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Post by markievw on Feb 16, 2019 20:30:19 GMT 1
That was as bad as I have seen us play today. Why oh why did we play 3 in midfield against their 5!! Beggars belief
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Post by Welshpoolshrew on Feb 16, 2019 20:33:06 GMT 1
What the hell was Beckles trying to do there? Waterfall fell over too. There were 2 Burton players left at the far post with only Golbourne in attendance. Looks like they tackled each other while both marking the same man! Leaving three unattended behind!
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Post by Liam on Feb 16, 2019 20:36:05 GMT 1
Happy with that lineup.. That’s he exact back 5 I’ve been hoping for and I don’t think it’s the end of the world okenbirhie taking a rest . Whalley Campbell Gilliead will offer plenty of pace and hopefully less long ball rubbish Wrong call I'm afraid. Whalley was everywhere on the pitch other than where he should have been i.e. on the wing. Campbell was isolated and was hauled off with half an hour left to be replaced by Payne, who produced little of note. Gilliead was totally ineffective despite SR ludicrously saying in his after match comments that he had a good game. Gilliead was absolutely appalling today. I realise that that's not his position, but you could have played virtually anyone else out of position there and they'd have done a better job. including Arnold. Whalley in particular has shown before that he can do that job 10 times better. He basically rendered our entire off-the-ball press ineffective by not even jogging after the runners when the others were trying to execute the tactic. There were times when Norburn (who I felt sorry for today as he was trying to lead by example in what was effectively a 1-man midfield) was pressing high up the park in what should have been Gilliead's position, and he sort of meekly trotted off to the side to stay out of the way of all that nasty sweat and mud. As I said to a couple of casual town fans during the game, he's probably an excellent five-a-side player, but he just doesn't seem to have the attitude and determination to be a professional.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 16, 2019 20:40:20 GMT 1
Well whatever he is trying to do simply isn't working. I think maybe now he needs to simply concentrate on getting our best player on the park and for me that would be having Fey, Campbell and Whalley on the pitch at the same time for as long a time as possible. Start looking to play a formation that gets the best players on the pitch rather than sat on the bench. Just don't understand how our top scorer and one of the few shining lights of the season is left out... And just to add, just not sure how we have someone like Eisa loaned out to Colchester when surely he can offer us something. I think he would at least bring a little speak and excitement to the place looking to what we have seen of him (not much granted but he looks as though he could inject some life into a side)...
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Post by Welshpoolshrew on Feb 16, 2019 20:47:02 GMT 1
Well whatever he is trying to do simply isn't working. I think maybe now he needs to simply concentrate on getting our best player on the park and for me that would be having Fey, Campbell and Whalley on the pitch at the same time for as long a time as possible. Start looking to play a formation that gets the best players on the pitch rather than sat on the bench. Just don't understand how our top scorer and one of the few shining lights of the season is left out... Completely agree. We can’t afford to ‘rest’ players at this stage when we’re fighting for our lives. Best team, week in week out of players who want it most. The rest can leave their lazy posteriors at home.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 20:47:11 GMT 1
A one man midfield - that's a new tactic on me.
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Post by venceremos on Feb 16, 2019 20:48:59 GMT 1
First the excuses: Unbelievably poor officiating from the ref (39 fouls!!! Not in a million years in such a soporific game) and the West Stand lino. That’s 3 home games running where a player falling down is an automatic free kick. With so many breakdowns when the football’s already of such low quality the sport is unwatchable. This is an entertainment? EFL needs to remind its referees that nobody pays to see them. If we’re going to have 30+ free kicks every game, I won’t be there to watch. And who knew you could do one-armed throw ins now? Second excuse - how ironic that our lack of midfielders left us with a winger in centre mid and no control at any stage of the game. How badly those jokes about us signing 40 midfielders had worn by today. That’s the excuses done. Waterfall motm, Whalley not bad playing more centrally, Campbell his goal well ...... struggling to find any more positives. I understand why Ricketts is trying to stay positive but that was nothing like a good performance. Dreadful game again. Nothing has changed. I’m finding it harder and harder to like this team. Boring, boring, boring, boring, inept, boring, boring, boring......... Even the safe standers found it hard to keep going.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 20:49:08 GMT 1
I'll say one thing for Gilliead, he was the only one who consistently won the ball in the air. This as a result of the persistence of punting the ball up in the air to 3 lightweights which was ludicrous. As for Waterfall MOM . The number of headers that he had in today's game that ended up in the direction they were supposed to go you could count on the fingers of one hand. He has borrowed Marvin Morgan's threepenny bit head.
