games not the best but you look at coventrys team... it’s very young. Except the spine of the squad, experienced striker, centrehalf that’s been and done it around the lower leagues, Liam Kelly in the squad as well who’s been around a few years. Even some of the younger players have 40 plus games in their legs. Jordan Shipperley. Very surprised he’s still there, very good player at that level. Playing wide left today. Tramere have a centre back George Ray, signed on a free. He’s 26, he’s played more professional games than our entire back four v Preston and was the club captain at Crewe for a good couple of years before moving. Looks quite composed from what I’ve seen today. I wonder if our spreadsheet considered either of them or would have adjusted to fit a good experienced free signing at centre half who you won’t lose money on?
Never suggested it did. Just making reference to a fairly successful youthful team playing good football as theyve got players in or around the first team with experience...
Your point on experience is shared universally and something I’ve argued for repeatedly. But I’d use such as Luton and their summer recruitment as a better comparison, Charlton too. The clubs we came up with. No bigger than us, no wealthier, with inexperienced managers too. They both added a handful of players that would have massively helped us in the short term. But there are 35 games to play so we don’t know for certain that our strategy will fail.
Look at the stats, it was an excellent smash and grab victory that drums home yet again that the only thing that matters is scoring more goals than your opponent...... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49949342
With a makeshift team with lots of injuries Tranmere had to defend for long periods but the goal was a cracker.
