Maybe for part of it, but we were a brilliant Cumming save away frompossible capitulation.leading 3-2
Give me a battler any time ,over a fancy Dan....RR is starting to really irritate me now. Flashes of brilliance mixed with long periods of mediocrity and carelessness, and he seems to be booked for dissent virtually every game
He is not the same player under Des as he was under Snake and Short, sorry to say. Doesn't really seem to know what his role is and you can see his frustration.RR is starting to really irritate me now. Flashes of brilliance mixed with long periods of mediocrity and carelessness, and he seems to be booked for dissent virtually every game
He's not been the same since he was hoping his old Notts County manager ,was going to get the Oxford job..He is not the same player under Des as he was under Snake and Short, sorry to say. Doesn't really seem to know what his role is and you can see his frustration.
As someone who was at that game, Carlisle were awful and even with being on top for half an hour didn’t look like scoring. Des got the tactics spot on that game.Maybe for part of it, but we were a brilliant Cumming save away from possible capitulation.
Not really the attitude though, is it. Players shouldn’t be credited for doing nothing wrong, they should be credited for doing things right and being notably effective in the game. It’s not unreasonable to think all XI players can do that at once either. Manning was really making ground in this respect, hardly any passengers to a man by the time he left and we’ve seen it in flashes under Des but consistency is lacking.Did Long really do that much wrong? Thought he had a few decent touches and got involved, was unlucky to be challenging on what was a wickedly whipped cross their striker would have likely put in anyway, then got an awful head injury.
To say he was the reason we lost tonight seems a little bit of a stretch to me.
I try not to be too critical, and I haven’t read any other posts, but I have to say it - we were utter dog shite tonight. I know the conditions were bad but it was the same for both teams. I was really expecting us to go for it and take the game to Barnsley in the second half with the wind behind us but we spent the first 20 minutes of it tapping the ball around at the back. So frustrating… It was men against boys on and off the pitch. No urgency, no tempo, the players don’t seem to know what they are supposed to be doing. There’s no structure, decent players are being made to look really poor. I was surprised at how poor Burey looked. Tyler Goodrham was just outmuscled although he kept trying and showed flashes of what he can do. McGuane was non-existent and Rodrigues just cut a frustrated - and frustrating- figure. Harris was outnumbered up front with no real support. Greg Leigh, with the wind behind us, should have been a key attacking player but he just stayed at left back and didnt really contribute much… The ‘x factor’ is just missing.
Really frustrated tonight.
Or even worse, Jim Smith Mark 2.Tactically and game plan wise, Des makes Liam Manning look like a mix of Pep, Klopp and Sir Alex.
It's Patto all over again.
I don't agreeSides know that if they press us when we have the ball, and keep the ball in the air a fair bit, then we can't play our game, and can just be picked off when the opportunity comes. The better sides can do this, and we have no answer.
He definitely wasn't the reason we lost but despite time apart, Stevens and him still looked poor together. The amount of time and space they gave that number 7 in the first half was criminal. He lacked pace but had a sweet left foot and they decided to just leave him free time and time again.Did Long really do that much wrong? Thought he had a few decent touches and got involved, was unlucky to be challenging on what was a wickedly whipped cross their striker would have likely put in anyway, then got an awful head injury.
To say he was the reason we lost tonight seems a little bit of a stretch to me.
I think you are slightly underplaying the impact of the abysmal weather. That said, once again we appear lightweight.I don’t recall a more lacklustre first 70 minutes at home all season. This is off the back of 10 days off, too!
Buckingham has stated that Long starting was pre-meditated and pre-determined before Saturdays postponement. If that is the case, based upon who Barnsley have upfront (Cole & Cosgrove), then it can go down as nothing other than naivety. On what planet, did he think Long would be sharp enough to come into a back 3 and marshall either of them effectively? Long certainly didn’t.
Elliot Moore and Brown were both way off the pace. I’ve not seen Elliot Moore miss more headers and Brown misplace more passes all season.
Brannagan was head and shoulders above every other player in yellow.
People are communicating that the conditions made it a lottery. If that is the case, we didn’t buy the right ticket, as our in game management was not up to the standard of Barnsley’s.
For the first time, I’m finding myself really question if this squad has what it takes to get into the play offs this season. Since Des came in, we’ve taken 1 point from 12 against those in the top 6. It’s not knee jerk or reactionary to say that a return like that, is not going to be sufficient to secure a play off place.
We’ve a soft under belly in midfield and in the CF area. We are too easy to dominate when playing the stronger sides in this league and have been for some time. That isn’t a ‘Desism’ but he needs to address it to get us more bite in the middle.
The next 10 days are huge. 6 points are an absolute minimum requirement.
Final word for the crowd. Fair play if you were one of the other 6400 or so home fans that bothered tonight . Shame the atmosphere was absolutely garbage.
Final word for the crowd. Fair play if you were one of the other 6400 or so home fans that bothered tonight . Shame the atmosphere was absolutely garbage.
I think you are slightly underplaying the impact of the abysmal weather. That said, once again we appear lightweight.