Most liked posts in thread: Away vs Morecambe 12th October

Only he wasn't clinical. His confidence was shot to pieces and he couldn't even do the one thing he was supposed to be good at which was shoot.

Not all goal scorers have good hold up play, and it's silly for you to suggest otherwise. Have you heard of the term "poacher" before?

 

I didn’t say he was clinical. I said we had a clinical striker. He’s shown prior to joining us and again since leaving, that he is a clinical finisher. Give him the service and play him as should be and that confidence wouldn’t have hit the floor.

Yes, I have heard of the word poacher. You tend to get one of them alongside a player that does the donkey work. You rarely have a poacher and have him play 20yds from goal with his back to it.... and that’s where Vaughan has played most of his minutes this season. He’s hardly been in the box, because he gets too involved by dropping deep

 

You're missing the point. On the few occasions Doyle had an opportunity to show us his poaching instincts he couldn't even do that, which is precisely what Donaldson is failing to do at the moment. You're comparing one failing striker with another striker who failed- i want neither.

If I can find some footage of Donaldson's 3 yard misses perhaps you can explain to me how a workhorse with stupendous hold up play is better suited to those situations as opposed to a natural instinctive finisher?

 

You could be correct there didn't look much room at kick off but as I posted they could have just been heavy handed and said away fans caught in any of the home areas would be ejected from the ground and all that goes with policing that situation, made more sense, but you may be correct with your assumption.

 

The last several minutes yesterday were a little tense.

https://www.skysports.com/football/morecambe-vs-bradford/report/410603

 

Don’t get me wrong I’m all for chanting, I sing loud and proud every game I just think that particular chant is a bit cringeworthy

 

I couldn’t get coverage of the game as I’m overseas and had issues trying to connect via the hotel WiFi. I just remember reading something last night that there was no atmosphere in the first half. Think it was on the match day thread.

 

If that happened would all their matches played so far be null and void? Be good for us as Swindon and Exeter would both drop 3 points but not so great for Morecombe as it's the only game they've won this season.

 

I've been on holiday so I've missed the Swindon and also the Morecambe game. Sounds like we are getting things together. We just need to keep playing the same team and we will keep picking up results. Cooke, Connolly & Pritchard look great signings - I take my hat of to Mr Bowyer. I wasn't his biggest fan after he kept chopping and changing early doors but now he's found a good starting 11 I can forgive him!!! Joking aside, I'd probably put Vaughan in for Donaldson next week if I was going to make any changes.

 

Can’t blame them, but it’s also very frustrating and a shame. Footballs already to expensive as it is in the lower leagues.

 

There was a chant I was hearing to the tune of Abba - Voulez Vous. Think it was Donaldson related. Can't remember it as I was under the influence when it was getting sung but just remember feeling the lyrics didn't really flow or make sense. If someone can enlighten me that would be good. Just to see if it is the chant that sounded wrong or it was the booze causing me issues.

 

Sounded awesome on Saturday when we were 2-0 up

 

Yes once again the players were backed very vocally by the traveling hoards.

 

I don't have a problem with standing mate as long as it's not infront of me, it was reserved seating on Saturday but most just sat where they wanted and as long as the away stewards let us we sort our own standing/sitting out there shouldn't be a problem, the standing chanting lads go in one area we sit elsewhere.

 

It strikes me that once they've said his name, his number and where he's from they've run out of anything else informative to say so have just tagged on the ubiquitous win the league line on at the end.

 

Got my 4 Roger!! Great to hear the lads appreciate it.

 

It's stemmed from Man City's Bernardo Silva chant which has the same ending

Bernardo
Aha
Running down the wing
Aha
Hear the City sing
Aha
City's gonna win the league

(That last line was "City's going to Madrid" until Spurs knocked them out )