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There we are then, job done. One up against 10 men with 5 minutes to go. Goalscorer and main provider off to rest up, what could possibly go wro…….. Oh ****!!!!
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They’ve been watching too much Rugby Union, it gains ground, keeps them away from our goal and sets the tone for the rest of the game – get it forward and hope we get lucky.
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‘And no pass backs to Mahady, if Butler does not want boos from the home fans.’
Seems harsh. The occasional pass back to the keeper does no harm. Not if it becomes the go to move thoughFree kicks just inside our half played backwards when there’s an opportunity to put the ball in the opponents box is not a good tactic in my view.
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Arrogant and conceited are not necessarily drawbacks for a successful football manager.
See Ferguson, Clough, Wenger, Shankly and Alf Ramsey for evidence. Bill would probably add Laws to that sample.Just about to post similar MKI with special reference to Sir Alex, a most unlikeable individual IMO.
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I agree mick. One area where AB cannot escape criticism is his recruitment of loan players. I have always maintained that loanees should be guaramteed starters if they are to have the necessary impact. Westbrooke & TSF aside how many starts have we had from the likes of Eze, Chadwick, Hurst & Dausch.
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Could it be a tactical switch? A few weeks ago the aim was 2nd/3rd to get a home SF. Has player power forced a decision to try for all away play off games?
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Some players are not NL standard certainly but there are some that looked that good (and better) are now playing like NLN (and worse)
Have to agree about latest loanees, very strange choices and hard to see how they have improved the squad which seems short of numbers (temporarily due to injuries) and quality (presumably due to budgetaey constraints)
Has Roberts refused to play on the side of the pitch in front of the dugouts?Hammered tomorrow? Every chance.
Butler shown the door? No chance. Quite right too, lower your expectations.1 user thanked author for this post.
It’s speculation certainly but whoever suggested Ewing has a summer move agreed might be on the money. I can’t see any other reason for a quality player early season becoming a poor NLN substitute within weeks. He won’t be catching anybody’s eye on current form. Shame, he looked a real gem.
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The passing today was simply dreadful, Mick. 30%+ poorer than a month ago.
I particularly enjoyed the Aldershot player’s tactic of finding space on the pitch to receive a pass rather than our preference for standing next to an opponent. Could we try that maybe? It gives more leeway for passers of dubious quality to find a team mate.
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Give them a chance! Smith and Dausch haben’t played much, Hurst a bit more but still not a lot. We’ve seen how good Smith is, needs to be playing from the start to get up to speed IMO. Also he’s our player which is another reason to give him priority. He’s a better player than Howe in the ‘left of front 3’ that AB favours.
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I’d agree, shame their manager let them down.
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Whitehall sledging? So that’s in addition to Manny hearing a second whistle and the ref putting him off by shouting.
Probably a photo flash as he approached the ball, a Scunny fan flashing her t**s and a couple of other things that they haven’t thought of yet.3 users thanked author for this post.
Just listened to McNulty’s post match interview. I’d say he was a really bad loser and can hardly imagine what he’d be like if they had lost. Not one bit of praise for our performance but justified their failure to win by telling everybody that we have beaten all the top seven ( Not sure how Carlisle would feel about that!)
The penalty appeared to be that ref’s interpretation of a rule that few appeared to know existed. McNulty thought the ref got it wrong but then admitted he hadn’t a clue. He couldn’t believe they didn’t win and was amazed that we finished with 11. Watch it again Jim and give some credit to the opposition whilst recognising your own teams failings.2 users thanked author for this post.
A “lucky” point? Probably but well deserved IMO.I certainly don’t get the Rochdale “bang average” view, I thought they were excellent apart from finishing. Some of their passing in the attacking third was superb, incisive and accurate. They rarely surrendered possession, something we did regularly, our passing is woeful at times.Second half was not easy to watch from our point of view, possession 80/20 might be generous to us?
“Remember a few night matches at Scotland in the 80s. Rum do’s they were.”
If you’re going to Scotland Deerey then you’re asking for trouble!
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Always judge players on their peak performances, it shows how good they can be. NL players will not be at their peak every week otherwise they’d be playing higher. One or two below par can be excused (just) but when that gets to five or six that looks like a problem. Could be players playing when not 100% fit, playing out of position or something more sinister (I hope not)
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” Robbie Savage slammed his Forest Green Rovers team’s first half performance against Carlisle United as a “disgrace”.
Savage’s side were hit by three Carlisle goals in the space of 19 minutes and, while the Forest Green boss saw improvement after the break, his team still lost 3-1 to Mark Hughes’ Cumbrians.
I stand here and can’t defend that first half performance. It was a disgrace,” said Savage in a BBC interview.”Some similarity here from Saturday. Whose appraisal is preferable AB or RS?
