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Post by weareblues on Apr 1, 2024 15:59:43 GMT
Could you imagine how toxic this fanbase would be right now if cal didn’t support Chester
Absolute disaster of a season shambles
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Post by tooth on Apr 1, 2024 16:00:40 GMT
Very unbalanced squad how many left sided players do we need we needed a big lad in midfield but we didn't get one too many short arses no end product might be time to rip it up and start again
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Post by tooth on Apr 1, 2024 16:02:52 GMT
Could you imagine how toxic this fanbase would be right now if cal didn’t support Chester Absolute disaster of a season shambles not going to have a go at cal but he does get away with a lot more than most other managers not saying sack him but will need to change his transfer policy
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Post by sealking on Apr 1, 2024 16:03:19 GMT
Same old tactics and style of play. Subs done too late and set pieces pitiful. Shocking show by most of the players today, lack of effort too
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Post by rhodri on Apr 1, 2024 16:05:24 GMT
Mathematically we're not out of the play off race, but if we're honest, we know it's gone now.
I don't think McIntyre is a bad coach, but he has to put his hand up at the end of the season and admit he's just got it wrong this year. This isn't a budget thing or model etc (which some people will say), we just haven't been good enough. I hope he has learnt this year tactically that the more attractive/build up style of football just isn't effective at this level.
Can't fault the defence this year. Stanway, Burke and Williams have had good seasons. Let's be honest though, they probably won't be here next season, but hopefully we'll make some decent money out of them. Weeks aside, and maybe Roberts (but he probably hasn't got much longer in him), he's not need a rebuild and new approach in midfield and attack. Glendon and Whitehouse bring the goals, but not much else.
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Post by sammychester on Apr 1, 2024 16:05:38 GMT
Let down the fans again. So fucking pathetic.
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Post by thetheremin on Apr 1, 2024 16:06:35 GMT
To be fair to Cal this is the first shocker of a season he’s had. Even when we were on an extended unbeaten run there was an accompanying sense of freefall. It has been odd. Hopefully ell learn from it.
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Post by dc2cfc on Apr 1, 2024 16:09:35 GMT
Vintage Billy Heath that, literally terrible in the final 3rd of the pitch.
We were never scoring in a million years, 4 games at home in a row without a goal isn’t acceptable to be honest.
Somehow that is all but it for our season now?! 2024 has been bad from start to finish
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Post by btb on Apr 1, 2024 16:13:03 GMT
That was so poor today. Shambolic at times. The life and confidence has been completely sucked out of these players. Calum may well have taken us as far as he can.
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Post by Lobster on Apr 1, 2024 16:14:12 GMT
Could you imagine how toxic this fanbase would be right now if cal didn’t support Chester Absolute disaster of a season shambles not going to have a go at cal but he does get away with a lot more than most other managers not saying sack him but will need to change his transfer policy If this season had been the other way around and we had started the season as bad as we've been since new year, he may have been sacked. It's not been much better than the run B&J were sacked after. Deservedly, he has credit in the bank after what he did last season, but it's very disappointing. I still have faith in Calum but some difficult decisions need to be made in the summer about how we put a side together that gets out of this league. The mad thing is we're still only three points off the playoffs and shouldn't really be giving up. I can see us winning at Gloucester and getting something at Brackley too, but that last game at home to Darlo has 0-1 written all over it. I think the really frustrating thing is that we were hit with a lot of challenges in the first half of the season, with the crowd restrictions, the fines eating into the budget, the injuries, the glut of away games and managing a decent Cup run, but we muddled through all that pretty well and stayed in contention, and kept hearing "wait until we've got a fully fit side". Then once things had settled down, and we even made a couple of additions, it feels like we've buckled on the home straight and sleepwalked our way into midtable.
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Post by weareblues on Apr 1, 2024 16:14:40 GMT
Could you imagine how toxic this fanbase would be right now if cal didn’t support Chester Absolute disaster of a season shambles not going to have a go at cal but he does get away with a lot more than most other managers not saying sack him but will need to change his transfer policy Gets away with murder and he’s cost us yet again through bullshit tactics and shite recruitment
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Post by lj19 on Apr 1, 2024 16:15:23 GMT
Shall we all just accept the fact we will be a national league north outfit for the foreseeable? Without financial backing, we are going nowhere.
