|
Post by aforce on Feb 23, 2019 17:59:38 GMT
So graham took the reigns in December away at Sunderland so today was always going to be interesting to see if we have improved since that day with a transfer window under his belt and a few other changes with personnel/tactics/formation etc
From what I seen today it looks as tho we are no better in fact worse. The attitude seemed better away at Sunderland, the tactics looked better away at Sunderland and the quality was a lot worse today.
If we don’t pick this home form up we will go down it is that black and white. Utg
|
|
|
Post by WeAreTheGas on Feb 23, 2019 18:07:50 GMT
Good point.
We were beyond shocking today. Showed absolutely zero quality on the ball and GC is painfully devoted to 4-4-2.
There was no movement, no pace, no creativity, no width, and a total reliance on firing balls up to JCH’s head and hoping he could flick it onto another blue and white shirt.
Just dross.
|
|
|
Post by aforce on Feb 23, 2019 18:09:43 GMT
Good point. We were beyond shocking today. Showed absolutely zero quality on the ball and GC is painfully devoted to 4-4-2. There was no movement, no pace, no creativity, no width, and a total reliance on firing balls up to JCH’s head and hoping he could flick it onto another blue and white shirt. Just dross. We don’t have a natural left winger in the building. Square pegs round holes... sounds familiar right
|
|
|
Post by WeAreTheGas on Feb 23, 2019 18:12:22 GMT
Good point. We were beyond shocking today. Showed absolutely zero quality on the ball and GC is painfully devoted to 4-4-2. There was no movement, no pace, no creativity, no width, and a total reliance on firing balls up to JCH’s head and hoping he could flick it onto another blue and white shirt. Just dross. We don’t have a natural left winger in the building. Square pegs round holes... sounds familiar right I’ll never understand how we’ve ended up with one natural winger in the squad having just had a transfer window.
|
|
|
Post by Okebournegas on Feb 23, 2019 18:17:22 GMT
We don’t have a natural left winger in the building. Square pegs round holes... sounds familiar right I’ll never understand how we’ve ended up with one natural winger in the squad having just had a transfer window. It’s down to our club not being proactive in the transfer market , we were absolutely abysmal today , Sunderland weren’t much better , we just do not create any chances , to not have a single shot on target in 90 mins is inexcusable. Sideways passing and hoofball.
|
|
|
Post by peterparker on Feb 23, 2019 18:27:01 GMT
For me, with what we have, we should start 3-5-2 and get Sercombe in the middle. Just a question of whom you play on the right
|
|
|
Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 23, 2019 18:31:13 GMT
For me, with what we have, we should start 3-5-2 and get Sercombe in the middle. Just a question of whom you play on the right If he can't get in the team anywhere else, may as well stick Lines there.
|
|
|
Post by Jomo on Feb 23, 2019 18:34:59 GMT
For me, with what we have, we should start 3-5-2 and get Sercombe in the middle. Just a question of whom you play on the right I completely agree with that. Clarke, Craig and Lockyer at the back. Partington and THD wingbacks. Ogogo/Upson, Sercombe and Clarke in the middle with Lines and the Beard deputising. Nichols and JCH up front.
|
|
|
Post by Topper Gas on Feb 23, 2019 18:36:25 GMT
For me, with what we have, we should start 3-5-2 and get Sercombe in the middle. Just a question of whom you play on the right Sincs, at least he's got a bit of passion to his game, I sense the 11 GC sent out today had already lost at 3 pm. The fact JCH was MotM is worrying sign
|
|
|
Post by Gassy on Feb 23, 2019 18:46:23 GMT
THD been virtually unstoppable in LW position and we decide to put him in LB and now we have no creativity or drive forward.
