| McCarthy really is deluded 10:23 - Feb 22 with 2961 views | Ipswich24 |
He actually thought last night was a good performance, is there anyone else that actually went to game agreeing with him? I thought considering we had 3 midgets up front we continuously played the ball in the air. Sol Bamba probably had his easiest game of the season. Actually felt bit sorry for Sears. MM has completely destroyed him! Cardiff only had to be in 1st gear to beat us which is very disappointing |  |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:27 - Feb 22 with 2931 views | Gollum |
Did not attend the match but agree that MM has messed up Sears. |  | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:28 - Feb 22 with 2931 views | BlueBadger |
Or, you know, he was spouting a load of bog-standard managerial cliches and you're analysing it like it's the works of Shakespeare. [Post edited 22 Feb 2018 10:35]
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:30 - Feb 22 with 2916 views | BlueBadger |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:27 - Feb 22 by Gollum |
Did not attend the match but agree that MM has messed up Sears. |
...or Sears is essentially a willing but limited League One standard player who was signed when he was enjoying a purple patch ala Kevin Lisbie. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:30 - Feb 22 with 2916 views | Slartibartfast |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:27 - Feb 22 by Gollum |
Did not attend the match but agree that MM has messed up Sears. |
Yes, when he first arrived he was playing central and scoring goals. Played well wide for a while but went downhill. | | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:34 - Feb 22 with 2894 views | BlueBadger |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:30 - Feb 22 by Slartibartfast |
Yes, when he first arrived he was playing central and scoring goals. Played well wide for a while but went downhill. |
As I said below, it's my suspicion that ultimately, Sears isn't really that good and came to us when he was in the form of his life that ultimately couldn't and hasn't lasted. Granted long spells playing out wide hasn't helped but to my mind, he's a limited but willing player.
Kevin Lisbie with pace and less attitude, if you will. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:40 - Feb 22 with 2866 views | Herbivore |
We played well first half, not so much second half. In the context of the players unavailable it was a decent performance against a side in the top 3. |  |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:42 - Feb 22 with 2858 views | Pinewoodblue |
If the players performed exactly as they had been asked to then it was a good performance. Town had the majority of possession and made Cardiff look ordinary.
You have to assume however that we didn't exactly set out to win the game, and that a draw would have been regarded as a good result.
The real problem is what Manager and fans want are poles apart? |  |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:44 - Feb 22 with 2844 views | Herbivore |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:42 - Feb 22 by Pinewoodblue |
If the players performed exactly as they had been asked to then it was a good performance. Town had the majority of possession and made Cardiff look ordinary.
You have to assume however that we didn't exactly set out to win the game, and that a draw would have been regarded as a good result.
The real problem is what Manager and fans want are poles apart? |
How do you conclude that we set out to draw? We were well on the front foot in the first half and looking to get forward. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:47 - Feb 22 with 2824 views | SomethingBlue |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:44 - Feb 22 by Herbivore |
How do you conclude that we set out to draw? We were well on the front foot in the first half and looking to get forward. |
So many posters have reduced themselves to talking in tired cliches now — and they think McCarthy is the rigid and unimaginative one. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:49 - Feb 22 with 2813 views | Bluefish |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:47 - Feb 22 by SomethingBlue |
So many posters have reduced themselves to talking in tired cliches now — and they think McCarthy is the rigid and unimaginative one. |
Been like that for sometime. Sadly there is an agenda being pushed and fans are lapping it up. They say it so much it becomes the truth. The list of Mick myths is huge but they get spouted daily without challenge.
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:57 - Feb 22 with 2786 views | Pinewoodblue |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:44 - Feb 22 by Herbivore |
How do you conclude that we set out to draw? We were well on the front foot in the first half and looking to get forward. |
When did we last have a good first half and step up a gear after the break? We had a good first half agsinst Norwich but we're over run after the break. Scored a goal, against the run of play and threw it away at the end.
With seven defensive players against Cardiff it was clear, especially in the second half, that a bore draw would have been an acceptable result. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:58 - Feb 22 with 2782 views | Nazemariner |
We weren't too bad when compared to some of our performances this season.
