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Post by bonecrusher on Mar 23, 2024 18:57:09 GMT
Interview was interesting. I don't remember us creating chance after chance after chance personally. Overall I like his fighting talk, was half expecting him to say he had his big boy pants on at one point. Rightly said that we don't get the points as we are currently. Question is, will he back this up by rejigging the team and breaking up the 3 midfielders?
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Post by moldcestrian on Mar 23, 2024 18:58:35 GMT
Like what I want. Verbally aggressive posts. Aww. Does a bit of swearing offend you? Piss off 🤣, you said it wasn't him, he said it was. He threw you under the bus fella As my 9 year-old found hilarious today, I'm not averse to a bit of swearing, it's the pathetic bullying of people over a difference of opinion I have an issue with. Anyway, as I said in an earlier post, if we can find a way of scoring goals then this season is not over yet. Sarcasm and satire is lost on you isn’t it? I’m not Frank or Nathan you numpty. Sorry if I swear in my posts, ask the father for forgiveness at your Sunday service. P.S you shouldn’t be putting a 9 year old through any bad language, shows what type of father you are
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Post by noddy on Mar 23, 2024 19:02:09 GMT
Piss off 🤣, you said it wasn't him, he said it was. He threw you under the bus fella As my 9 year-old found hilarious today, I'm not averse to a bit of swearing, it's the pathetic bullying of people over a difference of opinion I have an issue with. Anyway, as I said in an earlier post, if we can find a way of scoring goals then this season is not over yet. Sarcasm and satire is lost on you isn’t it? I’m not Frank or Nathan you numpty. Sorry if I swear in my posts, ask the father for forgiveness at your Sunday service. P.S you shouldn’t be putting a 9 year old through any bad language, shows what type of father you are Shouldn't be putting a nine year old through watching us full stop. Threaten him if he misbehaves next week you will bring him down for the Alfeton game.
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Post by Moltisanti on Mar 23, 2024 19:08:12 GMT
Like what I want. Verbally aggressive posts. Aww. Does a bit of swearing offend you? Piss off 🤣, you said it wasn't him, he said it was. He threw you under the bus fella As my 9 year-old found hilarious today, I'm not averse to a bit of swearing, it's the pathetic bullying of people over a difference of opinion I have an issue with. Anyway, as I said in an earlier post, if we can find a way of scoring goals then this season is not over yet. Oh dear
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Post by theshed1 on Mar 23, 2024 19:24:20 GMT
Interview was interesting. I don't remember us creating chance after chance after chance personally. Overall I like his fighting talk, was half expecting him to say he had his big boy pants on at one point. Rightly said that we don't get the points as we are currently. Question is, will he back this up by rejigging the team and breaking up the 3 midfielders? Where is the interview it's usually been uploaded on here by now
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Post by bonecrusher on Mar 23, 2024 19:33:36 GMT
It's on YouTube.
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Post by spencerwhelanleftpeg on Mar 23, 2024 19:34:16 GMT
Ok I didn’t go today but listened on seals live How are we going to change our current fortunes if we can’t score . Norton has potential and offers us something different What’s the point in leaving it till nearly injury time to make changes Don’t get that Obviously we can still make the play offs but it’s going to Be hard to get 11/15 points on current form
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Post by arthuro on Mar 23, 2024 19:36:53 GMT
Only one word to describe that performance: embarrassing. Looked like a Sunday league game at times.
Set pieces are an ongoing farce. Never look like scoring off a corner or a free kick. Keeping your big lads back on set pieces was unforgivable.
You just know the opponents will get a chance to grab the win. Opponents have us sussed out the lack of width and the lightweight midfield.
No way will we make the play offs so the club now need to look at next season and serious questions need to be asked. A club who attracts over 2500 fans should not be languishing in mid-table in a regional league.
I just hope the defence can be kept for next season because if we are relying on the likes of Weeks and Whitehouse we are going nowhere fast.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Mar 23, 2024 19:49:07 GMT
Only one word to describe that performance: embarrassing. Looked like a Sunday league game at times. Set pieces are an ongoing farce. Never look like scoring off a corner or a free kick. Keeping your big lads back on set pieces was unforgivable. You just know the opponents will get a chance to grab the win. Opponents have us sussed out the lack of width and the lightweight midfield. No way will we make the play offs so the club now need to look at next season and serious questions need to be asked. A club who attracts over 2500 fans should not be languishing in mid-table in a regional league. I just hope the defence can be kept for next season because if we are relying on the likes of Weeks and Whitehouse we are going nowhere fast. Don’t forget GG. 11 goals this season 😍😍. And he’s ruined both Weeks and Whitehouse.
