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Post by Scarecrow on Oct 22, 2019 22:01:47 GMT 1
So tonight I think the booing at the team at halftime and full time was totally and utterly unwarranted. Did we play great? No. Did we play horrendously? No. We played well in patches and were dreadful in others which frankly has been the story of our season. I don’t really get what fans expect exactly and I don’t think it’s a coincidence we seem to be playing better away from home from the booing brigade.
I just thought it would be interesting to hear from fans who are booing and their reasons why. I just think the stick Ricketts and the team are getting at the moment is wrong. Roll on Sunderland.
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Post by CopthorneShrew on Oct 22, 2019 22:10:05 GMT 1
If you thought that was bad wait till Sunderland score their seventh on Saturday.
Finally the crowd are turning, maybe we need those “**** off Ricketts” chants on Saturday like fans did for Askey - that seemed to do the trick.
Listening to Radio Shropshire, sounds like lots of fans have joined me in being desperate for this clown to go! The fans are waking up finally!!
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Post by zenfootball2 on Oct 22, 2019 22:10:55 GMT 1
i dont get why fans boo there own team either, i think it is unhelpfull and can affect some players as for the game it was dire and we were poor.
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Post by RBA on Oct 22, 2019 22:12:07 GMT 1
okay I didn't boo- but I was very frustrated I thought the first half was dire against a poor team, Ricketts has brought in some talented players no complaints there and I suppose I can't complain about our position in the league ,but it would be good to see some entertainment especially at home and perhaps the ability to change the system if its not working I certainly think though any talk of getting rid of SR at this stage is just silly
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Oct 22, 2019 22:13:28 GMT 1
I didn’t boo but we’ve won two games at home all season which quite frankly is not good enough. We also had a poor record at home under Ricketts last season so I can understand people asking for more.
His subs improved us today but for me it was crying out for a defender off.
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Post by Scarecrow on Oct 22, 2019 22:13:43 GMT 1
If you thought that was bad wait till Sunderland score their seventh on Saturday. Finally the crowd are turning, maybe we need those “**** off Ricketts” chants on Saturday like fans did for Askey - that seemed to do the trick. Listening to Radio Shropshire, sounds like lots of fans have joined me in being desperate for this clown to go! The fans are waking up finally!! But why? What’s he done that’s so terrible? There’s a clear structure to the team. We have some good individual players. We play some good stuff at times and aren’t in the relation zone. What exactly is your expectation?
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Post by frankwellshrews on Oct 22, 2019 22:14:19 GMT 1
Didn't boo but I can't say I don't sympathise.
We lack cohesiveness, we make far too many elementary mistakes and we struggle to score. We've got a pair of wing backs who can't cross. We don't know how to use our most exciting midfield player. We seem to play at the pace of a training match. We're predictable and rarely do anything inventive. Our best striker ends up drifting into wide areas just to get the ball and try to make things happen. We're one dimensional and appear to have no plan b. We only seem to start trying to win games on 85 minutes.
I mean, results are ok(ish) but it's not much fun, is it?
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Oct 22, 2019 22:19:53 GMT 1
Didn't boo but I can't say I don't sympathise. We lack cohesiveness, we make far too many elementary mistakes and we struggle to score. We've got a pair of wing backs who can't cross. We don't know how to use our most exciting midfield player. We seem to play at the pace of a training match. We're predictable and rarely do anything inventive. Our best striker ends up drifting into wide areas just to get the ball and try to make things happen. We're one dimensional and appear to have no plan b. We only seem to start trying to win games on 85 minutes. I mean, results are ok(ish) but it's not much fun, is it? The elementary mistakes do my head in, basic miscontrols or players firing a simple pass in to a team mates weaker foot, under or over hitting straightforward balls. Much like the Lincoln game tonight was an appalling advert for League One. Fatty Evans’ team were just as poor.
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Post by 18stfc86 on Oct 22, 2019 22:22:00 GMT 1
I never wanted Ricketts in charge in the first place, I wanted him gone at the end of last season and I still want him out tonight. Why? Because there's no entertainment.
I've forked out a fortune so far this season following this club up and down the country (including Friday's borefest at Lincoln) and I'm slowly getting fed up now. I almost went to the ticket office after the game to ask for a refund on my Wycombe away ticket in 2 weeks time. Paying £20 each week (excluding travel expenses) and getting next to no entertainment.
