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Post by mightyterrier on Mar 5, 2015 20:46:40 GMT 1
did you not read any of what ted wrote? What is your suggestion for the rethink - if, given the chance, what would you propose. What would be your new strategy that the club could think about. Honestly I am interested to know what you think, because I am sure, those people that have successfully made a career out of running football clubs would also like to hear. But please don't start with get rid of x, y and z, and bring in new fresh quality players... Floyds a decent poster why you having a pop? And just because you agree with Ted doesn't make him right. Crikey if that's having a pop I might as well pack it in on this forum.
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Post by Giggity on Mar 5, 2015 23:09:58 GMT 1
Powell's use of Edgar tells me everything you need to know about his management skills. Oh wise one please tell us more that we may genuflect before thee... Listen up peasant. Any manager that favours Edgar over natural midfielders like Gobern, Coady or Majewski has an anti-football outlook.
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Post by keithAM11532 on Mar 6, 2015 3:29:58 GMT 1
Ha. Sorry, didn't mean to offend. Listen, I don't have all the answers, it's not my job to. I believe that (this is my opinion, of course): We should be promoting the young lads into the first team picture (could Billing be worse than Edgar?). We need to take more interest in the cups (seeming to view them as an unwanted distraction from the league). We should attempt to make the football at home more attractive to watch. We should take more risks against the teams below us in the league, rather than drift towards a draw and ultimately end up with a defeat. The players need to show more hunger, desire, commitment, fitness, effort in games (Tuesday was horrendous). So I'd be looking closely at the fitness levels in pre season in order to make us one of the fittest in the league. We desperately need to sign a centre back (I know "signing quality players" is a pet hate of yours) because Wallace etc. are clearly not up to it. Simply surviving in this league shouldn't be viewed as "progress". We "appear" to be sleep walking towards the end of the season (again). Not helped by all of the above. And at the wrong time for season ticket renewals. And we need to make coming down to the stadium a positive experience again (this is the most difficult one I accept). But putting a team out who plays with freedom, attacks teams, looks to win games, would surely help? One that has pride in their performance. What are we doing with the prices? I see Rotherham(!) is a Category A game on Saturday? I'd remove categorisation of games. I'd give schools loads of free tickets (my first game was via Lindley Infants in c.1985). I'd do the same with the university (or discounted tickets at least). I'd improve the catering and the bars. I'd look to sort a permanent home end out. I'd get some positivity back into the club. Stop the "we are where we are" and "we can't compete financially in this league" rhetoric. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm sure you'll suggest how the club is/has been/will do/don't need to/will find it impossible to do the above. But, such is life. A good post mate. personally I find a cup defeat more annoying than a league defeat. Charlton in particular, but then I also think back to the naivety of the players when we were 2 up against Wimbledon. I am still scarred for life after that. Its no surprise to most, but the difference in external revenue (ie not from the gate) but from the league and from championship TV rights is several millions more than it is in league 1. To ensure survival we have to stay in this league. If that means a little bit of boring football every now and then., then so be it. Personally, I think that even if we tried to play like Real Madrid it would not bring any extra people through the gate. only a trip to the premiership will ever achieve that.
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Post by Giggity on Mar 6, 2015 8:23:30 GMT 1
Listen up peasant. Any manager that favours Edgar over natural midfielders like Gobern, Coady or Majewski has an anti-football outlook. A pleasant personality as well as wise, you'll go far.... Far up ya momma's crevice?
