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Post by singupgas on Sept 28, 2024 16:57:28 GMT
At least with JB and AM, we had something about us, we played with a tempo, the football was relatively attractive for league 1, now we are slow, predictable and short of having any idea in attack, we also can't defend very well. Not great in midfield either. UTG 100% our midfield is so lightweight, probably the biggest worry and Reason we aren't great going forward or defending. We really need to find a midfield general, none of our midfielders stand out as high performing. I think at all levels of football, usually the side with the best midfield tends to win the most games. Ours is really poor at the moment. |
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Post by igotgas on Sept 28, 2024 17:08:04 GMT
That’s fine but he’s signed Hutchinson Garrett and Conteh and left all 3 out today and Hutchinson and Garrett for 4/5 games out of the 7!!
He’s played Sotiriou as a 10 today and brought Forde on after the guy clearly did not a lot v Cheltenham midweek!
What excuse have we got for Thomas today? All season it’s because he’s not a wing back yet today he plays as a winger and for the THIRD time this season he’s had the least touches of the ball of any player from both teams to have played 90 mins!!!
No one has any idea what the best 11 is inc Taylor and he’s now 7/8 games in having played 6/7 different midfield combinations!!
Why can’t he just let something grow? Two weeks ago Garrett was a “wonderful passer and manipulator of the ball” now he doesn’t even get on and we’re going more direct “to offer our defenders a comfort blanket”!!!
Hutchinson has apparently found the jump to league one tough? Really? What more so than Sinclair, Thomas, Macca, Sotirou, ward, promise, forde or Gatlin have who have all played in it last season?
It’s complete nonsense. The whole situation is a shambles.
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Post by igotgas on Sept 28, 2024 17:10:41 GMT
Maybe it’s the manager who can’t work out how to get anything out of any of them?
Maybe they’re all sh** scared of breaking forward or being brave in possession?
That’s what dropping people every five minutes breeds!!! Low confidence and fear of mistakes.
Low confidence and fear of mistakes breeds lots of losses, no matter how much quality the players have.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Sept 28, 2024 17:10:58 GMT
If we keep MT we’re going down, simple as that.
The longer we wait to replace him, the tougher job survival will be for whoever comes in.
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Post by eagas on Sept 28, 2024 17:16:21 GMT
I was bored watching that today. Our players are always taking the easy pass sideways or backwards.
I can’t see a way forward for MT, we play with little attacking intent and our goal today came from their keepers poor kick.
Second half I can only recall one good move which ended with Lyndsey putting the ball over the bar like a prime Jonny Wilkinson.
As much as this is on MT I am getting equally as frustrated with LT, he has done the square root of f**k all this season except gift the ball to the opposition. McCormick is another one , seems to keep getting minutes and offers nothing.
Why buy Hutchinson and never play him? I know he’s not hit the ground running but I don’t know if he’s any good or not whilst he is sat on the bench.
I thought Mola and hunt were competent today, it’s our midfield and attack, it’s disjointed and flat
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Post by vaughan on Sept 28, 2024 17:37:44 GMT
Taylor will not improve this side. I listened to Mansell on way back to car. He can not see a pattern of play, like me. We must have had no more than 20-25 percent possession in second half. We did not force the keeper into a meaningful save. Another set-piece goal. 4 defeats in a row, 5 on Tuesday and in bottom 4. Not one convincing performance all season. Terrible home performances last season in 2024. Crowd are as quiet as I have ever known them. Dulled without doubt.
It was pathetic today. Even first half was poor, kicking so much possession away We looked at least 2 levels off League 1. Lightweight and utterly lost in second half.
I don't think that we have a top half squad, but we will certainly be relegated unless there is a change of management.
