Kabamba needs a run of games, not 15mins when we are chasing games. Unfortunately he and Cheek are far too similar, so that’s not going to happen unless Michael needs a rest.
The second half of the season was always going to be tougher than the first. Teams know us now and they will have looked at how to play us.
On the ticketing issue, I think "teething problems" sum it up nicely. The club is dealing with regular sell outs for the first time ever. Far better resourced clubs than us have made a total mess of managing that tipping point where there are more people wanting to come than there is space in the ground, so I think the club should be cut some slack for the errors it has undoubtedly mde in this process.
As for the run in for this season, that reduced availability is likely to principally impact more ocassional visitors like me. I was hoping to go to another three or for games before the season is out, but probably now won't get to any. I think I (and others like me) will need to accept that inconvenience as the cost of progress, and I'm happy to do so. I just hope that the die hard fans who the club should first and foremost be "for" aren't too impacted.
But longer term, the club imho needs to rethink it's approach. If season ticket holders only attend half the games while others can't get in, there needs to be a shift. Perhaps the best way of doing this is a resale scheme for sold out games, but that might be too complex given the limited resources of the club.
A better route might be something that builds on the "four for two" scheme last year. Perhaps (for example) 14 games for the price of 10 would enable current ST holders who regularly don't come a cheaper option that enables them to get to the games they want to while avoiding blocking other fans from coming. This also avoids hiking season ticket prices for those who do come to all (or nearly all) the games.
I'm not saying the above is perfect, but is perhaps just an example of the sort of approach that might just provide the best outcome for as many fans as possible.
I don't think cheek is tired. I think we need to look at how many shots per game he's actually getting, he's getting 1 a game max atm, most games in the past month he hasn't had any shots. This is someone who has 13 goals and was leading the charts so it can't be him, it must be the service. All I see currently is the loan players holding on to the ball far too long and trying to get shots of themselves. Coinciding with a couple of players out of form.
What I have also noticed is we don't have the high press we used to have. We're sitting so far back and I think this causes a lot of the creativity problem as we end up hoofing forward for the strikers to feed off scraps. The high press has brought us so many goals, think of imray knocking the ball off the keeper to score
Part of our problem is starting the match with Louis Dennis. Whenever he starts Cheek rarely see the ball, which is bad enough but Cheeky himself looks tired. When Louis starts we seem to play with no shape, it has always been the way. When he comes on as sub for the last half hour to roam, that is when he is at his best. It looks obvious to me....
Kabamba needs a run of games, not 15mins when we are chasing games. Unfortunately he and Cheek are far too similar, so that’s not going to happen unless Michael needs a rest.
The second half of the season was always going to be tougher than the first. Teams know us now and they will have looked at how to play us.
On the ticketing issue, I think "teething problems" sum it up nicely. The club is dealing with regular sell outs for the first time ever. Far better resourced clubs than us have made a total mess of managing that tipping point where there are more people wanting to come than there is space in the ground, so I think the club should be cut some slack for the errors it has undoubtedly mde in this process.
As for the run in for this season, that reduced availability is likely to principally impact more ocassional visitors like me. I was hoping to go to another three or for games before the season is out, but probably now won't get to any. I think I (and others like me) will need to accept that inconvenience as the cost of progress, and I'm happy to do so. I just hope that the die hard fans who the club should first and foremost be "for" aren't too impacted.
But longer term, the club imho needs to rethink it's approach. If season ticket holders only attend half the games while others can't get in, there needs to be a shift. Perhaps the best way of doing this is a resale scheme for sold out games, but that might be too complex given the limited resources of the club.
A better route might be something that builds on the "four for two" scheme last year. Perhaps (for example) 14 games for the price of 10 would enable current ST holders who regularly don't come a cheaper option that enables them to get to the games they want to while avoiding blocking other fans from coming. This also avoids hiking season ticket prices for those who do come to all (or nearly all) the games.
I'm not saying the above is perfect, but is perhaps just an example of the sort of approach that might just provide the best outcome for as many fans as possible.
I like this post and plenty for the club to consider
I don't think cheek is tired. I think we need to look at how many shots per game he's actually getting, he's getting 1 a game max atm, most games in the past month he hasn't had any shots. This is someone who has 13 goals and was leading the charts so it can't be him, it must be the service. All I see currently is the loan players holding on to the ball far too long and trying to get shots of themselves. Coinciding with a couple of players out of form.
What I have also noticed is we don't have the high press we used to have. We're sitting so far back and I think this causes a lot of the creativity problem as we end up hoofing forward for the strikers to feed off scraps. The high press has brought us so many goals, think of imray knocking the ball off the keeper to score
1. Yes we have a CF problem
2. Deji did all he could on Saturday thought he was MoM
3. Can we please sign a central midfielder - to do the graft that no one else wants to do and link between defence and attack.
Part of our problem is starting the match with Louis Dennis. Whenever he starts Cheek rarely see the ball, which is bad enough but Cheeky himself looks tired. When Louis starts we seem to play with no shape, it has always been the way. When he comes on as sub for the last half hour to roam, that is when he is at his best. It looks obvious to me....
What about the defeats when he didn't start