8 hours ago, Burndens Bogs said:

So is the Katcha love-in officially on?

Might get a tattoo of Dion if that’s the case,

I see what you did there..... 😉

 

Trains will always have the last laugh... all trains to Sheffield and Notts cancelled last night, had to crash on mates couch. Only just going home now 😂

4 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Trains will always have the last laugh... all trains to Sheffield and Notts cancelled last night, had to crash on mates couch. Only just going home now 😂

Bet Stephen James doesn’t encounter this😀

9 hours ago, Cheese said:

Spot on. It's a shame more people don't understand the role he plays and think he's just supposed to be another Dion.

 

He's scored 0 goals in 38 league games. 2 in 70 if you include last season. 

There's definitely a middle ground between Dion Charles-type goalscorer and 'level on goals with Ricardo Santos over two seasons'.

He's clearly not good enough to be a starting forward for a team looking to get out of this division. Personally I wouldn't be against him sticking around as a squad player because he seems a lovely guy and good to have around the place, but I doubt Evatt is as soft as me.

2 hours ago, radcliffe white said:

I think most have acknowledged that he played very well yesterday myself included who’s been very critical of his performances 

but you can count on one hand his good games and his goal return is still poor, for me it’s come a little late with his contract up  soon. At the very most if we didn’t go up maybe offer him a 1 year deal but I don’t get the scapegoat comment unless someone said something further back 

Think that where I am with him, he’s had quite a few decent games recently, perhaps his contract coming up has concentrated his mind, stay in this division I’d be inclined to give him 12 months but if we get promoted it’s bus fare home & thx. 

Looking at our forward line at the beginning of the season the expectation / hope was for Charles / Dapo / JDB and Baka all be looking at around 10-15 goals each. 
 

looking forward I don’t think it’s realistic for the current forward line to be delivering the same. 
 

this shows the root of our problems. You have to recognise the improvement in Kacha since probably Accy in the semi however with a club looking to get somewhere there’s very little room for sentiment when the numbers don’t stack up 

7 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Think that where I am with him, he’s had quite a few decent games recently, perhaps his contract coming up has concentrated his mind, stay in this division I’d be inclined to give him 12 months but if we get promoted it’s bus fare home & thx. 

We’ve struggled massively for goals this season, we have Jerome & vic contracted who early days don’t look anything prolific so adding another would be crazy imo

 

I agree with most not his biggest fan but he as played well recently gets around the pitch and puts a shift in but he is a striker and he doesn’t score enough. 

3 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

We’ve struggled massively for goals this season, we have Jerome & vic contracted who early days don’t look anything prolific so adding another would be crazy imo

 

I’d be paying Jerome’s contract up he’s not up to it, Vic hasn’t done enough yet but I’d take a view next season if he’s still struggling cut our losses in January, Kachunga is a very different player to the 2 mentioned and his press & technical ability is very decent, if he could add some goals he’d be a useful asset…. I’ve been critical of him for a long time but that’s my take on him at the present time. 

1 hour ago, radcliffe white said:

Bet Stephen James doesn’t encounter this😀

Chauffeur driven to every game now I've heard 

1 hour ago, Cheese said:

 

Dempsey was class in that second goal. Orchestrated the whole thing and makes it so simple.

 What was the sending off for? Looked like nothing 

4 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

Dempsey was class in that second goal. Orchestrated the whole thing and makes it so simple.

 What was the sending off for? Looked like nothing 

He was grabbing MJ's hair as the corner was being taken, and pulled his hairband out and threw it behind the goal. Then after the corner, as they were heading back up the pitch, he slapped him in the back of the head and grabbed his hair again. Very odd behaviour, deserving of the red in my opinion.

Edited April 30, 20233 yr by Cheese

Just now, London Wanderer said:

Dempsey was class in that second goal. Orchestrated the whole thing and makes it so simple.

 What was the sending off for? Looked like nothing 

Before the corner MJ and Stockley had a bit of a battle and MJ’s headband came off onto the floor - whilst he was arguing with one of the defenders, Stockley picked it up and threw it off the pitch, MJ went and got it and then they carried on arguing / pushing and shoving before the corner came in.

MJ then pushed Stockley as it came in and the ref blew up for the foul, he’s then arguing with the ref as he’s jogging away from goal, Stockley is behind him and went to pull his headband off his head and at the same time grabbed his hair. A few players spotted it and the bench spotted it straight away and were in the 4th officials ear because they’d seen that he’d seen it too.

