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Why January? Surely May is the important month.
Why January? Surely May is the important month.What are you doing up?
Robins can, I want him to turn things around but we need to ensure we are in the play offs before January.
Do you think Morecambe have a bigger budget and wage bill than us?
At the moment we are 7th in L2 while Morecambe are 18th. I suspect we have a slightly bigger budget and wage bill which is reflected in our respective positions in the table.
A more relevant question would be: Do you think Luton have a bigger budget and wage bill than us?
The reason they are top and we are not is down to wages and that is due to our shitty owners rather than the manager. But that doesn't fit your narrative which always seeks to deflect attention away from SISU towards whoever happens to be our current manager.
I haven't deflected anything. I asked a basic question.
We hammered Luton by the way. The fact we struggle against lower teams has been obvious from the get go.
If we had played Luton yesterday and had that result you would have a point.
Now you are getting desperate. The only thing that matters is the league position, not one off results. If you think our squad is good enough to get promoted (minus Jones and Andreu) you are frankly delusional. Even with Jones and Andreu I doubt we would be good enough for the automatic promotion places. Without them, we are heading for mid-lower table.
But you keep on blaming the manager. Just like you do every season.
You may watch every game (as do I) but it's pretty obvious that you are not a very good pundit.
Even with Jones and Andreu I doubt we would be good enough for the automatic promotion places. Without them, we are heading for mid-lower table.
Now you are getting desperate. The only thing that matters is the league position, not one off results. If you think our squad is good enough to get promoted (minus Jones and Andreu) you are frankly delusional. Even with Jones and Andreu I doubt we would be good enough for the automatic promotion places. Without them, we are heading for mid-lower table.
But you keep on blaming the manager. Just like you do every season.
You may watch every game (as do I) but it's pretty obvious that you are not a very good pundit.
At the moment we are 7th in L2 while Morecambe are 18th. I suspect we have a slightly bigger budget and wage bill which is reflected in our respective positions in the table.
A more relevant question would be: Do you think Luton have a bigger budget and wage bill than us?
The reason they are top and we are not is down to wages and that is due to our shitty owners rather than the manager. But that doesn't fit your narrative which always seeks to deflect attention away from SISU towards whoever happens to be our current manager.
It's hard to argue against a word of that. This is the puzzle that Robins has to solve and his success in doing that will keep him in a job.Andreu has hardly played and Jones has played in most of the games where we have under performed against teams with a lower budget - we have beaten Notts County, Luton and Exeter with ease. Games against Forest Green, Colchester, Chesterfield and Morecombe to name but a few have been poor and these teams do not have significant budgets. As indeed Accrington do not.
The Andreu is God and would have saved us is a bit of a myth.Andreu has hardly played and Jones has played in most of the games where we have under performed against teams with a lower budget - we have beaten Notts County, Luton and Exeter with ease. Games against Forest Green, Colchester, Chesterfield and Morecombe to name but a few have been poor and these teams do not have significant budgets. As indeed Accrington do not.
The Andreu is God and would have saved us is a bit of a myth.
He showed a few silky skills and cleverness, but he played so little that we have no idea whether he would have turned out to be that good for us for not.
Just 5 appearances and probably only one good performance amongst those appearances. It was just little flashes besides that.
Andreu has hardly played and Jones has played in most of the games where we have under performed against teams with a lower budget - we have beaten Notts County, Luton and Exeter with ease. Games against Forest Green, Colchester, Chesterfield and Morecombe to name but a few have been poor and these teams do not have significant budgets. As indeed Accrington do not.
It was. The Seahawks v Jaguars too and the Pittsburgh v Baltimore.This is off topic, but I know you are a redskins fan. Today they got hammered by LA's second team, the Chargers. I did my old "fast forward" viewing and so I got to see all the action in 10 minutes. The Eagles - Rams game was better.
Tactics.Why do you think that's happened?
This is off topic, but I know you are a redskins fan. Today they got hammered by LA's second team, the Chargers. I did my old "fast forward" viewing and so I got to see all the action in 10 minutes. The Eagles - Rams game was better.
Tactics.
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You do not score 12 goals against the top 8, scoring in 5 of 6 games at an average of 2 goals per game, with a win % of 83.3 and then score 3 and concede 6 against the bottom 8, failing to score in 5 out of 8 games with a win % of 25% if it's just down to: Needing a clinical striker, players missing chances, McWankty being shit, Biamou and Beavon, Ponticelli not playing. We've scored 6 first half goals in 21 games and 15 in the second half of games. Do these people blaming individuals think our strikers suddenly get twice as good in the 2nd half of games?
