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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 30, 2021 16:47:44 GMT
For Gods sake, can players not just lift their head and look where team mates are. Elbouzedi again just needed to look up even slightly and see a totally unmarked Gnahoua! It’s just bloody elementary stuff. Half an ounce of composure and we could have had 6 or 7 today.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 30, 2021 17:00:41 GMT
What a miserable bunch you lot are...  You'll be jumping on the promotional bandwagon by Tuesday... With Evatt🤔🤔🤔🤔 I doubt it Everything he got lucky with today, he’ll rip it up for the next defeat Let’s see🤔 |
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 30, 2021 17:06:31 GMT
Please don’t anybody tell me that was a good win because we should have absolutely buried Orient today. You can not overlook the chances we miss and the abysmal attempts to cross that we continually waste, it’s the reason we’re near the bottom. It’s not been just this game either, it’s been all season. There is absolutely no composure in our attack and we so desperately need a finisher because the bunch we have are hopeless and I’m sorry but I include Doyle in that. Chances were put on a plate today and not just half chances. We had 16 shots on goal and again only 3 on target. It’s the same with the final ball into the box, we have nobody with the nouse to actually be aware of where teammates are. It’s just headless chickens and hit the first man most of the time. Yes we’ve won and we got 3 points but if I was Evatt I’d be absolutely furious at what went on out there today, one scored and an own goal against the worst team I’ve seen in years. Get busy tomorrow Ian and as well as sending White and Crellin back, send that useless numpty Elbouzedi back to Lincoln. No wonder he can’t get in their side, what a waster. MoM for me a tie between Arthur and Baptiste and I take back all my before game criticism of Baps who was excellent today. Interesting to see how you guys score the players today but it’s just a shame there isn’t a minus for some of them.
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Post by andyl on Jan 30, 2021 17:06:56 GMT
At last a win. A crucial OG just when it mattered! And a good Doyle shot from guess where the centre of goal.
In truth we had many many chances denied by an inability and at times unwillingness to shoot.
Gnahouha was bright for much of the game and Thomason got stuck in extremely well for much of it.
Isgrove flattered to deceive. Delfouneso three or four times showed what he can do on the burst but was very idle throughout and missed two sitters in a way that you knew he would. Definitely needed to come off.
Most of the play was solid, I thought with Baptiste excellent at the back.
We broke away very well at times and made them look sluggish.
I thought Lee was terrific off the ball and second half controlled a lot by intelligent positional play.
We habitually refuse to look up but we do get to the bye- line a lot. If we just had an alternate striker. Doyle had a poor game as a whole but his excellent goal made up for it. We didn't really miss Sarcevic but I fancy he would have played well. If only we could cross and stay composed and above all look up we'd score quite a few.
Gilks 6 Brockbank 5 ( much better second half) Santos 8 Baptiste 8 Jackson 6 Lee 7 Thomason 6 Delfouneso 3 Isgrove 5 Doyle 6 Gnahouha 6
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Post by realtrottersforever on Jan 30, 2021 17:19:21 GMT
a much better watch overall. rare clean sheet.
Gilks. only 1 save.
baptiste and Santos- both good.
Brocky. pretty shaky at times.
Jackson. ok. didn't notice much.
Lee - good 1st half. didn't notice much 2nd half but that could've been me. does the ugly side well.
Thomason. mixed. bit below his usual standards.
Isgrove. again mixed. generally on the poorer side. a few flashes.
Gnahoua. impressive. beat people with ease. much easier on the eye than horrible days of Jones out wide left. created big chance for Delf 1st half. assist for Doyle.
Delf. some good stuff. tailed off. could have been subbed.
Doyle. some poor touches as said by Gary Henshaw. took goal well. hopefully perked him up a bit.
subs.
John. hardly noticed him. game winding down then. little to do ?
ElBouzedi. deary me. what was he playing at. how has he earned 2 starts over the rampant Gnahoua ?? . thought his pace could be useful if
we got in front. used his pace well, but either didn't shoot early enough, then didn't square to Gnahoua for a tap in. then unfathomably showed no interest in shooting
when put clear through by Delf ( i think? ). looking to pass. why ?
possession only 42%. much better as we focussed on shots, not possession.
Bolton fm studio team talked more sense than they have all season referring to this type of issue pre-match.
admittedly Orient were poor. i did say they'd lost 5 of their last 6 away. yet few seemed to acknowledge that aspect. too introspective ?
and bearing in mind they had that record while having the 2nd topscorer in the Div. now take him out. then take his deputy ( angol ) out too.
but a win's a win. rare clean sheet. rare 2 goal margin. rare home win even so good to make progress on that front.
need to refine the team against stronger opponents. but some positive signs.
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Post by kenglowhite on Jan 30, 2021 17:21:11 GMT
What's all this criticism of Brockbank? I thought he handled some difficulties well in the first half and got into good attacking positions throughout.He is mush better than Jones. On team selection I at first thought the midfield was lacking defensively, but they came through well, with Lee having an excellent game. Gnahoua was once again excellent and is a brilliant dribbler. Wish Isgrove had half his talent.
Delfouneso continues to miss open goals, and the one-footed Elbouzedi is really a waste of space, completely clueless about what to do when put clean through twice near the end after coming on as sub for Isgrove.
Although possession fairly even we should have won at least 4-0.