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Post by yossergolf on Mar 23, 2024 19:53:24 GMT
Heard some of it on the radio, usual stats churned out but can’t or won’t accept his tactics are not working. The goals scored sums up everything that’s wrong, as Cal says stats don’t lie. Those stats say we are not good enough up front and everyone can see it.
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Post by Lon on Mar 23, 2024 19:57:21 GMT
Maybe give up watching football if that’s what you think 😂 Are you saying he doesnt? He clearly claps to encourage a player because he ‘did the right thing’ but didn’t execute it correctly. When a player doesn’t execute his instructions correctly he rightly has a go and everyone on here has seen that.
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Post by Lon on Mar 23, 2024 19:59:41 GMT
Only one word to describe that performance: embarrassing. Looked like a Sunday league game at times. Set pieces are an ongoing farce. Never look like scoring off a corner or a free kick. Keeping your big lads back on set pieces was unforgivable. You just know the opponents will get a chance to grab the win. Opponents have us sussed out the lack of width and the lightweight midfield. No way will we make the play offs so the club now need to look at next season and serious questions need to be asked. A club who attracts over 2500 fans should not be languishing in mid-table in a regional league. I just hope the defence can be kept for next season because if we are relying on the likes of Weeks and Whitehouse we are going nowhere fast. Don’t forget GG. 11 goals this season 😍😍. And he’s ruined both Weeks and Whitehouse. Like I said earlier, you’ll be buzzing that he might be out for rest of the season you sad sad man
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Post by 1paulcarden on Mar 23, 2024 20:01:43 GMT
Don’t forget GG. 11 goals this season 😍😍. And he’s ruined both Weeks and Whitehouse. Like I said earlier, you’ll be buzzing that he might be out for rest of the season you sad sad man Every chance I won’t have to watch that same dismal set up again this season so there’s hope. Also Weeks might be able to be the best midfielder in the league like he was last season. Sad as fuck.
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Post by tarvinblue on Mar 23, 2024 20:03:42 GMT
I feel like Cal has dug his heels in and believes what he’s trooping out. We didn’t create chance after chance - we never do. We created several half chances and one-two decent chances but to suggest we were hammering their goal is an exaggeration. He has stated this type of thing before and suggested he has data to back it up. The fact is that our delivery into the box is awful, we cannot seem to play through the lines and when chances do arise the finishing is poor. What worries me is how players - Caton, Peers, Tollitt to name three - turn up here, look good for 2-3 games and then begin to look a shadow of themselves. It’s like any creativity is drilled out of them. It also felt like today Cal refused to take Peers off because fans were calling for it. He needs to learn to reflect, take criticism and adapt. Anything less than a play off position is an absolute disaster and one he should be held accountable for, regardless of his popularity.
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Post by Al on Mar 23, 2024 20:15:43 GMT
I feel like Cal has dug his heels in and believes what he’s trooping out. We didn’t create chance after chance - we never do. We created several half chances and one-two decent chances but to suggest we were hammering their goal is an exaggeration. He has stated this type of thing before and suggested he has data to back it up. The fact is that our delivery into the box is awful, we cannot seem to play through the lines and when chances do arise the finishing is poor. What worries me is how players - Caton, Peers, Tollitt to name three - turn up here, look good for 2-3 games and then begin to look a shadow of themselves. It’s like any creativity is drilled out of them. It also felt like today Cal refused to take Peers off because fans were calling for it. He needs to learn to reflect, take criticism and adapt. Anything less than a play off position is an absolute disaster and one he should be held accountable for, regardless of his popularity. Bang on that
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Post by hackett on Mar 23, 2024 20:18:44 GMT
I feel like Cal has dug his heels in and believes what he’s trooping out. We didn’t create chance after chance - we never do. We created several half chances and one-two decent chances but to suggest we were hammering their goal is an exaggeration. He has stated this type of thing before and suggested he has data to back it up. The fact is that our delivery into the box is awful, we cannot seem to play through the lines and when chances do arise the finishing is poor. What worries me is how players - Caton, Peers, Tollitt to name three - turn up here, look good for 2-3 games and then begin to look a shadow of themselves. It’s like any creativity is drilled out of them. It also felt like today Cal refused to take Peers off because fans were calling for it. He needs to learn to reflect, take criticism and adapt. Anything less than a play off position is an absolute disaster and one he should be held accountable for, regardless of his popularity. Can't argue with that. Surprised we didn't see Burton after his impressive debut red card aside. But that team was crying out for something different from about twenty minutes in when every opportunity we had ended the same way.. Players seemed to rush when they had time and dawdle when they don't.
