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Post by markczgas on Feb 15, 2020 18:59:01 GMT
Blackman 8.5
Little 7 Kilgour 7 Craig 7 Leahy 6
Upson 8 Ogogo 7 Clarke 6
Rodman 5.5 Clarke-Harris 6 Mitchell-Lawson 6.5
Subs: Ginnelly 6 Abraham 6 Barrett 6
Crowd 6 Ref 6 Blackpool 6
Not sure we deserved that as our keeper had to make some brilliant saves whereas we again struggled to get the shots away and good crosses in. Thought BG should put 2 up front earlier than he did. Best Ive seen Little this season. Not confident in Craig and Kilgour as our 2 CBs.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 14, 2020 22:34:24 GMT
6,275
267 sodden Tangerines
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Post by markczgas on Feb 14, 2020 22:24:44 GMT
I used to do this at school, made all the kids look up the facts and the spellings I bet you were their favourite teacher right ? Ddin't LP admit recently that he was actually a school Caretaker ?
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Post by markczgas on Feb 12, 2020 17:13:11 GMT
Sol Campbell left one basket case club, Macclesfield, to another Southend. Is he a good manager ? It's hard to judge cos he's been canoeing without a paddle in both jobs it seems. You've got to admire his stickability - can't have been much fun in both clubs these past 2 seasons.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 12, 2020 17:04:10 GMT
How about saying "If we win .............................I'm going to renew my season ticket Don't you mean 'when'? Well - I was trying to put myself in your shoes
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Post by markczgas on Feb 12, 2020 16:54:06 GMT
If we lose, will this be another reason to say why Ben has been so unlucky and we should give him more time? How about saying "If we win .............................I'm going to renew my season ticket
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Post by markczgas on Feb 12, 2020 9:53:54 GMT
Tom good luck mate! Your twitch like swishing your hair back did irritate but you controlled it, you were lightweight but got stronger, you didn't score enough but you always gave your all and the most frustrating thing of all is there is a good player in there somewhere for sure. Look forward to seeing your name come through on the vidiprinter. Tom was sat on the bench for the whole of Chelts game last night.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 12, 2020 9:29:53 GMT
This is going to be popular with some !
Who will be sacked first ?
Ben Garner - League 1
W 0 D 4 L 6
Graham Coughlan - League 2
W 2 D 4 L 6
Darrell Clarke - League 2
W 11 D 7 L 15 (interestingly they've only scored 32 in 33 games).
Looking at these records - all of them must be under pressure already. If I had to pick one - I'd go for Coughlan getting the chop at the end of the season as he was expected to do a lot better than he is. Funny old game :-). I'm expecting Garner to get 4 or 5 wins by the end of the season which will see us finish around 12-16th, whilst Darrell's mob will continue to win and lose to finish mid table and he'll be given another go in the summer.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 12, 2020 9:18:19 GMT
Again some bad misses there (JML at the beginning) and a few blocks that could have gone in. Looks to me the players are snatching at chances or bad decision making when shooting (shots blocked) -this is probably down to confidence dropping. Earlier in the season we were taking a few of these chances. I do hope we are going to see Daly soon (and Sercs) - they might be the sparks needed in front of goal. If no Daly then I hope Ginnelly, JML and JCH will play as a three like v Coventry.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 10, 2020 14:11:19 GMT
NO
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Post by markczgas on Feb 10, 2020 14:10:19 GMT
didn't go to the game - just an observation from highlights. JCH getting quite high marks and yet missing very good chances - badly, i.e. not even testing the keeper !
