Buuurnla' are on fire at the top of our league, Orient leaving the rest trailing in League One, both have small squads giving their respective managers less tinkering options. Does this help team spirit and understanding at this level? When I was a lad ( Revie era), the team went unchanged week in, week out barring bad injuries, and it famously ticked over like a "well-oiled machine", with what appeared to be telepathic understanding between players on occasion.
.. just saying ..
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Small squad bad?
posted on 20/10/13
Its not the size that matters, its how the club is run. Positivity and belief right the way through from the boardroom, changing rooms to the fans. Manager needs backing, fans need to be positive and looked after. We lack all of that and of course without that there's the failsafe of quality players to force you up, we haven't got that either. We'd struggle in league one with our side.
comment by Champers - Pow! Right in the kisser (U6859)
posted on 20/10/13
It's a fair point sir
You could argue the pace of the game has changed dramatically due to fitness levels etc. But yeah, all the successful teams before the 1990s didn't have massive squads to rotate.
It will be interesting to see how it turns out for Burnley & Orient. Personally I think they'll both drop away for the reason you're discussing but who knows, maybe you're onto something?
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