I’m hovering over the cancellation button on our hotel…. The only thing that is stopping me, is the chance we may have a new manager, which would inject some hope of a new beginning.

I mean Christ it would be some baptism of fire, with a bunch of midfielders unavailable and only 1 fit reserve central defender, against top of the league. But I think it would be a free hit for a new manager wouldn’t it? 

Spoke to a few away ST holders, all of them have used this as one of their five returns.

Is anyone going??!  

19 minutes ago, Bertie said:

Forester must keep his place after that.

He should have kept his place last time but he didn’t as soon as Gethin was back and sadly the same thing will happen again I’m afraid as Rico and Johnno walk back in.

Forrester played at Stockport

Was dogshit

Just added for balance.

Was v good tonight

1 minute ago, Whitesince63 said:

He should have kept his place last time but he didn’t as soon as Gethin was back and sadly the same thing will happen again I’m afraid as Rico and Johnno walk back in.

I posted before you both i saw yours

3 minutes ago, Casino said:

Like it

Its easy us no nowt amateurs saying we need to beef up midfield but that cant happen til the window

If we dont sign that midfielder, im evatt out

Isn’t the answer already in the squad? 

Edited December 20, 20241 yr by Mounts Kipper

24 minutes ago, Stig said:

Yeah I preferred seeing defenders just defending.

Good result considering positions and form.

To be fair we can't deny Santos would have been all over the defending in that game, he would have won every header and challenge like he does in those games.

Santos or Jones at CB?

Just now, Casino said:

Forrester played at Stockport

Was dogshit

Just added for balance.

Was v good tonight

One of the games not too far off his injury wasn’t it? Was definitely rusty granted. 
 

whenever he played last season though I felt he deserved to keep his place. 

Who?

Who knows?

Maybe but if its Dempsey, we need a back up

28 minutes ago, Arrested development said:

Hard earned point. Fair in the end. 

Will Forrester MOTM by a country mile.

The midfield is the problem though. Big problem. Without Sheehan there's no creativity. Matete is just average. Lolos was shit. Thomasson has been below par twice in a row. There's no chemistry. Needs addressing in January. 

 

 

Forrester and Matete both 8 out of 10 for me, both for their defensive work and physicality rather than creativity.

Just now, barrycowdrill said:

One of the games not too far off his injury wasn’t it? Was definitely rusty granted. 
 

whenever he played last season though I felt he deserved to keep his place. 

It might be true, but im just taking issue with an argument he was dropped on the back of being Baresi

17 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said:

 Plus he’s not obsessed with thinking he’s Rio fucking Ferdinand and all the play needs to go through him.  

100% this, Santos brings a lot physically,  but when he plays everything goes through him and it is too slow and one dimensional. Whilst we weren't at our best with the ball, we were quicker and more varied coming out from the back 

3 minutes ago, Casino said:

Forrester played at Stockport

Was dogshit

Just added for balance.

Was v good tonight

They were all dogshit at Stockport. Nobody came out of that smelling of anything other than dogshit.

Have we by chance discovered a plan b. We don't have to play out from the back all the time. Support was brilliant. Wycombe definately won't stay at the top, their were very poor.

 

 

Just now, Johnnyrotten said:

Forrester and Matete both 8 out of 10 for me, both for their defensive work and physicality rather than creativity.

Maybe thats the issue

Matete takes a lot of the blame for last week for me

Tonight hes one of the best

41 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

 

Some phenomenal heads of hair there.

Forrester my Man of the Match. Defense lumped it down field when under pressure. Great to see instead of ten minutes of sideways passing. Team moved the ball much faster and surprisingly we didn't miss Santos at all. Players all worked their socks off closing down and breaking up play. Who cares if it was a shit match. A draw feels like a win and starts building confidence ahead of two home matches. Good performance and great fans 

4 minutes ago, Casino said:

Who?

Who knows?

Maybe but if its Dempsey, we need a back up

Yes, Dempsey, but agree back up is a no brainer. 

1 minute ago, FrancisFogarty said:

They were all dogshit at Stockport. Nobody came out of that smelling of anything other than dogshit.

Didnt say they did

Evatt had his idea of the best 3

Santos , johnston and toal and poss jones

To break in you cant have a shit game when you get a chance

Imo

6 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

To be fair we can't deny Santos would have been all over the defending in that game, he would have won every header and challenge like he does in those games.

Santos or Jones at CB?

Good point. Santos any day. But a Santos told not to mess around on the ball would be the ideal.

A back 4 with him and Forrester or Toal as the CBs would be ideal

1 minute ago, Stig said:

Good point. Santos any day. But a Santos told not to mess around on the ball would be the ideal.

A back 4 with him and Forrester or Toal as the CBs would be ideal

Johnston?

Don't forget Southwold on thr bench

Just now, Casino said:

Johnston?

Not big and strong enough for me as one of the 2 CBs in a back 4.

Would be a LB option 

Just now, CambridgeBWFC said:

100% this, Santos brings a lot physically,  but when he plays everything goes through him and it is too slow and one dimensional. Whilst we weren't at our best with the ball, we were quicker and more varied coming out from the back 

We showed in the away play off leg at Barnsley that we could lower the risk level from the back and still be a threat. We went a bit longer, didn't invite the press, didn't make mistakes in our own half but instead pushed onto their defenders, made them turn and they made the mistakes. We murdered Barnsley for 70-odd minutes.

No reason why we can't get plenty of points, clean sheets and wins doing similar this season, up to Evatt to decide he wants to do it regularly rather than on a one-off occasion. If Santos can't operate in that manner he shouldn't be a shoe-in.

2 minutes ago, Stig said:

But a Santos told not to mess around on the ball would be the ideal.

Which leads him to try a 40 yarder in to the channel for a running striker. Problem is there’s no one running. 
 

id personally fine the fucker every time he’s within 25 yard of Baxter on goal kicks. 

13 minutes ago, Casino said:

Forrester played at Stockport

Was dogshit

Just added for balance.

Was v good tonight

Maybe he was one of the ones who'd been on intravenous fluids?

Half the bloody team that day had been poorly.

1 minute ago, barrycowdrill said:

Which leads him to try a 40 yarder in to the channel for a running striker. Problem is there’s no one running. 
 

id personally fine the fucker every time he’s within 25 yard of Baxter on goal kicks. 

This this and more this.