A good manager improves players, finds a formula that suits the players, and makes you hard to beat.
This has not happened yet. I will give him a little more time to improve before I call for his head. We have had the benefit if watching the team slide for the last 18 month, so we know who is underachieving.
A team of our size can not afford to make dramatic changes in January, I can not see us signing more than three players. This means we need 8 of our existing team to form the core of a good team.
We have some good players, however have had at least six players per game missing in action.
My core of the team would be
Sneddon
Elliot (based on our successful years)
Penrice
Bannigan
McCarthy
Ntambwe (based on his physique and getting better as his match fitness improves)
Dolan (you do not become a bad player over night)
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