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Post by GreaterGlasgowstokie on Aug 12, 2023 21:17:45 GMT
Maybe I'm being harsh.
On reflection, we were really spread out, we tried to go toe-to-toe but our press was disorganized, we were lacking in fitness, the midfielders got spread apart, and we didn't really have patterns of play in attack, because it's a brand new attack.
Lots to work on in the week but we need to simplify things for a while and get players closer together. Away, we should be going purely on the counter attack for now
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Aug 12, 2023 21:27:11 GMT
Give the guy a break, bloody hell two league games in and a witch hunt is on.
Massive overreaction. He had a poor game but so did the rest of the team.
Give the lads a chance first.
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Post by mtrstudent on Aug 12, 2023 21:31:54 GMT
Maybe I'm being harsh. On reflection, we were really spread out, we tried to go toe-to-toe but our press was disorganized, we were lacking in fitness, the midfielders got spread apart, and we didn't really have patterns of play in attack, because it's a brand new attack. Lots to work on in the week but we need to simplify things for a while and get players closer together. Away, we should be going purely on the counter attack for now Nice level headed post. I think Laurent had a mare today, some of his passes were needlessly shite and you can't really blame "lack of patterns" for those. He was hurt by bad performances around but he's due some stick for that performance even if I like him and think he'll come good again.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Aug 12, 2023 21:37:09 GMT
I still think it’s the wrong decision having him captain.
I don’t want a captain that strolls around having one good game in eight.
Hardly an example to the rest of the team if your captain can’t be arsed.
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Post by chamberlain on Aug 12, 2023 22:10:45 GMT
I like Laurent , but he needs to look himself in the mirror tonight because that performance is not acceptable.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Aug 12, 2023 22:11:09 GMT
He was absolutely useless. Oozed indifference and apathy.
He’s never a Captain and should be sold.
People saying it’s only one bad game, Christ it was awful and the odd decent performance over a season doesn’t paper over the fact he’s weak, poor at tracking, shirks out of tackles. For a lad his size he’s a right fanny
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Post by wakeypotter on Aug 12, 2023 22:19:08 GMT
I still think it’s the wrong decision having him captain. I don’t want a captain that strolls around having one good game in eight. Hardly an example to the rest of the team if your captain can’t be arsed. I’m a big Laurent fan and totally agree with you. On his day he’s unstoppable but there’s not enough consistency for him to be captain. Also some players thrive on being captain others dont
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Post by shakermaker on Aug 12, 2023 22:19:21 GMT
He does seem to blow hot and cold. Either wank or great there is nowhere inbetween. Captains show by example and should be consistent. He is no where near captain material. This appointment is on the manager I’m afraid. Perhaps he’s been given the armband to try and reward him if there’s been a bid in ? Dubious choice for me. I was utterly bemused to learn he’d been given the armband. It just seems like a natural choice to have given it to Pearson, or Wilmot would have been my second choice. Just goes missing too many times, which incidentally is the same problem with our 1st choice skipper! It’s infuriating, cos when he’s on it then Laurent is an awesome box to box player. If Laurent is staying, then Neil and his coaches need to do lots of work on his mentality and put some fire in his belly. This inconsistency in Laurent’s game though is exactly the reason why we need Onomah in quickly!
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Post by svengaliinplatforms on Aug 12, 2023 23:00:59 GMT
Captains show by example and should be consistent. He is no where near captain material. This appointment is on the manager I’m afraid. Perhaps he’s been given the armband to try and reward him if there’s been a bid in ? Dubious choice for me. I was utterly bemused to learn he’d been given the armband. It just seems like a natural choice to have given it to Pearson, or Wilmot would have been my second choice. Just goes missing too many times, which incidentally is the same problem with our 1st choice skipper! It’s infuriating, cos when he’s on it then Laurent is an awesome box to box player. If Laurent is staying, then Neil and his coaches need to do lots of work on his mentality and put some fire in his belly. This inconsistency in Laurent’s game though is exactly the reason why we need Onomah in quickly! I thought Pearson would have been nailed on.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 13, 2023 0:25:40 GMT
I was utterly bemused to learn he’d been given the armband. It just seems like a natural choice to have given it to Pearson, or Wilmot would have been my second choice. Just goes missing too many times, which incidentally is the same problem with our 1st choice skipper! It’s infuriating, cos when he’s on it then Laurent is an awesome box to box player. If Laurent is staying, then Neil and his coaches need to do lots of work on his mentality and put some fire in his belly. This inconsistency in Laurent’s game though is exactly the reason why we need Onomah in quickly! I thought Pearson would have been nailed on. Pearson needs to focus on his own game yet again today his enforcer image took a proper thinking thus time by morsey , since he’s bern here Bristol , millwall , Ipswich , Boro have all shown he’s a paper tiger petulant yes enforcer no
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2023 8:59:03 GMT
He is literally midfield, he is not wide right or wide leftish , he is literally midfield.
