| Our squad is massively overrated 20:49 - Aug 12 with 2597 views | IP1Blue |
Never understood this championship super team talk that people have been talking about. Our attack is no where near and RW spot needs seriously upgrading because this idea that Burns and Ogbene being promotion quality is laughable with the injuries they have come back from.
I made a post saying this has been slow transfer window and I fear this is seriously costing us now as we need a at least 3/4 signings and our reluctance to look at other targets and just waiting for our 1st choice looks more and more risky by the day.
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:50 - Aug 12 with 2432 views | ITFC_84 |
Yep. Ashton has to pull his finger out NOW | | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:51 - Aug 12 with 2374 views | bournemouthblue |
No way near as strong as the Leeds side that came down two seasons ago |  |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:51 - Aug 12 with 2372 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Well, thats all patently untrue isn't it? The injuries Ogbene and Burns suffered haven't been career altering since the 90's |  |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:54 - Aug 12 with 2259 views | lazyblue |
I can never understand why we are favourites to go up. | | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:56 - Aug 12 with 2144 views | Dubtractor |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:51 - Aug 12 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Well, thats all patently untrue isn't it? The injuries Ogbene and Burns suffered haven't been career altering since the 90's |
Explain why Ogbene looks like he's running through treacle then? For a so called speed merchant, he's not able to use his pace at all.
He may well recover fully, but right now he's not offering us much at all. |  |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:58 - Aug 12 with 2062 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:56 - Aug 12 by Dubtractor |
Explain why Ogbene looks like he's running through treacle then? For a so called speed merchant, he's not able to use his pace at all.
He may well recover fully, but right now he's not offering us much at all. |
Probably 15lbs of muscle added on to his upperbody in the last 6 months. He's massive. |  |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:01 - Aug 12 with 1986 views | TheBoyBlue |
Lots of players will come good. Some overcoming big injuries, most seem low on confidence. I'm not worried about this squad coming good, it's just when. | |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:16 - Aug 12 with 1868 views | IP1Blue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:01 - Aug 12 by TheBoyBlue |
Lots of players will come good. Some overcoming big injuries, most seem low on confidence. I'm not worried about this squad coming good, it's just when. |
Is it?
Everyone kept saying we’ve got a ‘stacked attack’ but we don’t at all.
Philogene and Clarke have looked underwhelming since they’ve joined
Akpom = unknown as hasn’t set world alight since leaving boro - Szmodics - injured last year and Chaplin I think deserves more of a chance
Burns and ogbene - I seriously don’t think either of these would get in any top 4 side
Hutchinson and broadhead are most technical players are leaving
Hirst is all we have got up front
In midfield we’re seriously lacking
Defence and goalkeeping is the only place I’d say we’re ok and even then we’re a LB
I feel Ashton has got this window completely wrong! This is Barrow’s second team ffs | | | |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:19 - Aug 12 with 1821 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I never understand why people are making judgement on the squad quality after 1.5 games this season.
In what season ever have we just hit the ground running and kept up that form? [Post edited 12 Aug 21:29]
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:20 - Aug 12 with 1778 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:56 - Aug 12 by Dubtractor |
Explain why Ogbene looks like he's running through treacle then? For a so called speed merchant, he's not able to use his pace at all.
He may well recover fully, but right now he's not offering us much at all. |
Stab in the dark Dubbers, but probably something to do with not playing competitively for 9 months.
Just a hunch mind. | |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:23 - Aug 12 with 1730 views | TheBoyBlue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:16 - Aug 12 by IP1Blue |
Is it?
Everyone kept saying we’ve got a ‘stacked attack’ but we don’t at all.
Philogene and Clarke have looked underwhelming since they’ve joined
Akpom = unknown as hasn’t set world alight since leaving boro - Szmodics - injured last year and Chaplin I think deserves more of a chance
Burns and ogbene - I seriously don’t think either of these would get in any top 4 side
Hutchinson and broadhead are most technical players are leaving
Hirst is all we have got up front
In midfield we’re seriously lacking
Defence and goalkeeping is the only place I’d say we’re ok and even then we’re a LB
I feel Ashton has got this window completely wrong! This is Barrow’s second team ffs |
Philogene will be good in this division. What's the point of demanding signings and then writing them off before they play? Chaplin is getting a chance. Ogbene is a beast and with pace but obviously rusty at the moment. We have Hirst, Szmodics, Akpom, up front, maybe a loan. Midfield is evolving.
Clarke is disappointing, I'd hoped he would've beefed up over the summer and obviously it's hard to tell how players come back after big injuries, but I'm generally happy with this squad. | |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:23 - Aug 12 with 1710 views | ernie |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:19 - Aug 12 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
I never understand why people are making judgement on the squad quality after 1.5 games this season.
In what season ever have we just hit the ground running and kept up that form? [Post edited 12 Aug 21:29]
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2023/4 for a start. | | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:29 - Aug 12 with 1632 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:23 - Aug 12 by ernie |
2023/4 for a start. |
Seems to remember late December to February was very hit and miss that year. My point being, 120 minutes of competitive football is hardly the time to sound the death knell.