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Post by rhodri on Mar 23, 2024 20:22:13 GMT
This is probably the first season Cal has managed (Runcorn or here) where he hasn't had an out and out goalscorer available for the majority of the season. At Runcorn he had Ryan Brooke, last year he had Kurt here. This year we've tried several players as that out and out goalscorer, but no-one fits the bill. I don't have the numbers to back it, but there were quite a few occasions last year where we got points late in the games thanks to Kurt's goals, we haven't had a player with that predatory nature this season, to get us out of trouble.
The midfield is obviously a big talking point too. We have probably played our best and effective football this year when Murray has been given a bit of a free role behind the strikers. Weeks was almost unplayable in parts last year as he had similar position, but trying to play Glendon in front of him has really inhibited him. Glendon has scored goals, but not much else.
I don't know if Coates and Taylor are injured, but surely we have to play them if they are fit, to provide width now. We have probably been overly cautious in recent weeks with the defence, centre backs at full backs etc. We can't be overly focused on trying to keep clean sheets the next 5 games, we have to be more offensive and get our attacking full backs in there.
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Post by superhans on Mar 23, 2024 20:22:34 GMT
Cal talking about "chance after chance" in his interview is mental. I feel like he's counting corners as chances but I'm not sure we've scored from one all season.
We hit the post first half and then had a few half chances when we finally had a go for the last 20. Also no idea why we're so shot shy, Tolitt got in a great position twice and both times just kept moving the ball into a worse position instead of shooting.
I was full of dread when i saw that lineup today. At least if he'd changed the system and we'd lost we could see he's seen the issue and trying to address it but instead it's a rinse and repeat of the last few home shockers.
Centre backs playing as wing backs and expecting miracles. Stacking the centre of the pitch with nothing in front of them. I'm a fan of Peers but when the ball did come his was today his touch was really poor. Also, was that a clear pen on Caton or do I need new specs ?
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Post by devadiva on Mar 23, 2024 20:23:30 GMT
I feel like Cal has dug his heels in and believes what he’s trooping out. We didn’t create chance after chance - we never do. We created several half chances and one-two decent chances but to suggest we were hammering their goal is an exaggeration. He has stated this type of thing before and suggested he has data to back it up. The fact is that our delivery into the box is awful, we cannot seem to play through the lines and when chances do arise the finishing is poor. What worries me is how players - Caton, Peers, Tollitt to name three - turn up here, look good for 2-3 games and then begin to look a shadow of themselves. It’s like any creativity is drilled out of them. It also felt like today Cal refused to take Peers off because fans were calling for it. He needs to learn to reflect, take criticism and adapt. Anything less than a play off position is an absolute disaster and one he should be held accountable for, regardless of his popularity. Spot on. Before the match I’d have liked to see GG swapped for Tollit to see if he was a better combo with Peers and Caton - obvs that was never going to happen but maybe that’s more likely now after GG went off. The other thing that crossed my mind was whether Burton can play midfield - he was a good physical presence on his debut. Maybe what we need to beef us up a bit?
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Post by yossergolf on Mar 23, 2024 20:46:40 GMT
I feel like Cal has dug his heels in and believes what he’s trooping out. We didn’t create chance after chance - we never do. We created several half chances and one-two decent chances but to suggest we were hammering their goal is an exaggeration. He has stated this type of thing before and suggested he has data to back it up. The fact is that our delivery into the box is awful, we cannot seem to play through the lines and when chances do arise the finishing is poor. What worries me is how players - Caton, Peers, Tollitt to name three - turn up here, look good for 2-3 games and then begin to look a shadow of themselves. It’s like any creativity is drilled out of them. It also felt like today Cal refused to take Peers off because fans were calling for it. He needs to learn to reflect, take criticism and adapt. Anything less than a play off position is an absolute disaster and one he should be held accountable for, regardless of his popularity. There have to be changes for the Buxton game, probably enforced by injuries to Caton, Glendon and Burke. If we don’t win at Buxton then the atmosphere on Easter Monday won’t be great. As others have said, a play off place is the minimum expected and anything less is seen as a failure. Cal can say all he likes about stats etc but we do not create good chances or build up momentum like we did last season, deep down he probably knows that. He is a great servant to Chester FC and loves the club but if we don’t get to the play offs then it has to be time to rethink his tactics.
