Win and back in the play off spots 

 

I'm just grateful that when they had a late opportunity to score a winner in injury time it fell to Kachunga

46 minutes ago, Casino said:

Come on

That balls going to Andrews and im sat mumbling 'put him on his right'

If i know that, McAtee has to know

If he does that Andrews either retreats or down the line and kicks with his stump

Plus, i think the cross is so good, you have to hold your hands up

 

And the header, no way do we have anybody in our whole squad that can head a ball like that.

11 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Correct. For me, Evatt shouldn't be let near another transfer window kitty and, come to that, neither should Markham. We're not party to such stuff but I'd suggest the Sheehan contract was, notwithstanding the right things being said by all on the day, about us maximising the scope to make a decent wedge if there's interest. 

Sorry interest in Sheehan? From where? To my knowledge he's never been the subject of any speculation, never mind actual interest. Yet again we reward failure. 

2 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

Sorry interest in Sheehan? From where? To my knowledge he's never been the subject of any speculation, never mind actual interest. Yet again we reward failure. 

Harsh. Speculation only means his agent is throwing out bits to the media, nothing more. 

He’ll have offers from plenty of clubs and, as mentioned, there’ll be buyout figures in there designed to protect him and the club. We’ll get bids for him at the end of the season. You can choose not to believe that, or see it as rewarding failure, but a Welsh international who’s played at the top end of league one for 2 years AND been voted into team of the season by his colleagues, will attract clubs. 
 

 

17 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Correct. For me, Evatt shouldn't be let near another transfer window kitty and, come to that, neither should Markham

It’s not just them involved  we gave some football stats data driven company shares in the club . Can’t remember what they are called but if we’re tied into them with transfers that’s another level of shit a new manger would have to navigate 

5 minutes ago, thebells said:

Harsh. Speculation only means his agent is throwing out bits to the media, nothing more. 

He’ll have offers from plenty of clubs and, as mentioned, there’ll be buyout figures in there designed to protect him and the club. We’ll get bids for him at the end of the season. You can choose not to believe that, or see it as rewarding failure, but a Welsh international who’s played at the top end of league one for 2 years AND been voted into team of the season by his colleagues, will attract clubs. 
 

 

Generous 

32 minutes ago, tomski said:

No reaction in system when they go to 10.

Nothing when we score.

Nothing when they score.

All very telling.

If it doesn't happen in the 70th minute it's not happening. And when it does it's like for like. All too predictable.

That was pretty awful.Sloppy passing all over the park , not withstanding enabling them to get back in the game.The subs were catastrophic ruining any flow we had which wasn’t great but at least we had possession of the ball.Evatt went on about countering them in the last quarter by bringing on ‘more physical/ bigger ‘players .Really? Why not try to get a second goal against ten men?

His post match interview was desperate & excuses inplausible . Looks like a guy who hasn’t got the wherewithal to get this  team promoted unfortunately.
 

6 minutes ago, thebells said:

Harsh. Speculation only means his agent is throwing out bits to the media, nothing more. 

He’ll have offers from plenty of clubs and, as mentioned, there’ll be buyout figures in there designed to protect him and the club. We’ll get bids for him at the end of the season. You can choose not to believe that, or see it as rewarding failure, but a Welsh international who’s played at the top end of league one for 2 years AND been voted into team of the season by his colleagues, will attract clubs. 
 

 

There will be clubs that will have noticed his international performances and seen someone who can hold his own against better than L1 level opposition if in the right system and with better players around him

Think our summer recruitment needs careful analysis, not one of them appears to be an improvement on who they have replaced. 

Soon as they went down to 10, I had a feeling they would up their game. 

But we can whinge and moan all we like, when you have 8 players in their back quarter, and you can't get round their defenders, you're going to struggle to win. 

"I don't know what happened out there tonight but I do know I won the Papa John's trophy recently"

32 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Let’s see what he says at his post match interview and who’s at fault. 

Whichever game he was watching was a different one to me.

”We’d done the hard yards”

“We just didn’t manage the last 10 minutes well enough”

“The only way they were going to score was from a set play”

”The one time we switch off”

”In large parts we did the basics well”

”We had control of the game. We had the game in the palm of our hands”

4 minutes ago, Zico said:

"I don't know what happened out there tonight but I do know I won the Papa John's trophy recently"

And its my top priority to take you all back to Wembley for a 3rd time 

What can i say another IE special. Getting bored.

