Disappointing performance by Crawley yesterday but a nice day out. Alain found yet another good pub to visit before the match. But....
The team looked like they were playing for 0-0 or to snatch a goal on the break, very little ambition to go forward and attack. Several times Fellowes ran forward with the ball and then turned to pass it back (and he was voted Man of the Match on the coach going home).
And, as someone has previously mentioned, why don't we put someone on the halfway line for opposition corners? Telford comes to mind here as I can't see him contributing much in defence with his lack of height.
I don't say Betsy should be sacked (yet) but he needs to change his game plan and soon. It is better to go down fighting than with a whimper.
But that didn't happen Jim. We had 10 players in or just outside the penalty area and not moving forward every time so a Crewe player could take his time and put the ball straight back into the danger area.
Disappointing performance by Crawley yesterday but a nice day out. Alain found yet another good pub to visit before the match. But....
The team looked like they were playing for 0-0 or to snatch a goal on the break, very little ambition to go forward and attack. Several times Fellowes ran forward with the ball and then turned to pass it back (and he was voted Man of the Match on the coach going home).
And, as someone has previously mentioned, why don't we put someone on the halfway line for opposition corners? Telford comes to mind here as I can't see him contributing much in defence with his lack of height.
I don't say Betsy should be sacked (yet) but he needs to change his game plan and soon. It is better to go down fighting than with a whimper.
Not having someone on the halfway line when the opposition have a corner has been something which has annoyed me quite a bit tbh, especially if Nadesan is on the pitch. I think even seemingly minor things like that could be the key in order to make us more threatening offensively and hope the manager figures this out soon
Last three league games: P3 W1 D1 L1 F5 A5 Pts4 Replicate that through the rest of the season and we would have about 55 points and a slightly negative goal difference. That's not brilliant but it's comfortable. I'd settle for that in a season of major transition.
This is the reality and much of the sack ‘im brigade don’t deal in facts but simply try to gaslight you constantly with their weirdly angry posts. So exhausting
But that didn't happen Jim. We had 10 players in or just outside the penalty area and not moving forward every time so a Crewe player could take his time and put the ball straight back into the danger area.
Wasn't there so don't know but what I was trying to say was that tactically it can work and tactically leaving one up is not a panacea.
Pressing the ball after it has been cleared is what makes the difference That doesnt mean charging out and being caught by a ball over the top but pressing the ball and keeping a shape as we try to move up the pitch.If we didn't yesterday then (imho) the coaching on this needs to improve.
Last three league games: P3 W1 D1 L1 F5 A5 Pts4 Replicate that through the rest of the season and we would have about 55 points and a slightly negative goal difference. That's not brilliant but it's comfortable. I'd settle for that in a season of major transition.
This is the reality and much of the sack ‘im brigade don’t deal in facts but simply try to gaslight you constantly with their weirdly angry posts. So exhausting
If you want FACTS - Here are the FACTS:-
9 League Games Played So Far - WE AVERAGE 8.2 Shots Per Game & 3.1 Shots on Target Each Game, OPPOSITION AVERAGE 17.7 Shots Per Game & 7.2 Shots on Target Per Game.
Its Woeful & Betsy Deserves the Sack, but having said that the New Manager will Inherit Betsy's DUFF Signings & will be MINUS 2 Very Good Players in Morris & Kwasi. Even my Mother would not want the Manager's Job Now! Who on Earth wants to Pay £7 per shot to go and watch that TRIPE LIVE & its already overpriced on i-follow. The Other Day I missed 1 of our shots on i-follow, so it cost me £5 a shot online. Bring Polly Back - She is more knowledgable than most on this Forum!
This is the reality and much of the sack ‘im brigade don’t deal in facts but simply try to gaslight you constantly with their weirdly angry posts. So exhausting
If you want FACTS - Here are the FACTS:-
9 League Games Played So Far - WE AVERAGE 8.2 Shots Per Game & 3.1 Shots on Target Each Game, OPPOSITION AVERAGE 17.7 Shots Per Game & 7.2 Shots on Target Per Game.
Its Woeful & Betsy Deserves the Sack, but having said that the New Manager will Inherit Betsy's DUFF Signings & will be MINUS 2 Very Good Players in Morris & Kwasi. Even my Mother would not want the Manager's Job Now! Who on Earth wants to Pay £7 per shot to go and watch that TRIPE LIVE & its already overpriced on i-follow. The Other Day I missed 1 of our shots on i-follow, so it cost me £5 a shot online. Bring Polly Back - She is more knowledgable than most on this Forum!
Hey Betsy bashers, you attract all the good ‘uns eh 👍
9 League Games Played So Far - WE AVERAGE 8.2 Shots Per Game & 3.1 Shots on Target Each Game, OPPOSITION AVERAGE 17.7 Shots Per Game & 7.2 Shots on Target Per Game.
Its Woeful & Betsy Deserves the Sack, but having said that the New Manager will Inherit Betsy's DUFF Signings & will be MINUS 2 Very Good Players in Morris & Kwasi. Even my Mother would not want the Manager's Job Now! Who on Earth wants to Pay £7 per shot to go and watch that TRIPE LIVE & its already overpriced on i-follow. The Other Day I missed 1 of our shots on i-follow, so it cost me £5 a shot online. Bring Polly Back - She is more knowledgable than most on this Forum!
Hey Betsy bashers, you attract all the good ‘uns eh 👍
Give it a rest, everyone’s bored with your nonsense.
Hey Betsy bashers, you attract all the good ‘uns eh 👍
Give it a rest, everyone’s bored with your nonsense.
This is match thread and you contribute nothing except dull sack ‘im tripe you just copy and paste from every other thread you post in. Did you bother to say one thing about the game or about our football in this thread? You have some brass neck talking about boring others
Amazing to think we won only 4 days earlier…🙄 I’d have assumed we’d lost 6 in a row reading some of this.
And of course we were unbeaten in 5 before this game but you suspect some people are so far gone now they just lie low and wait for the setback and then out they come like the most dismal dawn chorus you’ll ever hear.
It still doesn’t quite beat for utter ridiculousness demanding Betsy be sacked 5 days after we beat a Premier League team because we only got an away point. But they’ll absolutely top that I’m sure
Amazing to think we won only 4 days earlier…🙄 I’d have assumed we’d lost 6 in a row reading some of this.
And of course we were unbeaten in 5 before this game but you suspect some people are so far gone now they just lie low and wait for the setback and then out they come like the most dismal dawn chorus you’ll ever hear.
It still doesn’t quite beat for utter ridiculousness demanding Betsy be sacked 5 days after we beat a Premier League team because we only got an away point. But they’ll absolutely top that I’m sure
Oh Please Steve! Do you take us all for idiots? We beat a Premier League RESERVES Team (National League Standard).
There is However 1 Comforting Stat that can be Taken from the First 9 League Games:-
Despite The Opposition having had 7.7 Shots on Target Per Game & We Only having only 3.1 Shots on Target Per Game we are on -5 Goal Difference. That means our finishing has been clinical, or the Opposition finishing has been woeful or our Goalkeeper is a Good Goalkeeper. I will let you decide, but based on them stats our Goal Difference should be in the Region of -12. One Small Comfort.