Strange decisions

[Bell4]

Norwood did nothing wrong tonight, the other two however were proper bobbins.

Spot on

Norwood played well

 

[MJM]

Controversially, I didn't think Stevens was too bad in the first half. Regressed in the second like, but wasn't unhappy with his first 45.

A mate of mine said when we took Ozzy off for Sharp, it could've cost us the game - 3 minutes later it could have actually won it.

Seen some stuff floating around saying that Bash was at fault for their goal and that will cost him his place at the weekend which I'll whole-heartedly disagree with. Best player on the pitch last night for me (and by the looks of it, an overwhelming majority).

Some of the dogs abuse Norwood has got over the last 18 months has been shocking when you look at the performances Fleck puts in, and no one seems to bat an eyelid. Now that's strange.

Could've and should've won it. Brewster trying to neatly side-foot his shot when he needed to put his laces through it. No more excuses now. The lad just isn't very good. None of this "he needs a run in the side" rubbish. He's a League One player who was a flash in the pan at Swansea.

 

[Keen Blade]

He brought Hourihane on for height, I think. Brewster obviously better in the air than Fleck (but then again, so is Jimmy Krankie)

Fleck was using his height all game to mark their tall striker at every corner and set-piece ......... fucking comical

 

[Bladedog]

Problem with midfield is there's no serious challenge for the shirt.

 

[Keen Blade]

Slav's head must be as fucked as Brewster's was when he realised he'd left Liverpool for a shit Championship team.

Slav cannot possibly have done his due diligence on the squad Wilder left behind , when he accepted the job.

And now his head is well fucked.

RS interviewer last night :

You played Brewster , a striker , on the wing (and he did fuck-all for the entire game)

Slav - No , Brewster is definitely a striker

But he was out wide and ineffective all game ?

Slav - Players can play in different positions

So , you are trying to convert him to a winger ?

Slav - no , he is not a winger

So why was he of no effect in the central areas ?

Slav - He made some great contributions

IF I HAD BEEN THE INTERVIEWER ..................

fuck me Slav , have you been on the sauce ?

Interviewer moves on ......... getting braver now .......

Fleck has himself admitted being out of form , so why do you keep playing him ?

Slav - That is my choice

IF I HAD BEEN THE INTERVIEWER

So Slav , you don't deny Fleck's shit yet you keep playing him ?

CHRIST ON A BICYCLE , THE LANE IS LIKE A FOOTBALL TWILIGHT ZONE

we just need that funny music

 

[Keen Blade]

we are fucking doomed if the manager keeps on like this

 

[Youngand70]

Strange that every coach/manager who has worked with Brewster has rated him highly including the England coaching staff. He has scored goals and that all came to an end when know f.... all dinosaur Wilder got his hands on him. Just like McBurnie who was quoted as saying that Wilder expected him to totally change the way he played. Why buy a goal scorer who plays in a team like Swansea who played to his strengths on the floor and then wonder why he fails as target man.

 

[ancientblade]

why not play basham with norwood when davies is back ?

 

[Varkanoid]

Norwood and Basham our best two players tonight, MGW OK.
The rest on a sliding scale of crap to absolutely shite.

Agree with Bash but not Norwood, son and I got so bored we started playing "predict the pass type" and more often than not it was a backwards. When was the last time you saw Norwood in the box ? Think he had one shot last night and it was miles over.

I bet if you watch older matches this Norwood against that Norwood looks a different player.

 

[blades14]

Why not swap Osborn and MGW around and play with inverted wingers who can cut in instead of wingers waiting for fullbacks to overlap and 9/10 times it being wasted

 

[Keen Blade]

Strange that every coach/manager who has worked with Brewster has rated him highly including the England coaching staff. He has scored goals and that all came to an end when know f.... all dinosaur Wilder got his hands on him. Just like McBurnie who was quoted as saying that Wilder expected him to totally change the way he played. Why buy a goal scorer who plays in a team like Swansea who played to his strengths on the floor and then wonder why he fails as target man.