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Post by richhtfc on Mar 6, 2015 8:30:48 GMT 1
I think the club have come to a crossroads now Ted, they need to decide what they want, either continue muddling along or try and make a real ho of it in this league. We've been a Championship club for 3 seasons now with small incremental progression each season. This season, in the main, has been poor. The fans are restless, the club seem a little directionless, with safety all but assured we should be looking to kick on, finish as high up the table as we can, get the fans back onside in readiness for season ticket sales. Poor season ticket sales will hurt the club and probably lead to relegation next season. You remind me of Kate Bush's lyrics from the song Cloudbusting . "Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen. And I don't know when, But just saying it could even make it happen" "They need to decide what they want" i'm sure what they want is what we want. Town to finish as high as possible. Preferably promotion to the premier league. When we got there im sure what we would all want is then for town to win the premier league. I know ive been dubbed "the clibbens of datm" but im sorry there really is a financial correlation between success and money. The top two in the league are man city and Chelsea. The bottom two are Cheltenham and Hartlepool. Now im no wizard but I would speculate that man c and Chelsea are near to... or indeed THE top two spenders in the league. And the other two are anmongst the bottom spenders... Im sure you get that argument ? im sure you understand the correlation? Now that aint to say that each and every club in the 92's league position correlates to budget. Of course it doesn't because football is a game of fine margins, also player recruitment isn't a science, indeed football isn't a science. Hence Bradford are in the quarter finals of the FA cup with jon stead at centre forward.... So each year you get your southamptons, your burnleys, your brentfords etc........ But as a rule the correlation between finance and league position is pretty robust . Applying that to HTFC, ten years ago we were mid table third tier probably on a mid table third tier budget... Now we are mid to lower second tier on a mid to lower second tier budget... Some of us think that's progress... that we would rather play Boro and Derby than Yeovil and Orient... Of course we want more more more.... Do you think you want to see town play in the prem more than me? I doubt it mate.... So then you say we should be "looking to kick on finish as high as we can" Do you think we are not trying to do that.. do we lose on purpose? Youre taking me back to kate bush.... We lost two games... thank Christ I wasn't at either cos by the sounds of it id have been moaning and groaning about those displays as much as the next man. But it is what it is... A really competitive league with teams who are all just as "ambitious" as us... So we win some we lose some we draw some. So how do we "kick on" as you call it.... Well Art lets go back to finance because we have to don't we... the only way we get to the top of the league and get promoted in my opinion barring a miracle is to pump more cash in... So these words like "ambition" actually mean find a buyer with lots of dosh , because Dean has said he cant put in those reserves... My understanding is that the club have been looking to find a buyer for quite a while now... but its not that easy is it? If it was then every club would do it surely? So in the meantime whether you like it or not we have to "muddle on" (heading for about 4th highest league position in last 40 years?) . Im no happy clapper. It destroys me when town lose.... But a human mind should contain balance and realism.. And in my opinion 99% of the baying hordes who come on here when we lose just don't have any of either This.... I can't work out whether some of you are just thick or you believe that the only way to change things is moan. This continual berating of the club when their goals and desires are the same as ours makes no sense to me at all. I think a lot of people on here think a club is judged on how high the standards of the fans are.
