| Not making Akpom a scapegoat 16:21 - Nov 22 with 1127 views | BlacknGoldnBlue |
but I said at the time we were trying to sign him that I didn't think we needed him as he wouldn't improve us - unfortunately I've been proven right so far!
Give the lad a chance as no.9! |  |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:23 - Nov 22 with 1099 views | BouncebackIpswich |
He might have something to offer as number 9. Not convinced though. As a 10 he is embarrassingly awful. It's concerning that Kieran persists with this when we have so many other better options. |  | | |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:41 - Nov 22 with 942 views | Mullet |
Nunez has missed Clarke with a pass, dribbled it out of play for a goal kick, hit the first man two yards away in his first three moments on the ball.
No 10 can do much when we give them such bad service and they have to come deep, wide and get the ball surrounded by players every time. Our service today has been bobbins and our shooting choices baffling. |  |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:44 - Nov 22 with 900 views | BouncebackIpswich |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:41 - Nov 22 by Mullet |
Nunez has missed Clarke with a pass, dribbled it out of play for a goal kick, hit the first man two yards away in his first three moments on the ball.
No 10 can do much when we give them such bad service and they have to come deep, wide and get the ball surrounded by players every time. Our service today has been bobbins and our shooting choices baffling. |
Difference is Nunez has performed and shown he has quality. Akpom has shown NOTHING in many many minutes. He can't trap a wet bag of cement. | | | |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:45 - Nov 22 with 891 views | Mullet |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:44 - Nov 22 by BouncebackIpswich |
Difference is Nunez has performed and shown he has quality. Akpom has shown NOTHING in many many minutes. He can't trap a wet bag of cement. |
He’s literally done that this game. Theres no point pointing to previous games when analysing this one is there? | |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:58 - Nov 22 with 764 views | Swansea_Blue |
Akpom was awful today, but then nobody was on it.
I've just spent 90 minutes shouting "PASS...THE...FKN...BALL!!!" at the TV lol. Which sums it up really. Too many of them trying to go alone when they could make it so much easier by just passing when they get the chance, speeding the whole thing up.
And it's not often you see Davis turn in a 5/10 performance. We didn't today either, it was a 4/10.
Fair play to Wrexham though, they had a clear plan to sit back and see what we could do and we couldn't do anything. They created some moments but were missing quality too thankfully. If Kieffer had been on for some of the corners in the last 1/4 of the game they may have snatched it. |  |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:00 - Nov 22 with 744 views | itfcsuth |
He’s the furthest thing from a Chaplin replacement it’s mind blowing.
To then allow Chaplin to go elsewhere whilst we haven’t replaced him is really poor squad building.
Again goes back to the staggeringly poor recruitment/squad building from the club in the past 18 months or so. |  | | |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:01 - Nov 22 with 723 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:41 - Nov 22 by Mullet |
Nunez has missed Clarke with a pass, dribbled it out of play for a goal kick, hit the first man two yards away in his first three moments on the ball.
No 10 can do much when we give them such bad service and they have to come deep, wide and get the ball surrounded by players every time. Our service today has been bobbins and our shooting choices baffling. |
I was hoping Nunez would be on at 60 mins thinking nobody could be worse than Akpom, then up he pops and says 'hold my beer...'. The subs didn't work today. Although Cajuste did drive us forward, so I suppose he was ok.
Oh well, take the point and move on but we have to start playing as a real team and stop passing only as a last resort. | |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:02 - Nov 22 with 709 views | DanTheMan |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:58 - Nov 22 by Swansea_Blue |
Akpom was awful today, but then nobody was on it.
I've just spent 90 minutes shouting "PASS...THE...FKN...BALL!!!" at the TV lol. Which sums it up really. Too many of them trying to go alone when they could make it so much easier by just passing when they get the chance, speeding the whole thing up.
And it's not often you see Davis turn in a 5/10 performance. We didn't today either, it was a 4/10.
Fair play to Wrexham though, they had a clear plan to sit back and see what we could do and we couldn't do anything. They created some moments but were missing quality too thankfully. If Kieffer had been on for some of the corners in the last 1/4 of the game they may have snatched it. |
It was impressive how he made the wrong decision every time we were presented with a chance.
He had a shot when he should have passed and vice versa.
That one for Azon was criminal. He was through on goal with a fairly simple pass. |  |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:02 - Nov 22 with 708 views | Bellevue_Blue |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 16:58 - Nov 22 by Swansea_Blue |
Akpom was awful today, but then nobody was on it.
I've just spent 90 minutes shouting "PASS...THE...FKN...BALL!!!" at the TV lol. Which sums it up really. Too many of them trying to go alone when they could make it so much easier by just passing when they get the chance, speeding the whole thing up.
And it's not often you see Davis turn in a 5/10 performance. We didn't today either, it was a 4/10.
