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Post by Olgrligm on May 7, 2022 21:54:34 GMT
For me 100% has to be Tyrese Campbell. So much of this season seemed to depending on whether he could hit the ground running and he just never looked like running for more than 10 minutes. Gouranga. Laughable. The lad has been out with a serious injury and people expect him to hit the ground running. He needs a good pre-season at least. I spoke to a professional physio last week who has worked with the first team at a club at our level. His view was that an injury like Campbell's really has a two year recovery period, even if he can actually get back on the pitch after a year.
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Post by heworksardtho on May 7, 2022 21:58:10 GMT
The price of Diesel
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Post by Davef on May 7, 2022 22:05:30 GMT
Yes, it's always the supporters fault isn't it? We're the ones who decided to bring Chester on instead of Vrancic, Swayers or Tezgel. Give me strength.
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Post by banksy1art on May 7, 2022 22:21:20 GMT
Our home ‘support’
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Post by generationex on May 7, 2022 22:26:45 GMT
The sense that we are going nowhere because so many signings have not improved the squad.
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Post by kustokie on May 7, 2022 22:49:18 GMT
The injuries we have suffered again, which have systematically knackered us one after the other. Souttar, then Powell, then Thompson on and off, then Wilmot (COVID and the two Bob bits/stomach issue), then Powell again, then Vrancic, then Sawyers. Chuck in Tymon and Tommy Smith for bits and bobs and it just takes the micky a little bit. That's before you even consider Tyrese or Doughty etc. One of the best bits of business we could do this summer is a complete overhaul or review of our Sport Science dept. Not saying they are all at fault but look at ways we can improve to see if there is absolutely anything we can do to reduce the risks etc. Marginal gains and all that... Oh come off it mate on the injury front, along with FFP malarkey I’m so fed up with excuses on how it’s been so bad for us, we should be head and shoulders above most teams in this league but we’re not even remotely looking a decent side with little if anything to look forward to, it’s horrible to watch with this bloke in charge. But if you’re happy that’s fine with me, he has to go very soon. The he’s a nice bloke is also wearing thin now as I’m getting to the point I dislike him due to the shit he thinks is acceptable for us. Agree. Even without Powell, Souttar and the pre-injury Campbell, the squad was good enough to make the playoffs. We failed for one simple reason - O’Neill made some really bad team selections and substitutions that even Hughes would have been ashamed of. His fixation with three at the back without decent wingbacks and his obsession with Chester were just two of his biggest mistakes.
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Post by crowey on May 8, 2022 0:30:15 GMT
…. how our loan signings have underperformed. Watching Gibbs-White yesterday performing very well for the Blades made me think. Ostigard looked solid initially, but then appeared to have had some falling out with MON. JPB looked okay at times, especially when he played with Nick Powell (when not injured.), but that was about it. Also Maja showed some thing at times, but not enough. THB okay, but always had a mistake in him (as young players do.) Duhaney steady, but was a stopgap & never supposed to make us any better. As for Sima? Is it all to do with the turgid crap that MON plays? Hope we get a better lot next season, but won’t hold my breath
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on May 8, 2022 0:47:50 GMT
That we started out fairly decently and then hit a long slow death. Brutal.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on May 8, 2022 1:26:44 GMT
Walking down to the match full of optimism, then walking home thoroughly pissed off..... AGAIN 🙄
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Post by callas12 on May 8, 2022 2:43:09 GMT
The amount of times the away end seems to have erupted more this season than any other & the sight of the away players wheeling off to celebrate with their fans down the front after invariably they've scored a goal to take the lead against us again 🙄😬
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Post by davethebass on May 8, 2022 3:09:48 GMT
The fizzling out of that exciting attacking football we played post January. It reminded me of when Pulis dismantled that team that beat Liverpool 3-1, and reminds me of when Hughes abandoned Stokalona. Seems a bit fishy to me, and I can't put my finger on it.
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Post by JoeinOz on May 8, 2022 4:07:50 GMT
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Post by hyaduck on May 8, 2022 4:52:41 GMT
Biggest disappointment is still having O’Neill & Ginger nut in charge after another SHITE home performance. Come on PC even at your age you must be able to see they’re not up to it.
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Post by hyaduck on May 8, 2022 4:55:04 GMT
…. how our loan signings have underperformed. Watching Gibbs-White yesterday performing very well for the Blades made me think. Ostigard looked solid initially, but then appeared to have had some falling out with MON. JPB looked okay at times, especially when he played with Nick Powell (when not injured.), but that was about it. Also Maja showed some thing at times, but not enough. THB okay, but always had a mistake in him (as young players do.) Duhaney steady, but was a stopgap & never supposed to make us any better. As for Sima? Is it all to do with the turgid crap that MON plays? Hope we get a better lot next season, but won’t hold my breath All of his signings have been shit bar Baker
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Post by bristolpotter on May 8, 2022 4:57:26 GMT
All of it
Plus Micheal O Neil
Terrible wasted season
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Post by boweryboy on May 8, 2022 6:23:45 GMT
Home form and technically inept manager,who still doesn't know what system to play after forty six games.
