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Post by cityboy5705 on Sept 23, 2023 16:37:46 GMT
I've said it before I will say it again can't win the league without muscle in midfield keep signing the same kind of player leaves us light in that area
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Post by noddy on Sept 23, 2023 16:38:48 GMT
I've said it before I will say it again can't win the league without muscle in midfield keep signing the same kind of player leaves us light in that area You said it before, on the bottom of page 3....
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 23, 2023 16:44:48 GMT
He did say he’d say it again.
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Post by Anders on Sept 23, 2023 16:49:33 GMT
We’re terrible. We really are. Weeks a disgrace. Sparrow can’t even do a throw in (how’s he starting ahead of Coates). Taylor going wrong side of their player to let their player get goal side and force Edwards into making a clumsy challenge and giving away a pen and going down to 10. They were genuinely shocking, that’s what makes today worse. Soon as Caton went off you just knew we were never going to score. We’re too sloppy at the back and are so toothless in attack that when you give easy chances to terrible teams like Boston you just aren’t gonna get anything from games Completely agree. Boston were terrible as was the ref but we've only got ourselves to blame. Cal needs to make a big call on Weeks because this can't be allowed to continue. Don't know why Sparrow is here either, he can cross a ball but doesn't do it. Taylor is massively lacking in confidence as well. Evans works hard but he's the new Finney or Rapley. Whitehouse and Roberts a distance our best today I thought.
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Post by cestrian60 on Sept 23, 2023 16:58:15 GMT
Nantwich is a must win no matter how, we need everyone there if possible or get a mate to come along. A cup run is just the boost the club requires and the money that it generates.
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Post by Malcolm Tucker on Sept 23, 2023 17:05:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2023 17:11:27 GMT
Will stick my tin hat on here as I know there’s a brigade who will gun me down. But Cal is sounding a little bit like Jonno there towards the end. Refs, injuries, budget, mentioning last season away form etc etc Can’t do another season in this league, the fan base can’t take it.
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Post by bluey7 on Sept 23, 2023 17:11:37 GMT
fine margins and bad refs COME ON we are looking awful no excuses
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Post by Wortleyblue on Sept 23, 2023 17:12:15 GMT
Doesn't sound too good about Caton
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Post by Matt on Sept 23, 2023 17:12:31 GMT
Will stick my tin hat on here as I know there’s a brigade who will gun me down. But Cal is sounding a little bit like Jonno there towards the end. Refs, injuries, budget, mentioning last season away form etc etc Can’t do another season in this league, the fan base can’t take it. We'd get murdered in the league above, even Kidderminster and Fylde can't cope
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2023 17:25:28 GMT
Will stick my tin hat on here as I know there’s a brigade who will gun me down. But Cal is sounding a little bit like Jonno there towards the end. Refs, injuries, budget, mentioning last season away form etc etc Can’t do another season in this league, the fan base can’t take it. We'd get murdered in the league above, even Kidderminster and Fylde can't cope So what do we do? Just exist?
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Post by Lobster on Sept 23, 2023 17:28:26 GMT
I think losing arguably the best striker in the league last season, as well as definitely the best goalkeeper, has turned us from a good side into a fairly average one. Kidderminster showed last season that an average team can get promoted, as did Chorley in 2019, but only if you can grind out results and put runs of form together, and it's hard to do that if the midfield isn't right. Personally, I really don't think you can just slot a player like Glendon back into the team after a year out. We've changed as a team since he was a key player and he wouldn't have got in the team last year.
I have faith in Calum but it is a tough task he has this year, not helped by the £30K dint in the budget. Ultimately, we're suffering because too many of the people who watched us last season were pricks.
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Post by arthuro on Sept 23, 2023 17:44:38 GMT
Not playing Coates is unforgivable and giving the this joker from Crewe a go is a waste of time and effort. I’m sure we could get someone out of the crowd to do a better job than Rapley Mk II.
To be struggling in such a shockingly bad league is embarrassing. Lose next week and some serious questions need to be asked by the board.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Sept 23, 2023 17:52:29 GMT
Looking ahead to the next few games it simply has to be three wins from Nantwich, Peterborough Sports and Rushall Olympic. Anything less is disastrous.
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Post by noddy on Sept 23, 2023 17:55:04 GMT
Looking ahead to the next few games it simply has to be three wins from Nantwich, Peterborough Sports and Rushall Olympic. Anything less is disastrous. Where are the goals coming from though?
