Missed chances 21:15 - Jul 30 with 3627 views | Cheltenham_Blue | More of the same from last season, failing to take our chances. I do worry that we don’t have anyone who is clinical enough. Another striker is a must, along with a dead ball specialist. |  |
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Missed chances on 21:22 - Jul 30 with 2612 views | Cuffy81 | I tend to agree, we are wasteful and our chance conversion under McK is pretty poor Morsy will be dissapointed, he just didn't get hid body positioning right at all Early days but Ladapo looks like he would benefit from a partner, preferably a clinical one |  | |  |
Missed chances on 21:27 - Jul 30 with 2580 views | Illinoisblue | Apart from Morsy’s bad miss at the end did we really create anything clear cut? Burns pulled the ball back a few times but to nobody, JJ wriggled through a couple times but couldn’t get his shot away. The less said about Evans’ free kick the better. |  |
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Missed chances on 21:31 - Jul 30 with 2541 views | Vaughan8 |
Missed chances on 21:27 - Jul 30 by Illinoisblue | Apart from Morsy’s bad miss at the end did we really create anything clear cut? Burns pulled the ball back a few times but to nobody, JJ wriggled through a couple times but couldn’t get his shot away. The less said about Evans’ free kick the better. |
we had loads of very good chances second half didn't we? Or did I imagine that? |  | |  |
Missed chances on 21:32 - Jul 30 with 2528 views | pointofblue |
Missed chances on 21:27 - Jul 30 by Illinoisblue | Apart from Morsy’s bad miss at the end did we really create anything clear cut? Burns pulled the ball back a few times but to nobody, JJ wriggled through a couple times but couldn’t get his shot away. The less said about Evans’ free kick the better. |
Jackson nodded narrowly wide as well IIRC. Thought it was in. [Post edited 30 Jul 2022 21:32]
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Missed chances on 21:41 - Jul 30 with 2472 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Missed chances on 21:27 - Jul 30 by Illinoisblue | Apart from Morsy’s bad miss at the end did we really create anything clear cut? Burns pulled the ball back a few times but to nobody, JJ wriggled through a couple times but couldn’t get his shot away. The less said about Evans’ free kick the better. |
Ladapo slapped a shot into the keeper in the first half and then tamely headed the rebound into his hands |  |
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Missed chances on 21:46 - Jul 30 with 2420 views | pointofblue |
Missed chances on 21:41 - Jul 30 by Cheltenham_Blue | Ladapo slapped a shot into the keeper in the first half and then tamely headed the rebound into his hands |
From today, it feels like Ladapo and John-Jules are creators more than scorers again. Good debuts from both, but they didn't come across as being confident at converting chances which fall their way. |  |
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Missed chances on 22:29 - Jul 30 with 2331 views | SitfcB |
Missed chances on 21:27 - Jul 30 by Illinoisblue | Apart from Morsy’s bad miss at the end did we really create anything clear cut? Burns pulled the ball back a few times but to nobody, JJ wriggled through a couple times but couldn’t get his shot away. The less said about Evans’ free kick the better. |
Good save from Trafford from Evans’ header. |  |
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Missed chances on 22:36 - Jul 30 with 2311 views | DavoIPB |
Missed chances on 21:31 - Jul 30 by Vaughan8 | we had loads of very good chances second half didn't we? Or did I imagine that? |
You imagined that! We only had one clear cut chance in 51 minutes. At no point did I think we were going to score. First half we were awful. Still don't really know what Chaplin is doing in the team ahead of Aluko. We don't have a striker either. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
Missed chances on 22:40 - Jul 30 with 2281 views | Veggie |
Missed chances on 21:22 - Jul 30 by Cuffy81 | I tend to agree, we are wasteful and our chance conversion under McK is pretty poor Morsy will be dissapointed, he just didn't get hid body positioning right at all Early days but Ladapo looks like he would benefit from a partner, preferably a clinical one |
“ Early days but Ladapo looks like he would benefit from a partner, preferably a clinical one” Preferably a busty nurse |  | |  |
