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Post by davidm on Aug 30, 2019 16:32:17 GMT
It is time at last to talk about an upcoming match instead of takeover/liquidation etc.
It’s a pity this is not a home game as euphoria may have carried us through.
Looks like only Jack Hobbs will be added to the squad in time for this match so, unfortunately, I think it will be another difficult goalless game.
Hopefully we can keep it a bit tighter at the back. A 2-0 defeat I think.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 17:58:54 GMT
Unable to attend the game tomorrow as I can't drive at the moment but I would love a win or at the least a draw. As we have only signed Hobbs I do fear another defeat but it's just fantastic that it's football we are talking about COYWM
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 30, 2019 18:48:03 GMT
Yes, disappointing that only Jack Hobbs signed today with O’Neil, Conway and Buckley indicating they were ready to sign. It should stiffen up the centre of defence but won’t help us up front or in the midfield where we most need it. I can only hope that the likes of Politic and Edwards are back because without them the team is much weaker. Maybe they are waiting to see who becomes available on Monday now that we know we can sign loans and frees, or even waiting to sign these three so that it just looks better. Anyway, Gillingham are the kind of team we need to get something from as they will probably be around the bottom in that mini league with us, so a point is the minimum we should be looking for. I must say though that as much as I like Jimmy he doesn’t fill me with enthusiasm so whether we’ll get anything I don’t know. It’s time to be positive though so I’ll go for a 1-1 draw.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 19:02:20 GMT
Unable to attend the game tomorrow as I can't drive at the moment but I would love a win or at the least a draw. As we have only signed Hobbs I do fear another defeat but it's just fantastic that it's football we are talking about COYWM Why can't you drive chip? Missus got the car, or 'ave the boys in blue been helping you get some exercise? Okay, match wise I have to go with davidm, defeat to nil. I wonder how significant that point against Coventry may be to both clubs at season's end?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 19:59:28 GMT
No mate I had some surgery done on my hand and I can't drive for about six weeks Ali the wife says it's just a bit to far for her to drive but I will try and get to the closer ones until I can drive myself sometimes I will get the train hahahaha. Hope it's a great day out so looking forward to football again COYWM
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Post by OohMac on Aug 30, 2019 20:20:50 GMT
Sure Chip or should we call you by your real name. Dean Saunders.
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Post by OohMac on Aug 30, 2019 20:47:05 GMT
Yes, disappointing that only Jack Hobbs signed today with O’Neil, Conway and Buckley indicating they were ready to sign. It should stiffen up the centre of defence but won’t help us up front or in the midfield where we most need it. I can only hope that the likes of Politic and Edwards are back because without them the team is much weaker. Maybe they are waiting to see who becomes available on Monday now that we know we can sign loans and frees, or even waiting to sign these three so that it just looks better. Anyway, Gillingham are the kind of team we need to get something from as they will probably be around the bottom in that mini league with us, so a point is the minimum we should be looking for. I must say though that as much as I like Jimmy he doesn’t fill me with enthusiasm so whether we’ll get anything I don’t know. It’s time to be positive though so I’ll go for a 1-1 draw. JP said were limited to 12 players more this season. So im thinking positive that the reasons these havent signed is that theres better options. Especially for Will Not Buckley.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 21:13:46 GMT
That's brilliant mate hahahaha COYWM
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 31, 2019 15:04:03 GMT
I was really hoping we might get a point today, Gillingham one of the poorer teams in Div 1 and someone we should be looking to pull back on. Reports from the game seem to suggest we are sitting deep again which disappoints me. With Politic back in the side and Hobbs, Lowe, Weir and Murphy in the defence along with Brockbank who should be almost considered a first teamer, you’d expect we could make a match of it and try to take the game to the Gills. We won’t score if we give the opposition too much respect and I fear that’s what we’re doing at the moment. Somebody needs to be enthusing these boys and hopefully the new manager when he comes in will do that. If you assume Politic, Brockbank and possibly Zouma at least will be first team regulars, it means only 3 of the team out there today can be considered kids so there’s no reason that we shouldn’t be doing better in my opinion. Positivity is needed, so come on Jimmy, pull your finger out.
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Post by OohMac on Aug 31, 2019 15:30:44 GMT
I predicted the tranmere mauling and said we would be 4 up for a fair handicap but still disappointed with this. Thought the news would have given us a boost. But no.
Think were thinking of players to play along Murphy, Lowe. We may need them replacing first and foremost.
5 loans and 10 freebies needee otherwise league may still have a say whether the games should be played still.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2019 15:31:11 GMT
Another hammering 4-0 and by a very average team so who ever comes in will need a miracle to change our fortunes or we will be down long before the end of the season sad but it's reality COYWM
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2019 15:44:09 GMT
5-0 dear me COYWM
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Post by Alptrotter on Aug 31, 2019 16:11:01 GMT
It’s really difficult to know what to say after another absolute walloping. Lord knows how any of this is now going to help the development of our younger players. I fear that it will more likely set them back. They take the field fully expecting to ship a hatful. So, of course, they do.
Tactically, I’m afraid that the ghost of Parky lives on in the dug out... What looked like a very deep sitting 4-5-1 formation gifted so much possession and territory to what at the start looked a very ordinary Gillingham, that, by the end, after they’d enjoyed a huge confidence boost, they had also played themselves back more into form. Defensively, we were abysmal. Poor positioning, inaccurate passing, weak concentration levels, they were all there in abundance from more or less everybody. If that’s Jimmy Phillips’s idea of defensive organisation, then it’s time he went back to the Academy. I know that our expectations are rightly low at the moment, but, really, this was simply poor.
We have no leaders on the field, no organisation and absolutely no presence in the opposition half of the field. Hobbs’s header at the death notwithstanding, unless there is a huge injection of new blood ( and decent players too) I’m struggling to see where the next goal comes from, never mind the next point.
I really hope that this is as low as we sink and something can be done to make us at least more competitive.
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Post by whitesince63 on Aug 31, 2019 16:18:33 GMT
I predicted the tranmere mauling and said we would be 4 up for a fair handicap but still disappointed with this. Thought the news would have given us a boost. But no. Think were thinking of players to play along Murphy, Lowe. We may need them replacing first and foremost. 5 loans and 10 freebies needee otherwise league may still have a say whether the games should be played still. Think you’re right about Murphy and Lowe OM, I’m disgusted at that performance today because at least half of that team were senior players, not kids yet it made no difference. Hopefully the worst is now behind us but unless we bring in some players we can rely on instead of just those we had last year who couldn’t get fixed up anywhere else, we’re going to really struggle. I wasn’t at the game today but it sounded awful, uninspiring stuff and I didn’t hear Murphy mentioned once. It’s pretty clear that our young strikers, however talented, aren’t up to this level, so we need at least two and midfield, other than odd flashes from Politic is completely ineffective but hopefully O’Neil at least will help there. So, the pride I’ve felt in each game despite defeats has left me today and I think the senior players involved need to look at themselves because that performance was a disgrace.
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Post by kenglowhite on Aug 31, 2019 16:42:50 GMT
Not heard of Murphy today ? I didn't even know he was on the field last week. I am afraid captain Lowe and Murphy should be the last names selected for any future team, and please FV don't make matters worse by bringing in that playboy master of kick and rush Nolan as manager. Any one of Adkins, Jowett, Pearson, Holloway, and Gary Monk seem best fitted to get the football side reorganised, and one hopes to hear of progress soon. It is obvious, as Whites says, the whole club is imbued with PP's defensive philosophy, and it will take a strong manager to boot it out.
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