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Post by Rio Doherty on Mar 18, 2017 17:58:27 GMT
That was a poor showing reflected by a poor crowd. It seemed like an end-of-season game in all fairness, two sides scrapping for nothing. It was good to see Tom Shaw help out Macca, but I would rather have a full time assistant rather than someone who doesn't turn up often. Anyway, special mention to the lads behind the goal who never stopped singing. The terrace should be in good shape for next season. I thought Dawson played well along with Hunt and I also thought Durrell had a decent game. Richards played better today but he still seems frustrated. Also it gets really disappointing because it just seems that we have done all the hard work for this season, but we concede a late goal to an Eastleigh side who looked very out-of-form. We go again on Tuesday but we need to improve sharply.
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Post by Arrogant Blue on Mar 18, 2017 18:03:47 GMT
I like McCarthy but if he's offered contracts to many of those players then he's signed his own P45. The likes of Richards, Hudson et al are not good enough. It's been a huge mistake not bringing a new striker in to replace Akintunde. It'd be nice to see one come in on loan to raise morale.
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Post by Just my opinion on Mar 18, 2017 18:11:15 GMT
A few things from today's game, Sorry but Richards puts no effort in whatsoever, he makes token jogs toward players with the ball but never actually makes a tackle, always looks to go down rather than stay on his feet, and how is it someone who is apparently very quick can never beat a centre back to a ball. Always looks uninterested and in a sulk, it's like he thinks he's too good to have to do any work, he would maybe get away with it if he was banging the goals in but.......
Don't expect them to be messi or Ronaldo but do expect effort.
Why did we take Dawson off really don't get that the lad was the best player on the park followed closely by hunt.
Thought we were very stationary up top today every time the midfield had the ball and were looking to play the ball through there were no options, no one running into the channels
And why oh why do we stand off teams, when we had our good run we were pressing teams all over the pitch, now we just seem to let them have all the time in the world.
What was a very good season could very quickly turn into a huge battle if we don't get out of this slump
I really like Mcarthy but think he needs to stop messing with the team and get back to basics, they were no great shakes today and were there for the taking, disappointing result
Onto Tuesday
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 18:14:53 GMT
I went to the game today .in my opinion we did not deserve that two midfields nulifying each other meant chances were few and far between .once again we have a reff making strange decisions .some good performances by ryan Lloyd Johnny hunt Theo and Alabi all so Dawson had a good game .where is killock is he injured again.
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Post by paulie on Mar 18, 2017 18:23:21 GMT
Is there any wonder that attendances are shite with performances like that. £18 to be bored out my skull!
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Post by livinginhope on Mar 18, 2017 18:27:04 GMT
Awful game between two very poor sides, it had 0-0 written all over it but we've fallen asleep at a corner and come away with nothing.
Dawson was excellent I thought, Hunt was outstanding first half and Lloyd played well again. I've laid off the criticism of Richards but I'm getting fed up of him now. If you're out of form or low on confidence then the least you can do is work hard - it doesn't take skill to close players down or chase down balls, but he isn't doing it. If he's injured then more understandable but he seems fit. We need another striker desperately, even give one of the youth team lads a run out.
Macca changed from his 4-4-2 around December because he said he wanted to really go for it and try to get into the playoffs as we were drawing too many games. I liked the thinking behind that but it didn't work and now surely we have to go back to the formation that made us successful. He could easily have gone 4-4-2 today as Vassell was back so we had a right back. I do like McCarthy and he worked miracles earlier in the season but really starting to question some of his decisions and tactics now.
Special mention for the lads in the Harry Mac who never stopped singing, shame the players couldn't repay your support.
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Post by paulie on Mar 18, 2017 18:28:23 GMT
Weather? Big rugby match? Mid table? Disappointing though. Have Blueslive arrived as I haven't got any sound yet.  Going to Tuesday game instead. 2 other fans I spoke today are doing the same Wouldn't bother, glad I'm working nights on Tuesday so miss out! |
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Post by billyw on Mar 18, 2017 18:33:26 GMT
I like McCarthy but if he's offered contracts to many of those players then he's signed his own P45. The likes of Richards, Hudson et al are not good enough. It's been a huge mistake not bringing a new striker in to replace Akintunde. It'd be nice to see one come in on loan to raise morale. Spot on. If he doesn't get someone in on loan I really believe we will be in a relegation struggle. |
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Post by dmcnally on Mar 18, 2017 18:50:16 GMT
Wow, atmosphere was superb today, thanks to everyone who has taken note of my crowdfunder and come into the middle. It was brilliant having people around the Harry Mac joining in. We go again Tuesday - make sure you come to the middle and help make an atmosphere for our boys #12thman
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Post by dmcnally on Mar 18, 2017 18:55:00 GMT
It leaves me even more motivated to get displays going for next season, which leads me on to another plug of my crowdfunder, let's better today's atmosphere on Tuesday. I have done a special one-off banner for Macclesfield which you will all see at kick off. COYB. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/chester-fc-displays |
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Post by blue murder on Mar 18, 2017 19:08:35 GMT
Tactics were very strange today. He had the personnel to play 442 form the start. But for reasons unknown Hudson comes off with around 15mins to go and we change from 532 to 442. Reorganising the defence at such a late stage contributed to confusion at the corner which cost us the game and a very average point. I am not saying it was pretty, but defensively we were fine until he messed with the formation.
