Shrewsbury Town Away

[Casino]

16 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Game was lost at substitute stage. Dapo in particular was a massive miss. They’ll have had a massive lift when he was taken off.

Think Ribery in UEFA cup albeit on a slightly different level

The game had turned before the subs,, but it was a shame to lise those 2

Folk cant moan we are too small and moan he brought on 2 of our taller players

Charles chance when i think we shouldve had a pen was game over

We then spend most of the rest of the game defending our box without the bloke who is like a ball magnet when he plays

Still not apprecited like, but the longer hes missing, more and more will eat their words

 

The ref, btw, was the king in the land of shit refs

[Mounts Kipper]

2 minutes ago, captainmed said:

I agree If we finish top 6 IE has done his job.

At the moment though I just can’t see it.

Long way to go and a big window to come, 2 million in the transfer fund so let’s see who we sign. Failure to get in play offs would be a failure for the club. 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

13 minutes ago, captainmed said:

In our last 10 games (nearly a quarter of the season) most of them against awful, bottom half sides we have amassed just 12 points, winning just 3.

Of those 3 wins, two were won with the last kick of the game and the other from being 2 goals down.

It’s just not acceptable.

Another worrying stat.

With the exception of the first league  game of the season @ Ipswich, when we do concede a goal, we have conceded FIRST in EVERY SINGLE LEAGUE GAME!!!!

That’s pathetic.

Is nobody @ the club aware of these recurring problems and what is being done to rectify it?

I’m not buying into the injuries excuse, we’ve been injury free for most of the season hence the bingo machine.

We have clear clear problems and people just seem to gloss over it.

It will be alright, never mind….

It won’t, we’re bang average and something needs to change and fast or we’ll soon be bottom half.

15 points from a possible 30.

But I don't necessarily disagree with your general point.

[captainmed]

4 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

15 points from a possible 30.

But I don't necessarily disagree with your general point.

12 points from 10 games.

Form 3/3/4.

[Eddie]

10 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Long way to go and a big window to come, 2 million in the transfer fund so let’s see who we sign. Failure to get in play offs would be a failure for the club. 

Sorry, what? 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

2 minutes ago, captainmed said:

12 points from 10 games.

Form 3/3/4.

Lincoln City - W

Burton Albion - W

Forest Green Rovers - L

Barnsley - D

Accrington Stanley - W

Oxford United - L

Cambridge United - D

Fleetwood Town - W

Bristol Rovers - D

Shrewsbury Town - L

4/3/3 = 15

[Mounts Kipper]

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Sorry, what? 

new shares created cash raise of 2 million recently in the accounts, same as happened last autumn. 

[RUREADY2ROLL]

3 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Sorry, what? 

Yep Mounts has given them the £2m. Private jets and all; rich and putting his money where it counts

[Mounts Kipper]

Just now, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Lincoln City - W

Burton Albion - W

Forest Green Rovers - L

Barnsley - D

Accrington Stanley - W

Oxford United - L

Cambridge United - D

Fleetwood Town - W

Bristol Rovers - D

Shrewsbury Town - L

4/3/3 = 15

3 defeats in 10 sounds better. 

[RUREADY2ROLL]

1 minute ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Lincoln City - W

Burton Albion - W

Forest Green Rovers - L

Barnsley - D

Accrington Stanley - W

Oxford United - L

Cambridge United - D

Fleetwood Town - W

Bristol Rovers - D

Shrewsbury Town - L

4/3/3 = 15

You missed the defeat at Cheltenham hence 12 points

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Just now, RUREADY2ROLL said:

You missed the defeat at Cheltenham hence 12 points

So I did.

[RUREADY2ROLL]

Just now, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

So I did.

🤙

[Mounts Kipper]

11 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Yep Mounts has given them the £2m. Private jets and all; rich and putting his money where it counts

If I had it I’d give it. 

[Biggish Dave]

16 minutes ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

You missed the defeat at Cheltenham hence 12 points

Doesn't count, we didn't turn  up

[Ratwhite]

Third goal shouldn't have stood.

Keeper impeded, he had his hand down Trafford's throat. Not seen a goal like that since Burnden Park.

Two games, one day, two shit refs.

[Rizlar]

52 minutes ago, captainmed said:

In our last 10 games (nearly a quarter of the season) most of them against awful, bottom half sides we have amassed just 12 points, winning just 3.

Of those 3 wins, two were won with the last kick of the game and the other from being 2 goals down.

It’s just not acceptable.

Another worrying stat.

With the exception of the first league  game of the season @ Ipswich, when we do concede a goal, we have conceded FIRST in EVERY SINGLE LEAGUE GAME!!!!

That’s pathetic.

Is nobody @ the club aware of these recurring problems and what is being done to rectify it?

I’m not buying into the injuries excuse, we’ve been injury free for most of the season hence the bingo machine.