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Post by Floyds on Mar 6, 2015 10:46:54 GMT 1
Ha. Sorry, didn't mean to offend. Listen, I don't have all the answers, it's not my job to. I believe that (this is my opinion, of course): We should be promoting the young lads into the first team picture (could Billing be worse than Edgar?). We need to take more interest in the cups (seeming to view them as an unwanted distraction from the league). We should attempt to make the football at home more attractive to watch. We should take more risks against the teams below us in the league, rather than drift towards a draw and ultimately end up with a defeat. The players need to show more hunger, desire, commitment, fitness, effort in games (Tuesday was horrendous). So I'd be looking closely at the fitness levels in pre season in order to make us one of the fittest in the league. We desperately need to sign a centre back (I know "signing quality players" is a pet hate of yours) because Wallace etc. are clearly not up to it. Simply surviving in this league shouldn't be viewed as "progress". We "appear" to be sleep walking towards the end of the season (again). Not helped by all of the above. And at the wrong time for season ticket renewals. And we need to make coming down to the stadium a positive experience again (this is the most difficult one I accept). But putting a team out who plays with freedom, attacks teams, looks to win games, would surely help? One that has pride in their performance. What are we doing with the prices? I see Rotherham(!) is a Category A game on Saturday? I'd remove categorisation of games. I'd give schools loads of free tickets (my first game was via Lindley Infants in c.1985). I'd do the same with the university (or discounted tickets at least). I'd improve the catering and the bars. I'd look to sort a permanent home end out. I'd get some positivity back into the club. Stop the "we are where we are" and "we can't compete financially in this league" rhetoric. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm sure you'll suggest how the club is/has been/will do/don't need to/will find it impossible to do the above. But, such is life. A good post mate. personally I find a cup defeat more annoying than a league defeat. Charlton in particular, but then I also think back to the naivety of the players when we were 2 up against Wimbledon. I am still scarred for life after that. Its no surprise to most, but the difference in external revenue (ie not from the gate) but from the league and from championship TV rights is several millions more than it is in league 1. To ensure survival we have to stay in this league. If that means a little bit of boring football every now and then., then so be it. Personally, I think that even if we tried to play like Real Madrid it would not bring any extra people through the gate. only a trip to the premiership will ever achieve that. Yeah I remember the Wimbledon game, Rodney Rowe scored. The Blackpool defeat (when we would have played Spurs with Lineker and Gascoigne) was as bad. I agree with most of what you're saying. But if I worked for the club, it would be a defeatist attitude to think "there's nothing we can do to get the crowds back in". I was thinking about it again in the gym this morning, and I'd review the whole end to end process of how we go about attracting and retaining fans. Even forgetting on the pitch issues there's loads to be going at. How we market/advertise games should be improved (to reach as many people as possible). At present, we have ad hoc Group On campaigns that aren't communicated, then funny posters (which I thought were a joke) for the Leeds game. The pricing strategy needs to change. It's too confusing. "Take 5" or "Take 10", with various categories, and costs, and different match day and pre game pricing. I realise we need to charge away fans properly, but £30, for Rotherham? Give the place a lick of paint. Fix the TVs in the concourses. Put local real ales and ciders on. Get proper food served. At reasonable prices. Sort out the home end debacle. Look at pre match entertainment (for the kids). I thought the brass band thing was good recently. Give their family and friends free tickets. Change the music we come out to. Put free buses on from Town to the ground. Or from the University. Or from Canalside. Or from anywhere potential fans may congregate. All small things that may or may not work. Also off the pitch, how do we scout and sign players? Why have we ended up with Miller and Edgar vs. the lads Brentford have? Probably wages, and location. But we need to be asking the question so that if there's a chance next season we'll be signing players of a higher standard. I also don't like this letting the season drift, like previous years. We believe we're safe, so we're coasting through with no signings and at the least cost. I'm not saying "we should sign x or y". But entering the loan market for players who may be able to put a bit of life into the end of the season would surely pay dividends when it comes to season ticket renewals? Assuming they are not like Edgar, Miller, Majeskwi, of course. All in all though, we should be making attending games an enjoyable experience, and make people want to come back. If we can get the feel good factor back, somehow, next season, then this can only be a benefit to the team on the pitch.