4th official then tells the ref - ridiculously soft but laws of the game say it’s raising your hands to another players head, so the ref sends him off.

You’d be so pissed off with how soft it is if you’re Fleetwood, but once the ref knew about it then it’s technically the right decision.

Worked perfectly for us because he was causing us problems (proper L1 centre forward) and after that they couldn’t really get up the pitch.

Just now, Cheese said:

He was grabbing MJ's hair as the corner was being taken, and pulled his hairband out and threw it behind the goal. Then after the corner, as they were heading back up the pitch, he slapped him the back of the head and grabbed his hair again. Very odd behaviour, deserving of the red in my opinion.

Fuckin hell, aye. Just couldn’t make it out from the video. Deffo deserving of two yellows in that, fair play to the Lino.

Do we rest players for the Bristol game ?

Watched the red card again this morning. Might be the stupidest red I’ve ever seen.

3 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Do we rest players for the Bristol game ?

Still need a result

8 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Evatt is a bit defensive/paranoid at times and doesn't want to spoil his great relationship with the fans by going too far down that road as it eventually leads into Megson territory

I’m sorry but I’m calling this out again - it’s absolute nonsense.

Couple on here and more on Twatter, making some crazy interpretations.

If it’s from these comments that circulated from IE yesterday then your interpretation couldn’t be any wider off the mark;

“football is a subjective sport and everyone thinks they can do my job better than me, everyone thinks they can recruit better than we have.”

Can people not see he’s being candid? Do some not see that every manager in the world will be aware of this? He knows what “football fans” are like, he accepts this and is ok with this. He’s not paranoid, he’s not on a slippery slope for goodness sake.

Again go back to his comments after Accrington if you want any confirmation of his opinion and relationship with the fans.

He’s probably laughing his cock off when in one breath he hears “We’ve got super Ian Evatt he knows exactly what we need…” to the next breath someone losing the plot because we passed it sideways or backwards.

3 minutes ago, tomski said:

Watched the red card again this morning. Might be the stupidest red I’ve ever seen.

... & Scott Brown declaring that they've looked at it & nothing happened is selective McGooism too.

2 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

Still need a result

Was hoping we could say to the likes of Bradley, Charles, Dempsey etc don't travel, rest up. I'd possibly still rest a few rather than risk it.

7 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

Still need a result

Agree. Those that need a rest with the playoffs incoming probably shouldn’t play any part. No midweek games etc. 

1 minute ago, Marc505 said:

Was hoping we could say to the likes of Bradley, Charles, Dempsey etc don't travel, rest up. I'd possibly still rest a few rather than risk it.

He’s going to rest a few isn’t he? Which I think is right.

I’ve got a feeling we’ll see Dempsey given a rest. I also think Bradley will - maybe give Randell a go on the right with Dec on the left. Possibly Jones too. They are the only ones, I think, who have been ran ragged these last couple of months.

And Trafford……

A very controversial one would be Dixon - but he’s not played for so long and if (God forbid) he was needed in the play-offs a bit of 1st 11 game time might not be beyond the realms of possibility… 2nd thoughts, nah keep him on the bench 🤣

3 minutes ago, desperado said:

He’s going to rest a few isn’t he? Which I think is right.

I’ve got a feeling we’ll see Dempsey given a rest. I also think Bradley will - maybe give Randell a go on the right with Dec on the left. Possibly Jones too. They are the only ones, I think, who have been ran ragged these last couple of months.

And Trafford……

A very controversial one would be Dixon - but he’s not played for so long and if (God forbid) he was needed in the play-offs a bit of 1st 11 game time might not be beyond the realms of possibility… 2nd thoughts, nah keep him on the bench 🤣

Whatever team he goes with we really need to finish 5th, because  playing sheff wed in front of 40k will be a massive task. 

Edited April 30, 20233 yr by Mounts Kipper

 

 

A little not for those under the impression that this little spell in our history has been charactertised by derby matches against much smaller clubs who we've had difficulty dealing with. In Accrington's case it's true (they've won 4, we've won 3, there's been 1 draw). Morecambe have never beaten us in the six games we've played v them. 

.... and when you look at the record below we're Fleetwood's bogey side.