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Post by venceremos on Jan 29, 2020 22:52:35 GMT 1
2 more days until the transfer window shuts. Hopefully, we'll be getting a further 2 or 3 players in. No real point unless they’re players who can be part of building for next season.
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Post by accordingtome on Jan 29, 2020 22:52:48 GMT 1
Such a backwards step under ricketts since he has arrived nothing has changed since he arrived here and to this day ! Keep eleven consistent players each week , and have a solid back four (4-4-2) back to basics ! , Liverpool draw has papered over the cracks So is it a backwards step or has nothing changed? Can’t be both. You obviously can’t keep playing the same players two games a week, there has to be some rotation, come on. it's not the feckin champions league
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Post by staffordshrew on Jan 29, 2020 22:53:58 GMT 1
Well that was pretty dire. Have bought two ifollow passes this season, Doncaster and tonight. At least whilst working in Holland for a few days I’ve only wasted €6 rather than £10 ☹️☹️☹️ Can you please STOP buying ifollow passes!
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Post by venceremos on Jan 29, 2020 22:55:33 GMT 1
What’s the name of the guy who commentates with Stuart Dunn? Has to be one of the worst commentators ever, constantly moaning and doesn’t actually have a clue what he’s on about. And he has just named Brad Walker, who has been awful, as man of the match. Isn’t everyone moaning about tonight? Would you prefer that he looked for positives that attending fans are saying weren’t there?
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Post by Mortgagehound on Jan 29, 2020 22:57:46 GMT 1
That was total pants tonight Mr Ricketts
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Post by londonshrew75 on Jan 29, 2020 22:58:45 GMT 1
God that was dreadful. Why so many changes? How are you supposed to get an idea of what you really want if you keep chopping and changing. Walker is to slow in every department and goes missing as he has no idea how to position himself on the pitch. This obsession with three great units at the back ? I'm sorry I'll hold my hands up I really believe Ricketts is just blagging it. I can't make sence of any of it. Not angry Just confused...
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Post by tvor on Jan 29, 2020 22:58:50 GMT 1
Ricketts "Sunday was a game of football, tonight descended into a Rugby game".
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Post by theriverside on Jan 29, 2020 23:02:21 GMT 1
Well that was pretty dire. Have bought two ifollow passes this season, Doncaster and tonight. At least whilst working in Holland for a few days I’ve only wasted €6 rather than £10 ☹️☹️☹️ Can you please STOP buying ifollow passes! Gladly!
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Post by chestershrew on Jan 29, 2020 23:19:03 GMT 1
I thought the defensive shape on Sunday was first class in the 5-3-2 Ricketts put out and the executed the play perfectly. So why change that shape?
Add to that so many other strange changes -
-Beckles could have played on the right of the three, rather than move both other centre backs to accommodate him on the left.
-Laurent and Edwards were on opposite sides to where they were on Sunday.
-Why Walker and not Goss
- Why go from 2 strikers on Sunday back to 3 strikers today, back to 2 when losing (which I think suits us) then back to 3 ... with Beckles.
- Why Beckles and not Pierre if you throw some up top
Just confused by it all after Sunday performance where they looked so well organised.
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Post by R6ix on Jan 29, 2020 23:23:31 GMT 1
he makes up as he goes along
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 23:24:54 GMT 1
I thought the defensive shape on Sunday was first class in the 5-3-2 Ricketts put out and the executed the play perfectly. So why change that shape? Add to that so many other strange changes - -Beckles could have played on the right of the three, rather than move both other centre backs to accommodate him on the left. -Laurent and Edwards were on opposite sides to where they were on Sunday. -Why Walker and not Goss - Why go from 2 strikers on Sunday back to 3 strikers today, back to 2 when losing (which I think suits us) then back to 3 ... with Beckles. - Why Beckles and not Pierre if you throw some up top Just confused by it all after Sunday performance where they looked so well organised. I want to see Lang and Cummings together upfront. Cummings may well not be fit but it’s February, how isn’t he fit enough yet? By the time he’s fit and Lang is ready to be playing 90 minutes the season will be practically finished.
