Mr Panda
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You need underlaps and overlaps. Tatsu had a little more joy against his full back because of MVE. EMC was a little more against it with no one pulling away the second defender
The two wide players worried me. They were too easily pinned to the line and couldn't beat their man in the first half. Sakamoto improved in the second half but EMC? We need to see more from him and soon.
EMC needs to be eased in, but Wright being injured hasn't allowed for that. Sounds like they all need to be better tbh... we should be beating Oxford at home so let's hope we can get up and running.The two wide players worried me. They were too easily pinned to the line and couldn't beat their man in the first half. Sakamoto improved in the second half but EMC? We need to see more from him and soon.
The left forward will never get the attacking support from Bidwell that the right forward gets from MVE.You need underlaps and overlaps. Tatsu had a little more joy against his full back because of MVE. EMC was a little more against it with no one pulling away the second defender
It might have been Allen's shot that was blocked but squeeze through and bounced and Johansson either caught it or punched it away.I think it might have been counted as one when Johansson came for a cross and technically Binks met the ball first.
Would be interested to see some stats on how often we scored within the first 30 minutes last season.Robins needs to address why we overwhelmingly start games very flat. So many poor first half performances.
That includes looking at his motivation because we don't seem pumped up at the start of games at all. Even at home.
I disagree, quite often Bidwell is further forward than the winger. Problem was that EMC is wanted too many touches, or just didn't use Bidwell.The left forward will never get the attacking support from Bidwell that the right forward gets from MVE.
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You only have to look at 1st half 2nd half league tables to see we started slowWould be interested to see some stats on how often we scored within the first 30 minutes last season.
And Binks who was my MOTM. He was the reason we were in the game until they scored.
Playing next to Allen doesn’t help his game.
Think he made more than 1 last ditch tackle to deny almost certain goals or goal scoring chances for Stoke.I thought Binks had a nightmare personally. Got caught the wrong side of his player twice: the first time resulted in him pulling back the attacker and getting booked; the second time was in the lead up to their goal.
I could have sworn the Stoke keeper nipped out for a pie and a pint in the 1st half...I saw their keeper on his iPad during the game.
Robins needs to address why we overwhelmingly start games very flat. So many poor first half performances.
That includes looking at his motivation because we don't seem pumped up at the start of games at all. Even at home.
Noticed that,think it was Torp, exactly the point I was making about having an opportunity to advance the ball but play to a pattern instead!!There was a moment yesterday in the first half we managed to overplay but get out of a big press and it was done, we'd got out, fans applauded, Plymouth shouted sighs of frustration...andnit went to a cov midfielder in acres of space and he passed it straight back to binks
We'd just got out ffs and we passed it back into where they'd just worked a triangle to get it out. I was fuming and if I were binks I'd have absolutely bollocked that player. Can't remember who it was
Could be worse we could have Wayne Rooney in charge, Plymouth look awful.The biggest issue I had with Robins comments was when he said the players didn't work out what to do in the first half. Surely if they can see it from the sidelines they should be getting messages on and changing things, not just waiting for halftime
Think he made more than 1 last ditch tackle to deny almost certain goals or goal scoring chances for Stoke.
Can see both arguments on Binks yesterday but consistently he struggles against a big strong, striker. Never seems to be able to get in front of them. Both him and Thomas got pinned continually by Ennis yesterday. Much prefer Kitching as the left sided centre back.I thought Binks had a nightmare personally. Got caught the wrong side of his player twice: the first time resulted in him pulling back the attacker and getting booked; the second time was in the lead up to their goal.
Answer: Non existent midfieldLast ditch tackles by defenders are not the W some assume. Why was there a need for a “last ditch tackle” as the attacker got through the defensive line in the first place?
It's often seemed to me that Robins is happy to go in at 0-0 at HT and to try and win tye 2nd half from there. Given the overall improvement in the squad over the last couple of seasons i would really like to see us coming out more aggresively at home at leastYou only have to look at 1st half 2nd half league tables to see we started slow
the reality is Ipswich who came 2nd lost 6 games all year last season.
We have already lost 1 after 1 game.
I’m sorry but without being ruthless, this year will absolutely slip away from us
It was clear they didn't have a clue wtf was going on.At on stage yesterday,Allen and Torp were having a conversation about who should be where while the game was going on 20 yards away from them.
This is one of the biggest disappointment's and it's not just this season, it's just baffling.
So much for the likes of Dr Roberts etc.
It’s the old habit of showing far too much respect to the oppositionIt's often seemed to me that Robins is happy to go in at 0-0 at HT and to try and win tye 2nd half from there. Given the overall improvement in the squad over the last couple of seasons i would really like to see us coming out more aggresively at home at least
You're right that Torp was poor, but surely he missed most of the pre-season with some kind of groin injury?He has had a full pre season now so no excuses, he has to start showing he has got what it takes at this level.
You can't spend 40 million and act like you are the underdogs any more.It’s the old habit of showing far too much respect to the opposition
You can't spend 40 million and act like you are the underdogs any more.
We should have scored in the first minute, equally should have conceded 2 or 3 in that half. There was one team creating chances and bothering to shoot at the goal, with another doing a Southgate tribute act.
As it turns out in not getting a shot on target all game we were even more 'Southgate' than the real thing
You were spot on [at HT I said we’ll come and be the better team in the 2nd half] - we were well second best in that half. Thought you were really good and basically we took the one chance we had in the last 45
The weird thing is, for the first two minutes we went for the throat with them and could have easily scored.Don’t think is anything to do with Roberts. Robins is ultimately the one responsible for the starting 11 and the tactics.
It was a lot like the bad run of last season continued-too cautious, too prone to silliness at the back.You just have to accept that sometimes you have an off day.
To share a snippet of a conversation I had with my old uni mate who is a Stoke STH, who said:
Went on to say how he expected us to be in the playoffs. That’s because you can see the way we moved the ball in patches was really good. The final 3rd was a problem and we couldn’t break them down and seemingly was too cautious in our passing.
It’s not doom and gloom, there’s much improvement to be made and we’ll get there.
Yeah, I thought we bossed it completely in that second half, UNTIL they scored. Then we just seemed stunned and rather clueless.You just have to accept that sometimes you have an off day.
To share a snippet of a conversation I had with my old uni mate who is a Stoke STH, who said:
Went on to say how he expected us to be in the playoffs. That’s because you can see the way we moved the ball in patches was really good. The final 3rd was a problem and we couldn’t break them down and seemingly was too cautious in our passing.
It’s not doom and gloom, there’s much improvement to be made and we’ll get there.
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