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Post by oneneilwarnock on Aug 28, 2024 6:29:10 GMT 1
Why have some fans got this "Mickey Mouse" cup from, win it and you are in Europe. It’s Mickey Mouse for a club like us as there’s absolutely no chance of us winning it. It’s just adding extra games to the squad that we don’t need. Especially since we have another cup to play in this season as it is. |
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Post by tottz on Aug 28, 2024 6:46:11 GMT 1
Chicken's player ratings got me last night. Strikes of someone who's never played the game.
Gave Ruffels an 8. Aside from his goal, his passing was off and he totally shirked the responsibilities of a centre back. Headley too, that has to be a 1. Did he complete more than 50% of his passes?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2024 7:21:51 GMT 1
I guess Duff has to defend his players to a certain degree and can't slag them off.Im sure I heard him say"we had deservedly taken the lead"
Not sure how he saw that
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Post by four4two on Aug 28, 2024 7:33:49 GMT 1
I accept that 10 men didn’t help but we were poor all departments. For me it’s 3 simple changes: 1. Don’t play Ward 2. Don’t play Hogg 3. Don’t play 3 at the back* *especially when you don’t have 3 decent defenders in your squad This. We don’t have the players to play at the back. The experiment with Spencer and last night Turton in the centre of a back 3 just highlights this. Play to the players strengths. 3 at the back needs binning until we have the players. Oh and Hogg needs benching asap. The players are quiet cos they’re used to the ‘general’ barking bullshit all match. |
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Post by iangreaves on Aug 28, 2024 8:04:59 GMT 1
Duff said a couple of players did well. One he mentioned was Koroma. I wonder who the other was?
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Post by rab030 on Aug 28, 2024 8:16:09 GMT 1
Duff said a couple of players did well. One he mentioned was Koroma. I wonder who the other was? Chapman didn’t do much wrong 😑 |
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Aug 28, 2024 8:29:24 GMT 1
Headley is the one who puzzles me. He seemed to have quite an attacking mindset when he first played for us, but gradually he’s become more cautious.
Maybe Duff needs to tell him to just go for it a bit more? He just seems to have gone back into his shell since the first few games and he just doesn’t look comfortable.
He’s looked poor in recent games, with the touch of an elephant and ends up giving the ball away far too easily.
Hope he gets sorted because I’m sure there’s a player in there that can do a decent job for us this season.
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Post by duncfost01 on Aug 28, 2024 8:36:59 GMT 1
The sensible person might say it’s only one defeat in the cup.
The realist in me says -it was coming.
In truth since the first two games we have looked poor. Back to sloppy passing, poor touches, poor decision making.
Maxwell I guess is the other player Duff was referring too. Thought he played well and had no chance with any of the goals.
The others
Pearson - yes he tried to grab the other player. He asked for it and should know better - 2
Turton - looked rusty - 5
Ruffles - good header for the goal. Looked rusty also-dreadful passing. -4
Headley - His lack of drive passion and energy was alarming. Lazy tw?!. Ultimately it then went from dreadful to worse after that. Wrong decision after wrong decision. Poor passing -1
Sorensen - good player. Great attitude. -6
Wiles - odd nice touch. Anonymous for so much of the game-4
Evans - worse than wiles -2
Hogg - Did as many bad things as he did good. Some great interceptions but some truly awful passing -3
Koroma - starting to see some confidence. -7
Marshall - he has a great first touch. Does things quickly. -6
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Helik - okay -5
Ward - Somebody please tell me what is the point of him ? Loses the ball often. Lacks composure in front of goal. - 2
Harratt - should never wear the shirt again. - -1
Iorpenda- brought on too late made one awful choice when he had two players free on his left - ignored that and turned into traffic - 1
Jones - brought onto too late and it isn’t the right system for him. Pointless player to have in the squad.
Duff - Needs to find a plan B. But does he have the squad for it ?
