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Post by yategas78 on Dec 18, 2016 17:26:18 GMT
I bet Coventry are relishing playing us to "Kickstart" their season and take a bit of pressure off, unfortunately we are the team to play if you have been struggling. We have to get out of this rut a bit sharpish or we will be dragged in !!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 17:30:27 GMT
Christmas day arrives.Feed the whole squad dodgy Turkey and mouldy Christmas pud. Food poisoning for a week. christmas games called off then the transfer window is fully open! Simple. Onwards and upwards. what about getting away from the in laws? What excuse would I have then? Inverness are at home that's a 14 hr round trip😊Sorted then.
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Post by syg on Dec 18, 2016 17:41:01 GMT
Cov are in meltdown. My only concern is there is less pressure on them away from home. If we get an early goal they will quite likely disintegrate.
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Post by Iliveinbidefordgas on Dec 18, 2016 17:45:17 GMT
But if Coventry score first good chance we will fall apart to!
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Post by garystash on Dec 18, 2016 18:21:08 GMT
What we need on boxing day is a solid shape that is hard to break down. Confidence is low, we can all see that. The way to remedy it is to make defence our first priority and attack our second.
We are conceding goals at an alarming rate and we must put a few solid defensive performances in to build confidence back up before we can think about winning games again.
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Post by slam on Dec 18, 2016 19:52:56 GMT
The reality is that there is very little that WE, on this forum, can do. We can moan about the dip in form and we can whinge about the performance of the players, individually or as a squad. However none of that will make the blindest bit of difference come boxing day except make things worse.
The one thing that we can do however, is trust in the management, and the structure of the club, that this dip will be turned around. I do have that trust in them.
The biggest difference that we can make is by truly supporting, to the hilt, the side on the pitch on Boxing Day. Shed the jitters and make some noise.
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Post by gazoil on Dec 18, 2016 20:04:09 GMT
Christmas day arrives.Feed the whole squad dodgy Turkey and mouldy Christmas pud. Food poisoning for a week. christmas games called off then the transfer window is fully open! Simple. Onwards and upwards. what about getting away from the in laws? What excuse would I have then? Inverness are at home that's a 14 hr round trip😊 If you can do Inverness and back in 14hrs, then I'm impressed - that's an average speed of 80mph and assuming there isn't any traffic!
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Dec 18, 2016 20:25:37 GMT
Take that clown out of goal and put Roos back in for starters,bring in mcristal and put tom at right back Drop Taylor he doesn't look bothered and he is lazy,if he's hoping for a big move and scouts have been watching lately think he's going to be disappointed Bring back Easter up front with gaffers and start with boden and montano with lines and boetang in the middle We're at home and we got to get at them from the first whistle Utg And put this man in charge!
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Dec 18, 2016 20:28:13 GMT
Topper Gas, The same "another chance" that certain players get under DC whilst others don't. Those players who do Lockyer, Brown, Sinclair, Taylor. Those players who sometimes get another chance Ollie Clarke, Leadbitter, James Clarke, Lines, Gaffney,Harrison, Hartley, Bodin,Colkett and then there are those who never get that "another chance" - Montano, Moore, Easter, Boateng, James, Roberts (gone now), Mansell (this season) and McCrystal (this season). It cannot be easy to forever be "playing for your place" when you make a 20 minute appearance and then if you do get a start you know that if things don't go right you will be the one to be substituted. It is well known that wingers are generally inconsistent but therefore need a run of games. I thought the left winger for Shrewsbury was brilliant yesterday but then thought he wouldn't be good for us because he wouldn't fall into a "DC player" as he didn't do much defensively and this for me is the big problem with us at this level- we expect our attacking creative players to be primarily able to defend to protect our back four and still be able to get forward and attack whereas our defensive players seem to have a licence to attack without getting their primary job of defending right. The question I would ask people is how many times this season has DC got his initial selection right and not have to change both formation and individuals at half time? I don't think their winger was that good. He grew in confidence as he wqs given the freedom of our right flank due to the complete lack of wide players.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 18, 2016 22:06:23 GMT
Topper Gas, The same "another chance" that certain players get under DC whilst others don't. Those players who do Lockyer, Brown, Sinclair, Taylor. Those players who sometimes get another chance Ollie Clarke, Leadbitter, James Clarke, Lines, Gaffney,Harrison, Hartley, Bodin,Colkett and then there are those who never get that "another chance" - Montano, Moore, Easter, Boateng, James, Roberts (gone now), Mansell (this season) and McCrystal (this season). It cannot be easy to forever be "playing for your place" when you make a 20 minute appearance and then if you do get a start you know that if things don't go right you will be the one to be substituted. It is well known that wingers are generally inconsistent but therefore need a run of games. I thought the left winger for Shrewsbury was brilliant yesterday but then thought he wouldn't be good for us because he wouldn't fall into a "DC player" as he didn't do much defensively and this for me is the big problem with us at this level- we expect our attacking creative players to be primarily able to defend to protect our back four and still be able to get forward and attack whereas our defensive players seem to have a licence to attack without getting their primary job of defending right. The question I would ask people is how many times this season has DC got his initial selection right and not have to change both formation and individuals at half time? How can you include Boateng in the list of players who never get a second chance when he's played in the last two games, in the first he was MotM but yesterday had a total shocker. I've no idea why Montano & Moore are out of favour but it seems we can't play 4-4-2 as we've nobody to play alongside Lines, or Boateng, with a midfield two. Mansell has been injured for most of the season so DC could hardly pick him, I've no idea what's happened to McCrystal but I doubt many fans think he's a better option to Hartley. Locks, Brown, Sincs & Taylor are undroppable due to their being no right footed CB or left footed FB nor defensive CM and who but an idiot would drop the highest goal scorer in the FL over the last two seasons? Whilst you clearly have a dislike for DC if you look beyond that there is some logic to what he's doing, as far as changing tactics, what else can DC do when we're so inconsistent this season from match to match. DC's error was not getting in more experience in the summer but whether he tried and failed or thought the squad was good enough we'll never know.