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Post by TheFoz on Jan 29, 2020 23:29:52 GMT 1
What’s the name of the guy who commentates with Stuart Dunn? Has to be one of the worst commentators ever, constantly moaning and doesn’t actually have a clue what he’s on about. And he has just named Brad Walker, who has been awful, as man of the match. Isn’t everyone moaning about tonight? Would you prefer that he looked for positives that attending fans are saying weren’t there? Not a lot positive tonight but he’s been really annoying and complains about the same things over and over again, each match. Almost revels in it when we are doing bag.
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Post by tvor on Jan 29, 2020 23:37:12 GMT 1
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Post by Lancsman on Jan 29, 2020 23:39:53 GMT 1
What the hell is Rickets playing at. It was obvious for all to see that the finishing eleven against Liverpool, short of playing Lang with Cummings, should have started tonight. So he drops a player that scores two goals in the last game........and against Liverpool if that wasn’t enough. I’m sorry but he’s not on the right planet. I’m sure he will weasel his way out of not being to blame for what happened tonight. Choose whether you want be fooled by his weasel words.
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Post by salopross on Jan 29, 2020 23:41:34 GMT 1
Omar Beckles now playing centre forward after two centre forwards were substituted. Ricketts has lost his f***ing marbles.
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Post by Lancsman on Jan 29, 2020 23:46:54 GMT 1
I refrained from using swear words ........but I ****ing agree.
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Post by Lancsman on Jan 29, 2020 23:48:15 GMT 1
I refrained from swearing........but I ****ing agree.
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Post by martinshrew on Jan 29, 2020 23:59:05 GMT 1
You lot are a strange bunch. It's a defeat to a decent enough Gillingham side, it's not great but such is life. A few players got a rest tonight which could be invaluable, we go again.
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Post by block18shrew on Jan 30, 2020 0:22:54 GMT 1
May be it’s just me but I sense some hostility among the players within the squad.
The body language between Laurent and Cummings on Sunday seemed a bit off on the pitch (apart from the euphoric interview after).
Tonight Laurent’s head wasn’t in it. Looked like he was trying to do everything himself and was waving his arms around and shaking his head on a few occasions during the match at his teammates. If his head has been turned then he needs to go, as good as he is he seems to have the attitude at the minute that he is playing for a move elsewhere.
The transfer speculation doesn’t seem to be helping team harmony at all. Perhaps they thought tonight they were too good for Gillingham after Sunday’s exploits....just can’t put my finger on it, it wasnt just bad tonight, it was dire, it was like something just wasn’t right in the team. Too many individuals and zero togetherness.
It might just have been another one of those nights but they seem to becoming more and more prevalent as the season goes on. Make no mistake, as good as SR was on the TV the other night and the way in which he has sold the club superbly, take the FA Cup out of the equation and, at any other club he is in real trouble. 0 wins from 6 and we haven’t exactly been playing world beaters. We have a real chance to get some points in the next 4 games so let’s hope we can get back into the groove and climb up the table.
I’m not sure that fresh faces are the answer to this conundrum although tonight it’s the players that need to take a long hard look at themselves. I did personally think that playing Sears and Hart with only 1 competitive game between them all season was asking for trouble.
We move on.