Nagle - Quote •”signings. Lots of activity. A plan “.Three days to deliver that.
Cartwright.
The signings so far.
Miller - Excellent player
Sorensen - Excellent player
Kane - Not seen enough of him yet.
Evans - very average so far. Too many poor passes.
Marshall - a good addition.
I can’t help but think Warnock has shafted us with Ward and Ruffels. He was obviously sulking. But somebody allowed him to sign those two.
We need some quality in quickly.
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Post by Mastercracker on Aug 28, 2024 8:43:20 GMT 1
Headley is the one who puzzles me. He seemed to have quite an attacking mindset when he first played for us, but gradually he’s become more cautious. Maybe Duff needs to tell him to just go for it a bit more? He just seems to have gone back into his shell since the first few games and he just doesn’t look comfortable. He’s looked poor in recent games, with the touch of an elephant and ends up giving the ball away far too easily. Hope he gets sorted because I’m sure there’s a player in there that can do a decent job for us this season. He throws in cameos and odd games where he looks full of potential. A very strong runner, can beat a man and even shoot. There’s no middle ground though, when he’s not doing the above his base level performance is absolutely abysmal. That has to change or he’s unusable in the long run. Occasional 8/10 with more 3s and 4s is no use to anyone. |
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Post by Terriersmad on Aug 28, 2024 8:48:30 GMT 1
Headley is the one who puzzles me. He seemed to have quite an attacking mindset when he first played for us, but gradually he’s become more cautious. Maybe Duff needs to tell him to just go for it a bit more? He just seems to have gone back into his shell since the first few games and he just doesn’t look comfortable. He’s looked poor in recent games, with the touch of an elephant and ends up giving the ball away far too easily. Hope he gets sorted because I’m sure there’s a player in there that can do a decent job for us this season. Headley struggles when he has to think. When allowed to drive forward, he’s great, but he was thinking too much last night. In the second half he was a full-back being asked to defend, rather than a wing-back given licence to attack. And he isn’t a natural defender. He must learn. His issue is his inconsistency. From. 9 out of 10 in his last start to a 2 out of 10 last night, with no middle ground! And he didn’t help himself by being dozy. Plus, I don’t think he’s a particularly strong character. His head drops easily. He made a mistake or two early last night, and his head dropped, he made more errors, and he compounded them. He needed a senior player to stick an arm round his shoulder and give him a gentle gee-up, which he didn’t get. When he conceded the penalty, nobody went to him and that’s as much of a concern as anything. |
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Post by ldr on Aug 28, 2024 8:53:29 GMT 1
Aye, it was just the Birmingham game where he was hiding as soon as he came on the pitch. Hiding, but had more touches in 30 minutes than Koroma had in 60 minutes, Matos in 70 mins or Ward and Healey had in 90 mins. He really hid that game. I respect you as a poster pal but he did hide against Brum. Didn’t want to know at all. |
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Post by htafcokay on Aug 28, 2024 8:56:55 GMT 1
Duff said a couple of players did well. One he mentioned was Koroma. I wonder who the other was? Chapman didn’t do much wrong 😑 Despite letting three goals in, Maxwell's performance prevented it from being five or six. He made some cracking saves, as well as the penalty save. |
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Post by dezzly on Aug 28, 2024 9:15:02 GMT 1
Didn’t watch the game as abroad abs sky are sky. Seems like a lot of folk wetting the bed a bit too soon.A bad performance maybe,but a slightly weaker team made a lot weaker by going to 10.No excuses from duff I’d expect a reaction Saturday and fans maybe chirped up by a couple of incomings! I believe that was a different side from Saturday that Walsall played and it wasn't the performance it's the individual errors, we got away with it on Saturday Fair enough,like I say didn’t see the game but just felt like I’d seen a bit of a pile on on here and twitter and felt was a bit over the top. If we’re signing a new centre half with Pearson now suspended and Spencer injured he’s potentially going straight into the side. Will be a tough game Saturday but we need to get after them as they are struggling massively so far result wise. Back to last night again didn’t watch but for me I think hoggy kills the midfield,he did Saturday and imagine the same last night.The two other midfielders can’t get into the game because he can’t get on the ball and get it to them,they can come get it yes but then they’re too deep,I think that’s an issue that really needs addressing tbh,is it time for iorpenda to be thrown in at the deep end? |
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Post by gowlinggoal on Aug 28, 2024 9:18:14 GMT 1
Didn’t play well against a well organised side. They turned our 352 into a 532. We need a way to change that. Very few players did themselves justice. Our lack of pace at the back was exposed. I’m sure Duff will learn from it. A couple of signings this week will relieve some of the worries.
