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Post by OohMac on Oct 30, 2022 10:10:25 GMT
One compliment I'd give Evatt is that he must be decent man manager if hes got a harmonious, happy squad because I think a lot of players could take umbridge at the moment.
Dapo - for playing him out of position, then dropping him after some good restored to his normal position.
Declan John - For some very strange handling of him and bringing in another LB that baffled most fans.
Aaron Morley, Kyle Dempsey - for not getting starts when midfield has been lack lustre and ponderous.
Jon Dadi Bodvarsson- for killing momentum of that winner on Tuesday and being put on the bench for a striker who didnt get a touch in the box.
Will Aimson - for knowing that however he does in games he will never get in even though last season he and Johnson struck up a solid partnership.
Joel Dixon - plays once a month. So any mistakes are unable to be atoned for and must weigh heavy. To train all week knowing that he wont even get to sit on the bench. A bench of 7.
And most of all Keiran Sadlier. What must he do to get a chance? Is he the victim of being liked by fans but not in Evatts plans(get a chant going)
You may say that all squads will have that small amount of players unhappy on the fringes. But these are not kids or veterans. These are our star players, our recent signings, our player of the season.
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Post by beenheresince53 on Oct 30, 2022 11:04:37 GMT
Santos in my opinion is an accident to happen in every game and slows our play down but Evatt making him captain makes it hard for him to rest/drop him to the bench I feel sorry for Aimson who earlier in the season stepped in for Santos and was made MOM then dropped to the bench the following game just like what as happened this week Dapo and Bodvarsen it surely doesn’t help the confidence of the player our the team. Evatt says he picks his team after looking at the strengths and weakness of the opposition if that being so why was Kachunga who I think is pinching a living on the pitch against two six foot plus centre backs !! I don’t think Evatt even knows his best eleven but it’s about time he did and field a settled team. Yes it’s a moan even though we are sitting 6th in the league but I think we should be doing better with the squad we have. Next weekends FA Cup game against Barnsley should be interesting after our recent meeting.
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Post by kenglowhite on Oct 30, 2022 11:12:42 GMT
I think the left side attack or lack of it is at the root of his problems. Evatt has obviously got so struck with the early impact of Bradley on the right, that we have become a lopsided attacking team. In the first half Iredale was a one-man show on the left, so much so that he frequently gave the ball away in searching for Charles or Kachunga with passes that were easily intercepted. At our best the team's progression down the left with John feeding Afalayon and then overlapping made for many good goal openings. Under the present set-up, opposing defenders are able to just concentrate in numbers on stopping Bradley, whose crosses are deteriorating. True Santos's failure to handle a lively striker, often as Oxford broke, was another factor as we frequently had too many men upfield, and the heading at both ends was really hopeless. Williams' untimely booking after the referee had shown no cards for two or three early Oxford fouls of worse intent was obviously affected, but I am afraid with every appearance he looks less like the heir to Ivan Campo at defensive midfield. Maybe here Evatt is asking too much of him as he too frequently joins in attacks and is left stranded upfield.
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Post by beenheresince53 on Oct 30, 2022 12:19:05 GMT
I figured out why we don’t score many goals the bugger drops them if they score
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Post by chip on Oct 30, 2022 13:19:03 GMT
Good afternoon fellow fan's after yesterday I'm still not convinced that A) That was the right team selection and B) Ian isn't over thinking football he seems to be trying to please everyone instead of just setting his team out to win from the first minute. I think he is trying to contain the opposing team to early just go for goals from the first minute and for the love of Mike tell the players to shoot on sight you never know onwards and upwards COYWM
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Post by OohMac on Oct 30, 2022 17:34:38 GMT
Good afternoon fellow fan's after yesterday I'm still not convinced that A) That was the right team selection and B) Ian isn't over thinking football he seems to be trying to please everyone instead of just setting his team out to win from the first minute. I think he is trying to contain the opposing team to early just go for goals from the first minute and for the love of Mike tell the players to shoot on sight you never know onwards and upwards COYWM Not convinced is an understatement to both those points Chip. Forget "were 6th in the league" because it means nothing in October. We had a great start but thats all. In the last 6 games we could really be looking at 2 points. This is 3/3 seasons where November raises a lot of questions about Evatt. January has saved him on both occassions but squads full, need to move some out before bringing any in.
