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The Humiliation is complete

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by trevor, Oct 12, 2020.

  1. trevor

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    City 0 Harrogate 1
     
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  2. Super bantams

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    Wether people like it or not time to start asking questions of mccall

    Been dreadful to watch this season. Team with no formation or plan going backwards fast.

    Harrogate 25 attempts at goal so be in no doubt we were played off the park
     
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  3. Tingleyb

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    Let's see what Macca says about the unbalanced team, overrun midfield and complete lack of upfront penetration.
     
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  4. monkinmotion

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    Total useless, clueless garbage
     
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  5. Super bantams

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    He will big up harrogate as he usually does with opposition
     
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  6. Aaron Baker

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    Not even just the result.

    25 shots against us. At home. I just don't know what to say.
     
  7. bantam65

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    The humiliation is far from complete....there's loads more games for us to be humiliated in yet this season!!!
     
  8. Rcbantam

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    Dont forget BARROW..

    Happyclappers are rubbing their hands at thought of being beat by them.
     
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  9. Chrisako

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    Mcall is a very poor manager - the sooner the Mcall love in dies the better - I agree with @Fordy117@Fordy117 we are so poorly run and backwards thinking it’s incredible. Poor signings and poor management.
     
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  10. Keefly Bantam

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    Fluoxetine.
     
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  11. JimmyBantam

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    First time I've seen Harrogate in action and I was very impressed. Best team we have come up against in the league so far and the only team to have out played us - pretty much from start to finish!

    They were fortunate with the penalty call in my opinion but had it been given and we converted it for the draw it would have been harsh on the balance of play.

    We didn't cope with their high press at all. Harrogate have a clear plan with a number of technically good players and it shows they have progressed together. The understanding they had between each other was excellent.

    A lot more work to be done with our lot but I'm not panicking like some on here!
     
  12. Storck

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    Watching us so far this season I would say the humiliation is only just starting
     
  13. Biker

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    McCall has done nothing on his return and that shambles tells me all I need to know about why He is NOT the guy to take BCFC forward.

    An analogue manager in a digital era. Past his sell by date.

    Harrogate were very good but let’s face it our manager has played straight into their hands with that team selection and formation.

    Absolutely clueless.
     
  14. drunken rambling

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    If sutton gets another game can somebody tell him we are the ones in claret and amber stripey shirts.
     
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  15. Rogered Tart

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    Its like Harrogate hadn't been watched in their previous games, which i know they had. They like to attack and use their fullbacks as part of this yet we for some unknown reason went with a diamond. To achieve what exactly? All it did was give a very passing sides fullbacks the space to go forward unopposed and left our fullbacks exposed. It also meant our fullbacks would struggle to get forward to aid our attack, yet its something he then mentions in the post match presser, that our full backs didnt get forward to supply crosses. Thats because of your bloody line up. No wonder Clarke looked frustrated when he came off, he was also hung out to dry by a manager allowing afreeflowing team the space they craved.

    Massive improvement required on Saturday, i'm guessing another formation is on the cards.
     
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    We are the poorest Yorkshire club in the football league happy days boys happy days.. Stead has been gone nearly three years and he made our forrards look poo baba wooo….
     
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  17. Dennis

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    Exactly. Harrogate play a high pressing game which squeezed our defence to the extent that Wood and French seemed reluctant to get forward for fear of creating space at the back and providing opportunities for Harrogate. And yet the diamond formation needs the full backs to get forward or it's a waste of time playing in that manner. It's Catch 22.

    All of that could have been reasonably anticipated before the game even started. And yet SMc decided to gamble on the diamond formation and even when it was shown to be not working, he didn't or couldn't make the changes. The team didn't play well at all and it was interesting how Harrogate started to target Wood. But the formation and the tactics which were down to SMC were imo what created the problems last night. In the post match interview, SMc was unrepentant and put the result down to playing a better team(!) and that many of the players didn't perform on the night. He attached no responsibility to his own choice of tactics and formation. Really?
     
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  18. Get Rid Of It

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    Slow learner is our Stuart, and we all suffer for it.
    He needs to fit in all his mates and then find something that will work.
    His team looks clueless and disjointed and slow/unfit.

    Next up Mansfield, currently winless.
     
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  19. Tony Wilkinson

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    Exactly, and can't be covered up ...
     
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  20. How

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    He had to see yesterday we needed to push our back 4 up 5 yards or even 10 yards at times and pin them in to not allow them to get the ball out wide as easily. We could have really stifled them.
    At half time gone 4-4-2 flat, brought Evans off for Pritchard and moved Sutton out right. Cooke on for Clarke. We were still well in the game at 0-0 Come out of there with a not pretty 1-0 but it’s a win and we’d have moved on.
    Instead we spent the second half worrying still about the opposition and not getting anywhere
     

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