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Post by bonaparte on Feb 28, 2017 23:21:35 GMT
I agree totally with your assessment and your marks.
PP 2
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Post by bonaparte on Feb 28, 2017 23:22:13 GMT
Sorry I missed your name Andy
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Post by davidm on Feb 28, 2017 23:41:43 GMT
An awful performance. Probably the worst home performance, together with Oxford, this season.
No Madine or Wilkinson so could we play the ball on the floor? Yes, for 10 minutes and that was it. 80+ minutes of abject passing, non-existent tackling. Just terrible.
As reported above, we scored a lovely goal - credit to Long, Henry & Morais plus Vela.
Morais almost got onto a quick free kick from Spearing but that was it.
Bristol totally dominated the rest of the first half and could have had a penalty for a clear hand ball.
Vela stupidly got booked and therefore is now suspended.
I was relieved to get in at 1-0.
What is said in our dressing room at half time, I don't know. Can anyone remember a good second half at home?
Trotter replaced the injured Spearing but we just did not compete in the second half.
Wheater made a remarkable clearance off the line and Bristol just dominated. We created nothing in the second half - our only attack resulted in Henry putting a centre straight in the goalies hands.
The inevitable equaliser came and Bristol should have won easily. We kicked another off the line after bizarre keeping from Howard. Long then stupidly showed dissent and got red-carded.
We missed a great opportunity with Scun thorpe losing.
This was dreadful.
Howard - 2 - truly bad. Made a dreadful mistake in the first half when the Bristol man somehow failed to roll the ball into an empty net. That's 2 poor matches now.
Wabara - 2 - very shaky
Wheater - 7 - rescued us
Beevers - 6 - much better than recently
Taylor - 5 - bit slack defensively
Derik - 5 - overrun in second half
Spearing - 6 - Injured
Henry - 2 - great pass for our goal but could have gone home after that
Morais - 5 - wasted our free kicks
Vela - 5 - back to his best position but stupidly booked
Long - 5 - great contribution to goal but stupidly sent off
Trotter - 2 - just stood off and let Bristol dominate
Manager - 1 - Could not react to Bristol’s dominance. Just a one dimensional tactician
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 28, 2017 23:56:08 GMT
A totally mind-numbingly, boring, gutless performance, not helped by a totally useless referee.
What was it that Einstein said.....that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. How many times do we have to lump the ball up field and not win it, before we actually try to play the ball on the ground?
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Post by riochforthereebok on Mar 1, 2017 7:42:42 GMT
If we had a manager that knew what he was doing (someone like Nigel Pearson) we'd walk this league, even with the current bunch of f/wits, that's how poor this league is...
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Post by spanishjonny on Mar 1, 2017 7:54:38 GMT
A good starting 11 on paper, the 'poorly' Madine not available so Parky starts with the pacy Long up front, good , let's try something different
Bristol were not expecting us to start like this and we got in front with a classy move, we had another chance to go 2up
After 10 minutes the Bristol bench had noticed that we were playing Long up front on his own with no support and no one near him, so why play a back four
They left two big center backs to deal with long and pushed their full backs up and for the next 70 mins battered us and Parky couldn't see the problem until he brought Le Fondre on with 10 minutes to go
Bristol could have scored 4or 5
Howard in goal was shocking
Wabara wasn't up to speed
None of our players could play a ball in the channels for Long to run onto they continued with high balls which their center back's gobbled up, the only time Long got the better of one of their center backs with pace and the ball on the floor the linesman came to his rescue and flagged for a foul resulting in Long's sending off
Bristol were quicker, could pass the ball and wanted it more than us
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Post by joanna on Mar 1, 2017 11:56:49 GMT
To paraphrase Emma Stone in La La Land; "Oh my lord....did you just call yourself a serious....?" Here, substitute "footballer" or "manager" for "musician"
Time for excuses is over. If coaching and tactics take our players consistently backwards, there is only one solution.
The trouble is we have employed a whole succession of managers who have overseen rapid decline in performances and have wrecked our finances into the bargain.
We have not yet reached the bottom.
With the role he was given, and surveying the shambles all around him, no wonder Long lost patience. At least he ran about, albeit in a hopeless cause.
