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Post by stevek192 on Sept 27, 2017 10:36:05 GMT
Game No 14
Opponents Portsmouth Away
Lost 0-3
I will start off by saying that last nights performance is very difficult to mark because despite the result we actually played Pompey off the park in the first half but when you play like that and come in one down then you know it is not going to be your night and that was exactly how it turned out as we finished the game looking a total shambles and lucky not to lose by 5. Why we keep persevering with a 4-3-3 that just doesn't work I do not know... well I do actually and that is because DC's summer dealings has left us devoid of width and pace and not having the players to play 4-4-2.
Our dismal away form is now leading to us beating ourselves and you have to question the Managers constant changing and we seem to take one step forwards and two back.All I can really say at this time is roll on January when hopefully DC will bring in at least 4 quality players and cut down on the number of rank average players.
Mark out of 10
Slocombe 6 Competant,couple of shaky moments and questionable distribution
Partington 7 Steady. First goal followed a very poor refereeing decision penalising him
Bola 7 Caught a couple of time but impressive again overall
Lockyer 5 Time for resting
Sweeney 5.5 Like Lockyer should be doing better
Lines 7.5 Dominant first half ,reasonable second
Sercombe 7 kept working throughout but for all possession and prompting achieved very little.
Clarke 5 Much of the game passed him by again.
Harrison 8. MOM Good performance but the problem is he didn't really look like scoring
Bodin 6 Missed a good chance but largely anonymous
Nichols 5 Some good work but is there to score goals and doesn't look like doing that
Telford 6 little involvement
Brown NOLE
Dunwald NOLE
Ref Allowed the crowd to make his decisions for him. 4
Portsmouth Very much second best in the first half but improved second half when they realised that we would beat ourselves! 7
Team performance summed up Played very well first half but if you don't score when you are so much the better team then you have little hope of winning.
Defence summed up Vampirish-a mortal fear of crosses as most of them end up in our net by some means.
Midfield summed up Dominated first half but then lost the will to play as all our possession resulted in a 0-1 deficit at half time
Attack summed Up Despite loads of possession we didn't really look like we would score a goal.
Crowd Very noisy home crowd that seemed to make the referees mind up for him. Our support tried their best but whilst the variety of our songs was far superior the actual noise of 16000 home fans just couldn't be competed with.
Final Comment You know what they say-if you can't say anything positive then don't say anything at all and that is exactly how I feel about DCs tactics,selection and well....we will brush ourselves down and get on to the next project!
Well I suppose at least now he will stop rattling on about we have more points at this stage than last season!
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Post by markczgas on Sept 27, 2017 10:42:09 GMT
I wonder did we run out of steam or belief second half or both ? We had to work very hard right to the end to beat Blackpool on Saturday. Maybe some players couldn't sustain the intensity - thinking midfield and forwards here ?
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Post by stevek192 on Sept 27, 2017 10:58:43 GMT
I think we are running out of both. Doesn't seem to be any great belief that we can win away. It's getting almost painful to watch as DC makes the changes and we end up just leaving ourselves open and get killed off. We are at present a midtable to bottom side.
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Post by 2 Tone Gas on Sept 27, 2017 11:01:45 GMT
I'm worried that the January window will pass us by again. Darrell and the guys at the top should have got more srenght and leaders into our team. Where are the leaders and characters currently? Theresa May is more of a leader than any of ours and that's bloody far fetched..