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Post by dezzly on Aug 28, 2024 9:24:20 GMT 1
The sensible person might say it’s only one defeat in the cup. The realist in me says -it was coming. In truth since the first two games we have looked poor. Back to sloppy passing, poor touches, poor decision making. Maxwell I guess is the other player Duff was referring too. Thought he played well and had no chance with any of the goals. The others Pearson - yes he tried to grab the other player. He asked for it and should know better - 2 Turton - looked rusty - 5 Ruffles - good header for the goal. Looked rusty also-dreadful passing. -4 Headley - His lack of drive passion and energy was alarming. Lazy tw?!. Ultimately it then went from dreadful to worse after that. Wrong decision after wrong decision. Poor passing -1 Sorensen - good player. Great attitude. -6 Wiles - odd nice touch. Anonymous for so much of the game-4 Evans - worse than wiles -2 Hogg - Did as many bad things as he did good. Some great interceptions but some truly awful passing -3 Koroma - starting to see some confidence. -7 Marshall - he has a great first touch. Does things quickly. -6 Subs Helik - okay -5 Ward - Somebody please tell me what is the point of him ? Loses the ball often. Lacks composure in front of goal. - 2 Harratt - should never wear the shirt again. - -1 Iorpenda- brought on too late made one awful choice when he had two players free on his left - ignored that and turned into traffic - 1 Jones - brought onto too late and it isn’t the right system for him. Pointless player to have in the squad. Duff - Needs to find a plan B. But does he have the squad for it ? Nagle - Quote •”signings. Lots of activity. A plan “.Three days to deliver that. Cartwright. The signings so far. Miller - Excellent player Sorensen - Excellent player Kane - Not seen enough of him yet. Evans - very average so far. Too many poor passes. Marshall - a good addition. I can’t help but think Warnock has shafted us with Ward and Ruffels. He was obviously sulking. But somebody allowed him to sign those two. We need some quality in quickly. Lots of fair comment in there.Last two games(especially Saturday) have been crying out for someone like herbie Kane at the base of the midfield.We’ve been linked tentatively all summer with another midfielder,I wonder if the last couple of games maybe trigger the club into going and getting one. It could all look very different come Saturday evening. Some saying we shouldn’t play 3 at the back,I get where they’re coming from because defensively at times we’ve looked shakey but the caveat will be we’ve signed two good wing backs who are important to how we attack,duff will likely stick with the system for now at least and try iron out the defensive issues. |
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Post by boooothy on Aug 28, 2024 9:30:44 GMT 1
I actually quite enjoyed the game as i was expecting a borefest, it was far from that.
Having slept on it, i think we were a lot worse than i thought at the time. They opened us up time and again and i they could very easily have had 5/6 even 7
Maybe it’s a good thing teams are coming to us with little attacking intent because this division 4 team embarrassed our defence. No bad thing to be out of the cup but i didn’t like how it happened.
