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Post by norwegianblue on Nov 25, 2017 16:41:35 GMT
First half was fine, if anything we shaded it. Second half it fell apart and it was a defensive horror show once they got their noses in front. Don't mind giving Astles a go up top for a few mins but for half an hour is a sin of desperation. Bell is an absolute donkey who belongs in the Welsh Premier. Football wise he is similar to Hobson but at least Hobbo ran his nuts off. Who the hell does Bell think he is that he can stroll around and not chase anything down? Lynch, Halls and McCombe also running Bell close for worst performance of the day. After all the hard work on the road over the last week it counts for nothing when you can't win your home games. Badly need Mahon back to offer some spark. I don't think we shaded it as such, it was more like Dagenham were sussing Chester out. Once they knew how one dimensional we are that was it. If they had hit top gear then it would have been 7 or 8. The decision to put Astles up front was a probably a decision taken by Bignot in frustration with Bell. A better decision would have been to take Bell off and bring on Slew. |
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Post by bonecrusher on Nov 25, 2017 16:41:41 GMT
And while I'm on it and in a foul mood - Rio, FFS don't start the next match thread and predict a win.
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Post by Wortleyblue on Nov 25, 2017 16:42:09 GMT
Halifax 2-3 Eastleigh and both goalkeepers have been sent off! Now that should get the historians checking the record books to see if has it happened before |
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Post by bonecrusher on Nov 25, 2017 16:42:56 GMT
First half was fine, if anything we shaded it. Second half it fell apart and it was a defensive horror show once they got their noses in front. Don't mind giving Astles a go up top for a few mins but for half an hour is a sin of desperation. Bell is an absolute donkey who belongs in the Welsh Premier. Football wise he is similar to Hobson but at least Hobbo ran his nuts off. Who the hell does Bell think he is that he can stroll around and not chase anything down? Lynch, Halls and McCombe also running Bell close for worst performance of the day. After all the hard work on the road over the last week it counts for nothing when you can't win your home games. Badly need Mahon back to offer some spark. I don't think we shaded it as such, it was more like Dagenham were sussing Chester out. Once they knew how one dimensional we are that was it. If they had hit top gear then it would have been 7 or 8. The decision to put Astles up front was a probably a decision taken by Bignot in frustration with Bell. A better decision would have been to take Bell off and bring on Slew. We brought Slew on and he made no impact and looked out of his depth. He is not the answer. |
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Post by Wortleyblue on Nov 25, 2017 16:44:24 GMT
Torquay are doing what we should have done destroying Orient 3-0
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Post by norwegianblue on Nov 25, 2017 16:45:45 GMT
Lynch gets off far too lightly for me. The only thing he is decent at is shot stopping - but what professional goalkeeper isn't a decent shot stopper? Shocking distribution, decision making, command of area and communication. Add to that he is overweight and loves a piss up more than getting himself in shape and I'm not sure what he is still doing in our starting 11. Lynch is a joke keeper. Overweight and no command of his box. It looked like an outfield player was in goal. Sack him off and try Vaughan. I've been saying it for weeks mate, a good shot stopper or one-on-one and that's it. A keeper who is not in command of his area only breeds uncertainty and a lack of confidence between him and the centre halves. It is the fundamental basics of goalkeeping. |
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Post by Lobster on Nov 25, 2017 16:46:06 GMT
The one positive is that everyone from Halifax down in this division is rubbish, although Torquay seem to be putting some sort of form together.
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Post by billyw on Nov 25, 2017 16:48:59 GMT
And while I'm on it and in a foul mood - Rio, FFS don't start the next match thread and predict a win. Agreed. |
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Post by jb on Nov 25, 2017 16:49:55 GMT
The one positive is that everyone from Halifax down in this division is rubbish, although Torquay seem to be putting some sort of form together. Love your positivity but we are down. Shout out to Jon McCarthy. He epitomised a loser type character with his attitude, sound bites, badly fitting clothes and belittling of this once proud club and it has somehow transcended into all of the players. Time for Bignot to step up to the plate. |
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Post by btb on Nov 25, 2017 16:51:21 GMT
Depressing stuff today. As Si says, we were probably the better team in the first half although Dagenham didn't show much intent on going forward. But second half was a shambles. We were back to the very basic of errors. Dawson for the pen set the tone. Why on earth go to ground there? School boy stuff. Hannah got caught dicking about in the centre of the park and the lynch with a stupid palm out. God only knows what lynch was doing for the third. That wasn't even school boy stuff.