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Post by Si on Mar 18, 2017 19:14:06 GMT
Cruel result that. 0-0 would have been a fair reflection on the game. We were well organised and came into the game in more of an attacking sense in the 2nd half but still desperately miss the creativity of Mahon. I don't feel like anyone was poor, just a lot of average performances apart from Hunt and Dawson who were excellent. One lapse of concentration at the end has done us over, 2 home games on the trot where we have been stung by last minute winners, not getting any sort of luck. Perhaps taking Hudson off disrupted the defence but I don't blame Macca for bringing O'Brien on to give us more attacking impetus and go for the win.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Mar 18, 2017 19:20:19 GMT
On BBC sport it says that the attendance was 988.
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Post by billyw on Mar 18, 2017 19:28:28 GMT
Wow, atmosphere was superb today, thanks to everyone who has taken note of my crowdfunder and come into the middle. It was brilliant having people around the Harry Mac joining in. We go again Tuesday - make sure you come to the middle and help make an atmosphere for our boys #12thman Well done, it sounded brilliant from the stand. Just a pity that the performance on the pitch didn't match yours. |
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Post by blue murder on Mar 18, 2017 19:29:22 GMT
Cruel result that. 0-0 would have been a fair reflection on the game. We were well organised and came into the game in more of an attacking sense in the 2nd half but still desperately miss the creativity of Mahon. I don't feel like anyone was poor, just a lot of average performances apart from Hunt and Dawson who were excellent. One lapse of concentration at the end has done us over, 2 home games on the trot where we have been stung by last minute winners, not getting any sort of luck. Perhaps taking Hudson off disrupted the defence but I don't blame Macca for bringing O'Brien on to give us more attacking impetus and go for the win.
But he could have started with a 442 from the outset and at least avoided the borefest. I am not sure that switching the formation and bringing Obrien on at such a late stage really gave us that many additional attacking options, and perhaps the sensible option would have been to hold, albeit depressingly, for the point .
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Post by Wortleyblue on Mar 18, 2017 19:32:29 GMT
On BBC sport it says that the attendance was 988. Im usually optimistic but afterthat result we are now back in the relegation battle and I cant see where we are going to get the points to survive and if the crowd is that low we are definatley on the downward spiral |
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Post by billyw on Mar 18, 2017 19:33:15 GMT
Cruel result that. 0-0 would have been a fair reflection on the game. We were well organised and came into the game in more of an attacking sense in the 2nd half but still desperately miss the creativity of Mahon. I don't feel like anyone was poor, just a lot of average performances apart from Hunt and Dawson who were excellent. One lapse of concentration at the end has done us over, 2 home games on the trot where we have been stung by last minute winners, not getting any sort of luck. Perhaps taking Hudson off disrupted the defence but I don't blame Macca for bringing O'Brien on to give us more attacking impetus and go for the win. Don't disagree with that but the plain fact is that you have to score goals to win matches and to have only one available striker on the books is ridiculous and unprecedented. |
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Post by blue murder on Mar 18, 2017 19:41:31 GMT
Cruel result that. 0-0 would have been a fair reflection on the game. We were well organised and came into the game in more of an attacking sense in the 2nd half but still desperately miss the creativity of Mahon. I don't feel like anyone was poor, just a lot of average performances apart from Hunt and Dawson who were excellent. One lapse of concentration at the end has done us over, 2 home games on the trot where we have been stung by last minute winners, not getting any sort of luck. Perhaps taking Hudson off disrupted the defence but I don't blame Macca for bringing O'Brien on to give us more attacking impetus and go for the win. Don't disagree with that but the plain fact is that you have to score goals to win matches and to have only one available striker on the books is ridiculous and unprecedented. Unfortunately we are now seeing the limitations of our budget, with several forward players on the long term injury list. But still doesn't explain why we prefer to loan midfielders and not a striker which is very odd. Kane Richards looks to playing with very limited confidence and out of form, and ordinarily would be no where near a starting place in most conference sides.
