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Post by richie on Oct 10, 2024 18:37:18 GMT
LT should still be one of the first names on the team sheet
I’d play him CM in a midfield 3 or RF in a front 3
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 10, 2024 18:46:21 GMT
MT seems to be an even better job of deflecting the blame, at least JB didn't sit hiding in the stands. JB turned the likes of EA into Premiership players, MT is managing to turn the likes of Garrett into non league players. Not convinced JB did anything to improve EA apart from giving him a stage to perform on. Has MT complained about the ref and phoned whoever the ref head is? Has he called the opposition manager a fat weeble? What's any of that got to do with getting the best out of our younger players, JB helped to turn most of our loan players into first team players at their own clubs and took AC's & Evo's values from zero to £1m+, MT seems to be having a good this week of reducing Hutch's & PC's values from £750K to zero and destroying Garratt's Championship career, the blokes a total menace, no wonder JB said he didn't rate/like him. |
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Post by gasify on Oct 10, 2024 18:49:21 GMT
Not convinced JB did anything to improve EA apart from giving him a stage to perform on. Has MT complained about the ref and phoned whoever the ref head is? Has he called the opposition manager a fat weeble? What's any of that got to do with getting the best out of our younger players, JB helped to turn most of our loan players into first team players at their own clubs and took AC's & Evo's values from zero to £1m+, MT seems to be having a good this week of reducing Hutch's & PC's values from £750K to zero and destroying Garratt's Championship career, the blokes a total menace, no wonder JB said he didn't rate/like him. That's a badge of honour. Some well respected people in the group of not being liked by JB. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 10, 2024 18:49:42 GMT
MT seems to be an even better job of deflecting the blame, at least JB didn't sit hiding in the stands. JB turned the likes of EA into Premiership players, MT is managing to turn the likes of Garrett into non league players. We really do need that LOL button for some of your posts. I read something really interesting today about Aaron Collins. Do you remember that it took 19 games for AC to score his first goal. What I do remember of JB is sitting on his hands with about 5 games to go in our relegation season, sulking like a 5 year old. It's hilarious how for the last 7 years, the EFL Trophy has been referred to as 'The Scab cup' and then suddenly, to fit the narrative of some it becomes the most important game ever. What's more embarrassing? Losing to Swindon or losing to an under 21 team? We have done both in this competition. I'm sure I can find a comment from you over the years saying the EFL Cup is a waste of time. MT's the only one who's raised the profile of the EFL Trophy this week if we'd just lost a well contested game nobody would be speaking about, for some reason he choose to use the game to throw most of the club's youngsters under the bus. |
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Post by gasify on Oct 10, 2024 18:51:19 GMT
We really do need that LOL button for some of your posts. I read something really interesting today about Aaron Collins. Do you remember that it took 19 games for AC to score his first goal. What I do remember of JB is sitting on his hands with about 5 games to go in our relegation season, sulking like a 5 year old. It's hilarious how for the last 7 years, the EFL Trophy has been referred to as 'The Scab cup' and then suddenly, to fit the narrative of some it becomes the most important game ever. What's more embarrassing? Losing to Swindon or losing to an under 21 team? We have done both in this competition. I'm sure I can find a comment from you over the years saying the EFL Cup is a waste of time. MT's the only one who's raised the profile of the EFL Trophy this week if we'd just lost a well contested game nobody would be speaking about, for some reason he choose to use the game to throw most of the club's youngsters under the bus. We can only judge when we know what that reason is. |
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Post by gasandelectricity on Oct 10, 2024 22:39:22 GMT
We had the weird situation with LT under JB. JB seemed to chuck him under the bus routinely and made up some weird injury that miraculously disappeared once MT was hired. (Worth noting that Mangan didn't play him during his interim period - what did he know we don't?)
Now LT seems to have been dropped by MT as well.
One wonders if LT is behaving in a way that's less than professional which is watering successive managers off? Is it the managers or is it LT?
Seems there were some funny goings on before he joined us the first time around as well.
