Definitely sounded like a transfer rather than a loan. I would like to see him given a chance, especially ahead of the likes of Jarvis and Turan. But if Cox doesn’t rate him and he isn’t going to play it’s probably better to get whatever we can for him now rather than him leave for free at the end of the season.
I’d have Hallam over McAtee. If Hallam can stay fit I think he can be a big player for us. What’s McAtee actually done…score what, 2 league goals for us?
Pele’s got it pretty much spot on apart from I’d only give Loft a 6. He put himself about well but gave the ball away loads (again) and definitely should have passed to McAtee for a tap in!
Apart from the Eisa wonder goal this is pretty horrendous. We can’t put more than one pass together and just hoof it back to Vale at every opportunity.
Disregarding fitness/injuries, same starting 11 to keep the shirt. We didn’t do too badly against them at the start of the season so with our squad looking much healthier now than it was back then I’m hoping for a positive result.
Pretty much the same as BS but a 6 for Clarke and 8 for Bedeau, who for a centre half showed better control for his goal than Loft has the entire season!
Such a massive difference having a bit of experience in the team and playing a simple 4-4-2 where everyone knew what there job was. Bedeau & Onariase fantastic, Beestin fantastic, big Kev fantastic. Definitely has the makings of a decent spine!
And there’s me thinking apart from the Exeter game all the other games that were severely impacted by Covid were postponed. So what about the other 12 games this season where we were in pretty much the exact same position as every other club in the football league?
Beestin is our most experienced central midfielder (in terms of English Football League anyway)…he’s made over 50 professional appearances, the majority being for Donny in League 1! He deserves a chance after his recent performances.
Well said that man, agree with almost everything he said, especially with being frustrated by Swann blaming Covid (which all clubs are in the same position with!). This started in January when we started getting rid of experienced players like Novak and Lund, with Swann already coming out with his groundbreaking “go with youth (i.e. cheap non-league cast-offs)” model.
Howard – 5 – could he have come and taken control for the 2nd goal?
Cordner – 2 – worst centre back we’ve had since Mamadou Seck.
Bedeau – 5 – poor game
Brown – 4 – would have been a 5 but penalty was his fault, first in creating the opportunity then the stupid challenge.
Butroid – 4 – doesn’t really offer anything, can’t tackle and isn’t any good going forwards
Green – 6 – some nice runs and decent play, would have been a 7 if not for giving away a needless penalty.
Spence – 6 – broke up play well enough but plays it too safe when on the ball.
Taylor – 5 – odd flashes but not in the game enough.
Gilliead – 7 our best player every week.
McAtee – 6 – decent first half but pretty anonymous second. Gives the ball away too much.
Turan – 2 – why did we sign this pathetic excuse of a footballer? I guess you get what you pay for when signing a non-scoring striker from a semi-pro, regional German team!
Cox – 4 – he must bang his head against the wall at the goals we concede but he doesn’t help himself with rubbish formations and substitutions coming too late in the day.
Ref – 4 – wouldn’t let the players breathe on each other let alone make challenges!
Keogh/Sharp…Hooper/Hayes. We don’t necessarily need a big and nasty up there to score goals. Olomola has the best track record of our strikers for scoring goals in League 2 bar KVV, I’d be more than willing to give him a decent chance.
There was evidence that Swann meddles in team affairs. A couple of years ago the squad were on a team coach (think it was one of those Austria pre season tours). Hakeeb was live streaming on Instagram…someone commented “where’s the gaffer?”…Jack King (who had left the club by this point) replied “you mean Peter Swann?” There was then laughter and comments such as “better take this down before getting in trouble”. If that’s not horse’s mouth then I don’t know what is!
They are poor though Les. There’s a reason we finished in the bottom echelons of League 2 last season and there’s a reason why almost every one of our new signings were playing non-league football last season. Some might come good (the majority won’t) but our season definitely needs to pick up soon or we’ll be finishing lower than we did last season with a serious relegation battle on our hands!
Did anyone really expect any different today with the team we’re able to put out?
Watson – the worst GK we’ve had since Tommy Evans (maybe worse than him!).
Hornshaw – playing kids football until this season and being played out of position.
Cordner – only played non-league until this season.
Bedeau – has always been a calamity waiting to happen.
O’Malley – playing kids football until this season.
Gilliead – the best of a real bad bunch.
Spence – first season in English football.
Vincent – only played non-league until this season.
Eisa – hasn’t really done anything of note since his last goal for us against Newport last season (15 league games ago).
Taylor – already turned him into a poor footballer (we seem to have a knack of doing this).
Jarvis – was deemed not good enough for Sutton United in the National League.
Cox – snapped up from being an assistant manager in non-league. Appointed because he’s from Scunny, no other reason.