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Post by Big Ern on Mar 6, 2015 11:03:21 GMT 1
Floyds a decent poster why you having a pop? And just because you agree with Ted doesn't make him right. certainly not having a pop. But what does "the club needs to have a rethink mean" What does that mean. I think that the club is trying its utmost to make sure that a) we continue to survive and b) we do as best as we can. So if anyone has an idea - share it. I must admit Keitha I would like a slightly more positive attitude from the club for the next season, both in the way we market ourselves to the fans and in terms of playing style. I don't expect us to be challenging for the top 6 and I don't expect us to be challenging the likes of Derby, Cardiff etc for players. What would be nice is us playing some attacking football, and having a good bloody go. Lets not send our players out to scrape a draw, lets pump them full of beans and take the game to teams. If we lose 4-3 then at least we have had a bloody good go. It certainly beats aiming for avoiding relegation and trying not to concede a bucket load. I think if the attitude of "we are little old Huddersfield and we have to work very very hard to stay in this league" changes to one a bit more upbeat and positive the fans attitudes will follow. We don't need to throw loads of money at it, maybe just have a rejig of our philosophies. tin hat ready
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Post by EatonRifles on Mar 6, 2015 11:51:39 GMT 1
certainly not having a pop. But what does "the club needs to have a rethink mean" What does that mean. I think that the club is trying its utmost to make sure that a) we continue to survive and b) we do as best as we can. So if anyone has an idea - share it. I must admit Keitha I would like a slightly more positive attitude from the club for the next season, both in the way we market ourselves to the fans and in terms of playing style. I don't expect us to be challenging for the top 6 and I don't expect us to be challenging the likes of Derby, Cardiff etc for players. What would be nice is us playing some attacking football, and having a good bloody go. Lets not send our players out to scrape a draw, lets pump them full of beans and take the game to teams. If we lose 4-3 then at least we have had a bloody good go. It certainly beats aiming for avoiding relegation and trying not to concede a bucket load. I think if the attitude of "we are little old Huddersfield and we have to work very very hard to stay in this league" changes to one a bit more upbeat and positive the fans attitudes will follow. We don't need to throw loads of money at it, maybe just have a rejig of our philosophies. tin hat ready I wonder how many would entertain a season where we lost several games 4-3, got the odd thrashing and won one or two convincingly? Pound to a pinch of shit that many on here and at the stadium on matchday would be clamouring for a defensive set-up. You can't please everyone and an idiot will always be an idiot, but Jesus H Christ I reckon it'd be more than just some town fans would complain if we played what your advocating. I for one would rather us go for it in that manner, however, there's no guarantee that with that approach we would be in any better position, fan wise or league position than we are now. The only guarantee would be those that actually understand football and can appreciate what is trying to be achieved would benefit.
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Post by terraceterrier on Mar 6, 2015 12:38:42 GMT 1
A good post mate. personally I find a cup defeat more annoying than a league defeat. Charlton in particular, but then I also think back to the naivety of the players when we were 2 up against Wimbledon. I am still scarred for life after that. Its no surprise to most, but the difference in external revenue (ie not from the gate) but from the league and from championship TV rights is several millions more than it is in league 1. To ensure survival we have to stay in this league. If that means a little bit of boring football every now and then., then so be it. Personally, I think that even if we tried to play like Real Madrid it would not bring any extra people through the gate. only a trip to the premiership will ever achieve that. Yeah I remember the Wimbledon game, Rodney Rowe scored. The Blackpool defeat (when we would have played Spurs with Lineker and Gascoigne) was as bad. I agree with most of what you're saying. But if I worked for the club, it would be a defeatist attitude to think "there's nothing we can do to get the crowds back in". I was thinking about it again in the gym this morning, and I'd review the whole end to end process of how we go about attracting and retaining fans. Even forgetting on the pitch issues there's loads to be going at. How we market/advertise games should be improved (to reach as many people as possible). At present, we have ad hoc Group On campaigns that aren't communicated, then funny posters (which I thought were a joke) for the Leeds game. The pricing strategy needs to change. It's too confusing. "Take 5" or "Take 10", with various categories, and costs, and different match day and pre game pricing. I realise we need to charge away fans properly, but £30, for Rotherham?
Give the place a lick of paint. Fix the TVs in the concourses. Put local real ales and ciders on. Get proper food served. At reasonable prices.
Sort out the home end debacle.
Look at pre match entertainment (for the kids). I thought the brass band thing was good recently. Give their family and friends free tickets. Change the music we come out to.
Put free buses on from Town to the ground. Or from the University. Or from Canalside. Or from anywhere potential fans may congregate.
