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All set-up for promotion then!! I feel the same, and Iโm sure many others do too!Iโm not enjoying anything about the football club at the moment, least of all watching the games.
I need a cuddle from Greg Leigh.
Most looked shocked witnessing Long and Negruโs complete abominationOf all the players youโve decided to slate the one who only played for 15 minutes?!
As for people blaming Long for the 2nd goal, yes it was a bad/odd decision but the goal wasnโt scored until 26 seconds later after that pass. In that time there were at least 3 changes to get rid of the ball.
That isnโt even taking into account that it should have been offside.
Spot onWhat a difference one goal makes, if weโd hung on, there would be comments about how weโre cementing a place in the play-off positions/ground out a gritty win.
I was encouraged by Murphy, Goodwin and Dale tonight. New options for the team.
Brannagan and Goodrham performed well as usual.
Just a shame about the farcical late goal which changes the whole dynamic of this thread.
Thereโs all this talk of โpassing it around the backโ which ignores the fact that we controlled the game for the first 30 minutes and also created two or three good chances in that time to make it 2-0.Blame whoever decides that once we go 1-0 up that tactically we should just pass the ball around at the back. Bodin made the mistake but Brannigan nearly got caught 5 minutes earlier. Our players are not good enough to do it. Make a mistake in that area the chances are you conceed. I understand that doing it to try and pull your opponents team forward to create space but the pace at which we do it and the lack of control when we do it, makes the tactic niave.
When we attacked at pace we created so many opportunities, but when we play this awfully boring passing at the back the only option appears to be a long diagonal to the winger and hope something happens.
The poor football that we are watchingCan anyone put their finger on why the atmosphere at the ground has been so flat the last couple of seasons?
Can anyone put their finger on why the atmosphere at the ground has been so flat the last couple of seasons?
There was some great football under KR ,better than what we are turning out at the minute, he just lost the plot last season. But we are just limping along ,we need Moore back we would have won that with him at the back.Are you serious ? The football we see now does not, in the slightest, resemble what we saw under Robinson. KR lost the plot, professionally and privately, in the end but donโt insult the bloke any further by drawing comparison with this tripe we see from Des.
Thought we played better tonight as we played with a higher tempo.
Just poor decision making cost us the game.
Two absolute brain farts from Long and Bodin lead to their two goals (and only real attempts on target). Other than that, they struggled to lay a glove on us.
We were pretty dull and uncourageous at times, especially in the first half and I can't help thinking that with a bit more attacking intent (and obviously a couple less individual brain farts) we should've been comfortably out of sight.
And although the initial selection raised a few eyebrows, I can see what the aim was in the sense we were able to flood both defence and attack and overwhelm the cobblers. We just didn't do the attacking bit nearly enough....we could've had them on toast by half time with a bit more conviction and decisiveness.
Frustrating!
But.....great to see Murphy playing so well. Also thought Negru did well, apart from the absolute hospital pass from Long. And also good to see a quality finish from Goodwin too. Good energy from Dale too and great cross to set up Goodwin too.
And can someone please wrap Brannagan in cotton woo until the end of the season?