| All these questions about what's going wrong 20:36 - Feb 4 with 2343 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Its pretty simple innit?
We concede almost every shot on target, Walton been very poor this season, today was the first real "moment" he has had for us since Burton and he deserves credit for that.
And we aren't clinical enough at the other end, I believe we are still the best team in the league when it comes to chance creation.
That is why I feel a bit for McKenna because I believe he has put together a style of play that can work at this level, but the players haven't delivered for him in big moments. He deserves time and our support (which im sure he will get) but the problem from now on is, confidence will be very low.
Is it time to bring in a Luongo, someone who transformed Wednesdays season last year? Possibly.
Time to bring Woolfie back in after a two game absence? absolutely.
Have we missed Tyreece John Jules a lot since his injury. 100%.
Im rambling now, but the overriding message I guess, is just to strap in and hope the players can pull themselves together. COYB |  |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:43 - Feb 4 with 2176 views | reusersfreekicks |
Yes,yes no |  | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:46 - Feb 4 with 2167 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:43 - Feb 4 by reusersfreekicks |
Yes,yes no |
We haven't Missed John Jules?
I think we/Mckenna have really missed him. He was Mckennas go to number 9 for big games. | |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:49 - Feb 4 with 2155 views | TheMoralMajority |
If we were to be able to fix just one thing, it should be stupid lapses of concentration in defence. Doesn't matter how many goals we score if we keep gifting the opposition undeserved goals. |  |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:55 - Feb 4 with 2131 views | LankHenners |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:43 - Feb 4 by reusersfreekicks |
Yes,yes no |
If that 'no' is in reference to TJJ I couldn't disagree more - was under the radar a bit but was becoming our most threatening outlet before his injury, could do with him being back soon, a totally different player to anyone else we have. |  |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:56 - Feb 4 with 2123 views | TheBoyBlue |
We make it too complicated and therefore too ponderous. Chances come, but then we take one touch (often two or three) than we need to. We catch no one by surprise. Too predictable. And then it feels like we think we're too good to bother learning about defending against what other teams throw at us, because we think their style is beneath us. We'd rather look down our noses at them, blame the ref, blame the conditions. Anything but knuckle down and get stuck in, throw ourselves at the opposition's runs and shots.
Personally I think we'd do alright in the Championship playing as we are, as has been shown in the FA Cup and our performances against the better teams in the division, but we seem to singularly ignore the truth that we may just need to compromise our principals from time to time to get out of this division. [Post edited 5 Feb 2023 0:08]
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:06 - Feb 5 with 1841 views | HighgateBlue |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:46 - Feb 4 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
We haven't Missed John Jules?
I think we/Mckenna have really missed him. He was Mckennas go to number 9 for big games. |
He scored three goals for us. One was in that awful Charlton game where we got a point. The other two were each in 3-0 wins where I'm pretty sure his presence wasn't what gave us the three points.
He's only young, and he has many attributes, and he was certainly doing well enough. No complaints about him from me. But I'm not sure he really goes into that category of a player we've significantly missed, such as to make a real difference to our season. At that end of the pitch we need to be more clinical. I don't see the evidence for him being more clinical than the options we have in his absence. |  | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:20 - Feb 5 with 1791 views | MeltonBlue |
Firstly I am usually a very positive town fans but now I think our midfield and defence are not aggressive enough.. they allow teams to run and run up until the 18 yard box without putting a tackle in.. then act surprised when they shoot and it goes in the top corner (or bottom corner as was yesterday)
Centre midfielders are seriously poor.. gutted camara isn’t fit as he would be taking one of them spaces..
Keogh coming out and giving that usual fans can be powerful line.. fans run up week on week out, shame the players don’t and find new ways of letting us down.
Anyway Saturday is must win and will be there with one hope.. a town win. [Post edited 5 Feb 2023 9:25]
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:29 - Feb 5 with 1741 views | DJR |
We need Woolfy back.
I felt we defended far too deeply yesterday due to Keogh's lack of pace, which enabled Cambridge to get back into the game in the latter stages of both halves.
Just look how far off the ball Keogh was when they scored. |  | | |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:33 - Feb 5 with 1713 views | Wickets |
Sorry no our problem is not that we miss one individual player let alone one young loan player who was not first choice for his position and if it is we are in trouble after all the players we have signed . Coming out and blaming Walton for our form well ?? I feel we have a bit too much theory and not enough guts and effort but there you go each to their own i suppose . |  | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:51 - Feb 5 with 1662 views | noggin |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 23:49 - Feb 4 by TheMoralMajority |
If we were to be able to fix just one thing, it should be stupid lapses of concentration in defence. Doesn't matter how many goals we score if we keep gifting the opposition undeserved goals. |
I don't think it's just a few lapses of concentration. It seems to me, it's large scale lack of organisation in defence. Too many times, opposition players find space in and around our box and are allowed to get a shot in. We are also guilty of losing possession far too easily in midfield, which allows those contra attacks. Maybe midfield is where the lapses of concentration are? |  |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 10:04 - Feb 5 with 1625 views | bournemouthblue |
Of course we don't concede virtually every shot the opposition have, if we did today, we would have lost
However we do seem to attract a disproportionate number of worldies against us, maybe because we invite their opportunity? |  |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 12:54 - Feb 5 with 1506 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:33 - Feb 5 by Wickets |
Sorry no our problem is not that we miss one individual player let alone one young loan player who was not first choice for his position and if it is we are in trouble after all the players we have signed . Coming out and blaming Walton for our form well ?? I feel we have a bit too much theory and not enough guts and effort but there you go each to their own i suppose . |
A few issues with your response here. Firstly I haven't pinned the lack of form on missing one young loan player, I believe we have missed what TJJ brings to the team and was simply suggesting that in a lot of games what he can bring we have lacked.
