| Has everyone calmed down now? 07:44 - Apr 4 with 7732 views | Steve_M |
We weren't very good on Saturday, both individually and collectively and Cambridge played very well. I'm not sure it really told us anything that we don't already know: chiefly that our strikers aren't playing well enough and we need to do more from set pieces.
We don't need big changes to our approach, we don't need to be hoofing the ball to two big forwards to compete in this division but we do need to play better against teams who play their game plan well and are good at sh1thousing. Having seen us totally dominate Oxford and largely dominate Portsmouth despite the amount of sh1thousing those two did it's far more about us playing well than not being able to cope with it.
Shame this season is done now, would have liked to keep it going until Easter at least but 2022-23 should finally be the year we get it right. |  |
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| Has everyone calmed down now? on 11:25 - Apr 6 with 304 views | benrhyddingblue |
| Has everyone calmed down now? on 12:34 - Apr 5 by pointofblue |
I’m getting tired of hearing how bad this squad is. Cook failed miserably with it but it’s still the best in the division. If you don’t think so, which squad, at the start of the season, would you have switched it with given the opportunity? Would there be more than one? Is this squad really the ninth best squad in League One, or sixth taking into account McKenna’s run? Did we head into this season thinking that we’d struggle to score against the likes of Cheltenham, Morecambe and Cambridge?
So the state of the squad, for me, should not be used as an excuse. 21 goals from 18 games (a third of those coming in two matches) is a pitiful return considering the attacking players we have on our books. Defensively we’ve been great, some of our football has been fantastic to watch but key component of winning has been missing.
The two decisions which bug me is changing the winning line ups from the Burton and Plymouth games. Why split up Jackson and Pigott straight after the former gave an interview saying how they were learning how to gel on the pitch? Why pick Carroll ahead of Bakinson? This isn’t hindsight; both looked baffling to me when the team sheets came out. And they led to, Wednesday aside where there were mitigating circumstances with us playing an inexperienced midfield out of necessity, our worst performances under McKenna.
I’m sorry if this makes it sound like I believe McKenna has been a disaster - he hasn’t. Of course he hasn’t. Overall he’s done very well considering what he came in. But when we look back on this season and our failure to make the play offs will there be games from McKenna’s tenure which have cost us? Yes, without a doubt. Some unfortunate to an extent (Portsmouth and Oxford) but some through our own deficiencies (Cheltenham, Morecambe and Cambridge). In the end, the issue we’ve had since Lambert at this level hasn’t gone away; when teams try and play football against us we’re fine, but when they sit deep we look clueless.
(I haven’t got over the draw against Cheltenham yet so it’ll be a long time before I’m over Saturday!) |
Seriously, if you haven't got over the draw with Cheltenham yet then maybe you need to a break from football for a while. It's a game, you always win some, draw some, lose some. |  | | |
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