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 11:41:04 GMT
I'm worried that the January window will pass us by again. Darrell and the guys at the top should have got more srenght and leaders into our team. Where are the leaders and characters currently? Theresa May is more of a leader than any of ours and that's bloody far fetched.. I'm afraid the club will only spend what's necessary in the January window to retain the status quo - and if they can make do with loan signings they will. |
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Post by Centenary Gas on Sept 27, 2017 12:01:54 GMT
DC's summer dealings has left us devoid of width and pace and not having the players to play 4-4-2. Our dismal away form is now leading to us beating ourselves and you have to question the Managers constant changing and we seem to take one step forwards and two back I agree about the signings, we certainly lack creativity going forward, and a quality left sided player would be first on the list. But I have to take issue with your second point. Darrells constant changing is how he has done it his whole time, and with success. That changing last night led to our dominant performance in the first half. There is little balance with this critisism, it's easy to dish it out when we have a poor result/performance, but rarely do 3-5 changes get any credit for a good result. Scoring more and having more creativity going forward would also take more pressure off the defense. |
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Post by knowall on Sept 27, 2017 13:00:57 GMT
I wonder did we run out of steam or belief second half or both ? We had to work very hard right to the end to beat Blackpool on Saturday. Maybe some players couldn't sustain the intensity - thinking midfield and forwards here ? Where is the incentive if you know you could play the game of your life and end up on the subs bench next game? |
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Post by baggins on Sept 27, 2017 13:10:58 GMT
I wonder did we run out of steam or belief second half or both ? We had to work very hard right to the end to beat Blackpool on Saturday. Maybe some players couldn't sustain the intensity - thinking midfield and forwards here ? Where is the incentive if you know you could play the game of your life and end up on the subs bench next game? And where's the incentive if you have a mare and still start every game? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 13:11:05 GMT
The only constant we have at the moment is DCs changing the team and his nonsense about the next project. He isn't as good as he thinks he is and the constant tampering is costing us points.
I said at the start of the season I thought we would struggle and nothing has changed that view. My warning now is that if we don't bring in quality in January I think we will go down.
I'm desperate to say I don't think there will be money available and equally the manager really has little idea on who to spend it on anyway.
I am really gutted because any momentum we had has truly gone both on and off the pitch.
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Post by baggins on Sept 27, 2017 13:14:36 GMT
The only constant we have at the moment is DCs changing the team and his nonsense about the next project. He isn't as good as he thinks he is and the constant tampering is costing us points. I said at the start of the season I thought we would struggle and nothing has changed that view. My warning now is that if we don't bring in quality in January I think we will go down. I'm desperate to say I don't think there will be money available and equally the manager really has little idea on who to spend it on anyway. I am really gutted because any momentum we had has truly gone both on and off the pitch. These seasons in Lg1 have always been "let's regroup and hold" seasons. Just stay where we are for a while, get our act together, push on when we're ready. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 16:19:23 GMT
I wonder did we run out of steam or belief second half or both ? We had to work very hard right to the end to beat Blackpool on Saturday. Maybe some players couldn't sustain the intensity - thinking midfield and forwards here ? Where is the incentive if you know you could play the game of your life and end up on the subs bench next game? Might be some truth in this, chatting to a BS7 barber, he tells me one of his player customers was grumbling about this very policy when having his hair cut recently so there is reliable ITK information to support this theory. Discretion prevents me from stating the colour of the particular player's hair  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 16:28:22 GMT
I'm worried that the January window will pass us by again. Darrell and the guys at the top should have got more srenght and leaders into our team. Where are the leaders and characters currently? Theresa May is more of a leader than any of ours and that's bloody far fetched.. Yes, I think January will tell us a lot about the owners' intentions and if money is there then DC needs to up his game in the transfer market. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 27, 2017 17:31:46 GMT