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Post by sealandender1 on Mar 23, 2024 20:56:24 GMT
I feel like Cal has dug his heels in and believes what he’s trooping out. We didn’t create chance after chance - we never do. We created several half chances and one-two decent chances but to suggest we were hammering their goal is an exaggeration. He has stated this type of thing before and suggested he has data to back it up. The fact is that our delivery into the box is awful, we cannot seem to play through the lines and when chances do arise the finishing is poor. What worries me is how players - Caton, Peers, Tollitt to name three - turn up here, look good for 2-3 games and then begin to look a shadow of themselves. It’s like any creativity is drilled out of them. It also felt like today Cal refused to take Peers off because fans were calling for it. He needs to learn to reflect, take criticism and adapt. Anything less than a play off position is an absolute disaster and one he should be held accountable for, regardless of his popularity. Totally agree TB but when you have the likes of Callum in charge you will always get the ‘nice’ side of pre/post match comments. Callum is clearly obsessed with data, statistics and analytical processes. Football throughout history has always been decided by PWDLFAPts and invariably having a manager/coach who had played the game to a decent standard/relatively good level. Callum has done really well in his short coaching career but because of him never having played the game he appears to be short in footballing knowledge as to how to change tactics and formation on the pitch particularly when he come up against difficult situations during a game ie teams who play low block. play with expansive width etc. etc. Surely the likes of Colin Woodthorpe, Kevin Roberts and the three main midfielders are having a word over the situation. I fully accept that Callum will hold all the required ‘badges and qualifications’ but in my opinion it is footballing no how as the game is in progress that is missing and costing us point after point. Our supporters know that we have the makings of a good solid defence and the midfield has players who as Callum states would walk into any side in the NLN. If this is the case, why on earth do we often look lethargic and find it a struggle as the game progresses - it has to be a question of management process in a points make prizes industry.
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Post by leedsutd234 on Mar 23, 2024 21:00:12 GMT
Watching the England game tonight I felt I'd already watched that game at the Deva. Don't think England had a shot on target.
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Post by bryndjones on Mar 23, 2024 21:27:19 GMT
Remember when we used to win matches relatively recently, with Kev Roberts as DCM & Elliott Whitehouse further forward? Also, seeing we have innumerable corners, plus free kicks in the final 3rd, maybe it’s time to go all in and loan a big target-man who can cause chaos and also free up some space for our more creative players while additionally winning a header or two? Also, perhaps send our tall centre backs forward seeing as they have scored for us from corners in the past, instead of leaving them on the halfway line enjoying the view. Anyway, what do I know…
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Post by Lon on Mar 23, 2024 22:01:43 GMT
Like I said earlier, you’ll be buzzing that he might be out for rest of the season you sad sad man Every chance I won’t have to watch that same dismal set up again this season so there’s hope. Also Weeks might be able to be the best midfielder in the league like he was last season. Sad as fuck. Glendon is most probably out the rest of the season based from how he looked when he hobbled off today. You’ll be buzzing with that as you hate him. That’s that
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Post by whitey on Mar 23, 2024 22:07:55 GMT
Turgid boring football (again), no hot food in the kiosk at half time, toilets flooded (same as last game)!
Apart from that it was rubbish.
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Post by 1paulcarden on Mar 23, 2024 22:12:06 GMT
Every chance I won’t have to watch that same dismal set up again this season so there’s hope. Also Weeks might be able to be the best midfielder in the league like he was last season. Sad as fuck. Glendon is most probably out the rest of the season based from how he looked when he hobbled off today. You’ll be buzzing with that as you hate him. That’s that Terrifying. Hopefully we’ll be as bad as last season without him.
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Post by Harry Lime on Mar 23, 2024 22:42:10 GMT
Most of us have seen these players 20 to 40 games this season, and most of them the same number last season. We think we know what they can and can't do. Every game we see them now just reaffirms our view. Whatever that view is.
A limitation of the midfield diamond was always felt to be that it was too narrow. Our determination to control centre midfield shows this.
Due to the make up of our squad we've ended up with one striker and an inexperienced back up. No real aerial threat. Two wide men who are pushed up front. A number 10 who appears to unbalance the side, as all the other midfielders have been pushed back but are not defensive players. Centre halves providing the width, but with no one to hit in the box. Then we wonder why we've only scored 47 goals.