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Post by Scarecrow on Jan 30, 2020 0:41:29 GMT 1
May be it’s just me but I sense some hostility among the players within the squad. The body language between Laurent and Cummings on Sunday seemed a bit off on the pitch (apart from the euphoric interview after). Tonight Laurent’s head wasn’t in it. Looked like he was trying to do everything himself and was waving his arms around and shaking his head on a few occasions during the match at his teammates. If his head has been turned then he needs to go, as good as he is he seems to have the attitude at the minute that he is playing for a move elsewhere. The transfer speculation doesn’t seem to be helping team harmony at all. Perhaps they thought tonight they were too good for Gillingham after Sunday’s exploits....just can’t put my finger on it, it wasnt just bad tonight, it was dire, it was like something just wasn’t right in the team. Too many individuals and zero togetherness. It might just have been another one of those nights but they seem to becoming more and more prevalent as the season goes on. Make no mistake, as good as SR was on the TV the other night and the way in which he has sold the club superbly, take the FA Cup out of the equation and, at any other club he is in real trouble. 0 wins from 6 and we haven’t exactly been playing world beaters. We have a real chance to get some points in the next 4 games so let’s hope we can get back into the groove and climb up the table. I’m not sure that fresh faces are the answer to this conundrum although tonight it’s the players that need to take a long hard look at themselves. I did personally think that playing Sears and Hart with only 1 competitive game between them all season was asking for trouble. We move on. Its interesting you say that about team cohesion because its something I picked up on earlier in the season. I get this growing sense that this season our team are on different wavelengths to each other and haven't gelled well enough apart from maybe the back 3 and wingbacks. The middle of the park individually have very technically gifted players but as a unit they've contributed next to nothing going forward this season. I don't think Norburn is a great leader from what I can see in the centre of the park and I get the growing feeling he was only made captain to keep him at the club. Laurent and Norburn look totally disinterested to me and go missing in the games where there isn't anyone potentially bigger watching them which is a concern. We need players who perform on a cold tuesday night in Gillingham.
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Post by shrewswolf on Jan 30, 2020 0:51:48 GMT 1
May be it’s just me but I sense some hostility among the players within the squad. The body language between Laurent and Cummings on Sunday seemed a bit off on the pitch (apart from the euphoric interview after). Tonight Laurent’s head wasn’t in it. Looked like he was trying to do everything himself and was waving his arms around and shaking his head on a few occasions during the match at his teammates. If his head has been turned then he needs to go, as good as he is he seems to have the attitude at the minute that he is playing for a move elsewhere. The transfer speculation doesn’t seem to be helping team harmony at all. Perhaps they thought tonight they were too good for Gillingham after Sunday’s exploits....just can’t put my finger on it, it wasnt just bad tonight, it was dire, it was like something just wasn’t right in the team. Too many individuals and zero togetherness. It might just have been another one of those nights but they seem to becoming more and more prevalent as the season goes on. Make no mistake, as good as SR was on the TV the other night and the way in which he has sold the club superbly, take the FA Cup out of the equation and, at any other club he is in real trouble. 0 wins from 6 and we haven’t exactly been playing world beaters. We have a real chance to get some points in the next 4 games so let’s hope we can get back into the groove and climb up the table. I’m not sure that fresh faces are the answer to this conundrum although tonight it’s the players that need to take a long hard look at themselves. I did personally think that playing Sears and Hart with only 1 competitive game between them all season was asking for trouble. We move on. Its interesting you say that about team cohesion because its something I picked up on earlier in the season. I get this growing sense that this season our team are on different wavelengths to each other and haven't gelled well enough apart from maybe the back 3 and wingbacks. The middle of the park individually have very technically gifted players but as a unit they've contributed next to nothing going forward this season. I don't think Norburn is a great leader from what I can see in the centre of the park and I get the growing feeling he was only made captain to keep him at the club. Laurent and Norburn look totally disinterested to me and go missing in the games where there isn't anyone potentially bigger watching them which is a concern. We need players who perform on a cold tuesday night in Gillingham. Tonight was absolutely pathetic for 45 minutes and the second half, though better, was not good enough to reverse such an ineptitude but this? Really? I’ve absolutely no concerns the squad are happy, they seem to be an incredibly close bunch. What does concern me is that as individuals they’re clearly unable to motivate themselves in ‘nothing’ games. They’ve been much better against the ‘fancied’ sides of this league and terrific in the cup. Unless they can find that mentality more often they’ll be lower league the rest of their career and totally waste what is evidently talent with some. Ricketts was right to freshen things up, but clearly the Doncaster game wasn’t ‘tiredness’ after all & tonight proved so. The slump must be addressed sharpish because without clean sheets this team could easily turn comfort into worry. Loan Walker out. Loan Sears out. Get someone else in each position & a target man. I do also love the fact that Mark Elliot gets stick every time we are crap and he dares to say so. Disgraceful first half deserves anything that was thrown at it. Long old journey home. Balls.
