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Post by greydad on Jan 13, 2017 9:09:43 GMT
Fond memories of the away fixture in October which heralded the onset of the upturn in form and fortunes in the league....the Wanderers utterly dominated the game, Henry could/should have scored a hat-trick, their keeper was motm, and a late own goal brought a deserved victory! Confidence should be high after last Saturday's performance, let's hope that the players don't have Tuesday on their minds....I would anticipate few if any surprises in terms of team selection and hopefully the great run of home form will continue. Very sad to hear the news of Graham Taylor's passing last night, as a league manager his achievements were tremendous and as a person he seemed by all accounts to have possessed even greater attributes.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 13, 2017 19:26:12 GMT
Fond memories of the away fixture in October which heralded the onset of the upturn in form and fortunes in the league....the Wanderers utterly dominated the game, Henry could/should have scored a hat-trick, their keeper was motm, and a late own goal brought a deserved victory! Confidence should be high after last Saturday's performance, let's hope that the players don't have Tuesday on their minds....I would anticipate few if any surprises in terms of team selection and hopefully the great run of home form will continue. Very sad to hear the news of Graham Taylor's passing last night, as a league manager his achievements were tremendous and as a person he seemed by all accounts to have possessed even greater attributes. Big shout on Graham Taylor greydad Any person that is involved in the sport I love and passes away deserves a mention and good or bad, he still put his next on the block to become our national manager. He didn't take the job to fail and when you watch his documentary An Impossible Job, he talks so much sense. It's just a shame that in his batch of players had the likes of Andy Sinton, Carlton Palmer, Tony Dorigo, Nigel Martyn and the like so it's no wonder we were doomed to failure in 94. RiP GT As for the match, I take nowt for granted and I envisage a scrape of a 1-0 victory COYWM
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Post by davidm on Jan 14, 2017 9:45:30 GMT
We have to be confident today. Playing a poor side at home. They have 4 new signings but they are all just Chelsea youth team players.
Just hope we don't have our minds on the Palace replay as we need to get the points today as our 3 main rivals are all away from home.
Looking at a 2-0 win.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 14, 2017 15:30:31 GMT
Yaaaaawwwwwwnnnnn!!! We need James Vaughan From Bury 17 min hat trick Well done lad😡😡
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 14, 2017 15:34:43 GMT
Yaaaaawwwwwwnnnnn!!! We need James Vaughan From Bury 17 min hat trick Well done lad😡😡 Correction 4 goals in 20 mins
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 14, 2017 16:53:15 GMT
Well there you have it A team that haven't won away in 19 attempts and are now 2-1 up with a minute to go. Promotion? ? I think consolidation is a more apt word for this underwhelming underscoring underperforming team I'm gonna stop dreaming now 😡😡
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Post by andyl on Jan 14, 2017 17:13:44 GMT
There had to come a game where humping the ball to Madine versus a passing game had to come unstuck?
Today we never had a cutting edge and in a very Coyle/Lennon move PP put four up who kept losing the ball and starting breakaways Feeney style and so playing badly we compounded our problems and gave away the game.
Madine has had some good reviews recently but today we were reminded that he can't run, shoot, head or turn and alas the ball found him in a variety of positions requiring these skills and of course he failed at all. But it wasn't just him-.all the forwards were hopeless with final balls sprayed here there and everywhere. Clough after a positive start got weaker and weaker.
Henry hit the post twice but his defensive work was dreadful and his passing poor. He should have been subbed.
Wheater had an excellent game and scored a wonder volley. Beevers was more diffident but made a great block.
Spearing battled away but was just off it today and unlucky on the deflection.
Thorpe played well enough but he is too negative programmed to go backwards
In sum it just didn't work. Luck ran out and we gave it away. At home we saw our Walsall and Chesterfield team.