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Post by boooothy on Aug 28, 2024 9:31:40 GMT 1
The sensible person might say it’s only one defeat in the cup. The realist in me says -it was coming. In truth since the first two games we have looked poor. Back to sloppy passing, poor touches, poor decision making. Maxwell I guess is the other player Duff was referring too. Thought he played well and had no chance with any of the goals. The others Pearson - yes he tried to grab the other player. He asked for it and should know better - 2 Turton - looked rusty - 5 Ruffles - good header for the goal. Looked rusty also-dreadful passing. -4 Headley - His lack of drive passion and energy was alarming. Lazy tw?!. Ultimately it then went from dreadful to worse after that. Wrong decision after wrong decision. Poor passing -1 Sorensen - good player. Great attitude. -6 Wiles - odd nice touch. Anonymous for so much of the game-4 Evans - worse than wiles -2 Hogg - Did as many bad things as he did good. Some great interceptions but some truly awful passing -3 Koroma - starting to see some confidence. -7 Marshall - he has a great first touch. Does things quickly. -6 Subs Helik - okay -5 Ward - Somebody please tell me what is the point of him ? Loses the ball often. Lacks composure in front of goal. - 2 Harratt - should never wear the shirt again. - -1 Iorpenda- brought on too late made one awful choice when he had two players free on his left - ignored that and turned into traffic - 1 Jones - brought onto too late and it isn’t the right system for him. Pointless player to have in the squad. Duff - Needs to find a plan B. But does he have the squad for it ? Nagle - Quote •”signings. Lots of activity. A plan “.Three days to deliver that. Cartwright. The signings so far. Miller - Excellent player Sorensen - Excellent player Kane - Not seen enough of him yet. Evans - very average so far. Too many poor passes. Marshall - a good addition. I can’t help but think Warnock has shafted us with Ward and Ruffels. He was obviously sulking. But somebody allowed him to sign those two. We need some quality in quickly. Lots of fair comment in there.Last two games(especially Saturday) have been crying out for someone like herbie Kane at the base of the midfield.We’ve been linked tentatively all summer with another midfielder,I wonder if the last couple of games maybe trigger the club into going and getting one. It could all look very different come Saturday evening. Some saying we shouldn’t play 3 at the back,I get where they’re coming from because defensively at times we’ve looked shakey but the caveat will be we’ve signed two good wing backs who are important to how we attack,duff will likely stick with the system for now at least and try iron out the defensive issues. We really do need Kane to turn out to be what we hope he is. |
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Post by rockwall on Aug 28, 2024 9:37:40 GMT 1
Headley had his worst game for Town. Ben Wiles looked like last season’s version. Evans had a great first game but done little since. Hogg got worse as the game went on. Sorenson after a great start has had 2 poor games. Hard to pick out what Turton and Ruffels did wrong but the defence looked miles off. Could and probably should be the last time we see Harrett. Concerning. Sorenson? Hasn't had a poor game yet, even last night. Amazing how after he went off we looked unbalanced, abysmal and no outlet. 1st half wasn't great by all means, but we got far far worse when Sorensen went off. |
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Post by rockwall on Aug 28, 2024 9:38:49 GMT 1
Chicken's player ratings got me last night. Strikes of someone who's never played the game. Gave Ruffels an 8. Aside from his goal, his passing was off and he totally shirked the responsibilities of a centre back. Headley too, that has to be a 1. Did he complete more than 50% of his passes? Ruffels made 2 or 3 fantastic tackles/blocks to stop them. Was probably our best defender and better performers. |
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Post by Dell12 on Aug 28, 2024 9:40:19 GMT 1
I think what was particularly frustrating last night was that it's exactly the sort of performance that we witnessed countless times last season, albeit against a (decent) League Two side.
The big lack of pace at the back, a midfield which for the most part looks very uncomfortable on the ball, a front two who struggle to get into the game and the countless unforced errors were all pretty glaring.
We're always going to lose games, but the manner in which we did so was frustratingly familiar. I trust Duff and I'm not sure he could have done a whole lot different with the players at his disposal yesterday. But it really highlights that we need to bring in some fresh blood and break the mentality that heads go down as soon as something goes against us.
