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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 15, 2017 10:06:34 GMT
Had an awful nightmare last night... Dreamt Marvin Sodall came off the bench and scored the winner for Burton😱😱 Maybe PP can have the same dream tonight and rethink his plans and team tactics/line ups!!! This is not going to be an easy ride and I wouldn’t be surprised if it ended in a draw. We are down there with them for a clear reason, we haven’t been good enough, but that said, if the team can approach this game with more positivity than my dream last night then we might just collect the 3 points!!!
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Post by whitesince63 on Dec 15, 2017 16:09:23 GMT
I have a feeling youre not on your own with that nightmare rftr?? Thankfully though I think Sordell is bad enough for us not to worry too much. Like you I think a draw is entirely possible as I think it will be largely another dull unenterprising affair. I wish I could be more confident of a win because this is one of those games where we just can't afford not to get 3 points. We have a difficult run of games coming and failing to win this one could leave us well adrift by the New Year. Burton I think are going down anyway so not beating them would be doubly damaging. Let's hope our key players hit form and we put away any chances we do get this week whatever team Parky does decide to field. Result for me is 1–1 I'm afraid but not scored by Sordell!!
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 15, 2017 17:05:27 GMT
Hands up all those that were ‘forced’ to do PE or play football or go on a cross country run in wind rain sleet and snow with or without a cough cold runny nose sore throat? And here’s ALF as we’re reliably informed (BN) that he has tonsillitis and may not play!!! Is that a Parky excuse or what??
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Post by OohMac on Dec 16, 2017 8:35:54 GMT
Anyone whose seen my previous predictions won't be too alarmed when I say this but I got a bad feeling about this!
Today's game is probably a handful of games this season where we would "expect" to win. Or at least fancy our chances. If we hand picked 3 points this season then we would be looking at home games against Millwall, Barnsley, Burton at the start of the season.
In fairness to Parky he got the win at Barnsley and there was positives. Attacking full backs being one.
Can see us going behind and struggling to make a dent. 0-1.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 14:03:04 GMT
Win must be with our superb players and tactical genius of a manager we should walk this game 3-0 COYWM.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 15:30:59 GMT
Well 1-0 down everyone will be happy 😊
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 16, 2017 16:53:13 GMT
Not just ruined my Christmas Parkinson, you’ve ruined my life😡😡😡😡😡😡
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Post by whitesince63 on Dec 16, 2017 17:27:53 GMT
I've just got home from a peaceful, if snowy, week in the Cotswolds and was so hoping to finish the week on a high and 3 points. Switched on at half time, one down yet still convinced we'd recover for at least a point but as usual Parky manages to throw any chance away with inept substitutions which once again illustrate how far off capable at this level he is. Of course we'll get the usual platitudes and how unlucky Wheats headerdidnt cross the line but surely he must know in himself he is out of his depth. I wait to hear from those at the game today but can only imagine from Marc's report that it was beyond awful. Parky out.
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Post by bonaparte on Dec 16, 2017 18:06:23 GMT
Poor match, one trick pony wanderers, hoof to Madine. Easily snuffed out. Ameobi was best of a bad bunch, unlucky not score. Rest passed a lot usually backwards. Nothing to entertain. Nothing exite. Relegation form.
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Post by westandlower on Dec 16, 2017 18:30:02 GMT
I think everyone will agree that the best team won. As was said earlier we are a one trick pony.
I wish we played like Burton who attacked as a team with the ball on the floor a bit like Wolves did but without their pace. We would have to improve on Burton's to all ball and finishing though.
Unless we sign somone like David Silva in January, I cannot see us surviving. Alternatively a new manager might work but that would mean spending any cash we do have on compensation. Time for Ken to make his mind up: Spend any cash you have on a goal scorer, New manager or see £20M wiped off the value of your investment.
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Post by davidm on Dec 16, 2017 18:47:48 GMT
That was an appalling pathetic performance.
Totally devoid of quality.
We have not one player who can pass the ball accurately along the floor – constant hoofs just gave the ball to the opposition.