On the club website this week was an advert for a creative team player... for an internal department- would that it were playing. Ultimately today Swindon played football better than we did and we need fresh momentum..our approach is sterile and minus Ameobi a notch in class and energy below our peak Alnwick 6 Wilson 6 Beevers 6 Wheater 8 Spearing6 Henry 3 Clough 5 Madine 4 Vela 5 Taylor7 Thorpe 6
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2017 17:20:13 GMT
Well hands up who could see that coming why have we struggled against the so called rubbish teams in this league ? Is it because we are saving ourselves for Tuesday I can't wait to read what people who went to the game say about this result. Last Saturday we played brilliantly against Palace and this week by all accounts we were shxt. We are now 5 points behind second place Scunny at this rate we will have to go up via the play-offs. So pissed off
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 14, 2017 17:31:36 GMT
There had to come a game where humping the ball to Madine versus a passing game had to come unstuck? Today we never had a cutting edge and in a very Coyle/Lennon move PP put four up who kept losing the ball and starting breakaways Feeney style and so playing badly we compounded our problems and gave away the game. Madine has had some good reviews recently but today we were reminded that he can't run, shoot, head or turn and alas the ball found him in a variety of positions requiring these skills and of course he failed at all. But it wasn't just him-.all the forwards were hopeless with final balls sprayed here there and everywhere. Clough after a positive start got weaker and weaker. Henry hit the post twice but his defensive work was dreadful and his passing poor. He should have been subbed. Wheater had an excellent game and scored a wonder volley. Beevers was more diffident but made a great block. Spearing battled away but was just off it today and unlucky on the deflection. Thorpe played well enough but he is too negative programmed to go backwards In sum it just didn't work. Luck ran out and we gave it away. At home we saw our Walsall and Chesterfield team. On the club website this week was an advert for a creative team player... for an internal department- would that it were playing. Ultimately today Swindon played football better than we did and we need fresh momentum..our approach is sterile and minus Ameobi a notch in class and energy below our peak Alnwick 6 Wilson 6 Beevers 6 Wheater 8 Spearing6 Henry 3 Clough 5 Madine 4 Vela 5 Taylor7 Thorpe 6 Not so sure about Coyle/Lennon'esque type management AndyL, more like watching a Phil Neal side in my opinion
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Post by andyl on Jan 14, 2017 17:42:15 GMT
I mean the overcommitment and vulnerability to breakaways. Coyle especially did that all the time but so did Lennon
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Post by andyl on Jan 14, 2017 17:44:23 GMT
PP had to try to win..but a double sub perhaps Trotter and Clayton for Thorpe and Henry was need at 60. Too little, too late and too risky. We undid ourselves
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Post by greydad on Jan 14, 2017 18:11:32 GMT
A game that for so long looked impossible to lose somehow was transformed into a defeat....for all the pressure in and around the Swindon box only once did a player make the most of his opportunity, and the team unltimately paid the penalty. It was a match that shouldn't have been lost, but too many players were just unable to find that spark when it was required. I hope it was a blip, but the lack of an instinctive striker was keenly felt today, and the lack of composure when chasing the game left us open to the counter, and Swindon duly took advantage. A bad say at the office, let's hope momentum can be regained swiftly.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 14, 2017 18:26:39 GMT
"And it's taken a 'Director of Football' at struggling Swindon to stun the much fancied promotion favourites Bolton."
A comment I heard on the radio in reference to Tim Sherwood
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Post by davidm on Jan 14, 2017 19:03:45 GMT
A really disappointing performance and result.
The normal fluency in our play was missing and suddenly, we are slack defensively.
We started brightly for 10 minutes. Clough had 2 shots – easily saved by the keeper. The first after 2 minutes was a really good chance – like the one he scored against Port Vale – but this time his shooting was not precise enough.
After that we drifted into nothingness. A lot of up and unders, a few scrambles but nothing to excite. Swindon meanwhile were passing the ball neatly. I don’t know which of their players were the Chelsea loanees but they passed well. It took a few very good blocks by our defence to keep them out.
Defensively, the last minute blocks were good but we were being pulled all over.
0-0 at half time was fair but underwhelming.
Second half we again had a brightish start and then Wheater volleyed in a corner from Spearing. Incredible – it could have gone anywhere but it rocketed into the net.
