| Long ole way to go for us 22:41 - Oct 17 with 965 views | Mullet |
Just finished my last mouthful of hot pork before setting off home again, and it seems that being away from home is dangerous for us right now. You can argue that had the ref done his job and given that first penalty we’d have been comfortable, but when Hirst finally got a go from the spot, the fact he can’t do his doesn’t bode well.
The old ways might sometimes be the best. Get Warky, miller, veno or Neil Thompson down there in the week. If you give it everything you can’t ask anymore from a player. But we didn’t, did we?
The starters seem to be far less delicious than they were last week. The subs again seem ten mins too late. We had Palmer having a twenty minute masterclass and didn’t seem to learn. We don’t use the right hand side enough and when we do, we wonder why they don’t produce every time. Boro are a decent team, but they’re not amazing are they?
I don’t think we are going to struggle for long because of we do, we’ll sink. But we need to have something tighter when teams get a goal and want to sit on the game. Just relying on having better players isn’t enough and it’s a new challenge for us as fans and as a club.
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| Long ole way to go for us on 22:46 - Oct 17 with 911 views | bazza |
Regardless of the results . We look shaky, home or away, we are so sloppy in possession it’s unbelievable, we were all on cloud 9 after Norwich, but they were a poor team, this season is going to be a long slug. McKennas tactics are far too predictable, and like for like. [Post edited 17 Oct 22:47]
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| Long ole way to go for us on 23:26 - Oct 17 with 772 views | cbower |
The lack of identity is a problem. We're not good enough as a real passing team. All over the park we are sloppy in possession. We are ponderous when moving the ball so our counter attacking is poor. We have no number 10 playmaker. I love Sammi Szmodics but he's not creative enough, not clever enough for a 10 and Akpom is not the answer. Our lop-sidedness is so unbalanced it's predictable to the detriment of Walle-Egeli and McAteer. Furlong offers little going forward. Fine players that Cajuste and Matusiwa are, they don't look like a partnership. A 60 minute player in the engine room of the team is not good enough. Cajuste isn't offering enough bite. We miss Morsy. We're vulnerable to the counter attack and if teams move the ball quickly we are too easily exposed. The tempo of our game is ponderous. We waste so many set pieces. I don't have any idea as to the identity of this team at the moment. That's a whole heap of big questions. Oh, and Hirst couldn't hit a pig's ar$e with a banjo. He really should be the league's top scorer but his finishing has been cr@p. The stuttering run up to penalties is nonsense. I think you can tell I'm on a downer but it's just not clicking is it? [Post edited 17 Oct 23:28]
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| Long ole way to go for us on 12:54 - Oct 18 with 582 views | Mullet |
| Long ole way to go for us on 22:46 - Oct 17 by bazza |
Regardless of the results . We look shaky, home or away, we are so sloppy in possession it’s unbelievable, we were all on cloud 9 after Norwich, but they were a poor team, this season is going to be a long slug. McKennas tactics are far too predictable, and like for like. [Post edited 17 Oct 22:47]
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Do we look shaky at home? Derby were a problem, Pompey goal was annoying. Bristol away we made too many changes probably focused on getting the win against them.
I wouldn't have played Egeli in place of McAteer last night but apart from that, I don't think the selection was much of an issue. Likewise, I expected him to play Hirst but I want Ivan in form the start. I think we need someone who can hold it up top more and Hirst's touch seems to have disappeared.
It was a typical Championship slugfest, we shouldn't have lost, but did. We will probably have one go our way some time too.
I think our main problem is we don't use the right flank much, or the 10 and it becomes obvious we'll go looking for Jaden or Leif. When that doesn't happen we suddenly need/expect the others to produce something because they get so few chances.
