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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Feb 17, 2018 22:18:08 GMT
I had flashes of deja vu when that header went in. Cork did that to us a couple of times at Plough Lane under the electricity pylon back in the day. Wimbledon were awful first half; lumped it and bumped it. We tried to play it on the ground at least and looked good at times I thought. Lockyer played well and the defence held their ground throughout, then Moore slips after winning the ball, makes a feeble attempt to win it back while sitting on his *ss, it got whipped across and that was that. They looked bottom four and we looked top half. Sercombe does a lot of chasing and covering that he seldom gets credit for. Subbing him for Nichols was a big mistake as it opened up space for them, which they lapped up late on. Craig is a left back who 'can' play in the middle. Lets hope that was his last appearance as a central defender. He hardly jumped at all when their bloke headed in. Daft to give Broadbent a rest. He'd never have jumped above him. Gaffney and Nichols is a useless combination up front.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 22:34:27 GMT
I had flashes of deja vu when that header went in. Cork did that to us a couple of times at Plough Lane under the electricity pylon back in the day. Wimbledon were awful first half; lumped it and bumped it. We tried to play it on the ground at least and looked good at times I thought. Lockyer played well and the defence held their ground throughout, then Moore slips after winning the ball, makes a feeble attempt to win it back while sitting on his *ss, it got whipped across and that was that. They looked bottom four and we looked top half. Sercombe does a lot of chasing and covering that he seldom gets credit for. Subbing him for Nichols was a big mistake as it opened up space for them, which they lapped up late on. Craig is a left back who 'can' play in the middle. Lets hope that was his last appearance as a central defender. He hardly jumped at all when their bloke headed in. Daft to give Broadbent a rest. He'd never have jumped above him. Gaffney and Nichols is a useless combination up front. What is your "craig is a left back who can play in the middle" comment based on. He played about 50 games for millwall last season do you know how often he played left back in those games?
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 17, 2018 22:37:39 GMT
I'll post more tomorrow. That performance was an embarrassment to the Club. I wasn't even bothered when Wimbledon scored at the end. We deserved nothing.
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Feb 17, 2018 22:53:36 GMT
Telford obviously not rated if Nichols always gets the nod.May as well go back to Stoke.Not even on the bench to-day.We do lack attacking player options.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 23:12:18 GMT
Telford obviously not rated if Nichols always gets the nod.May as well go back to Stoke.Not even on the bench to-day.We do lack attacking player options. Well including checkatrade games hes made about 11 appearances for rovers,before that 0 games since 2015. We have about 23 professionals now at the club and they cant all be in the squad.
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Post by DudeLebowski on Feb 17, 2018 23:26:11 GMT
The football was awful, our fans were silent. A dreadful day made worse by the fact twelve blokes from our village down here in Surrey coughed up £60 to do the corporate package in the expectation that they'd see a decent game and a good atmosphere. All I've had on the train home is crap about how lightweight we were and how poor our backing was, and I couldn't disagree. Most of the criticism was aimed at Moore and Bennett, justifiably so. At least when Gaffney came on he looked bothered. I thought Partington did well, Lockyer looked solid, Lines gave it a go and Sincs was Sincs, but apart from that forget it. We must’ve watched different games, as Moore was one of the better players in the entire side even after coming on in the second half & Gaffney was utterly abysmal.
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Feb 18, 2018 6:13:50 GMT
I had flashes of deja vu when that header went in. Cork did that to us a couple of times at Plough Lane under the electricity pylon back in the day. Wimbledon were awful first half; lumped it and bumped it. We tried to play it on the ground at least and looked good at times I thought. Lockyer played well and the defence held their ground throughout, then Moore slips after winning the ball, makes a feeble attempt to win it back while sitting on his *ss, it got whipped across and that was that. They looked bottom four and we looked top half. Sercombe does a lot of chasing and covering that he seldom gets credit for. Subbing him for Nichols was a big mistake as it opened up space for them, which they lapped up late on. Craig is a left back who 'can' play in the middle. Lets hope that was his last appearance as a central defender. He hardly jumped at all when their bloke headed in. Daft to give Broadbent a rest. He'd never have jumped above him. Gaffney and Nichols is a useless combination up front. What is your "craig is a left back who can play in the middle" comment based on. He played about 50 games for millwall last season do you know how often he played left back in those games? I'm sure that's what Clarke said when he bought him in. I could have got the left back bit wrong but I don't think so. He's a tidy player so I'm not knocking him, he just shouldn't play him there.
