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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Copps is Magic on March 28, 2016, 06:01:49 pm
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That's the chances I reckon we'll stay up.
Realistically, we're down. The games we have remaining are too difficult - 2 tricky away games and we have to play the best two sides in the league. In any case, we can't escape from the fact that our players simply aren't good enough.
I think the club should start putting a plan in for league two. Blood some youth players through and stop playing those who will be leaving.
Hard to get over at first, but I for one will be there in league two next season.
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It's not looking good for sure, but I can't see the point in giving up on this season. Closed season is the time for huge work whether we go down or stay up and get a core first 15 in place as the core of the squad who can play together.
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I honestly believe we would be better placed to sit down now and work out how to build a good squad for next season. It's all about momentum - there are plenty of examples who've done the double promotion (including ourselves, of course, and Burton possibly this season). While ever we're scrapping with the riff raff we've got we're constantly going to go backwards.
I think we'd struggle in league two with this squad. Cambridge actually put up a good performance against us earlier in the season and York obviously beat us.
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I don't see building for next season and succeeding in this one as mutually exclusive. There are players signed on contracts for next season, they ideally need to up their game and play but if they're failing then maybe they are better left out for the moment? I'm not sure blooding young players for the sake of it in a relegation scrap is the best move, but playing them if they are good enough is always a good thing.