To play midfield you have got to be able to put a tackle in and shield / receive the ball and move it on quickly and accurately.
He doesn't do that .
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 13, 2023 9:09:07 GMT
He appeared to be hungover. Utter pap
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Post by jontimmis on Aug 13, 2023 9:13:49 GMT
I think having had some time to calm down and reflect, the manager acknowledged it wasn’t good enough.
I would like to be a fly on the wall when they watch it Monday morning before training.
I’m sure they will look at it in particular the names mentioned and see first hand how bad it was, bar the 6 minutes before half time and the 6 minutes after half time.
If I were Neil, I’d just say so what do you think to that then fellas? Pure silence throughout the 90 min watch and then say 2,000 travelled all that way….. 😳😳
Better give them something to shout about on Saturday.
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Post by crownmeking on Aug 13, 2023 9:43:40 GMT
Three games in and he's tweeting apologies for being that bad. If he's the best we can muster as club captain we're in for a long winter. He had a bad game, he owned it, and apologized, that shows character. You'd of slated him if he said nothing.
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Post by crownmeking on Aug 13, 2023 9:48:04 GMT
Some of you lot really are laughable, call yourselves supporters, but you'll call your own teams players names. Crtitcise a bad performances all day long, have your opinion, but to come on here and start calling names "He's a Fanny" that's pathetic.
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Post by nott1 on Aug 13, 2023 10:23:15 GMT
I thought Pearson would have been nailed on. Pearson needs to focus on his own game yet again today his enforcer image took a proper thinking thus time by morsey , since he’s bern here Bristol , millwall , Ipswich , Boro have all shown he’s a paper tiger petulant yes enforcer no Does a lot of backpassing, too much for my liking just like Whelan did!
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Post by Pugsley on Aug 13, 2023 10:24:44 GMT
Our midfield is a proper worry.
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Post by dirtygary69 on Aug 13, 2023 10:32:09 GMT
Nice to go completely over the top on someone who had a very good first two games. Ridiculous. I know he was here last season and he was hit and miss but what use is calling our players shit after the first 2 league games of the season?
Give them time. All of them.
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Post by pushon on Aug 13, 2023 10:59:14 GMT
Some of you lot really are laughable, call yourselves supporters, but you'll call your own teams players names. Crtitcise a bad performances all day long, have your opinion, but to come on here and start calling names "He's a Fanny" that's pathetic. "Fanny" is a more accurate description than "Captain"
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Post by pushon on Aug 13, 2023 11:01:28 GMT
Our midfield is a proper worry. For "worry" substitute "Nightmare"😱
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Post by iglugluk on Aug 13, 2023 11:12:41 GMT
He's either very good or very indifferent.. he needs to attempt to achieve psychological consistency. Pretty much the same can be said for the team as a whole. The 2 league games this season have been like a microcosm of the period after the Christmas window, last season, but with totally different squad Neil needs to give that some thought.. I'm assuming it's due to lack of cohesion after so many changes I thought his post match interview lacked sharpness and insight, both of which are important attributes for a captain. Maybe something different is being seen by the manager off camera .. I certainly hope so!
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Post by norters on Aug 13, 2023 11:17:20 GMT
I think he’s a good player.. head might be turned by next weeks opponents unfortunately..
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Post by cvillestokie on Aug 13, 2023 11:20:56 GMT
Looks great when the team is playing well around him. Hides away from responsibility when it isn’t.
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Post by chell_rosey on Aug 13, 2023 11:23:30 GMT
.....the midfielders got spread apart.... I have an image...
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Post by theonlooker on Aug 13, 2023 11:24:09 GMT
We've been spoilt by Whelan. Not the best technically or even quick around the park but bollocks the size of boulders.
We could do with even a fraction of that in our midfield right now because all three are soft as shit when the wind blows in the wrong direction.
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Post by norters on Aug 13, 2023 11:41:26 GMT
I think he’s a good player.. head might be turned by next weeks opponents unfortunately..
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Post by neddy on Aug 13, 2023 11:45:48 GMT
I think he’s a good player.. head might be turned by next weeks opponents unfortunately.. I wondered if someone was in for him?
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Post by theonlooker on Aug 13, 2023 13:12:24 GMT
I think he’s a good player.. head might be turned by next weeks opponents unfortunately.. Their rivals in the PL maybe?
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Post by Pugsley on Aug 13, 2023 13:47:40 GMT
Our midfield is a proper worry. For "worry" substitute "Nightmare"😱 Window is still open.
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Post by sportsman on Aug 13, 2023 13:56:46 GMT
Looks great when the team is playing well around him. Hides away from responsibility when it isn’t. Sounds like Bruno for man UTD that. The modern day captain
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