"We can't win blah blah blah" says prophet of doom Grendel - what was the result at Colchester?
Turn it the other way around - we have now lost just once in the last 5 games in the league and twice in the last 7 in all competitions which is hardly sackable territory.
or, 2 points off drop zone in a self confessed promotion push season...
Not with these players you don't.
Oh wait yes good idea, sacking the manager on a frequent has worked a treat for us in the past. That's surely the way to build a consistent and stable squad from which to push for greater things.
As much as I am frustrated as everyone else I do think we have to have patience and perseverance - it's easy enough to back a manager in the good times but if we stick with one through a bad spell we might be stronger for it when we come out the other side.
This can't carry on. The Swanson 15 cameo aside that was dire. Walsall are a team on a shoestring budget and would only dream of having players like nouble Madine Johnson O Brian and Swanson.
There is zero intensity no width no movement no obvious set piece routines just turgid football.
This seriously can't carry on. I don't care about entertainment if we are succesful but this is dire and we can't win.
Put him out of out misery now
Genuinely don't think they are Grendel
Look at the player Walsall have to choose from
Ashley Grimes, striker
League 2 reject, released from Bury after 0 goals in 15 games
Tom Bradshaw, striker
Scored 7 goals for relegated Shrewsbury last season
Mathieu Manset, striker
City reject and failed everywhere
Jordan Cook, striker
24 years old, has less than 50 career appearances and 6 career goals.
Pressley doesn't even know what it's like to really work under a tight budget, if he wants to know he can go manage a Crewe or Walsall and then he really will have something to complain about.
Squad capable of making the play-offs and above.
Manager with no philosophy and frankly no clue.
Sorry don't agree you get what youLazy argument these players are perfectly capable of performing in this league.
Sorry don't agree you get what you
We get rid of anyone who is worth 10 cents and replace with players worth a penny.
The quicker these owners have gone the better otherwise the only way is down.
You need to remember where we are and who we are at the moment in order to get a proper perspective. League 1 with academy and loan players in the side.
Today was woeful from the off but as the game went on we improved and stole the second half and should have won it. Walsall had no bite in attack and rarely looked like scoring tbf. Can you remember Allsop doing very much?
Out defenders were very good today. Our front two were good with what they had of the ball. The midfield again is the concern. Reda and Haynes playing unfamiliar roles and one reduced to looking poor. Reda did good in fact but I want him back at centre back.
We need more width but crucially we need more movement and awareness. This improved second half dramatically. We need to take the ball forward when we have it.
We are lacking pace and a bit of quality in the middle of the park to string it all together.
We've got consistently shitter since relegation (and before) that's for sure, but IMO we've still got a squad of players more than capable of performing in this division.
On paper we've still got top end L1/low end Championship players in Reda, Haynes, Fleck, O'Brien, Nouble, Madine, Tudgay, etc.
More to the point, even if we have got shit players, we're really not using them well.
Don't disagree there's no future with Sisu, but the drop is harsher than it needs to be at the moment. Any manager can do it with a couple of on fire players (McGoldrick for Robins, Clarke/Wilson for Pressley), the test is how they do when the players need picking up and forming into a team.
We are lacking pace and a bit of quality in the middle of the park to string it all together.
What a load of bollox. No manager is ever going to succeed as long as SISU are here.
True , but lets look at our wins this season or infact our performances during that period , we were very average but picking up points and whenever we have won its by a solitary goalEveryone seems to be forgetting the unbeaten streak at the start of the season. We went 6 league games unbeaten WDDDWW. Granted not the longest streak and the wins were all by one goal and we only scored 7 goals. But it all fell apart after the Reda red card. Then we went on a disastrous series of results that undid all the good of the unbeaten run. Based on the number of goals conceded, the defense is not doing that bad but our goal scoring record is very poor. I put this down to SP having shored up the defense from last season but losing all the goalscoring midfielders and the star strikers. So everything that is happening IMHO is due to the transfers in and out. Maybe SP could get the current players playing better and maybe not. Maybe someone else could and maybe not. But the fact is the midfield and strike force is much weaker than last season.
Lazy argument these players are perfectly capable of performing in this league.
Its clear what sisu are doing , problem is its actually a common thing in league one , teams sell their better players as they just cannot stop them joining higher league clubs , we are no different .Your OP is whats lazy. Lets not look at the real issue, lets blame the manager. We're in a pattern that will only continue as long as SISU are here. But you dont want to talk about that.
teams sell their better players as they just cannot stop them joining higher league clubs , we are no different.
Its clear what sisu are doing , problem is its actually a common thing in league one , teams sell their better players as they just cannot stop them joining higher league clubs , we are no different .
again though we need to look at notts county , they were almost relegated last season and shaun derry and gregg abbot have assembled a squad with no money that are 7th in league 1. If thats not good management then i dont know what is
Your OP is whats lazy. Lets not look at the real issue, lets blame the manager. We're in a pattern that will only continue as long as SISU are here. But you dont want to talk about that.
Your OP is whats lazy. Lets not look at the real issue, lets blame the manager. We're in a pattern that will only continue as long as SISU are here. But you dont want to talk about that.
Everyone understands that under SISU the 'success' we can achieve in the long term is limited, it's a given and you don't need to state it or keep depressingly jabbering on about it. The fact is with this squad of players Pressley SHOULD be doing MUCH better. The people crying about losing our 'best' players and therefore not ever being able to do anything, are you oblivious to the fact that this happens at every level of football and to the best sides? We HAVE replaced Wilson and co with adequate replacements as this league is of a ridiculously low standard.
The irony of your statement is no doubt lost on you.
How many of the Walsall players would you have preferred today above the ones we had?
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