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Post by foster on May 8, 2022 6:25:24 GMT
Lack of consistency in terms of decent performances. Leading to dropping points from winning positions and defeats against sides we should have at minimum drawn with.
Consistently being inconsistent doesn't count.
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Post by Scouse on May 8, 2022 6:26:15 GMT
Biggest disappointment for me the injury to Souttar .. followed by Campbell slow , ineffectual return from injury
Meaning , we effectively trod water for the season , unable due to FFP to bring in their direct replacements ( ( potential ) ability wise ) , whilst also not knowing if they’ll indeed be two of the major cogs for a promotion push next season ..Im very hopeful of Souttar coming good , less so of Campbell .. but with both we’re 12 months further on without having those two major questions answered & so are still left with a stick or twist situation and having lost / wasted a season
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on May 8, 2022 6:34:52 GMT
Myself for believing O’Neill could take this club forward. I’m off to punch myself in the face😉 Need any help?
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Post by partickpotter on May 8, 2022 6:39:38 GMT
The fact that we were well placed to make a challenge after the first quarter of the season but just drifted for the remainder producing occasional moments but far too many poor and mundane performances.
A poor season for our club.
A very poor season for the manager.
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Post by admiral on May 8, 2022 6:58:13 GMT
Biggest disappointment is that there will be few better chances to get out of the Championship than this season. One outstanding team but the rest have been pretty average.
Next season will be so much harder. Sheffield Wednesday or Sunderland coming up will be no mugs. Coming down… Well, one of Leeds, Everton or Burnley won’t be easy (to say the least) and Watford and Norwich seem to know how to get out of the league.
The fact that we could only finish 14th with the opposition we’ve faced makes me worry about where we’ll end up next year unless there’s a massive overhaul.
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Post by deeside2 on May 8, 2022 7:00:40 GMT
Michael O'Neill - the fact that he's still here.
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Post by lordherefordsknob on May 8, 2022 7:21:41 GMT
Ok maybe I worded it wrong should of put home atmosphere.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2022 7:46:31 GMT
Ok maybe I worded it wrong should of put home atmosphere. Rubbish
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Post by professorplump on May 8, 2022 10:06:15 GMT
For me it is the number of points dropped from winning positions. If we had held on to even a third of them, we would have been right in the play off mix. The fact that we were good enough to take the lead in so many games indicates that the squad was competitive but also points to either mental fragility or poor game management.
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Post by GRUMPY 1 on May 8, 2022 10:24:24 GMT
The fact that I Didn't renew my season ticket seems to be Wholly justified.
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Post by teagles05 on May 9, 2022 11:26:48 GMT
Not learning our lessons and signing players like Sima
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Post by skip on May 9, 2022 11:30:57 GMT
Travelling over 5000miles to watch us lose at home to Derby and Preston. Worse than the couple of hundred quid it cost to take my 2 boys of 12 and 10 was the complete lack of atmosphere in the ground and effort from the players - totally different to my 1st game 40 odd years ago that made me a fan for life Same here. Me and the eldest drove from London to watch that abject defeat at home to Derby. Not up there with the mileage but the feelings were pretty similar to yours I imagine.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on May 10, 2022 15:46:11 GMT
The refusal to sign a proper, physical holding midfielder and the knee-jerk, panicky reversion to a back three and wing back system after the Luton game. I agree a physical holding midfielder is pretty mush essential if you play a back 4 but the fact is we haven't got one. Given we hadn't got an essential player to make 4 at the back work the mistake was ditching 3 at the back not reverting back to it because 4 at the back wasn't working.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on May 10, 2022 16:05:48 GMT
The refusal to sign a proper, physical holding midfielder and the knee-jerk, panicky reversion to a back three and wing back system after the Luton game. I agree a physical holding midfielder is pretty mush essential if you play a back 4 but the fact is we haven't got one. Given we hadn't got an essential player to make 4 at the back work the mistake was ditching 3 at the back not reverting back to it because 4 at the back wasn't working. The midfield was absolutely powder puff with three or four at the back until Baker's arrival convinced Allen to actually play like a DM. As I've said to you before, most teams who play with a three at the back still play at least one (and often two) midfielders who are at least physical and capable of sitting when they need to, even if they can go forward when they need to as well. The back four system we adopted from Hull on was looking promising and ditching it after the Luton debacle was a baby/bathwater job it took us a long time to recover from. The 3-4-3/3-5-2 really hasn't been good against teams who sat deep against us at home IMO.
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