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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:37:33 GMT
Fair enough, thanks for pointing it out, who are the injuries? Sorry 1 injury (Burger) I misread Bae for Mmaee. The keeper and lad from Colchester are ineligible (not sure if Gooch is cup tied as well?) Johnson at fullback it is 😶
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:27:47 GMT
How come Burger can't play? It’s said he came off injured…. Oh that's a bit of a bastard, even less likely Laurent will be dropped 🙄
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:25:00 GMT
Travers Hoever McNally Rose Tchamadeu Pearson Burger Vidigal Bae Hack Wesley I wouldn't be weakening the team and take a look how 4-2-3-1 works and go from there. Travers won't be playing Well it looks like all we can do is weaken it 😂
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:24:25 GMT
How come Burger can't play?
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:22:33 GMT
Travers Hoever McNally Rose Tchamadeu Pearson Burger Vidigal Bae Hack Wesley I wouldn't be weakening the team and take a look how 4-2-3-1 works and go from there. 2 of those players are ineligible and 2 will be injured……. Fair enough, thanks for pointing it out, who are the injuries?
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:13:14 GMT
We had 7 outfield players in the peno box for their 2nd goal…..WTF View AttachmentWe let them walk into the box unchallenged from the edge of the pitch, we brought it on ourselves.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:12:13 GMT
5 players from the starting 11 missing then two key players injured within the first 30 minutes and all this against the best team in the league on recent form. But let’s make no allowance and over react. AN has to be our manager for at least 5 years. We have invested too much in him for it to be otherwise. He won’t be the manager for another 5 weeks. He’s toast. Can't see it, he's not here for the short term and even though he was here last season I think they'll still see it as short term given we've only played 8 games this season.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:10:10 GMT
He was crap for us though. He wasn't great but is he worse than any of our current 3 options at CB? Probably not but it wasn't the wrong decision to get rid at the time, we need better than all four.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 17:07:34 GMT
Travers
Hoever McNally Rose Tchamadeu
Pearson Burger
Vidigal Bae Hack
Wesley
I wouldn't be weakening the team and take a look how 4-2-3-1 works and go from there.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:57:27 GMT
Were they, before the fuck up of a goal there wasn't much in it, it looked more like we were getting a bit of a hold of it tbh, and then they scored and we were done. They pissed on us, far quicker, crisp passing and movement. We looked completely bereft of ideas and laboured and plodding in possession in comparison. I think we watched a different Hull 😄 Thought they were nothing more than okay until we wrapped it up in a bow for them.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:54:51 GMT
Not sure how he keeps getting picked, there's nothing positive to say about him.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:40:46 GMT
I don't think Vidigal was fit enough to come on that soon, he looked shot pretty soon after coming on, I think it was a case of trying to keep the shape/personnel similar to those that started so a player going off didn't have a big impact. Which is what Neil's just said. Fair enough but it shouldn't have been that shape to start with. Luckily Mr Neil watched Coventry do well against Hull with this shape so copied it. Laughable! I've got no problem with the shape tbh, we played well going forward mid week but Laurent shouldn't have started.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:30:03 GMT
The thing I don't understand is that Burger is a defensive midfielder who can play centre back? Today was an ideal opportunity to play him there, holding midfielder? Having seen Gooch at udders, I'm afraid he does work hard but is limited as a footballer? Vidigal was fit enough to come on after 10 minutes but not start? Hoever, fit enough for the bench? An absolute shit show! Travers Hoever McNally (It's a knockout giant) Wilmot Gooch Burger Laurent (Yes, I know) DJ Haks Wes Vidigal I don't think Vidigal was fit enough to come on that soon, he looked shot pretty soon after coming on, I think it was a case of trying to keep the shape/personnel similar to those that started so a player going off didn't have a big impact.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:28:05 GMT
Hull looked like a team that have been well drilled and well coached on the training ground. Crisp one or two touch passing and moving. They were a different level to Stoke today. Were they, before the fuck up of a goal there wasn't much in it, it looked more like we were getting a bit of a hold of it tbh, and then they scored and we were done.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:23:45 GMT
How have we stayed in the league with Wilmot. The problem is with some posters on here is they back themselves so far into a corner with players they have no wriggle room. Wilmot is our best centre half who has been shoehorned into the left side role because our really successful recruitment drive has left us without a natural left footer. If we were sell him tomorrow several teams would be interested and we’d make a healthy profit on him…… I'm in a nice open field, he's shite and has been shite for some time, laughable that he got player of the season, he constantly drops a bollock. Good, let's do one over someone else rather than us getting done on transfers, they'll soon realise they've made a mistake. Edit: playing left sided isn't the problem, his inability to defend is, or pass, or show a tiny bit of strength.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:08:51 GMT
Rose & McNally - how did Coventry get on the verge of the Premier League last season? How have we stayed in the league with Wilmot.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:07:14 GMT
He missed a clear penalty for us in the first half. So did I if there was one, don't ever remember a shout for one tbh.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 14:01:51 GMT
Nothing will change with the CBs we have, he's clearly seen they aren't capable and hoped that having three would give us a chance, unfortunately all it's done is add more incompetence. Tell that to Preston and Liam Lindsey. He was crap for us though.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:59:28 GMT
