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

I wasn't a fan of the appointment but there's a clear improvement in the football already. The games are now watchable which is a vast improvement in my eyes. If you preferred Bowyer in charge then beggars belief. Out of interest what world class managers were available for a 4th div team and who should've got it?

 

Without going too much into it - the weather and the conditions certainly played a part. Training ground out of action, horrible wind and rain. Yep it disrupted us and made it difficult.


However, McCall and the team will simply have to learn to deal with bad conditions better, we live in England, it happens plenty.

 

Just for a moment think.

Look at Fordy's comments for the last season and this. Yes he is abrasive but we are really poor and mostly is comments have been spot on. He would say it as it is.

 

Mate, seriously years ago I would of been like no to a sporting or football director but like @JonButterfield excellently wrote you design it to suit the club.

We can keep on thinking we have the answers when clearly we don't then Exeter overtake us and Swindon?

Rhodes isn't equipped to take us forward on his own. He didn't even understand Bowyer was signing his mates.

We need to have a serious think about the long term because we can't give rolling out McCall all the time! We need a plan!

 

I would be considering Connolly for Guthrie as we would have pace on the counter with:

Connolly, DMH and Novak.

 

McCarten scores goals. McCarten does not protect the defence and makes midfield look weak at times. HHhhmmm ... Overall effect probably varies with the team we play against. If Stevenage had equalised when they were pressing and it had finished 2-2, it would be a much more interesting debate. You can usually allow for a flair player that does not do the defending basics if the other players like him and you keep winning. Wood had a cracking game and made up for some of McCarten's deficiencies defending. Well, we won so I say we play him but his workrate is the one I'll be checking first if the team is plays badly.

 

Think Ron Atkinson was their manager?

 

The perils of travelling by train when the weather is dodgy.
Good luck to anyone travelling tomorrow by whatever mode.

 

It’s going to be interesting to see the intensity we play at, and positivity. As for months we’ve played away games to try steal a point and offered nothing. Even if we don’t win I want to see us have a go, that will signal progress for me in trying to turn our away form around.

 

I worry about you mate even if no one else does .

 

Like that team. Looks more balanced.

 

@Fordy117 have some of that. Come on Reeves.
Goals from midfield. What a novelty

 

A fordy favourite, Jake Reeves has put City 1-0,

McCall likes his midfielders to score doesn't he!

 

I tell it how it is:

That defeat is on McCall

 

As already said above I was disappointed with SMc to bring on an extra defender taking away from our already poor attack in the second half, poor that Stu come on...

 

This is my biggest worry about Stuart. Crazy decsion to bring on Paudie. Just allowed them to pour through the midfield and the inevitable happened. He should have brought Pritchard on instead of Middleton to shore up the midfield. It was so obvious as many on here have commented. Very disappointing but also suggesting he hasn't learned very much over the years.

 

Outclassed by mid table garbage, we simply look worse on the ball than every team we play. We were winning at half time because of the conditions.

But the biggest crime was to bring the extra defender on, imagine if it was Bowyer in charge the flack he’d be getting! Stuart needs to take credit for that loss.