Northampton Town (A)

[CambridgeBWFC]

3 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Sharman-Lowe is far from our issue. It's our decision making in the opposition box.

Disagree when he let's in the first shot on target most games. 

[Hoppy]

29 minutes ago, waffer cup 07 said:

That on the strength of one game, today. Good god.

His stats at Northampton are similar SS here 1.38 for SS to 1.28 for NN points per game but Nolan has had nothing like SS money to spend 

[Mounts Kipper]

1 minute ago, Eddie said:

How many more goals do you want our striker to have?

I’ll judge him over the season not on a purple patch, his record shows he’s not prolific…. I’d be looking at Lincolns manager if it does not improve by Christmas. 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

6 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Burstow’s got 5 goals this season. How much better do you want than him, Haaland, Isak?

We’ve got wingers taking piss, we’ve got the “best centre mids in the league”. We’ve got a left back that’s going to play in the prem within 2 seasons.

None of them are consistent. If they were then they wouldn’t be playing in L1. We had an off day today, we looked poor in the first half but still should have won.

I agree with you about the keeper - the doubts are getting bigger.

But come on, any chance of less of the knee jerk? We could and should have done Wigan by 7 last week. We were mustard, best team in the league, everyone’s on top of the world. Now we have an off day and SS isn’t the man for us - it’s fucking embarrassing.

The poster you're responding to wasn't one of those claiming the things in bold

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

3 minutes ago, Burnden Pies said:

Well this guy certainly doesn't look like it does he?

No, he doesn't

So let's get back two others who also weren't

🤡

[Farnywhite]

7 minutes ago, Eddie said:

None of them are consistent. If they were then they wouldn’t be playing in L1. We had an off day today, we looked poor in the first half but still should have won.

Agree with all that but that’s apart from the above.

That’s a get out  there playing at league one level so if we’re saying that’s there level they have to be consistent to get up .
The top two in this division will be to get promoted . what we looking at the minute Stevenage and Bradford doing exactly that . 

not a lot to ask from this lot 

[frank_spencer]

4 minutes ago, Eddie said:

How many more goals do you want our striker to have?

If like him to stick it away when given all the time in the world.

It's not just him but we can't keep being on top and not putting the ball in the net.

[CambridgeBWFC]

7 minutes ago, worthy10 said:

Not wanting rid;As we know with Sharon, she is loyal to a fault. And getting rid of a manager is often a lengthy and painful process.But, I was so fed up with IE, and thought SS would bring a big difference, but doubts on his credibility have started to creep in. Hope I'm wrong?

This is really where I am, I dont want rid, I dont think constantly changing manager works and costs loads, something we cant afford. I was loyal to Evatt for longer than a lot, but we were due a change, I hope Schumacher was the solution and there were some positive signs, but there are also some worryingly familiar issues which we cant seem to shake and it is just so frustrating 

[bolton in bedford]

6 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

It would be nice to find out what we're about when 1 up away!

Its hard to envisage us defending a lead for 85 minutes the way for eg Lincoln did, I feel like we would have still needed a 2nd, 1-0 away with an early goal would be very un-Bolton like.

I think the miss spurred Northampton on, we looked in control to that point, and the game seemed to turn as soon as he missed.  Had Burstow scored we may well have gone to get a couple more.

[Eddie]

4 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I’ll judge him over the season not on a purple patch, his record shows he’s not prolific…. I’d be looking at Lincolns manager if it does not improve by Christmas. 

You’ve judged him already. You said he’s not good enough.

You’ve mad your mind up and now won’t move from it. Just like you said Maghoma was bang average and looked pretty silly trying to stick to it rather than admitting you were wrong.

You’ll be wrong at the end of the season, but will find every opportunity through it to say you’re right.

[Eddie]

3 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

If like him to stick it away when given all the time in the world.

It's not just him but we can't keep being on top and not putting the ball in the net.

So would I. But I didn’t expect him to ping one in off the post last week from 25 yards out. Swings and roundabouts and it’s a shocker today, but to say hes “not good enough” when he’s joint top scorer in the league is madness.

[ianofcleveleys]

9 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Sharman-Lowe is far from our issue. It's our decision making in the opposition box.

It's a bit of both for me, not convinced with TSL so far but you're right about the other end. Burstow missed one today but has hardly missed any of the fairly few other chances he's been presented with. For a team that wants to play with a no9, we don't make enough no9's chances.

[frank_spencer]

Just now, Eddie said:

So would I. But I didn’t expect him to ping one in off the post last week from 25 yards out. Swings and roundabouts and it’s a shocker today, but to say hes “not good enough” when he’s joint top scorer in the league is madness.