Tactically Mick got it right. The back three coped well with the attacking threat of Cardiff, and Hyam and Skuse were combative in the middle. Sears looked lively, if not particularly threatening in central position. Though it's a mystery to me how he started ahead of Waghorn.
I think Warnock realised he'd been out thought by Mick and decided that sucking the life out of the game was his teams only option. Never have i seen a side take so long about every free kick or throw on. The ref did nothing to stop the constant time wasting.
Replays have not yet emerged, but the goal came from a free kick that shouldn't of been given. Madine was all over CCV for the knock down, and Zohore practically caught the ball before tucking it away. The goal should never of stood.
Cardiff looked average, but credit must go to Mick for the way he set his team out. |  | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:59 - Feb 22 with 2779 views | SomethingBlue |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:57 - Feb 22 by Pinewoodblue |
When did we last have a good first half and step up a gear after the break? We had a good first half agsinst Norwich but we're over run after the break. Scored a goal, against the run of play and threw it away at the end.
With seven defensive players against Cardiff it was clear, especially in the second half, that a bore draw would have been an acceptable result. |
It wasn't clear at all. Watch the game itself rather than worrying yourself about fixed definitions. We tried to win it; in the end we just weren't good enough to. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 11:05 - Feb 22 with 2754 views | IpswichKnight |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:58 - Feb 22 by Nazemariner |
We weren't too bad when compared to some of our performances this season.
Tactically Mick got it right. The back three coped well with the attacking threat of Cardiff, and Hyam and Skuse were combative in the middle. Sears looked lively, if not particularly threatening in central position. Though it's a mystery to me how he started ahead of Waghorn.
I think Warnock realised he'd been out thought by Mick and decided that sucking the life out of the game was his teams only option. Never have i seen a side take so long about every free kick or throw on. The ref did nothing to stop the constant time wasting.
Replays have not yet emerged, but the goal came from a free kick that shouldn't of been given. Madine was all over CCV for the knock down, and Zohore practically caught the ball before tucking it away. The goal should never of stood.
Cardiff looked average, but credit must go to Mick for the way he set his team out. |
Suspect he thought Waghorn would be knackered playing Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday and gave him the rest yesterday. Seems we were plagued by injuries and illness last night with both McGoldrick and Cayol both set to play.
Is it time now to think about playing Morris/Drinnan/Folami in some games? | | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 11:06 - Feb 22 with 2743 views | Nazemariner |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:58 - Feb 22 by Nazemariner |
We weren't too bad when compared to some of our performances this season.
Tactically Mick got it right. The back three coped well with the attacking threat of Cardiff, and Hyam and Skuse were combative in the middle. Sears looked lively, if not particularly threatening in central position. Though it's a mystery to me how he started ahead of Waghorn.
I think Warnock realised he'd been out thought by Mick and decided that sucking the life out of the game was his teams only option. Never have i seen a side take so long about every free kick or throw on. The ref did nothing to stop the constant time wasting.
Replays have not yet emerged, but the goal came from a free kick that shouldn't of been given. Madine was all over CCV for the knock down, and Zohore practically caught the ball before tucking it away. The goal should never of stood.
Cardiff looked average, but credit must go to Mick for the way he set his team out. |
Replays have now emerged.
Perhaps CCV was not fouled by Madine, but my god......I didn't realsie Zohores hand ball was so obvious.
Disgraceful refereeing! | | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 11:06 - Feb 22 with 2744 views | lazyblue |
Last night was a good performance and against a team looking like they will be in premiership next season.
Qpr Boxing Day was a poor performance, Burton was a poor performance whereas last night town were by far the better team (apart from first 10mins).
It’s too easy for some with an agenda against the club currently to criticise even when it’s not warranted . | | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 11:09 - Feb 22 with 2733 views | Herbivore |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:57 - Feb 22 by Pinewoodblue |
When did we last have a good first half and step up a gear after the break? We had a good first half agsinst Norwich but we're over run after the break. Scored a goal, against the run of play and threw it away at the end.
