Apart from Ennis Mayor Azaz and Cosgrove then? Just the four.
The solid backbone of last season's League-winning team :
- Cooper (out for most of this season),
- Scarr (rarely plays now), Wilson,
- Azaz, Matete, Mayor,
- Ennis and Cosgrove has been badly missed all season plus the roles played by Burton, Gillesphey, Longwijk, Butcher, Earley, Callum Wright , Tyreik Wright plus the loss of Grant, Bolton, Jephcott etc..
Last season, we had subs. who could come on and change games mainly thanks to having 4 strikers.
To repeat the obvious once again,
as Ennis and Cosgrove weren't replaced in July 2023 or in January 2024, we have suffered in attack (Whittaker, Hardie now seem mentally and physically drained) and in defence as Ennis, Cosgrove worked hard off the ball , defended corners, free kicks well against
big centre halves or forwards who've punished us this season from
set-pieces.
Foster has his faults but
The Recruitment Team are responsible for the above. Hopefully within a week or so, they can find a goal scoring
Free Agent striker now and a box-to-box midfielder Free Agent to replace Gyabi and add energy, speed to our midfield !