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 30, 2022 18:47:15 GMT
I know that like everything else football moves with the times but I don’t understand all the gobbledegook that Evatt comes out with these days. I won’t try and imitate because I can’t as I can’t remember them all but for me that is the problem. In essence football is a simple game and most footballers are good because of some natural ability, be it pace, strength, ball skills, quick thinking, quick off the mark, or just having the knack of being in the right place at the right time. These are natural and whilst you can obviously improve them with practise the natural element is important. I just wonder with all the mumbo jumbo about high press low press, No8, No4, or whatever those mean that Evatt might be trying so hard to instill these thoughts into the players that it completely overrides their natural actions. I always remember when younger learning golf that my teacher insisted that I could only think of one single thing during the whole swing because if you try to think of more than that you will fail. I thought that sounded a bit mad so he said okay. Walk 10 paces away from me. Which I did no problem. Now he said walk 10 paces back to me but this time think about putting your right leg first then your left leg next, then you’re right foot first again. Needless to say after a few steps I fell over because by the time I’d thought about it I should have done it because it’s natural and I do it every day without thinking. I never forgot that and wonder if that’s what’s happening to the players. Too much thinking and not enough doing and curbing of their natural actions? 🤔
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Post by riochforthereebok on Oct 30, 2022 18:49:28 GMT
It won’t be long before Conor Bradley is crap
If Evatt has his way, he’ll ‘coach’ any promise out of him, just as he’s ‘coached’ half decent players into obscurity, like John, Sheehan, Isgrove, Sadlier, Morley, Charles, Dapo
There must be something behind Doyle and Sarce’s exit! Just as there appears to be issues with DJohn I know Doyle went back home, but Sarce?? I’d love to know what happened there?
To be fair to Evatt, no player should ever get the better of his manager but if there’s something not right amongst the players and the boss then SB/FV should intervene. Somethings not right, somethings not clicking and all this tinkering is messing any progress
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Post by OohMac on Oct 31, 2022 18:56:21 GMT
Got to be honest, i thought I was in the minority of people who want Evatt out but its become clear that theres a lot of fans who dont like him.
Yeah its fickle. If we win say the next 3 all is alright but I dont think we will.
But I thought only a few people felt that way. Whites63 as mentioned a few weeks ago felt we saw things pretty similar and your recent comments makes me think you also in the opinion that Evatt needs to either do a 180 or go.
Not to go on about the past but Big Sam wanted the best coaching team around him get the feeling Evatt wants only Blackpool alumni.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 1, 2022 11:26:40 GMT
The only good thing about not paying for the BN subscription You don’t get to read the bullshit Evatt spouts
Evatt vows to ‘get it right’ after Oxford defeat!!!!!!🤔🤔🤔🤔
Like any good manager worth his salt, shouldn’t he have done that after the first defeat to Wednesday and then closely followed by the defeat to Plymouth??
Surely then was the point at which he should have realised that we are not as good as he thinks we are and surgery was needed back then?
Some of the barb aimed at Evatt that I read on here (some from myself) and on the BN, could almost be a replica post from some of the games last season, surely showing that he doesn’t listen to anyone but himself and he doesn’t learn from it either
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 1, 2022 19:53:20 GMT
After just 3 minutes from kick off….
Fleetwood attacking Oxford And wouldn’t you know it, they scored a goal🤔
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Post by whitesince63 on Nov 2, 2022 18:24:09 GMT
After just 3 minutes from kick off…. Fleetwood attacking Oxford And wouldn’t you know it, they scored a goal🤔 Yes but it didn’t last rioch, Oxford managed a draw! More importantly Derby also failed to beat Morecambe which would have put them above us and into the top 6. I suppose it shows that we aren’t the only ones who underperform? I’m still definitely not in the Evatt out camp. I know we’ve been poor for a while now and I’ve a lot of moans about some of what he does but I don’t lose sight of the fact that despite that we are still top 6, even after a run of poor results. In fairness to Ian, he’s still young and inexperienced as a manager and will obviously make mistakes. Hopefully he’s learning from them to both his and our benefit? I’m sure that despite what he may say in public he knows where our weaknesses are and will be planning to do something about them in January if he can move one or two out. With ten first team contracts up in the summer, it may help to move on those he sees as dispensable, which for me is most of them. Clearly I’d like to see some changes to what he does but I’m still confident that he’s the best man for the job for now. I’ll continue to have a pop at him where I feel it’s justified but overall I don’t think there’s any reason to move him out.
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Post by OohMac on Nov 2, 2022 19:03:14 GMT
Whites hes young but I dont think hes learning as he doesnt seem interested in learning. There are a lot of young managers arouund but only ours seems to lack level head, everytime we lose theres usually an image of him bawling at the ref or 4th official.
Ok, yeah I think Ian has a bit in the bank still but god hes making some big withdrawls. If hes keen to learn then ok but so far hes not really demonstrated that.
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