I don’t think they worked on da silva getting caught ball watching again or Collins getting lobbed on his goal line in training, tactics spot on first half, da silvas mistake first min in to the 2nd half against a team that doesn’t concede, can’t blame Carr for that
I don’t think they worked on da silva getting caught ball watching again or Collins getting lobbed on his goal line in training, tactics spot on first half, da silvas mistake first min in to the 2nd half against a team that doesn’t concede, can’t blame Carr for that
I don’t think ten on the edge of your area and Bassette five miles away is spot on tactics TBH. Neither was leaving one up and five ATB against ten men.
People want Robins to have been the issue and Carr to have been some amazing coach being frustrated but the entire reason robins is gone is because Carr and the like were given responsibility for the coaching by Robins and weren’t good enough.
We’ve had two average and one poor performance with the same frailties (conceding two a game!). We need fresh blood.
Rudoni is crap as a ten in that system. Sheaf is half the player he was last year as well.
I don’t think ten on the edge of your area and Bassette five miles away is spot on tactics TBH. Neither was leaving one up and five ATB against ten men.
People want Robins to have been the issue and Carr to have been some amazing coach being frustrated but the entire reason robins is gone is because Carr and the like were given responsibility for the coaching by Robins and weren’t good enough.
We’ve had two average and one poor performance with the same frailties (conceding two a game!). We need fresh blood.
I was watching the game with a Burnley fan and he was slightly impressed with us. His dad who was at the game rated MVE and Simms of all players.
It’s been a tough run to be fair. Luton, Derby, Boro, Sunderland, Sheff U and Burnley is a run most teams would come away with less points than our 8 points.
We’ve signed two AMs since then so I’m not sure how many more you think we should sign - the problem is that neither of the new signings are as effective as O’Hare.
All the talk tonight on here about needing a CB,LB ,CM as priority in January yet when we were flying last season the team was :
Collins
MvE
Thomas
Kitching
Bidwell
Sheaf
Eccles
Palmer/O'Hare
Wright
Simms
Sakamoto
For me it's glaringly obvious the position we haven't adequately covered ?
I get where (I think) you are coming from and I do think we miss Palmer and O'Hare but I think a flat midfield 3 of Eccles - Sheaf - Rudoni should work.
For me the glaring issue is that Kitching has disappeared and we have replaced him with both Binks and Lati. Injuries to Bidwell, Sheaf and Sakamoto and attackers sitting on bench have shown how badly skewed squad depth is.
Back to the thread, interestingly betting markets have reopened after a spell of being closed as it seemed a done deal. Lampard is still favourite but Eustace down to 10/3.