Unfortunately to a degree Cal’s hand are tied over tactics due to the make up of the squad. It's difficult to suddenly tell the players to ignore everything they've working on all season.
Problem now is that the players look devoid of any confidence. Can't fault the effort being put in. The harder they try the worse they're getting. We'll need something happening to change it. Maybe a ball ricochets off someone into the net. Dodgy penalty devision. A world from 25 yards. Otherwise its an assess and change formation / style / recruitment priorities for next season.
I would suggest the 'stats' in our recent home games are actually better than those early in the season, when we won a few. We weren't great in a few of those, but scored late winners when we went more direct and put sides under pressure. Got the crowd involved too and that puts the opposition under more pressure.
I reckon Cal privately knows where he's gone wrong. Its the first tough period he's encountered in his career. Might make him a better manager in the long term.
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Post by MPW on Mar 23, 2024 22:48:20 GMT
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Chester team with so many players low on confidence and out of form as they are right now. You cannot really fault them for effort, but we’re also not getting any luck whatsoever.
I don’t think anyone envisaged this poor run, but the worry is that Cal doesn’t know how to turn this around.
Buxton away is winnable, but I doubt that Cal will change too much and will just stick to what he knows.
Let’s face it, if we had a Blackett or Kurt this season, we’d easily be in the top 3 again.
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Post by tonya on Mar 23, 2024 23:07:50 GMT
You have to ask whether Cal feels he has the finances required to build a strong enough squad for promotion. Publicly he has to stick with the team he has. A centre forward like Kurt is like gold dust and we don't have the finances to replace him. However despite the current despondency from fans we have remember we have done well against the top teams and a month back our play off place seemed pretty certain. The next two games are critical.
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Post by borussiachester on Mar 23, 2024 23:17:56 GMT
This is probably the first season Cal has managed (Runcorn or here) where he hasn't had an out and out goalscorer available for the majority of the season. At Runcorn he had Ryan Brooke, last year he had Kurt here. This year we've tried several players as that out and out goalscorer, but no-one fits the bill. I don't have the numbers to back it, but there were quite a few occasions last year where we got points late in the games thanks to Kurt's goals, we haven't had a player with that predatory nature this season, to get us out of trouble. The midfield is obviously a big talking point too. We have probably played our best and effective football this year when Murray has been given a bit of a free role behind the strikers. Weeks was almost unplayable in parts last year as he had similar position, but trying to play Glendon in front of him has really inhibited him. Glendon has scored goals, but not much else. I don't know if Coates and Taylor are injured, but surely we have to play them if they are fit, to provide width now. We have probably been overly cautious in recent weeks with the defence, centre backs at full backs etc. We can't be overly focused on trying to keep clean sheets the next 5 games, we have to be more offensive and get our attacking full backs in there. Bang on with that first paragraph. Contrary to what he might try and imply in his interviews, we’ve never exactly been a side that creates dozens of chances in games during Cal’s tenure, which makes it all the more important to have a striker prolific enough to make the most of the opportunities he gets and intelligent enough to make runs that open up space for himself and others. Someone who can turn a 0-0 into a 1-0. One thing for which it was difficult to knock Bern and Jonno, at least during their first couple of seasons, was that their attacking philosophy and encouragement of individual expression meant we rarely struggled for goals, even when Asante was out, though it did of course often leave us exposed at the other end. We lost today because South Shields have that sort of player and we don’t - he and the now-former Rushall man Waldron are comfortably the two best strikers we’ve come up against this season. For all the discussion about his tactics, I’d say the single biggest mistake Cal has made was the failure to adequately replace Kurt last summer, and to naïvely put all our eggs in the basket of an inexperienced and injury-prone Caton. It’s left us playing catch-up for the entirety of the campaign, and the recruitment of a string of sub-standard attacking players to try and alleviate the situation has only served to further fritter away the budget. It’s meant we’re now in the unenviable position of having to field players who are clearly unfit and out of form, simply because we have no other out-and-out centre-forwards at the club. The transfer window closes on Thursday - we could really do with a couple of acquisitions before then, especially if Caton’s season is now over. I think calls for Cal’s head are extremely harsh, but it’s only right that there should be at least some degree of criticism for this poor run of form. If we were to miss out on the playoffs, it would be a major disappointment for which he would have to bear the brunt of the blame - and that’s where we’re headed unless things change big time in these last five games. Everyone, from the manager to the players to the supporters, needs to rise to the challenge.
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