ldotm
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Post by ldotm on Sept 7, 2024 12:26:02 GMT 1
How can you say this window hasn’t been great yet? We are only a handful of games in and on the whole have got a decent points tally. Duff - happy with. Sorensen and Miller - look great. Kane, Evans both excelled at this level. Longwijk & Hodge too early to say. Marshall - promising. Perfect window? Nope. But on the whole a decent one. Your repeated card is well why should we trust them they’ve got previous windows wrong, is such a defeatist and negative outlook that I’m glad I don’t have. How about, give them a bloody chance and then in a few months if it looks a disaster, get stuck into them by all means. You can’t move forward if you’re constantly looking back. I agree with the most of this. The window has been half decent, I really like MD and the signings we've made. The improvements in and around the club also big improvement. The start to the season in the league. I don't know what it is though something about our performances has irked me, the way our squad has capitulated in games, and not having a killer instinct to kill games off. We've rode our a luck a little with the results. On the flip side we've been hard done by some decisions.
I just can't help feel we came a bit short in the window though. It needed a big window to recover from the poor 1st window (board and owner I think had hands tied behind their back that window, so I'll give benefit of doubt). 2nd window was ok, but we have to argue with the signings Healey, Bojan and Balker. Most have been crocked and haven't had any impact unfortunately. That's not on the owner. But, we have to say the window wasn't successful because it didn't have the impact we required. Ultimately, we got relegated. This window has and was a much better improvement, the best window yet. But a needed one. I just can't help feel we could have done better if we got the clinical goal scorer we needed. I like Marshall, and I like him a lot. But it's an awful lot of pressure on a young mans shoulders. We've enforced the midfield. There's not been a signing I've disliked. However, the window for me was like doing all the good ground work winning over that 10/10, wining and dining, telling her sweet nothings, you've invited her back, she obliges, she wants the night of her life, as you promised when whispering in her ear. She starts to undress, and she's laying there waiting for you and yet you don't close the deal, because you couldn't get it up, because you had a bit too much to drink. The dates were fantastic, the laughter, the fun, the moments were really good. But, you're left a little embarrassed and frustrated, because what you promised you didn't deliver on. I think the difference between this window being a good window and a great window was getting that elusive goal scoring striker that continues to elude us year over year. We thought we had it in Healey and Bojan last January. But, they're as fragile as picture frame glass. We needed an improvement on what he had, if we are to commit to our "3 year prem" goal and "auto promotion" but we didn't deliver. It's still very early days, and I just hope it doesn't come to bite us in the ass again. You didn’t have to use an analogy that hits me so hard personally |
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Post by runner76 on Sept 21, 2024 16:57:37 GMT 1
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Post by terriersyndrome on Sept 21, 2024 19:56:58 GMT 1
I don't think calling out a dreadful performance is bed wetting. Duff was right, only Hodge deserves any credit from that game, the rest were truly awful. If Hodge doesn't start on Tuesday I'll be surprised. If he is just going to be used as a bench warmer then I can see Wolves recalling him in January.
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Post by Tim Nice But Dim on Sept 21, 2024 20:07:52 GMT 1
There is plenty to be worried about especially with that first half performance, i didn't think we could play that badly and players having a go at each other.
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Post by runner76 on Sept 22, 2024 0:14:59 GMT 1
A bad day at the office, as Duff says.
Bed will be dry before next game
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Post by Captainslapper on Sept 22, 2024 0:42:09 GMT 1
Hard to put into words just how crap that was.
Players who would have been full of confidence after Bolton playing like Sunday league players.
Total lack of ability..passing, control, movement, tackling.
Half the team was just shit..the other half were worse than that.
Any team can have a bad day so let's just hope that is the case. We seem to be very inconsistent so far this season.
If Im clutching at straws for a positive, it was that most of the subs came on and looked pretty decent.
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Post by dugnet on Sept 22, 2024 7:34:09 GMT 1
That was an inexplicably poor performance, we certainly seem to be a Jekyll and Hyde team right now.
I have said I will judge where we are after 10 games and I won't change that but I do think much of our inconsistency is down to mindset and confidence. That said yesterday you have to credit Northampton for recognising how to stop us playing (they may not have amazing quality but they worked hard in swamping midfield) and defending resolutely. Something needed to change earlier and the fact it didn't is down to MD as much as the players on the pitch.
MD needs to adapt when things aren't working. He can't legislate for poor player choices but he can change shape and approach in game. That happened far too late yesterday.
As much as the club have tried to change things in the squad there, for me at least, looks like the mental baggage of the last 6 seasons, I'll include the outlier in that, as good as it was, also created mental issues, continues.
I think we all have to accept that changing the fortunes is likely to take longer than we all want. I'm prepared to be patient, but totally get why many won't be.
Do I think we have enough for top 6 this season? Yes. Would it surprise me, based on the 6 games played, if we were still in League One in 25/26? No.
I suppose as long as we do progress and give confidence that things are improving then that's not too bad. Is it good enough for a frustrated fanbase ? Probably, and to be fair, understandably not.
