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Post by GasAttacK on Sept 6, 2014 22:05:28 GMT
16 - Played
4 - Wins
3 - Draws
9 - Lost
And 7 of those matches have been against non league sides, 3 of which are part time!
Bottom line, just not good enough.
He worked with Ward and trained the team all last season until he took over as manager at the end of March. Our performances arguably got even worse when he did take full control.
He's signed 9 or 10 players over the summer and I'd question the quality of almost all of them. The team is not fit for purpose and has twice been out played by part time opponents.
We look clueless during matches and it's hard to believe they work on any tactics other than pumping aimless balls forward in training.
If he remains in charge I hope he proves me wrong but I think we'll be lucky to pick up more than 1 point from our next 2 fixtures and he'll be sacked by this time next week.
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Post by buckrippers on Sept 6, 2014 23:14:32 GMT
How dare you? Haven't you noticed that our attitude is better, our tactics are better, our players are better? Oh hang on. None of these apply. Out of all our stupid appointments, this one was the worst, and this one we're probably stuck with because of finances. Bravo, BoD, Bravo...
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Post by cookinongas on Sept 7, 2014 6:04:59 GMT
Two months ago when Clarke was bringing in these players, fans were on here saying "great signing, can't believe we've got him etc, etc" and now they're saying the opposite, "sh** signing, sh** player, couldn't get in this team or that team's first team so we ended up with them" Im as watered off as anyone and truly gutted to our start but please make yor minds up wether they are decent or crap. Im leaning towards crap myself having seen three games and that includes the manager. Like hss been said talked a fantastic game pre season but hasn't delivered anything
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 6:28:59 GMT
Two months ago when Clarke was bringing in these players, fans were on here saying "great signing, can't believe we've got him etc, etc" and now they're saying the opposite, "sh*t signing, sh*t player, couldn't get in this team or that team's first team so we ended up with them" Im as watered off as anyone and truly gutted to our start but please make yor minds up wether they are decent or crap. Im leaning towards crap myself having seen three games and that includes the manager. Like hss been said talked a fantastic game pre season but hasn't delivered anything Thats not right at all. When the new signings were made most people were underwhelmed, they were non league players of whom most of us knew nothing about. Then we were told to get real because we are non league, costs have to be cut and we need to accept the reality of our situation. I think most of us did. On the evidence so far it looks like we have signed not very good non league players, it looks like the manager is making tactical errors consistently, FGR game being the exception. This has echoes of the last few seasons. It does appear that the club is in terminal decline. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 6:33:12 GMT
For me the problem is midfield and has been for years. Cunnington banged them in at this level as did White. Taylor scored 7 in 7 for Chester too. We dont create enough and simply dont have anyone to play the killer pass.
Monkhouse looks a woefull player, Clarke is improving but is a defensive midfielder, Martin looks average and Mansell too. All we hear from the board is we need a striker. We have strikers who have scored at this level, we could sign another ten and they would still struggle to score.
We need someone who can get the team playing to its strengths. DC struggled all summer and as such we are playing catch up and his tactics look sunday league.
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Post by jozer on Sept 7, 2014 6:40:24 GMT
...and be replaced by Higg's next 'outstanding candidate'.
Clarke can stay or go. Won't make any difference.
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Post by parsonstgas on Sept 7, 2014 7:07:07 GMT
Two months ago when Clarke was bringing in these players, fans were on here saying "great signing, can't believe we've got him etc, etc" and now they're saying the opposite, "sh*t signing, sh*t player, couldn't get in this team or that team's first team so we ended up with them" Im as watered off as anyone and truly gutted to our start but please make yor minds up wether they are decent or crap. Im leaning towards crap myself having seen three games and that includes the manager. Like hss been said talked a fantastic game pre season but hasn't delivered anything Only player that we signed that I enthused about was Taylor, the rest i didn't know from Adam bar Mansell. These players are ok though I think, I actually think Leadbitter could be good, Trotman is, I like Mansell, White should be scoring and Taylor. Tactics are non existent though, he said on the radio yesterday he's asked them to pass the ball and they're ignoring him and hitting it long, something doesn't add up, either he's lying or the players aren't listening to him. Either way he's screwed. Failure to win Tuesday and that's 2 wins in 8, nowhere near acceptable. |
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Sept 7, 2014 9:33:08 GMT
For me the problem is midfield and has been for years. Cunnington banged them in at this level as did White. Taylor scored 7 in 7 for Chester too. We dont create enough and simply dont have anyone to play the killer pass. Monkhouse looks a woefull player, Clarke is improving but is a defensive midfielder, Martin looks average and Mansell too. All we hear from the board is we need a striker. We have strikers who have scored at this level, we could sign another ten and they would still struggle to score. We need someone who can get the team playing to its strengths. DC struggled all summer and as such we are playing catch up and his tactics look sunday league. You would have thought the internal review would have highlighted this. It was exactly the same last year. Absolutely no creativity so we go sideways and backwards. Or long. I think we really missed Ellis today. He's the only player we have that will really take people on and inject some pace. It's so pedestrian otherwise and we are relying on the opposition on making a mistake. All the opposition needs to do is be solid and we are already massively up against it. |
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Post by dmacca65 on Sept 7, 2014 9:53:38 GMT
When a team has no goals in it as is the case yet again, your always gonna be up against it should the opposition score first.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 10:00:19 GMT
I honestly don't think we have a single outfield player in our side that any conference side would want in their team. The signings have been indicative of the club unambitious and average.
