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Post by southernblue on Mar 12, 2024 21:47:50 GMT
Now Chorley have gone behind at the death. What a shame we didn't capitalise tonight.
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Post by moldcestrian on Mar 12, 2024 21:48:07 GMT
Utter disgrace.
Outfought and outplayed.
Cal needs to look in the mirror and ask is this turgid style of play good enough because it’s fucking not.
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Post by oldtimer on Mar 12, 2024 21:48:32 GMT
Nobody is defending that surely? 2 home games in 4 days against Curzon and Southport and no goals scored, hardly ever look like scoring, and some quite frankly odd as fuck tactics and substitutions. Piss poor I'm afraid. I'm more confident that we'll go and beat Tamworth than getting anything out of games like tonight, it's just not good enough at home and majority of games at the Deva are soul destroying boring. I can think of at least one poster who will try and defend it
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Post by avfo on Mar 12, 2024 21:51:26 GMT
F/T Blyth 1-2 Darlington Farsley 0-2 Warrington Gloucester 1-2 Tamworth Hereford 3-3 Alfreton Peterborough Sports 1-3 Buxton Rushall 0-2 Brackley Town Scarborough 0-2 Curzon Ashton South Shields 2-1 Chorley
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Post by bonecrusher on Mar 12, 2024 21:51:29 GMT
Another passing it sideways whilst creating absolutely nothing masterclass.
I never say I wish I hadn't bothered, but I wish I hadn't bothered.
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Post by waggoner on Mar 12, 2024 21:51:34 GMT
Nobody is defending that surely? 2 home games in 4 days against Curzon and Southport and no goals scored, hardly ever look like scoring, and some quite frankly odd as fuck tactics and substitutions. Piss poor I'm afraid. I'm more confident that we'll go and beat Tamworth than getting anything out of games like tonight, it's just not good enough at home and majority of games at the Deva are soul destroying boring. I can think of at least one poster who will try and defend it We cannot score Cannot hit a cows arse with a banjo can you imagine this lot playing in the NL?
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Post by billyw on Mar 12, 2024 21:52:02 GMT
I’m trying to think when was the last time I came away from a home game saying ‘I enjoyed that’. Instead we are served the same boring slow build up, game after game with barely a shot on goal. What do they say about doing the same thing and expecting a different result?
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Post by bonecrusher on Mar 12, 2024 21:56:03 GMT
I can think of at least one poster who will try and defend it We cannot score Cannot hit a cows arse with a banjo can you imagine this lot playing in the NL? We don't even create the chances to hit a cows arse with a banjo.
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Post by Si on Mar 12, 2024 21:56:23 GMT
I’m trying to think when was the last time I came away from a home game saying ‘I enjoyed that’. Instead we are served the same boring slow build up, game after game with barely a shot on goal. What do they say about doing the same thing and expecting a different result? What annoys me is the slow build up whilst we faff about in our own half and then a minute later just launch it forwards in the desperate hope that Peers might get a foul. If we are gonna boot it then at least do it earlier rather than giving them time to have everyone back to deal with it. Shite tactics.
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Post by jackblue7 on Mar 12, 2024 21:58:21 GMT
Cal has hit his level we will be in this league next season FFS
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Post by weareblues on Mar 12, 2024 21:58:23 GMT
Would love to know why we keep giving Norton game time very clear he's not good enough for this level Lack of expeirence and injury prone players yet another season in this division.
Cal needs to have a word with some these Players & Himself as these performances aint good enough.
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Post by rhodri on Mar 12, 2024 21:58:29 GMT
The only hope is that finally ending the unbeaten run might be the kick up the arse we need to get ourselves in gear and secure a play off
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Post by sealking on Mar 12, 2024 21:58:46 GMT
We played like this last season but had a goalscorer in our team but now we are hopeless up front. Cal mac wont change his style no matter what, he will never drop the 3 maestros in midfielder and will never play wingers. Hanging on to the playoffs and fixtures left are tough ones too
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Post by 1paulcarden on Mar 12, 2024 21:59:05 GMT
I don't understand why Weeks, Glendon and Whitehouse never get taken off. It must really piss off the other players. The tactics have been the same for a long time, so no surprise, but worrying that the crowds are starting to slip away as when we're not winning we're a difficult watch. When we played Southport earlier in the season we were in a run where we changed tactics after a poor start to the season. It looked much better even though we were more open at the back but we reverted. It must be tactics that mean every forward player we bring in seems to struggle. Agreed. Woeful to watch. Been banging the drum about the midfield all season. So narrow and our right back is the only player who can beat a man. Don’t deserve to go up, and if we did we’d be absolute cannon fodder.