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Post by strads1983 on Sept 28, 2024 17:44:25 GMT
I didn't even go today, I'm a season ticket holder and missed the last 2 home games because I can't bring myself to watch crap Same for me. Just can't be bothered. What bothers me is I can't see what we are trying to do. If I can see something positive that doesn't work then so be it. Doesn't matter whether the winner was a foul or not. Quite simply awful. Exactly this, no attacking game plan. No idea how we are going to create and score goals! |
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Post by gaseous on Sept 28, 2024 17:46:37 GMT
I was bored watching that today. Our players are always taking the easy pass sideways or backwards. I can’t see a way forward for MT, we play with little attacking intent and our goal today came from their keepers poor kick. Second half I can only recall one good move which ended with Lyndsey putting the ball over the bar like a prime Jonny Wilkinson. As much as this is on MT I am getting equally as frustrated with LT, he has done the square root of f**k all this season except gift the ball to the opposition. McCormick is another one , seems to keep getting minutes and offers nothing. Why buy Hutchinson and never play him? I know he’s not hit the ground running but I don’t know if he’s any good or not whilst he is sat on the bench. I thought Mola and hunt were competent today, it’s our midfield and attack, it’s disjointed and flat I disagree with the Hunt analysis, both goals came from his side, that was after Taylor had taken off our Right back Sousa, who was super competent and had a good game, IMO, Taylor is to blame in all of this as he made the decision to give Hunt minutes which threw the game away. Although we have no pattern of play, players look out of their depth in that shambles of a set up. Taylor must go, we cannot go on nor survive like this. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 28, 2024 18:47:21 GMT
I was bored watching that today. Our players are always taking the easy pass sideways or backwards. I can’t see a way forward for MT, we play with little attacking intent and our goal today came from their keepers poor kick. Second half I can only recall one good move which ended with Lyndsey putting the ball over the bar like a prime Jonny Wilkinson. As much as this is on MT I am getting equally as frustrated with LT, he has done the square root of f**k all this season except gift the ball to the opposition. McCormick is another one , seems to keep getting minutes and offers nothing. Why buy Hutchinson and never play him? I know he’s not hit the ground running but I don’t know if he’s any good or not whilst he is sat on the bench. I thought Mola and hunt were competent today, it’s our midfield and attack, it’s disjointed and flat I disagree with the Hunt analysis, both goals came from his side, that was after Taylor had taken off our Right back Sousa, who was super competent and had a good game, IMO, Taylor is to blame in all of this as he made the decision to give Hunt minutes which threw the game away. Although we have no pattern of play, players look out of their depth in that shambles of a set up. Taylor must go, we cannot go on nor survive like this. What's was the alternative keep Sousa on and risk him picking up an injury and a possible recall by Villa as they are cheesed off we'd over played him leading to an injury? The first goal was down to LT slipping, the second down to a poorly defended corner/JG being fouled. The game was lost as we were so poor in the second half not because Hunt made an appearance. The owners now have a big decision to make this weekend, stick with MT and see another 3 pts thrown away on Tuesday or sack him and hope his replacement can do better. |
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Post by bluegas on Sept 28, 2024 19:38:13 GMT
[quote author=" Topper Gas" The owners now have a big decision to make this weekend, stick with MT and see another 3 pts thrown away on Tuesday or sack him and hope his replacement can do better.[/quote] One slight problem with this - how do they get It replacement in by Tuesday? And how could he do much in a day or so? More logical that MT is sacked tomorrow week. Although there is a scurrilous rumour that Alex Neil was in attendance today..... |
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Post by mrgasman on Sept 28, 2024 20:04:45 GMT
[quote author=" Topper Gas" The owners now have a big decision to make this weekend, stick with MT and see another 3 pts thrown away on Tuesday or sack him and hope his replacement can do better. One slight problem with this - how do they get It replacement in by Tuesday? And how could he do much in a day or so? More logical that MT is sacked tomorrow week. Although there is a scurrilous rumour that Alex Neil was in attendance today.....[/quote] We’d never get Alex Neil, I’d love him to come. I think he’d be great but let’s be realistic…. He ain’t coming. |
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Sept 28, 2024 20:05:41 GMT
First half we were solid without creating anything bar the goal but at ht I thought we were relatively comfortable.
No idea what was said at ht but we came out 2nd half and immediately sat deeper. That has to be something they were instructed to do, if it was 10 mins from time & we're hanging on then I could understand it but it's 5 mins in.
Yes we had a couple of chances but in all honesty you could see the equaliser coming a mile off and as soon as they get a corner late on you just knew.
