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Thread | Back to front season??
at 17:55 26 Jul 2021
Interested to know what people think. Usually we start like a train and struggle after Christmas. Will this season be the reverse? New players taking time to gel and getting stronger as the season progresses. No doubt if we struggle in the first few games there will pressure on Cook. |
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Reply | Struggling since Jan
at 11:16 8 Mar 2020
True. Many of the goals against (which aren’t individual errors) seem to be a result of over committing players forward. Would suggest we are easy to counter against.
Are we asking Lambert for too much? We wanted attacking, possession based football - but then sold most of the players suited to that style? To be fair to Lambert he has always said it will take several years and even when we were top he said that it was only the beginning of the journey. Form ultimately dictates whether something is deemed successful... |
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Thread | Struggling since Jan
at 10:47 8 Mar 2020
For as long as I can remember we’ve been shocking in the second half of the season. Seem to do OK until Christmas (last season aside) and then slide dangerously afterwards. I hoped that things might change this year given a bloated squad and lower level football but seems to be the same thing. Is it fitness? Is it mental fatigue? Do other teams raise their level? Either way - still looking forward to Bristol Rovers! |
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Reply | Help needed - I-Follow
at 19:44 20 Aug 2019
Cheers Mullet. I logged out and in again a few times and it is working for me now. Thanks again. |
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Thread | Help needed - I-Follow
at 19:37 20 Aug 2019
Hope someone can help me. I've just signed up to watch the match tonight but whenever I click on the watch now button - it takes me to try and buy another match pass.
Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to use the app? |
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Thread | Seems an accurate reflection...
at 17:37 27 Apr 2019
20 minutes in...
Chambers having a shocker. Nsiala error prone. Keane injured and Jackson getting nowhere near long balls forward and passing which is both risky and inaccurate. Only Bishop looking up to Championship standard.
I enjoyed the Sky comment that the actual improvement under Lambert is less than 0.01 points per game!
Can’t wait for the season to be over! |
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Thread | Build for next year...
at 18:01 2 Mar 2019
Leave out the loanees - unless Judge and Keane are going to sign (can’t see it myself). Play the players who are going to be around - ironically, Hurst’s signings. Can’t see Bart, Chambers, Skuse, etc fancying league 1 - and the others left from last year will probably leave when their injuries clear up.
I also worry that Dozzell, Bishop, Downes, Emanuel may feel that they are better than 3rd tier football.
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Thread | Playing to our weakness...
at 17:08 5 Jan 2019
We all wanted passing football - but insisting on it seems to be playing to one of the weakest parts of our squad. Trouble is - not sure what strengths there are to build anything else around? |
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Thread | Our Wigan moment?
at 21:30 6 Oct 2018
Shrewsbury fans pin-pointed an away day at Wigan (who were flying at the time) as the moment their struggling team started to fire - see Harry from Bath’s excellent report. Today has that sort of feel to me. Paul Hurst has an excellent record - and has proved he can develop players rather than buy success with his previous clubs. I think you can see the system is starting to bed in and today will help the players believe in it - keep the faith. |
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Thread | Jordan Graham - no risk pick...
at 04:37 15 Sep 2018
If we’re getting nothing from Ward, Sears, Harrison, Edun?, in that role - what is there to lose by picking Graham? His set pieces looked our most likely source of a goal for long periods vs scum. |
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Thread | Perspective...?
at 12:15 26 Aug 2018
After 5 games last season, Town were in the automatic promotion positions. We ended up 16th with 55 points.
After 5 games this season we are rock bottom of the league. Just as I didn’t expect us to get automatic promotion last year - I don’t expect us to get relegated this year. It’s 5 games and 3 weeks in... give the team a chance! It’s clear what they are trying to build - and change is always messy. If we are trying to build something - rather than merely survive in the league - we need to keep focused on the end result rather than throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I love what Paul Hurst is trying to do - I can see a future in it - and while it’s not fun right now to see my team losing, I’ve seen enough to believe the future will be brighter. |
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Reply | Anyone who was there last night care ...
at 20:03 15 Aug 2018
I’d say Sears, Ward and Spence. Chambers had a stinker but can’t imagine he’s going to rant at the club captain!! I thought Knudsen ran his heart out at wing back - but was caught out of position a few times. |
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Thread | Clunk - Click
at 18:15 15 Aug 2018
I was so excited by yesterday’s game - but left it really confused. They tried hard, and were desperately wanting to play pass and move football - but it was incredibly clunky!
For what it’s worth - here are my thoughts...
Nobody seemed to communicate with anyone else, two players in each other’s space a lot of the time, not sure where to run off the ball, not sure where to play the ball when they had it, numerous occasions when it was freely passed out of play due to confusion or poor passing! Paul Hurst said it was pedestrian, and it was, but my take is that was because the system was bloody confused. It certainly wasn’t easy for me to see what the pattern of play was, or a game plan for unlocking the defence. We pushed plenty of men forward - often too many as the wing backs were caught out several times - but there didn’t seem to be an understood plan.
Edun caught the eye - but he is really not a central midfield playmaker. Chalobah covered a lot of ground and looked classy - but needs to speed things up considerably when he is faced with a decision. The game rather passed Nolan by. Sears flattered to deceive - as did Ward. Knudsen and Donacien flogged themselves on the wing - never stopped running - but due to poor passing were often caught in no-mans-land when defending. I am still to be convinced by Spence and he was functional without impressing. Nsiala looked good (if basic) and Chambers had a stinker...again I think in part because him and Nsiala do not currently have a clue what the other is going to do. Bart wasn’t even sure where to pass the ball. Jackson did well with little support, Rowe was very direct and it was just nice to see Bishop our playing again.
I believe that all of the players looked good enough - just need time to get to know each other and a lot of patience before it begins to click. I think someone like Bishop or Huws (if we can get them fit) could be the missing link that helps us click. It will come, and it was nice (albeit weird) to see a Town team pass the ball from back to front.
Keep the faith!! |
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Reply | HUMDINGER!!
at 14:03 14 Aug 2018
Agree! Exeter are a good team who are playing with confidence. I’m not expecting wonders from Town tonight, but I want to see progress from last year.
When McCarthy first came in it was exciting to see structure appear in our play - and the players clearly knew the drill (attack down the left, gain space for Cresswell to cross etc. etc.). But it got so stale that I begrudged paying to travel and watch it. The first and only time I left early was Cardiff away two years back - it was so boring.
I’m of an age where I was treated to Lyall and Burley (sadly just too young to witness Robson). There has been an awful lot of managerial misses in between but I have a good feeling about our current manager. Now I want the see the PH structure and style. I don’t really even care about the result - a win would be nice but signs that I have my footballing team back will be enough for me. |
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