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Post by richard on Dec 18, 2016 23:17:00 GMT
I would try and bring in some experience throughout the team. So that means Mansell, McChrystal, Lines, Easter etc all in the team.
We have had experienced players over the last two seasons with the above plus the likes of Monkhouse and Mildenhall but we seem to have ditched all of these now with no replacements. It's pretty similar to the mistakes that Trolls made in League One.
So for Boxing Day i'd get back to basics and go with the following...
Roos
Leadbitter Lockyer McChrystal Brown
Sinclair (hardest decision for me is who to play in right midfield) Lines Mansell Montano
Gaffney Taylor
Subs: Puddy, Hartley, Ollie Clarke, Moore, Bodin, Harrison, Easter
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Dec 18, 2016 23:51:23 GMT
I'd go:
__________Puddy Leads_Lockyer_Hartley_Brown Sinclair_Clarke_Boateng_Moore __________Easter _________Gaffney
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Dec 19, 2016 6:08:41 GMT
I'd go: __________Puddy Leads_Lockyer_Hartley_Brown Sinclair_Clarke_Boateng_Moore __________Easter _________Gaffney Problem for me is I don't see any leader in that team.
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Post by garystash on Dec 19, 2016 7:53:01 GMT
I'd go: __________Puddy Leads_Lockyer_Hartley_Brown Sinclair_Clarke_Boateng_Moore __________Easter _________Gaffney Problem for me is I don't see any leader in that team. Leadership is one of our biggest problems. We need Manse or Macca out there organising the players. I think TL is great, but he's not stepped up imo, in terms of his play or the captaincy. We've let in so many stupid goals because nobody is out on the pitch conducting our play.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 19, 2016 8:23:29 GMT
Problem for me is I don't see any leader in that team. Leadership is one of our biggest problems. We need Manse or Macca out there organising the players. I think TL is great, but he's not stepped up imo, in terms of his play or the captaincy. We've let in so many stupid goals because nobody is out on the pitch conducting our play. Hartley clearly organises the defence, he should be Captain, if Mansel isn't ready to return we have to get Lines back as despite his faults he's far more of a leader than Boateng, Clarke or Colkett, but if he can't raise his game for a Boxing Day sell out he might as well move on. After Saturday's performance I'd never start Boateng again before his loan spell expires, he had his big chance in my view and blew it.
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Post by gasincider on Dec 19, 2016 9:55:00 GMT
Leadership is one of our biggest problems. We need Manse or Macca out there organising the players. I think TL is great, but he's not stepped up imo, in terms of his play or the captaincy. We've let in so many stupid goals because nobody is out on the pitch conducting our play. Hartley clearly organises the defence, he should be Captain, if Mansel isn't ready to return we have to get Lines back as despite his faults he's far more of a leader than Boateng, Clarke or Colkett, but if he can't raise his game for a Boxing Day sell out he might as well move on. After Saturday's performance I'd never start Boateng again before his loan spell expires, he had his big chance in my view and blew it. So Boatang had his best chance by playing two consecutive games. Yet you also agree about too many changes. So is two games in a row overdoing it? If anyone has had too many games and not performed it's Lines. The only time Lines looked OK was when he was played at Oldham I think it was with Boatang alongside him.
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Post by mjhgas on Dec 19, 2016 10:30:53 GMT
This has to be another game highlighted to help us get to 55 points!
4-4-2 every week at home regardless of the opposition (and the Charlton result). There will be 11,000 in the ground with a good away following - get the fans excited and back on-side with an attacking line up! At the moment, you could turn up at half time and it wouldn't make much difference! Win and those fans might get back on board! Get Easter back in the team, Lines, Mansell, Bodin and Montano in midfield!
I'm looking forward to it! My cousins are Cov fans and we've never played each other in our lifetimes.
UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 20:03:22 GMT
Come on then everyone how do we turn the tide? ? Well in literal terms....you take a defensive stance retreating to a safe position keeping the advancing waves at a distance. At some point the tide will reach its highest point ,pause and then start retreating. At this time you can start making forward gains yourself. In football terms it translate to shut up shop ,play safe and wait for the confidence to turn...then start to be more progressive and attacking again.
a 0-0....1-1....or 1-0 home win on boxing day a 0-0....1-1....or 1-0 home win on new years eve a 0-0....1-1...or 1-0 away win at Charlton ath.
just 3 points in 3 draws might see a positional slip in the table but a great boost for squad confidence. A boring unbeaten run will do wonders.
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 20, 2016 20:07:38 GMT
Come on then everyone how do we turn the tide? ? Well in literal terms....you take a defensive stance retreating to a safe position keeping the advancing waves at a distance. At some point the tide will reach its highest point ,pause and then start retreating. At this time you can start making forward gains yourself. In football terms it translate to shut up shop ,play safe and wait for the confidence to turn...then start to be more progressive and attacking again.
a 0-0....1-1....or 1-0 home win on boxing day a 0-0....1-1....or 1-0 home win on new years eve a 0-0....1-1...or 1-0 away win at Charlton ath.
just 3 points in 3Â draws might see a positional slip in the table but a great boost for squad confidence. A boring unbeaten run will do wonders.
haha that's was relaxing 😎
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Post by yategas78 on Dec 20, 2016 20:11:38 GMT
We can't gave Will Puddy between the sticks can we??
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