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Post by philrtid on Oct 10, 2024 23:10:05 GMT
So disappointed with him he's lost all his form, he used to go past players,opposition full backs have gone past him and cost us goals,especially when we play three at the back which I hate, our best form has been when we had back 4 ,why tinker with a good formation.i think Luke has such potential ,I wonder if he's throwing the toys out of the pram UTG Wouldn't blame him being played everywhere apart from where he's suited, hard on the lad tbh. |
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Post by Gassy on Oct 11, 2024 20:36:28 GMT
I think you’ve misread my post. It’s nonsense to say Taylor is destroying Thomas. He should/could be doing better of course, but Thomas has had these issues with us for years. Even under the immortal god who could do no wrong, Barton, we constantly had these issues. And said god called out his players all the time publicly. Or have we forgotten about that? Well, it didn’t seem to bother Luke Thomas, he was in a real hurry to come back here! 💙 🏃♂️ Shame he didn’t play like it, huh? Wasn’t long until he was sacked and Thomas improved massively under Taylor at the beginning But I’m confused, are we supporting managers calling out players or not? Seem to want both sides of the coin here. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 11, 2024 21:08:31 GMT
We had the weird situation with LT under JB. JB seemed to chuck him under the bus routinely and made up some weird injury that miraculously disappeared once MT was hired. (Worth noting that Mangan didn't play him during his interim period - what did he know we don't?) Now LT seems to have been dropped by MT as well. One wonders if LT is behaving in a way that's less than professional which is watering successive managers off? Is it the managers or is it LT? Seems there were some funny goings on before he joined us the first time around as well. I thought LT had another hamstring injury not sure there was anything weird about it? I'm not sure you'd call apparent mental health issues "funny goings on"? Personally I don't see LT as a wing back, perhaps he feels the same &/or is confidence is shot as a result of continually being asked to play there, whereas Forde always plays as a winger and McCormack as a No 10. Does MT have something against JB's youngsters as having forced Hoole and Gordon out now both LT and CT look like shadows of how they can perform. |
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Post by gasify on Oct 12, 2024 7:22:44 GMT
Well, it didn’t seem to bother Luke Thomas, he was in a real hurry to come back here! 💙 🏃♂️ Shame he didn’t play like it, huh? Wasn’t long until he was sacked and Thomas improved massively under Taylor at the beginning But I’m confused, are we supporting managers calling out players or not? Seem to want both sides of the coin here. Calling out a group is probably OK. Calling out individuals, probably not OK. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Oct 12, 2024 12:20:13 GMT
We had the weird situation with LT under JB. JB seemed to chuck him under the bus routinely and made up some weird injury that miraculously disappeared once MT was hired. (Worth noting that Mangan didn't play him during his interim period - what did he know we don't?) Now LT seems to have been dropped by MT as well. One wonders if LT is behaving in a way that's less than professional which is watering successive managers off? Is it the managers or is it LT? Seems there were some funny goings on before he joined us the first time around as well. I thought LT had another hamstring injury not sure there was anything weird about it? I'm not sure you'd call apparent mental health issues "funny goings on"? Personally I don't see LT as a wing back, perhaps he feels the same &/or is confidence is shot as a result of continually being asked to play there, whereas Forde always plays as a winger and McCormack as a No 10. Does MT have something against JB's youngsters as having forced Hoole and Gordon out now both LT and CT look like shadows of how they can perform. Perhaps, although Harvey Vale is an attacking player and had no qualms about playing there most of last season and he was a rookie |
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Post by mrgasman on Oct 12, 2024 12:26:27 GMT
Set up by Taylor to fail. He isn’t a wingback - but it’s Taylor why should we be surprised 🙄
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Post by mftc on Oct 12, 2024 12:35:32 GMT
Set up by Taylor to fail. He isn’t a wingback - but it’s Taylor why should we be surprised 🙄 Didn't he play there under Barton? |
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Post by mrgasman on Oct 12, 2024 14:21:37 GMT
Set up by Taylor to fail. He isn’t a wingback - but it’s Taylor why should we be surprised 🙄 Didn't he play there under Barton? I don’t ever recall Thomas being played as a wingback under Barton… I could be wrong of course. |
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Post by SleepyGas on Oct 15, 2024 12:41:09 GMT
Wonder if Luke will be motivated to get back in the squad for the prospect of a showdown with his older brother at Weston super Mare?
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Post by gashead1981 on Oct 15, 2024 13:23:58 GMT
Didn't he play there under Barton? I don’t ever recall Thomas being played as a wingback under Barton… I could be wrong of course. I think he did a couple of times. I would just love to see LT as the ACM he is. That's where I first saw him play. It was Coventry v P'boro and he had Conor Chaplin and JCH to play with. He terrorised them that day. P'boro got a lucky break and Ivan Toney scored but it was the LT show that got Coventry the equaliser that day when he set up Chaplin to equalise. Using LT as a WB is like using a screwdriver when you need a spanner. |
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Post by eagas on Oct 15, 2024 14:32:25 GMT
Agree with the above. No good giving him 45 minutes at CAM and expecting a Messi like performance, needs a run of games in that position. using him as a wing back is a waste of his talents and its clearly hit his confidence, his first touch is woeful and passing erratic. Not rocket science, just play players in their best positions.
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Post by Charlton Hayes Gas on Oct 15, 2024 16:20:21 GMT
I don’t ever recall Thomas being played as a wingback under Barton… I could be wrong of course. I think he did a couple of times. I would just love to see LT as the ACM he is. That's where I first saw him play. It was Coventry v P'boro and he had Conor Chaplin and JCH to play with. He terrorised them that day. P'boro got a lucky break and Ivan Toney scored but it was the LT show that got Coventry the equaliser that day when he set up Chaplin to equalise. Using LT as a WB is like using a screwdriver when you need a spanner. Agreed that he is much better in a CAM role and would like to see him tried there. But that’s not to say he couldn’t play wing back. One of the best games I’ve seen him play for us was Norwich away in the cup. He was incredible, up and down all game, getting stuck in, delivering crosses. No idea what’s happened to him last couple of months, but he’s by far our best technical player and id love to see him back in the squad soon. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Oct 15, 2024 16:21:48 GMT
Out of interest for the 3 games Moore was suspended and Hunt not fully fit who would you play at RWB if it wasn't LT?
The owner has helped matters by the seemingly random signings of Hutchinson and Forde for the ACM & RW roles LT favours.
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Post by gashead4ever on Oct 15, 2024 18:46:09 GMT
hes playing rwb in a tottally defensive set up hes a rw cam its like playing martin as a wing back then moaning hes crap
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