All small things that may or may not work.
Also off the pitch, how do we scout and sign players? Why have we ended up with Miller and Edgar vs. the lads Brentford have? Probably wages, and location. But we need to be asking the question so that if there's a chance next season we'll be signing players of a higher standard. I also don't like this letting the season drift, like previous years. We believe we're safe, so we're coasting through with no signings and at the least cost. I'm not saying "we should sign x or y". But entering the loan market for players who may be able to put a bit of life into the end of the season would surely pay dividends when it comes to season ticket renewals? Assuming they are not like Edgar, Miller, Majeskwi, of course. All in all though, we should be making attending games an enjoyable experience, and make people want to come back. If we can get the feel good factor back, somehow, next season, then this can only be a benefit to the team on the pitch. The match day experience just isn't customer friendly is it.
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Mar 6, 2015 14:59:28 GMT 1
Edgar has made seven starts for the club in which we have gained 3 wins and a draw for a total of 10 points if we were to multiply these starts by 6 and a half you get 45.5 starts and a total of 65 points.
How on earth is this possible if Edgar is such a scapegoat errm sorry mug at football.
I'll admit I only saw him his start against Reading but he looked assured as we kept a clean sheet that day. But our results with him in the side would suggest that he is not the only issue in our side that many on here are happy to tag him as.
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Post by galpharm2400 on Mar 6, 2015 15:13:56 GMT 1
doc..
your right he isn't the problem..the players as a squad are not the biggest problem.. the attitude and ethos is the main problem..
notwithstanding the above, having seen edgar play a few times, he is clearly at least lacking any self confidence whatsoever.. im being nice there...
reminds me of Jamie mccoombe and not in a good way..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2015 15:45:59 GMT 1
Edgar has made seven starts for the club in which we have gained 3 wins and a draw for a total of 10 points if we were to multiply these starts by 6 and a half you get 45.5 starts and a total of 65 points. How on earth is this possible if Edgar is such a scapegoat errm sorry mug at football. I'll admit I only saw him his start against Reading but he looked assured as we kept a clean sheet that day. But our results with him in the side would suggest that he is not the only issue in our side that many on here are happy to tag him as. And I saw his catastrophic performance against Charlton after that. It was bad - so bad I'd say it's one of the worst defensive performances in the last decade. Burnley fans said at best 'he does a job'. Cheap cover for the rest of the season but if this is the type of player we're going to sign in the summer the fans will stop going and we will drop towards league one.
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Mar 6, 2015 22:18:45 GMT 1
Edgar has made seven starts for the club in which we have gained 3 wins and a draw for a total of 10 points if we were to multiply these starts by 6 and a half you get 45.5 starts and a total of 65 points. How on earth is this possible if Edgar is such a scapegoat errm sorry mug at football. I'll admit I only saw him his start against Reading but he looked assured as we kept a clean sheet that day. But our results with him in the side would suggest that he is not the only issue in our side that many on here are happy to tag him as. And I saw his catastrophic performance against Charlton after that. It was bad - so bad I'd say it's one of the worst defensive performances in the last decade. Burnley fans said at best 'he does a job'. Cheap cover for the rest of the season but if this is the type of player we're going to sign in the summer the fans will stop going and we will drop towards league one. Having just rewatched the Charlton lowlights on Townplayer I struggle to see if it was such a 'catasphrophic performance' why none of the Charlton chances that were shown were as a direct result of Edgar's bad play the second goal may have started down his flank but we had several opportunities to clear after this initial snippet of play. Going by chances alone created by mistakes by Town defenders then Lynch away to Leeds and at home to Bournemouth would count higher if the highlights were a reasonable reflection of the game. While I wasn't at the Charlton game, I feel you may be being a tad harsh on the lad, 'worst defensive performance in the last decade' - when he wasn't directly attributable for any goal and especially looking at Hudson's attempt at a tackle for the last goal.