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Post by dezzly on Aug 28, 2024 9:40:55 GMT 1
Lots of fair comment in there.Last two games(especially Saturday) have been crying out for someone like herbie Kane at the base of the midfield.We’ve been linked tentatively all summer with another midfielder,I wonder if the last couple of games maybe trigger the club into going and getting one. It could all look very different come Saturday evening. Some saying we shouldn’t play 3 at the back,I get where they’re coming from because defensively at times we’ve looked shakey but the caveat will be we’ve signed two good wing backs who are important to how we attack,duff will likely stick with the system for now at least and try iron out the defensive issues. We really do need Kane to turn out to be what we hope he is. The morcambe game he was class,without been standout as a lot of the stuff he does is simple stuff but done well and obviously you’ve to take into account the opposition. But he’s happy taking the ball in tight areas,actually moves to do so and his first touch and awareness of what’s around him look very good.Obviously the downside to him playing deep would be how good is he defensively. But having Hogg be better defensively is counteracted by how he doesn’t show for the ball and how easily he gives it away and nullifies the other midfielders so unless can get someone who’s the two players in one I’d opt for the better footballer in most of the games tbh. |
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Post by rockwall on Aug 28, 2024 9:41:21 GMT 1
The sensible person might say it’s only one defeat in the cup. The realist in me says -it was coming. In truth since the first two games we have looked poor. Back to sloppy passing, poor touches, poor decision making. Maxwell I guess is the other player Duff was referring too. Thought he played well and had no chance with any of the goals. The others Pearson - yes he tried to grab the other player. He asked for it and should know better - 2 Turton - looked rusty - 5 Ruffles - good header for the goal. Looked rusty also-dreadful passing. -4 Headley - His lack of drive passion and energy was alarming. Lazy tw?!. Ultimately it then went from dreadful to worse after that. Wrong decision after wrong decision. Poor passing -1 Sorensen - good player. Great attitude. -6 Wiles - odd nice touch. Anonymous for so much of the game-4 Evans - worse than wiles -2 Hogg - Did as many bad things as he did good. Some great interceptions but some truly awful passing -3 Koroma - starting to see some confidence. -7 Marshall - he has a great first touch. Does things quickly. -6 Subs Helik - okay -5 Ward - Somebody please tell me what is the point of him ? Loses the ball often. Lacks composure in front of goal. - 2 Harratt - should never wear the shirt again. - -1 Iorpenda- brought on too late made one awful choice when he had two players free on his left - ignored that and turned into traffic - 1 Jones - brought onto too late and it isn’t the right system for him. Pointless player to have in the squad. Duff - Needs to find a plan B. But does he have the squad for it ? Nagle - Quote •”signings. Lots of activity. A plan “.Three days to deliver that. Cartwright. The signings so far. Miller - Excellent player Sorensen - Excellent player Kane - Not seen enough of him yet. Evans - very average so far. Too many poor passes. Marshall - a good addition. I can’t help but think Warnock has shafted us with Ward and Ruffels. He was obviously sulking. But somebody allowed him to sign those two. We need some quality in quickly. Clear favouritism in these ratings. How can you possibly say Helik was okay? And Harratt to never wear the short again? Helik was utter garbage last night. Harratt didn't do anything, but he wasn't as bad as Helik. |
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Post by Morning Norwood on Aug 28, 2024 9:41:24 GMT 1