There were some positives. We played some nice stuff in the first half, without really threatening unfortunately. Gough was decent as was the lad from wolves. Hannah and Akintunde were looking very first half. And the return of the big man. All be it upfront and unable to kick the ball!
Lose the next home game and I'll be phoning samaratins though.
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Post by Wortleyblue on Nov 25, 2017 16:51:58 GMT
Bloody hell Fylde winning at Dover
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Post by ivawhopper on Nov 25, 2017 16:53:44 GMT
Look some prospective here. We lost to a team looking to go up. We were superb first half, dominated the game and deserved to be ahead. Second half, they stepped their game up, we made a couple of mistakes and found ourselves behind. They added a couple of late goals to give the score line a flattering view as they scored as we were battling to get back into it. The next few games against teams in and around us, that’s the ones we need to focus on. Come on the blues and keep the faith peeps.
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Post by billyw on Nov 25, 2017 16:54:36 GMT
The one positive is that everyone from Halifax down in this division is rubbish, although Torquay seem to be putting some sort of form together. It is ironic that the standard in this league must be the worst ever, as can be seen when a team as poor as Wrexham are top. It just shows how poor we are. |
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Post by btb on Nov 25, 2017 16:54:47 GMT
And just to add, Bell should never wear the shirt again. I'm struggling to remember such a sulky performance.
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Post by Maravilla on Nov 25, 2017 17:01:42 GMT
Look some prospective here. We lost to a team looking to go up. We were superb first half, dominated the game and deserved to be ahead. Second half, they stepped their game up, we made a couple of mistakes and found ourselves behind. They added a couple of late goals to give the score line a flattering view as they scored as we were battling to get back into it. The next few games against teams in and around us, that’s the ones we need to focus on. Come on the blues and keep the faith peeps. Flattering? They missed a penalty and hit the bar in the second half as well. Lucky not to be 6-0. |
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Post by Lobster on Nov 25, 2017 17:02:52 GMT
Lynch didn't have the best game and should've done better with the second, but McCombe's slow reaction to his parry was the most alarming thing there. Similarly, the third was more Halls' fault than Lynch's I think.
The absolute worst moment in the game was when a scuffed goal kick from their keeper somehow trickled right through to their striker. You're told "don't let the ball bounce" as a defender - we let it bounce three times there! Astles may be limited and overweight but he throws himself at everything. That defence was like a brolley made of sponge.
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Post by Lobster on Nov 25, 2017 17:05:42 GMT
The one positive is that everyone from Halifax down in this division is rubbish, although Torquay seem to be putting some sort of form together. It is ironic that the standard in this league must be the worst ever, as can be seen when a team as poor as Wrexham are top. It just shows how poor we are. Sutton have replaced them at the top tonight - a team whose main attribute is having a plastic pitch. |
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Post by jb on Nov 25, 2017 17:06:06 GMT
Keep Astles, Akintunde and Archer and bin the rest off.
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Post by chesterken on Nov 25, 2017 17:09:10 GMT
Bell apart I was happy with the effort from the players in the first half but the second half was a whole different story, perhaps Bignot should keep the players on the pitch during half time as it’s the second game in a row where they just didn’t come back out for the second half.
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Post by southernblue on Nov 25, 2017 17:12:22 GMT
I have noticed in several games that our marking is poor, but today was particularly dreadful and we were punished for it.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Nov 25, 2017 17:13:24 GMT
Apalling was an understatement to describe that today. That was an absolute embarrassment on National TV, which reflects where we are falling to. The nation must be laughing at us hardly right now. I’m having a debate on what performance has been worse, Kidderminster or the dreadful showing of today.
No wonder we are going on a team-building extravaganza next Saturday, with no communication and concentration at all. All 4 goals were repeats of what has been our main problem this season, poor defending. Time and time again we give opposing teams too much respect and never break them down, which results in conceding stupid stupid goals.
McCombe is like a crab to be really honest. At first, I didn’t even know how he was appointed as captain at all. He’s hardly put in a good shift in all season, and is really slow when distributing the ball. Also, I think that it is about time that Alex Lynch is dropped for a few games. Unnoticeably, he has put on a fair bit of weight over the last few months and isn’t as athletic/quick as he was 12 months ago. He seems to concede easy goals now, and should’ve done a lot more to prevent the 4 goals from going in. Nathan Vaughan has been here around a month now, and I think it’s about time that he has a few games between the sticks.