Get Ricketts out before we lose some more fans.
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Post by CopthorneShrew on Oct 22, 2019 22:22:11 GMT 1
If you thought that was bad wait till Sunderland score their seventh on Saturday. Finally the crowd are turning, maybe we need those “**** off Ricketts” chants on Saturday like fans did for Askey - that seemed to do the trick. Listening to Radio Shropshire, sounds like lots of fans have joined me in being desperate for this clown to go! The fans are waking up finally!! But why? What’s he done that’s so terrible? There’s a clear structure to the team. We have some good individual players. We play some good stuff at times and aren’t in the relation zone. What exactly is your expectation? My expectation is not to fall asleep during a football match! Never mind on multiple occasions this season! SR turned us from mid table security to relegation candidates last season - and with the current setup & tactics we are heading towards relegation candidates again this. This is despite having what I believe is the nucleus of a talented squad. I’ve seen it all tonight now with him playing Shaun Whalley as a centre midfielder. Unfortunately SR just cannot get it right, but more worryingly he’s not even attempting to try and change things up. I’ve been saying for weeks Laurent offers nothing, finally he was hooked on the hour after another terrible performance. The only positive is some of his recruitment, but if he doesn’t know what to do with them it’s a waste of time! Rarely do I get this irate with Managers, the fact he came out after Lincoln and said it was a brilliant performance clarifies he has lost the plot. Time to go.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 22:22:36 GMT 1
Booing your own team is just absolutely p**s poor . Why do people do it . To just stand there and go “boo , boo “ wtf is that all about . Utterly and completely embarrassing apart from being childish in the extreme. I get p**sed off but would never dream of booing my own team. Get a f.ckin grip for Christ sake or if people can’t , stay at home and boo at the tv . Bloody imbeciles.
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Post by CopthorneShrew on Oct 22, 2019 22:26:21 GMT 1
Booing your own team is just absolutely p**s poor . Why do people do it . To just stand there and go “boo , boo “ wtf is that all about . Utterly and completely embarrassing apart from being childish in the extreme. I get p**sed off but would never dream of booing my own team. Get a f.ckin grip for Christ sake or if people can’t , stay at home and boo at the tv . Bloody imbeciles. I’d be amazed if anyone is booing the team. The team are carrying out the managers instructions of being boring & negative... There’s some VERY good players here not being allowed to play their game - it’s the staff that are being booed. As I alluded to at the start of the season, he has to take the shackles off the players. If he won’t, he goes.
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Oct 22, 2019 22:27:05 GMT 1
But why? What’s he done that’s so terrible? There’s a clear structure to the team. We have some good individual players. We play some good stuff at times and aren’t in the relation zone. What exactly is your expectation? My expectation is not to fall asleep during a football match! Never mind on multiple occasions this season! SR turned us from mid table security to relegation candidates last season - and with the current setup & tactics we are heading towards relegation candidates again this. This is despite having what I believe is the nucleus of a talented squad. I’ve seen it all tonight now with him playing Shaun Whalley as a centre midfielder. Unfortunately SR just cannot get it right, but more worryingly he’s not even attempting to try and change things up. I’ve been saying for weeks Laurent offers nothing, finally he was hooked on the hour after another terrible performance. The only positive is some of his recruitment, but if he doesn’t know what to do with them it’s a waste of time! Rarely do I get this irate with Managers, the fact he came out after Lincoln and said it was a brilliant performance clarifies he has lost the plot. Time to go. ‘Shaun Whalley not a central midfielder’ ‘SR never changes things’ Contradictory? ‘Laurent offers nothing, finally hooked’ ‘SR never changes things’ Contradictory?
