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Post by Dirty White Slip-on on Mar 29, 2024 20:23:47 GMT
6 managers. No different. But still time 🤞 and a UB40 ish concert
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Post by dutchblue on Mar 29, 2024 20:42:16 GMT
Yes, there were again certain positives to take from today, yes we were again unlucky, But 1 point from 21 is indeed pitiful. It’s all been about “when this player comes back” or “when this coach comes back” or “we still have this and this winnable games” or “we still have a game in hand” or “we are incredibly unlucky” or “we are too good to go down”. We’ve just run out of excuses. PNE is massive. There is no time and no room left for any more excuses. On paper, at least imo, we have the easiest of the fixture lists of the 6 teams left in the scrap. No excuses then. Yet I rank our chances of survival at 50/50 - at best. It’s all still in our own hands, we don’t need luck and we don’t need excuses, what we need are men and leaders of men on the pitch and that is where we are lacking and one of the 3 main reasons we are in this mess. The over-reliance on Stansfield and the failure to bring in a mobile centre forward is killing us. We just have no options. There is absolutely no point in playing pretty football if there is no focal point. This is reason number 2. Hell, we are even discussing between us playing Aiwu, or Dembele, or Etheridge or even Rowett’s dog up front. Do we throw the dice yet again and chop and change the “system” and bring some of the kids in? That’s a pretty big gamble, because (again imo) the lack of stability in this club over the last 6 months is the third reason we are in this shit. I honestly don’t know what we do next, against PNE and beyond. I fear the worst. And there ‘ain’t no guaranteed easy return back from League 1. What’s happening at the club away from the playing side is truly awesome. At least somethings we can be positive about. Which is pretty important right now, because it is In total and stark contrast by what’s happening on the pitch. Pitiful.
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Post by gammo on Mar 29, 2024 22:01:05 GMT
The worst part is if we go down there's a good chance that some of these players that are due to be released could sign for other clubs in Division One and fcuk us over again 😡😡
I'm not saying start Dixon but give him a slot on the bench because if he doesn't make it now, he'll be our number one striker next year - he might as well have a crack sooner rather than later.
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Post by pimo on Mar 29, 2024 22:26:53 GMT
Re Dixon. Id normally ask those who are saying play him - how many of his games have you watched and what makes u think he's of the level required. Because from what I've seen - he isn't yet!
However, at this present time I myself can match the goalscoring of our current front boys! You cant score less than nil
So with that in mind - chuck him in!
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Post by gammo on Mar 29, 2024 22:38:33 GMT
Re Dixon. Id normally ask those who are saying play him - how many of his games have you watched and what makes u think he's of the level required. Because from what I've seen - he isn't yet! However, at this present time I myself can match the goalscoring of our current front boys! You cant score less than nil So with that in mind - chuck him in! I know you've been very fair on your assessment of Dixon throughout this whole season and your opinion of him has been bang on so for you to start saying chuck him in now then that would mean we must be in the shit 🙁🙁 We/he have got nothing to lose now - even if he doesn't score, the opposition knowing nothing about him might just give us a slight edge because they know how to nullify who we are playing at the minute. I fcuking hate Rooney 😡😡😡
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Post by choc on Mar 30, 2024 0:48:53 GMT
Re Dixon. Id normally ask those who are saying play him - how many of his games have you watched and what makes u think he's of the level required. Because from what I've seen - he isn't yet! However, at this present time I myself can match the goalscoring of our current front boys! You cant score less than nil So with that in mind - chuck him in! I know you've been very fair on your assessment of Dixon throughout this whole season and your opinion of him has been bang on so for you to start saying chuck him in now then that would mean we must be in the shit 🙁🙁 We/he have got nothing to lose now - even if he doesn't score, the opposition knowing nothing about him might just give us a slight edge because they know how to nullify who we are playing at the minute. I fcuking hate Rooney 😡😡😡 This isn't just about Rooney. Get real. It's staring you in the face.
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Post by gammo on Mar 30, 2024 1:00:36 GMT
I know you've been very fair on your assessment of Dixon throughout this whole season and your opinion of him has been bang on so for you to start saying chuck him in now then that would mean we must be in the shit 🙁🙁 We/he have got nothing to lose now - even if he doesn't score, the opposition knowing nothing about him might just give us a slight edge because they know how to nullify who we are playing at the minute. I fcuking hate Rooney 😡😡😡 This isn't just about Rooney. Get real. It's staring you in the face. He laid the first foundation for this shit show. He knew from the start that these players were incapable of playing the football that he was bought in to play yet he persisted in going down that route. As soon as he knew he should gave kept things basic, kept the results ticking over and then bring players in during January to play how he wanted - if that meant selling James to fund it then so be it.
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Post by bignumbernine on Mar 30, 2024 1:22:12 GMT
Anyone who is going to the open house need to demand an explanation for January.
I can almost forgive sacking Eustace. I can almost forgive the Rooney appointment. What I truly can’t wrap my head around is that for the last 3-4 transfer windows we have been dying for a legitimate #9. And it has failed to be addressed every time.
Why on Earth we brought in three midfielders in January is genuinely baffling to me. I’m no director of football or a head coach, but even I can see that other areas of the pitch needed urgent help and for whatever reason it didn’t happen.
Not only that but then we got rid of Kevin Long and have now had to play a left back at centre back. It’s a joke.
I don’t want to hear “they probably had plans but they fell through” or “sometimes it doesn’t work out”. The whole point of a Craig Gardner is he should have a shortlist. If we need a striker he should have minimum 4-5 targets that are achievable. He has consistently failed to address this problem and now we are in the brown stuff because of it.