Makes you wonder what goes through people’s heads at times
|
|
|
Post by Bourne End Gas on Feb 23, 2019 19:03:29 GMT
Good point. We were beyond shocking today. Showed absolutely zero quality on the ball and GC is painfully devoted to 4-4-2. There was no movement, no pace, no creativity, no width, and a total reliance on firing balls up to JCH’s head and hoping he could flick it onto another blue and white shirt. Just dross. Talking of pace what has happened to Daniel Leadbetter ? Not sure if he has made the match day squad since GC took over
|
|
|
Post by aghast on Feb 23, 2019 19:07:49 GMT
On current form tables we're 4th in the division away, and 20th at home.
So clearly GC knows what he's doing when travelling, but loses the plot at the Mem.
It'th a mythtery, as Toyah once thang.
|
|
|
Post by Topper Gas on Feb 23, 2019 19:08:46 GMT
THD been virtually unstoppable in LW position and we decide to put him in LB and now we have no creativity or drive forward. Makes you wonder what goes through people’s heads at times Likewise Parts can attack down the right, JC just doesn't have his attacking ability. In fact GC has reverted to DC's team with Bonham thinking he's Smith in goal!!
|
|
|
Post by cookinongas on Feb 23, 2019 19:49:37 GMT
Does anyone already think the appointment of GC may have been the wrong one after all?
|
|
|
Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 23, 2019 19:56:30 GMT
It’s obvious the forum would be like this tonight, but it’s worth considering that Sunderland’s away record is: P16 W8 D6 L2
The two losses were early season at Burton, who are currently 11th and more recently at Portsmouth, who are 4th.
How did our relegation rivals get on at home to Sunderland?
Wimbledon lost 1-2 Bradford lost 1-2 Rochdale yet to play Oxford drew 1-1 Shrewsbury lost 0-2 Walsall drew 2-2 Gillingham lost 1-4
We have to retain our perspective. It may have been a disappointing result but they are a bloody good team in this division. All is far from lost.
|
|
|
Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Feb 23, 2019 20:06:36 GMT
It’s obvious the forum would be like this tonight, but it’s worth considering that Sunderland’s away record is: P16 W8 D6 L2 The two losses were early season at Burton, who are currently 11th and more recently at Portsmouth, who are 4th. We have to retain our perspective. It may have been a disappointing result but they are a bloody good team in this division. All is far from lost. Completely agree, yes we created very little & that's something we have to address if we're going to survive but we have to put into perspective the opposition today. I'd definitely be tempted to go 3-5-2 with Sercombe in the middle. Personally I'd play Rodmam & THD as the wide players. We can't keep sticking rigidly to 4-4-2 when its clearly not working
|
|
|
Post by farmygas on Feb 23, 2019 20:19:31 GMT
So GC said in the week that if the fans turned up to support the team then he'd stand in the middle of the pitch at the end and take whatever criticism or plaudits. 10000 showed up, we had zero shots on target. How did that go down?
|
|
|
Post by gashead1981 on Feb 23, 2019 20:28:10 GMT
I don’t think much has improved under Coughlan personally. Sure we have got a couple of wins and draws but we are hardly a better footballing side. He’s still making the same mistakes as DC like putting Sercs on the wing. Playing too deep. Keeping Craig in at CB who is absolutely calamitous at times. And we are playing more hoofball now than we ever have.
In terms of transfers He didn’t really address the striker issue, although I’m happy we got JCH in, he hasn’t addressed the winger issue. He hasn’t addressed the CB issue and added another CM which we didn’t need instead of shipping some out before adding.
Part of it isn’t his fault, he’s inherited a terrible squad and we have a feckless bunch of owners and fat cats above him not helping and not willing to bail us out of the mess they helped create.
All in all the club is a shambles and the fact that none of our owners bothered to turn up today for our biggest game says everything you need to know about this bunch. I really wish they would put us up for sale, announce it properly and disappear.
|
|
|
Post by Topper Gas on Feb 23, 2019 20:31:18 GMT
What's ranting about the owners yet again got to do with this thread?
|
|
|
Post by gashead1981 on Feb 23, 2019 20:48:34 GMT
What's ranting about the owners yet again got to do with this thread? Was that the only line you looked at in the 3 or 4 paragraphs I wrote, which mostly contained my opinion of Coughlan and his transfer window?
|
|