Haven’t been on here for a while. But finally forced to vent my frustration. Sorry I haven’t read back through all the previous comments so if I cover ground or issues previously mentioned by others my apologies.
So where to start. How about kick off.
It set the tone for the rest of the afternoon. Thump the ball long to the left wing position. And here’s my first observation. Browne is a quick and talented winger who has for several weeks been a very effective, tricky and direct winger and yet we seem to want to use him as a big “nod it on” centre forward. Pointless. Who is going after anything he does get on to. So poor style of play that is ineffective and is clearly pissing him off. Get it into space and on the ground.
As for our supposed big “nod it on” centre forward. I thought on Shrek had a Donkey but we appear to have one too! Mackie really offers very little other than a focal point for arguments and pissing off officials and the opposition. Next to no real attacking threat. Get rid.
Long - big heart but lacks ball skill, composure and gets caught out too easily. Where is Cameron Norman.
Moushino - big heart and does give us some control but slow slow slow.
Eastwood, Whyte, Brannagan, Ruffles, Henry and Nelson provide the core of a decent team but too many weak links. And need more consistency.
And as for the prize donkey. Someone please take Donkey Dickie out. A liability. I know it’s mixing my animal references but there is a bit of Bambi on ice about him. Got to go. Raglan more than deserves a run. He can’t be any worse and has never let us down.
Thanks for the analysis, how many games have you witnessed this season home and away?
So finally to the shape. Given Mackie’s lack of pace and skill our wide players need to be making diagonal runs across the pitch in behind Mackie. That way the ball coming out from defence can be played through the midfield and onto someone cutting in from a flank. At the moment they hog the flank and only come in once in possession. At which point they get tackled. They need to run in/across without the ball to give us options going forward. Several times yesterday there was no forward option and we fanny around at the back and loose it or just hoof it up.
So what? Raglan in. Norman in ( or sign a new right back), new centre forward. Change the way we operate across the front three. Trust Henry to link things up.
And can KR stop blaming the referees, injuries, bad luck, South American witch doctors or time of the month!
Own the problem and do something about it.
Thank you. Sorry if all this has already been said. But I feel better now!
Happy New Year.......
