Contenders?

Whatever you may think of PH and how the season has started one thing is worth noting and that is in the "pyramid" nobody has scored more goals than us and we have the best GD.

Looking at Luton and Barnet in the last 2 seasons they scored a lot on the way up so does this indicate that we are genuine contenders?



  

We are genuine contenders we have the best squad since the slade days, we have a manager who can spot a player but can he get the tactics right and have a touch of luck on the way ?? I fooking hope he gets it right I hate this league our famous old proud club deserves more

We will know a lot more after the Cheltenham game where we will finish amongst them and
Wrexham, Tranmere and Village Green Rovers.
I think that will be the top five
If we can win on the 30th we will be feared and have a strong chance of challenging for automatic
Come on Town!!

Cheltenham is a huge test - win that and we send out a real message of intent
It may be a so so standard this year and a lot of clubs will be in the mix, meaning we won't need a huge points haul to win the league

I can't work this league out - Lincoln did not impress me at all earlier in season and I thought they'd be mid table at best but they are 7th and if they win their game in hand are right in the mix

It still hasn't settled down IMO

I like the fact we have lost only two games - shows strength and the fact we are hard to beat

Just need to turn a few draws into wins

Can't be many better squads than ours in the league so we should mount a challenge especially when other teams with smaller squads get injuries and suspensions

But, my gut feeling is we lack something but I can't put my finger on it...killer instinct in tight matches??

Quoted from devs

Cheltenham is a huge test - win that and we send out a real message of intent
It may be a so so standard this year and a lot of clubs will be in the mix, meaning we won't need a huge points haul to win the league

I can't work this league out - Lincoln did not impress me at all earlier in season and I thought they'd be mid table at best but they are 7th and if they win their game in hand are right in the mix

It still hasn't settled down IMO

I like the fact we have lost only two games - shows strength and the fact we are hard to beat

Just need to turn a few draws into wins

Can't be many better squads than ours in the league so we should mount a challenge especially when other teams with smaller squads get injuries and suspensions

But, my gut feeling is we lack something but I can't put my finger on it...killer instinct in tight matches??

Good post and the answer to your last paragraph.... Centre midfield is the bit where we are lacking IMO, still not strong enough in there, but all about opinions

Quoted from ackomariner

Good post and the answer to your last paragraph.... Centre midfield is the bit where we are lacking IMO, still not strong enough in there, but all about opinions

Correct Acko , but if some of us mention it we get slated . Forget last Tuesdays game , every other side we have played against seems to have a stand out midfielder who makes thing tick . Not saying our doesn't , just that our tick isn't loud enough .

Wouldn't say every other side has a bossing midfielder, Tranmere may have done with Jay Harris, but FGR were reliant on Parkin, I didn't see Wrexham but they had a 'so called' Number 10 in Vose, Gateshead, Lincoln and Bromley didn't look much to me. I do believe we still need a midfielder who is a bit more athletic, like Jack Payne, someone with a bit of pace, strength and drives into the box.

Quoted from DocTower

Correct Acko , but if some of us mention it we get slated . Forget last Tuesdays game , every other side we have played against seems to have a stand out midfielder who makes thing tick . Not saying our doesn't , just that our tick isn't loud enough .

The best midfielder I've seen in this league so far this season has been Craig Disley.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

The best midfielder I've seen in this league so far this season has been Craig Disley.

Agree. What we need to improve on is winning tight matches. We have only won one close one, against Gateshead, the others have been really comfortable wins. Just need to be a bit more clinical and cut out the silly mistakes (which we seem to have improved on) and we should start turning some of these draws into wins. Then we might take some stopping.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

The best midfielder I've seen in this league so far this season has been Craig Disley.

Definitely not seen one better!