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Post by Pilch on Jan 8, 2020 15:01:46 GMT 1
Christ I was joking man. You used to be able to take this sort of banter! Whats happened? And i'm not finding proof of you being able to take banter before either - LOL thing is I've always stuck by the town manager whoever they are, even Askey, only turned on Ratcliffe towards the end and even then it was only gallows humour, relegation means nothing to me, it is what it is and life goes on as far as your other question, in limbo at the mo waiting for a simple procedure to fix things, depressing , annoying , and I take it out on you lot whilst waiting, no offence meant ;-)
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Post by Pilch on Jan 8, 2020 15:02:10 GMT 1
Time of the month, Pilch? you could say that
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Post by staffordshrew on Jan 8, 2020 15:05:30 GMT 1
Meanwhile, back to our manager, I am sure he understands that fans like a bit of entertainment for their money and the need to keep learning. He's actually the best candidate we could have if we advertised for a new manager now based on his experience so far.
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Jan 8, 2020 15:08:03 GMT 1
Christ I was joking man. You used to be able to take this sort of banter! Whats happened? And i'm not finding proof of you being able to take banter before either - LOL thing is I've always stuck by the town manager whoever they are, even Askey, only turned on Ratcliffe towards the end and even then it was only gallows humour, relegation means nothing to me, it is what it is and life goes on as far as your other question, in limbo at the mo waiting for a simple procedure to fix things, depressing , annoying , and I take it out on you lot whilst waiting, no offence meant ;-) You know me Pilch, your one of the good guys. Hope your on the mend soon boss! Ps Ricketts out
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Post by tvor on Jan 8, 2020 15:56:06 GMT 1
25 shots vs Bolton is great vs 10 men, but its a huge outlier... Infact since Sunderland, the shots per game has been dropping off... though we have been making more of them on target... efficient with less chances, btu you can see why the goals have not been flowing. And for context - In League 1 we have the 2nd worst record for shots on target (Bolton Worse) In League 1 we gave the 3rd worst record for total shots (bolton and Southend worse) Dont know why you think I have an agenda. The great defensive record is equally as statistically interesting (been posting about it on twitter today) but the shooting and goal scoring issues are possibly slightly more interesting and to all intents and purposes its the thing holding this team back. No current signs of that changing but its just a game away I guess. A graph showing our relative attacking record, shots per match and shots per goal.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Jan 8, 2020 16:12:36 GMT 1
I always smile when we win a game, Ricketts is spoken of in the same breath as Pep Guardiola, but when we lose, he's Mike Bassett!
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Post by venceremos on Jan 8, 2020 16:12:54 GMT 1
Haha, I'd settle for languidly clinical. That was Hurst's team at its best.
I think Mellon's League 2 team was the nearest I've seen to us being energetically wasteful.
As for constant threat - what's that? Never yet seen a Salop team matching that description.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 8, 2020 16:50:14 GMT 1
25 shots vs Bolton is great vs 10 men, but its a huge outlier... Infact since Sunderland, the shots per game has been dropping off... though we have been making more of them on target... efficient with less chances, btu you can see why the goals have not been flowing. And for context - In League 1 we have the 2nd worst record for shots on target (Bolton Worse) In League 1 we gave the 3rd worst record for total shots (bolton and Southend worse) Dont know why you think I have an agenda. The great defensive record is equally as statistically interesting (been posting about it on twitter today) but the shooting and goal scoring issues are possibly slightly more interesting and to all intents and purposes its the thing holding this team back. No current signs of that changing but its just a game away I guess. A graph showing our relative attacking record, shots per match and shots per goal. great stats biggest threat Peterborough and Oxford. we beat oxford and shut out Oxford at their own place worst threat bolton and mkd lost and drew
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Post by martinshrew on Jan 8, 2020 16:51:55 GMT 1
A graph showing our relative attacking record, shots per match and shots per goal. great stats biggest threat Peterborough and Oxford. we beat oxford and shut out Oxford at their own place worst threat bolton and mkd lost and drew Understand you playing devil's advocate and you make a point, but the stats are across 23 games so far, not a selected 4.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 8, 2020 17:01:05 GMT 1
great stats biggest threat Peterborough and Oxford. we beat oxford and shut out Oxford at their own place worst threat bolton and mkd lost and drew Understand you playing devil's advocate and you make a point, but the stats are across 23 games so far, not a selected 4. I picked on the 2 most extreme clubs at either end,poining out that they don't mean anything really only 2 stats really mean anything current league table and remaining fixtures
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Post by northwestman on Jan 8, 2020 17:06:09 GMT 1
And the remaining fixtures have us playing 6 of the bottom 8 at home.
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Jan 8, 2020 17:21:56 GMT 1
Only 3 words for this thread FFS
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Post by martinshrew on Jan 8, 2020 17:28:16 GMT 1
And the remaining fixtures have us playing 6 of the bottom 8 at home. In those games we should ease the handbrake and go at the opponent. I don't mind tight games away and against better sides, but let's actively try and punish the sides below us.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 18:48:59 GMT 1
so get behind him and the team. I agree 100% however it works both ways and the team well and truly let down the travelling faithful last evening.