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Post by Malcolm Tucker on Sept 23, 2023 17:56:25 GMT
Looking ahead to the next few games it simply has to be three wins from Nantwich, Peterborough Sports and Rushall Olympic. Anything less is disastrous. Agreed, but can’t see it happening. Don’t know where the goals are coming from.
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Post by Anders on Sept 23, 2023 18:16:38 GMT
Burton probably needs to be recalled. Don't know what he can do but got to give him a go now.
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Post by billyw on Sept 23, 2023 18:28:53 GMT
Not playing Coates is unforgivable and giving the this joker from Crewe a go is a waste of time and effort. I’m sure we could get someone out of the crowd to do a better job than Rapley Mk II. To be struggling in such a shockingly bad league is embarrassing. Lose next week and some serious questions need to be asked by the board. I agree about Coates but calling a 19 year old a joker is a bit unnecessary.
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Post by billyw on Sept 23, 2023 18:30:25 GMT
Burton probably needs to be recalled. Don't know what he can do but got to give him a go now. Who is Burton? Oh yes I remember, I had forgotten about him.
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Post by yossergolf on Sept 23, 2023 18:33:19 GMT
Will stick my tin hat on here as I know there’s a brigade who will gun me down. But Cal is sounding a little bit like Jonno there towards the end. Refs, injuries, budget, mentioning last season away form etc etc Can’t do another season in this league, the fan base can’t take it. Yes we may seem to get bad ref decisions but the performances by and large have been poor at best. As last season we cannot dominate the opposition and keep under constant pressure. We do not have consistent quality up front, both Hall and Caton injured and no one to step in to replace. Hall had a series of injuries last season and this season doesn’t look any better, yet. When fit he can be a serious player for us but not if only available for half the games. Caton is young and still learning but has pace and an eye for goal. Some of the offensive players have left or gone out on loan, because they were not good enough to be first choice. Bringing them back from loan isn’t the answer.
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Post by anotherexile83 on Sept 23, 2023 18:50:26 GMT
It was just poor today. Boston really weren't a good team and didn't really threaten us much but somehow we managed to lose to them. The referee was by far the worst I've seen in a long time and our goal should never have been disallowed. But, we are never going to score if we insist on passing the ball backwards at almost every opportunity. It's actually ridiculous!
Not sure why Murray came off but we just never really looked like scoring.
Declan Weeks looked poor and after the penalty miss his head was just low. Thought Williams was great at the back, winning most thing in the air.
Things have to improve somehow...just getting people forward would be a start
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Post by eltonblues on Sept 23, 2023 18:57:22 GMT
Burton probably needs to be recalled. Don't know what he can do but got to give him a go now. He isn't getting much pitch time at Marine by the look of things. Zack Clarke looks a better option.
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Post by Anders on Sept 23, 2023 19:04:43 GMT
Burton probably needs to be recalled. Don't know what he can do but got to give him a go now. He isn't getting much pitch time at Marine by the look of things. Zack Clarke looks a better option. We can't recall Clarke.
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Post by Lon on Sept 23, 2023 19:05:07 GMT
Burton probably needs to be recalled. Don't know what he can do but got to give him a go now. Unused sub today going off Twitter. Not sure he’s fit enough yet
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Post by oldblue72 on Sept 23, 2023 19:09:31 GMT
I thought Calum talked a load of waffle. He’s got a difficult task but didn’t address what our problems are- just blamed the officials
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Post by eltonblues on Sept 23, 2023 19:09:48 GMT
He isn't getting much pitch time at Marine by the look of things. Zack Clarke looks a better option. We can't recall Clarke. That's not a great deal for us then 🤔
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Post by borussiachester on Sept 23, 2023 19:10:27 GMT
I think losing arguably the best striker in the league last season, as well as definitely the best goalkeeper, has turned us from a good side into a fairly average one. Kidderminster showed last season that an average team can get promoted, as did Chorley in 2019, but only if you can grind out results and put runs of form together, and it's hard to do that if the midfield isn't right. Personally, I really don't think you can just slot a player like Glendon back into the team after a year out. We've changed as a team since he was a key player and he wouldn't have got in the team last year. I have faith in Calum but it is a tough task he has this year, not helped by the £30K dint in the budget. Ultimately, we're suffering because too many of the people who watched us last season were pricks. As much as I like you and normally find you one of the relative voices of reason on here, I really am getting tired of this Glendon agenda that you and a few others seem to have. How can you hold him in any way culpable for today’s result when he didn’t start? In general, I don’t understand why he’s always the one earmarked as the obvious candidate to be dropped when he’s actually been our best ‘#8’ this season - there’s been plenty of discussion about Weeks’ recent performances, and Whitehouse has also clearly taken a step back from last season. I do think the current side needs a serious shake-up, though. I’m sure you all know my thoughts on the diamond formation by this point, and today’s showing has hardly changed my views on the matter - too narrow, too predictable, ill-suited to our current personnel and leaves the onus almost entirely on the fullbacks to provide attacking threat. We saw the perils of that system again this afternoon, with Taylor having to do the job of about three players and consequently looking pretty lost and often being caught out of position. Why exactly we’d leave Coates, possibly our best player so far this season, in the stands, only to see Sparrow slow the game down and pass it sideways or backwards every time, is beyond me. A tweet I made a couple of weeks ago, describing our recruitment of strikers this season as a shambles, wasn’t universally well-received, but I stand by it. We’ve had, what, seven attackers on the books already? Caton, Hall, Thomas, Evans, Goodson, Burton and Clarke. Of those, only Caton seems to be a guaranteed starter when everyone’s fit, and three aren’t even currently at the club. We badly need a more experienced striker through the door, because if Caton’s injury is as serious as it looked then I seriously worry where the goals are coming from.