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Post by Igitur on Feb 18, 2018 8:25:25 GMT
Telford obviously not rated if Nichols always gets the nod.May as well go back to Stoke.Not even on the bench to-day.We do lack attacking player options. I simply can not believe that there were not young, hungry, fit, tall Championship forwards needing league football available in the window. Our lack of direct forwards have been an issue for some time.
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 18, 2018 10:21:52 GMT
Seeing as Stevek192 hasn't posted yet... Smith. 7. Should have been wearing a cap 1st half into the sun. Partington. 4. Beaten regularly by their left winger. No pace. Parts is a good footballer. But he isn't a right back. Lockyer. 6. Pretty solid game. Craig. 5. Lost his man for the goal. Otherwise OK. Bola. 6. OK - Nothing special. Sinclair MOM. 7. Gave 100%, as he always does. Lines. 6. OK - Nothing special. O.Clarke. 6. We lost our shape when he went off injured. Sercombe. 7. Mystified as to his substitution (unless he picked up a knock). Harrison. 7. Isolated up front (as he was for long periods against Oxford). Not his usual threat. Poor service all game. Bennett. 3. Will he go back to school now half term is over? A boy against men. Should have been subbed. Awful. Sub Moore. 6. Actually thought he had a good game. Most our attacks were down the right flank. Sub Nichols. 3. Not worthy of the shirt. Embarrassing. We're a man (boy) down when he gets on the pitch. Sub Gaffney. 3. One flash of brilliance, then failed to shoot. Apart from that - bloody awful. Without the substitutions we were on a par with a poor Wimbledon team. Once our shape had gone, we never looked like scoring. A game worthy of 0-0.
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Post by Igitur on Feb 18, 2018 10:40:01 GMT
Seeing as Stevek192 hasn't posted yet... Smith. 7. Should have been wearing a cap 1st half into the sun. Partington. 4. Beaten regularly by their left winger. No pace. Parts is a good footballer. But he isn't a right back. Lockyer. 6. Pretty solid game. Craig. 5. Lost his man for the goal. Otherwise OK. Bola. 6. OK - Nothing special. Sinclair MOM. 7. Gave 100%, as he always does. Lines. 6. OK - Nothing special. O.Clarke. 6. We lost our shape when he went off injured. Sercombe. 7. Mystified as to his substitution (unless he picked up a knock). Harrison. 7. Isolated up front (as he was for long periods against Oxford). Not his usual threat. Poor service all game. Bennett. 3. Will he go back to school now half term is over? A boy against men. Should have been subbed. Awful. Sub Moore. 6. Actually thought he had a good game. Most our attacks were down the right flank. Sub Nichols. 3. Not worthy of the shirt. Embarrassing. We're a man (boy) down when he gets on the pitch. Sub Gaffney. 3. One flash of brilliance, then failed to shoot. Apart from that - bloody awful. Without the substitutions we were on a par with a poor Wimbledon team. Once our shape had gone, we never looked like scoring. A game worthy of 0-0. Smith did put a hat on put some time into the half (you would have thought a baseball cap would be in a keeper's bag he brings out,) for some reason he slowed the the game down too often. Craig seemed at fault for the goal, DC laid into the forwards in the changing room and the press, they may not have won the game, but the defence (in the end) lost it. Sercs' head seemed to go down after a failed attack soon before being subbed, but for Nichols - really? Agree about Bennett. Moore did well and we should have exploited their left more as their back was cramping up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 10:53:32 GMT
What is your "craig is a left back who can play in the middle" comment based on. He played about 50 games for millwall last season do you know how often he played left back in those games? I'm sure that's what Clarke said when he bought him in. I could have got the left back bit wrong but I don't think so. He's a tidy player so I'm not knocking him, he just shouldn't play him there. Since i posted i did a bit of research and discovered he played 57 games for millwall last season and played left-back in the play-off final. Also in a recent interview he said he was a left-back who sometimes helps out manager neil harris by playing centre-back. So yes your right.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 18, 2018 14:23:50 GMT
Telford obviously not rated if Nichols always gets the nod.May as well go back to Stoke.Not even on the bench to-day.We do lack attacking player options. I simply can not believe that there were not young, hungry, fit, tall Championship forwards needing league football available in the window. Our lack of direct forwards have been an issue for some time. There are but we have owners who won’t pay for them as we will simply “evolve” into world beaters but these things take time LOL