Virtually the only person who dictates success or failure of a team (and with it , a club) is the manager.
Wilder had a golden period Summer 16 to Summer 19 but the rot set in with his transfer dealings from then on , followed by stubbornly refusing to change approach.
Hence we are left with one of the worst squads (in terms of value for money in fees & wages) that I can ever remember.
Slav probably didn't see the deficiencies which were obvious to us fans.
The poor guy is probably as disappointed as the poor kid Brewster was with his move to us.
And what's worse is that Wilder so fucked up our finances , committing his own extreme version of "spunking the Club's money , that he now has precious little room for manoeuvre in the market + a dysfunctional squad going nowhere.
We are back in exactly the same position Adkins was in , with duff performers on long contracts who nobody in their right mind would buy , because they wouldn't pay the wages , even if they were made free transfers.
We might as well never have risen to the PL , coz the £200 odd million has all gone and we haven't even got a decent Training setup or even taken the posts out of the Kop.
Piss poor board above the failing manager.
And even the parachute payments already spent.
Agony for serious supporters.

 

[Bell4]

Strange that every coach/manager who has worked with Brewster has rated him highly including the England coaching staff. He has scored goals and that all came to an end when know f.... all dinosaur Wilder got his hands on him. Just like McBurnie who was quoted as saying that Wilder expected him to totally change the way he played. Why buy a goal scorer who plays in a team like Swansea who played to his strengths on the floor and then wonder why he fails as target man.

CW made a lot of mistakes in the last 16 months or so - but in no way on gods earth is he a dinosaur when he had the elite of British , if not European football waxwing lyrical about his overlapping CB approach.

His use of funds and recruitment when he had the prem money was a massive part of his downfall , his stubberness and inflexibility was another , but he wasn't a dinosaur - IMHO

 

[Bell4]

Controversially, I didn't think Stevens was too bad in the first half. Regressed in the second like, but wasn't unhappy with his first 45.

A mate of mine said when we took Ozzy off for Sharp, it could've cost us the game - 3 minutes later it could have actually won it.

Seen some stuff floating around saying that Bash was at fault for their goal and that will cost him his place at the weekend which I'll whole-heartedly disagree with. Best player on the pitch last night for me (and by the looks of it, an overwhelming majority).

Some of the dogs abuse Norwood has got over the last 18 months has been shocking when you look at the performances Fleck puts in, and no one seems to bat an eyelid. Now that's strange.

Could've and should've won it. Brewster trying to neatly side-foot his shot when he needed to put his laces through it. No more excuses now. The lad just isn't very good. None of this "he needs a run in the side" rubbish. He's a League One player who was a flash in the pan at Swansea.

You're spot on re Norwood - he never hides and last night he played well i thought .

 

[Bell4]

Virtually the only person who dictates success or failure of a team (and with it , a club) is the manager.
Wilder had a golden period Summer 16 to Summer 19 but the rot set in with his transfer dealings from then on , followed by stubbornly refusing to change approach.
Hence we are left with one of the worst squads (in terms of value for money in fees & wages) that I can ever remember.
Slav probably didn't see the deficiencies which were obvious to us fans.
The poor guy is probably as disappointed as the poor kid Brewster was with his move to us.
And what's worse is that Wilder so fucked up our finances , committing his own extreme version of "spunking the Club's money , that he now has precious little room for manoeuvre in the market + a dysfunctional squad going nowhere.
We are back in exactly the same position Adkins was in , with duff performers on long contracts who nobody in their right mind would buy , because they wouldn't pay the wages , even if they were made free transfers.
We might as well never have risen to the PL , coz the £200 odd million has all gone and we haven't even got a decent Training setup or even taken the posts out of the Kop.
Piss poor board above the failing manager.
And even the parachute payments already spent.
Agony for serious supporters.

Excellent post buddy

 

[dtblade]

totally agree regarding our midfield ,or lack of it !
Norwood and Fleck are like watching the Krankies and are actually funnier
can't understand why Slav has put up with their performances for so long
neither can defend and apart from the odd long ball from Norwood contribute nothing
thought Algerian would have got another game by now

 

[Bladesthorpe]

Well, Bash got his chance last night and grabbed it by the scruff of the neck, is it time to do the same with Slater ?

We advanced with the ball to attacking 3rd while one or two players made runs to free space. Instead of playing ball forward we stopped the ball, runners stopped and then we started to pass backwards. This happened many times and I'm just wondering why.. We started to play more forward after Sharp came on, so maybe our attacking needs him on the field.

The grass also looked kinda slipperish at times, but it didn't seem to been cold enough for ice or am I wrong?

Hourihane sub at 89min was funky move which I didn't understand either.

Some players were bad tonight and only few did better. At least we got some new energy with changes in starting XI and hopefully this theme continues.

Obvious he brought CH on in the last minute to waste time and hang on for a draw, time not added on for substitutions.