| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight 21:14 - Nov 1 with 19910 views | MancBlue86 |
We are clear in the league (with a GIH) and have a chance if making the 1/4 finals of a cup competition, with a real chance of getting to the semi’s (vale and boro as potential 1/4 opponents) and he puts out that side! If we were a 1-4 points clear in the league then fair enough but come on, we should have gone for it tonight, I would have and Im sure most of you would agree? |  |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:27 - Nov 1 with 2334 views | burnbudgiesburn |
One of your posts from earlier in the season
'McKenna is definitely going i'm afraid. Bookies rarely get it wrong. Bubble will be well and truly burst '
You sound like a worrier. |  | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:27 - Nov 1 with 2328 views | SitfcB |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 21:45 - Nov 1 by ibbleobble |
Did you back Mick’s decision to make all those changes at Old Trafford too? |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:28 - Nov 1 with 2323 views | SitfcB |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:23 - Nov 1 by SitfcB |
Did you complain about the side he put out for the Wolves game?
Blub, blub, we lost to a better quality side, better than Wolves.
Positive of losing is one less game in December (would’ve been between Norwich and Leeds) |
By the way… 7 of the 11 have started at least one league game this season. | |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:31 - Nov 1 with 2295 views | bazza |
Most don’t agree by the looks of it… common sense prevails |  | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:31 - Nov 1 with 2295 views | Herbivore |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 21:45 - Nov 1 by ibbleobble |
Did you back Mick’s decision to make all those changes at Old Trafford too? |
Can't remember, it was at least 6 years ago wasn't it? Not really sure what that has to do with anything. |  |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:32 - Nov 1 with 2290 views | Dowson |
Look at the bigger picture. |  | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:33 - Nov 1 with 2277 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:31 - Nov 1 by Herbivore |
Can't remember, it was at least 6 years ago wasn't it? Not really sure what that has to do with anything. |
Yes you do remember. You do very well about your man. |  | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:34 - Nov 1 with 2273 views | pointofblue |
It was the right decision to switch the XI. I thought the performance might have been better, though. | |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:35 - Nov 1 with 2266 views | MattinLondon |
And if the strongest side was picked and a couple went off injured, then we would be going into the next three matches without some of our strongest players available. |  | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:38 - Nov 1 with 2251 views | burnbudgiesburn |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:34 - Nov 1 by pointofblue |
It was the right decision to switch the XI. I thought the performance might have been better, though. |
Reminded me of the Pizza cup loss at home v Portsmouth last year.
Dissappointing to put on a lethargic disjointed display in front of 28k tho! | | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:58 - Nov 1 with 2212 views | ibbleobble |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:31 - Nov 1 by Herbivore |
Can't remember, it was at least 6 years ago wasn't it? Not really sure what that has to do with anything. |
Whole sale changes for the sake of whole sale changes when in good form. That’s the correlation. No? | | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:59 - Nov 1 with 2212 views | ibbleobble |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:27 - Nov 1 by SitfcB |
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Your team sheet posts are better | | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:59 - Nov 1 with 2209 views | lizzibee |
It's about the league and getting time in some players legs. We have a busy and important month ahead and need to keep our first string fit and rested. If you thought tonights team would be anything different then you don't know much | | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:15 - Nov 2 with 2120 views | Herbivore |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 22:58 - Nov 1 by ibbleobble |
Whole sale changes for the sake of whole sale changes when in good form. That’s the correlation. No? |
I still don't think you're actually articulating a point here. Try making an actual point, mate. Are you saying we shouldn't have made the changes last night? | |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:23 - Nov 2 with 2093 views | Bluesky |
Wrong attitude mate. We used more of our squad, Burgess et al gained experience against premiership attack, Walton dusted off some rust, Baggott showed more of his talents, Humphries, Ball and Taylor also gained quality expereince. McKenna said it wasn't our time - as usual- he nailed it. That's why he is the manager and not one of us. |  | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:25 - Nov 2 with 2088 views | Herbivore |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:23 - Nov 2 by Bluesky |
Wrong attitude mate. We used more of our squad, Burgess et al gained experience against premiership attack, Walton dusted off some rust, Baggott showed more of his talents, Humphries, Ball and Taylor also gained quality expereince. McKenna said it wasn't our time - as usual- he nailed it. That's why he is the manager and not one of us. |
We've got a lot of players who needed competitive minutes and we got that. Result was always going to be secondary for us. I'm not sure why some are struggling to grasp that. | |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:30 - Nov 2 with 2082 views | Bluefields |
I dont think any manager played his strongest side last night, its widely acknowledged that squad players will be used in this competition. | | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:51 - Nov 2 with 2057 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:30 - Nov 2 by Bluefields |
I dont think any manager played his strongest side last night, its widely acknowledged that squad players will be used in this competition. |
I think managers are missing a trick doing so, as this cup’s there to be won by a smaller team. It’s a route to European football after all, so shouldn’t be sniffed at. Obviously the big call to make is whether fully committing to the cup will affect your focus on the league. I’d trust KM to make the call he thinks is in the best interest of the club. If he thinks game time to the fringe players is the best way to go for the squad in the long run, so be it for me. Doesn’t mean I like us losing though. |  |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 08:53 - Nov 2 with 2053 views | TractorCam |
"We've got super Kieran McKenna, he knows exactly what we need" |  |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 09:00 - Nov 2 with 2045 views | Franzgumm |
I share the sentiment, maybe not quite as strongly, but...
