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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 20:16:11 GMT
This post is my first for god knows how many years and having spent enough time up and down the M4 in recent months and further afield, I am lost for words to describe this excuse for a footballer. In my 44 years of going to watch My favourite club I cannot think of a more ineffective forward or come to think of it, a footballer. Opposing Managers must see our team sheet and rub there hands in glee. The Rochdale managers last minute instructions to his defenders would have been ‘double up on JCH, the other guy is useless’ And yet again he did not disappoint. He falls over more than Lewis Halsane ever did,. Wear some studs rather than slippers, it will help.. Can’t hold the ball up, can’t win a header and can’t beat a man. It therefore begs the question what in God’s name is he doing on the pitch. Today’s performance was probably the worst of many woeful this season but when you start a game with effectively 10 men what is to be expected. We ain’t out the relegation woods yet and it is scary to think that should we stay up there are at least four teams worse than us Best part of today was the well deserved applause for Lindsay Parsons. When we lose one player gets it in the neck the other ten were great I suppose.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Apr 22, 2019 20:19:48 GMT
Almost as bad as Luke James and Derek Riordon.
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Post by Hudson1883 on Apr 22, 2019 20:22:57 GMT
This post is my first for god knows how many years and having spent enough time up and down the M4 in recent months and further afield, I am lost for words to describe this excuse for a footballer. In my 44 years of going to watch My favourite club I cannot think of a more ineffective forward or come to think of it, a footballer. Opposing Managers must see our team sheet and rub there hands in glee. The Rochdale managers last minute instructions to his defenders would have been ‘double up on JCH, the other guy is useless’ And yet again he did not disappoint. He falls over more than Lewis Halsane ever did,. Wear some studs rather than slippers, it will help.. Can’t hold the ball up, can’t win a header and can’t beat a man. It therefore begs the question what in God’s name is he doing on the pitch. Today’s performance was probably the worst of many woeful this season but when you start a game with effectively 10 men what is to be expected. We ain’t out the relegation woods yet and it is scary to think that should we stay up there are at least four teams worse than us Best part of today was the well deserved applause for Lindsay Parsons. When we lose one player gets it in the neck the other ten were great I suppose. If Tom N wasn’t picked we’d be automatically promoted by now.....or so one would think reading this site.
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Post by pilninggas on Apr 22, 2019 20:28:05 GMT
Like Andy Williams, Martin Cameron and Mickey Evans it just hasn't gelled for him here. He'll probably go somewhere else and bang them in.
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Post by exetergas on Apr 22, 2019 20:28:39 GMT
I am definitely in the Nicholls is woeful camp. I just don't buy the 'nice link up play' argument. His nice touches are few and far between but he is weak and just does not effect the game. Cost dc his job and could do the same for GC if he keeps playing him. Week in week out never even looks like scoring.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 20:29:37 GMT
Problem is when TN doesn't start we're usually even worse at the Mem, I guess the OP hasn't seen many home games if he thinks Reilly or Jakubiak are better choices to start at home? The three worst home performances I’ve seen at the mem this season were against Doncaster, Southend and Rochdale today, Tom Nichols started in all three. Not sure about Reilly but I’ve seen definitely enough of Jakubiak to justify him starting over Nichols. Serious question, do you honest believe you have a better basis for team selection than the actual manager? I'm not taking the p1ss, just find it interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 20:44:23 GMT
I am definitely in the Nicholls is woeful camp. I just don't buy the 'nice link up play' argument. His nice touches are few and far between but he is weak and just does not effect the game. Cost dc his job and could do the same for GC if he keeps playing him. Week in week out never even looks like scoring. Spot on and quite laughable when some on here suggest he should be played in midfield!
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Post by lmgas on Apr 22, 2019 20:46:04 GMT
Nichols should have been offloaded / shipped out on loan in the close season, it is unbelievable that this joke of a player is still being played, I really really hope that we'll see the back of him in the summer.
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Post by rosssgb on Apr 22, 2019 20:56:23 GMT
I was laughed off the forum before Christmas for saying if we persisted with Nichols up front we’d go down.
I’m not disputing there is talent there but if you actually spend a game watching him his positional sense is mind boggling for someone who should be a poacher. Never runs across the front man, always on the back foot and if he isn’t on the edge of the area he’s drifting out wide. It’s no wonder he doesn’t score.
He did the same under DC when we played with wingers, so it’s nothing to do with the narrow formation. He should’ve been loaned out in January to a League 2 side to try and reclaim some kind of goal scoring form.
Sooner we see the back of him the better imo. Luke James 2.0.
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Post by axegas on Apr 22, 2019 21:15:03 GMT
The three worst home performances I’ve seen at the mem this season were against Doncaster, Southend and Rochdale today, Tom Nichols started in all three. Not sure about Reilly but I’ve seen definitely enough of Jakubiak to justify him starting over Nichols. Serious question, do you honest believe you have a better basis for team selection than the actual manager? I'm not taking the p1ss, just find it interesting. No I don't. Coughlan has spent his entire career in football and spends almost every single day with the playing squad, his opinion is far more qualified than my own. However that doesn't stop me from having and expressing my point of view, as someone who has watched football for many years and spends a fair bit of money in the process.
