Actually on paper.

[SandyMcBlade]

We haven't got a bad squad at all, it's certainly too good to lose 4-0 to Gillingham, (on paper), so what happened yesterday ?
We all slagged Nigel Clough off for being too negative and for not having enough fire power up front but (on paper) we had the fire power up front yesterday and not a bad bench to swop the team around, but apparently the players just seemed to give up, even the subs and I haven't seen that since the Weir days..
So why the collapse, why the surrender yesterday, why did the team seem to just fall apart?
And I know some people are going to come in with "the players are just not good enough" but that's total rubbish because most of the players we have are good enough for this league some too good, but obviously yesterday the team wasn't and the most worrying part about yesterday was the seeming lack of fight back in the second half.
Nigel Clough last season built a team to defend and hit on the brake but unfortunately seemed to forget that when a team can't get through on the ground they will use big strikers and the long ball into the area, and then it doesn't matter how strong we are in midfield because we have a defense and goal keepers that don't seem to have the foggiest idea about how to defend a high ball into the area, and the frightening thing is every body in this division seems to know it but our managers....

 

[super_pig]

unfortunately the game is played on grass.

 

[Kenilworth]

We don't have anyone that can head the ball

For fucks sake - it's not that difficult to grasp. We have too many short lads and too many with flaps instead of balls. It's not a squad equipped to deal with a third division campaign and that's why we got utter but fucked by a team that is set up for the grind of this division. They won't win it butt they won't lie down and let some one stick a rigid pole up their arse, either.

 

[sheffielder]

3 goals from set pieces

 

[robbiez666]

We're a collection of players and not a team. On paper they're good enough, when all fit, to go up.

Unfortunately, a team needs heart, leadership, physical presence and pace. We lack all of these elements. We also seem to not play as a unit. They don't seem to play for each other or be determined to help each other out. There's blame instead of encouragement.

 

[alcoblade]

We haven't got a bad squad at all, it's certainly too good to lose 4-0 to Gillingham, (on paper), so what happened yesterday ?
We all slagged Nigel Clough off for being too negative and for not having enough fire power up front but (on paper) we had the fire power up front yesterday and not a bad bench to swop the team around, but apparently the players just seemed to give up, even the subs and I haven't seen that since the Weir days..
So why the collapse, why the surrender yesterday, why did the team seem to just fall apart?
And I know some people are going to come in with "the players are just not good enough" but that's total rubbish because most of the players we have are good enough for this league some too good, but obviously yesterday the team wasn't and the most worrying part about yesterday was the seeming lack of fight back in the second half.
Nigel Clough last season built a team to defend and hit on the brake but unfortunately seemed to forget that when a team can't get through on the ground they will use big strikers and the long ball into the area, and then it doesn't matter how strong we are in midfield because we have a defense and goal keepers that don't seem to have the foggiest idea about how to defend a high ball into the area, and the frightening thing is every body in this division seems to know it but our managers....

Most of our players are above average division 3, below average lower championship players. Given that, it doesn't take too much to overcome us, if things don't line up correctly. A team of below average division 3 players can out fight us and win easily, if we aren't up for it.


We don't have enough class to make up for the lack of balance the squad has. This was Clough's biggest failing.

Over to you, Adkins.

UTB

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

They couldn't seem to string two passes together yesterday. It's baffling. They were up against a strong enthusiastic bunch of long ball specialist cloggers and just crumbled. I think Adkins had just forgotten the realities of an up and 'ave 'em division.

 

[Large Mendonca]

3 comedy goals from set pieces

Fixed, but only funny for followers of other teams