Expectations for this season

[exeterboro]

Panic has already set in. People have sh*t their pants 4 games into a season. Again.

I think the majority of us are just disappointed, rightly or wrongly we all have expectations for the season and we can see them being smashed in front of us, I expected us to not be up and properly running until October because of the changes, but our disorganisation and feebleness has surprised me a bit. Also it isn't 4 games , I was one of the posters who said we need to sort out this run last April ,we can't just turn it on and off because the majority of us believe we can

 

[Chutney]

I think where expectations are a little off is in terms of what Carrick is capable of.

The dramatic upturn in fortunes last year with basically the same set of players had us believing him to be an alchemist capable of getting unexpected improvements from any player, along with an unheralded team cohesion.

Which to a certain extent he did, but... that was starting off with a higher quality squad who regardless of form had in the main been playing together for long enough to know each others games pretty well.

This year he's having to start again from much further back, with the added disruption of not yet having a full and settled squad. And the rest of the division knows a bit more about how a Carrick team plays.

That's not too say we were kidding ourselves about his abilities - I don't think we were - but he's still learning, playing catch-up and having to do it in the face of a far less patient set of supporters.

This is disappointing, but not really surprising. I'm still optimistic though.

 

[Zoophonic]

Theres huge completancy and arrogance from the recruitment team to go down an exclusively project route and expect a positive outcome. Our position in the championship is in jeopardy unless we change to a more pragmatic approach

Silvera, Latte Laff, Engel, Dieng and arguably Morgan Rogers are not project players.