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16 minutes ago, Casino said:

No goals is nowt to do with the formation

Poor finishing is the reason we haven't scored

And some bad luck

Only my opinion, but a factor in not scoring is not having enough attacking players especially when losing.  We've got 5 defenders plus Tutte as a defensive mid for 95 minutes.  We're relying on Jones, Brockbank and Greenidge to be a focal point of our attacks, when 2 of them should only be thinking about defending, because they are defenders, and with the other on the bench we can get an attacking midfielder on.

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Just now, jules_darby said:

Can be from a yard. If it's straight at the keeper he should save it

They all could go in

Doesn't mean the keeper has done anything special

I was giving examples

Distances weren't meant to prove owt

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2 minutes ago, kent_white said:

No visible improvement????

Christ were you watching at the start of the season?

Football fans are bloody daft nowadays. No success after 4 months and people are  calling for the managers head. 

Just find it totally bonkers.

I was watching at the start of the season and I’m still watching now. If you think losing 1-0 at home to Crawley is a visible improvement then fine, that’s your opinion. Mine is we are losing games in a poor league and we have not been playing well enough for the majority of the season. Evatt needs to change the system and his tactical approach but he won’t, for that reason he won’t take us anywhere in the future, so why wait on sacking him.

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Well hopefully that removes any lingering doubt about the current squad getting it together. We need a very active transfer window and Evatt deserves a crack at it.

Doyle really is a cut above the rest in this league and priority number one should be getting the ball to his feet in the box.

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Just now, Johnnyrotten said:

Only my opinion, but a factor in not scoring is not having enough attacking players especially when losing.  We've got 5 defenders plus Tutte as a defensive mid for 95 minutes.  We're relying on Jones, Brockbank and Greenidge to be a focal point of our attacks, when 2 of them should only be thinking about defending, because they are defenders, and with the other on the bench we can get an attacking midfielder on.

I wouldn't have minded darcy going out left late on, tbf

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1 minute ago, Casino said:

I was giving examples

Distances weren't meant to prove owt

I'm not saying on balance we shouldn't have come out with something

But I'd say our finishing > the keeper 

Neither are the major issue of course...the laboured and predictable approach for most is

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Just now, Casino said:

Very

He talks about out of contract players looking to prove they're good enough to play higher up- but they will be looking at the table and thinking they've more of a chance of proving their worth in a team doing well.

It was a suggestion by Evatt that it would be a stepping stone for them, in which case the club's size and facilities are less relevant as they will be off soon after.

Not sure its going to be that easy.

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1 minute ago, jules_darby said:

I'm not saying on balance we shouldn't have come out with something

But I'd say our finishing > the keeper 

Neither are the major issue of course...the laboured and predictable approach for most is

That’s been a constant for quite a considerable time, slow labouring attack allowing the opposition to get in position. 

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1 minute ago, Casino said:

I wouldn't have minded darcy going out left late on, tbf

In the system we play im not sure we should even call the wing backs wing backs. How much actual defending do they do? They are wide midfielders or wingers. So play attacking players in those positions (he does on the right but not the left?) instead of defenders.

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20 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Much the better of the two sides. Plenty of hard work, some good play and some great chances. 

There's been plenty of days to have a pop at the side but today isn't one of them for me.

 

Surely you're not referring to the 95 minutes?  Yes we played well enough once behind, but that would be to ignore the fact that we deserved to be behind, their goal was in no way against the run of play, and we were fortunate not to concede in the 1st half also, whilst never looking like scoring ourselves in the first hour, at home.

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1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

He talks about out of contract players looking to prove they're good enough to play higher up- but they will be looking at the table and thinking they've more of a chance of proving their worth in a team doing well.

It was a suggestion by Evatt that it would be a stepping stone for them, in which case the club's size and facilities are less relevant as they will be off soon after.

Not sure its going to be that easy.

We will get better players

Yes, its likely to be loans but we are still a big opportunity for somebody

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1 minute ago, Casino said:

I wouldn't have minded darcy going out left late on, tbf

Me to, Jones disappeared last five minutes .Greenidge had no outlet ball plus he was knackered as fck.

First time we have lost at home that I felt we were robbed.Some proper shithousery from them at the end.Refs are gullible fckers 

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4 minutes ago, Under_Score said:

I was watching at the start of the season and I’m still watching now. If you think losing 1-0 at home to Crawley is a visible improvement then fine, that’s your opinion. Mine is we are losing games in a poor league and we have not been playing well enough for the majority of the season. Evatt needs to change the system and his tactical approach but he won’t, for that reason he won’t take us anywhere in the future, so why wait on sacking him.

I think you need to rewatch the game today when you've calmed down a bit.

And I also reckon you should rematch some of the games from the beginning of the season.

The current side would beat that side about 5-0.

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2 minutes ago, blackleywhite said:

In the system we play im not sure we should even call the wing backs wing backs. How much actual defending do they do? They are wide midfielders or wingers. So play attacking players in those positions (he does on the right but not the left?) instead of defenders.

I dont think there's an option for lwb that hasn't been given a chance there

Brockbank and Jones have been the 2 best 

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Just now, Casino said:

We will get better players

Yes, its likely to be loans but we are still a big opportunity for somebody

Loans, yes.

Evatt did an interview and spoke about out of contract players wanting to get back to the championship. Obviously talking about Lee, but others will be around. You'd expect some of these to be decent for this level and it makes sense to go for them, but wage caps etc make other clubs equally attractive, especially if its temporary. 

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2 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Surely you're not referring to the 95 minutes?  Yes we played well enough once behind, but that would be to ignore the fact that we deserved to be behind, their goal was in no way against the run of play, and we were fortunate not to concede in the 1st half also, whilst never looking like scoring ourselves in the first hour, at home.

No I thought we were alright first half. 50/50 game. I said as much then if you scroll back. They had the better of it for about 10 minutes second half but following that we broke them down time after time after time. 

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Isgrove pulls it back to Fonz 1-0

Doyle heads that in 1-1

Fonz puts that away 2-1 

Fine margins but we are getting there. Recruit well abs all you need is a strong quarter of a season and you’ll fly up the league 

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