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Post by Gods on Jan 22, 2024 23:46:49 GMT
Absokute pair of clowns. I have every sympathy for Shuey, he must be wondering what a mess he has signed up to. Jones and MON had some excuse for signing poor players, they had no money. At least watching the more attacking play is more enjoyable and lifts your spirits briefly, then you get that sinking feeling when the opposition attack us. The only half decent defender yesterday was Thompson, playing out of position, which shows how bad the rest of the defence is. Statistically our defence is much better than our attack.
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Post by blackpoolred on Jan 23, 2024 0:05:48 GMT
Our first goal that we conceded was a shocker, McNally should have been stronger in the challenge, Rose should have been across quicker to get a challenge in to stop him getting a shot away and god knows what the keeper was doing - on his backside in no mans land leaving the entire goal as a target.
We need some quality, quantity, height and nous in defensive areas, if we are still playing square pegs after the window - then questions need asking
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Post by jokker on Jan 23, 2024 5:35:56 GMT
neither are good enough for a top-half Championship team. Which is why they are playing for a bottom five championship team. They are pretty poor, but are they better than Taylor or Forrester...? Both of whom were dispatched before they had had time to settle or escape from the "only for cover" which they were offered. No, our managers made the bed we lie in and we now pay the consequences.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Jan 23, 2024 8:43:31 GMT
Far too many mistakes in them as a pair. I actually really rate Wilmot (I know a lot don't). His passing is as good as any centre half in the league. So important for how we want to play. Would like a destroyer type alongside him and Rose/McNally seem to be neither. The problem for me is that Rose, McNally and Wilmott all have a mistake in them, none of them is an organiser and they all overplay the ball when the simple option is the best option. If we had an experienced, no nonsense, error free leader in there I think all three could do a decent job as the understudy. A good central defence is a partnership and we don't have that at the moment.
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Post by Timmy on Jan 23, 2024 8:57:14 GMT
neither are good enough for a top-half Championship team. Which is why they are playing for a bottom five championship team. They are pretty poor, but are they better than Taylor or Forrester...? Both of whom were dispatched before they had had time to settle or escape from the "only for cover" which they were offered. No, our managers made the bed we lie in and we now pay the consequences. Time is a healer with regards to watching some tripe, I think we have forgotten how bad Taylor actually was.
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Post by independent on Jan 23, 2024 13:01:00 GMT
Our first goal that we conceded was a shocker, McNally should have been stronger in the challenge, Rose should have been across quicker to get a challenge in to stop him getting a shot away and god knows what the keeper was doing - on his backside in no mans land leaving the entire goal as a target. We need some quality, quantity, height and nous in defensive areas, if we are still playing square pegs after the window - then questions need askingWill you give the manager a chance, he is barely in the door. The football is watchable. Okay, we would like even better results but expecting him to sign players of the quality we require in January, when you don't even know if he has any funds is ridiculous.
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Post by idle on Jan 23, 2024 13:45:56 GMT
Is it just me or did it look like Wilmot had bulked up a bit? He looked a right menace when he came on vs. Brum. He should start alongside Rose. McNally needs to regain form, but I'm afraid I jinxed him with the McNally thread!
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Post by blackpoolred on Jan 24, 2024 22:03:03 GMT
Our first goal that we conceded was a shocker, McNally should have been stronger in the challenge, Rose should have been across quicker to get a challenge in to stop him getting a shot away and god knows what the keeper was doing - on his backside in no mans land leaving the entire goal as a target. We need some quality, quantity, height and nous in defensive areas, if we are still playing square pegs after the window - then questions need askingWill you give the manager a chance, he is barely in the door. The football is watchable. Okay, we would like even better results but expecting him to sign players of the quality we require in January, when you don't even know if he has any funds is ridiculous. More of a slight against the club/transfer policy than the manager. By my reckoning we have 1 left-sided defender on our books and he is in his mid 30's had hardly played a game in 2 years before coming here and has been injured a lot, as a result we have been playing a square peg in that position. Not ridiculous to expect 1 viable player in that position before the window finishes, if we have ambitions to ever not be in a permanent relegation then we need to be adding quality and quantity in that position as a priority - a club in our position who signed 19 players in the last window should be looking to have a minimum of 2 players competing for each position - having nothing but a square peg at the end of this window is unacceptable and when 9 of those 19 players we signed in the previous window are attacking players - signing 1 old knacker left-sided defender is a bit bizarre - maybe not when you see the club he came from, which is the same club the head of our transfer team came from.
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