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Post by venceremos on Feb 16, 2019 20:53:07 GMT 1
I'll say one thing for Gilliead, he was the only one who consistently won the ball in the air. This as a result of the persistence of punting the ball up in the air to 3 lightweights which was ludicrous. Yes and why take attacking throw ins down the line for a winger to try to win the header!? Anti-football.
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Post by masshrop on Feb 16, 2019 21:12:03 GMT 1
not a good game but not helped by whistle happy ref , gave 100 freekicks so game had no flow , but in truth we never looked like getting a 2nd goal but on the plus side neither did they, motm waterfall although some never except it , whalley & bolton also decent campbell goal well , would certainly go two up front at home we need wins , next two games cud yield zero points but im a glass half empty man at moment
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 21:39:47 GMT 1
Lots of grumbling about the ref today, but that has nothing to do with how utter gash we were.
Whalley playing centre-forward for large parts of the game. WTF.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Feb 16, 2019 21:44:49 GMT 1
we seem to be in a situation were tactically we have a manager who is doing the same thing over and over again( route one ), but expecting different results.
it does not seem to matter which formation he plays or where he plays the players or which players he picks, all we mainly do is route one.
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Post by vixenshrew on Feb 16, 2019 21:45:55 GMT 1
Whalley- 6 worked hard all over the pitch. Need to find someone else to take set pieces - Norburn? Waterfall - 6 he also worked hard, stopped plenty of balls getting to Burton players. Covered the whole pitch - I thought he had a good game. Norburn - 6 another one that covered the pitch and fought for the ball Gillead - 5 considering he was out of position and hasn't much game time he did put in some effort Campbell - 5 -.got the goal but not very effective otherwise Arnold - 5 didn't do too bad but conceded yet again Bolton - 5 ok but not at his best Grant - 5 not his usual standard I thought Golbourne was out of his depth. Beckles was very poor today gave too many balks away Payne - why made no contribution whatsoever and the other guy ( can't remember his name nor noticed him really)
All in all a poor game. Once again a game of 2 halfs - a fairly poor 1st and a very poor second, Resigned to expect league 2.next season Our only hope is when Docherty, Haynes and Laurent are fit again it may turn it round but time is running out.
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Post by venceremos on Feb 16, 2019 21:53:11 GMT 1
Lots of grumbling about the ref today, but that has nothing to do with how utter gash we were. Whalley playing centre-forward for large parts of the game. WTF. It does a bit. It was a truly bad game, but so will any game be with 39 free kicks. Newport - City tonight, 6 free kicks. Refs have a responsibility to the sport and its paying followers, not to the sound of their feckin whistles. There wasn’t a bad challenge or hint of malice and barely a cynical professional foul all game, never mind 39 of them. Neither team could get going at all. And Whalley can play off a striker and did better than most. Given the midfield shortages and the strikers on the bench, it’s not where I’d have put him but there were a lot more WTFs from the game I’d put before that one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 22:01:58 GMT 1
Lots of grumbling about the ref today, but that has nothing to do with how utter gash we were. Whalley playing centre-forward for large parts of the game. WTF. It does a bit. It was a truly bad game, but so will any game be with 39 free kicks. Newport - City tonight, 6 free kicks. Refs have a responsibility to the sport and its paying followers, not to the sound of their feckin whistles. There wasn’t a bad challenge or hint of malice and barely a cynical professional foul all game, never mind 39 of them. Neither team could get going at all. And Whalley can play off a striker and did better than most. Given the midfield shortages and the strikers on the bench, it’s not where I’d have put him but there were a lot more WTFs from the game I’d put before that one. <iframe width="18.4" height="7.80000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT1_99421751" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 15px; top: -5px; width: 18.4px; height: 7.8px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="18.4" height="7.80000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT1_73190405" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 865px; top: -5px; width: 18.4px; height: 7.8px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="18.4" height="7.80000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT1_83361915" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 327px; width: 18.4px; height: 7.8px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="18.4" height="7.80000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT1_26034547" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 865px; top: 327px; width: 18.4px; height: 7.8px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> Ok, but we barely troubled them when we got into decent positions from open play, or set pieces. As for Whalley, well yes, there were lots of WTF moments, but he played a central role up front and barely won all, which enabled Burton to largely control the game. A game we really needed to win for confidence if nothing else.
