Pundits mentioning we are the oldest squad in the league and someone may need to come in and break things up
Pundits mentioning we are the oldest squad in the league and someone may need to come in and break things up
Now that the season is over, it's not what we got wrong, but what we didn't get right, too many poor performances, too many managers, and we're still looking for one, the oldest squad of too many not being good enough for Tranmere, too many goals conceded from set pieces, which has haunted us for quite a few seasons now.
The right balance, the right shape, play to our strengths and the tinkering with the defence every game. Players in wrong positions, Vaughan isolated, our set pieces, not good enough.
Somehow, we had the opportunity to get automatic promotion and we couldn't get enough points from a great position, then we didn't get the play off semi final right
Last summer, along with covid and no fans, was a series of big decisions, Mickey Mellon leaving, hasn't been replaced as yet.
This is why everyone last summer and after Michael Jackson was sacked, the majority of fans wanted someone like Nigel Adkins or the Cowley brothers. We needed our own way of playing, an organised system, and building for the future, we needed a manager who believed in team ethics and togetherness.
What did we get?
You know the answer.
A season that flattered to deceive, a wasted opportunity in a league that was even winnable with the right man in charge. If Cheltenham, Bolton, Cambridge can go up and Morecambe and either FGR or Newport go up through the playoffs, we must be poor.
I'm really disappointed, with the way things have happened to our club since last summer. The club needs stability, the team needs stability, the fans want to see and expect passion, fight, and a positively better group to have a brighter future.
We don't do things easy, but we usually have a really good attempt and wear the shirt with pride. It feels like the direction of the club is totally in disarray. It does feel like the players have let us, the supporters down and to me I believe that next season, we need another season, to give us a platform for the future. We need to invest in the squad and a really good manager, not the poor man's Hobsons choice.
A bad season highlighted by the lack of good leadership and performance on the pitch.
As a club we have to be better than what has been served up in the past nine months or so.
Dave Challinor, please?