Now was the time to take control and we did press for a bit. Our passing though was dreadful. All passes were wide of their man or short or just plain bad. We conjured up pressure but little in terms of chances. The number of times that we got clear in the wide areas but failed to put in a decent ball into the box was numerous. And all players were afflicted with this failure.
Swindon were still passing the ball about well on the break but it felt like we were comfy at 1-0 and were playing out the game. Which we failed to do.
Swindon played the ball in from the right. Mass scrambles occurred in the box. The ball went out left where Wilson had ample opportunity to contain their man but he was allowed to turn and eventually play the ball along the edge of the area for a shot to be deflected past Alnwick.
Not an unexpected equaliser at that stage of the game.
We upped it a bit but still couldn’t dominate. Henry was unlucky when he poked the ball against the post and the keeper also pushed his header wide.
At this stage, the manager went for broke and we subsequently paid the price. Again Swindon broke down the right – defensively we were poor today – ball couldn’t be cleared and goes over to unmarked man on the left to hit home.
We probably didn’t deserve to lose but we certainly did not deserve to win.
We so desperately need a goalscorer. Madine is not that man. Other sides has sussed us out now and our play is just a pressure game where we hope something will fall for us. Opponents have realised that they can played the ball through us on the break. Coventry did it and Swindon did it today.
After the Coventry game I said that we wouldn’t get promotion playing like that. Again I say the same thing.
It was a day when our competitors, bar Scun thorpe, slipped so what a chance was wasted.
Alnwick - 5 Probably nothing he could do about the goals. His distribution was slow and one-dimensional. Just big hoofs up to Madine. Hardly any throw outs.
Wilson - 3 Some very poor touches in the first half and then was badly caught for their equaliser.
Beevers - 5 Troubled throughout by nimble-footed forwards. Booked for poor tackle. His form has dropped off since Christmas.
Wheater - 6 Same problem that Beevers had with nippy forwards. Also booked for a lunge. Extra point for an extraordinary goal.
Taylor A - 5 Not as steady as usual. Got caught badly a couple of times.
Spearing - 4 A poor performance. Started all right but his passing and, in particular, his corners and free kicks became terrible as the game wore on.
Thorpe - 4 I’m struggling with his role in the team. Steady enough but then really nothing positive.
Henry - 4 Real disappointment after last week. Got in a couple of crosses but overall a poor game.
Vela - 5 Couldn’t get going with his passing. Probably should have scored in the second half. It was significant that when he dropped deeper when Thorpe went off, he still managed to be the only one who challenged the opposition. The rest just stood off.
Clough - 6 A couple of early shots and a couple of good breaks in the second half but they all came to nothing. His shooting boots have left him.
Madine - 3 Terrible. Yes, he won a few high balls and headers but he cannot lay the ball off. Nearly every time he got the ball at his feet he failed totally to make a pass or get a shot in. I hate our style of play when it is just big hoofs up front.
Clayton - 3 He got a chance to show what he might do but, really, nothing happened. One good run late on when he couldn’t find a colleague with his final pass and a couple of really negative back passes when we needed to attack. Disappointing.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 14, 2017 19:23:48 GMT
I'm sorry but that performance today was just another in a series of inept, gutless and unprofessional performances. Why we keep making excuses for this sorry lot I don't know and will somebody please explain to me what Parkinson's obvious affection for Thorpe is. Just a bloody cart horse with no skill other than a big lump forward whilst a quality passing player, Derik, sits watching on the bench. The less said about Madine again the better, everybody knows my opinion of him by now. Yet again we've been made to look very much second best by a struggling team we should be dispatching with ease. The long drive back to Lincoln at least allows me time to calm down a little before confronting the wife. Surely it's patently obvious that this team lacks backbone and without a regular goal scorer being signed to at least give us half a chance we can wave goodbye to promotion. As I've said constantly, I never attend any match expecting to win, even in this league. As for Tuesday, it's just another excuse to cover up the real truth that this team is gutless by thinking it took the players mind off today. No it didn't, it had nothing to do with it. Whilst we're on Tuesday, I can see a real hiding coming and again it won't surprise me in the least. Sorry for the rant, but performances like today just leave me boiling.
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