You could see the difference Nunez made because he played it into spaces not players. It's frustrating we don't give Akpom more minutes or more of the ball. He's being totally wasted seeing out games as it stands. | |
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| Long ole way to go for us on 13:02 - Oct 18 with 558 views | Mullet |
| Long ole way to go for us on 23:26 - Oct 17 by cbower |
The lack of identity is a problem. We're not good enough as a real passing team. All over the park we are sloppy in possession. We are ponderous when moving the ball so our counter attacking is poor. We have no number 10 playmaker. I love Sammi Szmodics but he's not creative enough, not clever enough for a 10 and Akpom is not the answer. Our lop-sidedness is so unbalanced it's predictable to the detriment of Walle-Egeli and McAteer. Furlong offers little going forward. Fine players that Cajuste and Matusiwa are, they don't look like a partnership. A 60 minute player in the engine room of the team is not good enough. Cajuste isn't offering enough bite. We miss Morsy. We're vulnerable to the counter attack and if teams move the ball quickly we are too easily exposed. The tempo of our game is ponderous. We waste so many set pieces. I don't have any idea as to the identity of this team at the moment. That's a whole heap of big questions. Oh, and Hirst couldn't hit a pig's ar$e with a banjo. He really should be the league's top scorer but his finishing has been cr@p. The stuttering run up to penalties is nonsense. I think you can tell I'm on a downer but it's just not clicking is it? [Post edited 17 Oct 23:28]
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I disagree on the midfield two. They've played together before and know each other's game well. There's a reason we wanted Hackney and it wasn't the whole story last night.
Neither full back did well enough on and off the ball, and that badly hampered our game as their mistakes cost us possession and territory. Midfielder went from attack to chasing back far too quickly and far too often.
Morsy was done here, he would only make us poorer as he's not as good as Matusiwa and our issues lay in the thirds either side of midfield for me. | |
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| Long ole way to go for us on 13:11 - Oct 18 with 523 views | DavoIPB |
| Long ole way to go for us on 13:02 - Oct 18 by Mullet |
I disagree on the midfield two. They've played together before and know each other's game well. There's a reason we wanted Hackney and it wasn't the whole story last night.
Neither full back did well enough on and off the ball, and that badly hampered our game as their mistakes cost us possession and territory. Midfielder went from attack to chasing back far too quickly and far too often.
Morsy was done here, he would only make us poorer as he's not as good as Matusiwa and our issues lay in the thirds either side of midfield for me. |
Totally agree. The midfield is now not the problem. Nothing was being held up front. Morsy 100percent not the answer. His only real way of dealing with the midfield threat was to foul people and he was so slow in possession. |  | | |
| Long ole way to go for us on 13:15 - Oct 18 with 501 views | bazza |
| Long ole way to go for us on 12:54 - Oct 18 by Mullet |
Do we look shaky at home? Derby were a problem, Pompey goal was annoying. Bristol away we made too many changes probably focused on getting the win against them.
I wouldn't have played Egeli in place of McAteer last night but apart from that, I don't think the selection was much of an issue. Likewise, I expected him to play Hirst but I want Ivan in form the start. I think we need someone who can hold it up top more and Hirst's touch seems to have disappeared.
It was a typical Championship slugfest, we shouldn't have lost, but did. We will probably have one go our way some time too.
I think our main problem is we don't use the right flank much, or the 10 and it becomes obvious we'll go looking for Jaden or Leif. When that doesn't happen we suddenly need/expect the others to produce something because they get so few chances.
You could see the difference Nunez made because he played it into spaces not players. It's frustrating we don't give Akpom more minutes or more of the ball. He's being totally wasted seeing out games as it stands. |
Totally agree regarding azon and hirst, I think when we are attacking from the off, and then not getting that advantage, it brings on the pressure, and we make mistakes, Norwich was a great win, but they are a poor side, we should have put them to the sword, we squandered chances and gifted them their goal, Portsmouth the same, we invite teams back into the game and put pressure on ourselves with sloppy balls and wasted chances. I think our best team isn’t necessarily the team that’s started the last two games, but I’m not sure mcateer offers more than egeli, and the only way he’s going to gain confidence is by playing games.. maybe akpom for szmodics, Nunez for matusiwa and azon for hirst to start against Charlton..? Definitely think hirst would benefit from a few games off the bench. | | | |
| Long ole way to go for us on 08:46 - Oct 19 with 307 views | EdwardStone |
"Just finished my last mouthful of hot pork...... "
You still working your old beat down at the Docks of an evening ?
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| Long ole way to go for us on 08:55 - Oct 19 with 293 views | Mullet |
| Long ole way to go for us on 08:46 - Oct 19 by EdwardStone |
"Just finished my last mouthful of hot pork...... "
You still working your old beat down at the Docks of an evening ?
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