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Post by block18shrew on Jan 30, 2020 0:57:22 GMT 1
May be it’s just me but I sense some hostility among the players within the squad. The body language between Laurent and Cummings on Sunday seemed a bit off on the pitch (apart from the euphoric interview after). Tonight Laurent’s head wasn’t in it. Looked like he was trying to do everything himself and was waving his arms around and shaking his head on a few occasions during the match at his teammates. If his head has been turned then he needs to go, as good as he is he seems to have the attitude at the minute that he is playing for a move elsewhere. The transfer speculation doesn’t seem to be helping team harmony at all. Perhaps they thought tonight they were too good for Gillingham after Sunday’s exploits....just can’t put my finger on it, it wasnt just bad tonight, it was dire, it was like something just wasn’t right in the team. Too many individuals and zero togetherness. It might just have been another one of those nights but they seem to becoming more and more prevalent as the season goes on. Make no mistake, as good as SR was on the TV the other night and the way in which he has sold the club superbly, take the FA Cup out of the equation and, at any other club he is in real trouble. 0 wins from 6 and we haven’t exactly been playing world beaters. We have a real chance to get some points in the next 4 games so let’s hope we can get back into the groove and climb up the table. I’m not sure that fresh faces are the answer to this conundrum although tonight it’s the players that need to take a long hard look at themselves. I did personally think that playing Sears and Hart with only 1 competitive game between them all season was asking for trouble. We move on. Its interesting you say that about team cohesion because its something I picked up on earlier in the season. I get this growing sense that this season our team are on different wavelengths to each other and haven't gelled well enough apart from maybe the back 3 and wingbacks. The middle of the park individually have very technically gifted players but as a unit they've contributed next to nothing going forward this season. I don't think Norburn is a great leader from what I can see in the centre of the park and I get the growing feeling he was only made captain to keep him at the club. Laurent and Norburn look totally disinterested to me and go missing in the games where there isn't anyone potentially bigger watching them which is a concern. We need players who perform on a cold tuesday night in Gillingham. The midfield just do not work well together. I am not even sure they actually ‘get on’. As much as Laurent looks like a good lad and a bit of a joker, he had words with Cummings about the penalty on Sunday, then when it went in he just walked the other way. Yes at 2-2 he was all over him and in the interview after but when Cummings was celebrating it seemed that Cummings was apologising for taking the penalty away from him. Tonight Laurent could have laid one off to Cummings on the edge of the box, he was wide open but he seemed hell bent on beating 3 men including himself twice and firing wide. All night he was on at the other players and a couple of times he threw his hands up as if to say to those watching ‘I’m so much better than this lot’. As I say I might be wrong but I’m not sure this group is as tight as SR makes out. Individually the midfield in particular are technically gifted as are our forwards, but it seems as you say they all have different agendas, only the back 5 seems to really be working well together as a unit. I think this is why we have scored so few goals this season, it’s not just simply a negative approach and the formation as some might say. I also may be completely wrong. It’s just a feeling I got tonight.