It was clear in the last 15-20 mins that starting with Hirst, Omari, Broadhead, maybe one or two other young players would have given us more energy up the pitch and given us more chance. I think it was 78 mins before we had a corner, but someone may want to correct that. We certainly didn't have many.
And McKenna saying it was good for our players to test themselves against Prem opposition - but the vast majority were reserves, who won't be first choice if we do get promoted. It would have been much more useful to let players of our own like Hirst, Broadhead, Wolfy etc test themselves.
That being said, the next round is in wb Dec 18 it seems. I'm not sure we would want to add a midweek trip to Everton in the middle of spell of four games in 14 days vs Watford, Norwich, Leeds and Leicester.
Couldn't help feeling a little disappointed at the end of last night.
But, in McKenna we trust. I would have just preferred him to come out and say, shame, we got it slightly wrong, 2-3 more first team players starting and it would have been closer.
PS. Ladapo was hopeless last night. I think he will go in January and we will upgrade. Walton is incredibly low on gametime, he needs to play lots more BCDoors games or up his training schedule. He was responsible for two of the goals last night. Tuanzebe looked rusty, but grew into the game. He needs to get some minutes. |  |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 09:01 - Nov 2 with 2042 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
1. What if first teamers had got injured?
2. What if first teamers get injured, lose form, get suspended, jet off around the world to play for their countries in the coming weeks and months and we need up-to-speed players ready to slot in?
3. The gap to third doesn't really mean much at this stage.
4. Non-playing players need to be kept happy and involved.
5. It's was a Wednesday night. We've just had a big, tiring game Saturday and have a trip to Birmingham in 2 days time.
6. Showing the back-ups aren't all up to it gives McKenna a stronger hand when asking for more players in Jan (with such a great start the leadership group might be tempted to think we don't need them).
7. Promotion is the priority at this stage. A cup is a nice-to-have further down the line. For now promotion is the prize.
In an ideal world we'd go for everything but it just isn't realistic or wise. McKenna knows exactly what to do. [Post edited 2 Nov 2023 9:08]
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 09:04 - Nov 2 with 2032 views | WonTheCupin78 |
Great decision by McKenna. Think he did everything right. | | | |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 09:08 - Nov 2 with 2025 views | Herbivore |
| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 09:00 - Nov 2 by Franzgumm |
I share the sentiment, maybe not quite as strongly, but...
It was clear in the last 15-20 mins that starting with Hirst, Omari, Broadhead, maybe one or two other young players would have given us more energy up the pitch and given us more chance. I think it was 78 mins before we had a corner, but someone may want to correct that. We certainly didn't have many.
And McKenna saying it was good for our players to test themselves against Prem opposition - but the vast majority were reserves, who won't be first choice if we do get promoted. It would have been much more useful to let players of our own like Hirst, Broadhead, Wolfy etc test themselves.
That being said, the next round is in wb Dec 18 it seems. I'm not sure we would want to add a midweek trip to Everton in the middle of spell of four games in 14 days vs Watford, Norwich, Leeds and Leicester.
Couldn't help feeling a little disappointed at the end of last night.
But, in McKenna we trust. I would have just preferred him to come out and say, shame, we got it slightly wrong, 2-3 more first team players starting and it would have been closer.
PS. Ladapo was hopeless last night. I think he will go in January and we will upgrade. Walton is incredibly low on gametime, he needs to play lots more BCDoors games or up his training schedule. He was responsible for two of the goals last night. Tuanzebe looked rusty, but grew into the game. He needs to get some minutes. |
But what's the point in risking some of our regular first team players and adding to their already busy workload in order to be a bit more competitive? As McKenna says, this isn't a year where we're really gunning to win the cup, it's not going to happen, our priorities are elsewhere. | |
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 09:21 - Nov 2 with 1993 views | eddiespearitt03 |
Nothing wrong with having your opinion. If course it is disappointing to lose a cup game but it is obvious what the real agenda is , promotion. That is easy to understand.
What is exciting is the potential of a few young players we have.
We could have played a full strength team and still lost. Or get bogged down with playing extra time to proceed .
Most fans would prefer playing our strongest team in league games
The one factor that can threaten our automatic promotion bid , are teams like Leeds Utd and a West Brom team who could go on a winning streak.
Maybe it was a wise move to give the fringe squad players a run out and the experience of playing against a Premiership team.
The last two league one games we have narrowly won so that proves how difficult it is to retain the momentum.
So it is vital the club is focused on promotion and not play offs.
One thing for certain is the team will have to recruit if promotion is achieved. [Post edited 2 Nov 2023 9:29]
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| Disappointed in Mckenna tonight on 09:36 - Nov 2 with 1969 views | hype313 |
No one gives a sh1t about the league cup. |  |
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