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Post by DudeLebowski on Feb 18, 2018 14:25:56 GMT
Seeing as Stevek192 hasn't posted yet... Smith. 7. Should have been wearing a cap 1st half into the sun. Partington. 4. Beaten regularly by their left winger. No pace. Parts is a good footballer. But he isn't a right back. Lockyer. 6. Pretty solid game. Craig. 5. Lost his man for the goal. Otherwise OK. Bola. 6. OK - Nothing special. Sinclair MOM. 7. Gave 100%, as he always does. Lines. 6. OK - Nothing special. O.Clarke. 6. We lost our shape when he went off injured. Sercombe. 7. Mystified as to his substitution (unless he picked up a knock). Harrison. 7. Isolated up front (as he was for long periods against Oxford). Not his usual threat. Poor service all game. Bennett. 3. Will he go back to school now half term is over? A boy against men. Should have been subbed. Awful. Sub Moore. 6. Actually thought he had a good game. Most our attacks were down the right flank. Sub Nichols. 3. Not worthy of the shirt. Embarrassing. We're a man (boy) down when he gets on the pitch. Sub Gaffney. 3. One flash of brilliance, then failed to shoot. Apart from that - bloody awful. Without the substitutions we were on a par with a poor Wimbledon team. Once our shape had gone, we never looked like scoring. A game worthy of 0-0. Smith did put a hat on put some time into the half (you would have thought a baseball cap would be in a keeper's bag he brings out,) for some reason he slowed the the game down too often. Craig seemed at fault for the goal, DC laid into the forwards in the changing room and the press, they may not have won the game, but the defence (in the end) lost it. Sercs' head seemed to go down after a failed attack soon before being subbed, but for Nichols - really? Agree about Bennett. Moore did well and we should have exploited their left more as their back was cramping up. Agree with your comments, what’s this absolute slagging of Nichols for the sake of it? Sure he barely got a touch after coming on late in the day, but who could blame him after our showing in the attacking third for the entire game?? There’s scapegoating and then just being plain embarrassing. Gaffney & Sercs on for longer and by far up there with the worst of performers.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 18, 2018 15:38:54 GMT
Smith did put a hat on put some time into the half (you would have thought a baseball cap would be in a keeper's bag he brings out,) for some reason he slowed the the game down too often. Craig seemed at fault for the goal, DC laid into the forwards in the changing room and the press, they may not have won the game, but the defence (in the end) lost it. Sercs' head seemed to go down after a failed attack soon before being subbed, but for Nichols - really? Agree about Bennett. Moore did well and we should have exploited their left more as their back was cramping up. Agree with your comments, what’s this absolute slagging of Nichols for the sake of it? Sure he barely got a touch after coming on late in the day, but who could blame him after our showing in the attacking third for the entire game?? There’s scapegoating and then just being plain embarrassing. Gaffney & Sercs on for longer and by far up there with the worst of performers. Is it cos he iz black 😂😂😂
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Post by eppinggas on Feb 18, 2018 15:56:08 GMT
Smith did put a hat on put some time into the half (you would have thought a baseball cap would be in a keeper's bag he brings out,) for some reason he slowed the the game down too often. Craig seemed at fault for the goal, DC laid into the forwards in the changing room and the press, they may not have won the game, but the defence (in the end) lost it. Sercs' head seemed to go down after a failed attack soon before being subbed, but for Nichols - really? Agree about Bennett. Moore did well and we should have exploited their left more as their back was cramping up. Agree with your comments, what’s this absolute slagging of Nichols for the sake of it? Sure he barely got a touch after coming on late in the day, but who could blame him after our showing in the attacking third for the entire game?? There’s scapegoating and then just being plain embarrassing. Gaffney & Sercs on for longer and by far up there with the worst of performers. I gave Gaffers the same as Nichols (they were both on for 15-16 minutes). As for Nichols - DC must see things in training that he never re-produces on the pitch. I think DC is still 'trying to prove' that he is a good signing. Possibly it's my preconceptions of him, but I just can't see what he brings to the game. He's lightweight and doesn't ever seem to get in threatening positions. Given we were being physically out-fought it looked a pretty brainless substitution. Would liked to have seen what Mensah could have done...
