We should judge progress by steady signs and better structure, not one good result. If the plan stays clear, promotion stays possible.

On 09/10/2025 at 17:21, liampie said:

i think there is a lot of reasons why we should be patient and not start demanding things to be changed, as if it can suddenly just happen but through hard work and further improvements. i do wonder if roberto gagliardi will be vindicated come the end of the season. dont get me wrong, i am happy knowing richard montague is back and i do think it will work itself out but gagliardi took the brunt of a lot of criticism.

"I do wonder if Roberto Gagliardi will be vindicated...."

Well, 14 games in, perhaps last summer's recruitment wasn't that bad overall?

Yes, we still need a decent GK come the January transfer window... will Cotter and Aljofree be returned to their parent clubs? We might have to take a financial hit on Traore to move him on, so Richard Montague has some work to do.

On 10/10/2025 at 22:35, Chris said:

I have said it before a few times; the biggest mistake was saying we are aiming for promotion and sacking the head coach not long after exiting the playoffs.

The continual losses at home at the end of the season proved Maynard had no plan B. MP does seem to have some Premier /Championship know how as to what is needed to succeed.

The football against Cambridge was still possession based but that second goal from Jatta, was from Bedeau launching a long ball to "mix things up".

Hoping the good run of results continues

3 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

"I do wonder if Roberto Gagliardi will be vindicated...."

Well, 14 games in, perhaps last summer's recruitment wasn't that bad overall?

Yeah, I'd be really interested to know how his departure played out because as it turns out the summer recruitment seemingly hasn't been the massive issue we all thought it would be. It's funny that Cotter previously played under Paterson when he was at Barnsley and he signed after Paterson arrived (Iorpenda did too, but he signed before MP got the head-coach job). It's highly likely this move was instigated by our head coach and it's arguably one the poorer signings this season...