Also, the numbers dont lie, Walton barely makes saves, people can keep ignoring it if they want, but he doesnt face many shots, and and an awful lot go in. Plymouth are above us because their keeper wins them points every single week. We could use some of that hopefully yesterday is a start. He's not the be all and end all but its a massive factor.
"Not enough guts and effort" is just not true because we dominate nearly every game we play. | |
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| All these questions about what's going wrong on 13:18 - Feb 5 with 1465 views | patrickswell |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:06 - Feb 5 by HighgateBlue |
He scored three goals for us. One was in that awful Charlton game where we got a point. The other two were each in 3-0 wins where I'm pretty sure his presence wasn't what gave us the three points.
He's only young, and he has many attributes, and he was certainly doing well enough. No complaints about him from me. But I'm not sure he really goes into that category of a player we've significantly missed, such as to make a real difference to our season. At that end of the pitch we need to be more clinical. I don't see the evidence for him being more clinical than the options we have in his absence. |
His goals in the two 3-0 wins were the openers against Shrewsbury and Cambridge, so they were pretty vital to the wins, especially the Cambridge one. |  | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 13:47 - Feb 5 with 1367 views | Wickets |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 12:54 - Feb 5 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
A few issues with your response here. Firstly I haven't pinned the lack of form on missing one young loan player, I believe we have missed what TJJ brings to the team and was simply suggesting that in a lot of games what he can bring we have lacked.
Also, the numbers dont lie, Walton barely makes saves, people can keep ignoring it if they want, but he doesnt face many shots, and and an awful lot go in. Plymouth are above us because their keeper wins them points every single week. We could use some of that hopefully yesterday is a start. He's not the be all and end all but its a massive factor.
"Not enough guts and effort" is just not true because we dominate nearly every game we play. |
As i said each to their own view but control games yes maybe but so much of the time we have the ball well away from our opponents Area strolling about in our own half 5 or 6 passes to draw them out that rarely happens . Lots of games this season we have a poor 20 /30 minutes at the start control games but dont hurt the opposition . Cambridge were so much better than us first half yesterday it was shocking even KM could not explain . All the best sides in the Premier or whatever league you like to mention have quality players for the standard they are playing in as we do but the best sides are the ones that work hard with that quality i'm not sure we do . You might defend our players and be happy with the effort put in but i'm not . | | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 13:55 - Feb 5 with 1349 views | BigCommon |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 09:29 - Feb 5 by DJR |
We need Woolfy back.
I felt we defended far too deeply yesterday due to Keogh's lack of pace, which enabled Cambridge to get back into the game in the latter stages of both halves.
Just look how far off the ball Keogh was when they scored. |
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But I dont think Keogh did a lot wrong yesterday.. He restricted their forward to a shot from 25yds, through not diving in. Which curled into the bottom corner. I'm not blaming any center half for that happening.. Yes, his pace is suspect. But we certainly weren't defending deep in the second half, and almost got caught out a few times, as a result of playing high up the pitch... Woolfy. Imo, was rightly dropped, for some recent poor defending. And although he has pace and is good on the ball. He has been found wanting, when needed to do the basics of, tackling, and putting your body on the line to defend, imo. The first goal we conceded at Oxford, was playground stuff.. I think Keogh, was the right pick for the starting 11 yesterday, given the kind of physical threat that Ironside carries..However, once we were forcef to changed tactics and play a risky attacking formation in 2nd half. I would have felt a bit more comfortable with Woolfies pace..That, said, we didn't concede I'n the 2nd half. And although Keogh looked slow. He coped quite well, imo,
And got an important toe on a few through balls. Clearly, having Keogh as last man, wasn't ideal. But we were more or less forced into it on the day. |  | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 14:04 - Feb 5 with 1324 views | PremierBlue |
Our opponents score against us in ways that we don't score. It's almost like we are surprised that goals can be scored from such positions as it is a little beyond our view of how goals should be scored, in the box with all opponents summarily beaten and outplayed. It is almost like our players think the opponents are cheating on us and waiting for the ref to give a call against such goals. Our players don't themselves consider such positions as great opportunities to score. This is part of the problem, partly because we then tend not to score such goals while becoming predictable and we allow the opponents into such positions that we deem not 'dangerous'. |  | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 15:30 - Feb 5 with 1234 views | braveblue |
Agree with a lot especially re players not scoring when they should. It’s his first year and we must be patient. Not had much luck so far and should be at least 6 points better off.
I think Luongo is a great call. He would bring real determination to the midfield and a lot of skill.
We don’t concede every shot on target though. We have had a lot worse than Walton over the past few years.
I’d like to see Edwards, Luongo and Hirst getting a run of games. That and Woolf at the back, not Keogh. | | | |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 15:39 - Feb 5 with 1218 views | LeoMuff |
| All these questions about what's going wrong on 15:30 - Feb 5 by braveblue |
Agree with a lot especially re players not scoring when they should. It’s his first year and we must be patient. Not had much luck so far and should be at least 6 points better off.
I think Luongo is a great call. He would bring real determination to the midfield and a lot of skill.
We don’t concede every shot on target though. We have had a lot worse than Walton over the past few years.
I’d like to see Edwards, Luongo and Hirst getting a run of games. That and Woolf at the back, not Keogh. |
I think Luongo is the go, I’m not sure Morsy and Evans are that good at moving the ball foward centrally as quickly as we need it, or try Humphreys as a 10 who will drop deeper. |  |
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