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Post by richhtfc on Mar 6, 2015 22:52:39 GMT 1
certainly not having a pop. But what does "the club needs to have a rethink mean" What does that mean. I think that the club is trying its utmost to make sure that a) we continue to survive and b) we do as best as we can. So if anyone has an idea - share it. I must admit Keitha I would like a slightly more positive attitude from the club for the next season, both in the way we market ourselves to the fans and in terms of playing style. I don't expect us to be challenging for the top 6 and I don't expect us to be challenging the likes of Derby, Cardiff etc for players. What would be nice is us playing some attacking football, and having a good bloody go. Lets not send our players out to scrape a draw, lets pump them full of beans and take the game to teams. If we lose 4-3 then at least we have had a bloody good go. It certainly beats aiming for avoiding relegation and trying not to concede a bucket load. I think if the attitude of "we are little old Huddersfield and we have to work very very hard to stay in this league" changes to one a bit more upbeat and positive the fans attitudes will follow. We don't need to throw loads of money at it, maybe just have a rejig of our philosophies. tin hat ready This is such a short term perspective. Ask yourself what happens if we 'have a go' as you put it but still get beat three times in a row (or twice seeing as it's topical). How do the players react then? You can start a season with confidence but how you manage expectations once you're in the thick of it is a completely different thing. Say for example we have tried our best to be attacking in 5 games but have been tonked in all 5, what do you want then? My guess is a more measured approach and more defensive outlook, right?... I really wish that people would start to look at the bigger picture with Town and support Chris Powell in what he's trying to achieve. It is nieve to think we can go all out attack every match, we don't have the personnel for it. Some teams in our league do (Bournemouth and Brentford etc) but we don't. We are steadily improving season by season and when you consider what we've put up with in recent years in the lower leagues the lack of support for where we are and the lack of patience of our 'fans' in the face of the irrefutable fact of our progression is embarrassing.
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Post by Big Ern on Mar 6, 2015 23:43:09 GMT 1
I must admit Keitha I would like a slightly more positive attitude from the club for the next season, both in the way we market ourselves to the fans and in terms of playing style. I don't expect us to be challenging for the top 6 and I don't expect us to be challenging the likes of Derby, Cardiff etc for players. What would be nice is us playing some attacking football, and having a good bloody go. Lets not send our players out to scrape a draw, lets pump them full of beans and take the game to teams. If we lose 4-3 then at least we have had a bloody good go. It certainly beats aiming for avoiding relegation and trying not to concede a bucket load. I think if the attitude of "we are little old Huddersfield and we have to work very very hard to stay in this league" changes to one a bit more upbeat and positive the fans attitudes will follow. We don't need to throw loads of money at it, maybe just have a rejig of our philosophies. tin hat ready This is such a short term perspective. Ask yourself what happens if we 'have a go' as you put it but still get beat three times in a row (or twice seeing as it's topical). How do the players react then? You can start a season with confidence but how you manage expectations once you're in the thick of it is a completely different thing. Say for example we have tried our best to be attacking in 5 games but have been tonked in all 5, what do you want then? My guess is a more measured approach and more defensive outlook, right?... I really wish that people would start to look at the bigger picture with Town and support Chris Powell in what he's trying to achieve. It is nieve to think we can go all out attack every match, we don't have the personnel for it. Some teams in our league do (Bournemouth and Brentford etc) but we don't. We are steadily improving season by season and when you consider what we've put up with in recent years in the lower leagues the lack of support for where we are and the lack of patience of our 'fans' in the face of the irrefutable fact of our progression is embarrassing. We are getting tonked now by trying to be defensive or haven't you seen? We are humdrum, boring and negative but worst of all we are still getting beaten heavily! How can a more attractive style of football be any worse than the shite served up now? Why can Brentford be so attacking whilst we are so negative? Oh wait I forgot it's because they have more money than us bla bla bla
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Post by Floyds on Mar 6, 2015 23:44:53 GMT 1
Doc - I appreciate you're not around - but Edgar is hopeless in central midfield.
