Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away v Port Vale Sat 13th November @ 12.00pm

Rupp out

 

It’s been coming tbh, what’s Adam’s playing at sending out a team with no finishing ability. Penny pinching August coming home to roost

 

But he shouldn't have got there.

Paudie was like a drunk giraffe. Why show/allow a pacey striker on the inside? Push him to the touchline. Make him run round you and then you know others will get back in the mean time.

I'm sorry but Paudie is not a good defender. At best he's inconsistent. Paudie should have done the defensive basics better and push him to the touchline.

 

Can't disagree, with the exception of August. But Adams has the potential to take us forward but hindered by those above. Get rid of Adams and how does a new gaffer make that squad any better?

 

That was quality.

 

We were pooh last year, we started very well, we got bad injuries and if we won today we would be in play offs. Some people just love a moan.

 

Maybe but the 2 changes he made got us a point.

 

Of course I'd have preferred all 3 points but as I pointed out 1 - 0 down and coming back and possibly wining it with Gilliead chance the keeper pushed round well happy, but I don't expect anything else from you, have a good day.

 

Bloody hell I better rest for 5 mins. Can’t believe what I am reading.

We need to kick on. Yes, it was a decent point today but we need to start winning and putting runs together or this season will be over soon for us.

 

Paudie isn't strong, Songo is better but still liable to soft mistakes in the box. Threlkeld - if we're going to stick with 3 at the back, we need a proper right wing back.

A word for Foulds though - he's been spot on.

 

It all comes down to that old chestnut that the best form of defence is attack. If we could put away a handful of the chances we create, the odd one or two going in at the other end isn't a problem.

 

Foulds has done pretty well since he's come in and that was a cracking cross.

Be nice to see him and Foulds being the full backs for a few matches.

Give Watt a break. He's not impacting games and his first touch was poor today, even his passing really. Get Songo'o in there.

 

The problem with that I think is because we play such an odd shape no one knows where the out ball is, or where instinctively a player would be.

Gillead and vernam are too narrow, if one of them has the ball, it can't go wide, because A) that's where they should be or B) the full back isn't pushing on, it can't go back because ordinarily watt and Sutton are sat five yards in front of the back four and finally it won't go forward as whoever is upfront is marked by 3 defenders.

By the time they have made that decision the ball has a gone, or in gilleads case by the time he has made a decision it's ten past six and there is no one there anyway

 

100% agree and you’re correct. However, today we were the better team and should have had the game wrapped up. Some poor errors and judgements however the improvement is evident. Now over to Adam’s to show what he’s really made of and get that winning mentality he says he’s all about out of his team.

For me, positive game. Nice not to feel dejected.

 

I'm not pretending anything I try and not make knee jerk comments during the game difficult at times when were missing guilt edge chances, we all know in the final third we have been very poor so far this season, there is room for improvement and I believe we'll see that as the better player's return, we're just over a third through the season we've had our share of injuries but for me were certainly in with a chance of getting back into the mix, and yes I believe we will.

 

A fair assessment of the game should be that we keep making the same basic errors week in week out. Unless we cut this out of our game, and I'm not sure the current squad is capable of that, then as someone mentioned before, without strengthening sufficiently in January this is a mid table squad, neither good or bad.

 

Once you get used to accepting we will not out possess teams, I enjoy watching Adams’ counter attack football.

they have their flaws but I’d be shitting bricks if i was a FB and Gillead and Vernam were running at me.

It will click into place for us in December I hope (i think I know)

 

Some of the errors yesterday were schoolboy. You would get pelters at Monday night 5 a side for air shots like Vernam and Songoo made.

The most basic of mistakes proved costly. Instead of 1 up we go 1 down.

I’ve not seen a striker in the 6 yard box show as little awareness since Guthrie left.

Angol is our big hope if he can keep fit. A class above this level. Holds the ball, is clever back to goal and generally good First touch. Great header today. Super ball in by Foulds.

Angol was at the heart of our play before injury. Think Cooke would enjoy playing with him.

all in all played several top teams and haven’t lost. Going into this run of games after Hartlepool it looked bleak. Well it looks better today but we’ve ground to make up. Hopefully we can find a way past sides who block the pitch and come to VP for a point as ooperating on the counter has suited us recently.

 

You know that team Adams got promoted last season? Have a look at how many points they were on after 16 games last season, and then come back and explain your reasoning for why you are so certain we are not going up this season.