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Post by stevek192 on Oct 22, 2018 9:57:28 GMT
Our main problem is the quality and balance of the squad that DC has put together which means the basis of a good side is missing. We have too many players who are not good enough to hold down a place in the side consistently. We have a back four who often like (and need) a way out by whacking the ball up but the nearest we have to a hold up player up front is Payne who at the moment DC seems reluctant to play. We have loads of central midfield players yet DC seems to leave the creative ones out and settles for hard workers like Sinclair and Ollie Clarke. wide players have always been inconsistent players but the big trouble with Darrells "projects" is that they don't allow a player to have a bad game at all so all the players lack any consistency. I wonder how many other Managers in the League have made 44 team changes so far? Part of our problem is that our front two do not play as a partnership, they are generally miles apart and because of this closing down the opposition is an individual affair.Pace is lacking anhd physical power so it is difficult to say what type of team we are other than a pretty poor one at the moment. I struggle to think what the players do in training- from the evidence in games-not a lot.
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Post by pucklegas on Oct 22, 2018 10:29:37 GMT
Our main problem is the quality and balance of the squad that DC has put together which means the basis of a good side is missing. We have too many players who are not good enough to hold down a place in the side consistently. We have a back four who often like (and need) a way out by whacking the ball up but the nearest we have to a hold up player up front is Payne who at the moment DC seems reluctant to play. We have loads of central midfield players yet DC seems to leave the creative ones out and settles for hard workers like Sinclair and Ollie Clarke. wide players have always been inconsistent players but the big trouble with Darrells "projects" is that they don't allow a player to have a bad game at all so all the players lack any consistency. I wonder how many other Managers in the League have made 44 team changes so far? Part of our problem is that our front two do not play as a partnership, they are generally miles apart and because of this closing down the opposition is an individual affair.Pace is lacking anhd physical power so it is difficult to say what type of team we are other than a pretty poor one at the moment. I struggle to think what the players do in training- from the evidence in games-not a lot. Bang on the money, Accrington manager on talk sport on Saturday saying the secret is settled side everybody knowing their roles inside out and practiced every day in training, seems since he has had his extra coaching badges he is over complicating it, stick with the second half team for 6 games and see how it goes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2018 10:53:37 GMT
Our main problem is the quality and balance of the squad that DC has put together which means the basis of a good side is missing. We have too many players who are not good enough to hold down a place in the side consistently. We have a back four who often like (and need) a way out by whacking the ball up but the nearest we have to a hold up player up front is Payne who at the moment DC seems reluctant to play. We have loads of central midfield players yet DC seems to leave the creative ones out and settles for hard workers like Sinclair and Ollie Clarke. wide players have always been inconsistent players but the big trouble with Darrells "projects" is that they don't allow a player to have a bad game at all so all the players lack any consistency. I wonder how many other Managers in the League have made 44 team changes so far? Part of our problem is that our front two do not play as a partnership, they are generally miles apart and because of this closing down the opposition is an individual affair.Pace is lacking anhd physical power so it is difficult to say what type of team we are other than a pretty poor one at the moment. I struggle to think what the players do in training- from the evidence in games-not a lot. We are at the point now where, if this was your first game watching Rovers, you would think DC was a caretaker manager in his first managerial role. Beggars belief the guy has got two promotions under his belt and yet he manages us like a pub team.
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Post by stapletongas on Oct 22, 2018 11:11:57 GMT
And you know this? If DC tells them to play on their natural side then they do it. They are professional footballers.
DC does seem to favour wides playing on their unnatural side, Bodin played on the right and how many right footed players has he had out on the left, he's even had Sercombe out there, so applying your logic of DC playing players where they ask, Sercs must love it in that position!Natural width stretches the opposition back four and opens up gaps, it also means defenders cease to have the ball and the player they are marking all in their line of sight, that causes chaos for defenders. Players cutting in early allows the back four to close up tight and narrow, depriving forwards space and the ability to lose their marker, meanwhile defenders have the player they are marking and the ball in intheir line of sight and saying thank you very much! Width is tried and trusted.
The flaw in this argument is that, once again, you are referring to players playing on their "unnatural sides" when it's the side that suits them most.
I'm friends with a Pompey ST holder, and he says that Bennett played 90% of his football there on the left. But now DC's playing him there it's his 'unnatural position'? Give over (Oh, and playing Bodin on the right didn't work out too badly, eh?)
But we could go round in circles on this, so I'll leave it there! A Pompey ST holder! Damn, trump card how can I argue with that? Opinions vary, I think you’re wrong and making a ridiculously weak argument about the ability of a professional footballer, but it’s your opinion. I’ll leave it there, it’s a question for DC to answer, but perhaps he took advice from a Pompey ST holder?
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Oct 22, 2018 18:04:29 GMT
The flaw in this argument is that, once again, you are referring to players playing on their "unnatural sides" when it's the side that suits them most.
I'm friends with a Pompey ST holder, and he says that Bennett played 90% of his football there on the left. But now DC's playing him there it's his 'unnatural position'? Give over (Oh, and playing Bodin on the right didn't work out too badly, eh?)
