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No...the majority of supporters who attend know the style of play is over cautious and boring...every game is the same as the last one.Marriot and Gash seem such a long time ago now.

Quote from: John H on February 22, 2025, 09:58:01 PM
Full time club, full time job maybe. Ok, simple question, would you renew his contract.

Would AL want it renewed?

How long has AL's contract got to run ?   I guess the commuting to Lynn from the North West has a limited life span.  It would seem Lakeland's contacts are very Northern based so might be another frustration with not being able to get fresh bodies through the door. 

Though having said that you can't get much local than Toll and he couldn't get him. 

Did we actually try to sign Toll, I didn't think we did. Wasn't he on a short trial with us.
Re B&G "would AL want his contract renewed", hopefully not, but I'm sure he will feel he hasn't achieved  what he would have hoped for, unless of course we make the playoffs and gain promotion.
We were playing Stockport and Wrexham not long ago, they are both in play off places in League One now. We don't have the financial backing or support that they do, so where is our level.
If we don't gain promotion, will we go part time.

Quote from: John H on February 23, 2025, 11:49:43 AM
Did we actually try to sign Toll, I didn't think we did. Wasn't he on a short trial with us.
Re B&G "would AL want his contract renewed", hopefully not, but I'm sure he will feel he hasn't achieved  what he would have hoped for, unless of course we make the playoffs and gain promotion.
We were playing Stockport and Wrexham not long ago, they are both in play off places in League One now. We don't have the financial backing or support that they do, so where is our level.
If we don't gain promotion, will we go part time.

The story I heard is that we did try to sign him but he preferred to work with Setch.

Quote from: Blue_and_Gold on February 23, 2025, 12:11:39 PM

Quote from: John H on February 23, 2025, 11:49:43 AM
Did we actually try to sign Toll, I didn't think we did. Wasn't he on a short trial with us.
Re B&G "would AL want his contract renewed", hopefully not, but I'm sure he will feel he hasn't achieved  what he would have hoped for, unless of course we make the playoffs and gain promotion.
We were playing Stockport and Wrexham not long ago, they are both in play off places in League One now. We don't have the financial backing or support that they do, so where is our level.
If we don't gain promotion, will we go part time.

The story I heard is that we did try to sign him but he preferred to work with Setch.

Sensible young man.

Quote from: John H on February 22, 2025, 09:58:01 PM
Full time club, full time job maybe. Ok, simple question, would you renew his contract.

For me it's a "no".

We're mostly playing a defensive game, but without a strong enough back line and not enough regular goal getters. You can't just say "come and break yourselves against our defenders, it's a no through road ⛔", when it clearly isn't.

He's spending too much time coming up with excuses for the standard of play and the lack of goals.

But give the bloke credit for getting us in and around the playoffs.

And if watching some dull and frequently painful football gives us the points we need, I'll take it. But I don't have to like it 😿

AL deserves a lot of credit for digging Cleeve out of a hole last season following  the poor choice of Manager (Hughes).  We need to be hard to beat to get out of trouble.  Mission accomplished.

This season was very much AL's team.  Think we are more than decent at the back but we are very toothless up front.  Can't expect the team to keep clean sheets every week to pull in points.  The entertainment value at the Walks hasn't been great this season but Lakeland seems to built everything on a tight defence and nicking a goal.