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Post by steveo1 on Mar 12, 2024 22:00:27 GMT
This has been brewing for a while, we have got away with others slipping, remaining unbeaten and Toillitt pulling out the cart at Farsley and Scarborough.
The football is ponderous and we pass the ball around with little purpose and go nowhere before launching diagonal balls for our full back to have perform a miracle to bring the ball down. When we do go direct little thought down and it’s a hoof rather than a considered knock.
The atmosphere is being killed on the terrace as last season was rocking, it’s revered to years ago nke as the life has been sucked out of them with little to cheer or shout about. In our last second half’s Saturday and tonight I make we have two shots on goal which is incredible when you think about it.
The tactics we employ work a treat when you go one nil up and defend before getting a second but recent games have seen us go one up and concede or stay 0-0. We have no answer to this, no plan B and little in the way of a squad compared to last season.
How many games last season we score late or end the games strong ? Felt most weeks. This season it feels if we don’t get in the lead by half time it’s done. Also, there has to be tired lads, majority of this squad are playing 90 every week without a break. The midfield three are rarely removed bar Murray who bizarrely never got on tonight despite being the one bright spark from weekend.
Tonight was one game we had to win as the games coming up are solid.
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Post by weareblues on Mar 12, 2024 22:00:53 GMT
I don't understand why Weeks, Glendon and Whitehouse never get taken off. It must really piss off the other players. The tactics have been the same for a long time, so no surprise, but worrying that the crowds are starting to slip away as when we're not winning we're a difficult watch. When we played Southport earlier in the season we were in a run where we changed tactics after a poor start to the season. It looked much better even though we were more open at the back but we reverted. It must be tactics that mean every forward player we bring in seems to struggle. Agreed. Woeful to watch. Been banging the drum about the midfield all season. So narrow and our right back is the only player who can beat a man. Don’t deserve to go up, and if we did we’d be absolute cannon fodder. Nothings going to change until we gain investment of some sort. We simply can't financially compete against other teams challenging at this level & above.
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Post by bluegazza on Mar 12, 2024 22:02:38 GMT
That was grim, looked clueless.
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Post by arthuro on Mar 12, 2024 22:02:38 GMT
I don't understand why Weeks, Glendon and Whitehouse never get taken off. It must really piss off the other players. The tactics have been the same for a long time, so no surprise, but worrying that the crowds are starting to slip away as when we're not winning we're a difficult watch. When we played Southport earlier in the season we were in a run where we changed tactics after a poor start to the season. It looked much better even though we were more open at the back but we reverted. It must be tactics that mean every forward player we bring in seems to struggle. Nail on head. Weeks and Whitehouse were absolutely anonymous this evening and yet they play the full 90. Didn’t see Whitehouse make one forward pass. Sideways and backwards all the time. Game was crying out for Murray to draw fouls from the jobbers in the Southport defence instead we hoof it onto their heads for most of the evening. The set pieces are a disgrace as well. What do they do in training?
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Post by Si on Mar 12, 2024 22:02:40 GMT
I don't understand why Weeks, Glendon and Whitehouse never get taken off. It must really piss off the other players. The tactics have been the same for a long time, so no surprise, but worrying that the crowds are starting to slip away as when we're not winning we're a difficult watch. When we played Southport earlier in the season we were in a run where we changed tactics after a poor start to the season. It looked much better even though we were more open at the back but we reverted. It must be tactics that mean every forward player we bring in seems to struggle. Agreed. Woeful to watch. Been banging the drum about the midfield all season. So narrow and our right back is the only player who can beat a man. Don’t deserve to go up, and if we did we’d be absolute cannon fodder. Coates can indeed beat a man. Sadly can't cross for shit, the amount of crosses he shanks out of play is insane. Our forwards don't help themselves at times, but they've had no help from our full backs all season, nothing to feed off.