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Post by block18shrew on Oct 22, 2019 22:27:19 GMT 1
So tonight I think the booing at the team at halftime and full time was totally and utterly unwarranted. Did we play great? No. Did we play horrendously? No. We played well in patches and were dreadful in others which frankly has been the story of our season. I don’t really get what fans expect exactly and I don’t think it’s a coincidence we seem to be playing better away from home from the booing brigade. I just thought it would be interesting to hear from fans who are booing and their reasons why. I just think the stick Ricketts and the team are getting at the moment is wrong. Roll on Sunderland. You have to be kidding if you think that we played well in patches? We were totally inept from the first minute to the last. Thank god the ball hit Omar’s leg to give us a share of the spoils. Fans have a right to vent their frustration, they pay their money and deserve better than this...especially at home. If it was the crowd becoming restless over one performance I’d say ‘fickle’ but the fact Ricketts deliberately sets the team up week in week out to stifle the opposition and pray for a bit of luck only adds to the frustration. Far too negative and especially tonight against a team that hadn’t won away all season and we’re clearly there for the taking. On the positive side it just shows you how bad Southend are. For them to concede 7 tonight is nearly as embarrassing as having us score 4 against them.
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Post by Pilch on Oct 22, 2019 22:27:53 GMT 1
our support our support our support is ****ing s**t
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Post by jacksdad on Oct 22, 2019 22:30:46 GMT 1
I didn’t boo and won’t because that’s just the way I am however, it is so frustrating watching negative football at home. We don’t look like losing games however, the shackles never come off for us to push for a win. As has been said so many times in previous threads, we seem to have the makings of a decent team however the sum of the parts...., or maybe the way they are put together is lacking.
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Post by Pilch on Oct 22, 2019 22:32:47 GMT 1
So tonight I think the booing at the team at halftime and full time was totally and utterly unwarranted. Did we play great? No. Did we play horrendously? No. We played well in patches and were dreadful in others which frankly has been the story of our season. I don’t really get what fans expect exactly and I don’t think it’s a coincidence we seem to be playing better away from home from the booing brigade. I just thought it would be interesting to hear from fans who are booing and their reasons why. I just think the stick Ricketts and the team are getting at the moment is wrong. Roll on Sunderland. You have to be kidding if you think that we played well in patches? We were totally inept from the first minute to the last. Thank god the ball hit Omar’s leg to give us a share of the spoils. Fans have a right to vent their frustration, they pay their money and deserve better than this...especially at home. If it was the crowd becoming restless over one performance I’d say ‘fickle’ but the fact Ricketts deliberately sets the team up week in week out to stifle the opposition and pray for a bit of luck only adds to the frustration. Far too negative and especially tonight against a team that hadn’t won away all season and we’re clearly there for the taking. On the positive side it just shows you how bad Southend are. For them to concede 7 tonight is nearly as embarrassing as having us score 4 against them. nearly as embarrassing as your post if I start some crowd funding and get enough to cover what's left of your season ticket will you promise not to come again this season ? ps is that the same southend who were down to 10 men after 6 minutes and down to 9 before the hour ?
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Post by bobbytheblock19er on Oct 22, 2019 22:33:47 GMT 1
I’ve seen enough under rickets . The club hierarchy can do as they like , I won’t be back until he’s gone or something changes . Boring , slow , predictable football. Literally bored me to tears on I don’t know how many occasions this season. The booing IMO is aimed at rickets - not the players . The players are obviously told to not go forward, not over commit , not play it on the floor .
Pierre and ro- Shaun are both comfortable on the ball , as are norburn and goss, so why the ball bypasses them at 30ft every goal kick constantly to the helpless forwards is beyond a joke . The players look p**sed off with it , the majority of the crowd are p**sed off with it- hence the boos . I don’t expect us to compete with Ipswich and Sunderland . What I do expect is some sort of tempo , some sort of game plan to try to win a game against a team in the lower reaches of league 1 . The only chance I can recall first half was a counter attack from their corner, that’s it . Giles , needs a rest . Feel sorry for the lad , he’s a defender . Being asked to get forward time and again ; with nobody overlapping ever, with no pressure being put on from the bench as there is no one else to play LWB , Likewise with love . Laurent - regardless of what anyone says, is not good Enough to create goals and score goals at this level - since the start of the 2018/2019 season Luke waterfall has more league 1 goals then him for shrewsbury town . Yes that’s Right a defender that left the club some months ago . The ground is dead , the team look scared to take chances (go forward) , to me it is a simple game , we have some decent players , playing in a system that doesn’t suit anyone - most notably ; our best player , Whaley .
I’ve seen enough- during a football game you usually experience a range of emotions. Watching shrewsbury you just sit there , Bored, wanting the team to produce what you know they could and can with these players . But the restraint on them by the manager and his staff is absolutely terrible .