Given the number of chances we spurn and as our main striker it's no surprise he gets the focus if the grief. 

He's not the issue for me it's the team as a whole needs to be doing better at putting the ball in the net. 

[DaveTheRave]

Disappointing performance and result. Thought we started really well and looked good for the first 20 minutes. Burstow should obviously score an opportunity like he had and Forss had a decent chance too.

After that though the rest of the first half was scrappy. Second half we started okay and had another decent chance and got in some good positions. 

Bit disappointed with the goalkeeper for their first and it was a daft challenge by ACD to give the penalty away.

Shit day.

[Burnden Pies]

6 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

No, he doesn't

So let's get back two others who also weren't

🤡

So you're agreeing that the replacement isn't really a replacement - so in that case why even sign TSL if he's not the answer?  I think you're the ffn 🤡 here

[onefinfrandsen]

One or two heads went down after the first which is concerning, even more concerning and it happened last year we never looked like getting back into it.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I might be wrong but I thought the commentator said he was injured.  We don't have a right back on the bench.

Don't think there was any other reason.

That's not the issue though- why replace him with arguably our best midfielder?

Don't get it.

[JimmyRiddle]

41 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Burstow scores when he’s got weeks with his chance then we win the game. We were shite, but we were still the better team and should have won.

Shouldn't be that black and white though should it, if you're a good team and miss, go again and score. It's Evatt mentality all over again.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

7 minutes ago, Burnden Pies said:

So you're agreeing that the replacement isn't really a replacement - so in that case why even sign TSL if he's not the answer?  I think you're the ffn 🤡 here

Deary me

If something isn't working, it's fucking daft to suggest we should've kept what also wasn't working before rather than something different that might actually improve us

[Johnnyrotten]

38 minutes ago, CambridgeBWFC said:

Sheehan is the easy and obvious target as the only change, I dont think he is the problem.  We should have been 1 up at least  first half and our Keeper couldn't catch a cold. These are the same issues we have seen whether Sheehan is in the team or not. 

Its strange how we haven't won an away game for 6 months and today is all about making one change.  As if we've been winning games all the time with EE playing.  His starts have been v Reading (1-1), Lincoln (1-1), Blackpool (1-1).

He played in the win v Wigan but that was the only game we've won with him in the team, and now his absence is the reason we lost.

A year ago we won 3 league games in 11 days (2 away), scoring 11 goals with McAtee and Sheehan very much playing their part, and now neither are good enough to play at Northampton. 

[Eddie]

3 minutes ago, JimmyRiddle said:

Shouldn't be that black and white though should it, if you're a good team and miss, go again and score. It's Evatt mentality all over again.

It shouldn’t, you’re absolutely right. I still think we were the better team, but had no conviction. We didn’t play well but still had enough chances to win. Also doesn’t help when TSL throws another in.

I’m not making excuses. In isolation it’s a terrible result and very frustrating, I just don’t think you can make such strong statements off one match.

[London Wanderer]

Were Wigan just so bad that we all got a bit giddy ? 
 

I wouldn’t have been too bothered with a draw today given our next two games. But this simply isn’t good enough.

 Has to be 6 from 6 against Peterborough & Burton. Then it’s two huge games against top 6 sides.

Edited September 27, 2025 by London Wanderer

[waffer cup 07]

So each week posters say, how it will take time to gel, how we have a really strong squad, how we are a much better team than under Evatt. And so it goes on. Wev'e gone 8 unbeaten before today. Now all on a sudden " goalkeeper needs we replacing" "we need a proper striker" Shennan's not good enough, and so it goes on. We were crap today. We will lose matches. But beat Peterboro next week and we could go seveth.

[Burnden Pies]

5 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Deary me

If something isn't working, it's fucking daft to suggest we should've kept what also wasn't working before rather than something different that might actually improve us

But he hasn't improved us, as you have admitted. He might even be worse looking at his saves to shots performances to date. All I was saying is that it might have been wise to keep back one of the keepers we let go, rather than jump straight in with this guy and Miller as No2. That is all

[Johnnyrotten]

57 minutes ago, 1969 said:

My opinion.

We were always going to become a cropper at some stage and there's no denying today was shit, but I'd rather have the odd bad game than watch one more minute of the shite we had to endure under IE

So would I but 2 wrongs don't make a right.  We had to change from IE obviously but the away form under SS is not showing any signs of being any better.  At home we look like a championship side, away from home we look like an IE side, and it has to be said worse than the IE side of a year ago, away from home.  That all changed from Stockport on 9th Nov, let's hope it changes the other way from whenever our next away game is (god knows when that is).