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Post by stevek192 on Sept 7, 2014 10:15:39 GMT
I think Dinsdale is closest to the answer in that the problem is midfield and has been since Campbell aged. I think the fact is that Mansell and Clarke are not good enough particularly together and therefore we need to at least play three players in the central midfield. IMO Monkhouse IS good enough if we actually played him in the midfield middle and gave him the ball to feet. At the moment it is big hoof everywhere and the only chances that are being created are in the air. Yesterday we should have been 3-1 up at half time but all the chances were from high crosses. We are not providing ANY passes through the defence on the ground. I agree that you can't keep getting more and more strikers in if the midfield is not good enough. We need 2 midfielders and quick.
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Post by dragonfly on Sept 7, 2014 10:17:26 GMT
For me the problem is midfield and has been for years. Cunnington banged them in at this level as did White. Taylor scored 7 in 7 for Chester too. We dont create enough and simply dont have anyone to play the killer pass. Monkhouse looks a woefull player, Clarke is improving but is a defensive midfielder, Martin looks average and Mansell too. All we hear from the board is we need a striker. We have strikers who have scored at this level, we could sign another ten and they would still struggle to score. We need someone who can get the team playing to its strengths. DC struggled all summer and as such we are playing catch up and his tactics look sunday league. I agree, DC had too few fit players to stave off relegation last Season but now he has. He seems to lack the ability to organise them into a team and we cannot wait for him to learn on the job as relegation will be the likely outcome. DC joked after the win against Halifax that at least it will keep him in the job for another week. So he knows that he is failing and it was interesting that someone who was near to DC at Braintree said he also appeared to give up during the last 30 minutes. This cannot go on any longer. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 10:22:46 GMT
He is on borrowed time, there is not universal support for him at board level whatever message comes from the club.
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Post by socrates on Sept 7, 2014 12:13:25 GMT
For me the problem is midfield and has been for years. Cunnington banged them in at this level as did White. Taylor scored 7 in 7 for Chester too. We dont create enough and simply dont have anyone to play the killer pass. Monkhouse looks a woefull player, Clarke is improving but is a defensive midfielder, Martin looks average and Mansell too. All we hear from the board is we need a striker. We have strikers who have scored at this level, we could sign another ten and they would still struggle to score. We need someone who can get the team playing to its strengths. DC struggled all summer and as such we are playing catch up and his tactics look sunday league. Spot on. All the talk last season and this season about needing strikers is bullshit. What we've been crying out for for years is pace and creativity, that will give our strikers something to work on. Clarke even said so himself when he became manager but he hasn't sorted it. |
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Post by socrates on Sept 7, 2014 12:18:27 GMT
Harrold would have scored the goals to keep us up if we'd had wingers getting to the byline and swinging crosses in for him to run on to.
Instead we were hoofing it at him with his back to goal and he wasn't strong enough.
This season we've got Cunnington who would love to be getting on the end of crosses.
This season we've got 1 winger in the squad so very little has changed hence we are still struggling.
It's not rocket science.
When Cjarke became manager he said that we had an unbalanced squad with little creativity and pace.
Well he's been manager for 20 games and we've now got an unbalanced squad with little creativity and pace.
Christ !
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 12:21:06 GMT
For me the problem is midfield and has been for years. Cunnington banged them in at this level as did White. Taylor scored 7 in 7 for Chester too. We dont create enough and simply dont have anyone to play the killer pass. Monkhouse looks a woefull player, Clarke is improving but is a defensive midfielder, Martin looks average and Mansell too. All we hear from the board is we need a striker. We have strikers who have scored at this level, we could sign another ten and they would still struggle to score. We need someone who can get the team playing to its strengths. DC struggled all summer and as such we are playing catch up and his tactics look sunday league. Spot on. All the talk last season and this season about needing strikers is bullshit. What we've been crying out for for years is pace and creativity, that will give our strikers something to work on. Clarke even said so himself when he became manager but he hasn't sorted it. We have never replaced stuart Campbell in center mid. This is our major weakness. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 12:22:00 GMT
Harrold would have scored the goals to keep us up if we'd had wingers getting to the byline and swinging crosses in for him to run on to. Instead we were hoofing it at him with his back to goal and he wasn't strong enough. This season we've got Cunnington who would love to be getting on the end of crosses. This season we've got 1 winger in the squad so very little has changed hence we are still struggling. It's not rocket science. When Cjarke became manager he said that we had an unbalanced squad with little creativity and pace. Well he's been manager for 20 games and we've now got an unbalanced squad with little creativity and pace. Christ ! I have my own thoughts about Harrold so I think there's more to that BUT the second part of your post is spot on mate. We are crying out for flair on the middle. |
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Post by socrates on Sept 7, 2014 12:39:17 GMT
Harrold would have scored the goals to keep us up if we'd had wingers getting to the byline and swinging crosses in for him to run on to. Instead we were hoofing it at him with his back to goal and he wasn't strong enough. This season we've got Cunnington who would love to be getting on the end of crosses. This season we've got 1 winger in the squad so very little has changed hence we are still struggling. It's not rocket science. When Cjarke became manager he said that we had an unbalanced squad with little creativity and pace. Well he's been manager for 20 games and we've now got an unbalanced squad with little creativity and pace. Christ ! I have my own thoughts about Harrold so I think there's more to that BUT the second part of your post is spot on mate. We are crying out for flair on the middle. Yep .. And pace out wide. I mean one winger in the squad who else has got one winger in their squad it's ridiculous. And he's on loan. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 14:26:13 GMT
Reference wingers, Harrold, creativity... been saying the same things for years now haven't we?
Anyway, Fwiw, the focus now is on those things but there are deeper issues and a hidden force at work that continues to make us underachieve.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 14:40:45 GMT
Reference wingers, Harrold, creativity... been saying the same things for years now haven't we? Anyway, Fwiw, the focus now is on those things but there are deeper issues and a hidden force at work that continues to make us underachieve. What might that be then? |
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