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Post by Pilch on Oct 22, 2019 22:35:13 GMT 1
I’ve seen enough under rickets . The club hierarchy can do as they like , I won’t be back until he’s gone or something changes . Boring , slow , predictable football. Literally bored me to tears on I don’t know how many occasions this season. The booing IMO is aimed at rickets - not the players . The players are obviously told to not go forward, not over commit , not play it on the floor . Pierre and ro- Shaun are both comfortable on the ball , as are norburn and goss, so why the ball bypasses them at 30ft every goal kick constantly to the helpless forwards is beyond a joke . The players look p**sed off with it , the majority of the crowd are p**sed off with it- hence the boos . I don’t expect us to compete with Ipswich and Sunderland . What I do expect is some sort of tempo , some sort of game plan to try to win a game against a team in the lower reaches of league 1 . The only chance I can recall first half was a counter attack from their corner, that’s it . Giles , needs a rest . Feel sorry for the lad , he’s a defender . Being asked to get forward time and again ; with nobody overlapping ever, with no pressure being put on from the beach as there is no one else to play LWB , Likewise with love . Laurent - regardless of what anyone says, is not good Enough to create goals and score goals at this level - since the start of the 2018/2019 season Luke waterfall has more league 1 goals then him for shrewsbury town . Yes that’s Right a defender that left the club some months ago . The ground is dead , the team look scared to take chances (go forward) , to me it is a simple game , we have some decent players , playing in a system that doesn’t suit anyone - most notably ; our best player , Whaley . I’ve seen enough- during a football game you usually experience a range of emotions. Watching shrewsbury you just sit there , Bored, wanting the team to produce what you know they could and can with these players . But the restraint on them by the manager and his staff is absolutely terrible . cya saturday
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Post by block18shrew on Oct 22, 2019 22:35:49 GMT 1
You have to be kidding if you think that we played well in patches? We were totally inept from the first minute to the last. Thank god the ball hit Omar’s leg to give us a share of the spoils. Fans have a right to vent their frustration, they pay their money and deserve better than this...especially at home. If it was the crowd becoming restless over one performance I’d say ‘fickle’ but the fact Ricketts deliberately sets the team up week in week out to stifle the opposition and pray for a bit of luck only adds to the frustration. Far too negative and especially tonight against a team that hadn’t won away all season and we’re clearly there for the taking. On the positive side it just shows you how bad Southend are. For them to concede 7 tonight is nearly as embarrassing as having us score 4 against them. nearly as embarrassing as your post if I start some crowd funding and get enough to cover what's left of your season ticket will you promise not to come again this season ? ps is that the same southend who were down to 10 men after 6 minutes and down to 9 before the hour ? If I had any respect for you I might pay attention to your post but as you are a ****ing gobs**te I couldn’t give a toss what you think. You have no moral jurisdiction here so climb down from your high horse.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 22:36:57 GMT 1
Don’t agree with booing, particularly at half time, but that was a dire performance against, thankfully, a dire team tonight.
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Post by CopthorneShrew on Oct 22, 2019 22:38:43 GMT 1
nearly as embarrassing as your post if I start some crowd funding and get enough to cover what's left of your season ticket will you promise not to come again this season ? ps is that the same southend who were down to 10 men after 6 minutes and down to 9 before the hour ? If I had any respect for you I might pay attention to your post but as you are a ****ing gobs**te I couldn’t give a toss what you think. You have no moral jurisdiction here so climb down from your high horse. Post of the year right there!!!
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Post by Pilch on Oct 22, 2019 22:43:31 GMT 1
nearly as embarrassing as your post if I start some crowd funding and get enough to cover what's left of your season ticket will you promise not to come again this season ? ps is that the same southend who were down to 10 men after 6 minutes and down to 9 before the hour ? If I had any respect for you I might pay attention to your post but as you are a ****ing gobs**te I couldn’t give a toss what you think. You have no moral jurisdiction here so climb down from your high horse. im a realist, you are a fantasist, a miserable one at that ;-)
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Post by pughywasfree on Oct 22, 2019 22:43:31 GMT 1
I usually try to be positive and back a manager. The fact we are were we are in the league should also satisfy the fans after last seasons relegation battle. But its ****ing dreadful football. If we carry on waiting till 70 minutes to start playing then we will drop down the league fast. I'm fine with passing it around the back but it needs to have a purpose. Cb passing to another cb that is level with him with no opposition around is pointless and does not creat opportunities. Take the feking ball forward draw a player towards you and then pass it taking them out of the game. I had a running joke throughout the game that we would pass it about and either lose it or pass it to Giles. Thats exactly what we did nearly every time. Norburn, laurent and Goss are decent league 1 players but they are not a good combination for a 3 man midfield. Any half decent manager could get this team playing quality football. Also worrying how knackered Giles was after 75 minutes. Shows how much is asked of him.
