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Strongest team, how can it be with 10 out injured.Also today was probably the day where we had our strongest team available for the first time in many weeks if not months along with the new signings plus against very weak opposition. We likely won’t get an easier opportunity to grab 3pts the rest of the season. Definitely missing Long and there’s still a few players to return but that was a huge opportunity missed today and the way we played was so poor as was general approach. Not sure if Des is playing it safe or if he really lacks tactical scope and flexibility. There is enough personnel in there to really mix thing s up and make it his own but I just don’t know if he has the experience or ability.
Same hereAgree with that. I'm actually considering not renewing my season ticket next season and just picking and choosing games as they come. Dull as dishwater recently.
Ciaron Brown was and has been awful for weeks like you say. Literally don’t remember him winning one ball in the air vs smith. Always on the back foot. I don’t rate him at allThought Negru, McGuane, Rodrigues & Goodrham were poor today.
Ciaron Brown has been off it for good few weeks now. Time for Thorniley to be given a chance?
And yet somehow he’s still not been picked up by any of the clubs who’ve sacked their managers recently. Could it be that he wants Championship football not League One.
Agreed. What will happen with me. I’ll probably get a membership as it stands. Won’t make all games as it is so season ticket for me would be a waste of my money to watch below par performances.Agree with that. I'm actually considering not renewing my season ticket next season and just picking and choosing games as they come. Dull as dishwater recently.
Moore has been putting in 8/10 performances since the turn of the year. Deserves praise as he’s defending for 2 people with brown next to him. He is okay as a squad option but we should be looking to upgrade in the summer & sign another CB.In fairness, Ciaron has had a few pretty average games by his standards. His distributions has been poor and he's been bullied by a few players half his size.
I'm surprised that Elliott Moore hasn't got more credit for today but with Negru and Brown either side of him, he gad to work his socks off and was still giving everything to the end.
Hope he doesn’t read this forum, it would probably make him suicidal.
People will say it’s overreacting but that’s our shot at playoffs done this season. Too many teams with games in hand, we will need to go on an exceptional run. This season has come one season too early in terms of us getting rid of the dead wood out of the squad. If this season was playing out next year we would have much more flexibility in the transfer market. Sad but true, can see us finishing 9th. We are too inconsistent. To get playoffs we will need to win 10 of the last 16 in my view. Just isn’t going to happen.
There's still a third of the season to go. I know that we've been poor during this second third, but it's madness to write off any hope with 16 games to play.
We could set up like this next weekend,
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And we could have the likes of Goodrham, Dale, McGuane and Murphy on the bench.
I'm not saying that things are perfect, but I also can't understand the defeatist attitude.
There's still a third of the season to go. I know that we've been poor during this second third, but it's madness to write off any hope with 16 games to play.
We could set up like this next weekend,
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And we could have the likes of Goodrham, Dale, McGuane and Murphy on the bench.
I'm not saying that things are perfect, but I also can't understand the defeatist attitude.
How is Matete going to start a game a week from now when today he was only deemed capable of the last 7 minutes?
I admire your optimism but would be absolutely amazed if Goodwin starts next weekend.There's still a third of the season to go. I know that we've been poor during this second third, but it's madness to write off any hope with 16 games to play.
We could set up like this next weekend,
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And we could have the likes of Goodrham, Dale, McGuane and Murphy on the bench.
I'm not saying that things are perfect, but I also can't understand the defeatist attitude.
I admire your optimism but would be absolutely amazed if Goodwin starts next weekend.
And add to that - given where we were last season to be targeting the playoffs is amazing progressSo all these Des haters, who’d you have instead? And, how much better would they have done with nearly half the first team squad out injured.
As soon as we led L1, people were thinking we’d won the league. As were Port Vale, Cambridge, Exeter etc. We are in the playoffs, have had a great window and have players returning from injury. The teams above us Pompey, Peterborough, Bolton are playing really well, but shortly with a nearly full squad, we’ll be pushing. We were never going to be in the automatics, but the playoffs are still there for us to prosper.
I wasn’t there today annoyingly. Was there booing?I'm not a Des hater and will continue to back him as he has only been here three months and I don't thinks it's helpful booing etc and can be counter productive. However, he has definitely made some mistakes and does appear a bit lost at times. Hopefully things will pick up. While we still need to fight for the playoffs I definitely don't think we are the favourites to get there.