And if he's not better than Wallace at centre back....
He's one of those utility players who are no good in any position.
A siimilar type player that our assistant manager was for us.
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Post by richhtfc on Mar 6, 2015 23:50:50 GMT 1
This is such a short term perspective. Ask yourself what happens if we 'have a go' as you put it but still get beat three times in a row (or twice seeing as it's topical). How do the players react then? You can start a season with confidence but how you manage expectations once you're in the thick of it is a completely different thing. Say for example we have tried our best to be attacking in 5 games but have been tonked in all 5, what do you want then? My guess is a more measured approach and more defensive outlook, right?... I really wish that people would start to look at the bigger picture with Town and support Chris Powell in what he's trying to achieve. It is nieve to think we can go all out attack every match, we don't have the personnel for it. Some teams in our league do (Bournemouth and Brentford etc) but we don't. We are steadily improving season by season and when you consider what we've put up with in recent years in the lower leagues the lack of support for where we are and the lack of patience of our 'fans' in the face of the irrefutable fact of our progression is embarrassing. We are getting tonked now by trying to be defensive or haven't you seen? We are humdrum, boring and negative but worst of all we are still getting beaten heavily! How can a more attractive style of football be any worse than the shite served up now? Why can Brentford be so attacking whilst we are so negative? Oh wait I forgot it's because they have more money than us bla bla bla Yep they've spent more than us bla bla bla... Have some patience
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2015 12:40:13 GMT 1
And I saw his catastrophic performance against Charlton after that. It was bad - so bad I'd say it's one of the worst defensive performances in the last decade. Burnley fans said at best 'he does a job'. Cheap cover for the rest of the season but if this is the type of player we're going to sign in the summer the fans will stop going and we will drop towards league one. Having just rewatched the Charlton lowlights on Townplayer I struggle to see if it was such a 'catasphrophic performance' why none of the Charlton chances that were shown were as a direct result of Edgar's bad play the second goal may have started down his flank but we had several opportunities to clear after this initial snippet of play. Going by chances alone created by mistakes by Town defenders then Lynch away to Leeds and at home to Bournemouth would count higher if the highlights were a reasonable reflection of the game. While I wasn't at the Charlton game, I feel you may be being a tad harsh on the lad, 'worst defensive performance in the last decade' - when he wasn't directly attributable for any goal and especially looking at Hudson's attempt at a tackle for the last goal. You saw snippet, I saw 90 minutes. Edgar was the worst player on the pitch, Wallace not much better. Edgar was at fault for the first
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Post by Headless Chicken on Mar 7, 2015 14:12:12 GMT 1
A lot of the negative stuff is somewhat irrational and ill thought out in my opinion, but I really don't get the frequent use of Edgar in midfield and even RB.
The specific selection concerns me, but what this says about Powell's approach even more.
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Mar 7, 2015 15:03:01 GMT 1
Having just rewatched the Charlton lowlights on Townplayer I struggle to see if it was such a 'catasphrophic performance' why none of the Charlton chances that were shown were as a direct result of Edgar's bad play the second goal may have started down his flank but we had several opportunities to clear after this initial snippet of play. Going by chances alone created by mistakes by Town defenders then Lynch away to Leeds and at home to Bournemouth would count higher if the highlights were a reasonable reflection of the game. While I wasn't at the Charlton game, I feel you may be being a tad harsh on the lad, 'worst defensive performance in the last decade' - when he wasn't directly attributable for any goal and especially looking at Hudson's attempt at a tackle for the last goal. You saw snippet, I saw 90 minutes. Edgar was the worst player on the pitch, Wallace not much better. Edgar was at fault for the first A superb free kick into the top corner is the 'fault' of the player giving away the freekick - fair enough - at least now I know you're being more than harsh.
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