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 18, 2018 16:23:44 GMT
Agree with your comments, what’s this absolute slagging of Nichols for the sake of it? Sure he barely got a touch after coming on late in the day, but who could blame him after our showing in the attacking third for the entire game?? There’s scapegoating and then just being plain embarrassing. Gaffney & Sercs on for longer and by far up there with the worst of performers. I gave Gaffers the same as Nichols (they were both on for 15-16 minutes). As for Nichols - DC must see things in training that he never re-produces on the pitch. I think DC is still 'trying to prove' that he is a good signing. Possibly it's my preconceptions of him, but I just can't see what he brings to the game. He's lightweight and doesn't ever seem to get in threatening positions. Given we were being physically out-fought it looked a pretty brainless substitution. Would liked to have seen what Mensah could have done... The irony of it, the one player we actually got Hani to take the padlock off of his wallet and pay for, gets to warm the bench while both frees get gametime. Sometimes I think we have a schizophrenic DC ! One thing is for sure, no one could try to guess who he plays. I wonder if he even knows at times. I’m still very much in the group who think he’s still very much learning and nowhere near the complete manager. I have, now the January is over, got no worries of a championship club making an offer on him. I was reading the Aldershot comments & they’re devastated that Mensah is gone yet DC won’t start him. I’m positive DC is continuing to play Nichols to justify his choice of player but it ain’t happening for him. When we got picked up for offside V Rochdale, he carried on, in a one on one with their GK and still shot straight at him !
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Post by Westcountry Gas on Feb 18, 2018 19:24:07 GMT
Tom Nichols is Luke James mk2. DC is doing the same with Nichols as he did with Luke James, playing him to try and justify signing him, hoping it will work out but sadly it looks like it never will, unfortunately we are stuck with Nichols beyond this season. We are a hustle & bustle direct team who on occasions mix it up with a bit of nice football, i don't know whether Nichols is just not suited to our style or whether he is just a league 2/national league player. I cannot understand why Sercombe is playing as a wide forward in a 4-3-3, we've gone through the season playing with this 4-3-3 with strikers playing wide, and now we are playing central midfielders out wide. I hope Mensah doesn't go the same way as Jonny Burn, a promising signing who never got a kick last season, then got injured and couldn't get his way back in.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Feb 18, 2018 21:41:09 GMT
Tom Nichols is Luke James mk2. DC is doing the same with Nichols as he did with Luke James, playing him to try and justify signing him, hoping it will work out but sadly it looks like it never will, unfortunately we are stuck with Nichols beyond this season. We are a hustle & bustle direct team who on occasions mix it up with a bit of nice football, i don't know whether Nichols is just not suited to our style or whether he is just a league 2/national league player. I cannot understand why Sercombe is playing as a wide forward in a 4-3-3, we've gone through the season playing with this 4-3-3 with strikers playing wide, and now we are playing central midfielders out wide. I hope Mensah doesn't go the same way as Jonny Burn, a promising signing who never got a kick last season, then got injured and couldn't get his way back in. Almost totally disagree. Jonny Burn has found his level with York City, and can probably play competently in division above. Sercombe seems to thrive the way he's playing, he's top goal scorer now. I do agree with your Nichols comment, though.
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