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Post by kevlar on Apr 1, 2024 16:15:56 GMT
Well …. obviously the way to attain a play off place is to rely on scoring from a set piece with 6 foot 6 giants..commit endless niggling fouls breaking the play up…then have a goalie that can eat up 25 minutes time wasting…then depend on shite officials letting gamesmanship rule the game ….if that’s the future of football ? fuck that I’m going to watch rugby or lacrosse or tiddlywinks or curling
appalling standard entertainment wise.. I’d rather go to b & q to watch paint dry than watch that dross …criminal tbh
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Post by tooth on Apr 1, 2024 16:18:58 GMT
not going to have a go at cal but he does get away with a lot more than most other managers not saying sack him but will need to change his transfer policy Gets away with murder and he’s cost us yet again through bullshit tactics and shite recruitment i did actually say he gets away with a lot more than most managers and his recruitment has been shocking but if we get rid of calum seriously who do we get looks like he will be manager next season
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Post by tooth on Apr 1, 2024 16:20:52 GMT
Well …. obviously the way to attain a play off place is to rely on scoring from a set piece with 6 foot 6 giants..commit endless niggling fouls breaking the play up…then have a goalie that can eat up 25 minutes time wasting…then depend on shite officials letting gamesmanship rule the game ….if that’s the future of football ? fuck that I’m going to watch rugby or lacrosse or tiddlywinks or curling appalling standard entertainment wise.. I’d rather go to b & q to watch paint dry than watch that dross …criminal tbh sadly though its effective mark selby boring snooker player but 4 times world champion if we cant break them down thats our fault
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Post by Jack on Apr 1, 2024 16:24:36 GMT
Every comment on individual players - and they were all absolutely woeful - needs to be looked at through the lens of our awful, suffocatingly negative home tactics. There is just no way any of those players are able to play anywhere near their potential in our system.
Just watch when our players get the ball and assess the options they have. Either sideways, backwards, lumped towards a corner or a suicide pass to a player with 2 men right up their backside. You could hand pick an 11 from this division and we’d still end up in the same dead ends every time.
Sadly, that performance was exactly what we all knew we’d get in a game that we might as well not have turned up for. The script was already written. The biggest crime is how our dour football absolutely kills a 2500 crowd into silence. It should be an advantage but it’s just so passive that the crowd totally disengage.
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Post by Matt on Apr 1, 2024 16:24:40 GMT
Shall we all just accept the fact we will be a national league north outfit for the foreseeable? Without financial backing, we are going nowhere. There will always be that argument but football is broken, teams like Southend, Notts County and Chesterfield spending 3/4 million a year on wages shows this. Altrincham are the best example of how it can work. They've averaging around 1,800, yes they've had investment of 1.5 mill but they haven't got insane like other clubs or Disney spending 7 million on wages to get out of that league.
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Post by utb on Apr 1, 2024 16:27:47 GMT
The stench of failure needs bleaching out of the club. Players who've been here for a long time now need clearing out. They've had enough chances, enough seasons and failed to get the job done under multiple managers.
Another miserable summer awaits.
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Post by moldcestrian on Apr 1, 2024 16:28:05 GMT
7 hours since a home goal.
Biggest 2nd half of the season and we bore a 2,500 crowd into emptying out at half 4.
Struggling to be positive here for next season.
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Post by btb on Apr 1, 2024 16:30:18 GMT
Well …. obviously the way to attain a play off place is to rely on scoring from a set piece with 6 foot 6 giants..commit endless niggling fouls breaking the play up…then have a goalie that can eat up 25 minutes time wasting…then depend on shite officials letting gamesmanship rule the game ….if that’s the future of football ? fuck that I’m going to watch rugby or lacrosse or tiddlywinks or curling appalling standard entertainment wise.. I’d rather go to b & q to watch paint dry than watch that dross …criminal tbh imagine how bad it would be if the pitch was smaller and we had no ball boys.