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Post by southstandviewer on Feb 16, 2019 22:42:36 GMT 1
I have not read previous posts, just back and here's my take on it. Arnold changed his distribution to straight down the field looking for a centre forward, we had one and he was so isolated it was ineffective. Back to kicks to the touch line next week and straight out of play. Defence was run ragged, mostly in the first half desperate tackles saved the day, second half was slightly better, how this happened I can't work out. Midfield, totally disjointed, no creative influences, yes Whalley was chasing down forced the error which led to the goal but everyone else really struggled. You cannot rely on one influencing player in midfield. Forwards, Campbell his chance fair play, he had little else to feed off, even if Fejeri was on it would have been exactly the same, few opportunities to show what they can do.
I just thought that Burton were stronger, knew where their support was and used it well, dummies, flicks and turning our players all game. Lots of annoying fouls and exaggerated reactions, trying to get Bolts a red card. They didn't need to do it as they were doing ok. They did delay most free kicks and it 80 mins for the ref to do something about it.
Felt really frustrated all day, The game did not flow so many fouls given it was like American football.
As for the managers comments afterwards, I struggle to see how he could say anything else, I think we all know he would like to say it was awful to watch but he can't so he he says Gilliaed played well. You know he's struggling to.
To top it all just seen Bryn Morris score for Pompey at the other end of he league, and we let him go all season, what to others see that our coaches don't. AND hit the post now.
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Post by ssshrew on Feb 16, 2019 23:07:27 GMT 1
I cant believe there were any highlights!!! Haven’t watched it yet but I bet it’s not very long!
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Post by chestershrew on Feb 16, 2019 23:50:44 GMT 1
I thought at the time there was a foul on Beckles and Waterfall, and I still think they were watching it again. Both have their faults but they usually get their head on a first ball, and sure they would have done today had they not been impeded.
Today that was the difference between 1 and 3 points.
That said I am certainly not convinced about SR’s tactics. However I thought before the January window we had the players to stay up, and I think we have improved the squad since and believe that these players are good enough to stay up despite Rickets tactical naivety. (However even Rickets must see Gouldbourne is awful)
I read this week that this was a must win game. To me it was a must not lose game. There is a lot of panic on here at the moment. We are not 6 points adrift. A loss to Posh, a point at home Donny, and a win vs Wimbledon is likely to see us out of the relegation zone.
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Post by shrewswolf on Feb 17, 2019 0:10:39 GMT 1
. Golbourne - How many times can he mark the wrong side of a throw in before he realises he needs to get goal side? I don't care if he hasn't played all season, he's a 30 year old fullback who's played over 300 games - it's basic stuff. This x100. It was quite embarrassing and Golbourne was a mess at times quite frankly. Burton literally just spotted him out of position and threw it over his head. He’s been decent enough in his other games but it was baffling, that. It also set the tone for the others. Burton used quick free kicks & throws to maximum effect today I thought. At one point in the 2nd half I said that Burton had thrown the ball ‘inside’ of us, rather than down the line more than I can remember in a long, long time & as I said it, that throw went into our box as Burton yet again drifted off their man and I think in the end beat Waterfall towards the 6 yard area and won a corner. I could see it coming, I’m sure most could, but the players and management couldn’t? Burton were average today but miles better than us. How worrying is that? Just by playing well a little in patches, they were streets better. Christ.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Feb 17, 2019 0:15:25 GMT 1
I thought at the time there was a foul on Beckles and Waterfall, and I still think they were watching it again. Both have their faults but they usually get their head on a first ball, and sure they would have done today had they not been impeded. Today that was the difference between 1 and 3 points. That said I am certainly not convinced about SR’s tactics. However I thought before the January window we had the players to stay up, and I think we have improved the squad since and believe that these players are good enough to stay up despite Rickets tactical naivety. (However even Rickets must see Gouldbourne is awful) I read this week that this was a must win game. To me it was a must not lose game. There is a lot of panic on here at the moment. We are not 6 points adrift. A loss to Posh, a point at home Donny, and a win vs Wimbledon is likely to see us out of the relegation zone. we are bottom of the form table , we cant buy a win and we persist with route one football that defences can manage with there eyes shut. we have 33 points we have only managed to get 3 points out of a possible 15, we mainly manage to either lose or draw.there are different views on what points are needed to be safe but we will need 22 points to get to 55 points, at our current average we will need 35 games to get 21 points. unless we suddenly go on a winning run.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Feb 17, 2019 0:20:07 GMT 1
