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Thread | It’s not just about recruitment….
at 11:25 13 Aug 2025
….its about tactics as well.
There’s a growing obsession about getting players “through the door” but there’s plenty of quality in the squad (albeit light in numbers) to get the basics right.
Tactically and stylistically we really need to improve.
We are far too passive in possession, we pass the ball far too slowly out of defence. Watching our keeper roll it to the full back, who then passes it to the centre back who then passes it to the other CB only to roll it to either the full back or the wide player coming deep is becoming painful to watch.
Our attacking players are constantly receiving the ball too deep and facing our own goal, leaving them two “banks” to negotiate, which they relentlessly fail to do.
We need to move the ball quicker, and not allow the opposition to get back into a defensive shape. We simply don’t break forward quick enough to cause defences problems.
Put simply our players constantly receive the ball facing our own goal rather than at worst on the half turn or preferably facing the opposition. It’s the aspect of our play that frustrates me the most.
If we can’t pass through teams, which is happening a lot due the (lack of) pace of our passing, then we need to start playing earlier longer balls to get defenders running towards their own goal. We rarely do this at the moment, but when we do we look dangerous. We have the pace to do this when we need to.
Our set pieces are truly dreadful, from both an attacking and defensive perspective. It was a tad embarrassing to see Bromley look far more effective at the absolute basics like taking corners and attacking the ball than we did.
We genuinely never look like scoring from a set piece but constantly look like we will concede.
Obviously it’s simpler to just demand more players, and yes we do need help in terms of numbers, but we really do need to address our style and tactics as well.
Sort it out coaching team, it’s your job.
Many thanks.
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Thread | Theoretical question about promotion.....
at 18:41 11 Aug 2025
.....to The Premier League.
If it was "voluntary" would you take it?
You still play all Championship matches as usual, you win the league, you get the trophy, you get a big old chunk of prize money, but you don't have to accept promotion.
Would you vote to go up and deal with all that brings, or would you vote to stay in the Championship and do it all again?
I'm not 100% certain what I'd do to be honest. |
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Thread | Kone to QPR.....
at 16:06 11 Aug 2025
....dodged a bullet there I reckon. |
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Thread | Premier League winner odds….
at 08:18 6 Aug 2025
….Liverpool are 7/4.
That seems ridiculously long to me.
They’ve strengthened massively already, and are likely to add Isak before the month is out as well.
Can anyone convince me why I shouldn’t invest all of the wife’s savings on them. |
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Thread | So Omari has a release clause of.....
at 21:22 1 May 2025
....£35m on relegation.
Seems a bit more realistic than Delap's one.
£35m would be decent money, but still not ideal. |
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Thread | Who are the “nerdiest” sports fans….?
at 11:29 30 Apr 2025
….just watching a bit of the snooker and there’s a bloke in the second row watching the match through a pair of binoculars!
Broken Britain. |
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Thread | McKenna being linked with….
at 10:45 23 Apr 2025
….the soon to be vacant Spurs job by talksport.
Daniel Levy is a big admirer apparently and they might be put off by the release clauses in place for their other candidates. |
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Thread | Happy Easter….
at 09:55 20 Apr 2025
….he is risen.
A happy and peaceful Easter Sunday to all those who celebrate. |
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Thread | Will Kookereller….
at 09:02 14 Apr 2025
….get done for flicking the Vs at Sitters yesterday?
That’s what I wanna know.
Outrageous behaviour! |
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Thread | Decent punch-up....
at 18:32 5 Apr 2025
....in the Wolves section halfway through the second half though.
Livened up the afternoon a bit. |
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Thread | Hirst and Slicker both start....
at 18:41 20 Mar 2025
....on the bench for the Jocks tonight.
BBC1 Jockland 7:45 KO if anyone wants to watch and hopefully see them get hammered.
Edit: and iplayer I expect. [Post edited 20 Mar 18:44]
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Thread | We’ve a total of 84 changes….
at 13:39 18 Mar 2025
….to our starting line ups this season, more than any other team.
We’ve never named an unchanged starting eleven.
Obviously some of that is due to injuries, but that really isn’t a healthy situation to be in. |
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Thread | A palpable lack of interest in tomorrows match.....
at 18:41 14 Mar 2025
....not just on here, but a general feeling of "meh" about it.
Am I the only one noticing it?
Feels like we've reached the point where we've all just about had enough of the Prem to me. |
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Thread | Good to see that Selhurst….
at 10:50 9 Mar 2025
….is still a proper old craphole.
How it passes any sort of safety standards is beyond me.
Lovely. |
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