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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 18:44:01 GMT
Martin and Sincs our best players today - but yeah not there for the creativity. What's happened to Matthews could've chucked him on with 20 to go on the left ? GC obviously likes it balanced with two left footed players on the left. But when THD cannot play I would have thought it would have been better to play either Matthews or Bennet on the wing as opposed to a defensive left back, especially at home. Matthews is left footed. |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jan 1, 2019 18:50:26 GMT
Not the result or performance we wanted but not a surprise to me.Always going to be difficult to match last 4 performances and before kick off i feared the worst cos footie is like that it brings you back down to earth just when you think you've cracked it, so satisfied with a point and 10 from 15 ,now we squad can regroup, get rid of any niggles and illness and come out fighting for the next league game, up the Rovers!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 18:53:41 GMT
Thought it was aimless hoofball for the most part, better when Lines came on.
Still got plenty of crosses in but no one to attack them, did we actually win a header in their box.
Clean sheet and a point though, we certainly missed Holmes Denis quality.
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 1, 2019 18:54:46 GMT
Perhaps this is where GC would need a bit of help in understanding the match freshness of the players. We looked lethargic and there was some woeful decision making and wayward passing going on.
Upson wasn’t great at Oxford and he was really poor today. Sincs was the right addition on paper but looked woefully short of match sharpness.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but perhaps Sincs and Lines in the middle should have been the starters along with Kyle Bennett on the wing.
It would have been wise putting Leads in the squad as well as the added pace dimension.
Can’t critiscise Cogs too much but if DCs reluctance to keep a settled side was a frustration then perhaps GC reluctance to make a change when needed was mine today. It cost us IMO. It’s these decisions as well that could be fine lines in us staying up too.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jan 1, 2019 18:57:49 GMT
Perhaps this is where GC would need a bit of help in understanding the match freshness of the players. We looked lethargic and there was some woeful decision making and wayward passing going on. Upson wasn’t great at Oxford and he was really poor today. Sincs was the right addition on paper but looked woefully short of match sharpness. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but perhaps Sincs and Lines in the middle should have been the starters along with Kyle Bennett on the wing. It would have been wise putting Leads in the squad as well as the added pace dimension. Can’t critiscise Cogs too much but if DCs reluctance to keep a settled side was a frustration then perhaps GC reluctance to make a change when needed was mine today. It cost us IMO. It’s these decisions as well that could be fine lines in us staying up too. In his post match interview, and pre match as well I believe, he made a big point of having chatted to Mick McCarthy and been given the advice to stick with a winning side and let the players be the judge of if they’re fit or not. Problem is they’re all going to say they’re fit enough. |
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Post by markczgas on Jan 1, 2019 18:59:19 GMT
Perhaps this is where GC would need a bit of help in understanding the match freshness of the players. We looked lethargic and there was some woeful decision making and wayward passing going on. Upson wasn’t great at Oxford and he was really poor today. Sincs was the right addition on paper but looked woefully short of match sharpness. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but perhaps Sincs and Lines in the middle should have been the starters along with Kyle Bennett on the wing. It would have been wise putting Leads in the squad as well as the added pace dimension. Can’t critiscise Cogs too much but if DCs reluctance to keep a settled side was a frustration then perhaps GC reluctance to make a change when needed was mine today. It cost us IMO. It’s these decisions as well that could be fine lines in us staying up too. he made 2 changes in the line-up. and he gave 2 subs 30 mins - so plenty of time - they just didn't shine today. |
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Post by tbonegas on Jan 1, 2019 19:07:41 GMT
water poor 1st half performance. Defending too deep and not able to advance. Players treating the ball like A hot potato. We don’t look like a vitalised team. Ed Upson needs to keep his head up son cos he is yet to impress at the mem. We can’t be this poor for another 45 mins. We were. Worst performance I seen for a long time. Created nought, Lockyer motm says it all, cash out with now Lockyer Mom was a joke. In 94 minutes of play, I don't think he managed to pass to one of his team mates once. |
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 1, 2019 19:07:55 GMT
Perhaps this is where GC would need a bit of help in understanding the match freshness of the players. We looked lethargic and there was some woeful decision making and wayward passing going on. Upson wasn’t great at Oxford and he was really poor today. Sincs was the right addition on paper but looked woefully short of match sharpness. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but perhaps Sincs and Lines in the middle should have been the starters along with Kyle Bennett on the wing. It would have been wise putting Leads in the squad as well as the added pace dimension. Can’t critiscise Cogs too much but if DCs reluctance to keep a settled side was a frustration then perhaps GC reluctance to make a change when needed was mine today. It cost us IMO. It’s these decisions as well that could be fine lines in us staying up too. he made 2 changes in the line-up. and he gave 2 subs 30 mins - so plenty of time - they just didn't shine today. It was enforced. On the radio he said that had they been fit they would have started. IMO Upson deserved to be benched today off the back of his Oxford performance and I didn’t understand why we started a LB at LW when we have 2 wingers, one of them left footed not even in the squad. With the side crying out for some pace and tempo we didn’t have the quickest player over 100m at the club in the squad either. |
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Post by rosssgb on Jan 1, 2019 19:11:11 GMT
Tired performance and boring game. At least we managed to keep a clean sheet, but if we want to stay up really need to be beating teams like that, Burton were nothing special. Crying out for some wingers in January, Martin left midfield was painful to watch and subs didn’t impact the game at all. I think our first choice wingers (Rodman and THD) have shown that they are enough. We have no back up left winger though which will be a problem as THD won’t be able to play every game. It’s essentially that we keep Jak until the end of the season. Still not convinced by Reilly so would like another striker to be first player we bring in. Agree Rodman and THD are good enough, but we need options. For me Reilly isn’t good enough, runs around like a duracell bunny which is all well and good but hardly touched the ball today. Playing in behind the striker he should be demanding the ball and creating play, can’t belive I’m saying this but I’d rather have Nichols in the XI as even though he won’t score he at least gets involved. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 19:16:23 GMT
Having watched that today, I'm even less sure about who should get the manager job.
