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Escott1927 wrote:Didnt deserve a draw really. Defended for the majority of the game like a team from a lower league.
Cant pass, no creativity, no pace. Aimless long balls conceding possession just to be on the back foot again.
Until we can keep possession better there's no chance of top 6.
Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:12 pm
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Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:24 pm
llan bluebird wrote:we also need to try Perry in the back 3, to increase the mobility and footballing ability
Flint is OK, Nelson L1, and Brown at the moment a L2 stopper
Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:25 pm
Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:30 pm
llan bluebird wrote:Escott1927 wrote:Didnt deserve a draw really. Defended for the majority of the game like a team from a lower league.
Cant pass, no creativity, no pace. Aimless long balls conceding possession just to be on the back foot again.
Until we can keep possession better there's no chance of top 6.
We all blame the central midfield, that back line are just back to the wall defenders, none of them can play. We need Keifer because we can't play
Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:33 pm
Crayfish wrote:Have to say I am getting more and more depressed about the thought of Mick McCarthy managing us next season. Expecting a Russel Slade sort of season. Probably be dull and pragmatic enough to avoid being anywhere near relegation but nowhere near good enough to get near the playoffs either
Given that we will have a limited amount of money to spend if anything we will need to rely on our youth set up for some good players. So fat he has been resolute in not playing anyone form our youth team. I think all he is interested is making sure the results are just good enough to not get him the sack and there is zero forward planning for the future.
If we had not given him a two year contract and could get rid of him for nothing at the end of the season I rather suspect he would be gone.
Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:42 pm
Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:43 pm
BaltimoreBlues wrote:Crayfish wrote:Have to say I am getting more and more depressed about the thought of Mick McCarthy managing us next season. Expecting a Russel Slade sort of season. Probably be dull and pragmatic enough to avoid being anywhere near relegation but nowhere near good enough to get near the playoffs either
Given that we will have a limited amount of money to spend if anything we will need to rely on our youth set up for some good players. So fat he has been resolute in not playing anyone form our youth team. I think all he is interested is making sure the results are just good enough to not get him the sack and there is zero forward planning for the future.
If we had not given him a two year contract and could get rid of him for nothing at the end of the season I rather suspect he would be gone.
This is how a see next season going as well. We won’t get relegated, but will probably end up slightly lower to where we are now. I really hope I’m proved wrong though, and will keep supporting (miserably) regardless.
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Postby Escott1927 » Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:43 pm
BaltimoreBlues wrote:
Crayfish wrote:
Have to say I am getting more and more depressed about the thought of Mick McCarthy managing us next season. Expecting a Russel Slade sort of season. Probably be dull and pragmatic enough to avoid being anywhere near relegation but nowhere near good enough to get near the playoffs either
Given that we will have a limited amount of money to spend if anything we will need to rely on our youth set up for some good players. So fat he has been resolute in not playing anyone form our youth team. I think all he is interested is making sure the results are just good enough to not get him the sack and there is zero forward planning for the future.
If we had not given him a two year contract and could get rid of him for nothing at the end of the season I rather suspect he would be gone.
This is how a see next season going as well. We won’t get relegated, but will probably end up slightly lower to where we are now. I really hope I’m proved wrong though, and will keep supporting (miserably) regardless.
I'm thinking along the same lines as both of you. I cant see much changing. We will just continue to grind results out through shear grit, rather than out playing teams.
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:06 pm
Winchmore Hill Bluebird wrote:It was still a better performance today, whatever you all espouse above.
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:21 pm
Escott1927 wrote:Winchmore Hill Bluebird wrote:It was still a better performance today, whatever you all espouse above.
A better performance to what?
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:57 pm
Escott1927 wrote:Winchmore Hill Bluebird wrote:It was still a better performance today, whatever you all espouse above.
A better performance to what?
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:07 pm
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Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:15 am
TopCat CCFC wrote:If that goal had not gone in the last mins remaining - different story .
Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:20 am
llan bluebird wrote:we also need to try Perry in the back 3, to increase the mobility and footballing ability
Flint is OK, Nelson L1, and Brown at the moment a L2 stopper
Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:30 am
Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:34 am
AfricanBluebird wrote:Glen Williams, who's WOL player ratings have been pretty spot on this season, marked each of the three central midfield players as 5 out of 10. I think he was a little generous for Ralls, who I can't even remember making a pass or tackle.
Playing Ralls, Pack and Vaulks in the centre has NEVER worked. It stifles the little creativity we have and our passing descends into long balls, loose passes and the entire team slows down.
When Murphy came on last night and later Ojo, they did more than the 3 midfielders combined in the previous 70 minutes.
At least one of the three has to be shifted on in the Summer... I would keep Vaulks - his long throws, worldies, energy and general attitude is a real benefit. Pack is just too slow and gives the ball away too much. When he does have time he is good, but time on the ball is a luxury that is rare in the championship. Ralls.. I wouldn't be too disappointed to see him leave. He has done great for us but I just think he has hit a glass ceiling in his development and isn't what we need. If he stays as a back up, fine, but not starting games.
We need two players at least in central midfield. Players comfortable on the ball, who can pass and drive us forward.
I am sick of us conceding so much possession and being so negative. I understand that possession is only a vanity statistic if you don't do much with the ball, but keeping possession when winning is a simple mathematical equation - the opposition can't create chances if you have the ball.
We need a change of approach and start improving our passing and dominance in games, and that won't happen until there are come personnel changes in the centre.
Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:44 am