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Post by oldblue72 on Sept 23, 2023 19:15:50 GMT
Agree mate
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Post by Harry Lime on Sept 23, 2023 19:31:34 GMT
Cal is right about this was likely to be a difficult season. We over achieved last season. We won a lot of games by fine margins, this season we are losing them.
We've had either Caton or Hall missing nearly every game so far. Caton is our main threat. Without them we've no back up at all. Goodsen has left. Burton has been sent out in loan. Thomas isn't a box striker. Evans doesn't look up to this level the way we tend to play. Maguire isnt a striker,but he does give us energy.
It doesn't take much to unbalance a team. Chelsea struggled past two seasons without a striker despite spending a billion. Man Utd were the same until Rashford hit form and covered up the limitations. You can control the ball in the centre of the pitch as much as you like, but you need to be a threat. That threat keeps the opposition off the front foot for good parts of the game. Without that threat they can push on more.
We are an organised side. Any game we play is likely to become a tight affair. Unfortunately at the moment we don't have the balance/quality to turn those tight performances into wins.
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Post by boughtonblue on Sept 23, 2023 19:32:56 GMT
I think losing arguably the best striker in the league last season, as well as definitely the best goalkeeper, has turned us from a good side into a fairly average one. Kidderminster showed last season that an average team can get promoted, as did Chorley in 2019, but only if you can grind out results and put runs of form together, and it's hard to do that if the midfield isn't right. Personally, I really don't think you can just slot a player like Glendon back into the team after a year out. We've changed as a team since he was a key player and he wouldn't have got in the team last year. I have faith in Calum but it is a tough task he has this year, not helped by the £30K dint in the budget. Ultimately, we're suffering because too many of the people who watched us last season were pricks. As much as I like you and normally find you one of the relative voices of reason on here, I really am getting tired of this Glendon agenda that you and a few others seem to have. How can you hold him in any way culpable for today’s result when he didn’t start? In general, I don’t understand why he’s always the one earmarked as the obvious candidate to be dropped when he’s actually been our best ‘#8’ this season - there’s been plenty of discussion about Weeks’ recent performances, and Whitehouse has also clearly taken a step back from last season. I do think the current side needs a serious shake-up, though. I’m sure you all know my thoughts on the diamond formation by this point, and today’s showing has hardly changed my views on the matter - too narrow, too predictable, ill-suited to our current personnel and leaves the onus almost entirely on the fullbacks to provide attacking threat. We saw the perils of that system again this afternoon, with Taylor having to do the job of about three players and consequently looking pretty lost and often being caught out of position. Why exactly we’d leave Coates, possibly our best player so far this season, in the stands, only to see Sparrow slow the game down and pass it sideways or backwards every time, is beyond me. A tweet I made a couple of weeks ago, describing our recruitment of strikers this season as a shambles, wasn’t universally well-received, but I stand by it. We’ve had, what, seven attackers on the books already? Caton, Hall, Thomas, Evans, Goodson, Burton and Clarke. Of those, only Caton seems to be a guaranteed starter when everyone’s fit, and three aren’t even currently at the club. We badly need a more experienced striker through the door, because if Caton’s injury is as serious as it looked then I seriously worry where the goals are coming from. Good post. Obvs we are missing the physicality and finishing of KW. Good interview by CM though.
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