Anyone trying to argue that stats like that are just down to individuals not performing have got their heads in the sand - it's too consistent a pattern. We have played the same system in virtually every game this season and all we've done is rotate the squad within that. Our inability to break down defensive teams has been on display since the Newport and Yeovil games - that was August, 4 months ago and we've barely changed a thing since - that's not down to owners, playing in an empty stadium or whatever other excuse people want to make, it's just poor tactics.
I desperately want Robins to succeed but he's blowing it big time this season while a few wins against the top teams paper over the cracks.
On reflection so far this seasons been piss poor. The footballs been dire and watching tripe in biamou, mcnulty, vincenti is simply testing my patience in Robins. I’d give him til February then review it then but I get the constant changing not working as well.
What pisses me off is when we were recruiting in the summer it felt like it was grab grab grab and not enough homework done. I don’t know that as a fact and simply surmising but there’s a stack of better players out there than these three.
And that goes back to quality of chances, as peoples pot shots from 25+ yards will be included in that. Its clear we're lacking quality creativity in the final third.gives a good indication of how we're converting chances to goals compared to other teams
I think you're being a bit harsh. Out of 12/13 summer signings, most have either been a success (Kelly, Doyle, Duck, Grimmer, Rod, Davies) or haven't had much of a chance through injury or team selection (Hyam, Andreu, O'Brien). OK it's a bit questionable to re-sign Haynes and Beavon but most of the contract renewals/extensions (such as Stokes, Burge, Willis) seem pretty reasonable to me. I'd even argue that Biamou and McNulty would warrent further time before judgement is made - they haven't been played in their natural positions which makes judgement on them as players a bit harsh. Only Vincenti has been a genuine disappointment.
It seems that the definition of success on this board is "are we doing as well as we expect" i.e. are we walking away with the league title / automatic spots? No, but we're in the play-offs which at the start of the season I'd have said was a pretty reasonable performance. We're in contention for automatic halfway through the season - how is that a sackable offence? I do get that 10 games and 2 wins is disappointing but let's judge him on where we are in the league, not the last few games. Since when was it a sackable offence to go on a poor run of form?
Surely playing Vincenti as a right winger means it's harsh to judge him too?
Yep, very possibly. I hesitated before typing that, but in the end I understood at the time he was signed that he'd be playing as a right winger, and in playing him in that role means MR was entitled to better performances.
Tactics.
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You do not score 12 goals against the top 8, scoring in 5 of 6 games at an average of 2 goals per game, with a win % of 83.3 and then score 3 and concede 6 against the bottom 8, failing to score in 5 out of 8 games with a win % of 25% if it's just down to: Needing a clinical striker, players missing chances, McWankty being shit, Biamou and Beavon, Ponticelli not playing. We've scored 6 first half goals in 21 games and 15 in the second half of games. Do these people blaming individuals think our strikers suddenly get twice as good in the 2nd half of games?
Anyone trying to argue that stats like that are just down to individuals not performing have got their heads in the sand - it's too consistent a pattern. We have played the same system in virtually every game this season and all we've done is rotate the squad within that. Our inability to break down defensive teams has been on display since the Newport and Yeovil games - that was August, 4 months ago and we've barely changed a thing since - that's not down to owners, playing in an empty stadium or whatever other excuse people want to make, it's just poor tactics.
I desperately want Robins to succeed but he's blowing it big time this season while a few wins against the top teams paper over the cracks.
I really don't like a lot of Ben's charts honestly. Most use the most ambiguous statistic of 'shots'. Opta (the source of his data) categorises 2 more refined definitions :gives a good indication of how we're converting chances to goals compared to other teams
Which makes it all the stranger that he signed for us specifically to play in that role.Anybody can tell he isn't a right winger.
How many games did he last for at Huddersfield and Scunthorpe before he got found out, and subsequently sacked?
I'm not sure he did. I think the slowness in getting Turnbull and Kyel Reid out the door and George Thomas fucking us about had a lot to do with that.Which makes it all the stranger that he signed for us specifically to play in that role.
Which makes it all the stranger that he signed for us specifically to play in that role.
Where was that said?
I'm not sure he did.
No, just a right tit!Anybody can tell he isn't a right winger.
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