Well i usually wait til next day before commenting if we lose but today i cannot hold back... i must think before i write the following as want to go off on a Rafa style rant that could get me banned from the forum but i'll try to watch my language...
Firstly, luckily it appears, i did not see the game after the stream never worked... as a season tic holder and applying for game well in advance as usual i'm at a loss as to why the stream would not work for me... got following message everytime tried to load...
WE'RE SORRY, BUT SOMETHING WENT WRONG.
We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it shortly.
Now it appears this maybe a blessing after seeing some reviews, seeing scoreline, and listening to Radio Robins between trying stream...
Before i start, i must state that in Parky i still trust plus believe he knows what players we need in the summer (especially a decent no.9) to take us forward, plus he has been hampered by unprecidented injury levels...
HOWEVER, as i've stated before, i'm at a loss as to why Piggott still gets starts and we aint giving Bell a go... if we aint going to start him (especially after Piggott not found the net) why bother signing him on loan? Also, we miss Smith who is the heartbeat of the team, BUT as is clear to many fans Willo & Moult do not work as a combo back up... why not try Ringo with Moult if keeping same formation (or actually try a different formation)...
I personally wouldn't mind as much if trying new things like new formations or new players (as no relegation) but we're sticking with same formation & same players every week that aint working and still losing...
At start of season i would have just been happy with staying up... BUT after seeing our potential at various points of the season we should easily be mid table or even pushing towards playoffs (next season defo challenge for playoffs)...
Now the season seems to be dying off into a damp squib of defeat after defeat... sooner it ends the better, now...
Roll on next season... Parky has a BIG summer ahead to get in the right personnel to challenge for the playoffs next season and ultimately show that he is still the man for the job! COYR!
First off, I may as well share the results of my research.
Last season, it was 203 days for 36 league matches - still a big ask for a part time team playing against mainly full time sides. This season, we have played 36 league matches in 196 days. Especially with our injuries and hsving little to play for, thee was always a chance we would fade.
As for Sean Williams, he was out for ages. By my calculations, he has played 458 minutes of football since hs return. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it takes a new player something like ten games to bed into a team. We have new players since he was lasst playing, and having also been out so long I can only assume it is something similar. Of course it may or may not work out, but management will only find out by playing him.
As for the stream, I had problems too. Only 300 home fans as well, and they won't be buying a pie and pint, and probably not a programme the way things are. 300 in the GMVC is nothing. We must get fans back in the ground, however scared a few people may feel, otherwise we can forget about non-league football as we know it.