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Post by OohMac on Mar 1, 2017 13:39:51 GMT
Strange position to be in. Automatic promotion still in our hands but also coming close to falling out of playoffs and unless we improve and change the system we will probably miss out.
Performances are getting worse and worse. Not sure if legs are tiring or fitness isn't there but unless parky can find a better way of playing were in big trouble.
Kens plan is to get them back into the championship and sell I believe, he has backed the manager to do this. Next season if we're in this league, which I see us being, I think Ken will not give the same backing. With no youth coming through I can see us going further and further down. No more loans from premiership just journeymen and freebies.
Fans won't pay to see that.
So Parkinson the time is now to start ringing the changes you promised before last night. Get the ball on the floor, get the flair players in and get the ball to Someone who can finish it.
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Post by whitesince63 on Mar 1, 2017 14:32:13 GMT
If we had a manager that knew what he was doing (someone like Nigel Pearson) we'd walk this league, even with the current bunch of f/wits, that's how poor this league is... I think you more accurately mean that's how poor this manager is?? |
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Post by andyl on Mar 1, 2017 16:53:19 GMT
To paraphrase Emma Stone in La La Land; "Oh my lord....did you just call yourself a serious....?" Here, substitute "footballer" or "manager" for "musician" Time for excuses is over. If coaching and tactics take our players consistently backwards, there is only one solution. The trouble is we have employed a whole succession of managers who have overseen rapid decline in performances and have wrecked our finances into the bargain. We have not yet reached the bottom. With the role he was given, and surveying the shambles all around him, no wonder Long lost patience. At least he ran about, albeit in a hopeless cause. 'Here's to the ones who dream, foolish as they may seem.Here's to the hearts that ache; and the mess they make'  |
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Post by thegrud1 on Mar 1, 2017 17:38:03 GMT
I go to the Macbok every home game thinking it cant get any worse...HOW WRONG CAN YOU BE!!!
We started lively ,ball on the floorwith one/two touch football,scored a nice goal and then!
WTF happened ,where did the passing/closing down go?
If we can play for 10/15 mins like that and it works why do the players/manager change it.
It beggars belief and I just dont understand it!!!!
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Post by thegrud1 on Mar 1, 2017 18:15:17 GMT
Sorry forgot to mention the referee...worst at the Macbot this year...bloody awful
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Post by joanna on Mar 1, 2017 19:01:10 GMT
To paraphrase Emma Stone in La La Land; "Oh my lord....did you just call yourself a serious....?" Here, substitute "footballer" or "manager" for "musician" Time for excuses is over. If coaching and tactics take our players consistently backwards, there is only one solution. The trouble is we have employed a whole succession of managers who have overseen rapid decline in performances and have wrecked our finances into the bargain. We have not yet reached the bottom. With the role he was given, and surveying the shambles all around him, no wonder Long lost patience. At least he ran about, albeit in a hopeless cause. 'Here's to the ones who dream, foolish as they may seem. Here's to the hearts that ache; and here's to the mess we make' "A bit of madness is key To give us new colours to see . Who knows where it will lead us? And that's why they need us So bring on the rebels , The ripples from pebbles, The painters, and poets, and plays And here's to the fools who dream Crazy as they may seem....... Keep dreaming, Andy! BW need us, crazy as we are, to aim for the miracle of fulfilment again when all efforts lead to frustration.....for now! |
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Post by Pedro on Mar 1, 2017 21:06:47 GMT
I go to the Macbok every home game thinking it cant get any worse...HOW WRONG CAN YOU BE!!! We started lively ,ball on the floorwith one/two touch football,scored a nice goal and then! WTF happened ,where did the passing/closing down go? If we can play for 10/15 mins like that and it works why do the players/manager change it. It beggars belief and I just dont understand it!!!! In a nutshell!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2017 17:59:30 GMT
At the start of the season we all said we will be happy with just staying up but then we had a great start to the season and we started to believe that we could maybe mount a promotion challenge, then we have a few set backs and some people want the manager out. Moving forward after some really bad performances we find ourselves with 13 games to go with 8 away all of them tough games and yet we still have a chance as slim as it is of gaining promotion it just goes to show what a real roller coaster of a season this is turning out to be. I wonder if it will turn out happy or sad who knows but fasten your seatbelts it will be bumpy enjoy 😊.
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