Whoever is appointed, it's a gamble. Ben Garner is an interesting shout and could be an inspired choice, but it may be a case of right man, wrong time. Other 'outsiders' are gambles for different reasons. Graeme Coughlan is probably less of a gamble as he has worked with these players and, in obtaining 10 points from 15, he has shown enough signs to suggest that he might keep us in this league. He might. Just.
However, if his footballing philosophy is playing the aimless hoofball we saw for 70 minutes today, then he isn't the man LONG TERM. It may be that the football we saw today was just a case of needs must...anything to scrap enough points to stay up...and that he is able to adjust and develop the side over time. I hope so, because I really do like a lot of what he has brought, but football such as todays will not see us progress in the longer term.
The short term aim of staying up is more important at the moment than the long term aim of progressing the club further. I'm not convinced from what I saw today that GC is the answer on both of these fronts.
The board have a really difficult decision ahead of them.
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Post by markczgas on Jan 1, 2019 19:21:19 GMT
We were. Worst performance I seen for a long time. Created nought, Lockyer motm says it all, cash out with now Lockyer Mom was a joke. In 94 minutes of play, I don't think he managed to pass to one of his team mates once. He actually did 2 excellent diagonal passes (1 in each half) but also did about 8 naff ones - so he isn't completely hopeless but far off the quality needed to help us challenge at other end of the table. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 19:24:58 GMT
I think GC got it wrong today. Being forced to make two changes he opted for a safety first, negative pair of selections in Sincs and Martin. Being at home, players with renewed confidence and in front of a big crowd we should have been more assertive and gone for it from the start. Sercs for O Clarke was the most obvious and although Martin did provide balance and shape he did nothing to influence the game - not his fault as he strikes me as a "stay at home LB" and is never a wide midfielder.
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Post by gasheadbatesy on Jan 1, 2019 19:26:26 GMT
We were. Worst performance I seen for a long time. Created nought, Lockyer motm says it all, cash out with now I presume you attend very few matches or no nothing about football. My season ticket would suggest I do. What I see may differ but today was really poor |
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Post by Colyton Gas on Jan 1, 2019 19:31:02 GMT
A couple of positive outcomes.
1.Clean Sheet.
2..Erased any doubt we don't need to strengthen in the current window.
3. Underlined too much mediocrity still.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 19:51:27 GMT
Reading through the posts it seems people are suddenly thinking we should play like man city!
Were a struggling team battling for points and today reflected that.
With lockyer being MOM he is actually a defender and today he defended well and snuffed out his marker which is his primary job.
The manager opted for continuity over creativity today which is understandable imo.
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jan 1, 2019 19:59:57 GMT
Thats it GGMI your fired ! Jester make sure your up early next league game to start thread!!!
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Post by socrates on Jan 1, 2019 20:01:24 GMT
Reading through the posts it seems people are suddenly thinking we should play like man city! Were a struggling team battling for points and today reflected that. With lockyer being MOM he is actually a defender and today he defended well and snuffed out his marker which is his primary job. The manager opted for continuity over creativity today which is understandable imo. We’ve gone direct every game under Cogs so far and today we kept another clean sheet and got another point. Trying to play tika taka is what got us in to this mess. UTG. |
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Post by althepirate on Jan 1, 2019 20:02:41 GMT
I thought he GC put another defender in midfield as Burton are very strong there. I don't think we could afford the luxury of Matthews or Bennet today Clough went to the same coaching school as DC so that means a million passes, but no goals. Our performances over Christmas have been hugely consistent, better than most teams.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 1, 2019 20:06:18 GMT
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Post by oldmarket65 on Jan 1, 2019 20:06:42 GMT
Today was a humbling experience and the table don't lie. We are 1 of around 10 teams in a dogfight. The teams who avoid relegation are those who spend / do loan deals well in the January window. Any team in the bottom 10 are capable of going down because their current squads aren't good enough. That's the humble reality and our board have a big part in deciding the outcome !.
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