The reaction at the end was telling, I'd be shocked if they acted before Tues but lose against Charlton & things could turn ugly
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Post by onedaygas83 on Sept 28, 2024 20:08:48 GMT
Not great in midfield either. UTG 100% our midfield is so lightweight, probably the biggest worry and Reason we aren't great going forward or defending. We really need to find a midfield general, none of our midfielders stand out as high performing. I think at all levels of football, usually the side with the best midfield tends to win the most games. Oursh is really poor at the moment. How can you blame the midfield when our midfield aren't allowed to touch the ball! Taylors tactics is go long and forget the midfield. Today showed how much Taylor has lost the plot when you look at our bench....we had promise omochere who cost us £500k Forde 400k Conteh 300k and Hutchinson 200k the guy has lost the dressing room already and players like Garrett/lins/Hutchinson must be thinking what am I here for as they are all midfielders who want to play to feet so no it's not the midfield that is the problem it's the managers tactics |
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Post by eric on Sept 28, 2024 20:11:42 GMT
First half we were solid without creating anything bar the goal but at ht I thought we were relatively comfortable. No idea what was said at ht but we came out 2nd half and immediately sat deeper. That has to be something they were instructed to do, if it was 10 mins from time & we're hanging on then I could understand it but it's 5 mins in. Yes we had a couple of chances but in all honesty you could see the equaliser coming a mile off and as soon as they get a corner late on you just knew. The reaction at the end was telling, I'd be shocked if they acted before Tues but lose against Charlton & things could turn ugly I think if we lose Tuesday there will be a Caretaker Manager in place for next Saturday. I don’t know who on the current staff that would be but think Captain Gas could do a better job than MT. |
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Post by woolavingtonpirate on Sept 28, 2024 20:21:51 GMT
Taylor sounded like a broken man in his interview, almost like he's given up. Surely he can see that we are miles off? I don't buy into his waffle, he's just protecting the players. Begs the question what exactly is going on behind the scenes. He must know we lack leadership and experience, we've replaced leaders with young, weak players. This will only go one way!
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Post by DrFaustus on Sept 28, 2024 20:25:35 GMT
This Wycombe fan on the walk along Filton Avenue told us he thought we were by far the better side in the first half. He seemed sober and didn't appear to be mentally impaired in any way. Anyhow, he then said that as soon as Scott Sinclair was subbed, the WWFC fans collectively knew they would win.
To be fair, I knew we'd lose upon waking up this morning, because our manager is a clueless idiot.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 28, 2024 20:28:22 GMT
100% our midfield is so lightweight, probably the biggest worry and Reason we aren't great going forward or defending. We really need to find a midfield general, none of our midfielders stand out as high performing. I think at all levels of football, usually the side with the best midfield tends to win the most games. Oursh is really poor at the moment. How can you blame the midfield when our midfield aren't allowed to touch the ball! Taylors tactics is go long and forget the midfield. Today showed how much Taylor has lost the plot when you look at our bench....we had promise omochere who cost us £500k Forde 400k Conteh 300k and Hutchinson 200k the guy has lost the dressing room already and players like Garrett/lins/Hutchinson must be thinking what am I here for as they are all midfielders who want to play to feet so no it's not the midfield that is the problem it's the managers tactics Most posters accept we did OK in the first half, which suggests all those players were sat on the bench for a reason? When most of them did come on we got progressively worse. |
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Post by miamigas on Sept 28, 2024 20:30:26 GMT
I’ve been working on Saturdays lately and the game starts at 10am here so I sneak a look a couple of times a game. Obviously if we win it makes my weekend and if we lose it puts the damper on it. I am struggling to think of the last weekend I enjoyed. FFS. UTG!
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Post by oldmarket65 on Sept 28, 2024 20:32:17 GMT
How can you blame the midfield when our midfield aren't allowed to touch the ball! Taylors tactics is go long and forget the midfield. Today showed how much Taylor has lost the plot when you look at our bench....we had promise omochere who cost us £500k Forde 400k Conteh 300k and Hutchinson 200k the guy has lost the dressing room already and players like Garrett/lins/Hutchinson must be thinking what am I here for as they are all midfielders who want to play to feet so no it's not the midfield that is the problem it's the managers tactics Most posters accept we did OK in the first half, which suggests all those players were sat on the bench for a reason? When most of them did come on we got progressively worse. Then that is a major concern Topper. Basically he's blew £1.5 mil and don't think they are worthy to play. Imagine the difficult situation the board is in now !. |
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Post by socrates on Sept 28, 2024 20:32:29 GMT
Exactly - did OK, too. That’s why I’m surprised not to see him in the squad. It is strange. I was also surprised that he took our best performer on the day off around the hour mark. Sinclair was our one bright spark with his surging runs and didn’t look as if he was tiring. It was a close - ish game until that point but they dominated after that. This manager is so defensive and boring , we went with a more attacking formation today but played 10 yards too deep and didn’t press so ultimately it didn’t look much different from the 352 we have been playing. He simply has to get a win on Tuesday night to regain any kind of patience from the fan base but I think there’s about a 10% chance of that happening. |
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