Missed chances on 22:49 - Jul 30 with 2243 views | FrimleyBlue | Why is it always a wish to find another striker. There's so many players in the team apart from the striker. Why is a promotion challenging team relying on a CM with a total of 23 goals in 13 years as its goal scoring midfielder? ( that chance towards the end a criminal example of having such a level of expentency on someone with such little composure. Why we suddenly feel after 13 years he's gonna become our next Tommy Miller I don't know. We play a striker who's better as a striker but we use him as a 10 who has minimal ball control and struggles to pass. We have a striker who is used to playing alongside another striker and worked as a partnership, playing alone and holding the ball up with no support cast. So many questions about this lineup it's baffling with such financial ability that we just appear to be throwing the opportunities away. So no imo it's not another striker we need. Just play some round pegs in round holes. Play to the strengths of the players and we might flourish. We allow a set piece taker to continue to take rubbish set pieces despite having 1000 attempts. |  |
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Missed chances on 23:00 - Jul 30 with 2203 views | pointofblue |
Missed chances on 22:49 - Jul 30 by FrimleyBlue | Why is it always a wish to find another striker. There's so many players in the team apart from the striker. Why is a promotion challenging team relying on a CM with a total of 23 goals in 13 years as its goal scoring midfielder? ( that chance towards the end a criminal example of having such a level of expentency on someone with such little composure. Why we suddenly feel after 13 years he's gonna become our next Tommy Miller I don't know. We play a striker who's better as a striker but we use him as a 10 who has minimal ball control and struggles to pass. We have a striker who is used to playing alongside another striker and worked as a partnership, playing alone and holding the ball up with no support cast. So many questions about this lineup it's baffling with such financial ability that we just appear to be throwing the opportunities away. So no imo it's not another striker we need. Just play some round pegs in round holes. Play to the strengths of the players and we might flourish. We allow a set piece taker to continue to take rubbish set pieces despite having 1000 attempts. |
So what you're saying is our line up should be something like Walton Donacien - Woolfenden - Edmundson Burns - Morsy - Evans - Leigh Aluko Chaplin - Ladapo ??? |  |
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Missed chances on 23:05 - Jul 30 with 2180 views | FrimleyBlue |
Missed chances on 23:00 - Jul 30 by pointofblue | So what you're saying is our line up should be something like Walton Donacien - Woolfenden - Edmundson Burns - Morsy - Evans - Leigh Aluko Chaplin - Ladapo ??? |
Evans is a weaklink in that but something like that absolutely. Aluko isn't prolific in the goal scoring area either but his agility and ball playing skills would create for Chaplin ( known as most natural finisher at club) and it would allow ladapo to work with Chaplin and have support for when he holds the ball up) Aluko could then be swapped for JJ or celina who may still be coming back. Harness could then rotate with Chaplin. Leigh rotate with davis. Burns with edwards/kvy. |  |
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Missed chances on 00:17 - Jul 31 with 1979 views | Illinoisblue |
Missed chances on 22:29 - Jul 30 by SitfcB | Good save from Trafford from Evans’ header. |
Think that was a showboat save, never really going in and there was a defender behind him |  |
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Missed chances on 00:48 - Jul 31 with 1900 views | pointofblue |
Missed chances on 23:05 - Jul 30 by FrimleyBlue | Evans is a weaklink in that but something like that absolutely. Aluko isn't prolific in the goal scoring area either but his agility and ball playing skills would create for Chaplin ( known as most natural finisher at club) and it would allow ladapo to work with Chaplin and have support for when he holds the ball up) Aluko could then be swapped for JJ or celina who may still be coming back. Harness could then rotate with Chaplin. Leigh rotate with davis. Burns with edwards/kvy. |
I sense Ball will come in for Evans when fit. |  |
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Missed chances on 02:39 - Jul 31 with 1847 views | Stewart27 |
Missed chances on 23:05 - Jul 30 by FrimleyBlue | Evans is a weaklink in that but something like that absolutely. Aluko isn't prolific in the goal scoring area either but his agility and ball playing skills would create for Chaplin ( known as most natural finisher at club) and it would allow ladapo to work with Chaplin and have support for when he holds the ball up) Aluko could then be swapped for JJ or celina who may still be coming back. Harness could then rotate with Chaplin. Leigh rotate with davis. Burns with edwards/kvy. |
Evans was one of our better performers today. |  | |  |
Missed chances on 04:08 - Jul 31 with 1807 views | TractorTom5 |
