Most liked posts in thread: Away vs Cambridge United - Sat 15 Feb 2020

That's football isn't it that goes in 2 - 0 even though it would have been against the run of play it would have knocked Cambridges confidence,

 

Hoping for something like the third on Tuesday. Against the run of play but game over. When we start doing that we,re getting somewhere.

 

You mean only 3 people to blame for that?

If 3 grown men cant organise themselves into a simple defensive formation that they would have practiced during the week then you have to question their mental and physical ability.

 

Can you support 3 grown men at the back not talking to each other and getting quickly organised? I mean its not rocket science is it?

EG:
AOC to POC-you go left of the three
AOC to BRE you stay middle
AOC to himself-You go right man.

Simples.

 

Here here!

 

And tactical ineptitude. Like you I feel completely deflated tonight. A win could have put us right in the mix but instead we are left with the almost inevitable prospect of no promotion and midtable mediocrity. Up to that substitution I was prepared to convince myself that Stuart might be a different proposition this time around and that greater experience would have made him wiser. And then bang, in that one moment, in that one substitution, I realised that all my misgivings had been justified. He really has learned nothing in all the years he's been a manager. No greater tactical awareness, no better game management, no understanding of how games are won and lost. People might say that this is an overreaction and they may have a point. But I can't escape the conclusion after today that nothing has changed with him and that the future will just be an elongated rerun of the same film. We won't go up. We'll have a big clearout in the summer. Stuart will sign a brand new team, we'll make a bright start, people will sing his praises and then, steadily, remorselessly, it will all go wrong. Again.

 

We'll see.

 

And the ability to attract better players than any League Two side in the Summer (Bolton excepted).

 

Actually a very good answer.

 

They were always going to be more of a threat in the second half after a rolicking at half time and like you say, the wind to their advantage. However, I said at the time Paudie was brought on that it would just invite even more pressure on us and we'd end up losing and that's exactly what happened. We will never know if the outcome of the game would have been different if we'd stuck to a back 4, but I firmly believe we would have had a better chance of coming away with at least a point had we done so.

 

I think we had a disastrous January. Plus I think Rhodes and Rupp made a mistake in not identifying that they needed to ask Bowyer to leave and allow Stuart to buy in key players. However, maybe they did it deliberately, in giving up on promotion this season and having a clear out in the summer.

 

They did it deliberately to reduce the wage bill and get money for Doyle.

They haven't given up on promotion but just want McCall to work with what was there.

Bowyer was always getting the sack as Rhodes thinks about the books and the season ticket sales must of been rubbish.

 

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I love a conspiracy theory , but to suggest the club deliberately gave up on promotion to clear the decks is up there with the flat earth society.
It has more to do with mis-managment & p!ss poor decision making from those at the top

 

I can see some refs giving the foul. I think had it been in the first few minutes a ref would have given it wanting to stamp his authority on the game. I think he was a homer.

 

Wait, what? A new coach as in someone to work alongside Bowyer?

 

Yes so it seems. I was told this in confidence by a close relative so I’m not going to name him. But I think there can be no doubt about it. It’s more than one of those idle rumours. He probably now thinks he dodged a bullet.

 

Cannot take people serious if they are not able to master basic grammar.

 

I’ve seen it back a few times and it’s not a foul
Pritchard is far too weak. Needs to show more there when the chips are down. Take everything out and if you don’t and go down make sure you get back up and track back. I’d be disappointed if they got a free kick for it

 

Your missing the point mate, Stuart obviously would like a behind closed doors friendly not to see what the likes of Taylor or in this case Devitt can do but to see if there is a reaction after his long time out and only getting the 44 or so minutes against Cheltenham.