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Post by Lobster on Apr 1, 2024 16:31:59 GMT
Well …. obviously the way to attain a play off place is to rely on scoring from a set piece with 6 foot 6 giants..commit endless niggling fouls breaking the play up…then have a goalie that can eat up 25 minutes time wasting…then depend on shite officials letting gamesmanship rule the game ….if that’s the future of football ? fuck that I’m going to watch rugby or lacrosse or tiddlywinks or curling appalling standard entertainment wise.. I’d rather go to b & q to watch paint dry than watch that dross …criminal tbh sadly though its effective mark selby boring snooker player but 4 times world champion if we cant break them down thats our fault Let's be honest, we're not great to watch ourselves, and even last season we weren't really. I'd rather watch direct, physical football that works than neat and tidy, snail's paced passing football that doesn't.
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Post by oldtimer on Apr 1, 2024 16:33:36 GMT
not going to have a go at cal but he does get away with a lot more than most other managers not saying sack him but will need to change his transfer policy If this season had been the other way around and we had started the season as bad as we've been since new year, he may have been sacked. It's not been much better than the run B&J were sacked after. Deservedly, he has credit in the bank after what he did last season, but it's very disappointing. I still have faith in Calum but some difficult decisions need to be made in the summer about how we put a side together that gets out of this league. The mad thing is we're still only three points off the playoffs and shouldn't really be giving up. I can see us winning at Gloucester and getting something at Brackley too, but that last game at home to Darlo has 0-1 written all over it. I think the really frustrating thing is that we were hit with a lot of challenges in the first half of the season, with the crowd restrictions, the fines eating into the budget, the injuries, the glut of away games and managing a decent Cup run, but we muddled through all that pretty well and stayed in contention, and kept hearing "wait until we've got a fully fit side". Then once things had settled down, and we even made a couple of additions, it feels like we've buckled on the home straight and sleepwalked our way into midtable. 3 points and a million miles off Fact is our players couldn't be arsed on the first day of the season
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Post by tooth on Apr 1, 2024 16:34:22 GMT
sadly though its effective mark selby boring snooker player but 4 times world champion if we cant break them down thats our fault Let's be honest, we're not great to watch ourselves, and even last season we weren't really. I'd rather watch direct, physical football that works than neat and tidy, snail's paced passing football that doesn't. agree with you
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Post by 1paulcarden on Apr 1, 2024 16:35:42 GMT
Every comment on individual players - and they were all absolutely woeful - needs to be looked at through the lens of our awful, suffocatingly negative home tactics. There is just no way any of those players are able to play anywhere near their potential in our system. Just watch when our players get the ball and assess the options they have. Either sideways, backwards, lumped towards a corner or a suicide pass to a player with 2 men right up their backside. You could hand pick an 11 from this division and we’d still end up in the same dead ends every time. Sadly, that performance was exactly what we all knew we’d get in a game that we might as well not have turned up for. The script was already written. The biggest crime is how our dour football absolutely kills a 2500 crowd into silence. It should be an advantage but it’s just so passive that the crowd totally disengage. And why are the tactics suffocatingly negative? Because he tries to accommodate an extra Weeks which he doesn’t need to do, ends up playing Weeks out of position and ruins the shape of the team and the creativity of Weeks. Thought he’d seen the light on Friday. Also, that’s the kind of ‘performance’ from a club captain that gets you sacked. Even by his pretty regular weekly disappearing acts that was David Copperfieldesque. The football’s dour, but heaven forbid look at the personnel.