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Post by jackblue7 on Mar 12, 2024 22:04:42 GMT
Warrington town are doing well on a low budget so why can we they are 3pts behind us with a game in hand
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Post by rhodri on Mar 12, 2024 22:08:35 GMT
Agreed. Woeful to watch. Been banging the drum about the midfield all season. So narrow and our right back is the only player who can beat a man. Don’t deserve to go up, and if we did we’d be absolute cannon fodder. Nothings going to change until we gain investment of some sort. We simply can't financially compete against other teams challenging at this level & above. With the greatest respect, I don't think people are questioning the budget on the back of the last few games, it's more tactical and a drop in performance and confidence. I don't know Southport's budget, but we lost tonight because we played crap and they actually finished their chances, not because of budget.
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Post by arthuro on Mar 12, 2024 22:11:09 GMT
Agreed. Woeful to watch. Been banging the drum about the midfield all season. So narrow and our right back is the only player who can beat a man. Don’t deserve to go up, and if we did we’d be absolute cannon fodder. Coates can indeed beat a man. Sadly can't cross for shit, the amount of crosses he shanks out of play is insane. Our forwards don't help themselves at times, but they've had no help from our full backs all season, nothing to feed off. Coates was having to do all the work on the right hand side because he got absolutely no help from Whitehouse who was on the right hand side of the three midfielders. Basically Coates had to win the ball, run 60 yards and get a cross in all night with two Southport players doubling up on him. Bentley sussed out our managers one dimensional tactics and heavy reliance on Coates easily tonight.
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Post by chesterken on Mar 12, 2024 22:11:38 GMT
I don’t think we are physically strong enough to get promoted from this league.
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Post by chesterken on Mar 12, 2024 22:12:09 GMT
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Post by weareblues on Mar 12, 2024 22:13:45 GMT
Nothings going to change until we gain investment of some sort. We simply can't financially compete against other teams challenging at this level & above. With the greatest respect, I don't think people are questioning the budget on the back of the last few games, it's more tactical and a drop in performance and confidence. I don't know Southport's budget, but we lost tonight because we played crap and they actually finished their chances, not because of budget. Talking over the course of the season of course it makes a difference.
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Post by superhans on Mar 12, 2024 22:13:50 GMT
Agreed. Woeful to watch. Been banging the drum about the midfield all season. So narrow and our right back is the only player who can beat a man. Don’t deserve to go up, and if we did we’d be absolute cannon fodder. Coates can indeed beat a man. Sadly can't cross for shit, the amount of crosses he shanks out of play is insane. Our forwards don't help themselves at times, but they've had no help from our full backs all season, nothing to feed off. Yep agreed, probably the only thing that stops Coates playing higher is that final ball. As he's quick and great in the air for his size. Makes it all the more hard to watch tho when he seems to be our only player in an attacking wide position and expecting him to deliver.
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Post by weareblues on Mar 12, 2024 22:14:59 GMT
Warrington town are doing well on a low budget so why can we they are 3pts behind us with a game in hand They've also not been stuck in this league for years on end have they
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Post by boughtonblue on Mar 12, 2024 22:15:11 GMT
Another tough watch. Lots of possession and very few chances again. There seems to be a lack of belief in the team now. Very surprising given the quality we have. Agree about midfield, Whitehouse hasn't been a patch on last season and you could say the same about Weekes. We are very predictable and teams seem to have sussed us out. I can't say what the answer is but I'm praying that the loss will shake them up a bit.
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Post by weststander on Mar 12, 2024 22:16:11 GMT
Warrington town are doing well on a low budget so why can we they are 3pts behind us with a game in hand They are highly limited but have a targetman and a highly combatative, physical midfield. It goes a long way in this league and the league above
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Post by boughtonblue on Mar 12, 2024 22:16:48 GMT
With the greatest respect, I don't think people are questioning the budget on the back of the last few games, it's more tactical and a drop in performance and confidence. I don't know Southport's budget, but we lost tonight because we played crap and they actually finished their chances, not because of budget. Talking over the course of the season of course it makes a difference. Easiest thing i' the world to blame the budget. Who on earth wants to take us over???
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