For the record I didn't boo.
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Post by mattmw on Oct 22, 2019 22:46:57 GMT 1
I think people were getting frustrated with the tactics, rather than booing the team tonight
Gillingham hasn’t won away all season and with us doing ok and in mid table you might have expected us to start on the front foot and maybe play a slightly more attacking formation.
Instead the team set up seemed very defensive, players looked poor on the ball and play was generally slow and sideways. Without Whalley on the pitch there isn’t a player who can beat a man so we just punted the ball long too many times
The players look bored of the tactics never mind the fans
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Post by Pilch on Oct 22, 2019 22:48:51 GMT 1
I usually try to be positive and back a manager. The fact we are were we are in the league should also satisfy the fans after last seasons relegation battle. But its ****ing dreadful football. If we carry on waiting till 70 minutes to start playing then we will drop down the league fast. I'm fine with passing it around the back but it needs to have a purpose. Cb passing to another cb that is level with him with no opposition around is pointless and does not creat opportunities. Take the feking ball forward draw a player towards you and then pass it taking them out of the game. I had a running joke throughout the game that we would pass it about and either lose it or pass it to Giles. Thats exactly what we did nearly every time. Norburn, laurent and Goss are decent league 1 players but they are not a good combination for a 3 man midfield. Any half decent manager could get this team playing quality football. Also worrying how knackered Giles was after 75 minutes. Shows how much is asked of him. For the record I didn't boo. pughy, you remind me of pele ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 22:53:43 GMT 1
Slow, predictable and plodding.
We are dull to watch and the frustration for me is that we have some very good players.
I am not surprised people booed.
Personally, I was too apathetic to boo.
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Post by Pilch on Oct 22, 2019 22:55:32 GMT 1
can someone explain to me why WBA top of the championship didnt beat Barnsley at home tonight, Barnsley are bottom
and why crewe top of league 2 didnt beat bottom half of table 10 man colchester at home tonight ?
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Post by claphamshrew on Oct 22, 2019 22:57:47 GMT 1
So tonight I think the booing at the team at halftime and full time was totally and utterly unwarranted. Did we play great? No. Did we play horrendously? No. We played well in patches and were dreadful in others which frankly has been the story of our season. I don’t really get what fans expect exactly and I don’t think it’s a coincidence we seem to be playing better away from home from the booing brigade. I just thought it would be interesting to hear from fans who are booing and their reasons why. I just think the stick Ricketts and the team are getting at the moment is wrong. Roll on Sunderland. Not sure where you get this notion from that we've played better away from home. I've been to Lincoln, Rotherham and Wimbledon and all were absolutely dire games. The frustrating thing is we're not actually that s**t so we end up stifling the opposition who can't do anthing, yet we are so negative we do nothing either, so the games end up being a horrid spectacle. I'm pretty sure if you ask the fans of Lincoln and Rotherham at the end of the season which was their least memorable game, ours will rank pretty high. I think Sam needs to be reminded that a win and a loss yields more points than two draws. Of course I've seen far worse Town teams in my time but it's just so bloody frustrating as its clear we have the talent in the team to playing more entertaining football. If we lose a few games as a result who really cares!
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Post by bobbytheblock19er on Oct 22, 2019 22:59:09 GMT 1
can someone explain to me why WBA top of the championship didnt beat Barnsley at home tonight, Barnsley are bottom and why crewe top of league 2 didnt beat bottom half of table 10 man colchester at home tonight ? pilch , I know rickets is your mate and all that . But what is going on in the team that brings positivity to the place? Everyone can have an off day . Ours is a negative set up from minute 1 - every time , no matter the opponent. How could any shrewsbury fan enjoy tonight’s game ? Or the Lincoln game ? It’s just boring.
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