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Post by davidm on Jan 30, 2021 17:21:26 GMT
We have a number of home games coming up – the drastic position we are in really means that we must win them all so I am starting with BWFC 2 Orient 0. At last - we scored from half chances and had a bit of luck with the first one. The luck was due so let’s take it. Really, it was a case of how many chances did we miss. Delfouneso missed 2 sitters, Doyle 1 and Elbouzedi had 2 glorious chances to finish better. This was much better though. The opposition still had loads of ball in midfield but we were solid at the back. First half we created a few half chances which we missed plus Delfouneso missed a sitter. Orient looked the sort of side who passed it well and would eventually grab something but we kept them at bay. Second half was all Orient possession for the first 15 minutes when we got our first bit of luck when the defender turned a ball into his own net. He had to play the ball as Brockbank would have had a tap in. We immediately did the best thing – scored again. A lovely run fro Gnahoua left a shot from Doyle into the corner. Overall, a good performance, defensively good, would have preferred less Orient possession in midfield and upfront well we really should have scored 5 or more. Marks:- Gilks - 7 Caught a lot of high balls and threw them out well. Didn’t have many shots to save Brockbank - 6 Had a difficult time coping with Wilkinson but was always prepared to go forward leading to the first goal and a couple of lovely balls into the box for Doyle Santos - 8 Excellent. Powerful – rarely troubled. Baptiste - 8 Like Santos, a good performance Jackson - 5 Some OK bits but poor distribution and awful corners Lee - 6 Steady. Kept Orient at bay, I would have preferred that Orient didn’t have as much ball as they had Thomason - 6 Two man central midfield with Lee. He gets caught a bit defensively Isgrove - 5 Not for me! His awareness of colleagues is poor. Brockbank made 2 or 3 good breaks in the first half that he totally ignored Gnahoua - 7 Good. Created Doyle’s goal and held the ball well. Delfouneso - 6 A real mixture. Started well in Sarcevic’s role and looked really involved. Missed an absolute sitter. Faded a bit at the start of second half then came to life with a couple of runs then missed another sitter. Doyle - 6 Scored a goal, missed a sitter and had some awful bad touches of the ball. But we want our main striker to score and he did Elbouzedi - 4 Missed 2 great chances in the 10 minutes he was on. John |
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Post by OohMac on Jan 30, 2021 18:49:39 GMT
In truth lets face it thats a good 3 points to get us away from a relegation scrap.
It was a very attacking looking line up. Almost seemed like a Kevin Keegan set up. I think Lee is vital for us.
If we can add another striker maybe even two strikers(depends on Miller) then theres no way we cant at least look to the play offs.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 30, 2021 19:18:03 GMT
A big statement that OM, the same problems were still there I’m afraid and I don’t really mean to be a party pooper but Orient were awful and I’m not sure they didn’t flatter us. We still lack any kind of composure up front, still snatch and miss easy chances, don’t look up to see where players are, apart from Thomason, who always does. We had 16 shots and many more chances to create shots, yet managed only 3 on target and scored only one goal. I genuinely hope this is a turning point and there were some bright spots today. I thought Gnahoua was excellent, great close control and the defence for once looked sound. We moved the ball forward much quicker and with purpose but unfortunately without the end result. Let’s hope they can keep this going on Tuesday and Evatt can bring in at least a couple of quality signings, at least one up front. This is our last chance, we can’t afford any more slip ups but for sure, unless we start taking our chances better, your play off comment will be a long way off.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Jan 30, 2021 22:34:31 GMT
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 31, 2021 5:42:35 GMT
You can have 30, 40, 50 shots a game rtf but if you don’t get them on target it’s of little use. Same as possession, if there’s no end result, pointless. Yesterday was a perfect example of atrocious finishing and poor crossing, how many times do we hit the first man and will Isgrove ever look up before he crosses, to actually find a man? Great 3 points but we must do far better than this if we want to claw those points back and I’m afraid stats won’t do it for us.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Jan 31, 2021 15:48:58 GMT
early days yet but Kieran Lee not been on losing side yet. played about 70 mins v Exeter. 1st half v Cheltenham and now full game y/day. only 1 goal conceded with him on the pitch.
also. i see Taft got another clean sheet and win y/day. 3 in a row clean sheets & wins.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 1, 2021 11:10:44 GMT
the one that sticks out in my mind is that one at 0.29 in this clip. Santos, who'd done really well too, had one lapse
and the guy goes past him, and AB wins it brilliantly...reminscent of Bobby Moore at 1970 world cup.
nice turn afterwards, and we then went on a really good counter.
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Post by OohMac on Feb 1, 2021 12:34:10 GMT
Thats the problem with Baptise as a few have pointed out already. On his day best defender we have. Definitely capable of dominating a game. Like Saturday, and when the Sky cameras came.
But whether its attitude, concentration or just physical fatigue he cannot string two good games together. A third is asking well too much.
So this is either the kick up the ass he needed or another false dawn.
Taft apparently signing permanently so lets hope its the former and we get some consistent games from now til May.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Feb 1, 2021 12:56:23 GMT
the stats aren't quite right in this, but sentiment possibly is. it's 3 clean sheets and 3 wins in 5. in previous 9 games to this run of three...they hadn't had a single clean sheet. & had 7 defeats in 9. www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2263&teamTabs=resultsgiving him a 60% win rate when he plays and 27% when he doesn't. |
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You'll be jumping on the promotional bandwagon by Tuesday...
