Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home v Hartlepool Tues 19 Oct @ 19.45pm (Also on ifollow)

The same 3 non scoring midfielders who started last season.
Look where they got us then.
Which other successful managers start their tenure by playing 3 midfielders who got us to near the relegation zone the year before??
And which other club tries to boost that midfield by adding Alex ' Bambi' Gilliead ffs!!!

 

Think the dressing room is half lost already (too much work makes Jack a dull boy)
As for January I very much doubt Mr Rupp is going to fund us to the point it will make a difference
The other way is to sell players to fund it,
30 Bob and a bag of cheese and onion for Gilleard won't go far

 

Problem is where do we go from here? The team needs changing but the fringe players are as bad, if not worse, than the players currently in the team. Aside from Canavan, there is not a single player on that bench who is good enough for this division and will improve this team.

 

Harsh on Gilliead?. I would look more interested and effective playing with my dodgy ankle and knee at 61 years old.

I agree he was not the only one last night, but barring a tap in goal, he has contributed nothing all season.

 

Is that apart from their number 10 who went down like he had been shot by a sniper and rolled around like he was an Argentinian prima donna ?

 

Makes you question whether Adams solution to the team playing poorly is to increase the amount of training sessions in between games. Good idea in theory but I think some of the players are burnt out. Which looks poor in the eyes of the management but even worse for our so called professional players who can’t seem to hack it

 

I gave ROD the benefit of the doubt with parrying and not holding onto the ball when he made that save last night because with all the rain prior to kick-off the ball and surface would have been greasy. However having thought about it since, he does that a lot, not holding onto the ball but parrying or punching the ball without getting any distance on it.
When I watch him doing that plus not commanding HIS six yard area, the keepers we have in the past have looked very good in comparison.
Having said that he is only one of the weaknesses in the squad.
A lot of opposition teams seem to have a keeper and back four (or three) that look more reliable than ours.

 

"History is written by the victors."

 

Any time someone not rich and powerful tries to write history you can bet the Daily Mail will tell its readers how disgusting and dangerous it is

 

Apparently we were 'very good' against Hartlepool and had 'large periods of domination'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09zhlqq

 

Just heard what he said,the man is deluded if he thinks that.

 

But yet after the game on Tuesday he said we were second best and didn't deserve anything from the game.

 

It's a totally deluded viewpoint but I think you are right How, he has to try and find a positive lift for the players before the weekend.
Have to be honest I find him a strange character

 

Not sure that would be the case mate, if he did get rid of Adam's which I personally think is ridiculous and we shouldn't even be discussing him going.
He may be able to fool Rupp (who couldn't with regards football) on taking over from Julian he extended Stuarts contract and then sacked him, doing a similar thing with Trueman & Sellars believing the were the best thing since sliced bread extending their contracts and sacking them, knowing that he had spoken to both Morecombe and Adams with regards the managers job at Valley Parade.
And many wondered why Sellars was so bitter, who wouldn't be finding out the guy who was blowing up your arse was setting up a deal to bring a Derek Adams to the club they were managing at the time.

 

I think it's part of his philosophy to be positive after a game however poor the performance. It can easily make him sound ridiculous though. And I agree, he one strange hombre for sure.

 

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John Williams...

Ian Banks....

 

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