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Post by Valerioch on Jan 8, 2020 19:56:27 GMT 1
Sadly the modern football fan attitude has reached Shrewsbury (we are always slightly behind the times). There is no middle ground, either things are brilliant or terrible, a win results in talk of promotion, a defeat is the end of the world and the manager must go. This thread is embarrassing but entirely predictable For the record, this doesn't mean you cant criticise the manager/players, whilst I wasn't there last night I've read enough to see it was a dire performance so people should be free to rant whilst Ricketts and the players need to take a look at themselves. But that's very different from saying 'RICKETTS OUT'. I echo this. Despise some of our fans sometimes. Plenty were dishing out abuse at Accrington, and within 20 minutes were singing Rickett’s name. Utterly embarrassing Yesterday sounded diabolical. Seriously frustrating, given how superb we were at Bristol. But support is about sticking with them in good and bad. We should be better than abusing our own after a winless run of just 3 games. Well done those who travelled again yesterday. Top effort
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 20:12:41 GMT 1
I always smile when we win a game, Ricketts is spoken of in the same breath as Pep Guardiola, but when we lose, he's Mike Bassett! But then we would play 442 😂😂😂
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 20:32:36 GMT 1
Rickets could turn out to be the next Gary Peters in terms of a 50/50 split (roughly) of fans who like/dislike him in terms of style of football played.
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Post by callum on Jan 8, 2020 21:00:15 GMT 1
Since he has been our manager I have always thought he doesn't look overly enamoured to be here.
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Post by Mortgagehound on Jan 8, 2020 21:02:22 GMT 1
What about the body language?....
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Post by Exkeeper on Jan 8, 2020 21:05:33 GMT 1
People pay their money and have every right to be critical of players, management and everyone connected to the club BUT...... the two oiks down at the front at the end of the game were wound up far too tight and their vile tirade at the man was way beyond acceptable. My thoughts at the time were that if the reacted like that to some random bloke in a pub, they could expect to get their faces rearranged.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jan 9, 2020 0:15:44 GMT 1
And the remaining fixtures have us playing 6 of the bottom 8 at home. In those games we should ease the handbrake and go at the opponent. I don't mind tight games away and against better sides, but let's actively try and punish the sides below us. Tbh its a bit worrying that it has to be suggested by the fans. My guess is that we wont go for it, thats after the Bolton gane that was there to be won.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 9, 2020 0:44:13 GMT 1
never saw either of the league cup semi games but apparently city lined up without a striker and scored 3 in the first half
leicester dominated from start to finish, had over 20 shots, and 10+ corners, villa managed 1 shot on target and zero corners
surely they need to sack Rodgers , they even lost 4-0 at home to one of their rivals recently and managed zero shots on target
who would want to be a Leicester fan ?
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Post by claphamshrew on Jan 9, 2020 1:18:18 GMT 1
never saw either of the league cup semi games but apparently city lined up without a striker and scored 3 in the first half leicester dominated from start to finish, had over 20 shots, and 10+ corners, villa managed 1 shot on target and zero corners surely they need to sack Rodgers , they even lost 4-0 at home to one of their rivals recently and managed zero shots on target who would want to be a Leicester fan ? If you look at the bigger picture you’ll find that Man City are top scorers in the league and Leicester are third (only three behind your beloved Liverpool), so their offensive tactics are clearly not an issue. Choosing games in isolation does nothing to help validate your preset agenda (confirmation bias). Whilst I’m not calling for Ricketts to go we are second lowest scorers in the league (21 goals) with Bolton 3 behind and MK Dons the next lowest on 26 - that’s some margin when you consider there are 9 teams between 26 and 31 goals. Perhaps our much celebrated defence should also come under some scrutiny, given the nature of the goals that we have conceded recently, and that there are in fact 8 other teams equal or better in terms of goals against. There are clearly problems with our attacking play. It would be foolish to suggest otherwise and I’m sure Ricketts is aware of this too. It’s just whether he can sort it out. I hope he can but it’s been an issue for sometime now with little progress, compounded by the regression of the defence.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jan 27, 2020 9:57:32 GMT 1
SO. Is it still Ricketts out this morning then i wonder 😮
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Post by Pilch on Jan 27, 2020 10:29:57 GMT 1
Again, wasted my time and money along with another 9510 poor sods
Zero entertainment Especially once the second went in!
Please, please Roland, act now or you'll lose fans having to watch these negative tactics week in week out.
Had enough,I left at 0-2
Ricketts out
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Post by cheggersdrinkspop on Jan 27, 2020 10:53:24 GMT 1
The usual crew will resort to this if we don't win our next 2 games in the league. They obviously don't buy in to what he is trying to build for the club, and just want the instant success the modern world is conditioning everyone to.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 27, 2020 11:56:05 GMT 1
SO. Is it still Ricketts out this morning then i wonder 😮 I see what you did there I did the same last night on the other thread the ricketts out mob quickly crucified me yet again for being pro town lol if anyone watched his interview after the game in the bbc motd box with Lineker , shearer and co you have to admit, he knows his stuff, fully committed to the club and supporters, and has a decent sense of humour too we couldn't ask for better and hopefully the critics can see what I saw now, spend 3 hours with him and let show you that he is of the style of the Leeds manager and is switched on and you'll realise you are wasting your time looking elsewhere
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Post by davycrockett on Jan 27, 2020 12:06:41 GMT 1
SO. Is it still Ricketts out this morning then i wonder 😮 I must admit in a weak moment I joined in with Sam Ricketts Barmy Army for the first time last night although today I’m wondering what position we’ll be in after Wed / Sat games bearing in mind we were 11th not so long ago..... Just think back What did fans think after Ratcliffe steered us to victory against Everton and what happened to the rest of that season?
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Jan 27, 2020 12:11:56 GMT 1
What ever happens with SR
When he leaves hes going down as one of the best managers we had in the FA CUP that's for sure
Stoke, Wolves (x2) Bristol City (x2) and Liverpool. All massively creditable/amazing results as well as the more standard wins!
But next its Gillingham... thats where we see if this cup form can be sustained or we revert to the team without a league in 2020.....
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Jan 27, 2020 12:12:49 GMT 1
Funny thing is for all the chat about lack of shots on target recently including the rare game we had with ZERO on target we out shot on targeted liverpool yesterday
Just what is this team really!
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