Grendel
Well-Known Member
I always judge the performance by looking at it as an independent and if I would know who was second from top and who second from bottom.
Today I did not. It was an even game and actually when Oldham were forced to move forward they looked more capable than us.
We are starting to have some real problems.
Some are injury related and not of our own making. Turner is a blow and although stokes seems to be a real find the reserve cover looks anything but league one champions material. Phillips was culpable for the attack that led to the corner and also I suspect for the goal. Haynes is just an accident waiting to happen.
Fleck was a loss as well. However, Bigiamara did ok but he lacks stamina and physicality and the long ball ability fleck has. Also he was washed up by the end and cannot last 90 minutes.
The cole experiment is proving detrimental. Today Mowbray tinkered with formation and got it wrong. Cole has to go back.
Personally I don't get playing one up front against an ultra defensive side. Makes no real sense to me.
Murphy is essential to the team - far more so than Armstrong who often goes missing. Without Murphy the penetration is gone.
Mowbray has in the last had a reputation for being like Christmas decorations. Today he really did get it wrong. His obsession with fortune is odd and his decision to spend budget on tudgay, who he then never plays, ahead of an experienced keeper may be a major error.
He has the tools for the top 6.
I trust him to deliver but he needs to deliver.
Today I did not. It was an even game and actually when Oldham were forced to move forward they looked more capable than us.
We are starting to have some real problems.
Some are injury related and not of our own making. Turner is a blow and although stokes seems to be a real find the reserve cover looks anything but league one champions material. Phillips was culpable for the attack that led to the corner and also I suspect for the goal. Haynes is just an accident waiting to happen.
Fleck was a loss as well. However, Bigiamara did ok but he lacks stamina and physicality and the long ball ability fleck has. Also he was washed up by the end and cannot last 90 minutes.
The cole experiment is proving detrimental. Today Mowbray tinkered with formation and got it wrong. Cole has to go back.
Personally I don't get playing one up front against an ultra defensive side. Makes no real sense to me.
Murphy is essential to the team - far more so than Armstrong who often goes missing. Without Murphy the penetration is gone.
Mowbray has in the last had a reputation for being like Christmas decorations. Today he really did get it wrong. His obsession with fortune is odd and his decision to spend budget on tudgay, who he then never plays, ahead of an experienced keeper may be a major error.
He has the tools for the top 6.
I trust him to deliver but he needs to deliver.