The Final

[Not in Crawley]

Just now, superkev said:

Do we though. Do we just think that because they’re our players

Maybe, but don't we think we've seen them play beautifully? I still wouldn't trade our players for Oxfords. And that's down again to Evatt. 

Personally never liked the fella - happy for him to do the work for us, worried he never really would.

Wouldn't be upset if he went tomorrow 

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[Stig]

2 minutes ago, superkev said:

Do we though. Do we just think that because they’re our players

I don't think we necessarily have the best first 11, there are too many other good players at other teams you could make a case for. But in terms of overall squad we definitely have top 2 material, alongside Pompey, so over the course of the season a good manager should have got us to top 2, as Evatt said was the target.

There's been periods this season where we have an embarrassment of riches compared to other teams in this league.

And there have been times where we've had injuries and still been able to put out a team that should beat almost anyone in this league.

Not getting promoted is a major underachievement for Evatt.

[London Wanderer]

2 hours ago, royal white said:

Is that Evatt though? 11 players took to the field and looked like strangers, shit passing, bottling tackles, no desire. They were all awful. 

100%

[royal white]

7 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

I'm sure RW is proper gay

 

For once in your life you might be right 

[Not in Crawley]

2 minutes ago, royal white said:

For once in your life you might be right 

Like a stopped clock

[gonzo]

Big game bottlers.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, boogs said:

My fear is that I think they did. 

Why I asked the question earlier. Hard to tell, but I'm not surprised at the result, although perhaps the non-existent performance. 

1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Evatt and Dempsey have both come out and said they can't understand why it went wrong

Even if there manager got his tactics right, there are aspects that can't be down to that.

Lack of accuracy and slow passing, lack of movement and pressing.

We have beaten teams this season that sit back, but that involves tempo, aggression and desire.

Lots to ponder. 

[Farnywhite]

A big Sam side would take a evatt side to the cleaners 7 days a week and twice in a Sunday . Tippy tappy football stick it up your arse 

Edited May 18, 2024 by Farnywhite

[gonzo]

Santos stood with hie foot on the ball will live long in the memory.

Sell him to the lowest bidder.

Sell them all.

Absolute fucking shit bottling cunts to a man.

Losers.

[Not in Crawley]

2 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

A big Sam side would take a evatt side to the cleaners 7 days a week and twice in a Sunday . Tippy tappy football stick it up your arse 

That's not right, but we need a leader whi can be pragmatic as well as an idealist.

My constant worry is that Evatt isn't bright enough to lead a club of this size, and tactics are a minimum. But I just don't believe he believes it.

And that's why we always come up short when we need it. It's happened for years under his watch and it's not surprising.

[Farnywhite]

12 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

100%

Of course it’s is fault he signed them all bar one . Every time we make a signing evett always says they look at the character of the player not one of them as any bottle 

[royal white]

1 minute ago, Not in Crawley said:

That's not right, but we need a leader whi can be pragmatic as well as an idealist.

My constant worry is that Evatt isn't bright enough to lead a club of this size, and tactics are a minimum. But I just don't believe he believes it.

And that's why we always come up short when we need it. It's happened for years under his watch and it's not surprising.

A club of this size? 😂

[Adlington Trotter]

2 hours ago, batton carrier said:

What a shit day . 

Oh and every Oxford fan I spoke to was a day tripping cunt .I hope they get battered every week

Staying over near Paddington tonight. They absolutely do have some utter bellends following them. Smarmy remarks when you walk past. One asked my 6 year old lad what score it finished. Cunt. (The Oxford fan, not my son).

Edited May 18, 2024 by Adlington Trotter

[mickbrown]

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Santos stood with hie foot on the ball will live long in the memory.

Sell him to the lowest bidder.

Sell them all.

Absolute fucking shit bottling cunts to a man.

Losers.

Aye. Not that we had any today, but he just sucks any momentum we have out of a game. 
 

Head it, tackle and outmuscle folk aye, but please stop the ball going though him. It kills us. 

[jmjhb]

Has he gone yet?

[Eddie]

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Santos stood with hie foot on the ball will live long in the memory.

Sell him to the lowest bidder.

Sell them all.

Absolute fucking shit bottling cunts to a man.

Losers.

 

What about stood with his hands on his hips on the half way line for about 2 minutes (Dempsey had just walked over to him at this point - he’d been stood alone for a good 90 seconds or so), in about the 88th minute whilst there was a break in play - I took this picture because we were fucking furious with how placid he was and doing absolutely fuck all when his team was 10 minutes away from throwing the season down the shitter.

He can be the best defender in the league. A leader he is not.

[London Wanderer]

Oxford didn’t even start that well, we just pondered about & slowly let them play.
There was one moment Thomason was in the final third with nobody around him & still went backwards. Actually think him & Dempsey were the ones who did show some desire at points.

Santos nearly cost us in the semis & was awful today. That first goal was shameful. 
 

Next season will be the tough. Arguably the toughest third tier we’ve ever seen. The problem we now have is that FV may not be capable of making the tough decision.
 

Time for a break from it all. 

[royal white]

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

 

What about stood with his hands on his hips on the half way line for about 2 minutes (Dempsey had just walked over to him at this point - he’d been stood alone for a good 90 seconds or so), in about the 88th minute whilst there was a break in play - I took this picture because we were fucking furious with how placid he was and doing absolutely fuck all when his team was 10 minutes away from throwing the season down the shitter.

He can be the best defender in the league. A leader he is not.

There’s no in between, he’s either the best or the worst. 

[Not in Crawley]

9 minutes ago, royal white said:

A club of this size? 😂

Obviously it's not quite a bottom of a size you'd like to enjoy.

#kinkypoobum

[SatanGreavsie]

Th'East Midlands Whites are just back - not sure we can even bother to start drinking heavily. Maybe I'll just open a can and pass it from one hand to another for 10 minutes while the glass in front of me stays resolutely still. Then I'll just go backwards and pour it down the shitter and start again.

[radcliffe white]

So what’s today’s excuse injuries? 

[jmjhb]

Oxford have a manager who actually set up their strategy against the opponent. With Evatt, it's rinse and repeat down to the same identikit subs. Every bastard game.

We didn't turn up but that was partly because they nullified us so well and Evatt had no response.

He may get a Championship job, because it if goes well, it's nice tippy-tappy football. 

I'm pissed off that I've been proven right with my miserable moaning to be honest.

Edited May 18, 2024 by jmjhb

[London Wanderer]

Imagine being one of the arrogant muppets who stormed the pitch after we lost a second leg to Barnsley. 
 

Everything about that was naive 

[ErnestTurnip]

To be fair to IE his philosophy failed to get us up through the playoffs last year and it failed to get us up through the playoffs this year so at least we know his approach is consistent.

 

 

 

[Whitesince63]

Have to say Evatt looked totally perplexed during his interview after the game. I just couldn’t get over his assertion that when we play it quickly and zip the ball around we’re a different team. Yes Ian, so why do you let that useless lump in the middle ruin any tempo with his shite walking football and standing with his foot on the ball? If that’s against your instructions then grow a pair and yank him off. That back three cost us that game today no question as they have done several others this year yet you don’t seem to call them out. Gutless the lot of you.