He would tie you in knots. You aren't the sharpest tool in the box, with all respect.

After a very busy week i can finally settle down and put a post on the site.

Yesterday we saw a typical division one side come to New York Stadium. They wanted to slow the game down, get men behind the ball and stop us scoring at all costs. They were very happy with the point and i can only remember Iversen having one real save to make. That can be expected as we are a biggish fish in this division one pond. Only Bolton out of the four have come and had a go. The other three wanted to shackle us and pick up any bits that came their way. All three that defended have taken points back with them. We now have to find a way to beat these dogged teams.

A few on here seem to think it's either the fitness, the manager, the lack of tactics or the poor quality of recruitment that is the problem.. Let us not forget that this is a very young team (average age around 24) which lacks experience. A few weeks ago people were saying we need a defensive coach, that seems to have dropped since we have only let two goals in from our last three games. Gwru says Ladapo is a waste of money and Smith is the only striker at the club. Strange that, when you consider Smith has never scored more than thirteen goals in a season and averages around seven, yet Ladapo scored eighteen last season and has scored three in eight for us. You are a betting man Gwru. I will bet you that if Ladapo stays fit and plays in forty games he scores fifteen plus for us. Money goes to charity name your stake.

Yesterday we lacked that bit of quality and imagination to break down the 'Shrews'. It was unfortunate that the best chance of the game fell to Morris, who in my opinion is a very good player but like Smith not a natural finisher. Hastie and Wiles didn't give us the outlets we craved for to get them on the back foot and get the ball into the dangerous areas Ladapo thrives on and will score from. I have called for patience before and will call for it again. This is a long season with many ups and downs still to come. We have the management team and a developing squad to go very close. My glass is still half full.

We have gone into games before without our full permitted number of subs. I dont think its beyond the bounds of possibility that Lamy was named as a sub and well understood that he was unlikely to play but it gets him involved. A couple of days ago Warne said Lamy was a couple of weeks away from being ready. I dont think theres anything untoward about any of that. I've read a few Shrewsbury-centred reports and I've not seen anyone from there suggest they were the better side yesterday. Everyone can have an opinion and I suppose it depends what you mean by 'better side' but we had nearly twice as much possession, had more than twice as many attempts on goal, had twice as many efforts on target and forced more than twice as many corners as the opposition. I'm struggling to come to terms with the idea that they were better than us by any measure. At the end of the day Shrewsbury couldnt care less about our entertainment. It isn't easy to be entertaining against a team that gets everybody behind the ball and slows the game down constantly. The way they played it was never going to be an exciting game unless or until we got an opening goal (which we weren't able to manage) to.force them to open up a bit. Ten of the eleven who played for us yesterday were in the team that excelled at Sunderland. They haven't gone from an excellent team to a terrible one in five days. As supporters we need to be a bit more patient. It's easy to complain and criticise but today I've read some supporters saying we should have played three up front, some saying Smith should have been played as a lone (loan?) striker (how much stick has Warne had before for playing one up front at home?). Some even seem to think we did play three up front yesterday, which we obviously didn't. They all think they are right but they can't all be, can they? Management is a very easy from a seat in the stand or an armchair.

Smiler why do you keep trying to have a go at fans that care and comment on the team? We are not managers and neither are you so why is your opinion right and others wrong? Perhaps we all make good and valid points sometimes and we are all wrong sometime too. I will be interested to see what your excuses are for the management team if we do not improve. I actually do not think we are a long way off, the point from Ian (i think) that we are a young side is a fair point and realistically we should judge after 12 games 25% of the season. My fear is at that time we will still be making the same mistakes which the management team have made for over 2 seasons, if after 12 games we are looking better and winning a few at home and in the top 9 then ok, let us then see where we are by xmas. My target this year is top 8 and exciting positive football where we look to win the difficult games against negative teams at home. I still think the coaching and tactics at the club is a weakness and we need to strengthen the bench with that, but of course it is easy sat in my seat. 😁

By the way Derby I dont mind telling you now that if we are poor and strugggle towards the bottom of this league this season I won't be offering any excuses and I would expect the Chairman to make a change. I wouldn't say even then though that it had been wrong though to give Warne and Barker this season to have a go. With hindsight, if that comes to pass many will say it should have been changed sooner. As we sit in our armchairs today though, sticking with them and giving them time to get this group going is the right option. You can quote me on that.

Time to make a change last season was boring there was a decent turn out on Saturday who deserved a better performance than that bucket full full sick we had to endure . Watch this space Phil Parkinson our next manage

Thanks for that message I am here nursing my l last drink of the weekend need it after Saturday ****ed again.

To start with TC if I talk to people it's got to be with someone whose got something about them not runs away to the away dugout. We are stuck now with the players we've got till January. Only way we can play is 4-5-1. Iversen Olosunde or Jones Ihiewke Robertson Mattock Obgene or Lamy Lindsay Barlaser Wiles Hastie Smith. Thinking back defensively Jones did ok seeing it was his 1st game of any sort Saturday. I can make rash judgements but if I get it wrong I'll say so.

We played 442 on Saturday HM. Hastie and Wiles (not a natural but asked to play there) out wide with Morris and Ladapo up front. We have played 442 for the last three games (maybe four - I wasnt at Doncaster to see it).

Ladapo is our top scorer.

It's interesting to see someone say Crooks only gets picked because he runs around a lot. I've heard a lot of criticism of him for the exact opposite reason.

The four wingers who left for more game time have hardly started a game between them so far.  Forde, and Newell are frequent bench warmers at Oxford and Hibs  respectively.  Williams I think has been injured.  Taylor is the only one featuring regularly.  I still dont miss any of them.  Williams at a push might have improved us on Saturday.

 

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