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Post by markczgas on Feb 7, 2020 9:18:21 GMT
Problem is the core of the team are still all workers not footballers, Lines having been shown the door last summer. Whilst we have, Davies, Craig, Kilgore, Upson, Ogogo & OC as the core there's going to be no drastic changes. Serc's being out injured just adds to the problem. I agree fully with you here. We have a lot of defensive players, which under GC made us hard to beat and thankfully mainly down to JCH scoring our goals, that got us up to 4th. But we have heavily relied on JCH as Nichols, Victor and Smith just didn't score enough. We've lacked big time in attack this whole season. BG's new signings have mainly been attack minded as we've not scoring or creating enough throughout the season. The issue is, with BG's style, those defence minded players that you mentioned are not really good enough to provide service to the new attack minded players - hence the lack of service has meant a lack of chances being created. Hopefully in time as they gel more that should get better. Maybe this is why BG got the players chasing balls down much higher up the pitch creating pressure and hopefully create more chances as a result. Yes lets wait before we judge. We have 6 new outfield players, some haven't even kicked a ball yet and they will have to gel with their new team mates. So I don't think we can say Upson, Sercombe and Rodman won't help create chances for them. Lets compare the last 20 games of the season to the first 24 and see if we create and score more.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 5, 2020 20:16:11 GMT
Not 100% Gas related, but I went to Anfield last night with some Town fans from Shrewsbury to watch the cup replay and you had pretty passing Liverpool via true hard grit and determination from Shrewsbury. OK town lost to a VAR decision that should not be in the FA Cup and a great own goal, but watching as a neutral. I would far rather have the true grit and fighting spirit over pretty passing any day. The Town fought hard for every ball and unlucky with the result. And that was due to pure hard work. so BG pretty passing football no thanks, just get the team working hard together, and fighting for every ball and never giving up that’s the Rovers way didn't Town have 0 shots on target v 19 year olds. Anyway support the Salop and drop The Gas that's my advice to you - think you'll be happier
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Post by markczgas on Feb 5, 2020 20:12:09 GMT
Some people wanted Brexit - they've got it now and ....... ........they're still not *king happy
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Post by markczgas on Feb 4, 2020 19:30:55 GMT
Under GC Phillips was on the fringes of the 1st team, today he started on the bench, then comes on and scores 2 late goals!! Think that's his 12th goal this season, maybe more. Phillips shows promise but from what Ive seen Warwick is better . I mean better finisher and more composed with his game.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 2, 2020 22:02:34 GMT
To be honest this post states Peterborough, Oxford and Coventry as being the clubs to aim for or "imitate" but there is one difference and it is a big difference. Yes they all have signed young players and sold on for big money as well but EVERY YEAR these clubs also fork out a lot of money on players that MAKE A DIFFERENCE whether it be ex Premiership/Championship players. They are willing to fork out what we would call a fortune to get QUALITY players in vital positions on quite expensive contracts and then hold on to those players until clubs offer near the figures they set for them. Our plan is completely different in that we have signed ALL young inexperienced players probably on a lot lower wages than players we already have. Whether we can succeed with this policy will depend just how good Ben Garner will prove to be in the long term. I can honestly see over the summer more youngsters coming in and more "old heads" going out. This policy can end in tears and probably is more likely too as those "old heads" are still needed in key positions. What we have to remember as well is the area of the country we are in with the only successful club in the area being Bristol City (unfortunately) and you only have to look around at players they have loaned out to clubs we are in competition with- Peterborough, Coventry,Oxford- the very clubs we are seeking to copy but we know fully too well they would not loan players to us. I am sure there is somebody who can come up with the record signings of these clubs we are seeking to copy anmd we will then realise that we are not in their League and never will be. I very much am behind BG but am not convinced this "cheap option" will succeed. It is more a case of heart ruling over the head or hope rather than belief. Peterborough and Oxford are only able to afford better players because of their buy low and sell high policy. Peterborough's because they initially had success with recruiting the best young, up and coming talent from a lower level (Gayle, Mackail-Smith, Boyd etc), then selling them on at a big profit and reinvesting for a continuing loop of talent. Oxford's approach in the market has mostly been to sign some of the promising unwanted U23 players from a higher level, develop them and then sell on for a big profit (Ledson, Lundstrom, Roofe etc). This is a bit off Wes, P'boro fork out 100,000s on players -e.g. Mo Eisa, wouldn't call that buy low.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 2, 2020 21:58:09 GMT
If you want to know what sort of players you need to play the passing game then look no further than Coventry. Hyam, Walsh(should be playing in the championship), Dabo and O’Hare were the stand out players. The others just did their jobs effectively and without fuss. To be like that we need to lose players like Craig, Ollie, Upson and Rodman. They are not good enough to play that kind of football. Craig not strong enough, not fast enough and doesn’t pass well enough. Ollie doesn’t work hard enough, doesn’t make the right decisions quick enough or well enough. Upson not strong enough and lacks the desired creativity and isn’t the box to box type you need. Rodman, L2 quality at best. Never attacks his man let alone beats him and final delivery not good enough. I’m hoping Ben has recruited the correct players to put this into effect. In a way that's part of garners problem, several players who looked like they had a bright future under coughlan know full well there days are numbered under garner.Like who ?
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Age
Feb 2, 2020 21:55:19 GMT
Post by markczgas on Feb 2, 2020 21:55:19 GMT
get your head down and have a kip.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 2, 2020 21:52:06 GMT
What evidence is there that BG will turn things around, or fulfil a strategic vision? He's never been a manager. He can't say, 'This is how I work', or 'When I managed **** it took us X years to get things right' We were within a whisker of second place and the club goes and appoints a rookie manager. Second half performances show that he lacks the ability to motivate or tactically change things around. All I can see is a downward spiral. Exactly this... Remember Coughlan was a rookie manager. He's also not replicating what he did with us. Football is an unpredictable business.
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Post by markczgas on Feb 2, 2020 21:50:03 GMT
terrible thread.
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