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Post by stevek192 on Sept 7, 2015 11:14:14 GMT
Stapletongas , This was the case BEFORE the sending off and in other games.
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Post by stapletongas on Sept 7, 2015 11:30:44 GMT
Stapletongas , This was the case BEFORE the sending off and in other games. All 15 mins of it! Those lads worked their arses off on Sat. Going down to 10 men at anytime I leaves the gaffer with a big call. Facing that scenario so early puts incredible pressure on the manager, 75 mins to play and do you stick or twist? Ever been in that managerial situation? I have, it's not exactly pleasant but under the circumstances DC and his players put on a fantastic display of tactical nouse, commitment and effort that warrants nothing less than our admiration and support It certainly doesn't need pretend managers behind a keyboard passing judgement and dishing out poxy and insulting marks out of 10
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Post by LJG on Sept 7, 2015 14:45:06 GMT
Stapletongas , This was the case BEFORE the sending off and in other games. All 15 mins of it! Those lads worked their arses off on Sat. Going down to 10 men at anytime I leaves the gaffer with a big call. Facing that scenario so early puts incredible pressure on the manager, 75 mins to play and do you stick or twist? Ever been in that managerial situation? I have, it's not exactly pleasant but under the circumstances DC and his players put on a fantastic display of tactical nouse, commitment and effort that warrants nothing less than our admiration and support It certainly doesn't need pretend managers behind a keyboard passing judgement and dishing out poxy and insulting marks out of 10 That'll be why they were knackered for the Oxford match on Sunday then ; (
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 7, 2015 14:55:15 GMT
Stapletongas , This was the case BEFORE the sending off and in other games. All 15 mins of it! Those lads worked their arses off on Sat. Going down to 10 men at anytime I leaves the gaffer with a big call. Facing that scenario so early puts incredible pressure on the manager, 75 mins to play and do you stick or twist? Ever been in that managerial situation? I have, it's not exactly pleasant but under the circumstances DC and his players put on a fantastic display of tactical nouse, commitment and effort that warrants nothing less than our admiration and support It certainly doesn't need pretend managers behind a keyboard passing judgement and dishing out poxy and insulting marks out of 10 It was 10 v 10 for 30 mins at the end but we still didn't create any decent chances, that's been the case against all the better teams, Northampton, Orient and now Oxford. Fans not concerned by that really want to take their rose coloured glasses off.
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Post by stevek192 on Sept 7, 2015 15:15:39 GMT
So your OPINION is the only one that counts then Stapletongas? I have not said they didn't work their asses off nor have I said it is easy to play one man down and as for your insulting marks I see my marks as being truthful IMO a mark of 7 is a good mark and 5 is an average performance. I am in fact defending why our strikers are not scoring goals. Surely even you can see that we are leaving our strikers to run across a back four wasting energy with no chance of winning the ball and that the majority of our good football is outside the final third? We will not score many goals until we get players supporting the front two and helping. At the moment it seems that everybody has to defend and we are not creating good chances for our strikers. We have allowed the decent teams we have played to have the ball for long periods.
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Post by stapletongas on Sept 7, 2015 16:55:10 GMT
So your OPINION is the only one that counts then Stapletongas? I have not said they didn't work their asses off nor have I said it is easy to play one man down and as for your insulting marks I see my marks as being truthful IMO a mark of 7 is a good mark and 5 is an average performance. I am in fact defending why our strikers are not scoring goals. Surely even you can see that we are leaving our strikers to run across a back four wasting energy with no chance of winning the ball and that the majority of our good football is outside the final third? We will not score many goals until we get players supporting the front two and helping. At the moment it seems that everybody has to defend and we are not creating good chances for our strikers. We have allowed the decent teams we have played to have the ball for long periods. Of course it's not, but I will have my say Now which word do I put in capitals to emphasise my point unnecessarily?
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Post by stapletongas on Sept 7, 2015 17:46:05 GMT
All 15 mins of it! Those lads worked their arses off on Sat. Going down to 10 men at anytime I leaves the gaffer with a big call. Facing that scenario so early puts incredible pressure on the manager, 75 mins to play and do you stick or twist? Ever been in that managerial situation? I have, it's not exactly pleasant but under the circumstances DC and his players put on a fantastic display of tactical nouse, commitment and effort that warrants nothing less than our admiration and support It certainly doesn't need pretend managers behind a keyboard passing judgement and dishing out poxy and insulting marks out of 10 That'll be why they were knackered for the Oxford match on Sunday then ; ( I knew SOMETHING wasn't quite right there
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Post by stapletongas on Sept 7, 2015 17:48:08 GMT
All 15 mins of it! Those lads worked their arses off on Sat. Going down to 10 men at anytime I leaves the gaffer with a big call. Facing that scenario so early puts incredible pressure on the manager, 75 mins to play and do you stick or twist? Ever been in that managerial situation? I have, it's not exactly pleasant but under the circumstances DC and his players put on a fantastic display of tactical nouse, commitment and effort that warrants nothing less than our admiration and support It certainly doesn't need pretend managers behind a keyboard passing judgement and dishing out poxy and insulting marks out of 10 It was 10 v 10 for 30 mins at the end but we still didn't create any decent chances, that's been the case against all the better teams, Northampton, Orient and now Oxford. Fans not concerned by that really want to take their rose coloured glasses off. Well I've got to say the thing that disappointed me was conceding when it went 10v10...but what a strike, fair play to the lad
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Post by stapletongas on Sept 7, 2015 17:57:12 GMT
Two cr@p ref's are really covering up we've had virtually no goal threat in our last two matches, yesterday we still played 30 mins plus of 11 v 11 and another 30 mins plus of 10 v 10 but still didn't create a worthwhile chance. We've now back to last season before we brought Cunnington & Martin in and then LDV & Dawson, we clearly need pace on the wings & a different option up front. Why we didn't re-sign Dawson is a real mystery. We were 11v11 for 17 mins. So I'm guessing the header parks should have scored, the Easter volley, the free kick, Browns header across goal, the penalty we should have had and the countless corners resulting in shots doesn't count for chances? On another day we could have won 2/3-0. Yes we could maybe create a little more but to say we didn't have any chances is wrong IMO. I haven't enjoyed a 1-0 defeat like that as we actually played football. This
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 7, 2015 19:20:01 GMT
Surely a chance has to bring at least a save out of the opposition goalie, or at go narrowly wide? Suggesting random headers towards goal are goal scoring chances are nonsense, the only real chance was Lines free kick which was a routine save for the goalie, whilst we'd haven taken the pen if awarded it was hardly a goal scoring chance before Bodin scored but just a wide challenge from an opposition strike.