. Golbourne - How many times can he mark the wrong side of a throw in before he realises he needs to get goal side? I don't care if he hasn't played all season, he's a 30 year old fullback who's played over 300 games - it's basic stuff. This x100. It was quite embarrassing and Golbourne was a mess at times quite frankly. Burton literally just spotted him out of position and threw it over his head. He’s been decent enough in his other games but it was baffling, that. It also set the tone for the others. Burton used quick free kicks & throws to maximum effect today I thought. At one point in the 2nd half I said that Burton had thrown the ball ‘inside’ of us, rather than down the line more than I can remember in a long, long time & as I said it, that throw went into our box as Burton yet again drifted off their man and I think in the end beat Waterfall towards the 6 yard area and won a corner. I could see it coming, I’m sure most could, but the players and management couldn’t? Burton were average today but miles better than us. How worrying is that? Just by playing well a little in patches, they were streets better. Christ. Golbourne was poor today but was not helped by Gilliead virtually doing no tracking back, there was acres of space down the left, he was given little support from Beckles, when facing a pacey player . i have said this on other threads we are not a team ,we dont play like a team we are just a group of individuals playing there own battles with virtually no communication
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Post by JohnG on Feb 17, 2019 0:24:12 GMT 1
With our midfield injury / suspension crisis today, why was young Rowlands not on the bench?
4 strikers on the bench?!!
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Post by chestershrew on Feb 17, 2019 0:26:55 GMT 1
I thought at the time there was a foul on Beckles and Waterfall, and I still think they were watching it again. Both have their faults but they usually get their head on a first ball, and sure they would have done today had they not been impeded. Today that was the difference between 1 and 3 points. That said I am certainly not convinced about SR’s tactics. However I thought before the January window we had the players to stay up, and I think we have improved the squad since and believe that these players are good enough to stay up despite Rickets tactical naivety. (However even Rickets must see Gouldbourne is awful) I read this week that this was a must win game. To me it was a must not lose game. There is a lot of panic on here at the moment. We are not 6 points adrift. A loss to Posh, a point at home Donny, and a win vs Wimbledon is likely to see us out of the relegation zone. we are bottom of the form table , we cant buy a win and we persist with route one football that defences can manage with there eyes shut. we have 33 points we have only managed to get 3 points out of a possible 15, we mainly manage to either lose or draw.there are different views on what points are needed to be safe but we will need 22 points to get to 55 points, at our current average we will need 35 games to get 21 points. unless we suddenly go on a winning run. We play route 1 football aimed at undersized players or players playing out of position! However I still believe we have enough quality players to get enough points to survive despite Rickets being in charge.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Feb 17, 2019 0:28:04 GMT 1
we are bottom of the form table , we cant buy a win and we persist with route one football that defences can manage with there eyes shut. we have 33 points we have only managed to get 3 points out of a possible 15, we mainly manage to either lose or draw.there are different views on what points are needed to be safe but we will need 22 points to get to 55 points, at our current average we will need 35 games to get 21 points. unless we suddenly go on a winning run. We play route 1 football aimed at undersized players or players playing out of position! However I still believe we have enough quality players to get enough points to survive despite Rickets being in charge. i wish i had your optimism and really hope you are right but we have not won a game in nine games
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Post by chestershrew on Feb 17, 2019 0:33:53 GMT 1
This x100. It was quite embarrassing and Golbourne was a mess at times quite frankly. Burton literally just spotted him out of position and threw it over his head. He’s been decent enough in his other games but it was baffling, that. It also set the tone for the others. Burton used quick free kicks & throws to maximum effect today I thought. At one point in the 2nd half I said that Burton had thrown the ball ‘inside’ of us, rather than down the line more than I can remember in a long, long time & as I said it, that throw went into our box as Burton yet again drifted off their man and I think in the end beat Waterfall towards the 6 yard area and won a corner. I could see it coming, I’m sure most could, but the players and management couldn’t? Burton were average today but miles better than us. How worrying is that? Just by playing well a little in patches, they were streets better. Christ. Golbourne was poor today but was not helped by Gilliead virtually doing no tracking back, there was acres of space down the left, he was given little support from Beckles, when facing a pacey player . i have said this on other threads we are not a team ,we dont play like a team we are just a group of individuals playing there own battles with virtually no communication I think it would have been the same down the right had Whalley not bust his gut to cover across, his workrate and willingness to defend is impressive for a wide player / attacker. Plus Bolton is a better defender than Gouldbourne (so is my mum come to think about it) and Williams is better / provided more cover than Beckles. Because of how badly the team was set up, both sides would have been equally vulnerable. The right side just managed to find a way to manage it better.