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Post by bonecrusher on Mar 18, 2017 20:37:02 GMT
That was chronic in every way. The only players who did anything of note were Hunt who was decent, and Dawson who showed he can pass a ball in the first half. Defensively we did ok and then conceded a goal direct from a corner (maybe there was a touch, I'm not sure). It was horrendous defending though. Utterly boring - we never looked like getting a goal. Richards is a disgrace, I can forgive him not having the physical strength or ability at this level but his commitment and desire is terrible. How anyone on here can defend that waste of space I do not know. Lloyd has been totally off the boil since the year started and Alabi did nothing (he's been decent recently though). Worryingly it kind of mirrors last season where we got some points early and then went on a shocking run post Christmas. Simply cannot see us winning v Macc on Tuesday but you never know. Pretty depressing afternoon all round.
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Post by Chester_Blue on Mar 18, 2017 20:51:44 GMT
kane has it easy on the plate he knows his place is not under major threat so he aint really trying
push durrell up with alabi it cant be worse then having kane on the pitch
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Mar 18, 2017 21:08:27 GMT
That was a dreadful performance, but I still think defensively and in midfield we have the players to stay above the relegation zone.
Agreed with most of the posters on here, that Kane Richards does not deserve a starting place.
Durrell should go up front with Alibi. And Shaw should come into the midfield to partner Dawson, who looks a good prospect.
Don't even mind if we stick with the 5-3-2, as long, as it makes us solid.
The main problem is that we lack creativity, in the final third, with Mahon and to a lesser degree, Chappell injured.
We desperately, need a forward in on loan.
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Post by steveo1 on Mar 18, 2017 21:20:56 GMT
Is it any wonder the gates are going down week by week.
That is our 6th home game this calendar year and we have 5 defeats and 1 draw, scoring only 4 goals with 2 pens and 1 from a corner so basically one goal from open play which is horrendous. The manager can blurt on how he likes about we kept Easteligh at bay and dealt with everything they threw at us, we are the bloody home team, lets attack them and let them worry about us.
This is the exactly replica what happened with Burr last season and if McCarthy doesn't get a result in the next 3/4 games we are going to be under massive pressure to stay up. Just go back to 4-4-2 what served us well for 3/4 months. I am fed up of this awkward 3-5-2 that no one looks comfortable in and knows what they are doing, even the subs are boring and like for like, Macca needs to find his bottle instead of going into games negative and going for a point.
The only players that looked today were Hunt, Dawson followed by Hughes and Lloyd, the only other credit was the lads with the drum on the Harry Mc that made an atmosphere for a poor game.
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Post by billyw on Mar 18, 2017 22:22:43 GMT
Is it any wonder the gates are going down week by week. That is our 6th home game this calendar year and we have 5 defeats and 1 draw, scoring only 4 goals with 2 pens and 1 from a corner so basically one goal from open play which is horrendous. The manager can blurt on how he likes about we kept Easteligh at bay and dealt with everything they threw at us, we are the bloody home team, lets attack them and let them worry about us. This is the exactly replica what happened with Burr last season and if McCarthy doesn't get a result in the next 3/4 games we are going to be under massive pressure to stay up. Just go back to 4-4-2 what served us well for 3/4 months. I am fed up of this awkward 3-5-2 that no one looks comfortable in and knows what they are doing, even the subs are boring and like for like, Macca needs to find his bottle instead of going into games negative and going for a point. The only players that looked today were Hunt, Dawson followed by Hughes and Hudson, the only other credit was the lads with the drum on the Harry Mc that made an atmosphere for a poor game. Spot on but the Happy Clappers will tell you there is nothing to worry about and you are going OTT. Even if we do stay up,ending the season on a downward spiral and offering contracts to most of the squad is going to have an effect on season tickets sales. |
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Post by steveo1 on Mar 18, 2017 22:34:06 GMT
Is it any wonder the gates are going down week by week. That is our 6th home game this calendar year and we have 5 defeats and 1 draw, scoring only 4 goals with 2 pens and 1 from a corner so basically one goal from open play which is horrendous. The manager can blurt on how he likes about we kept Easteligh at bay and dealt with everything they threw at us, we are the bloody home team, lets attack them and let them worry about us. This is the exactly replica what happened with Burr last season and if McCarthy doesn't get a result in the next 3/4 games we are going to be under massive pressure to stay up. Just go back to 4-4-2 what served us well for 3/4 months. I am fed up of this awkward 3-5-2 that no one looks comfortable in and knows what they are doing, even the subs are boring and like for like, Macca needs to find his bottle instead of going into games negative and going for a point. The only players that looked today were Hunt, Dawson followed by Hughes and Hudson, the only other credit was the lads with the drum on the Harry Mc that made an atmosphere for a poor game. Spot on but the Happy Clappers will tell you there is nothing to worry about and you are going OTT. Even if we do stay up,ending the season on a downward spiral and offering contracts to most of the squad is going to have an effect on season tickets sales. Agree. I would only say about half warrant contracts but if the likes of George, Chappel, Killock and co get contracts then forget it. |
