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Post by althepirate on Dec 5, 2020 20:03:25 GMT
Right, one swallow doesn't make a summer and all that BUT that was a brilliant attacking display today ! One touch and movement, driving forwards , both out wide and through the middle, creating so many chances and some brilliant goals. With that, playing the ball around and keeping possession for a couple of minutes at a time, it seemed. I was purring - ha ha !! So when did we last play like that. can't remember ever with DC. I'd have to go back to Trolls' days - the Lincoln play off game and a few in L1 when we demolished Southend with Lambo bagging 4. What do you think ? Can you remember in the second half we must have played 20-30 passes finishing with a cross into the box which their goalie took off Nicholson's head, what a goal that would have been.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 5, 2020 19:51:19 GMT
What Millwall fans did was only showing the dislike of BLM the movement, they are Marxist ( they admit this ) they encourage violence, burning flags, pulling down statues and defacing property. BLM has very little to do with Black people but everything to do with anarchy. Taking the knee was a BLM idea and a very bad idea at that. And to add to that, if it makes you feel uncomfortable, I suggest you take a look at yourself. Didn't take long for you to get nasty when someone has a difference of opinion. Stop abuse for everyone
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Post by althepirate on Dec 5, 2020 17:49:01 GMT
No Tis won't be here in May...he'll be with Man U
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Post by althepirate on Dec 5, 2020 17:43:43 GMT
So he loses his first game. Shame. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer little squeaky shithead twat. Can't wait to see the post match interview when he tries to blind the Geordies with bullshit
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Post by althepirate on Dec 5, 2020 17:32:04 GMT
With Garner just the ball moves with Tis the players move as well...and shoot That was the biggest difference today I thought Al we could play with more tempo bevause the off the ball movement was there. I’m not sure it was 4-4-2 as someone just said. More like 4-5-1 or 4-2-3-1 but the three attacking midfielders were constantly switching from left centre and right which made them a nightmare to mark. Great performance UTG. I always thought we were technically very good, but we were too slow in the build up under Garner and as a fan it was so boring to watch as well. The movement was superb today as were the team especially Nicholson and Ozzie and as usual Jak had a safe pair of hands.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 5, 2020 17:21:20 GMT
Is that the football we were hoping to see under Garner? Garner’s team, Garner’s tactics. Nothing to do with Tis ! With Garner just the ball moves with Tis the players move as well...and shoot
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Post by althepirate on Dec 5, 2020 14:22:16 GMT
Well no idea of the score to honest, but I just think our defence is poor and we shoot more under Tis so I will say ..... Wombles 3 Gas 2
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 12:36:37 GMT
The xG (measure of chance creation quality) from our first 14 matches suggests otherwise - only Wigan have created fewer good chances than us in L1 so far. Possession stats mean very little in terms of chance creation, especially against a side like Gillingham who are more than happy to have less of the ball and hit you on the counter. And looking at shots on its own can be very misleading IMO - Nicholson’s shot from 7/8 yards out last night counted the same as Josh Grant’s wild effort from outside the area. Unfortunately the in-depth stats suggest that we don’t create enough chances and that we don’t take enough of them when we do. True in some ways, but having a shot from distance, even if wildly off target, is indicative of a change in approach. Garner wanted us to walk the ball into the net arsenal style and that was reflected in our dismal efforts on goal. A shot, even if bad, can richochet kindly or go for a corner so can help you gain a foothold in the opposing half. We need more games to see how whether this change in attitude manifests itself in tangible improvements but it’s certainly one of the few positives we have to cling to at the moment, in my view Yes agreed and I always thought more shots give a team a psychological advantage even if they aren't converted. The job now is to do exactly that.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 12:18:11 GMT
I think Garner only had a say in three signings, Daly, Martinez, Koiki the only three he knew anything about. The rest were dumped on him by Widdrington and he had to go along with it. Don't blame the builder, blame the architects they draw up the plans. It's all very interesting
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 12:02:40 GMT
I think we will find that Tommy has provided some good p-layers - our problem is that too many of them are in the same position and have exactly the same qualities.Players who we signed who should be quality ie Ehmer,Baldwin are making poor errors and at the moment it seems every error they make ends up in our net. I very much like Tisdales interview and hope he can get it right preferably before we are adrift at the bottom. Yes I agree with that, but did BG say to Tommy 'Right I want 14 midfielders and hardly any strikers' to which Tommy replied 'Ok we'll do that then' doesnt seem to me a promotion to the board is justified here.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 10:52:50 GMT
Interesting job Widdrinton has, seems to hold no responsibility. He does what he's told, gets promoted while BG gets the sack. Teflon Tommy: bad recruitment is not the fault of the head of recruitment. No I can’t work that one out either. Teflon Tommy lol yep I think that will stick as well