We have clear clear problems and people just seem to gloss over it.

It will be alright, never mind….

It won’t, we’re bang average and something needs to change and fast or we’ll soon be bottom half.

Spot on this why isn’t something being done to rectify these issues as IE is always banging on about being meticulous with recruiting players so why hasn’t he sorted this out and before anybody posts I am not saying IE should be replaced far from it but he’s the manager so sort it if we can see it why doesn’t he !! 
Mounts I doubt very much the 2 million is for players as IE stated months ago he needs to move players on as in his words the squad is too big .

[Zico]

Only positive was derby and Peterborough not winning and we stay 5th 

But if we don't put a run together soon there's a whole host of clubs waiting to over take us all the way down to mid table

[desperado]

A day that had so much promise, ended up being one to forget from a football perspective. 

That’s football supporting England and Bolton.

Wouldn’t have it any other way - that’s my day after perspective 

Yesterday was a different matter. Left the pub on final whistle of England game thoroughly pissed off after seeing us losing from being 2-1 up and England going out.

Nice to see a few faces @MickyD @Steejay @radcliffe white @Marc505

We go again…

[Duck Egg]

3 hours ago, Casino said:

The game had turned before the subs,, but it was a shame to lise those 2

Folk cant moan we are too small and moan he brought on 2 of our taller players

Charles chance when i think we shouldve had a pen was game over

We then spend most of the rest of the game defending our box without the bloke who is like a ball magnet when he plays

Still not apprecited like, but the longer hes missing, more and more will eat their words

 

The ref, btw, was the king in the land of shit refs

At 2-1 up and looking comfortable I could see the sense in the subs coming on and holding the ball up the top end and seeing the game out.  They equalised as the subs were due to come on and imo Evatt should have had them sit back down then.  Hindsight though obvs.

What annoyed me on their winner.  We know he's a shit ref, there's a slightly dodgy goal, argue like feck, wave your arms about and he might rule it out.  Our lot just accepted it and trudged back to the centre circle. To me its little bits of shithousery and nastiness that we're short of, that you often see in successful sides.

 

[Casino]

We can zrgue all day about turning points, but i wont 

did that shitty kick by trafford lead to the pressure for either goal

I did wonder how much that first half clattering would affect him, but from 100 yards away he seemed to make some good saves

[Johnnyrotten]

7 hours ago, Spider said:

People but far too much emphasis on the manager.

He isn’t on the pitch, folks.

Ultimately, our players just aren’t talented enough. Evatt is probably getting the absolute best out of them already but we need new blood to get out of this division. We have a limited squad playing as good as it can.

Mew players required. Manager makes very little difference.

I'm struggling to agree with any of that.  A manager makes a huge difference, a good one has the team playing as a unit, they all know their roles and they generally play in their best positions rather than out of position.  And loads of other stuff too, but of course they make a difference.

And whatever IEs strengths and weaknesses, its really difficult to think we are currently (last 2 months) getting the best out of this squad.  I would say he was getting the best out of them last season (even when we were struggling as it was a weak squad pre-Jan), but ATM it all seems a bit hit and miss.

[DirtySanchez]

11 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I'm struggling to agree with any of that.  A manager makes a huge difference, a good one has the team playing as a unit, they all know their roles and they generally play in their best positions rather than out of position.  And loads of other stuff too, but of course they make a difference.

And whatever IEs strengths and weaknesses, its really difficult to think we are currently (last 2 months) getting the best out of this squad.  I would say he was getting the best out of them last season (even when we were struggling as it was a weak squad pre-Jan), but ATM it all seems a bit hit and miss.

Aye 

Man City should have stopped with Steve Coppull and not gone for Pep

And we should have kept McFarland 

Edited December 11, 2022 by DirtySanchez

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

8 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Given the lack of physicality in the other players in defence we miss Santos more than any player in the squad, I’ll also add while Lee had a great game yesterday pairing him with Sheehan is a worry for me, play one or the other, Thomason/Dempsey was also a big miss and would of given better balance and a stronger shield and allowed us more possession. There are mitigating circumstances for yesterdays loss given the key players missing that would have given us a more balanced starting 11. 

Thomason & Dempsey have both played more often than Lee & Sheehan this season so I wouldn't be so sure it would have made a difference. 

[Casino]

I really like lee and to a lesser extent sheehan

On the ball they were very good, especially second half, until it went tits up. but shrewsbury are proper physical and take every chance to kill the game

With hindsight and if he was fit with morley unavailable, id have played dempsey

 

We still had chances to kill it before they got control, mind

4 or 5 after our name wouldnt have been unreasonable

[RUREADY2ROLL]

9 hours ago, Biggish Dave said:

Doesn't count, we didn't turn  up

Not turned up since then apart from a few minutes to rescue a few points