WSM Defeat
WSM Defeat
Surprised Wilson managed 90 minutes after Wednesday's comments by Jerry. And mystified why we made no substitutions even at 0-2.
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I wonder if I was the only one to be surprised that four of our summer signings remained on the bench watching three youngsters from other clubs take their place. That’s surely not going to work well for morale. And none of them were brought on once we went two goals behind. I wonder how that will be explained.
To be fair, I thought all three loanees had decent games and I felt for the lad who scored the OG, especially as his intervention had prevented a certain goal some minutes earlier. The other two put over some decent crosses but as usual there was nothing in the middle to meet them.
Yet again an opposing keeper had what will probably be the quietest game of the season for him.
As usual I left on the final whistle but I hear that at last there was a negative reaction from some fans. Hopefully those Board members present heard it and will debate how we get out of this mess.
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The tactics, which are the responsibility of management, must be wrong.
Someone with objectivity, other than Jerry, needs to take charge of tactics and make changes. My suspicion is that the players aren't allowed to express themselves, there are times when initiative of the individual on the pitch needs to be demonstrated.
In the first half City had four shots, with two on target whilst WSM had no shots up to the time of scoring.
Jerry could take a break, sit in the stand and reflect.
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comrade powell wrote:
As usual I left on the final whistle but I hear that at last there was a negative reaction from some fans. Hopefully those Board members present heard it and will debate how we get out of this mess.
Yes there were some negative calls but not extensive. WSM fans were making far more noise (and behaving over-exuberantly). But if it carries on like this I would imagine those calls will get louder.
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comrade powell wrote:We are clearly being over critical as apparently that was our best performance of the season. Admittedly it’s a low bar but surely some of the victories were better.
We won't stay up with performances like this. We have to have a goal threat.
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comrade powell wrote:We are clearly being over critical as apparently that was our best performance of the season. Admittedly it’s a low bar but surely some of the victories were better.
When I heard Jerry say that my first thought was that he was taking the p***! He really doesn't do himself any favours when he makes those sort of statements when the evidence of what we saw is clearly to the contrary. I don't get to all the games by any means these days, but I would say that we played far better at Salisbury. I thought his comment about not using subs was interesting as well, which seemed to be that they had had their chance and it was time for someone else to have theirs - if these young loanees are better than the contracted players it must call into question the recruitment.
Looking at the upcoming games, difficult to see where the next points are coming from, and next week could be interesting with Chertsey having scored 31 in 13 games.
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While I’m sure our budget is nowhere near the highest in this league, others seem to operate well on limited funding. Did you notice Chippenham’s result against the league leaders yesterday?
I think you’ll find if you trawl through online posts that the team received plenty of praise during the more successful times.
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comrade powell wrote:I assume by selling our best players you are referring to Cooke and Thomas as I believe Dyer, Hayfield and Smith were at the ends of their contracts when they moved on (and of that trio I think we are only really missing Dyer). We are told that the Club did well out of fees received for the first two and I still maintain that Cooke’s heart didn’t look in it for most of last season. Yes he could well have scored more than his replacement but we’d probably still be struggling for goals unless he’d shown increased commitment. Presumably that’s happening at Torquay as he’s popular despite a modest goal return.
While I’m sure our budget is nowhere near the highest in this league, others seem to operate well on limited funding. Did you notice Chippenham’s result against the league leaders yesterday?
I think you’ll find if you trawl through online posts that the team received plenty of praise during the more successful times.
In the league Cooke has 6 goals in 15 games for Torquay. Perhaps modest, though prolific by our low bar atm.
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I have to say I am not a great fan of playing wingers on their opposite natural side. The idea is that they can cut inside for a shot. But to cross they have to check back to deliver with their stronger foot.
The best place to cross from is as close to the goal line as possible as the striker is then facing the goal when they receive it and so is the defender. If you cross from deeper it is the defender's ball all day long as he is facing the way he wants the ball to go.
Our best striker is Wilson and he didn't get near a shot on Saturday when we had two wide men unable to cross naturally. And I'm sure Cody would be the same.
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