October 4, 20223 yr 47 minutes ago, Arrested development said: Worst performance of the season by a country mile. Nobody comes out with any credit bar Trafford. He made an unbelievable save to keep it 0-0. Too much hoofball second half. Giving the ball away. All three of the starting centre mids were a fucking embarrassment. They need to draw a line and move on quick because if they play like that against Forest Green they will get beat again. I can't comment as I wasn't there but the difference between that description of Williams and the one Phil Brown was waxing lyrical about couldn't be bigger! It just shows we all see games differently. The commentators were also saying Johnstone's defending was outstanding.
October 4, 20223 yr This period of the season is historically when we are at our worst, we need to make sure we get through this next couple of months still close enough to challenge.
October 4, 20223 yr Same old, tight grounds, midweek, long throws - show no bottle or fight. only player to take any credit was traff. no shots on target, giving the ball away time after time, goofing long balls - no way we finish top 6 playing like that. big teams find ways to win, or not lose those games - and we have a few of these tests this month.
October 4, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Mounts Kipper said: This period of the season is historically when we are at our worst, we need to make sure we get through this next couple of months still close enough to challenge. But we shouldn’t be with this squad.
October 4, 20223 yr 56 minutes ago, woolli said: So by that way of thinking we are going backwards, as im sure we won there last season! Evatt will be the one that would of been warning them all week what to expect long throw direct team small pitch we have seen it before . he changed the team played 3 centre half’s and 2 full backs i know we won last season but it was evatt who said himself he as no problem going to places like MK and Sheffield and thinks the home form will look after itself he knows to improve burton , morecombe and these are our Achilles heel Edited October 4, 20223 yr by Farnywhite
October 4, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Rizlar said: IE is rigid with his 3-5-2 so doubt he would change now but I do agree this system does not suit Dapo but IE is not going to change system for Dapo . TBH I wasn't just thinking of giving a Dapo a role that suits him, although that would be good, but to give a different shape, give the opposition something to think about and have round pegs in round holes a bit more, with or without Dapo. Jones is a full back, Iredale is a full back. It doesn't mean they can never go forward but essentially they are good defenders (more than John for eg), not attackers. In contrast Bradley and Sadlier are attackers more than defenders. Yes Bradley can play the wingback role, but he could also play as a winger, as could Sadlier or Dapo or even Kachunga. Just occasionally, as a change of plan maybe.
October 4, 20223 yr No complaints, Cheltenham deserved it on the day. Traf, MJ (defensively ) & the 3 centre backs were fine.........but Jones & Iredale as wing backs were completely ineffective going forward or in retaining possession, the midfield 3 never had control of the ball meaning the front 2 had no service except for long balls slogged in their general direction.........the most long ball stuff I think i've seen under Evatt. A bit of a reality check that we may still struggle on tight grounds against physical, direct teams......I don't think we were bullied, we matched them physically but we seemed to get sucked into trying to play them at their game.
October 4, 20223 yr Thought it looked a very defensive line up, 7 of them limited in going forward. A little bit surprised we gave them that much respect. I can understand wanting extra height in the team, but felt we should have gone for it more tonight and give them something to think about I.e Dapo, John and possibly Sadlier could have started for me.
October 4, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Farnywhite said: Like evatt said these sort of games will show how much we have improved from previous seasons can we go there and grind it out Played a more defensive line up today and still got beat may be we don’t have the depth in squad and grit yet and the conditions and pitch were pretty good tonight Last 10 aways last season we got 20 points (helped by a few late goals it has to be said) but we rarely had to "grind it out", we just seemed better than most of those teams, playing our natural attacking game. We've only played 5 so far too early to judge, but only 5 points is a concern. Especially if its down to a conscious effort to be more "solid" at the expense of scoring potential.
October 4, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, DazBob said: ... and Kachunga. Kachunga's been on the pitch for about 90 mins in the last 2 games, and we've scored 1 in that time (a pen) and conceded 1. When he's not played we've scored 1 and not conceded any. Its not obviously going to make us more of a threat.
October 4, 20223 yr 16 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said: Last 10 aways last season we got 20 points (helped by a few late goals it has to be said) but we rarely had to "grind it out", we just seemed better than most of those teams, playing our natural attacking game. We've only played 5 so far too early to judge, but only 5 points is a concern. Especially if its down to a conscious effort to be more "solid" at the expense of scoring potential. Just listened to evatt interview called us “soft and flacky and a soft underbelly and looked like last season and thought we had moved away from that “
October 4, 20223 yr We were awful and couldn’t cope with their non stop effort. Aimson was a joke and I don’t know who why he changed the back 3. Should have started Sadlier as wing back. midfield we’re very sterile with no spark whatsoever. And Baka is not a footballer. not a good night
October 4, 20223 yr There was so much to complain about todays performance. But fuck me, what happened to our players touch and passing?! I lost count of the amount of times in transition where our players took a heavy touch or misplaced a pass. Full credit to Cheltenham, they ran us down for the full 90 minutes. But the amount of times, Jones, Dempsey. Baka even Dapo losing the ball under his feet. They all looked like they'd been on 4 night bender since Saturday night. Without being to dramatic, top 6 and some winnable games ahead. However we simply cannot perform like this again or we will get bullied at most away matches in this league
October 4, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said: This period of the season is historically when we are at our worst, we need to make sure we get through this next couple of months still close enough to challenge. We can’t afford a poor run in October / November we play forest green , Accrington , burton and fleetwood . Hopefully tonight will be a wake up call
October 5, 20223 yr Got home at 1.15... Only word to describe everything is poor. M6 poor Cheltenham parking poor Team selection poor Match poor Our fans poor.
October 5, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, radcliffe white said: M6 shut between 16 & 17 yep, nice little detour through Alsager & Sandbach to avoid the signposted diversion. M6 shit full stop, some one playing silly buggers with the matrix, constant changes of speed limit despite motorway being empty.
October 5, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Traf said: yep, nice little detour through Alsager & Sandbach to avoid the signposted diversion. M6 shit full stop, some one playing silly buggers with the matrix, constant changes of speed limit despite motorway being empty. tell me about it im on my way to Spain Driving them 60--50--60 was a Piss take all way down to brum M1 was the same money making cause they where Flashing loads speeding past i was on there 3am empty
October 5, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, little whitt said: tell me about it im on my way to Spain Driving them 60--50--60 was a Piss take all way down to brum M1 was the same money making cause they where Flashing loads speeding past i was on there 3am empty Are you calling in for a brew?
October 5, 20223 yr We were poor They weren't Nothing up top No goals from open play on the road Need to improve away from home if we're to threaten the top two Dapo more likely to leave in Jan than find a starting role Should still beat FGR though
October 5, 20223 yr Very disappointing result and performance. I thought we had moved on from this ‘midweek not turning up at small ground’ but perhaps not. More worryingly is that without Trafford and/or Bradley we look mid-table.
October 5, 20223 yr I don’t think FGR will be as easy as people think. After the start we have had in the last 2 seasons, I will take this years start.
October 5, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, Traf said: yep, nice little detour through Alsager & Sandbach to avoid the signposted diversion. M6 shit full stop, some one playing silly buggers with the matrix, constant changes of speed limit despite motorway being empty. We said this, getting into the M62 no better cones everywhere no fucker about think our driver will be getting something in the post shortly
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