Mindset starting the new 20/21 season

Just a point that I haven't seen anyone touch on yet (although could well be hidden within one of the many threads about match days and Pep).

We have to consider there will be a much faster than normal turn around for the new season. What we cannot afford to do is have the players in a losing mindset going into the new season. For me this is the biggest reason the board have to act swiftly and get a new manager in place now.

Josh McEachran and David Davis included we currently only have 17 senior players at the club as we speak. Bellingham is off, Hogan and JCS aren't ours leaving 14. Add to the mix the rumours about Pedersen and Sunjic leaving as well. Camp looks to be leaving as well as he only signed a couple of months contract and we're suddenly in big trouble.

We're going to need to bring in around 10 senior Pro's just to ensure the squad is competitive in this division and they need to be 10 very good ones to finish in the top half. What we cannot afford to do is have the small squad left here in awful form with a losing mindset and then try to get another 10 players to gel into that sort of atmosphere. It could be the recipe we all fear, relegation.

All can be avoided if we act swiftly to make the right appointment, get him in for the last 3 or 4 games so he can assess the players he knows will be left and can start to work with the board on what needs bringing in to fit the format and style that he wants to play.

Our biggest problem will come if we leave that until the season has finished we will only have 6 weeks or so to get all of that done.

The board need to pull their fingers out, and quickly.