Dagenham were quite poor in the first half, and I felt that we shaded it. However, we made an ‘ordinary’ team look like a PSG today and gave them far too much respect.
It is sickening me on to where we are falling. Relegation to the National League North will be a disaster which we will find extremely difficult to get out of. With the way we are going, I wouldn’t be surprised if we get murdered 3-0 by Solihull (like we did in January), but maybe this hammering can spark a reaction from the players. All we need now is a good performance at home with a morale-boosting win, FAST!
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Post by tarvinblue on Nov 25, 2017 17:16:54 GMT
First half I thought we did okay, although there was always the feeling that Daggers hadn't got out of first gear. I was amused at half time to read a Tweet by someone asking if Bell had ever played football before. That just about summed up his performance today. Perfect physique for this level of football but shocking first touch and a complete inability to read the game or play with any kind of pace.
Second half was one of the worst capitulations in recent times. Take your pick from Hannah, Lynch, McCombe, Halls or Rowe-Turner for who truly wins the award for the worst performer. They were all majorly culpable in what happened. The one thing they all have in common - JM brought them to this football club.
It's hard to know what to say. Bignot is skimping and scrapping in an attempt to bring players in but you get what you pay for in general. That young lad, Slew, was playing for Mousehole in Cornwall 12 months ago - that is where we are at. For every one player that can make the step up from that level, there will be another 10 that can't.
Barring a miracle turnaround we need to start preparing for life in the Conference North next season as we aren't going to generate the funds to bring in the players required this season to turn this around. The chance of that went out of the window during the last capitulation at Kidderminster.
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Post by jb on Nov 25, 2017 17:17:33 GMT
John McCombe is apparently 32. He runs around like a 62 year old. Check his ID Bignot, he’s having you on. His gut is getting bigger every week. Absolute donkey!
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Post by agl on Nov 25, 2017 17:18:49 GMT
The one positive is that everyone from Halifax down in this division is rubbish, although Torquay seem to be putting some sort of form together. Arguably you could look even higher to Maidenhead. It's a weak league, wth no outstanding teams. Sutton who are now top have already lost 5 games.Tranmere will still fancy their chances. |
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Post by whopper3 on Nov 25, 2017 17:19:54 GMT
and how would you change things .looking for constructive answer not abuse Wasting you're time there fella. Big Si requested the same other week and surprisingly got sweet f.a. I replied to BigSi last week. Go take a look instead of saying I didn't respond. Maguire needs to be sacked. Bignot needs to be sacked. The club needs an overhall from top to bottom. Too mnay people in positions of power who know nothing about football. We then need to "build a budget" like Wrexham to pay any compo and to get some players in who can play the game.. Only once those 2 clowns have gone can we progress. |
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Post by southernblue on Nov 25, 2017 17:22:29 GMT
The next games are critical, we simply have to beat Solihull at home, really need at least seven points from the next three games which should all be winnable, otherwise that's it.
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Post by Hannibal on Nov 25, 2017 17:24:35 GMT
Look some prospective here. We lost to a team looking to go up. We were superb first half, dominated the game and deserved to be ahead. Second half, they stepped their game up, we made a couple of mistakes and found ourselves behind. They added a couple of late goals to give the score line a flattering view as they scored as we were battling to get back into it. The next few games against teams in and around us, that’s the ones we need to focus on. Come on the blues and keep the faith peeps. I'd like some of what you're drinking. Are you one of the deluded souls that still believe we can stay up? |
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Post by Hannibal on Nov 25, 2017 17:26:54 GMT
And just to add, Bell should never wear the shirt again. I'm struggling to remember such a sulky performance. Spot on. He was also the main reason we didn't win at Orient. |
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Post by norwegianblue on Nov 25, 2017 17:32:15 GMT
The next games are critical, we simply have to beat Solihull at home, really need at least seven points from the next three games which should all be winnable, otherwise that's it. I think if we can't take at least a point from each of the next five games which we should be looking to win at least three of them, then we are doomed. |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Nov 25, 2017 17:35:29 GMT
And while I'm on it and in a foul mood - Rio, FFS don't start the next match thread and predict a win. I wouldn’t like you to be working at my school 😀. |
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