wellsince75

Our recent record of replacing and improving on first team main stays isn’t great . to expect we can simply replace Kelly ( a national squad member) with someone both cheaper and better has an element of hope rather than certainty . irrespective of who is in goals we need to ensure we have 2 goad wingbacks and 2 good centre halves as a minimum . Thats not to protect Kelly per se - that’s needed for the formation and style of football

your 'just do that' reminds me of the best tactics I ever know as a Well fan. Get the ball to Cooper Get the ball to Faddy Get the ball to Turnbull Just do that - happy days.

I think this is one of the worst squads I can remember - each season the quality ebs down to a new low. I don't think this is specific to just us but blooming heck it's been grim. The best thing about is is we're all together, working for one another - there's very little quality on show. I'm not comparing to last season but more pre/post Dawes. He may or may not be the issue. As I see it majority of perm signings are poor, not enough youngsters coming through, loan signings become more and more important. Stop signing so many journeymen from lower regions of England. Get more young blood coming through the ranks, by reducing overall squad go out and get some quality .

Lots to like. A 3-0 away win at the Jambos to stretch our unbeaten run to 20 games !!!

queue a centre half role for Halliday

Believe we'll finish 8th or 9th. W1 L1 D3 would be a reasonable assumption.

It’s quite difficult to get enthused about the rest of the season. our brand of football hasn’t been great - it’s more been about the fighting spirit but with little to fight for it’s a struggle to get too excited for remainder of this season

I was keeping hopes alive of a top 6 but like a few have said we really don’t deserve it as the table shows . agree with comments re spittal and any other player we know won’t be around - it’s time to rest them. It’s not that they’ve downed tools but we can now use the time wisely to test out players who we may want around and also give some of the younger players some game time . I have empathy for SOD . He’s been a target for many since the day he joined , like everyone in our squad he has flaws and makes mistakes but he gets singled out more than most. That being said we should look to the future and can’t see him and a few others being first team starters.

In terms of Summer recruitment - I'd seriously look at the head of recruitment role ahead of any players. Daws has been with us for 3 years and I'm struggling to see the value. Prior to him he picked up a few players and sold them off for very decent fee's - not been much of that since his arrival. Add to that the current first team and who we'd keep that he's signed on a perm. Spittal & McGinn certainly but given we've signed dozens of players there's not been many that have fitted.

Im not sure its about form. It's more teams have sussed him out and attack the obvious weakness.. He's a very good shot stopper but poor with crosses, particularly in the 3-6 yard line. It's poor management that knowing our captain can't deal with crosses we've not added centre halves Feels like an age since we had likes Aldred, Hartley or Gallagher who all gave much better protection.

Give this man is job in recruitment Completely with you. We need A keeper who commands his 6 yard box would make a huge difference. Central defender who won the first ball and organised us. Centre Mid by the name of Alan Campbell would be awesome . We've got too many journey men and most can leave. Our better signings have been loanees - the likes of Gent and Vale - more like this please. Ideally sign them but if not another season loan would be great.

Loving the comeback and it gives us another glimmer of hope that we'll make top 6. The issue for me is the spine of the team. A strong keeper, centre half, centre mid, centre forward are always key. The first 3 are missing. We never dominate midfield and teams put in cheap crosses week in week out where we concede. I don't know how the inner workings of the club work but I don't trust Dawes to be the man to lead our recruitment

"We also deeply concerned for the welfare of all players ahead of this match" If the pitch is a midden be interesting to see what we do. Not sure I've ever seen players walk off and refuse to participate but ...

if there's any justice in the word the game goes ahead and we skud them 4 -0.

Good to know they're putting supporters at the heart of their decisions. Completely agree - utter nonsense sums it up.