The sensible person might say it’s only one defeat in the cup. The realist in me says -it was coming. In truth since the first two games we have looked poor. Back to sloppy passing, poor touches, poor decision making. Maxwell I guess is the other player Duff was referring too. Thought he played well and had no chance with any of the goals. The others Pearson - yes he tried to grab the other player. He asked for it and should know better - 2 Turton - looked rusty - 5 Ruffles - good header for the goal. Looked rusty also-dreadful passing. -4 Headley - His lack of drive passion and energy was alarming. Lazy tw?!. Ultimately it then went from dreadful to worse after that. Wrong decision after wrong decision. Poor passing -1 Sorensen - good player. Great attitude. -6 Wiles - odd nice touch. Anonymous for so much of the game-4 Evans - worse than wiles -2 Hogg - Did as many bad things as he did good. Some great interceptions but some truly awful passing -3 Koroma - starting to see some confidence. -7 Marshall - he has a great first touch. Does things quickly. -6 Subs Helik - okay -5 Ward - Somebody please tell me what is the point of him ? Loses the ball often. Lacks composure in front of goal. - 2 Harratt - should never wear the shirt again. - -1 Iorpenda- brought on too late made one awful choice when he had two players free on his left - ignored that and turned into traffic - 1 Jones - brought onto too late and it isn’t the right system for him. Pointless player to have in the squad. Duff - Needs to find a plan B. But does he have the squad for it ? Nagle - Quote •”signings. Lots of activity. A plan “.Three days to deliver that. Cartwright. The signings so far. Miller - Excellent player Sorensen - Excellent player Kane - Not seen enough of him yet. Evans - very average so far. Too many poor passes. Marshall - a good addition. I can’t help but think Warnock has shafted us with Ward and Ruffels. He was obviously sulking. But somebody allowed him to sign those two. We need some quality in quickly. To give Helik more than Ruffels suggest you didn’t watch the game. Yes his passing was on par with the rest of the team, but quite a few timely interventions by him, when defence had been turned around, saved and threat. Helik looked like a player leaving before Friday |
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Post by stevehtfc on Aug 28, 2024 9:52:51 GMT 1
The sensible person might say it’s only one defeat in the cup. The realist in me says -it was coming. In truth since the first two games we have looked poor. Back to sloppy passing, poor touches, poor decision making. Maxwell I guess is the other player Duff was referring too. Thought he played well and had no chance with any of the goals. The others Pearson - yes he tried to grab the other player. He asked for it and should know better - 2 Turton - looked rusty - 5 Ruffles - good header for the goal. Looked rusty also-dreadful passing. -4 Headley - His lack of drive passion and energy was alarming. Lazy tw?!. Ultimately it then went from dreadful to worse after that. Wrong decision after wrong decision. Poor passing -1 Sorensen - good player. Great attitude. -6 Wiles - odd nice touch. Anonymous for so much of the game-4 Evans - worse than wiles -2 Hogg - Did as many bad things as he did good. Some great interceptions but some truly awful passing -3 Koroma - starting to see some confidence. -7 Marshall - he has a great first touch. Does things quickly. -6 Subs Helik - okay -5 Ward - Somebody please tell me what is the point of him ? Loses the ball often. Lacks composure in front of goal. - 2 Harratt - should never wear the shirt again. - -1 Iorpenda- brought on too late made one awful choice when he had two players free on his left - ignored that and turned into traffic - 1 Jones - brought onto too late and it isn’t the right system for him. Pointless player to have in the squad. Duff - Needs to find a plan B. But does he have the squad for it ? Nagle - Quote •”signings. Lots of activity. A plan “.Three days to deliver that. Cartwright. The signings so far. Miller - Excellent player Sorensen - Excellent player Kane - Not seen enough of him yet. Evans - very average so far. Too many poor passes. Marshall - a good addition. I can’t help but think Warnock has shafted us with Ward and Ruffels. He was obviously sulking. But somebody allowed him to sign those two. We need some quality in quickly. Clear favouritism in these ratings. How can you possibly say Helik was okay? And Harratt to never wear the short again? Helik was utter garbage last night. Harratt didn't do anything, but he wasn't as bad as Helik. Harratts poor back pass header was to a Walsall man they went up other end to score for 3-2. Minutes later missed an easy header from yards out for a throw. Runs about like a headless chicken. Players never pass to him because they know he won't retain the ball. |
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Aug 28, 2024 10:07:34 GMT 1
Having slept on it:
Pearson was stupid, he gave the lad a chance to go down & the ref couldn't wait to send him off. That being said, if a grown man goes down like that with minimal touch, a try would never ever be scored in rugby.