We started brightly for the first 10 or so minutes. Buckley managed 2 shots which the Burton goalie saved very easily. We then started to lose the ball and could not retain possession. Our passing just degenerated and the pace of the game slow awfully.
That was to be the pattern for the rest of the match.
Burton had too much possession and eventually the ball fell to the edge of the area (as often happens in our matches) and Dyer hit it reasonably but how it beat Alnwick, I don’t know.
We had one near miss in the second half when a Wheater header hit the bar and Pratley somehow failed to score from the follow up. I thought it was a simple nod in for Pratley but I’ll wait until tonight to see it on TV.
The match then just meandered towards an inevitable defeat. We had some scrambles. I don’t think that the Burton keeper needed to make any significant saves.
We have many faults – cannot pass, cannot control the ball, hopeless shooting, no Plan B from the manager.
This is absolutely relegation form.
Three difficult matches coming up which will probably leave us stranded at the bottom come New Year.
To sum up; a dreadful relegation-style performance in which we played at half pace and which the manager could not affect once the game drifted after 15 minutes.
Alnwick - 5 I am sick of seeing us concede from shots from outside the box (Sunderland, Forest, today). It can’t be bad luck all the time. His distribution was slow and poor – just hopeful hoofs towards Madine.
Darby - 3 I think he only got across the halfway line once in the whole match so we lost all that Little gives in combining with Ameobi. Just poor.
Wheater - 4 Was beaten on the ground too often. Unlucky with the header that hit the bar.
Beevers - 4 Again, cumbersome. Beaten too often and distribution was shocking.
Robinson - 3 He tries and he got forward well but his passing today was appalling.
Henry - 3 I don’t know what he brought to the match today. We did not dominate midfield and, like everyone else, his passing was terrible.
Pratley - 3 Usual headless chicken. Like Henry, he could not control midfield.
Ameobi - 6 Possibly our only hope of anything exciting. One shot just wide in the second half.
Buckley - 5 Two early powder puff shots but then faded badly.
Vela - 3 He seems to be living off last year’s reputation as he is just not in games these days. Again, awful passing.
Madine - 3 He won about 20% of the long punts but had no one around him to lay the ball off to. Cannot hold the ball up. Whoever allowed him to shoot from 35 yards at a free kick (TWICE!) wants speaking to.
Morais - 4 Played at right back so did not influence the game at all.
Noone - 3 Poor distribution.
Wilbraham N/A
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 19:30:39 GMT
Don't need to say anything the score say's it all. Bring it on PP lovers
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Post by thegrud1 on Dec 16, 2017 20:01:14 GMT
If I was the manager of the oppostion I would KNOW that we play long ball AND I would put 1 in front and 1 behind Madine when we kick it long...Guuess what Burton did!! AND seeing as we dont have a plan B..Guess what...WE DONT HAVE A PLAN.]
I,ve never been one to blame a manger BUT...I firmly t believe that these players are better than this and its the MANAGERS fault we are in this position. Which means PARKY has to go (I,ll pay for the bloody Taxi)or we are heading for Div 1...he either cant or wont change his tactics. Bite the bullet Ken...DO IT
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Post by andyl on Dec 16, 2017 20:04:34 GMT
If I was the manager of the oppostion I would KNOW that we play long ball AND I would put 1 in front and 1 behind Madine when we kick it long...Guuess what Burton did!! AND seeing as we dont have a plan B..Guess what...WE DONT HAVE A PLAN.] I,ve never been one to blame a manger BUT...I firmly t believe that these players are better than this and its the MANAGERS fault we are in this position. Which means PARKY has to go (I,ll pay for the bloody Taxi)or we are heading for Div 1...he either cant or wont change his tactics. Bite the bullet Ken...DO IT Nothing meaningful to add tonight. Have been on a train to London for two hours and am still angry. What a waste of a day from 3pm on
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 20:19:27 GMT
I really do not want to get angry so I might just leave it for now and maybe come back on in the New Year when I have had time to get over this shocking weekend.
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