Not sure why fans argue we're creating chances when we're clearly not as surely we all want the same, more shots on goal?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2015 21:56:44 GMT
^WUM.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2015 22:47:47 GMT
im not sure topper and steve 192 realise we have gone up a league and were not going to sweep all before us but the team are working hard to establish themselves in the higher level and theres no reason we cant finish mid table or above imo.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 7:00:21 GMT
We are playing the best football for years and will get results from it. We can't moan after losing each game like this, especially since we are looking alright. The lads are working hard, playing decent and mixing up the game play. We have been undone by a good side with a wonder strike. Many on the Oxford forum suggested we were the better side. Win some lose some.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 8, 2015 7:29:53 GMT
We've lost 6 out of 7 games at the Mem this season, most of those by the odd goal when we've mostly looked the better team, unfortunately looking the better team doesn't win points.
DC needs to address the lack of goals asap, as otherwise we're going to find ourselves looking at the wrong end of the table again. Unfortunately, the players he presently has at his disposal don't look capable of addressing the issue.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 8, 2015 7:38:00 GMT
We've lost 6 out of 7 games at the Mem this season, most of those by the odd goal when we've mostly looked the better team, unfortunately looking the better team doesn't win points. DC needs to address the lack of goals asap, as otherwise we're going to find ourselves looking at the wrong end of the table again. Unfortunately, the players he presently has at his disposal don't look capable of addressing the issue. 6 out of 7 games at the mem? When did we lose them this season?
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Post by newmarketgas on Sept 8, 2015 7:38:40 GMT
He sorted it last year, no reason he wont this year, remember white ? he did not settle in and was gone, it will happen again I think. DC is far more street wise than some are giving him credit for.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 8, 2015 7:39:33 GMT
We are playing the best football for years and will get results from it. We can't moan after losing each game like this, especially since we are looking alright. The lads are working hard, playing decent and mixing up the game play. We have been undone by a good side with a wonder strike. Many on the Oxford forum suggested we were the better side. Win some lose some. Agreed. The negativity will be no good. I'm sure the lads are feeling deflated over the last 2 games as it is without us getting on their backs. Fair enough if they or DC deserves the criticism but they don't.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 7:42:43 GMT
Surely a chance has to bring at least a save out of the opposition goalie, or at go narrowly wide? Suggesting random headers towards goal are goal scoring chances are nonsense, the only real chance was Lines free kick which was a routine save for the goalie, whilst we'd haven taken the pen if awarded it was hardly a goal scoring chance before Bodin scored but just a wide challenge from an opposition strike. Not sure why fans argue we're creating chances when we're clearly not as surely we all want the same, more shots on goal? We had two great chances to score,Easters volley and parkes Header,both were straight at the keeper.A yard either side and they would have both been goals. Cant remember Oxford creating any other chances though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 8:02:21 GMT
I mentioned somewhere about other players getting shots away. We did have a few goes actually, they were a bit feeble but half chances nonetheless. In the first half, Mansell and Clarke had long range efforts that went wide. In the second half Lee Brown and Monty had shots(poor attempts). So I was mistaken about the MF shooting, they are but need to improve accuracy! In terms of our striking options, I think Ellis should get a run of games. He isn't afraid to shoot, he can be frustrating but he will get shots away and offer a direct approach that Taylor and Easter don't.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 8, 2015 8:05:09 GMT
I mentioned somewhere about other players getting shots away. We did have a few goes actually, they were a bit feeble but half chances nonetheless. In the first half, Mansell and Clarke had long range efforts that went wide. In the second half Lee Brown and Monty had shots(poor attempts). So I was mistaken about the MF shooting, they are but need to improve accuracy! I n terms of our striking options, I think Ellis should get a run of games. He isn't afraid to shoot, he can be frustrating but he will get shots away and offer a direct approach that Taylor and Easter don't. I think Ellis will start most games anyway as Easter and Taylor are too similar.
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