Headley never has a bad game, he's either good or terrible.
Turton & Ruffels were very rusty & I guess 1 has to play saturday.
Helik was awful. I believe he was accused of downing tools at Barnsley to get a move, hope that's not the case here, he made things worse last night
Wiles was anonymous last night, which made him the best of our midfield trio, who all struggled vs Walsall reserves
Evans stood out for one great corner, one awful defensive header which cost a goal & a whole load of poor effort, control & passing
Hogg stood out for lack of leadership when a L1 side, even with 10 men, should see out the last 30 mins or so of a game against lower league opposition when 2-0 up & awful passing.
None of our strikers can challenge for an aerial 50/50 with a CB, none can hold it up, & none are particularly quick.
That being said we made a lot of changes to our 1st 11 (though not as many as Walsall) & all our incomings were experienced pros, I believe theirs were mostly young lads.
The lack of control & passing was embarrassing but we are a work in progress. I thought Duff had done a really good job in re-building our confidence but we failed in our first test at overcoming a setback last night, which can be forgiven, providing we put it right on Saturday.
We want the players to be brave, confident, resilient & trustworthy.... as fans, we need to give the same back to the players & give them a break & we should act accordingly, not everything will be a linear progression.
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Post by boooothy on Aug 28, 2024 10:19:15 GMT 1
Headley had his worst game for Town. Ben Wiles looked like last season’s version. Evans had a great first game but done little since. Hogg got worse as the game went on. Sorenson after a great start has had 2 poor games. Hard to pick out what Turton and Ruffels did wrong but the defence looked miles off. Could and probably should be the last time we see Harrett. Concerning. Sorenson? Hasn't had a poor game yet, even last night. Amazing how after he went off we looked unbalanced, abysmal and no outlet. 1st half wasn't great by all means, but we got far far worse when Sorensen went off. Maybe he’s set the standard too high with his first few games. He’s certainly not hit those heights in the last 2 games and i was expecting too much. |
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Aug 28, 2024 10:20:05 GMT 1
Oh, & if Iorpenda can't get a full game last night, he needs to go on loan to develop.
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Post by royrace on Aug 28, 2024 10:21:05 GMT 1
Just watched the Pearson incident at 0.25x on the highlights. I can't see him tug or hold the Walsall player, it shows their player throwing themselves to the ground way after any contact could have taken place. At the time I thought it was a red, now, I'm not sure. Maxwell clearly wasnt impressed. I'm probably wrong of course. Never a red, hopefully they'll appeal. The contact amounts to Pearson touching the attacker. That's not a foul. |
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Post by tottz on Aug 28, 2024 10:29:15 GMT 1
Chicken's player ratings got me last night. Strikes of someone who's never played the game. Gave Ruffels an 8. Aside from his goal, his passing was off and he totally shirked the responsibilities of a centre back. Headley too, that has to be a 1. Did he complete more than 50% of his passes? Ruffels made 2 or 3 fantastic tackles/blocks to stop them. Was probably our best defender and better performers. Closed his eyes and missed headers. Volleyed the ball straight up in the air. Positioning was off. Was too deep to get out for second balls. He was technically atrocious as was Turton. |
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Post by rockwall on Aug 28, 2024 10:30:00 GMT 1
Sorenson? Hasn't had a poor game yet, even last night. Amazing how after he went off we looked unbalanced, abysmal and no outlet. 1st half wasn't great by all means, but we got far far worse when Sorensen went off. Maybe he’s set the standard too high with his first few games. He’s certainly not hit those heights in the last 2 games and i was expecting too much. Agree regarding the heights of the 1st 2, but he has still had good games after them. |
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