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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 27, 2021 15:47:55 GMT
That clip of the goal is just awful. What is Williams doing, just jogging along behind their player!!
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 27, 2021 15:44:55 GMT
We all know it, we can all see it, it's been the same all season - we have no on field leadership and organisation in this team. Yet again it results in players not marking and a poor goal conceded. Just hope it doesn't become a rout
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 27, 2021 14:58:33 GMT
Oh come on Gas - why have you raised that flicker of hope yet again with this team selection? It's that hope that is killing me......
UTG
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 27, 2021 8:51:00 GMT
Just hope it's not too much of a hammering. If we can keep it to 3 goals that wouldn't be too bad. Rocees 0 - 3 Sunderland I'm hoping Sunderland will be mindful of their upcoming games, and once in the lead, will save themselves for those, rather than hammering us. Not much chance of that. They'll be looking to boost their Goal difference which could be the decider for them on automatic promotion or the play-offs. The chance we have is that they are suffering with injuries at the back - all the defence effectively playing out of position in recent games with O'Nien at CH I believe. Maybe, just maybe Ayunga could exploit that, given some sort of service to him. We have to find a way to cut off the service to Wyke which mostly comes from McGeady since he came back into the team under Johnson
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 26, 2021 22:11:45 GMT
3,4,5,6 at the back - that's the number of goals we are likely to concede tomorrow. My best mate is a Sunderland supporter - I was round his place this morning helping him take a rotten tree down in his garden - he was almost embarrassed to talk about tomorrow's game, knowing they'll absolutely run riot.
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 26, 2021 14:09:00 GMT
Pseudo intellectual, even had the heavy rimmed glasses on again today. Haven't seen them on since the first day he arrived, why doesn't he engage his brain and ask himself which guy appointed the most uninspiring bag of cement manager Ben Garner in the clubs history. Hasselbaink turned things around at Burton Albion in less games than Barton has had, all of this from a guy who could be in HMP Wakefield from June 11th, at least he can moan about the screws when there and suggest they get fitter. To be fair, Burton had the opportunity to bring in 9 new players in January under their new manager. Tisdale failed us miserably in Jan. JB has had very little chance to do anything with 2 games a week, players picking up injuries, and Ref's seemingly having it in for us too.
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 26, 2021 13:23:24 GMT
Not being funny, but they've spent a day watching how Franco Baresi and Serio Ramos defend? Is he having a laugh? FFS. I'd be happy enough with Ehmer et al even defending to a standard of Cian Bolger or Adam Virgo - watching videos of Franco Baresi or Serio Ramos FFS? Is he for real? What a total f**king waste of time. You'd have thought watching videos of Charlie Wyke might have been a better use of time.... ...and where the service to him comes from and cutting that off.
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 26, 2021 13:22:32 GMT
Not being funny, but they've spent a day watching how Franco Baresi and Serio Ramos defend? Is he having a laugh? FFS. I'd be happy enough with Ehmer et al even defending to a standard of Cian Bolger or Adam Virgo - watching videos of Franco Baresi or Serio Ramos FFS? Is he for real? What a total f**king waste of time. They'd be better off watching how Tony Craig organised things last season, or McChrystal, or Tillson did with pride in the shirt
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 25, 2021 13:06:57 GMT
I think they are switched on, just not 100% of the game by 100% of the team. And they take it in turns like a relay first 30 mins v Charlton you'd struggle to find a more switched on team. Accrington at home was sublime. So they can do it. But they as a team are extremely fragile once a decision or goal goes against them. There's just no battle in the battle tank Last 20 mins of most matches they are like day old rabbits in the headlights So true. Even after Accrington scored their consolation goal we looked rattled, and we were still 3 goals ahead! The team needs steel and badly. We get rattled easily, we lose confidence easily, heads drop easily, we don't focus for the whole 90 minutes, players forget their role and get in each other's way and leave players unmarked regularly - All because there is no leadership on the pitch. There is no Tony Craig or Mark McChrystal type player urging, cajoling, rollicking, guiding, helping the younger and less robust players in the team. The whole squad, bar one or two, are lightweight almost 'snowflake', characters - technically good when everything is on song as the Accrington, Pompey and first 30mins at Charlton show, but they just dissolve at the first sign of adversity. Even the more experienced players are not the leaders that the others need. We missed the opportunity to recruit a couple of these characters in the January window that could have saved us - Tisdale went because of that, and Widdrington should follow. Edit - I fear for us on Saturday. A couple of early Sunderland goals and we could just fold completely and the final result could see us shipping 6, 7, 8 or more. That would just destroy what little confidence remains for the final 8 games.
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 24, 2021 12:45:32 GMT
Saturday could also be a further big confidence destroyer - if there is any left. If Sunderland get a couple of goals early on then it could turn into a rout. If this happens then I don't see us getting another point this season.
