REMYCA Boss enjoying a good start to the new season
Tue 27th September 2016 | Litherland REMYCA | By Gary Langley
Litherland Remyca currently sit joint top of the Division One table at present and are currently on their best run of form in the Hallmark Security League. The club, now in their third season have finished just outside of the play-off spots in the last two campaigns and with a great start to this season, eight straight wins in all competitions and only beaten once this season early doors to St Helens Town, life is looking good for the side from Sefton.
Manager, Phil Stafford took time out to speak to us about the start of the season, the clubs aims and what he has done to improve the clubs chances this campaign. He also looks at the busy start to the season and tells us that he is enjoying the frequency of the games at present but knows that ut could easily be a different view.
“Things are going well for us at the moment and we are doing ok. Like any manager at any club, we set our stall out at the start of the season looking to get points on the board quickly and we have been lucky enough to do that. I mentioned last week actually to our media team the fact that we have a good amount of points but the performances in a couple of the games did not match the return we got so in some respects, when you can take three points from games you are not particularly good in then that’s a good sign.
In the summer we changed a couple of things around at the club, nothing too drastic as we had created a good template here at Remyca but we were lucky enough to be able to bring in Paul McNally to our coaching staff. Paul had done well with an impressive Lairds side and for us we wanted to bring a fresh outlook into the changing room and someone with that extra steel. We knew all of our players and perhaps they just needed a couple of different perspectives on things to broaden their game mindset. As a Coaching crew we have myself, Andy Olsen, Stuart Kier and now Paul and we haven’t had an argument yet, we all have different things to bring to the table and we feel as a club it is our duty to develop players on all levels and we are getting there.
We did not change too many personnel over the closed season, we have an experienced squad now, a number of players are up to 75+ appearances for us and with appearances brings match experience. You cannot buy the experience the likes of Chris Tyson and Colin Quirk have but the addition of players who have made it through the youth team like Niall Gannon, Ewan McKevitt and Lewis Murphy show that we can freshen things up in-house and give players the opportunities too. For me one of the main additions was Michael Boyle, current Division One Hallmark Security League Player of the month, he has made a real impact and gives me multiple options on the park.
For us, our aims this season are the play-offs, we were like everyone else, we did not know the effect and impact of the six new clubs so we planned accordingly. The New teams have made the expected impact but in that they are all taking points off each other too so for us we just need to concentrate on our own game and if we can meet our aim or go one or two places better that would be decent for us. It is a long season though and we are only in late September though so ask me again at Christmas!
We did progress in the Buildbase FA Vase on Saturday, we saw off a spirited Vauxhall Motors side who were ahead at one point, the beat us in pre-season but we knew that they would give us a good game and so it proved but we were able to reign them in at the end. As far as our chances go, everyone wants a cup run and if we are able to progress another round or two then that would be great but our main focus is the league. Don’t get me wrong though we will never knock a cup run and at the moment we are doing well on a number of fronts.
The league is settling down well and taking shape. The new sides in the Division have made a real impact, for me clubs like Charnock Richard who were expected to do well to be fair have come in and played well and Alsager with the likes of Lennon’ and Glover’ there, they look a force and will be there or thereabouts. You have to look at City of Liverpool too, they have taken to the league really well and have a tremendous squad there. It will be interesting how it looks by say February, we will know then who the real movers and shakers will be at the top end. The games have been coming thick and fast and to be honest I don’t mind that. Winning obviously helps me form that opinion, if we were losing we would probably be moaning about it, such is the fickle nature of the game. One thing is for sure though, the fans this season are having a ball, there seems to be a lot of interest in and around the league at the moment, we as clubs and players are doing our bit and the whole thing is looking good.”
REMYCA Boss enjoying a good start to the new season
Tue 27th September 2016 | Litherland REMYCA
By Gary Langley
Litherland Remyca currently sit joint top of the Division One table at present and are currently on their best run of form in the Hallmark Security League. The club, now in their third season have finished just outside of the play-off spots in the last two campaigns and with a great start to this season, eight straight wins in all competitions and only beaten once this season early doors to St Helens Town, life is looking good for the side from Sefton.
Manager, Phil Stafford took time out to speak to us about the start of the season, the clubs aims and what he has done to improve the clubs chances this campaign. He also looks at the busy start to the season and tells us that he is enjoying the frequency of the games at present but knows that ut could easily be a different view.
“Things are going well for us at the moment and we are doing ok. Like any manager at any club, we set our stall out at the start of the season looking to get points on the board quickly and we have been lucky enough to do that. I mentioned last week actually to our media team the fact that we have a good amount of points but the performances in a couple of the games did not match the return we got so in some respects, when you can take three points from games you are not particularly good in then that’s a good sign.
In the summer we changed a couple of things around at the club, nothing too drastic as we had created a good template here at Remyca but we were lucky enough to be able to bring in Paul McNally to our coaching staff. Paul had done well with an impressive Lairds side and for us we wanted to bring a fresh outlook into the changing room and someone with that extra steel. We knew all of our players and perhaps they just needed a couple of different perspectives on things to broaden their game mindset. As a Coaching crew we have myself, Andy Olsen, Stuart Kier and now Paul and we haven’t had an argument yet, we all have different things to bring to the table and we feel as a club it is our duty to develop players on all levels and we are getting there.
We did not change too many personnel over the closed season, we have an experienced squad now, a number of players are up to 75+ appearances for us and with appearances brings match experience. You cannot buy the experience the likes of Chris Tyson and Colin Quirk have but the addition of players who have made it through the youth team like Niall Gannon, Ewan McKevitt and Lewis Murphy show that we can freshen things up in-house and give players the opportunities too. For me one of the main additions was Michael Boyle, current Division One Hallmark Security League Player of the month, he has made a real impact and gives me multiple options on the park.
For us, our aims this season are the play-offs, we were like everyone else, we did not know the effect and impact of the six new clubs so we planned accordingly. The New teams have made the expected impact but in that they are all taking points off each other too so for us we just need to concentrate on our own game and if we can meet our aim or go one or two places better that would be decent for us. It is a long season though and we are only in late September though so ask me again at Christmas!
We did progress in the Buildbase FA Vase on Saturday, we saw off a spirited Vauxhall Motors side who were ahead at one point, the beat us in pre-season but we knew that they would give us a good game and so it proved but we were able to reign them in at the end. As far as our chances go, everyone wants a cup run and if we are able to progress another round or two then that would be great but our main focus is the league. Don’t get me wrong though we will never knock a cup run and at the moment we are doing well on a number of fronts.
The league is settling down well and taking shape. The new sides in the Division have made a real impact, for me clubs like Charnock Richard who were expected to do well to be fair have come in and played well and Alsager with the likes of Lennon’ and Glover’ there, they look a force and will be there or thereabouts. You have to look at City of Liverpool too, they have taken to the league really well and have a tremendous squad there. It will be interesting how it looks by say February, we will know then who the real movers and shakers will be at the top end. The games have been coming thick and fast and to be honest I don’t mind that. Winning obviously helps me form that opinion, if we were losing we would probably be moaning about it, such is the fickle nature of the game. One thing is for sure though, the fans this season are having a ball, there seems to be a lot of interest in and around the league at the moment, we as clubs and players are doing our bit and the whole thing is looking good.”