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Post by block18shrew on Jan 30, 2020 0:58:15 GMT 1
Its interesting you say that about team cohesion because its something I picked up on earlier in the season. I get this growing sense that this season our team are on different wavelengths to each other and haven't gelled well enough apart from maybe the back 3 and wingbacks. The middle of the park individually have very technically gifted players but as a unit they've contributed next to nothing going forward this season. I don't think Norburn is a great leader from what I can see in the centre of the park and I get the growing feeling he was only made captain to keep him at the club. Laurent and Norburn look totally disinterested to me and go missing in the games where there isn't anyone potentially bigger watching them which is a concern. We need players who perform on a cold tuesday night in Gillingham. Tonight was absolutely pathetic for 45 minutes and the second half, though better, was not good enough to reverse such an ineptitude but this? Really? I’ve absolutely no concerns the squad are happy, they seem to be an incredibly close bunch. What does concern me is that as individuals they’re clearly unable to motivate themselves in ‘nothing’ games. They’ve been much better against the ‘fancied’ sides of this league and terrific in the cup. Unless they can find that mentality more often they’ll be lower league the rest of their career and totally waste what is evidently talent with some. Ricketts was right to freshen things up, but clearly the Doncaster game wasn’t ‘tiredness’ after all & tonight proved so. The slump must be addressed sharpish because without clean sheets this team could easily turn comfort into worry. Loan Walker out. Loan Sears out. Get someone else in each position & a target man. I do also love the fact that Mark Elliot gets stick every time we are cr@p and he dares to say so. Disgraceful first half deserves anything that was thrown at it. Long old journey home. Balls. Safe trip home mate. Respect.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 30, 2020 1:02:13 GMT 1
God that was dreadful. Why so many changes? How are you supposed to get an idea of what you really want if you keep chopping and changing. Walker is to slow in every department and goes missing as he has no idea how to position himself on the pitch. This obsession with three great units at the back ? I'm sorry I'll hold my hands up I really believe Ricketts is just blagging it. I can't make sence of any of it. Not angry Just confused... gillingham unbeaten in 10 games, at home, town played the current best side in the world a few days ago what was you expecting tonight , the Harlem globetrotters ? ;-)
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Post by shrewswolf on Jan 30, 2020 1:05:46 GMT 1
God that was dreadful. Why so many changes? How are you supposed to get an idea of what you really want if you keep chopping and changing. Walker is to slow in every department and goes missing as he has no idea how to position himself on the pitch. This obsession with three great units at the back ? I'm sorry I'll hold my hands up I really believe Ricketts is just blagging it. I can't make sence of any of it. Not angry Just confused... gillingham unbeaten in 10 games, at home, town played the current best side in the world a few days ago what was you expecting tonight , the Harlem globetrotters ? ;-) I was expecting something other than a complete shambles. Such high expectations I know!
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Post by Pilch on Jan 30, 2020 1:13:34 GMT 1
I reckon we'll start 2 up top. Udoh and Cummings mainly as our midfield will all be shagged lol I wasnt im a realist
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Post by aghabullogueshrew on Jan 30, 2020 1:27:44 GMT 1
Sam said on MOTD on Sunday " I can count on one hand the number of times we haven't showed up this season". After tonight's performance, he can now say "I can count on one hand, and one finger, the number of times we haven't showed up this season"!
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Post by wayahead on Jan 30, 2020 1:34:38 GMT 1
God that was dreadful. Why so many changes? How are you supposed to get an idea of what you really want if you keep chopping and changing. Walker is to slow in every department and goes missing as he has no idea how to position himself on the pitch. This obsession with three great units at the back ? I'm sorry I'll hold my hands up I really believe Ricketts is just blagging it. I can't make sence of any of it. Not angry Just confused... He made no changes after the very good performance against Bristol City, away at Donny...we were awful, looked slow and way off it. Ricketts got battered for that. Makes changes tonight after the Liverpool game, he gets battered for that. What the hell is he suppose to do. This obsession with 3 great units at the back, have done us wonders this season. Obviously not for you though.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 30, 2020 1:39:36 GMT 1
Sam said on MOTD on Sunday " I can count on one hand the number of times we haven't showed up this season". After tonight's performance, he can now say "I can count on one hand, and one finger, the number of times we haven't showed up this season"! except sams saying was an idiom, your is idiotic ;-)
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Post by aghabullogueshrew on Jan 30, 2020 1:46:38 GMT 1
Sam said on MOTD on Sunday " I can count on one hand the number of times we haven't showed up this season". After tonight's performance, he can now say "I can count on one hand, and one finger, the number of times we haven't showed up this season"! except sams saying was an idiom, your is idiotic ;-) Sorry, a bit late for an English lesson, don't you think!🙂
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