| Hairshirts and penance for all the KM doubters please 18:31 - Jan 1 with 1683 views | jasondozzell | A very professional display. It's so exciting to see the relationships on the pitch and the team identity develop. We are really beginning to look like an established side dripping with power and menace. Some lovely football played and a big part of it down to the sense that the players really understand each other. Leif and Jaden now working so well as a unit. Relationships and understanding all over the park. And all it took was time... Funny that! Good control of the game. Their goal was a good one but our reaction was excellent. We have learnt from the game at their place etc. Azor outstanding. I thought Jens had an excellent game. Love the work ethic in the team. Jaden's work out of possession strong example of that. Surprise, surprise. KM has built another exciting team playing exciting football. Squad rotation now looking very smart. He's kept players happy and involved. There's an alternate reality where Clarke or Philogene sulk because they aren't always starting. Club in a strong position going into window. We are going to win the league. This season has been one of the most interesting and enjoyable because KM has built the team almost from scratch whilst flying the plane. It's a privilege to watch him do it. Chuba had a good game and so pleased he scored. He will no doubt contribute in the second half of the season. These are great days to be a Town fan. Begone moaners! |  | | |  |
| We are in a decent position..... on 09:48 - Jan 2 with 150 views | Vic |
| We are in a decent position..... on 20:36 - Jan 1 by Bloots | ...partly down to us, at last putting a consistent run together, but also down to other teams hitting an inconsistent run. It's the nature of this league, but ultimately we are currently round about where we should be given the squad at his disposal. But there's always room for improvement and there is certainly always the option for fans to ask questions of the manager. I thought his substitutions were generally a bit odd today. Taking off Nunez was in itself odd, but to then put Clarke into his position compounded that decision. To then make another round of substitutions and end up with Taylor playing there and having Young in Taylor's position was just confusing. We lost all our shape attacking intent at a time when Oxford could have potentially stolen a point. But hey, we won. So we shouldn't mention it I guess. |
I think it's absolutely OK to mention it and wonder why he did it. I personally thought it was odd to take Nunez off, and Clarke really didn't work. It really did feel like a muddle at the end - but we hung on, which was what mattered. I'm sure that KM (and his trusted lieutenants with him on the sidelines) probably had a little plan in mind when they did it. They also clearly realised it wasn't working and sought to rectify it pretty quickly. Nothing wrong with that and I suspect he probably tucked it away as something not to do again! So, yes, it's ok for us to ponder about it - but to criticise him for it (not saying you're doing that Bloots) I think would be unfair. |  |
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| We are in a decent position..... on 09:55 - Jan 2 with 125 views | southnorfolkblue |
| We are in a decent position..... on 09:48 - Jan 2 by Vic | I think it's absolutely OK to mention it and wonder why he did it. I personally thought it was odd to take Nunez off, and Clarke really didn't work. It really did feel like a muddle at the end - but we hung on, which was what mattered. I'm sure that KM (and his trusted lieutenants with him on the sidelines) probably had a little plan in mind when they did it. They also clearly realised it wasn't working and sought to rectify it pretty quickly. Nothing wrong with that and I suspect he probably tucked it away as something not to do again! So, yes, it's ok for us to ponder about it - but to criticise him for it (not saying you're doing that Bloots) I think would be unfair. |
I reckon Nunez’s was subbed in preparation for Sundays game. |  |
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| We are in a decent position..... on 10:00 - Jan 2 with 113 views | SomethingBlue |
| We are in a decent position..... on 20:36 - Jan 1 by Bloots | ...partly down to us, at last putting a consistent run together, but also down to other teams hitting an inconsistent run. It's the nature of this league, but ultimately we are currently round about where we should be given the squad at his disposal. But there's always room for improvement and there is certainly always the option for fans to ask questions of the manager. I thought his substitutions were generally a bit odd today. Taking off Nunez was in itself odd, but to then put Clarke into his position compounded that decision. To then make another round of substitutions and end up with Taylor playing there and having Young in Taylor's position was just confusing. We lost all our shape attacking intent at a time when Oxford could have potentially stolen a point. But hey, we won. So we shouldn't mention it I guess. |
Seemed he wanted to give Nunez's legs some time off, from what he said afterwards, and I get that because MN has probably played more minutes than we'd expected. Could see logic for putting Clarke there at the time as we were getting into some great positions in front of their defence. Didn't really work though, can't argue with that. |  |
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