| Are we expecting any arrivals today? 10:29 - Jan 31 with 2278 views | Keno |
who will Ashton sign that the manager doesnt want? |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:45 - Jan 31 with 2202 views | J2BLUE |
Mavis the United tea lady who has always infuriated McKenna by stirring his tea counter clockwise.
Tensions with Ashton have reached boiling point (badum tish) |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:47 - Jan 31 with 2186 views | WD19 |
You little tinker. Those days are gone.
....now that Ashton has employed a coach whose job it is to agree with him. |  | | |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:50 - Jan 31 with 2151 views | suffolkpoker |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:45 - Jan 31 by J2BLUE |
Mavis the United tea lady who has always infuriated McKenna by stirring his tea counter clockwise.
Tensions with Ashton have reached boiling point (badum tish) |
would she be making tea in the transfer room though? |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:50 - Jan 31 with 2148 views | Tonytown |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:47 - Jan 31 by WD19 |
You little tinker. Those days are gone.
....now that Ashton has employed a coach whose job it is to agree with him. |
Well we’ve won 4 of his 6 games.
If we’d done that under Cook he’d still be here now |  | | |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:56 - Jan 31 with 2089 views | pennblue |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:50 - Jan 31 by Tonytown |
Well we’ve won 4 of his 6 games.
If we’d done that under Cook he’d still be here now |
Not exactly convincing wins were they? (apart from Gillingham)
Wycombe should have been a draw, we nearly went 2-0 down at home last week,
and there was another one where we got off lightly too. We have had the rub of the green.
Let's not pretend that things have dramatically changed, because they haven't.
The most annoying thing of this transfer window, is we needed to strengthen defence (central) and midfield (central), and left back. I don't see yet any evidence yet that we have sorted those 3 positions out with the right personnel.
I just hope this 'new model' of recruitment works. [Post edited 31 Jan 2022 11:02]
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:11 - Jan 31 with 1977 views | Stewart27 |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:56 - Jan 31 by pennblue |
Not exactly convincing wins were they? (apart from Gillingham)
Wycombe should have been a draw, we nearly went 2-0 down at home last week,
and there was another one where we got off lightly too. We have had the rub of the green.
Let's not pretend that things have dramatically changed, because they haven't.
The most annoying thing of this transfer window, is we needed to strengthen defence (central) and midfield (central), and left back. I don't see yet any evidence yet that we have sorted those 3 positions out with the right personnel.
I just hope this 'new model' of recruitment works. [Post edited 31 Jan 2022 11:02]
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Top 2 chasing Wycombe didn’t have a shot on target.
We beat Gillingham 4-0.
We win 2 close ugly games last week that we simply would have lost under cook and Lambert.
Interesting narrative though. | | | |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:17 - Jan 31 with 1910 views | tractordownsouth |
A centre-back shirley? |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:26 - Jan 31 with 1817 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:11 - Jan 31 by Stewart27 |
Top 2 chasing Wycombe didn’t have a shot on target.
We beat Gillingham 4-0.
We win 2 close ugly games last week that we simply would have lost under cook and Lambert.
Interesting narrative though. |
Under PC you may be right, but Lambert did win those ugly games, that's one thing you can give Lambert, he just couldn't beat anyone in the top 10.
The poster is right, alot of people have been sucked in and are seeing things that aren't there yet, we're still a light touch, we still aren't threatening sides as much as we need to and absolutely you create your own luck, but we've had a lot lately. You mention Wycombe, they missed from 2 yards.
As said on the weekend, we've spent plenty of money and changed 2 managers to get back to where we were under Lambert, a side that can win some ugly games, but also spend 80 odd minutes creating nothing but passing it around the halfway line. Absolutely media duties isn't the be all and end all, but hearing the manager already using a pitch as an excuse doesnt cut it for me at this level, when you barely come across a carpet. How it effected our 1 touch passing. time to forget fancy football. It looks great, but it's league 1, just do what is needed to get out of it. |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:35 - Jan 31 with 1736 views | pennblue |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:11 - Jan 31 by Stewart27 |
Top 2 chasing Wycombe didn’t have a shot on target.
We beat Gillingham 4-0.
We win 2 close ugly games last week that we simply would have lost under cook and Lambert.
Interesting narrative though. |
I think we got lucky in those 2 ugly games, we could easily have lost both.
Don't get me wrong, I think it is great we won them both, but I don't think messing around with tactics each game, or playing out the back with our centre half's is going to turn us into a top 2 side.
The only thing that will turn us into a top two side is to keep improving the quality of player we have. Hopefully we can get to the point where we have a defence that does not leave a square mile of space inside the penalty area within 10 mins of the game starting. | |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:41 - Jan 31 with 1645 views | clive_baker |
Must be time to throw some more mud at the wall in the hope it sticks. Or are we keeping our powder dry until the summer? |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:45 - Jan 31 with 1578 views | jayessess |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:35 - Jan 31 by pennblue |
I think we got lucky in those 2 ugly games, we could easily have lost both.
Don't get me wrong, I think it is great we won them both, but I don't think messing around with tactics each game, or playing out the back with our centre half's is going to turn us into a top 2 side.
The only thing that will turn us into a top two side is to keep improving the quality of player we have. Hopefully we can get to the point where we have a defence that does not leave a square mile of space inside the penalty area within 10 mins of the game starting. |
Are the players at the current top 2 really a much higher individual quality? They're good teams rather than exceptional players. |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:50 - Jan 31 with 1498 views | clive_baker |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:11 - Jan 31 by Stewart27 |
Top 2 chasing Wycombe didn’t have a shot on target.