But we could go round in circles on this, so I'll leave it there! A Pompey ST holder! Damn, trump card how can I argue with that? Opinions vary, I think you’re wrong and making a ridiculously weak argument about the ability of a professional footballer, but it’s your opinion. I’ll leave it there, it’s a question for DC to answer, but perhaps he took advice from a Pompey ST holder?
Well actually, I'm not making this argument at all.
Perhaps if you understood the argument I was making then it would help. Ah well.
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Post by stapletongas on Oct 23, 2018 4:57:28 GMT
A Pompey ST holder! Damn, trump card how can I argue with that? Opinions vary, I think you’re wrong and making a ridiculously weak argument about the ability of a professional footballer, but it’s your opinion. I’ll leave it there, it’s a question for DC to answer, but perhaps he took advice from a Pompey ST holder?
Well actually, I'm not making this argument at all.
Perhaps if you understood the argument I was making then it would help. Ah well.
So what happened to ‘I’ll leave it there”?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 5:32:36 GMT
Our main problem is the quality and balance of the squad that DC has put together which means the basis of a good side is missing. We have too many players who are not good enough to hold down a place in the side consistently. We have a back four who often like (and need) a way out by whacking the ball up but the nearest we have to a hold up player up front is Payne who at the moment DC seems reluctant to play. We have loads of central midfield players yet DC seems to leave the creative ones out and settles for hard workers like Sinclair and Ollie Clarke. wide players have always been inconsistent players but the big trouble with Darrells "projects" is that they don't allow a player to have a bad game at all so all the players lack any consistency. I wonder how many other Managers in the League have made 44 team changes so far? Part of our problem is that our front two do not play as a partnership, they are generally miles apart and because of this closing down the opposition is an individual affair.Pace is lacking anhd physical power so it is difficult to say what type of team we are other than a pretty poor one at the moment. I struggle to think what the players do in training- from the evidence in games-not a lot. We are at the point now where, if this was your first game watching Rovers, you would think DC was a caretaker manager in his first managerial role. Beggars belief the guy has got two promotions under his belt and yet he manages us like a pub team. Beggars belief? Maybe his two promotions with us (not to mention the two with Salisbury) suggeat that actually, he does know what he's doing and that he is the expert, not any of us.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 5:37:37 GMT
Our main problem is the quality and balance of the squad that DC has put together which means the basis of a good side is missing. We have too many players who are not good enough to hold down a place in the side consistently. We have a back four who often like (and need) a way out by whacking the ball up but the nearest we have to a hold up player up front is Payne who at the moment DC seems reluctant to play. We have loads of central midfield players yet DC seems to leave the creative ones out and settles for hard workers like Sinclair and Ollie Clarke. wide players have always been inconsistent players but the big trouble with Darrells "projects" is that they don't allow a player to have a bad game at all so all the players lack any consistency. I wonder how many other Managers in the League have made 44 team changes so far? Part of our problem is that our front two do not play as a partnership, they are generally miles apart and because of this closing down the opposition is an individual affair.Pace is lacking anhd physical power so it is difficult to say what type of team we are other than a pretty poor one at the moment. I struggle to think what the players do in training- from the evidence in games-not a lot. Bang on the money, Accrington manager on talk sport on Saturday saying the secret is settled side everybody knowing their roles inside out and practiced every day in training, seems since he has had his extra coaching badges he is over complicating it, stick with the second half team for 6 games and see how it goes. Were you saying that when we were winning games and making changes along the way? That's just lazy to day Accy are doing well and using a settled side so it must be the right way to do it. There are all kind of factors in why a team is playing well. And the coaching badges thingbis frankly ridiculous. How cam you make an accurate link between getting qualified but becoming worse? Has anyone considered that the players just might be performing badly at the moment, or any one of a multitude of other reasons... Sad to see that Bash DC week is still with us.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Oct 23, 2018 8:34:33 GMT
Well actually, I'm not making this argument at all.
Perhaps if you understood the argument I was making then it would help. Ah well.
So what happened to ‘I’ll leave it there”?
You spouted sarcastic nonsense.
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Post by pucklegas on Oct 23, 2018 9:42:13 GMT
Bang on the money, Accrington manager on talk sport on Saturday saying the secret is settled side everybody knowing their roles inside out and practiced every day in training, seems since he has had his extra coaching badges he is over complicating it, stick with the second half team for 6 games and see how it goes. Were you saying that when we were winning games and making changes along the way? That's just lazy to day Accy are doing well and using a settled side so it must be the right way to do it. There are all kind of factors in why a team is playing well. And the coaching badges thingbis frankly ridiculous. How cam you make an accurate link between getting qualified but becoming worse? Has anyone considered that the players just might be performing badly at the moment, or any one of a multitude of other reasons... Sad to see that Bash DC week is still with us. I love DC however the constant tinkering I personally think does not help, John Coleman spoke a lot of sense with his settled well organised side, at times this season I think we have looked disorganised, football is a simple game but I think you can over complicate things, that’s the great thing about football we all have different opinions, the whole team bar Bonham have been off it for large parts of the season, is that because of constant chopping and changing?
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