Most liked posts in thread: Defeat Incoming

Its a league of fine margins.
We beat Tranmere the other week and deservedly so.
They call for the managers head.
Next thing they beat Salford, Walsall and Barrow and are flying.
Wimbledon on a bad run get a point against us then win their next game.
Stockport who we play couldn't beat Harrogate or Walsall who we beat.
Newport who were awful at VP, beat Orient away who were looking unbeatable.

The thing that we have got going for us this season is genuine pace.
A keeper who can pull of wonder saves.
We have a striker who is full of confidence.
We have a manger who instils confidence and doesn't get flustered by anything.
We have a crowd bigger than anyone in the league who get behind the team and make VP a daunting place, 10 unbeaten at home is it??
There is nothing to say that all these things are gonna bring the inevitable defeat.
Quite the opposite imo.
Every team has spells of pressure and chances.
None have taken those chances and Stockport are no different.

 

Of course when you're unbeaten in seven, the next defeat becomes more likely, i.e. just around the corner.

WOAP were discussing this and pointing out how our minds play tricks on us, as to what a promotion team look like vs the reality - simply because we haven't had much practice lately.

No-one is going to dominate games from start to finish in L2 - the physicality of the league means that's inevitable that brawn will work for periods of every match, it's how we manage it that is the key.

The "higher gears" comment that I hear from many, seems a myth to me. As I said this is L2. Most teams simply don't allow anyone to play that type of footie against them.

We also forget that someone like Walker is a big big miss. He knitted the link between midfield and attack far better than anyone I've seen in years. I've simply no worries. I think our attacking options are better than everyone else's and we've got a very good defence / keeper.

But Stockport will be a toughie. Looking at all their reports, they've not really played that badly and have lost all their matches by just the one goal.

 

Nice to be looking at 'where's our next defeat coming from?' after seasons upon seasons of 'where's our next victory coming from?'

 

Despite rarely dominating games we do create it’s just it’s usually in bursts so it doesn’t always look great for long periods, below is an interesting stat and the top 4 are well ahead of 5th. Most teams in league 2 just aren’t very good. No doubt we’ll lose but I don’t think it’s due to how we’re playing it’s just we are league 2 and we’ll have ups and downs.

 

Or a combination of the two...waiting to cluck
Sorry

 

Our performances are yet to be convincing as whole. I can't decide whether we're riding our luck or waiting to click.

 

He forgot to say that Morecambe will never get a manager as good as him

 

Top post, Wilsden.

We're definitely creating chances both on the break and while we're in possession.

It's really refreshing to know that we're going to have chances every week.

Under Adams, that was far from guaranteed.

 

To be fair to Adams, he probably has a good point. The Club has been up for sale for the last 6/7 months and is going nowhere. The owners are the same guys who own / owned Worcester R.U Club who have just been kicked out of all competitions due to Admin apparently £50 mil in debt. They sound very suspect reading press reports.

 

nothing to complain about so you have to make doom and groom predictions. can't you just be happy for once that we might just get promotion?

it's called having a good defence! and a goalkeeper that actually saves the ball. then being able to put away the few chances we get.

 

I think we have struggled more against direct teams. Especially Crichlow.
Teams who like to get it down and play and we look better.
Stockport play the same formation as we do.
Madden up top by himself isn't gonna be receiving long balls.
Crankshaw is now a holding midfielder so he will be up against Chapman, Wright and maybe Banks.
I think as long as we respect what they are about whilst knowing that man for man we are stronger then we really should be looking at a good win.

 

Cranky playing holding midfield……? So they have realised he’s not a winger either?
Sounds like Gilly’s second coming?

 

Its a fair question to ask. There are times when we've looked bang average and our keeper has pulled out of the mire. And there are moments in games that have gone our way such as Lewis saving the penalty which could have seen the game go in a different direction if scored. Nothing urgently worrying stands out though like it did under Adams, more of fine tuning the front six so we create more chances for our on form striker. Last two games we created next to nothing for him and at times the attack looks flat and lethargic bar Wright and flashes from Chapman and Banks.

 

Agree with all of this Mr Weasel, sir. I would add to that...for the first time in years we have a manager who knows how to make substitutions change games. Yes, it's been benefited hugely by having a big, quality squad - but that's why Mark Hughes has signed them all. To come on and make a difference in the second halves of games. This has happened repeatedly over the last matches. The new laws on subs have benefited us because of the depth we have, but again, that's why MH is such a clued up manager. He's looked deeply at the new laws and worked out how we can benefit best.

 

If they are bringing over 2000 and us on our good run, are we looking at breaking our league 2 attendance record again.
It will be a tough game; every other team are well up for defeating Mark Hughe's Bradford city.
Let's hope this is one where we really click.

 

He's not a poor manager. He's got three promotions with three different clubs and then went back and kept Morecambe up.

He was though poor for us, because he has to be at a club where he's the boss and the entire club evolve around him, we simply are too big for it ever to be about one person and don't like those types (i.e. Rahic)

Then, in fairness he usually does well - until the club have a bad spell and give him less of a chance because they've only stuck with him because he delivered results.

 

Tbf they were on their way down when he returned

 

You do it, your an administrator.

 

From the small sample size I've seen, I'd much prefer Timi in there. Strong, extremely quick, likes to dominate and is our player to boot.

He might not look as smooth and silky as Critchlow but he does look a better fit for the physical side of League 2.