Do we need to hit good form soon? Absolutely. [Post edited 12 Aug 21:30]
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:32 - Aug 12 with 1583 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Maybe Hackney will change his mind after coming on and losing 0-4 at home to Doncaster…
Seriously lightweight in midfield, missing Morsy so badly. People were turning their nose up at Travis but at least he’d add a fight and we would have a bit of experience. | | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:43 - Aug 12 with 1421 views | IP1Blue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:32 - Aug 12 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Maybe Hackney will change his mind after coming on and losing 0-4 at home to Doncaster…
Seriously lightweight in midfield, missing Morsy so badly. People were turning their nose up at Travis but at least he’d add a fight and we would have a bit of experience. |
The only saving grace, is that he was on the bench not watching us… | | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 22:25 - Aug 12 with 1222 views | IP1Blue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:01 - Aug 12 by TheBoyBlue |
Lots of players will come good. Some overcoming big injuries, most seem low on confidence. I'm not worried about this squad coming good, it's just when. |
Do you honestly think it’s ’just When?’ - please tell me why because I need some positivity that I can least hold hope onto 🤣 | | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 22:35 - Aug 12 with 1114 views | OsmansCleanSheet |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:16 - Aug 12 by IP1Blue |
Is it?
Everyone kept saying we’ve got a ‘stacked attack’ but we don’t at all.
Philogene and Clarke have looked underwhelming since they’ve joined
Akpom = unknown as hasn’t set world alight since leaving boro - Szmodics - injured last year and Chaplin I think deserves more of a chance
Burns and ogbene - I seriously don’t think either of these would get in any top 4 side
Hutchinson and broadhead are most technical players are leaving
Hirst is all we have got up front
In midfield we’re seriously lacking
Defence and goalkeeping is the only place I’d say we’re ok and even then we’re a LB
I feel Ashton has got this window completely wrong! This is Barrow’s second team ffs |
Burns got in to a top 2 side just over a year ago. |  | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 22:45 - Aug 12 with 1031 views | ArnieM |
Our problem is in midfield. And McKenna's insistence on only ever playing two midfielders.
We are over run in games giving our defence poor protection and our frontline zero balls to feed off.
Tonight also showed (IHMO) Al-Hamadi isn't strong enough ( he needs 5-6 touches to get his shot off, if he even does at all), and Jack Clarke is either being asked to play a role hes not suited to (nothing unusual from mckenna there) or is simply too lightweight. He constantly loses the ball, always plays with his head down and simply isn't strong enough for the first team.
Sort it out McKenna! |  |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 23:08 - Aug 12 with 926 views | TheBoyBlue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 22:25 - Aug 12 by IP1Blue |
Do you honestly think it’s ’just When?’ - please tell me why because I need some positivity that I can least hold hope onto 🤣 |
Yes. They've done it before. | |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 00:07 - Aug 13 with 802 views | Bigalhunter |
KM just hasn’t yet deciphered the numerous ‘cheat codes’ we’ve been assured we have this season and we know we don’t compete well with big physical running machines.
Bromley just did their homework and fielded their big, bad reserves who wouldn’t be technically good enough to start against Barnet or Harrogate but would have no problem bullying our expensively assembled starting 11.
Is that now one win in 21 competitive fixtures? |  |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 06:25 - Aug 13 with 548 views | franz_tyson |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 20:50 - Aug 12 by ITFC_84 |
Yep. Ashton has to pull his finger out NOW |
Yes, Ashton has a busy few weeks, but he's not the one going around telling everyone we've got the best squad in the division and we can only buy PL ready players. I've heard this cr@p so often. We won 4 games last season and many think it's a piece of p1ss that we can transition into a side that can, say, win 28 games a season and get auto promotion.
I'm also hearing more and more how we're a 'parachute' team as if it's a medal of honour and we earnt the right to swagger around. We got relegated and were sh1te.... we earnt nothing.
It's not bed-wetting to say we're not as good as some think we are and we might have to earn the right to be up there. Hate this arrogance I see from some just because we spent a season in the PL ( even though we were very poor). | | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 06:40 - Aug 13 with 482 views | RIPbobby |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 21:20 - Aug 12 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Stab in the dark Dubbers, but probably something to do with not playing competitively for 9 months.
Just a hunch mind. |
Hopefully ogbene gets back to the performance he out in for eire against England. He was superb that game. Not so good in a blue shirt though. |  | | |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 06:50 - Aug 13 with 442 views | PioneerBlue |
| Our squad is massively overrated on 06:25 - Aug 13 by franz_tyson |
Yes, Ashton has a busy few weeks, but he's not the one going around telling everyone we've got the best squad in the division and we can only buy PL ready players. I've heard this cr@p so often. We won 4 games last season and many think it's a piece of p1ss that we can transition into a side that can, say, win 28 games a season and get auto promotion.
I'm also hearing more and more how we're a 'parachute' team as if it's a medal of honour and we earnt the right to swagger around. We got relegated and were sh1te.... we earnt nothing.
It's not bed-wetting to say we're not as good as some think we are and we might have to earn the right to be up there. Hate this arrogance I see from some just because we spent a season in the PL ( even though we were very poor). |
Agreed.
Experience says we might be here a long time which should be a wake up for anyone thinking this will be easy, however more recent experience says we’ve got different people leading the club and coaching these days. They have a recently proven process for managing squad changes in and out, getting things settled down quickly, finding ways to play that are visually pleasing with a new group, and earning points by winning lots of games of football.
Patience. | |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 07:18 - Aug 13 with 372 views | geg1992 |
People say bad things about Burns, but I think he's exactly what we miss right now. Has the ability to hug the touchline and make runs that can break a defence.
Clarke and Ogbene on the other hand, both a waste of money IMO. |  |
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| Our squad is massively overrated on 07:20 - Aug 13 with 352 views | AYACCA |
Let's review in May and see |  | | |
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