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Post by chestershrew on Feb 17, 2019 0:48:53 GMT 1
We play route 1 football aimed at undersized players or players playing out of position! However I still believe we have enough quality players to get enough points to survive despite Rickets being in charge. i wish i had your optimism and really hope you are right but we have not won a game in nine games I think that Grant, Whalley, Okenabirhie, and Docherty are very good players. Bolton and Beckles are proven at this level and Norburn and Waterfall can do a job. Add the potential of Williams, Campbell, and Edwards in league 1 and we have too much quality in the squad to go down. (Though signing a left back who could defend would have made it more likely.)
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Post by wayahead on Feb 17, 2019 0:51:19 GMT 1
Wrong call I'm afraid. Whalley was everywhere on the pitch other than where he should have been i.e. on the wing. Campbell was isolated and was hauled off with half an hour left to be replaced by Payne, who produced little of note. Gilliead was totally ineffective despite SR ludicrously saying in his after match comments that he had a good game. Gilliead was absolutely appalling today. I realise that that's not his position, but you could have played virtually anyone else out of position there and they'd have done a better job. including Arnold. Whalley in particular has shown before that he can do that job 10 times better. He basically rendered our entire off-the-ball press ineffective by not even jogging after the runners when the others were trying to execute the tactic. There were times when Norburn (who I felt sorry for today as he was trying to lead by example in what was effectively a 1-man midfield) was pressing high up the park in what should have been Gilliead's position, and he sort of meekly trotted off to the side to stay out of the way of all that nasty sweat and mud. As I said to a couple of casual town fans during the game, he's probably an excellent five-a-side player, but he just doesn't seem to have the attitude and determination to be a professional. Gilleard can obviously play and can turn it on, we saw that in the games against Stoke, where he was outstanding second half and against Wolves where I thought he was good. But what happened in the following games, he was dropped. The kid was part of a side that came from 2-0 down and gave us all some hope with the best display of our season (well 2nd half) and his reward was to be dropped and the team was changed. How can we get any consistency? It must damage a player's confidence and when he has to at least score to stay in the team, a good game is not enough. I doubt he, after that, even really wants to play for Ricketts. It seems to me that Ricketts does not want to upset anyone, the whole drooping Waterfall, then Sadler the following week, Campbell then Okenabirhie is testimony to that, but in trying to keep them all happy he is pi*sing off everyone. Get your best 11 and get a formation that you like, give the guys some consistency and belief. All this tinkering and formation changes is not helping. Finally, Norburn was ok today, but running around crashing into people, does not mean he is having an amazing game or a one-man midfield. I agree is does set the tone, but at times worthless.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Feb 17, 2019 9:40:20 GMT 1
Gilliead was absolutely appalling today. I realise that that's not his position, but you could have played virtually anyone else out of position there and they'd have done a better job. including Arnold. Whalley in particular has shown before that he can do that job 10 times better. He basically rendered our entire off-the-ball press ineffective by not even jogging after the runners when the others were trying to execute the tactic. There were times when Norburn (who I felt sorry for today as he was trying to lead by example in what was effectively a 1-man midfield) was pressing high up the park in what should have been Gilliead's position, and he sort of meekly trotted off to the side to stay out of the way of all that nasty sweat and mud. As I said to a couple of casual town fans during the game, he's probably an excellent five-a-side player, but he just doesn't seem to have the attitude and determination to be a professional. Gilleard can obviously play and can turn it on, we saw that in the games against Stoke, where he was outstanding second half and against Wolves where I thought he was good. But what happened in the following games, he was dropped. The kid was part of a side that came from 2-0 down and gave us all some