League 2 aspirations

[Rockford's Love Child]

A play off push is not impossible, but I don't think people should take it for granted. It will be a tough season.

 

[Boz]

A play off push is not impossible, but I don't think people should take it for granted. It will be a tough season.

Agreed. Until we see what the final squad looks like, it’s difficult to gauge how well we might do. Some teams have been splashing the cash already. While I’d hope for more, a season of consolidation wouldn’t be a disaster for me.

 

[aldoes mustache]

the expectations of mp and a top half budget. we should expect some quality in the new players we should bring in five or six good players are needed

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

My League 2 Aspirations, whether we win promotion or not are:

1. That we find some good home-grown players who are given a decent run in the first team.
2. That we get some significant increase in attendances, possibly through new young fans excited by the dramas at Wembley.
3. That at last we have a decent cup run (FA or EFL, not Associate Members), generating more media interest in the club and more importantly some useful income.

In fact, given the choice of promotion or those three, I might choose the latter as that would benefit the club more sustainably in the long term.

 

[Ian]

While I’d hope for more, a season of consolidation wouldn’t be a disaster for me.

Same here. I think we need to find our feet first.

Going slightly OT, I was in Kent the other day and got talking to a fella who was pleased Tranmere won promotion and said we were back were we belonged. Put a smile on my face.

 

[Mal]

i will wait till i see what other players comes in. the squad is a bit thin as it stands

 

[bigmart]

There are still a number of additions to come, but so far I think we have done some good business

 

[Charlton1975]

My only real concern is that if Norwood gets injured, we could be in real trouble. If he put away half of the chances he had last season he would have scored at least 35.

 

[Ian]

I think whatever signings we make, the one most people will be looking out for is the Cookie replacement. Big shoes to fill there, that is not going to be easy.

Regarding Norwood, I wonder how many opportunities and one-on-ones he will get in division two? He’ll probably need to be more clinical if he’s looking for 20+ as I don’t think he get as much time and space as he did in the Vanarama.

 

[Boz]

That might work in his and our favour to an extent, Ian. It's the one on ones where James has lots of thinking time which he mostly failed to convert, those where he acted instinctively tended to find the back of the net more.

 

[Charlton1975]

Norwood is in my opinion more important than Cookie as he offers the team so much more than just goals. His performance at Wembley showed that. He will score goals in League 2, but I do think that he needs a foil up there with him,

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

Norwood will score goals with or without Cook. In fact, he scored as many league goals in his first season (without a regular partner upfront) as last season (19). The difference is what Cook brought to the team. Without him we only managed 61 league goal, but the last two seasons it's been 79 and 78. So, we either need a direct replacement for him or for the likes of Jennings, Ginnelly, Cole and Tollitt to chip in with a few more. However, our success last season was based on 4-4-2 with wingers providing service to a target man. If we can't get a decent replacement for Cook, we will have to change the system.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Cook and Norwood worked brilliantly as a partnership though. They complemented each other perfectly. I can't see James scoring nineteen next season as a lone striker, which is how Brabin used him.

 

[Mal]

Macclesfield had a team that shared the goals around https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/macclesfield-town/top-scorers

Maybe if we can find a few 9 goal a season midfielders to supplement the forwards' contribution...

Chance would be a fine thing!

 

[Ian]

Yeah, I think it’s definately easier said than done with midfielders. I think if we were to rely on midfielders getting us goals we might be in for trouble.

 

[Sparky]

Only a rumour but I’ve heard Micky is speaking to St Mirren about their vacant managers position. It’s his home town club apparently. He’s 3rd favourite for the job at 5/1

https://stv.tv/amp/1417379-st-mirre...managerial-vacancy/?__twitter_impression=true

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Yes, he is from Paisley. According to reports he has travelled up for talks. Let's hope he does not get it.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

I just wonder if Micky thinks his work is done here now he has got us back in the league. Having won promotion at Fleetwood and Shrewsbury, the seasons that followed were not a success for him and maybe he thinks the same might happen here.

 

[Sparky]

Yep. Plus whilst I’m not the biggest fan of the SPL, it’s defintately a higher standard than league 2.

It’ll be interesting if they go for the big name choice instead

 

[Boz]

Things are getting a bit worrying after the play-off win, with the loss of our best player, brightest prospect and now the manager who took us back to the FL in talks to leave.