| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team 21:52 - Sep 1 with 452 views | TresBonne |
Trying to keep a level head over this summer.
On paper, parts of it have been an excellent window. Cajuste signing for us was massive. We got some great money for some of the lads who were never going to stay anyway ie Delap, Omari. We have an exciting new talent in Egeli (which we beat European clubs to) who we are all buzzing to see play. Matusiwa looks like a great signing from his first few games now that he is up to speed.
But then on the flip side, some of the outgoings just seem a bit, off. The Chaplin deal in particular is one that I just don’t understand. In my opinion he is the best option behind the striker, great guy off the pitch, met him at a club event and the way he spoke made me feel as though we really had/have a proper cult hero of the football club.
I am concerned about the fact we have ripped the “spine” of the team apart in such a short space of time. Morsy, Woolfenden, Burgess, Chaplin. I wouldn’t have been surprised if Burns would have been up for sale had he not been injured. I expected outgoings, but not this many. I think it will be interesting over the coming months to see if the club share that position too.
Off the pitch, we’ve lost a fair few of our solid coaches too. O’Leary has stepped down. I don’t know, I am just worried that we have ripped up the foundations that we had put into place. It’s very difficult for a bunch of new lads, coaches etc to come in and hit the ground running. I think we are entering/in a similar period as to when we had a lot of outgoings in L1 and it took us a while to grab our first win away at Lincoln. It’s going to take time.
But, Ashton and McKenna have not let us down thus far. Let’s put our trust in them, we have no other choice. We can reminisce about the past, but it’s time we got behind the new lads and start a new “era” of ITFC.
We were absolutely spoiled with that 23/24 team, let’s not forget that. Every single one of them will go down as hero’s for dragging us out of the dark. It’s very rare to have what we had and we loved it.
Now, it’s time for new heroes. Onwards and upwards. ITID [Post edited 1 Sep 21:58]
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| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 21:55 - Sep 1 with 406 views | Linners |
I fear we will never see the like of it again. We seem to have entered an era now where you need to build a new team for each new league you enter. It's sad, but it also makes what they achieved even better and even more special.
Time for new heroes now. |  | | |
| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 21:57 - Sep 1 with 384 views | Wallingford_Boy |
Exactly this, you can’t keep the same squad just they were good in the past!
Last season was embarrassing, nowhere near good enough, this new lot may just be.. |  |
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| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 22:02 - Sep 1 with 320 views | Keno |
I agree about Conor being a good guy, met him a few times now and he was such a joy to chat to
I don’t expect next time to be any different |  |
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| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 22:25 - Sep 1 with 204 views | emergencylime |
I was definitely not on board immediately when Paul Cook came in like a wrecking ball, but hindsight shows us that was a massive part of the groundwork for a refit of ITFC.
That clean slate and the recruitment that followed gave us an era that probably won't be emulated, everything fell into place.
Though it is tempting, I will try not to compare what happens now with 22-25, instead treat it as a necessary evolution to strengthen and make us more prepared for the next punt at the Premier League |  |
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| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 22:38 - Sep 1 with 162 views | Blooos |
| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 21:55 - Sep 1 by Linners |
I fear we will never see the like of it again. We seem to have entered an era now where you need to build a new team for each new league you enter. It's sad, but it also makes what they achieved even better and even more special.
Time for new heroes now. |
Realistically if we manage to get promoted this season, half of this team will be changed again, just the way it is until you reach a point like the likes of Fulham, Brentford etc and don’t need an overhaul every window. |  | | |
| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 23:02 - Sep 1 with 124 views | jasondozzell |
| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 22:38 - Sep 1 by Blooos |
Realistically if we manage to get promoted this season, half of this team will be changed again, just the way it is until you reach a point like the likes of Fulham, Brentford etc and don’t need an overhaul every window. |
Yep.
I think what we're feeling is the footballing romance of 2021-2024 meet the ruthless reality of what the modern era game has become at the top.
Last year was a dose of it.
We're operating in a different world now where we are beating Porto to sign the best young talent in Europe. Long way from Oli Hawkins.
Inevitably it means turnover and change and the modern way of always upgrading. |  | | |
| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 23:17 - Sep 1 with 82 views | reusersfreekicks |
| A new era begins, we will always love you 2022-2025 team on 21:57 - Sep 1 by Wallingford_Boy |
Exactly this, you can’t keep the same squad just they were good in the past!
Last season was embarrassing, nowhere near good enough, this new lot may just be.. |
Half this new lot were here last year and were underwhelming to say the least |  | | |
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