hope with the best display of our season (well 2nd half) and his reward was to be dropped and the team was changed. How can we get any consistency? It must damage a player's confidence and when he has to at least score to stay in the team, a good game is not enough. I doubt he, after that, even really wants to play for Ricketts. It seems to me that Ricketts does not want to upset anyone, the whole drooping Waterfall, then Sadler the following week, Campbell then Okenabirhie is testimony to that, but in trying to keep them all happy he is pi*sing off everyone. Get your best 11 and get a formation that you like, give the guys some consistency and belief. All this tinkering and formation changes is not helping. Finally, Norburn was ok today, but running around crashing into people, does not mean he is having an amazing game or a one-man midfield. I agree is does set the tone, but at times worthless. i am not convinced Rickets knows who his best players are or were to play them. with route one football and the keeper kicking long the midfield is often bypassed.
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Post by Liam on Feb 17, 2019 9:54:03 GMT 1
Gilliead was absolutely appalling today. I realise that that's not his position, but you could have played virtually anyone else out of position there and they'd have done a better job. including Arnold. Whalley in particular has shown before that he can do that job 10 times better. He basically rendered our entire off-the-ball press ineffective by not even jogging after the runners when the others were trying to execute the tactic. There were times when Norburn (who I felt sorry for today as he was trying to lead by example in what was effectively a 1-man midfield) was pressing high up the park in what should have been Gilliead's position, and he sort of meekly trotted off to the side to stay out of the way of all that nasty sweat and mud. As I said to a couple of casual town fans during the game, he's probably an excellent five-a-side player, but he just doesn't seem to have the attitude and determination to be a professional. Gilleard can obviously play and can turn it on, we saw that in the games against Stoke, where he was outstanding second half and against Wolves where I thought he was good. But what happened in the following games, he was dropped. The kid was part of a side that came from 2-0 down and gave us all some hope with the best display of our season (well 2nd half) and his reward was to be dropped and the team was changed. How can we get any consistency? It must damage a player's confidence and when he has to at least score to stay in the team, a good game is not enough. I doubt he, after that, even really wants to play for Ricketts. It seems to me that Ricketts does not want to upset anyone, the whole drooping Waterfall, then Sadler the following week, Campbell then Okenabirhie is testimony to that, but in trying to keep them all happy he is pi*sing off everyone. Get your best 11 and get a formation that you like, give the guys some consistency and belief. All this tinkering and formation changes is not helping. Finally, Norburn was ok today, but running around crashing into people, does not mean he is having an amazing game or a one-man midfield. I agree is does set the tone, but at times worthless. I meant "one man midfield" in the sense that he was literally the only man playing in midfield. Grant seemed to be playing as an extra centre-half most of the time, and Gilliead had decided not to participate in the game.
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Post by haughmond on Feb 17, 2019 16:51:01 GMT 1
Very, very poor from us today, against a bang average( if that) side. Reminded me of the fag - end days of Turners reign, when nobody knew what the formation was, including the players. We seemed all over the place, no width, no cutting edge and hoof ball being played to front men who had no chance in the air against big defenders. Whalley might be saying what his best position is, behind the forwards in a central role, but it’s not. Unless you want to see a player disappearing up his own arse in a variety of ways. Ricketts wants to grab hold of him and tell him, he’s a winger , end of. Also, he is not a corner/ free kick taker unless we enjoy seeing him balloon the ball over defenders. Mind you, the ref was complete diahorrea, flip me he was poor.
Question. Have we cut back on the ground management because the playing surface seems very uneven and rutted. Could be another cut- back in costs by Wycherley, we have a poor manager and a good team, poorly managed. Fooook me we were s**te.
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