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 10:45:12 GMT
Garner and widdrington have left us in one big fk up. I can't see how any of this is Widdrington's fault. He was recruiting players for Garner. This is all on Garner letting players like Craig and Sercombe go and destroying Killgour's confidence. Interesting job Widdrinton has, seems to hold no responsibility. He does what he's told, gets promoted while BG gets the sack.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 10:29:37 GMT
So what do the stats tell us? We had 28% more possession, more shots 17 in fact and more corners. To me this means that we create opportunities to score which is a great positive and reflects the recruitment of midfield players. The xG (measure of chance creation quality) from our first 14 matches suggests otherwise - only Wigan have created fewer good chances than us in L1 so far. Possession stats mean very little in terms of chance creation, especially against a side like Gillingham who are more than happy to have less of the ball and hit you on the counter. And looking at shots on its own can be very misleading IMO - Nicholson’s shot from 7/8 yards out last night counted the same as Josh Grant’s wild effort from outside the area. Unfortunately the in-depth stats suggest that we don’t create enough chances and that we don’t take enough of them when we do. Yes I completely agree that possession means little, but shots to me mean we have created an opportunity we think we can score from. How do your stats compare between BG and Tis regarding shots on target? I'm hoping Tis has improved this and is a result of the higher tempo we now play at.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 10:24:14 GMT
Well after a good night sleep and letting the emotions cool down I decided to look at the facts. The main reality that we lost two nil at home. So what do the stats tell us? We had 28% more possession, more shots 17 in fact and more corners. To me this means that we create opportunities to score which is a great positive and reflects the recruitment of midfield players. The big minus is that only 3 were on target which reflects the lack of striker signings. The constant flux of our defence imo doesnt help the players and I yearn for Davies, Kilgour and Craig with GC's organisation. Tis is really struggling with extremely unbalanced recruitment under BG and TW who had the final say? The danger now is stopping a loss of confidence in the team as they look at their position in the table especially with the young players.I think we need to get the defence right first and a stable team selection. I can't see much improvement in the strikers until Jan although I do think Ayunga can bring much needed strength to our forward play when fit again. It was awful last night but 17 shots is encouraging and getting the balance between not trying too hard being fearful of missing a chance, combined with the pressure of our league position requires a certain skill. We have no choice but to support Tis and the players anything else won't be constructive. He has inherited a very difficult position. Agree with this,I would add the following: Loss of confidence is the biggest killer for any team in any sport and I want us to get a dirty win or draw pdq to reverse the momentum,if we go into the Xmas programme without anything in the run up we will be adrift and in a situation that will be extremely difficult to turn around with a young team. My thoughts entirely.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 3, 2020 10:01:12 GMT
Well after a good night sleep and letting the emotions cool down I decided to look at the facts. The main reality that we lost two nil at home. So what do the stats tell us? We had 28% more possession, more shots 17 in fact and more corners. To me this means that we create opportunities to score which is a great positive and reflects the recruitment of midfield players. The big minus is that only 3 were on target which reflects the lack of striker signings. The constant flux of our defence imo doesnt help the players and I yearn for Davies, Kilgour and Craig with GC's organisation. Tis is really struggling with extremely unbalanced recruitment under BG and TW who had the final say? The danger now is stopping a loss of confidence in the team as they look at their position in the table especially with the young players.I think we need to get the defence right first and a stable team selection. I can't see much improvement in the strikers until Jan although I do think Ayunga can bring much needed strength to our forward play when fit again. It was awful last night but 17 shots is encouraging and getting the balance between not trying too hard being fearful of missing a chance, combined with the pressure of our league position requires a certain skill. We have no choice but to support Tis and the players anything else won't be constructive. He has inherited a very difficult position.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 2, 2020 23:10:51 GMT
Funnily enough that’s the nickname my friends gave me. No idea why, I don’t even like bread 🤷♂️ Are you thick and white? Racist kick it out
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Post by althepirate on Dec 2, 2020 21:18:42 GMT
Whatever people say about GC he organised that defence and signed the best goalie in this division. If Craig was 103 I'd still play him instead of Ehmer
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Post by althepirate on Dec 2, 2020 17:17:07 GMT
I feel more confident we will play with a higher tempo so hoping Tis is having an affect at the Quarters I'll go for 2-1 C'mon you blues!
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Post by althepirate on Dec 2, 2020 17:14:25 GMT
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Post by althepirate on Dec 2, 2020 14:35:00 GMT
Yes that's better but still think it's too classical than pop. I'm sure Sabadell would like the intro though.
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