for most of this season was Lambert not good enough, Evans not good enough, players not good enough |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 20:07 - Apr 24 with 1847 views | Bluefish |
We are like an vintage grand piano. With a bit of tuning we would wipe the floor with absolutely everything at this level, sadly our pianists keep trying to play without tuning the old relic so it sounds a mess. We will no doubt just sign a modern expensive electric version next season instead [Post edited 24 Apr 2021 20:54]
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 20:34 - Apr 24 with 1763 views | Churchman |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 18:59 - Apr 24 by TheBoyBlue |
I still think it is one of the best, injury free and with the right attitude, but too little of both has happened this season or last. |
I don’t think it’s even close. Despite being relegated with ease, after the opening games last season, I thought we’d walk it. That our squad would be way to strong. Others with smaller squads would tire and be reduced by injury to make the job even easier. By the time Evans idiotically gave him a five year contract, it was obvious it was not.
Injuries and the right attitude are all part of it. If you sign or retain players with poor injury records, the treatment table will be busy. If you bring in players with a poor attitude, you will have a problem. We should know, we’ve had enough of them in the past 14 years. |  | | |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 20:53 - Apr 24 with 1713 views | BlueBadger |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:15 - Apr 24 by BlueBadger |
It as a squad that went on a 14 game unbeaten run despite never ever looking particularly fluent or gelled because the quality was(and possibly still is) there. The trouble was, the bloke in charge thought that this meant that he didn't actually have to coach, organise and motivative players or bother actually getting them fit.
As a result and then, when other sides gelled and achieved true match fitness spent the next 18 months indulging that delusion, supported by an equally delusional owner and fanbase who clearly enjoyed their free beer so much that they're still making excuses for him.
There's been some mad rewriting of history over the past decade at ITFC but some of the maddest has been that which involves excusing our worst two managers ever. |
It's nice to see that The Realist 09 still defining our worst ever manager with his downvotes though. | |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 21:20 - Apr 24 with 1663 views | Vic |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 19:00 - Apr 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Who said we had the best squad in the league? |
I’ll hold my hands up to this! They have been, and still are a lot less than the sum of their parts!
Granted some have stagnated, but we’ve seen enough of Woolfie, Bish, Downes, Dozzell, KVY, El mix, Dobra, Wilson, Nolan, Nsiala, Edwards and Jackson raptors know that they can all do better than they have for the last couple of years. Wouldn’t mind betting most will go on to have decent league 1 or championship careers.
All that said, for both their sake and the clubs, several probably need to move on. |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 22:25 - Apr 24 with 1532 views | BlueForYou |
We’ve hardly scored a goal for three years yet some people assess our squad as best in the league? Jesus Christ I’ve come across some right dimwits in my time but if you really think that, well the brain needs to go for a rebuild! |  | | |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 22:34 - Apr 24 with 1476 views | bournemouthblue |
It was one of the better squads when we came down but it's always lacked balance for me
It's never been quite right
I know when Man City were down here, one of their ex-players said we had a massive squad and many of them weren't that good |  |
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| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 22:35 - Apr 24 with 1471 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 22:25 - Apr 24 by BlueForYou |
We’ve hardly scored a goal for three years yet some people assess our squad as best in the league? Jesus Christ I’ve come across some right dimwits in my time but if you really think that, well the brain needs to go for a rebuild! |
Yep some people have been slobbering over this squad in the last couple of years and claiming it was one of the best squads in the league. Fookin mental !
These so called 'professional players' find it hard to work harder on the training pitch as Cook had been alluding to.
Life was soooooooooeasy for many of them under not demanding Evans. No pressure, win or lose doesn't matter, players coasting and freewheeling along, nice area, reasonable pay, placid fanbase, missus & kids settled ..... FAILURE ACCEPTED !
This will be the pivotal summer for the club ! No more nice and easy payday at this club ! |  | | |
| Strange how we've gone from having the "best squad in the league" on 22:37 - Apr 24 with 1462 views | Keaneish |
By practically over night you must mean two-years of gradual decline and poor management? |  |
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