59 minutes ago, thebells said:

Harsh. Speculation only means his agent is throwing out bits to the media, nothing more. 

He’ll have offers from plenty of clubs and, as mentioned, there’ll be buyout figures in there designed to protect him and the club. We’ll get bids for him at the end of the season. You can choose not to believe that, or see it as rewarding failure, but a Welsh international who’s played at the top end of league one for 2 years AND been voted into team of the season by his colleagues, will attract clubs. 
 

 

Correct. 
 

Re Evatt. We are just treading water now. Waste of a season. Should have done it after Wembley.

2 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

 Bit sloppy. Need to change things up again.

We didn’t. Got what we hardly deserved.

But, but, Pep didn't win again tonight in the Champions League so that makes it all okay.

We had won the game so we didn't need to score again.......i despise this cunt

I just listened to Evatt and Johnston's interviews. They mentioned that it's a tough place to go and that they're big and physical and their fans rallied behind them.

Cambridge United. 22nd in League One. Less than 5,000 supporters. 10 men for an entire half. And we want to be playing in the Championship? That is the funniest joke I have heard.

Absolutely calamity and joke of a mentality. When the players and manager think with this mindset then it's no surprise why it's 5 years later and we're still playing at places like Cambridge and suffering.

We will get absolutely nowhere if radical change doesn't happen.

3 hours ago, Arrested development said:

Osei tutu is a winger. He might of been brought in to play wing back but he can play wide. Randall can play as a winger if needed. 

We could do it. He just chooses not to. This had nothing to do with formations. This one's on the players for losing two points. 

 

I find it very hard to believe Randell Williams would get in many League One sides playing as a winger. Osei-Tutu, so far as I can see, has 0 league goals and 1 assist in knocking on five years.

If those are your options for width, you're fucked if you need width.

Sack him NOW before we are too far out of the promotion hunt

Bring in big Sam

Slept on it and reconsidered.

Nope, was still a pile of shit 😟

6 hours ago, Lostock Whites said:

I just listened to Evatt and Johnston's interviews. They mentioned that it's a tough place to go and that they're big and physical and their fans rallied behind them.

Cambridge United. 22nd in League One. Less than 5,000 supporters. 10 men for an entire half. And we want to be playing in the Championship? That is the funniest joke I have heard.

Absolutely calamity and joke of a mentality. When the players and manager think with this mindset then it's no surprise why it's 5 years later and we're still playing at places like Cambridge and suffering.

We will get absolutely nowhere if radical change doesn't happen.

You couldn't ask for an easier away game to win. For Evatt to be coming out saying we controlled it until the last 10 mins speaks volumes about how deluded he is (as we were poor pretty much throughout), and also how he can't affect a game. It's obvious against 10 men they will play for set pieces. We had 30 mins to change shape, stretch them and get another goal before that. Or keep men up field in that last 10 mins for counter attacks.

He's just out of his depth and needs moving on.

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8 hours ago, Farnywhite said:

It’s not just them involved  we gave some football stats data driven company shares in the club . Can’t remember what they are called but if we’re tied into them with transfers that’s another level of shit a new manger would have to navigate 

Ludonautics. The guy who set it up was interviewed on The Price of Football podcast, Ian Graham. 

8 hours ago, Underpants said:

It made perfect sense taking GT off.

We've been here before with Tomo on a yellow, and concerns he will get sent off.

Usually ends up playing better!

If there was an suitable replacement available, or we were further ahead then yes, sub him.

Only 1-0, not playing overly well, and the necessary, formulaic substitutions see us tweaken the midfield.

Of course we should have been able to cope, but we're not ripping up trees, and it comes down to the manager again.

As for the transfer window, I simply can't see how there will be money to spend without player sales first.

Moreover, if we fail to go up, then you'd imagine player sales would have to happen as well.

Sharon's comments about finances previously suggest such funding cannot continue. 

That's the big risk in waiting until the end of the season before deciding on his tenure; any new manager may have his first job involving reducing squad size/quality. May make recruitment tougher.

Make the decision earlier and a new gaffer still has the season with this squad, and can have the window to ship out ones he doesn't want.