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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 25, 2021 20:41:35 GMT
I understand and agree with a lot of what’s been said above but I think some of it is being a bit selective. The team generally is made up from waifs and strays and Evatt has done the best he can with no money and low wages. I actually think he’s done really well but clearly not everything is how we’d like it. Of course Evatt is learning on the job and actually I don’t have a problem with that. Would I want an old dog like McCarthy, no I wouldn’t? I don’t doubt for a minute that Evatt sees the same weaknesses in the team that we do and in fact he probably sees the same weaknesses in himself too. Nobody’s the finished article when they’re young, they just show promise and that’s how I see Evatt.
I’m sure that he has a list of players he knows will improve the quality of the squad in January, although I’d say it will be the summer next year before he can bring in the best of available players as January is always difficult with teams not wanting to part with squad players in case of injury. I’m not happy with the slow, side to side stuff we seem to be frequenting at the moment, I’d like to see us get the ball forward more quickly but that relies on players up front moving and creating space for the backs to get those balls there. That’s why I’ve been suggesting Dapo centrally for weeks and now Sarce has gone and after Dapo’s performance when moved there on Saturday, that’s where he stays. I think it could be the one single think that changes the fortunes of the team. I’ve always believed that the best for of defence is attack. Surely, you don’t have to be a professional to understand that if you start your moves from the six yard box, it allows your opponents to press high up the pitch, which is exactly what’s happening. However, if instead of going side to side we moved the ball forward quickly to someone who could actually do something with it, like Dapo, they’d have to pull more men back to counter it. The system doesn’t need binning, just changing, up the tempo, move their defenders about and get the ball forward quicker, just as we did for the last 20 minutes on Saturday.
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 25, 2021 20:42:01 GMT
Duplicated and deleted.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 26, 2021 9:52:47 GMT
Whites, can you even call it learning on the job when he refuses to acknowledge the limitations. Is blind to us conceding first and early in most games?
He came out again to justify his style of keeping the ball for 65 mins, cat and mouse tiring them out and then pick them off for 30mins.
Well it doesnt work because teams dont over commit, simply let us faff and when they get a chance they will take it and then they can sit back and the good defences can weather the storm.
As ive said i'd back us to start fast and take them on with a fresh Dapo.
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 26, 2021 16:03:20 GMT
I take what IE says with a big pinch of salt OM, as I sometimes think you have to read between the lines of what he spouts. I don’t for a minute think he means that we should pass the ball along the back line for 65 minutes before we attack. I think he’s trying to outline one major advantage of the system. I think his major problem has been the lack of players to move the ball quickly too. Sarce didn’t move around much, Sheehan is too small and gets shoved off the ball and same with Doyle, who just isn’t a target man and can’t hold the ball up. I’m sure he’s aware of these things and is learning from them but can’t do anything about it until January. Except that now Sarce has gone, it opens up the chance for Dapo to play the central role and he’s so much quicker and more mobile and in fairness, better at getting free kicks around the box. How we finished on Saturday, where we looked far more potent, must have given IE food for thought about Dapo centrally and Baka up alongside Doyle, with Izzy as right wing back. I like Evatt’s system, it’s by far the best football we’ve played since Toddy was here and I want to keep it. No, it isn’t perfect yet and maybe we need a few better players to get the best from it but that will come over the next eighteen months now we aren’t under embargo any more. If we can get Politic back in January and hold onto Amaechi a little longer, we should be stronger just with that. By the way, I’m surprised nobody has mentioned the fantastic work DP did down the left to assist Vales 3rd goal, it was magnificent. I just fear that now he’s getting starts with Vale that he may be liking it there and not want to come back here? I hope that’s not the case but he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to sign his new contract.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 26, 2021 17:00:24 GMT
Yes the closer Vale get to promotion the more he is likely to stay(we saw that with John and Dapo).
This will be the 2nd season now that Ian Evatt has to knock of owners door in Jan and say he needs much better players. Half a team or so.
Ok first season he had Phoenix to take the fall. This season seems poor choices from his part to leave us so wanting in areas. I dont know a Bolton fan who didnt think we didnt need another striker. To the point where you even questioned where we hasty in getting rid of Miller and Ghanoua especially keeping Tutte(when we knew Comley was signed up)
To be honest ask me should we sack Evatt now and my answer is no. But hes not as untouchable as he was at the start of the season.
As an owner I wouldnt be impressed at getting nothing on Sarce and if we lose Politic for nothing(or tribunal pittance) i'd be levelling that at IE too.
You'll probably remember me championing Evatt right at the start too. Thought he was the real deal. He just irks me at the moment. All soundbytes, Pep imitation and ideas above his station. I dont think he will ever change that so he really needs to start backing that up.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Oct 27, 2021 9:08:42 GMT
SARCE-WATCH
Second game for County Got booked and they lost at home
Got to be one of the strangest decisions ever to drop 2 leagues but I’m sure there’s more to the story than meets the eye
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Post by chip on Oct 27, 2021 14:23:03 GMT
County have just sacked there manager. Does anyone know why the FA Cup tie has been moved to Sunday ? Stay safe one and all COYWM
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Post by davidm on Oct 27, 2021 14:52:48 GMT
Does anyone know why the FA Cup tie has been moved to Sunday ? Flummoxed! I thought it was the BBC. For the last few years, BBC have had a Sunday afternoon programme for the early rounds of the FA Cup where they have cameras and reporters at a number of grounds and jump between them while the games are on. I thought they had picked us as one of the 10 games because there is a possibility of a giant killing. But now when I look, there are only 5 games on the Sunday:- Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle live on ITV at 12:15 Bolton Wanderers v Stockport County Rochdale v Notts County Stratford Town v Shrewsbury Town – live on ITV all at 3pm and St Albans City v Forest Green Rovers at 5:15 – live on BBC. So I am not sure now as there are only 3 matches at 3pm. Maybe it's because the Man Utd v Man City derby is taking place on Saturday and the police are too busy there to be bothered about us!
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Post by OohMac on Oct 27, 2021 18:13:41 GMT
County have just sacked there manager. Does anyone know why the FA Cup tie has been moved to Sunday ? Stay safe one and all COYWM Sarce must have called a players meeting after the game and forced him out. He probably wont admit it for a while but there will be a time when Sarce this season when hes played on a cabbage patch pitch, cold showers in the changing room in front of 1500 and it must dawn on him that he could have been playing at the Unibol or Fratton Park, DW, NY Stadium, etc. Blown it.
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Post by chip on Oct 27, 2021 19:20:08 GMT
Cheers I never thought about the scum being at home against City I thought there's would be a super Sunday never mind stay safe one and all COYWM
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