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Post by markczgas on Apr 22, 2019 21:24:56 GMT
JCH just didn’t look up for it today. Perhaps that is the JCH Coventry fans recognise. Hope this is not what will be his future in terms of performances. Must have been absolutely knackered from carrying the entire team on his back for three months to be fair to him. He said after the Bradford game that everything was hurting after about 60 minutes, so perhaps 2 games in 4 days has been a bit much for him. possibly so, but both Nichols and JCH should've been subbed (and much earlier). 2 forwards on the bench too - found that very frustrating and baffling
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Post by markczgas on Apr 22, 2019 21:32:13 GMT
Why? TN a bloody good footballer he’s talking out of his ass and don’t know nothing about football if that’s his take on TN. TN is a Striker that's doesn't score. Good footballer or not, probably shouldn't be starting every games. He scored so few times, you could call it one of the worse droughts in history. sadly he has out-Jamesed - Luke James !! You can't build a team around him. If he has to stay he has to be 4th striker in the pecking order but if I was him, for his own self-esteem, I'd ask for a transfer in the summer - he needs to go down level or 2 and then he might find the onion bag more often.
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Post by richard on Apr 22, 2019 21:38:26 GMT
I’m a Nichols fan personally and think we play better with him than we do without. He has a host of assists this season and probably made two or three key passes today.
I do think he’d be better playing at the top of a diamond, a position in which Sercombe has largely contributed absolutely nothing, but even up front hes better than the awful Jakubiak and the slightly better (although maybe more as a sub) Reilly.
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Post by joebananas67 on Apr 22, 2019 21:53:24 GMT
I’m a Nichols fan personally and think we play better with him than we do without. He has a host of assists this season and probably made two or three key passes today. I do think he’d be better playing at the top of a diamond, a position in which Sercombe has largely contributed absolutely nothing, but even up front hes better than the awful Jakubiak and the slightly better (although maybe more as a sub) Reilly. Funnier than Harleygas post The jak did more in his first three minutes than Nicholls did the whole game
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Apr 22, 2019 21:55:44 GMT
Problem is when TN doesn't start we're usually even worse at the Mem, I guess the OP hasn't seen many home games if he thinks Reilly or Jakubiak are better choices to start at home? The three worst home performances I’ve seen at the mem this season were against Doncaster, Southend and Rochdale today, Tom Nichols started in all three. Not sure about Reilly but I’ve seen definitely enough of Jakubiak to justify him starting over Nichols. Wycombe and Shrewsbury at home were worse than those 3 games IMO. Doncaster at home wouldn't even come close in my list of worse home performances. Yes it was a big defeat but the actual performance wasn't as bad as some. Doncaster were just clinical. I have a feeling we had something like 20 shots in that game.
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Post by richard on Apr 22, 2019 22:00:11 GMT
I’m a Nichols fan personally and think we play better with him than we do without. He has a host of assists this season and probably made two or three key passes today. I do think he’d be better playing at the top of a diamond, a position in which Sercombe has largely contributed absolutely nothing, but even up front hes better than the awful Jakubiak and the slightly better (although maybe more as a sub) Reilly. Funnier than Harleygas post The jak did more in his first three minutes than Nicholls did the whole game If you count blindly running into defenders with absolutely no skill, poise or ability then yes, Jakubiak was man of the match and potentially player of the season. Nichols has actually scored more goals in 2019 than, fan-favourite, Jakubiak.
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Post by piratesquarters on Apr 22, 2019 22:01:25 GMT
It's nice to see the forum is still the warm, fuzzy place it's always been.
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Post by joebananas67 on Apr 22, 2019 22:08:27 GMT
Funnier than Harleygas post The jak did more in his first three minutes than Nicholls did the whole game If you count blindly running into defenders with absolutely no skill, poise or ability then yes, Jakubiak was man of the match and potentially player of the season. Nichols has actually scored more goals in 2019 than, fan-favourite, Jakubiak. Two league goals in 75 appearances Prolific - extend his contract before we lose him in the summer
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 22:28:25 GMT
List of players who have been poor.
nichols reilly jakubiak rodman upson lines bennett payne partington smith matthews kelly [but he is young] sercombe
Nichols has failed but he is not alone.
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Post by richard on Apr 22, 2019 22:30:02 GMT
If you count blindly running into defenders with absolutely no skill, poise or ability then yes, Jakubiak was man of the match and potentially player of the season. Nichols has actually scored more goals in 2019 than, fan-favourite, Jakubiak. Two league goals in 75 appearances Prolific - extend his contract before we lose him in the summer How many goals has he been involved in compared to Jakubiak? Nichols output whilst poor is still much better than the others.
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