Still feel there are 4 or 5 worse teams in L1 though.
Don’t think we’re down by a long chalk. Conditions dictated. Thought Kashi was terrible. Slow and weak. Long is short of L1 quality. Brannigan anonymous
On the plus side Henry had a decent game, Mackie appeared well up for the battle and Nelson was, as the writer said, majestic.
Curates egg of performance - like our season.
Still feel there are 4 or 5 worse teams in L1 though.
Good read as usual.
For a long time I have been telling people we do have some top players at this level; Eastwood, Nelson, Henry, Brannigan and Whyte, but we are a poor team that is extremely fragile. Glad to read that you think the same.
You surely also noticed that we lose possession from 90% of all the throw-ins we take.Thanks Paul, watching on IFollow, it seemed to be a game full of throw-ins, whether when being at a game I don't notice it as much but watching it on computer it struck me how many throw-ins there were, how long it took to take them and how many yards Rochdale nicked at each one.
You surely also noticed that we lose possession from 90% of all the throw-ins we take.
Something else that isn’t rehearsed on the training ground.
This 'fine margins' stuff is B*****s. It just means 'we don't do things as well as we should'!
You surely also noticed that we lose possession from 90% of all the throw-ins we take.
Something else that isn’t rehearsed on the training ground.
Do you really think Robinson has coached and managed reasonably well? To be honest I think apart from a striker, the recruitment has been pretty good.its the coaching and management that’s been shambolic.I’ve said this before but look at how many games our forwards and defence have played in their current positions. Apart from Eastwood and Nelson it’s very few. The wingers are all rookies and Mackie wasn’t always a centre forward, plus Ruffels is a midfielder. The midfield is experienced and that’s maybe why we are good in this area but vulnerable at each end. I think Robinson has managed and coached reasonably well but our recruitment over the last eighteen months has been appalling.
What I meant was - you can't use 'fine margins' as some sort of reason (or excuse) for underperforming. Just saying 'Well we lost, but it was only fine margins that made the difference' - is exactly the same as saying 'Well we lost, but only because the other team did the important things better'! It is an admission of failure.Exactly, fine margins ?
I would say the recruitment has been the opposite. 2 rights backs signed both no longer playing for us. 1 left back signed can't get into the team. Holmes, Carruthers, Shearer signed barely played. Hanson sign for big money also can't get in the team. Mackie, and Smith signed no real goal return (Smith now left the club). That's a heck of a failure rate.Do you really think Robinson has coached and managed reasonably well? To be honest I think apart from a striker, the recruitment has been pretty good.its the coaching and management that’s been shambolic.
Yes to this. We had a disastrous start because the team wasn’t fit and hadn’t gelled. Since Luton we havent been brilliant but we've been good enough to stay up comfortablyI would say the recruitment has been the opposite. 2 rights backs signed both no longer playing for us. 1 left back signed can't get into the team. Holmes, Carruthers, Shearer signed barely played. Hanson sign for big money also can't get in the team. Mackie, and Smith signed no real goal return (Smith now left the club). That's a heck of a failure rate.
Then add to that the timing of the recruitment all last minute (cost us massively in the first few games). The fitness of those that joined us again time wasted getting people fit.
Then consider the squad balance. Defense has no cover (at times we have been playing midfielders there). The strike force is woefully thin on quality and goals.
We have had a couple of disastrous windows in terms of recruitment and this term we have relied heavily on those players already at the club to form the back line and parts of midfield (bar loans they remain our best owned players). Without these players we would be even worse than we are.
In summary no I don't think we have done well in recruitment on the whole and when you add in the coaching and tactics that is why a top 8 budget club is fighting a relegation battle all season.
This 'fine margins' stuff is B*****s. It just means 'we don't do things as well as we should'!
I think that was what I was trying to say. But we did hit the woodwork twice at Rochdale. An inch or so could have made the difference. But it didn't. That's the point (instead of three).What I meant was - you can't use 'fine margins' as some sort of reason (or excuse) for underperforming. Just saying 'Well we lost, but it was only fine margins that made the difference' - is exactly the same as saying 'Well we lost, but only because the other team did the important things better'! It is an admission of failure.
Yes to this. We had a disastrous start because the team wasn’t fit and hadn’t gelled. Since Luton we havent been brilliant but we've been good enough to stay up comfortably
What I meant was - you can't use 'fine margins' as some sort of reason (or excuse) for underperforming. Just saying 'Well we lost, but it was only fine margins that made the difference' - is exactly the same as saying 'Well we lost, but only because the other team did the important things better'! It is an admission of failure.
There is nothing wrong with admitting failure - it is one way to making sure you improve in the future. But when the manager goes on about 'fine margins', he isn't admitting failure. He is implying that if only we had the rub of the green, the decisions from the ref or the wind blowing in our favour then the result of the matches would have been different. And if that is the case he doesn't need to change anything as there is little wrong with the underlying tactics, formation, skills or attitude of both the players and himself , so - as we have seen all season - we get the same performance rehashed over and over again. Occasionally it succeeds, most of the time it hasn't.And what’s wrong with admitting failure? If we fail, we go down! Simple.
There is nothing wrong with admitting failure - it is one way to making sure you improve in the future. But when the manager goes on about 'fine margins', he isn't admitting failure. He is implying that if only we had the rub of the green, the decisions from the ref or the wind blowing in our favour then the result of the matches would have been different. And if that is the case he doesn't need to change anything as there is little wrong with the underlying tactics, formation, skills or attitude of both the players and himself , so - as we have seen all season - we get the same performance rehashed over and over again. Occasionally it succeeds, most of the time it hasn't.
I don't think Robinson admits to failure - even in the light of the league position in relation to his supposed/presumed budget - and that is where a large proportion of our troubles lie.
No - talking about the attitude of the club, not people here.Tbh not picked up on Robinson using the “fine margins”? Thought you were talking about mine or someone’s else’s post/posts?