Fair play to Wrexham though, they had a clear plan to sit back and see what we could do and we couldn't do anything. They created some moments but were missing quality too thankfully. If Kieffer had been on for some of the corners in the last 1/4 of the game they may have snatched it. |
So agree with Leif, I felt that moment where he just looped a cross to the back stick just about summed it up.
1 striker vs 3 CBs, easy pickings.
We just cant seem to get him into those same threatening positions enough. |  | | |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:02 - Nov 22 with 693 views | 765765 |
Terrible move and many fans felt it at the time. Akpom has been awful all season and we miss Chaplin. | | | |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:05 - Nov 22 with 654 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Shocking display today two really good openings and a couple of times tried turn his defender twice instead of releasing a counter. Very frustrating watch. |  |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:07 - Nov 22 with 640 views | NthQldITFC |
At home against bus parking teams we simply need a creative central 10 to pick stuff up, shift defenders and shoot, or bring the likes of Egeli inside allowing a RB to overlap. It cries out for Nunez there, not Akpom. I get that Kieran wants to accommodate Akpom's power, but we need to close the gap, and he's the wrong player to have there against a low block.
Chaplin would be great as others have said, but his lack of physical presence means he's not the future for us and we need a bigger stronger version. Not sure if Nunez is that long term (Egeli might be), but then it's not really Akpom either, unless we change the way we play to accommodate him. [Post edited 22 Nov 17:11]
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:08 - Nov 22 with 625 views | BouncebackIpswich |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:07 - Nov 22 by NthQldITFC |
At home against bus parking teams we simply need a creative central 10 to pick stuff up, shift defenders and shoot, or bring the likes of Egeli inside allowing a RB to overlap. It cries out for Nunez there, not Akpom. I get that Kieran wants to accommodate Akpom's power, but we need to close the gap, and he's the wrong player to have there against a low block.
Chaplin would be great as others have said, but his lack of physical presence means he's not the future for us and we need a bigger stronger version. Not sure if Nunez is that long term (Egeli might be), but then it's not really Akpom either, unless we change the way we play to accommodate him. [Post edited 22 Nov 17:11]
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Exactly. Why if we can all see it, can Kieran not. | | | |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:08 - Nov 22 with 629 views | RedX |
It’s not working for Akpom at 10 , so why does McKenna persist with playing him there?
I’d rather try him at 9 and Egeli at 10. |  | | |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:14 - Nov 22 with 592 views | NthQldITFC |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:08 - Nov 22 by RedX |
It’s not working for Akpom at 10 , so why does McKenna persist with playing him there?
I’d rather try him at 9 and Egeli at 10. |
Egeli there I agree (probably ready now), I could actually see Azon there as well - he battles and spins and brings others in really well - then Akpom as a 9 with Hirst.
Probably stick mostly with Nunez there, or move Egeli inside when Burns is fit. | |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:31 - Nov 22 with 515 views | Nutkins_Return |
Feels like you are making him a scapegoat. | |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:34 - Nov 22 with 472 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:02 - Nov 22 by Bellevue_Blue |
So agree with Leif, I felt that moment where he just looped a cross to the back stick just about summed it up.
1 striker vs 3 CBs, easy pickings.
We just cant seem to get him into those same threatening positions enough. |
He's probably playing with a stonking hangover after signing his new deal lol. I've never seen him play so poorly, but if any player deserves an off day it's him. He's not a machine after all. He's allowed one bad performance every couple of years.
I still don't understand why we've changed approach to deliberately blunt the best attacking left back in the league, but here we are. It's all well and good making room for Clarke and Philogene, but the way we're going they'll end up with fewer goal contributions combined than Leif if we just gave him the space to do what he does. | |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:37 - Nov 22 with 447 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:34 - Nov 22 by Swansea_Blue |
He's probably playing with a stonking hangover after signing his new deal lol. I've never seen him play so poorly, but if any player deserves an off day it's him. He's not a machine after all. He's allowed one bad performance every couple of years.
I still don't understand why we've changed approach to deliberately blunt the best attacking left back in the league, but here we are. It's all well and good making room for Clarke and Philogene, but the way we're going they'll end up with fewer goal contributions combined than Leif if we just gave him the space to do what he does. |
Not sure he’s had a great season tbh. | |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:58 - Nov 22 with 354 views | TractorWood |
| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:31 - Nov 22 by Nutkins_Return |
Feels like you are making him a scapegoat. |
I didn't even know he was playing until he was subbed. |  |
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| Not making Akpom a scapegoat on 17:59 - Nov 22 with 337 views | ArnieM |
Wouldn't it be novel if McKenna actually played players in their correct position! Akpom is a striker, a number 9 …. Not a number 10!!
What is it with this manager that he tries to convert / shoehorn players he brings in to play in the #10 role? |  |
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