Leaving it to each other hasn't been the issue though, I'd understand if it was, they just haven't done the basics like clearing a ball or winning a header. The wingbacks haven't been the problem, Johnson was our best player in the week not because we were particularly crap but because he actually looked the part, agree about the midfield, Laurent needs dropping, but we need a way to not have an isolated forward so I understand why we've done it. Edit: Hoever deservedly got dropped for me, he was looking all over the place. If I could make one change it would be the CM and to bring in someone who can - Pass forwards not back - Dribble - Shoot The 3 today don’t have that in their locker. I never thought I’d hear myself say it but could Baker be the man. His game certainly suits the 3 if ANs happy not going all in with a AM like Bae. Bae for Laurent and drop Wilmot, not sure it would be enough but it would make a bit of a difference at least. I get the thought re Baker but he's the same as Laurent.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:54:40 GMT
He's not going anywhere.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:54:06 GMT
Anyone that doesn’t make Thompson our highest scoring midfielder today is completely blinkered, and Thompson wasn’t very good either….. All as crap as each other for me, Thompson needs to learn to time a tackle.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:52:20 GMT
Travers 5
Gooch 5 McNally 2 Rose 4 Wilmot 2 Johnson 5
Thompson 4 Laurent 4 Burger 4
Haksabanovic 5 Campbell n/a
Wesley 6 motm Vidigal 6 Bae n/a Hoever n/a
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:49:51 GMT
I don't think the line up from today isn't attacking. I don't think it would make a difference, we were getting a grip of the game then the defenders had to do something abd as ever they showed how shit they are. I think 3 CBs causes more confusion (leaving the defending to each other etc). With 2 it just seems more simple. Add to that no creativity in CM and no proper WB and that’s negative for me. Play Junior and Hoever as our 2 wingbacks and you’d have a better case. Leaving it to each other hasn't been the issue though, I'd understand if it was, they just haven't done the basics like clearing a ball or winning a header. The wingbacks haven't been the problem, Johnson was our best player in the week not because we were particularly crap but because he actually looked the part, agree about the midfield, Laurent needs dropping, but we need a way to not have an isolated forward so I understand why we've done it. Edit: Hoever deservedly got dropped for me, he was looking all over the place.
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Sept 24, 2023 13:46:49 GMT
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:46:49 GMT
A demonstrable aversion to playing three at the back would be a requirement on our next job listing for the managers position. I'm sure it worked well for some international teams in the 70s and someone will probably point out that some London team or other won The Milk Cup playing it circa 1986, but for me it's such a shit formation. The CB is the most boring position on the pitch. Why would I want to watch my team play with fucking loads of them? Nothing will change with the CBs we have, he's clearly seen they aren't capable and hoped that having three would give us a chance, unfortunately all it's done is add more incompetence.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:45:24 GMT
Training or not the defence should know the basics like not letting the oppo just meander into the box with the ball when you have the chance of keeping them in the corner and if you're weak as fuck don't try and hold a player off 6/7 yards from your goal. Trouble is you need defenders for that. We haven't got one on the books. They're were loads on here cheering on rose and McNally when they signed. I was happy with the McNally signing but he seems a completely different player from last season, the other major issue is anyone thinking Wilmot is a competent player, he's awful and always has been, he needs dropping sharpish.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:37:56 GMT
Travers Hoever McNally (insert either of the other two shithouses) Junior Burger Pearson Haks Bae Vidigal Big Wes It’s a simple game in the football league, just play players in their position and attack with some purpose. McNally has been as bad as the other two, see the second goal today.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:36:57 GMT
it’s not just tactics , he doesn’t know how to motivate them , we look awful against set pieces , players getting worse ( what do we do in training ) Training or not the defence should know the basics like not letting the oppo just meander into the box with the ball when you have the chance of keeping them in the corner and if you're weak as fuck don't try and hold a player off 6/7 yards from your goal.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:31:07 GMT
Bar the left back situation where's the square pegs round holes? It's not great and they've dropped a bollock not getting a couple of competent CBs in which is the bigger issue for me, we've got the players to work with going forward but the defenders can't be trusted to the point it doesn't matter what formation we play. So we may as well play a more attacking one then as at least we might get more goals. I don't think the line up from today isn't attacking. I don't think it would make a difference, we were getting a grip of the game then the defenders had to do something abd as ever they showed how shit they are.
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Sept 24, 2023 13:22:05 GMT
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 13:22:05 GMT
Probably our best attacking display apart from Rotherham in the last game with this line up, given the lack of goals two up top is a must atm. Which says it all doesn’t it? We’ve scored 7 in 7, we aren’t good going forward. We spent a summer recruiting for a 4 at the back with wide players, but he’s resorting to square pegs in round holes within the first ten games. Bar the left back situation where's the square pegs round holes? It's not great and they've dropped a bollock not getting a couple of competent CBs in which is the bigger issue for me, we've got the players to work with going forward but the defenders can't be trusted to the point it doesn't matter what formation we play.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 24, 2023 10:13:54 GMT
If they go for it like the last game what's the problem? (Apart from Thompson) we were decent on weds but i wouldn’t say we went for it , maybe if we played a more attacking formation weds we would have won because Huddersfield were shite Defence was the problem, and some finishing, not the attacking, we went for it much more than we have in most games, we should have been clear away by half time with the chances we had.
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