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 24, 2021 9:34:47 GMT
I have been feeling too upset to come on line but now I have done so I have to say that it annoys me when people are so keen to play the blame game that they ignore the fact that the disallowed goal changed the course of the game. You can argue of course that it should not happen but that’s the nature of confidence and belief . The Gas heads went down and the Swindon had a huge psychological lift. We were awful for the remainder of the game and there should be no excuses but the fact remains that the disallowed goal changed the course of the game Agree and I'm similarly upset, depressed, annoyed. That goal should have stood, and when it didn't there would have been an affect on the players - players that have been struggling and probably have felt that we haven't been given the correct decision on incidents in a number of games recently. It's not right in professional players, but it's human nature. At 1-0 up perhaps confidence would have risen, Swindon wouldn't have got the boost from getting a valid goal disallowed etc etc. Yes we are poor, and we may still have conceded and we may still have lost, or gained just one point, and we will still more than likely get relegated whatever last nights result, but it really feels like everything is aligned against us at the moment. Sunderland on Saturday - gulp!
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 24, 2021 9:24:34 GMT
He's gonna turn us off and turn us back on again. Hope he remembers to count to ten before turning us back on or it won't work.....
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 23, 2021 20:53:31 GMT
Little Lee and his Sunderland lads will be rubbing their hands watching this tonight. How many will they score on Saturday, could be pretty embarrassing I fear.
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 23, 2021 20:49:32 GMT
Perfectly good goal disallowed tonight, but our frailties are clear to see. Poor up front, and poor at the back with at least one major lapse by every defender every game leading to one, two sometimes three soft goals conceded. Even if we got a point tonight we are still not good enough to stay up with the weak, unbalanced squad that is carrying too many injuries to put up a reasonable challenge.
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 23, 2021 19:23:48 GMT
WHEN we win i want to see 24 empties lol Haha, true story: ta save her embarrassment my mum makes me go out th night before recycling truck comes an put all our empties in other folks bins 😂 Thought that was just me after a heavy night, my wife has me do similar
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 23, 2021 18:21:27 GMT
More Grants on the pitch than in a student union bar. You're showing your age - it would be loans now....
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 23, 2021 10:50:19 GMT
I am aware that there are posters on here that do not like my views on the recruitment of Barton. But I will say this. If a manager or anyone in this position has something to say over the employees performance, it would be dealt with behind closed doors and not broadcast in the local rag. This is not the way to motivate, only to destroy. I would agree with you most of the time on this. However, we don't know what has already been said and done - maybe JB has already tried the arm around the shoulder approach, and the b0ll0cking in private approach - neither having worked, he's is now trying the last cahnce public dressing down
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 22, 2021 8:07:18 GMT
Posted this in the '10 to go' thread: We are very poor, but the table shows that there are 5 others teams just, or very nearly, as poor. We've taken 4 points from the last 5 games. Swindon have taken 3, Wigan and Northampton 7points, Wimbledon and Rochdale 4points like us. We're all as bad as each other it seems. IF we are to get out of this we must take 3 points on Tuesday v Swindon and against Northampton in a few weeks too. Our ten games to save ourselves: March. Swindon H - MUST WIN Sunderland H - can't see anything other than a defeat. There is no Craig effect this season, sadly. April Ipswich A - no repeat of GC's last game - Defeat Doncaster H - we have to find a way to get at least a point Northampton A - MUST WIN Lincoln H - comment as for Donny MK Dons H - ditto Pompey A - Defeat as Pompey under their new Manager duo push for the playoffs May Crewe H - hopefully Crewe will be on their holidays and three points will come our way Blackpool A - ditto re holidays for them, unless they are still in with a shout of the playoffs, can't see any points though. So that's 12 points maximum, more likely 9 or 10. Will that be enough? ?
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 21, 2021 12:49:46 GMT
We are very poor, but the table shows that there are 5 others teams just, or very nearly, as poor. We've taken 4 points from the last 5 games. Swindon have taken 3, Wigan and Northampton 7points, Wimbledon and Rochdale 4points like us. We're all as bad as each other it seems. IF we are to get out of this we must take 3 points on Tuesday v Swindon and against Northampton in a few weeks too. Our ten games to save ourselves: March. Swindon H - MUST WIN Sunderland H - can't see anything other than a defeat. There is no Craig effect this season, sadly. April Ipswich A - no repeat of GC's last game - Defeat Doncaster H - we have to find a way to get at least a point Northampton A - MUST WIN Lincoln H - comment as for Donny MK Dons H - ditto Pompey A - Defeat as Pompey under their new Manager duo push for the playoffs May Crewe H - hopefully Crewe will be on their holidays and three points will come our way Blackpool A - ditto re holidays for them, unless they are still in with a shout of the playoffs, can't see any points though. So that's 12 points maximum, more likely 9 or 10. Will that be enough? ?
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 20, 2021 15:52:03 GMT
I've had enough. Garner stripped out all experience and leadership from the squad - frightened his nonsensical approach would have been challenged no doubt. I really thought Tisdale could turn it round with the transfer window he had - but he failed Now despite some occasional good stuff going forward, we are doomed to relegation through conceding so many soft goals. Watching the rugby now.
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