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Just like the Fleetwood scenario. Another PUIAB.

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I have to agree with alot already said above. We basically don’t have a forward no focal point. Humphrys and Aasgaard are certainly not what I’d class as forwards. J.Jones played very well for me, I love the positivity he brings to a fairly negative side as he’s always prepared to take players on and attack with pace.

I’d break the bank for Chambers he’s gonna go all the way. He never makes a mistake and always looks to go forward

I hope S.Smith can make that right back position his own over Claire he’s a far better more aggressive player than Claire.

My tin hat goes on here for my next remark but I don’t get Adeeko. The manager see’s something I don’t. For me he gives the ball away far far too easy and too often. He rarely wins it back and it’s alot of headless chicken stuff for me looking busy but not actually doing much.

That second half was like the Alamo and we got pummelled but held on. Was it good defending or poor finishing?, today I’ll say it was more like poor finishing especially the sitter of a header tr TV TVhey missed.

At the end of the day it’s 3 points against a side who’s fighting for a play off spot so we can’t grumble but playing like that 2nd is a dangerous game to play.

There’s a basis of a very good side. The problem Maloney has is finding a steady regular starting 11, he prefers using 16 players per game

As for Magennis coming on ? It’s like going down to 10 men hence no rest bite up front.

I’ve raised this possession football mallarky a couple of times on this board.
Sad to say, but that’s how modern football is played.
Today we played the possession card in the second half and it worked; but not without giving the fans the jitters. Had we been able to bang a second in before the 60 min mark, we would have been in cruise control.
So just for VAT 69, here are my comments from previous posts:-
As previously stated, I for one would love the legend that is Shaun Maloney to become one of our all time favourite Managers.
I think the problem starts with football in general, whereby it’s “fashionable” to play possession football and Managers follow the herd rather than create their own winning brand / style of exciting football. Anyone remember Kevin Keegan at Newcastle; if they score three, we’ll score four.
I think I posted the following comments 3 or 4 months ago: listening to post match analysis on Radio Lancashire, Kevin Gallagher was decrying the style of Blackburn Rovers and other Championship teams. This Saturday, after watching Blackburn Vs Plymouth he was reiterating the same comments, saying: how a lot of the games are boring because Managers have adopted this possession philosophy, but haven’t got sufficient skill sets within the squad to pull it off. In other words you cannot emulate Liverpool or Man City without the right ingredients.
I do get this thing about “possession” if you are playing Premier League or European football, where the standard of the players are generally World class and if you lose the ball you can be punished at the blink of an eye. However, we are playing in League One where class is replaced by cut & thrust energy & enthusiasm and we must therefore have a more adaptive style of play, but still be able to play the possession game when we need to “shut up shop” to secure the three points to win (and not to protect a draw).

Yes, we were woeful !
Didn’t feel like a well earned win. In fact, if Leyton Orient had equalised in the last 10 mins +, we would have walked off the DW thinking “that was a fair result”.
If Skeggy Mon thinks that was a wonderful win, he’s been taking the same deluded pills as S.M.

And don’t give me all that “young squad” tripe !
Just take a look at the age profile of the team that Leyton Orient fielded
And they plated some decent football without being big boot or dirty

Makes me wonder if the Manager / Team Meetings are an open forum; but the players aren’t allowed to offer any constructive criticism of strategies & performance.
As a “senior” member of the squad, maybe Callum Lang spoke up in the interests of the Team and got blown away by SM

I think that Swallow flew South, yesterday.
Certainly wasn’t circling over Highbury Stadium

Even our “don’t lose” mentality & strategy failed today !

Keep saying it: but it is definitely our style of football that is our undoing.
On one noticeable occasion today, Clare receives the ball on the wing around the half way line and we are so static that his only option is sideways or backwards (reminds me of a game of chess). Whilst trying to decide, he loses it and Fleetwood romp into our box.
Keep saying this: why do we always struggle on a small pitch against a below average team ? We know that we will encounter this type of game at this level in the leagues; and still we persist with “our style”, to no avail. Got to be worth a total re-think and give something else a try. Our stubborn approach is really getting frustrating and boring; when we know that with a bit more adventurous style we could have been chasing the play off spots, despite our minus eight start.

I think the thought of them Bolton Knuckle Heads puts people who take young families off. Lots of blue lights and sprinting riot cops outside afterwards. The usual Bolton reaction, home & away !