With seven defensive players against Cardiff it was clear, especially in the second half, that a bore draw would have been an acceptable result. |
There are two teams involved in a game and at this level they are usually quite evenly matched. That makes it hard to dominate for 90 minutes. It was evident we were trying to win yesterday, I don't see how you can think otherwise, but with no Didz, Garner or Carayol available our attacking options were somewhat limited. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 12:31 - Feb 22 with 2618 views | Garv |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:58 - Feb 22 by Nazemariner |
We weren't too bad when compared to some of our performances this season.
Tactically Mick got it right. The back three coped well with the attacking threat of Cardiff, and Hyam and Skuse were combative in the middle. Sears looked lively, if not particularly threatening in central position. Though it's a mystery to me how he started ahead of Waghorn.
I think Warnock realised he'd been out thought by Mick and decided that sucking the life out of the game was his teams only option. Never have i seen a side take so long about every free kick or throw on. The ref did nothing to stop the constant time wasting.
Replays have not yet emerged, but the goal came from a free kick that shouldn't of been given. Madine was all over CCV for the knock down, and Zohore practically caught the ball before tucking it away. The goal should never of stood.
Cardiff looked average, but credit must go to Mick for the way he set his team out. |
With two midget strikers playing lobbed passes and no tactical plan to score a goal? |  |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 12:40 - Feb 22 with 2592 views | bluehook |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:49 - Feb 22 by Bluefish |
Been like that for sometime. Sadly there is an agenda being pushed and fans are lapping it up. They say it so much it becomes the truth. The list of Mick myths is huge but they get spouted daily without challenge.
Please do not report this as abuse* |
....but we’ve got you telling the real truth to us though.
Thanks very much for your boring insight. |  | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 12:40 - Feb 22 with 2587 views | nshearman1 |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 11:09 - Feb 22 by Herbivore |
There are two teams involved in a game and at this level they are usually quite evenly matched. That makes it hard to dominate for 90 minutes. It was evident we were trying to win yesterday, I don't see how you can think otherwise, but with no Didz, Garner or Carayol available our attacking options were somewhat limited. |
Agree with this. Initially I wasn't happy with the team he started, but can see now that he had very limited options with further injuries (surely there has to be an underlying reason for this?). I think he was trying to win the game, but in classic Mick style by soaking up Cardiff pressure and hitting them quickly on the break - hence the picking of Sears because of his pace. Unfortunately we just don't have the quality. | | | |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 12:51 - Feb 22 with 2535 views | pointofblue |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 12:31 - Feb 22 by Garv |
With two midget strikers playing lobbed passes and no tactical plan to score a goal? |
We didn't lob the ball forward that often - it was mainly pass the move up the pitch. The issue was the final third; the final cross or pass was often cleared. Credit to Cardiff, they defended well but I thought it was a decent performance overall; especially when comparing to the nightmares of QPR and Burton. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 12:55 - Feb 22 with 2517 views | Garv |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 12:51 - Feb 22 by pointofblue |
We didn't lob the ball forward that often - it was mainly pass the move up the pitch. The issue was the final third; the final cross or pass was often cleared. Credit to Cardiff, they defended well but I thought it was a decent performance overall; especially when comparing to the nightmares of QPR and Burton. |
It was marginally better than Burton, in my view. Skuse was main culprit of the passes I refer to, its a combination of a lack of movement and lack of quality to find a pass that it just goes forward and up.
You say it was the final ball but how often in that second half did we get into a good position that you felt a goal was likely? I'd say Bru at the end on the left, whose ball wasn't great and it was Skuse on the end of it. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 14:29 - Feb 22 with 2391 views | Garv |
| McCarthy really is deluded on 10:28 - Feb 22 by BlueBadger |
Or, you know, he was spouting a load of bog-standard managerial cliches and you're analysing it like it's the works of Shakespeare. [Post edited 22 Feb 2018 10:35]
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Saying he thought we were 'excellent' is hardly cliché. It suggest he thought we were excellent, which is laughable. | |
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| McCarthy really is deluded on 16:01 - Feb 22 with 2318 views | madmouse1959 |
Sadly, our expectations are so low that if we scrape a draw against any team in the top 10 we would then have to listen to the McCarthy spin of how good the performance was and "what a great job i,ve done " etc
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