Missed chances on 22:36 - Jul 30 by DavoIPB | You imagined that! We only had one clear cut chance in 51 minutes. At no point did I think we were going to score. First half we were awful. Still don't really know what Chaplin is doing in the team ahead of Aluko. We don't have a striker either. |
First half not great Second better but a lot of work to be done Got a good squad but need to use them JJ best signing so far. Ladapo will be an asset Aluko has to start for me Leif poor and not worth his price tag Penney needs to be involved, had a good pre season Still early days |  | |  |
Missed chances on 07:00 - Jul 31 with 1691 views | ibbleobble | It’s only a matter of time before folk start clamouring for two up top and we get into the same, repetitive annual debate. Reality is, it’s very evident there are still gaps in this squad to fill and with the season up on us, we yet again find ourselves questioning from the outset. Celina and Bonne are big misses for me already and with both seemingly easy picks to come back, you have to seriously question why they aren’t here as both would add value and complete the picture. 2 million for Hirst and a reported £600k - £800k for Harness? That cash would easily secure Bonne and Celina who’d fit into the system straight away. |  | |  |
Missed chances on 07:27 - Jul 31 with 1653 views | Veggie |
Missed chances on 23:05 - Jul 30 by FrimleyBlue | Evans is a weaklink in that but something like that absolutely. Aluko isn't prolific in the goal scoring area either but his agility and ball playing skills would create for Chaplin ( known as most natural finisher at club) and it would allow ladapo to work with Chaplin and have support for when he holds the ball up) Aluko could then be swapped for JJ or celina who may still be coming back. Harness could then rotate with Chaplin. Leigh rotate with davis. Burns with edwards/kvy. |
You say Evans is a weak link, but he scored our goal and does 90% of our set pieces. I thought he was decent today. |  | |  |
Missed chances on 07:40 - Jul 31 with 1623 views | ITFC_Forever | That’s my worry, for all our dominance, we don’t have enough goals in us. With regard to the Evans comment, he regularly pings them into the top corner in the warm up, so presumably has shown in training he takes a decent free kick. |  |
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Missed chances on 07:59 - Jul 31 with 1560 views | Chrisd | If we think back to quite a few times last season we’d create chances without really making the opposition keeper work, that wasn’t the case yesterday. Trafford had to make some decent stops in that 2nd half to keep Bolton in it and that’s a big difference. Personally, I was more heartened than actually being disappointed. [Post edited 31 Jul 2022 21:47]
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Missed chances on 08:02 - Jul 31 with 1548 views | jayessess | Very early to be calling it on the strikers! Fwiw we missed one big chance (Morsy's), what we really did lack was composure with our final ball. Second half there were half a dozen occasions where we fluffed relatively straightforward passes that would've got someone in one on one. [Post edited 31 Jul 2022 8:22]
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Missed chances on 09:24 - Jul 31 with 1416 views | FrimleyBlue |
Missed chances on 02:39 - Jul 31 by Stewart27 | Evans was one of our better performers today. |
He really wasn't. |  |
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Missed chances on 09:26 - Jul 31 with 1407 views | FrimleyBlue |
Missed chances on 07:27 - Jul 31 by Veggie | You say Evans is a weak link, but he scored our goal and does 90% of our set pieces. I thought he was decent today. |
Yes and 80% of those set pieces were rubbish. He's slow and pedestrian in midfield and doesn't break play up well at all. Not gonna say he's had a good game just because he scored a goal. |  |
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Give Bolton defence some credit they were really good, esp Santos (n/t) on 09:27 - Jul 31 with 1405 views | unstableblue | |  |
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Missed chances on 09:34 - Jul 31 with 1391 views | Veggie |
Missed chances on 08:02 - Jul 31 by jayessess | Very early to be calling it on the strikers! Fwiw we missed one big chance (Morsy's), what we really did lack was composure with our final ball. Second half there were half a dozen occasions where we fluffed relatively straightforward passes that would've got someone in one on one. [Post edited 31 Jul 2022 8:22]
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Exactly right. The composure just wasn’t there or we would have scored a couple in that second half. I’m getting a bit tired of people not at the game being the most vociferous and negative voices on here. |  | |  |
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