You seriously think we'd have faired any better than the likes of Northampton had we been in Div 3 with this squad? Even our top triers, like Mullin and Norris are devoid of genuine talent and imagine our defence against Wigan and Blackburn!
It's not as inept as a Ken Beamish squad I grant you, but poor it is.
This squad was built for Div 4. If Power wanted to be in Div 3 then the time for building a Div 3 squad was last year. Cobblers managed staying up with Richards and Taylor.
This is the crux of the biscuit.... Building a squad capable of playing in Div 3 when you're in Div 4 either costs or takes time
Lou Macari couldn't do it first season, but he could start to lay foundations, work out the established players he wished to keep like Charlie Henry, Dave Hockaday, Andy Rowland... then add in some of his own Colin Gordon, David Cole, Peter Coyne, Chris Ramsey... then in the second season get in quality like Colin Calderwood. Now we know CC was acquired using illegal methods so this isn't an option for the next gaffer.
Wyndham... thanks for flagging up the Kasim error. Cobblers visit Walsall on Saturday. A massive game