The only constant we have at the moment is DCs changing the team and his nonsense about the next project. He isn't as good as he thinks he is and the constant tampering is costing us points. I said at the start of the season I thought we would struggle and nothing has changed that view. My warning now is that if we don't bring in quality in January I think we will go down. I'm desperate to say I don't think there will be money available and equally the manager really has little idea on who to spend it on anyway. I am really gutted because any momentum we had has truly gone both on and off the pitch. These seasons in Lg1 have always been "let's regroup and hold" seasons. Just stay where we are for a while, get our act together, push on when we're ready. Problem is if you try and standstill the chances are you'll go backwards, what incentive is there for the likes of Locks & Bodin, even Harrison and the like, if they realise our only ambition is to finish mid table? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 17:52:42 GMT
These seasons in Lg1 have always been "let's regroup and hold" seasons. Just stay where we are for a while, get our act together, push on when we're ready. Problem is if you try and standstill the chances are you'll go backwards, what incentive is there for the likes of Locks & Bodin, even Harrison and the like, if they realise our only ambition is to finish mid table? It's a tough one ... I genuinely in my heart know we are nowhere near ready for the Championship you only have to look at Bolton to see the gulf between the two leagues. I don't think Bodin or Lockyer or anyone in our squad is Championship class either not consistently anyway. Worryingly this group and a manager desperate to show what he can do and that he is 'in charge' i think puts our L1 status in real jeopardy this season. |
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Post by Marshy on Sept 27, 2017 18:07:03 GMT
Problem is if you try and standstill the chances are you'll go backwards, what incentive is there for the likes of Locks & Bodin, even Harrison and the like, if they realise our only ambition is to finish mid table? It's a tough one ... I genuinely in my heart know we are nowhere near ready for the Championship you only have to look at Bolton to see the gulf between the two leagues. I don't think Bodin or Lockyer or anyone in our squad is Championship class either not consistently anyway. Worryingly this group and a manager desperate to show what he can do and that he is 'in charge' i think puts our L1 status in real jeopardy this season. f**k me! Moan moan moan I've always had my doubts about you Harvey? Showing your true colours now. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 18:09:14 GMT
It's a tough one ... I genuinely in my heart know we are nowhere near ready for the Championship you only have to look at Bolton to see the gulf between the two leagues. I don't think Bodin or Lockyer or anyone in our squad is Championship class either not consistently anyway. Worryingly this group and a manager desperate to show what he can do and that he is 'in charge' i think puts our L1 status in real jeopardy this season. f**k me! Moan moan moan I've always had my doubts about you Harvey? Showing your true colours now. Shush now ... no need to be rude... I'm just a very concerned Blue ! As to 'having doubts' ... whatever!... to be honest I cant stand you either... you and your posts stink!! |
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Post by You can call me Al. on Sept 27, 2017 18:09:42 GMT
It's a tough one ... I genuinely in my heart know we are nowhere near ready for the Championship you only have to look at Bolton to see the gulf between the two leagues. I don't think Bodin or Lockyer or anyone in our squad is Championship class either not consistently anyway. Worryingly this group and a manager desperate to show what he can do and that he is 'in charge' i think puts our L1 status in real jeopardy this season. f**k me! Moan moan moan I've always had my doubts about you Harvey? Showing your true colours now. Marshfield my learned friend. Try to argue the point not attack the poster please if you could. Much appreciated. |
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Post by Marshy on Sept 27, 2017 18:13:42 GMT
f**k me! Moan moan moan I've always had my doubts about you Harvey? Showing your true colours now. Marshfield my learned friend. Try to argue the point not attack the poster please if you could. Much appreciated. Fair enough but what about a warning for Victor Meldrew then? Just winding people up as usual! 3 threads on the go from him just slating DC and players is that acceptable? |
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Post by yategas78 on Sept 27, 2017 18:15:41 GMT
We always struggle at Fratton Park that's 3 against us in the last 3 league meetings Bogey Team or what!
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Post by You can call me Al. on Sept 27, 2017 18:18:29 GMT
Marshfield my learned friend. Try to argue the point not attack the poster please if you could. Much appreciated. Fair enough but what about a warning for Victor Meldrew then? Just winding people up as usual! 3 threads on the go from him just slating DC and players is that acceptable? I can see why yourself and others get angered by what appears slagging off of players etc, however thats kinda is the point of a forum, we won't all agree with the posts written but the idea is to debate why you feel they are wrong. As i say i understand it aggrieves people but to throw names/insults just degenerates threads and we then get tit for tat name calling etc. Hope you kinda understand my point and again thanks for your help. |
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