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Post by davidm on Sept 16, 2023 17:45:43 GMT
Just a little question:-
Who would you prefer to have come on as subs today:–
Jerome and Nlundulu or Afolayan and Sadlier?
or even who would prefer to start:-
Adeboyejo or Bakayoko
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Post by riochforthereebok on Sept 16, 2023 17:55:35 GMT
Just a little question:- Who would you prefer to have come on as subs today:– Jerome and Nlundulu or Afolayan and Sadlier? or even who would prefer to start:- Adeboyejo or Bakayoko Afo and Sads most definitely And I’d rather have neither Ade or Baka as they’re both shite Like I said earlier, how the hell dod Vic score 3 in one half game?? A mystery
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Post by chip on Sept 17, 2023 3:52:26 GMT
Just about to set off for our journey home with a heavy heart after being humbled by Reading’s under 23s and our leader saying our players we’re fatigued ffs come on Ian sort it out COYWM
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Post by davidm on Sept 17, 2023 11:34:15 GMT
Thoughts on yesterday:-
- Overall a really poor performance – throughout the team and in the managerial area.
- Defence was shaky throughout.
- I know that this was never going to be the case but Baxter is way short of the standard that Trafford reached last year. He never looks confident and, despite making a few good saves yesterday, I thought he could have saved the equaliser.
- Back 3 were very casual, sluggish even. We started badly when Santos needlessly conceded a corner within the first 30 seconds. Really lazy defending. From then on, we were a stride behind play. Santos was outpaced and then chose to push his opponent over so getting an early yellow card. Toal stupidly argued with the linesman. We all know the rule so an obvious booking. So two central defenders on a yellow so early on. As I said, we were a stride behind play throughout, the second goal being an obvious example.
- Wing backs gave the opposition loads of space. I know the wide centre backs should also help out but the amount of space that the Reading right side, in particular, got was bad. And it got worse when Iredale came on – he was shocking.
- Midfield could not get involved. Despite the fact that we had many chances, most came from poor defending from Reading with their centre backs failing to control the ball. Thomason got involved and showed some endeavour but he is not an attacking midfielder. Sheehan was totally lost – partly because the defence chose to launch the ball instead of passing through midfield. Dempsey looked out of sorts.
- Upfront, Charles took his goal well and harried the Reading defence well but then missed two very good chances. Adeboyejo is never a footballer. He cannot control the ball or run with it. His two chances were gilt-edged but he screwed them both up with dreadful ball control.
- The substitutes were awful – all 4 of them. Why does the manager feels that he always must make changes? Are we seriously unfit? I can see that Charles was injured but Iredale, Jerome and Nlundulu were dreadful.
- The manager had a bad day. He sometimes seems to make excuses in advance. “Feel sorry for Reading”, “lots of travelling for the international lads”, etc etc. His ongoing vanity project of trying to turn Nlundulu into a good striker is ridiculous. As I said last night, we would have been much better off having Afolayan and Sadlier (maybe even John) on the bench. They would make some impact.
- We are a poorer squad than this time last season.
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Post by whitesince63 on Sept 18, 2023 12:39:10 GMT
I think pretty much everything’s already been said about Saturday, especially defensively down our left side. I actually thought defensively Williams did pretty well and if he did tire as Evatt claims I wasn’t aware of it. What I was aware of was how poor a LWB Iredale is and with a right footed centre back in Toal next to him it was surely a recipe for disaster? I was though wondering if seeing as we can’t actually sign anyone, could we not recall Declan John from Salford? I know it would involve a climb down by Evatt but sometimes for the sake of the team you just have to do things you don’t like. There’s no question in my mind that DC is the best LWB in the club so for once Ian, swallow that pride and accept you are wrong because yesterday surely proved beyond doubt that this team/squad isn’t anywhere near an automatic level one?
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Post by one2many on Sept 18, 2023 13:14:32 GMT
I think pretty much everything’s already been said about Saturday, especially defensively down our left side. I actually thought defensively Williams did pretty well and if he did tire as Evatt claims I wasn’t aware of it. What I was aware of was how poor a LWB Iredale is and with a right footed centre back in Toal next to him it was surely a recipe for disaster? I was though wondering if seeing as we can’t actually sign anyone, could we not recall Declan John from Salford? I know it would involve a climb down by Evatt but sometimes for the sake of the team you just have to do things you don’t like. There’s no question in my mind that DC is the best LWB in the club so for once Ian, swallow that pride and accept you are wrong because yesterday surely proved beyond doubt that this team/squad isn’t anywhere near an automatic level one? Not so sure that I share your optimism about Declan John. If he was so good, and considering it was clear he could leave the club during the whole transfer window, the fact that he has turned up at Salford perhaps shows his level.
I agree with you that the team/squad does not look like promotion material. Shame as the quality in the league this year looks very poor and it is a very good opportunity to go for the automatic places.
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