Re: Match Thread

By Stockingford Blue13/9 09:36Sun Sep 13 09:36:49 2026In response to Re: Match Thread

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Generally, the new players are of a higher standard, from what I have seen, ie- two home games. This would suggest that the squad itself is better. Unfortunately this is nulified by the fact that the majority of teams we now face are of a much higher standard too.
Mistakes at this level are more readily punished than in the league we just came from. We have just about rebuilt a whole new team who have yet to gel into an effective unit. This will come with experience,and with more playing time together. The managers, I'm sure, have a prefered style of play, and should be getting an idea of their best starting eleven to suit this. Swapping and changing line ups is counter productive as you cannot create effective units either in defence, or attack. Pick your best eleven and stick with it.
Like I posted yesterday; the Matlock game was a harsh lesson in what we will be facing this season. Get a solid defensive unit together. That is the priority, get that right then the results will follow.