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Post by Derry Blue on Mar 18, 2017 23:28:57 GMT
Big Chris is away again. This is beyond a joke now. I get he has media commitments but if those commitments mean he can't make it to a match on a regular basis then he needs to step aside and allow us to bring someone else in who CAN commit to both match days and training. There are MPs who attend Parliament more than Chris turns up at our matches. |
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Post by border collie on Mar 19, 2017 0:16:55 GMT
Big Chris is away again. This is beyond a joke now. I get he has media commitments but if those commitments mean he can't make it to a match on a regular basis then he needs to step aside and allow us to bring someone else in who CAN commit to both match days and training. There are MPs who attend Parliament more than Chris turns up at our matches. Everybody is on an easy ride . If i were a Director and Mc Carthy said i am taking Chris Iwelumo on as assistant manager i would have said no way ,he has already conned us out of a wage once before |
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Post by Paulo on Mar 19, 2017 8:35:02 GMT
Thought Durrell was mom today some great threade passes to both forwards especially one to Kane that he once again cocked up Dawson played well and hunt sorry don get all the fuss about Sam Hughes
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Post by Si on Mar 19, 2017 9:24:50 GMT
Is it just me or did we deserve a point from that yesterday? I honestly think we will be fine and perhaps in a strange way it might not be such a bad thing this run of results, it may convince Macca that some of these players are not as good as he thinks and may rethink some do contract offers. We badly miss Mahon and competition up front, and we have had bad luck with injuries, I'm hoping Macca will learn from this with it being his first season in management and structure the squad better next season.
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Post by Pavlov on Mar 19, 2017 9:55:23 GMT
Is it just me or did we deserve a point from that yesterday? I honestly think we will be fine and perhaps in a strange way it might not be such a bad thing this run of results, it may convince Macca that some of these players are not as good as he thinks and may rethink some do contract offers. We badly miss Mahon and competition up front, and we have had bad luck with injuries, I'm hoping Macca will learn from this with it being his first season in management and structure the squad better next season. I agree we deserved at least a draw. I think we should stick to 442 drop Hudson and put Hughes in the centre of defence with Astels. Vassell looked lost yesterday playing out of position until Hudson went off. Dawson looks miles better than George or Joyce. My patience is running out a bit with Mc Carthy as he has started to play players out of position and tinker a bit too much. Richards is not improving and I wouldn't be too upset if he and Durrell weren't here next season. Yes, not having mahon and akintundi are a big loss for a squad this size. We are predictable without them and revert to pumping long balls over the top. |
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Post by agl on Mar 19, 2017 10:46:10 GMT
Certainly worthy of a point but when we didn't convert the dominance we had at the start of the second half into a goal it was almost inevitable what was going to happen.
Poor game overall but actually thought we passed the ball quite well at times, although ran into brick walls into the last third - but have seen a lot worse than that. Dawson was the stand out - looks a real find. Durrell seems to be getting a lot of stick but also thought he was busy yesterday and had a decent game. I don't get all the calls to get rid of him. Apart from the calamity for the goal we also look solid at the back. - Eastleigh were playing for a 0-0 with 20 minutes to go. I've seen both games against them and they are truly dire - if the budget is as high as reported then that's embarrassing. I'm no fan of Hudson -distribution awful as per usual but at least we had a rare clean sheet while he was on the pitch. Mention too for the lads on the Harry Mac who kept the noise going. So much for the positives - the big problem was up front. Richards, well, was Richards. Looks dangerous running with the ball but always makes the wrong decision and can't hold up play with his back to goal. Alabi's been great this season but thought he was poor too - the only decent work he did was out wide. I don't recall us creating a single clear cut chance and that's a worry. O Brien looks out of his depth but we are crying out for a wide player. Vassell is going to be a good player but why does he insist on cutting inside every time instead of trying to use his pace on the outside and get crosses across the six yard box? Overall, that was the game we would have won earlier in the season ...looks like we are in for a nervy end to the season. Looking at the remaining matches I can't see many points if we carry on like this. Hopefully we will nick a win soon and we can relax...don't think it will be on Tuesday.
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