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An upmarket version of our Carlisle tactics worked a treat for Spurs yesterday in the first half but they couldn’t sustain it either.
Only way to get a breather in football is to keep the football for longer periods which has the added advantage of working and tiring the opposition.
If only we could do it.
Really dissapointing but for once I feel sorry for the players.
I will take that every week win, lose or draw but we had a go.
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Assume Bunn is unfit. Forced into 4-4-2.
I would have picked Rowe ahead of Millen and Pugh ahead of Wood otherwise best of what’s available.
Shows how much shit we are in that Hippo makes the best available team.
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I woold put Bunn wide right instead of Wood and stick Jarvis up with Scrimshaw because we will lump it. Otherwise agree.
If Wood plays it’s probably a condition of the loan deal. If Hackney plays then it’s definitely part of the loan deal.
Nothing agagainst the young boys, they will probably end up as fine footballers but based on the last 2 games theyare not equipped for a League 2 relegation fight just yet.
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Don’t jump to conclusions about supporting the team and the club just because people are unhappy with the current situation.
I was there last Saturday and will be there a week on Saturday. I will support the club and the team just as I have for 55 years despite living well away from the area for 35 of those years.
I would probably be trotting up to Carlisle on Saturday if we were not quite as painful to watch at the moment. Even then I will watch the inevitable defeat on iFollow.
Its because we care that we are so concerned about the state of the team and the club.
By the way who appointed you into the position of deciding what Iron supporters should think or do?
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Forgot to add if he had splashed his own cash and not seized the clubs assets to cover it he might be viewed a bit more sympathetically.
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Lets all stop moaning because 6 or 7 years ago we had a decent team.
Let’s treat the last 3 seasons and this season of total shite as a bit of a blip and be thankful to the great lord and master.
Open your eyes you fecking idiot. Did you watch the game last Saturday?
The past has gone, we are one point from the bottom of the pile and you think we should be having a party.
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That’s because our fishy friends are now owned by people who care more about the football club than they do about the land it sits on.
Don’t forget the Cods had a chairman with a similar popularity rating as ours for the last 16 years before the new guys took over.
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I keep forgetting about Jarvis. I do agree he probably has more potential to become a “proper” League 2 target man than Loft. I like Loft’s work rate and the bit of edge that he has but his hold up play has not improved in the slightest since he has been here. I really don’t know what these guys do in training but it is not working. Surely Lillis could coach the guy on proper centre forward play.
When Loft does get the ball sent up to him he immediately tries to take on his man or try some outrageous first time ball. He never gets the ball properly under control and lays a simple ball off to midfield or a partner (on the odd occasion he has a partner).
I would be applying the 3 strike rule. Do it once you get the stare. Do it twice you get a bollocking. Third time your substituted and Jarvis comes on.
I don’t think anyone is under the illusion that Loft and Scrimshaw will be a great partnership. Just that they are probably the best pair out of a very inexperienced bunch.
O’Neil looks to be very one paced (speed close to reverse) and Green despite multiple opportunities cannot either control or pass the ball. No idea what Hippolyte’s best position is supposed to be but it is not as a front man. I would rather see Jessop up front gaining some experience than either of those two.
Hence Loft and Scrimshaw are the best of a less than great bunch. Let’s face it if any of our forwards were great they wouldnt be here.
At least Loft and Scrimshaw give centre backs something to think about. They could be smoking cigars when any of the others are playing.
Our biggest problem is we dont have any wide midfield players. All of our current bunch including the loanees seem to want to play centrally. Green and Hippolyte are nominally wide midfielders but see above. I think this is the main reason we are playing 5 at the back. You need width and support for the front men from wide midfielders in a 4-4-2.
Unfortunately 5 at the back only works if you pass out from the back. We play that system and still lump it up to forwards with no great ability in the air or to hold the ball up.
Consequently we have a shit show.
It is all about opinions but mine is that Southgate has 12 to 15 genuine world class players available.
Previous England managers have had 4 or 5 at best.
11 of them were in the team against a Polish team with one world class player.
We set up to not lose and to negate the threat of their one class player.
I think that is poor coaching.
We have all heard about “golden generations” with Portugal and Belgium.
I think we have one now and Mr Cautious is blowing it.
Similarities with Cox are there to see.
I am not suggesting the Iron have a golden generation (far from it) but we do have plenty of players well capable of performing at League 2 level. But we send them out every game with the overwhelming priority not to concede thus handing the initiative to the opposition.
It’s as if we must not concede because we probably won’t score. Self fulfilling prophesy comes into play. In Ferguson’s heyday Man U players went into every game knowing they were expected to win it. They were told (probably very loudly) that they were better than the opposition and they often were.
I would love to see some of that mentality from Cox and Southgate.
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Must have been an interesting article Cass. Kenny is speechless.
I know just the right fellow for the draw ticket job. Now what was his name again?
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Footballers generally tend to look “leggy” when they play most of the game without the ball.
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Because whatever the question the answer is yes sir.
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Shocking defending from Manny and Davis to cause the problem in the first place. Aimless ball forward gets us into trouble with 3 centre backs.
Devarn didnt prove me wrong today. Ended up playing up front, in midfield and then at right back. Shite in all 3 positions. Yet he finished the game. What’s that about Neil?
Wood could be a Yates. The other loanee in midfield looks more of a Regan Slater. Early days though. Again Neil thought you should have brought him off earlier.
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The BLM movement did not invent kneeling as a way of showing respect. Christian churchgoers have used it extensively for 2,000 years.
I don’t know this for sure but expect the number of Marxists in the England mens football squad is approximately zero.
Can we let go of this bullshit that opposition to sportspeople taking the knee is an anti Marxist stance. Anyone that does not support anti racist gestures has every right to do so but at least have the balls to admit that is what you are doing.
Personally I would prefer 10 seconds of both teams and officials linking with arms over one another’s shoulders with the message of equality and all lives matter. However, taking the knee is better than doing nothing about equality which is what most of society does.
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Probably best not to bite when he goes fishing…..
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