We beat Gillingham 4-0.
We win 2 close ugly games last week that we simply would have lost under cook and Lambert.
Interesting narrative though. |
Gillingham are a pub side, let's at least agree on that. They were absolutely dreadful, worse than Doncaster were IMO.
We huffed and puffed against Wycombe but it was days after KM joined, I don't think it was too much of a reflection on him in his defence. 2 sobering away defeats, 1 comfortable win at Wimbledon albeit not a top performance, and got over the line against Accrington where we did, on balance, deserve it. It's a middling start for me, given the quality of the opposition. Had Lambert overseen these 6 games and that performance on Saturday we would be labelled flat track bullies.
We really need 2 wins from the next 2 which would tee up a biggie against MK Dons.
It's still very early days for KM though, he clearly has something about him and he needs weeks, realistically months, and probably a full pre season to get his ideas across. People who think he has a magic wand and will change us overnight really need to give him a fair shot. We'll get it right, it might just take some time. Let's just enjoy the journey. [Post edited 31 Jan 2022 11:52]
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:52 - Jan 31 with 1466 views | pennblue |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:45 - Jan 31 by jayessess |
Are the players at the current top 2 really a much higher individual quality? They're good teams rather than exceptional players. |
Rotherham and Wigan are for sure better (more consistent) teams, but you could argue they have better players too.
We are still short of 3 quality players, who are well up for it. | |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 12:02 - Jan 31 with 1360 views | jayessess |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:52 - Jan 31 by pennblue |
Rotherham and Wigan are for sure better (more consistent) teams, but you could argue they have better players too.
We are still short of 3 quality players, who are well up for it. |
Why not just work on getting more from the players we have already? | |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 12:36 - Jan 31 with 1132 views | Bobbychase |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 11:35 - Jan 31 by pennblue |
I think we got lucky in those 2 ugly games, we could easily have lost both.
Don't get me wrong, I think it is great we won them both, but I don't think messing around with tactics each game, or playing out the back with our centre half's is going to turn us into a top 2 side.
The only thing that will turn us into a top two side is to keep improving the quality of player we have. Hopefully we can get to the point where we have a defence that does not leave a square mile of space inside the penalty area within 10 mins of the game starting. |
If If If If
Sunderland got lucky when they beat us at the Stadium of Light.
You can't discount victories because we "might" have drawn or lost.
We didn't. |  |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 12:49 - Jan 31 with 1045 views | braveblue |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 10:56 - Jan 31 by pennblue |
Not exactly convincing wins were they? (apart from Gillingham)
Wycombe should have been a draw, we nearly went 2-0 down at home last week,
and there was another one where we got off lightly too. We have had the rub of the green.
Let's not pretend that things have dramatically changed, because they haven't.
The most annoying thing of this transfer window, is we needed to strengthen defence (central) and midfield (central), and left back. I don't see yet any evidence yet that we have sorted those 3 positions out with the right personnel.
I just hope this 'new model' of recruitment works. [Post edited 31 Jan 2022 11:02]
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How long before your first McKenna out post? 12 points out of 18 is quite simply an improvement. | | | |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 12:52 - Jan 31 with 1009 views | jayessess |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 12:36 - Jan 31 by Bobbychase |
If If If If
Sunderland got lucky when they beat us at the Stadium of Light.
You can't discount victories because we "might" have drawn or lost.
We didn't. |
Wycombe were no more productive going forward in that game than we were at Hillsborough on Saturday. Definitely strange to regard the win as reflective of our good fortune and the defeat as evidence of our true lack of quality. | |
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| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 13:47 - Jan 31 with 757 views | Churchman |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 12:52 - Jan 31 by jayessess |
Wycombe were no more productive going forward in that game than we were at Hillsborough on Saturday. Definitely strange to regard the win as reflective of our good fortune and the defeat as evidence of our true lack of quality. |
Agreed. It’s a strange old world. So for some, any win bar the Wycombe, Portsmouth and Doncaster ones were lucky. All defeats deserved. All draws deserved defeat. All bad signings are down to Ashton (proven by whether the players was playing for Bristol, had been there or heard of it), all good signings Cook’s/KMs.
Back on planet earth, we have a crudely put together collection of players. However, there’s obvious ability in most of them and I believe can form the basis of a good team for L1, possibly Championship. It all needs refining, tweaking and time to develop. Had I hoped we would storm it like Wigan? Of course, but the level of change and Cook’s way of doing things has put paid to that sadly.
Will McKenna get it right? I hope so and 4 wins in 6 is for me a good start. The failings in the team cannot be hidden and nor can the loss of two key midfielders for these games. Whatever happens between now and May, KM deserves support.
Whether the ‘success now or kick him out’ brigade like it or not, there are no quick fixes. I kind of hope we continue to clear a few players out and wait to the summer to add to the team.
I see Harris has gone to Gillingham. I much prefer who we have. |  | | |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 14:13 - Jan 31 with 673 views | pennblue |
| Are we expecting any arrivals today? on 12:49 - Jan 31 by braveblue |
How long before your first McKenna out post? 12 points out of 18 is quite simply an improvement. |
We need to give McKenna at least until the end of next season, to give him a fair crack of the whip.
He has every chance of success, as he has great backing, has an easier set of fixtures this 2nd half of the season, and he is not going to be judged on a squad of a players that are at the bottom of Div 2.
"22nd Colchester 26 -13 26"
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