Questions need to be asked and answers need providing.
Not another PowerPoint presentation. Answers to why this season has gone so horribly wrong when it didn’t need to.
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Post by cnote on Mar 30, 2024 5:51:17 GMT
That one was hard to take, we weren't awful imo, I've seen plenty awful and that aint it, but it's the same problem we've had for a long time and that I've been complaining about since January, just no proper centre forward and it's killing us. This is why I was suggesting trying Hall or Aiwu up there, just something other than Stansfield who we're flogging to death in a role that's not getting the best out of him.
Obviously Hogan has really impressed in training to only replace him after 84 minutes but for me he was never really a Rowett type anyay just involved because of the lack of options. Dembele has played up there before though I'm not convinced he brings the physical attributes we're lacking to the role and from the limited viewings I've had of Dixon he's not up to it either but it's getting desperate and Rowett imo has to look at alternatives, maybe digg Josh Williams up from whatever hole he was dropped in to and give him a whirl, as said desperate times.
Of course it doesn't help that a defender hits a worldie winner with his wrong foot in injury time or that their equaliser was going out until Aiwu deflects it in, as said previously it certainly seem things are conspiring against us and whether we think we should be down there or not (we shouldn't) the fact is we are and we have to find a way. Still personally think George Hall starting gives us another dimension with his pace and if I was manager I'd genuinely consider bringing Josh Williams into things again for that pace whether either of them go up front or not because the technical football isn't working without that focal point up front to play off.
BTW thought Bacuna was excellent today even without the goal.
I said before a ball was kicked this season to the opposition they see him as our most effective player and the stats don’t lie. What a fantastic season he’s having. Without Bacuna’s goals we’d be down already.
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Post by choc on Mar 30, 2024 8:38:08 GMT
Anyone who is going to the open house need to demand an explanation for January. I can almost forgive sacking Eustace. I can almost forgive the Rooney appointment. What I truly can’t wrap my head around is that for the last 3-4 transfer windows we have been dying for a legitimate #9. And it has failed to be addressed every time. Why on Earth we brought in three midfielders in January is genuinely baffling to me. I’m no director of football or a head coach, but even I can see that other areas of the pitch needed urgent help and for whatever reason it didn’t happen. Not only that but then we got rid of Kevin Long and have now had to play a left back at centre back. It’s a joke. I don’t want to hear “they probably had plans but they fell through” or “sometimes it doesn’t work out”. The whole point of a Craig Gardner is he should have a shortlist. If we need a striker he should have minimum 4-5 targets that are achievable. He has consistently failed to address this problem and now we are in the brown stuff because of it. Questions need to be asked and answers need providing. Not another PowerPoint presentation. Answers to why this season has gone so horribly wrong when it didn’t need to. Absolutely. Also it's not just down to Gardner, Mowbray chose the players to bring in. I think we have something like 17 midfielders now.
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Post by honkybluenose on Mar 30, 2024 9:18:07 GMT
I don’t understand the logic when people say Dixon has a bad attitude. Erm… so what? I don’t care if he’s an upstanding citizen. I want someone to put the ball in the back of the bloody net. Stansfield and Hogan don’t look like scoring if they were out there til midnight. 6 managers looked at him and all drawn the same conclusion. It’s not attitude they just don’t think he is good enough.
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Post by pimo on Mar 30, 2024 9:51:18 GMT
I don’t understand the logic when people say Dixon has a bad attitude. Erm… so what? I don’t care if he’s an upstanding citizen. I want someone to put the ball in the back of the bloody net. Stansfield and Hogan don’t look like scoring if they were out there til midnight. 6 managers looked at him and all drawn the same conclusion. It’s not attitude they just don’t think he is good enough. I don't think he's good enough either. BUT the standard is not that high! I can score nil! You can score nil! You may as well give this kid a chance as he simply can do no worse!
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Post by bignumbernine on Mar 30, 2024 14:33:56 GMT
I don’t understand the logic when people say Dixon has a bad attitude. Erm… so what? I don’t care if he’s an upstanding citizen. I want someone to put the ball in the back of the bloody net. Stansfield and Hogan don’t look like scoring if they were out there til midnight. 6 managers looked at him and all drawn the same conclusion. It’s not attitude they just don’t think he is good enough. Fair enough. If he’s worse than Hogan then he must be awful.
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Post by gammo on Mar 30, 2024 14:36:17 GMT
I don’t understand the logic when people say Dixon has a bad attitude. Erm… so what? I don’t care if he’s an upstanding citizen. I want someone to put the ball in the back of the bloody net. Stansfield and Hogan don’t look like scoring if they were out there til midnight. 6 managers looked at him and all drawn the same conclusion. It’s not attitude they just don’t think he is good enough. But isn't he training with the first team squad? Pointless doing that if he'll never join in a match day squad 🤷🏼♂️
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Post by gammo on Mar 31, 2024 21:48:28 GMT
Just watched the Access Blues video on YouTube - two points.
1) Why was Jukey on the team bus if he's injured? Is he not as bad as everyone thinks?
2) What the fcuk is Roberts shirt all about? It's about 3 sizes too big which makes all the difference when trying to run with the ball - club needs to sort that out.
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Post by bubba on Mar 31, 2024 22:17:39 GMT
Juke has asked to accompany the team to games and stay involved even though he's not fit because he wants to support and cheer them on, what a guy.
Sadly I suspect he won't play again this season, no inside info just what I think.
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Post by bluescharlie on Mar 31, 2024 22:19:34 GMT
Juke has a knee brace on both legs. I don’t think he’ll play for anyone for a very long time
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