What really needs to happen is for everyone to pull together, that's Mr Nagle, his hires, MD, the players and us. From our part give people a bit of space and time. Yesterday individual players were getting dogs abuse. I get it but after a couple of years of the same it can't help build confidence.
We all want better but there's a reality of where you are and we might decide to accept it.
All that said yesterday was very poor and way below what this group is capable of and that's down to MD and the players to sort immediately.
UTT
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Post by Terriersmad on Sept 22, 2024 7:44:02 GMT 1
That was an inexplicably poor performance, we certainly seem to be a Jekyll and Hyde team right now. I have said I will judge where we are after 10 games and I won't change that but I do think much of our inconsistency is down to mindset and confidence. That said yesterday you have to credit Northampton for recognising how to stop us playing (they may not have amazing quality but they worked hard in swamping midfield) and defending resolutely. Something needed to change earlier and the fact it didn't is down to MD as much as the players on the pitch. MD needs to adapt when things aren't working. He can't legislate for poor player choices but he can change shape and approach in game. That happened far too late yesterday. As much as the club have tried to change things in the squad there, for me at least, looks like the mental baggage of the last 6 seasons, I'll include the outlier in that, as good as it was, also created mental issues, continues. I think we all have to accept that changing the fortunes is likely to take longer than we all want. I'm prepared to be patient, but totally get why many won't be. Do I think we have enough for top 6 this season? Yes. Would it surprise me, based on the 6 games played, if we were still in League One in 25/26? No. I suppose as long as we do progress and give confidence that things are improving then that's not too bad. Is it good enough for a frustrated fanbase ? Probably, and to be fair, understandably not. What really needs to happen is for everyone to pull together, that's Mr Nagle, his hires, MD, the players and us. From our part give people a bit of space and time. Yesterday individual players were getting dogs abuse. I get it but after a couple of years of the same it can't help build confidence. We all want better but there's a reality of where you are and we might decide to accept it. All that said yesterday was very poor and way below what this group is capable of and that's down to MD and the players to sort immediately. UTT Well said all round. Neither reactionary nor accepting of underperformance. |
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Post by runner76 on Sept 22, 2024 11:57:30 GMT 1
That was an inexplicably poor performance, we certainly seem to be a Jekyll and Hyde team right now. I have said I will judge where we are after 10 games and I won't change that but I do think much of our inconsistency is down to mindset and confidence. That said yesterday you have to credit Northampton for recognising how to stop us playing (they may not have amazing quality but they worked hard in swamping midfield) and defending resolutely. Something needed to change earlier and the fact it didn't is down to MD as much as the players on the pitch. MD needs to adapt when things aren't working. He can't legislate for poor player choices but he can change shape and approach in game. That happened far too late yesterday. As much as the club have tried to change things in the squad there, for me at least, looks like the mental baggage of the last 6 seasons, I'll include the outlier in that, as good as it was, also created mental issues, continues. I think we all have to accept that changing the fortunes is likely to take longer than we all want. I'm prepared to be patient, but totally get why many won't be. Do I think we have enough for top 6 this season? Yes. Would it surprise me, based on the 6 games played, if we were still in League One in 25/26? No. I suppose as long as we do progress and give confidence that things are improving then that's not too bad. Is it good enough for a frustrated fanbase ? Probably, and to be fair, understandably not. What really needs to happen is for everyone to pull together, that's Mr Nagle, his hires, MD, the players and us. From our part give people a bit of space and time. Yesterday individual players were getting dogs abuse. I get it but after a couple of years of the same it can't help build confidence. We all want better but there's a reality of where you are and we might decide to accept it. All that said yesterday was very poor and way below what this group is capable of and that's down to MD and the players to sort immediately. UTT Perfectly put |
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Post by runner76 on Oct 1, 2024 21:48:40 GMT 1
phew, at least it was only 1-0, right?  |
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Oct 1, 2024 21:50:49 GMT 1
7 defeats. Plummeting down the table. Nothing to worry about?
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ldr
Andy Booth Terrier
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Post by ldr on Oct 1, 2024 21:50:52 GMT 1
phew, at least it was only 1-0, right? I might celebrate by shitting the bed tonight. |
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Post by detox on Oct 1, 2024 21:51:22 GMT 1
phew, at least it was only 1-0, right? Should have been 8, all the gobbers they missed |
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Post by runner76 on Oct 1, 2024 21:52:20 GMT 1
phew, at least it was only 1-0, right? I might celebrate by shitting the bed tonight. Think I will shit on the stairs before getting to the bedroom |
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Post by pterrier on Oct 1, 2024 21:52:27 GMT 1
Anyone that isn’t worried by this doesn’t have a clue about football and must live in some rose-tinted fantasy land. It’s the worst football I’ve seen since Wadsworth relegation season and just to add that includes the beige years of Richie
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Post by bluewhitesapper on Oct 1, 2024 21:54:00 GMT 1
We didn't lose 3 in a row last season (in the league), on 4 and counting.
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