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Post by kevlar on Apr 1, 2024 16:36:58 GMT
Every comment on individual players - and they were all absolutely woeful - needs to be looked at through the lens of our awful, suffocatingly negative home tactics. There is just no way any of those players are able to play anywhere near their potential in our system. Just watch when our players get the ball and assess the options they have. Either sideways, backwards, lumped towards a corner or a suicide pass to a player with 2 men right up their backside. You could hand pick an 11 from this division and we’d still end up in the same dead ends every time. Sadly, that performance was exactly what we all knew we’d get in a game that we might as well not have turned up for. The script was already written. The biggest crime is how our dour football absolutely kills a 2500 crowd into silence. It should be an advantage but it’s just so passive that the crowd totally disengage. This…..who wants to watch 20 yard passes like a crab sideways for 5 minutes? I saw all of our players throw their arms out ‘who’s making a run?’ Reminded me of watching Butch Wilkins in the day…
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Post by gomez35 on Apr 1, 2024 16:38:06 GMT
Management Change for next season, Mahon from Curzon would be a great option, also try go for Stefan Mols ( 10 goals) & Connor Woods ( 14 goals) players from Curzon & Warrington respectively both contracted till the end of the season and would NOT cost the earth.
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Post by stortfordseal on Apr 1, 2024 16:38:12 GMT
That was so poor today. Shambolic at times. The life and confidence has been completely sucked out of these players. Calum may well have taken us as far as he can. Got to agree about Calum unfortunately. Inexperience has come home to roost. I wouldn’t want to see him leave but I think he would benefit greatly from an experienced “Director of football” over him. Of course he is so arrogant that he would never allow that to happen. I can’t believe the Blues Live commentators think the play-offs are still on the cards. They’re not. Season over. Loan players to be returned immediately to save the wages. The rest of the players are obviously on the beach already. Hotels for potential play off weekends cancelled. See you in August.
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Post by bluejay on Apr 1, 2024 16:40:51 GMT
I'd take a touch of Alfreton's fire, they wanted it so much more than we did. Like Brackley in last year's playoff game we just didn't look particularly up for it. A big part of a manager's job is to get a team fired up for big games.
As for tactics, not sure how we were trying to score. Our best chance seemed to be down the wings but it looked like Thomas had been told to tuck in first half.
Bitterly disappointing to see the same game play itself out over and over and last 3 games we need to be given a reason to feel optimistic about next season.
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Post by Si on Apr 1, 2024 16:40:54 GMT
Alfreton won the game before a ball was kicked - they won the toss and therefore the game by simply switching the ends.
Is there anyone that still enjoys home games? We've been so depressingly boring for a while now. Hardly muster any shots or any meaningful pressure. Tactics are sterile and easy for teams to play against.
Calum gets a bit of a free hit from me cos he's Chester through and through and we've had some good moments with him, but in all honestly if we continue to play like this at home next season then I just can't see myself continuing to write off another load of Saturday afternoons down there in the vague hope we might nick a 1-0 win. He's got to get us looking better at home because it's killing the enjoyment of watching our team. Chasing the game and the best we could muster up was a shot from Norton....fuck off.
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Post by Jack on Apr 1, 2024 16:41:19 GMT
Every comment on individual players - and they were all absolutely woeful - needs to be looked at through the lens of our awful, suffocatingly negative home tactics. There is just no way any of those players are able to play anywhere near their potential in our system. Just watch when our players get the ball and assess the options they have. Either sideways, backwards, lumped towards a corner or a suicide pass to a player with 2 men right up their backside. You could hand pick an 11 from this division and we’d still end up in the same dead ends every time. Sadly, that performance was exactly what we all knew we’d get in a game that we might as well not have turned up for. The script was already written. The biggest crime is how our dour football absolutely kills a 2500 crowd into silence. It should be an advantage but it’s just so passive that the crowd totally disengage. And why are the tactics suffocatingly negative? Because he tries to accommodate an extra Weeks which he doesn’t need to do, ends up playing Weeks out of position and ruins the shape of the team and the creativity of Weeks. Thought he’d seen the light on Friday. Also, that’s the kind of ‘performance’ from a club captain that gets you sacked. Even by his pretty regular weekly disappearing acts that was David Copperfieldesque. The football’s dour, but heaven forbid look at the personnel. Your opening question is one for the manager? There’s literally no point in your opinion on George Glendon again. I agree, he was terrible today. Like all the others. Because they’re playing football in a straight jacket.
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