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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 14, 2014 17:32:31 GMT
A very key point you make there davidm about the 'new manager' syndrome wearing off. It does show how far we've come in such a short space of time under Lennon that we all seem comfortable with the point V Ipswich.. Ironic that the 3 bottom teams at the time appear to be doing ok under their new managers in Fulham, Birmingham and us and you could argue that Blackpool have done reasonably well under Lee Clark. Just a shame that we haven't crept up the table more than we have but I'm not complaining.. Alls well under NL
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Post by OohMac on Dec 14, 2014 19:43:01 GMT
Was not great by any means but with the injuries to the squad and the fact that they're still Dougie players with little flair and creativty Lennons done the best with that he has.
Stats tell the story, when you have no shots on target you're never going to win games(unless you're playing against Richard Dunne). But I don't believe the Ipswich chances were great and Lonergan didn't look like he would be beaten.
My only critisism would be that when Clayton and Pratley went off we could have used more attacking replacements like Eidur or maybe Rob Hall.
We will certainly miss Lee in January and although not his best game it shows how much were lacking when he doesn't turn up. We definitely need to give Lennon a bit of money in January to stand any chance of a promotion/play off push. Think theres slim to no chance really.
Wilkinson didn't do much, tough ask really but didn't even put the work in to cause the problems. For a young debutant you can forgive a lot but not that. He should have looked at how hard Craig Davies works and tried to copy. Feel like a broken record with Feeney. Doesn't offer much at all.
Think my ratings tell the whole story, strong defensively but the more attack minded the player the lower the score.
Longegan 8, Ream 7, Wheater 7, Mills 7, Dervite 7, Danns 6, Pratley 6, Lee 6, Clayon 6, Feeney 5 Wilkinson 3. Eidur 7, Spearing 6, Vela 6.
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Post by megsontilidie on Dec 14, 2014 22:42:38 GMT
good point David, i'd forgot about the Ream one. mainly because it was a chance "in theory" rather than a real ,crystallised chance in terms of a shot on or off target. it's the one NL probably meant, but i still think he's overstating it to say we had the best 2. the highlights vids aren't showing any of Ipswich's other shots in the first half, so i can't double check my own view on that, but at HT my post on here suggested AL had faced 4 shots, 2 were tame, & 2 decent saves. even the shot off target at 2.30 (on this vid) from Murphy had my pulse racing, more than any FOR us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=udiJcKPuE6w
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Post by riochforthereebok on Dec 14, 2014 23:55:44 GMT
What's the latest with these Thai investors All gone quiet
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Post by realtrottersforever on Dec 15, 2014 11:13:54 GMT
I think Lennon made a big mistake on Saturday dropping Vela and changing the back 4 and putting Dervite at right back, it just didn't work. The minute Vela replaced Wheater and the back 4 reverted to what it had been previously we looked much better and created more down the right side. I don't know if Dervite has ever played right back before but he continually drifted into the middle leaving the right flank unguarded and with only Feeney as cover we were exposed down this flank. I can understand Lennon wanting to give Wheater some game time coming into the busy Christmas period, but his experiment just didn't work.
Feeney once again is a weak link in the team and I personally think his days are numbered, he has been given more than enough chance to prove himself, more than Beckford was given before being shipped out.
Wilkinson was like a fish out of water, he may have done better if Clayton had remained on the pitch, but as a lone striker he was floundering, and it showed how desperate we are for a striker come the January window.
Lee once again was everywhere, but wasn't allowed as much space as he has enjoyed in previous games, shame we are going to lose him in january as I think he and Gudjohnsen could work well together.
Pratley had been playing well until he was taken off with his head injury and we were worse for when he left the field.
Spearing was poor when he came on for the stretchered off Clayton, several misplaced passes set up Ipswich attacks and he does this too regularly for my liking.
Man of the match was Lonergan making several important saves, and thankfully dealing with everything that came his way.
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Post by megsontilidie on Dec 15, 2014 14:09:16 GMT
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wanderers/11666450.Lennon_gets_inventive_as_problems_pile_up_for_Wanderers/straight from the horses mouth, NL re the back 3 stuff. i did wonder which possible reason for the switch was the key one, but he's managed to mention the 3 i had thought of. 1) did Vela have a knock...no but he did have man-flu/cold so a bit under the weather. 2) was it to give allow 2 up front & support for Wilko. & 3) or to deal with ipswich's physical / long ball threat . good on NL for giving it a try and for good reasons. there was a bit of adjusting to the new system , but it's hard to judge in a one-off game, Ipswich are good enough to have troubled our back 4 more than most anyway , if we'd have stuck with a 4. the way things are going with our strikers, i hope NL has got a good striker-less formation up his sleeve to try !
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