Off-Days

[Houso]

From my vantage point watching bein sports, I think only Bash, Blackman and maybe Lundstram were the only ones who can hold their heads high as they get on the coach today.

From Jack making mistake after mistake to Enda having shit all end-product to Duffy barely being in the second half to Billy being offside around 17 times in the short space of time he was on and so on.

I don't think it's season defining, and not one to wring our hands at, but lots of that team need to hold their hands up today and look to rectify it on Friday.

 

[Ukkonen]

For me the following was wrong today:

• 3-5-2 is pointless without good wingbacks
• Stearman should not start in place of Wright
• Brooks is not a striker, good goal from him but he's better as a false number 10
• We miss Coutts! Lundstrum was decent today but Coutts gives us that little something extra.
• Clarke should not be captain again

The whole game just didnt seem right today.

 

[blade too long]

Edna was really poor today and O Connell got most things wrong

file it move on to the next one

 

[JayGreen17]

For me the following was wrong today:

• 3-5-2 is pointless without good wingbacks
• Stearman should not start in place of Wright
• Brooks is not a striker, good goal from him but he's better as a false number 10
• We miss Coutts! Lundstrum was decent today but Coutts gives us that little something extra.
• Clarke should not be captain again

The whole game just didnt seem right today.

For me all these points are spot on, I have no idea why Wright is the scapegoat for so many and the manager, he's majority consistent, and doesn't deserve to be the first name of defence to be dropped for me.

Lundram seems to have slotted in o.k and as good as anyone could expect, but I have a feeling the rest of the players are finding the change more difficult and its upset the spine, as well as downthe right, can't play this way without a right wing back.

We have for sure hit our sticky patch, I had us down to lose this and the next tbh, then pick up after that, hopefullly we can keep hold of a top 6 spot whilst we're in this dip in form, then push on.

Wilder may need to change tack slightly with how he sets out until we get to Jan.

The only niggle is how much we've now struggled against bottom half sides.

14 points to the magic 50!

 

[Harry's Game]

The only niggle is how much we've now struggled against bottom half sides.

Not as much as the pigs have struggled against the bottom sides , they have played all the bottom seven and beaten none of them.

 

[Gimli]

Bad day at the office and we miss coutts and Baldock badly but still 3rd and we will get back to our best soon.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

I'm sure we will bounce back and hammer Bristol City.

Different players coming into the side,give them time to bed in,we will be fine no one expected us to be in the top six in December,auto's are not out of reach,i would not swop places with the pigs.

 

[Part timer]

We'll not go wrong under this manager, he's a Blade through and through.

 

[Ukkonen]

I agree this is all a blip, just wasnt our day today. Given the comment Wilder made after the game I dare say the next game will be slightly different and back to our winning ways, we'll see.

 

[Bladezz]

Fleck and JoC were very poor today.

Lundstram MoM by far.

Rest all 5/10s

 

[Sheffsteel]

Fleck and JoC were very poor today.

Lundstram MoM by far.

Rest all 5/10s

Agree, the main positive for me is that Lundstrum seems to be getting better every match as he becomes more accustomed to his role.

 

[AWetFlannel]

Lundstram was comfortably our best player which is a huge positive.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

For me the following was wrong today:

• 3-5-2 is pointless without good wingbacks
• Stearman should not start in place of Wright
• Brooks is not a striker, good goal from him but he's better as a false number 10
• We miss Coutts! Lundstrum was decent today but Coutts gives us that little something extra.
• Clarke should not be captain again

The whole game just didnt seem right today.

Clarke was Captain??? Now that really is a stupid thing to do. I like Clarke I think he's been fantastic for us of late, but you don't give the job of raising the spirits of others and motivating them to a bloke who sounds like the world has always fallen in on him and can barely show any emotion at all. What a ridiculous decision. Almost as ridiculous as dropping Wright in favour of Stearman! I think it's Wilder that's had a bad day at the office more than anyone else.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Bad day at the office and we miss coutts and Baldock badly but still 3rd and we will get back to our best soon.

No, we're 4th mate. Check out the table.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I'm sure we will bounce back and hammer Bristol City.

Different players coming into the side,give them time to bed in,we will be fine no one expected us to be in the top six in December,auto's are not out of reach,i would not swop places with the pigs.

How sure are you? 100%? If so, I'd definitely put a few quid on it then.

I'm not at all sure we'll beat Bristol City. They have a reputation of setting up to stop other teams playing. Even against teams who play the game more openly, we struggle to "surprise" them with our attacking football because it is a painfully slow build up. So, with Bristol I think they'll lap this up all day, all our sideways and switching passing but never venturing into the box. All they've got to do is keep 10 men behind the ball and watch us get frustrated.

No one's talking about, or interested in, "swopping places with the pigs". Let's discuss United on here and not try and make ourselves feel better just because they are doing worse than us. I couldn't care less how they are doing tbh.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

How sure are you? 100%? If so, I'd definitely put a few quid on it then.

I'm not at all sure we'll beat Bristol City. They have a reputation of setting up to stop other teams playing. Even against teams who play the game more openly, we struggle to "surprise" them with our attacking football because it is a painfully slow build up. So, with Bristol I think they'll lap this up all day, all our sideways and switching passing but never venturing into the box. All they've got to do is keep 10 men behind the ball and watch us get frustrated.

No one's talking about, or interested in, "swopping places with the pigs". Let's discuss United on here and not try and make ourselves feel better just because they are doing worse than us. I couldn't care less how they are doing tbh.

Dont bet quids that you cannot afford to lose.

I'd rather be in 4th place than 12th place........is that better.

Stop being negative of course we will beat Bristol,you have just typed yourself into losing a game that has not even taken place yet.

 

[blade too long]

Wilder won't let the malaise linger. Hes far too driven to let us drift. Someone is going to feel the whiplash of our response

 

[Keef Chedwyn]

Lundstram was comfortably our best player which is a huge positive.

I agree he was good and was often doing a lot of tidying up.
I just wonder if he'd offer more going forward if they weren't trying to make him an exact replica of Coutts if that's not his natural style.
Think the gaffas need to start thinking about whether there's another method to suit the players we've got available.
Quite exciting really to see if we can go again but a different way. If we can then we really have got a genius in charge.

 

[grafikhaus]

I'm sure we will bounce back and hammer Bristol City.

I hope CW is not as complacent. Bristol have only lost one game away - and three in total - all season. Their GD is better than ours. Tough game coming up.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

I hope CW is not as complacent. Bristol have only lost one game away - and three in total - all season. Their GD is better than ours. Tough game coming up.

And dont forget they are above us now,so they might come here with a bit of a swagger.

 

[Northyorksblade]

No one's talking about, or interested in, "swopping places with the pigs". Let's discuss United on here and not try and make ourselves feel better just because they are doing worse than us. I couldn't care less how they are doing tbh.

Well I could. That last second equaliser for Hull, made a bad day a hell of a lot better.

 

[Northyorksblade]

In the last 66 games, how many off days have the team had? I'm not talking about losses, but ones where the eleven players on the pitch haven't all given 100%? There are very few aren't there?

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Well I could. That last second equaliser for Hull, made a bad day a hell of a lot better.

It most serpently did

 

[Jon Slinn]

Edna was really poor today and O Connell got most things wrong

file it move on to the next one

Not giving Stevens a slagging for today's game, he's in all honesty had an off game for the last 3. needs to watch a video of Basham yesterday on how to cross a ball first time into the box and not giving time for defenders to react to the potential danger. believe i said the same against, Birmingham and Fulham. Just needed somebody with the bottle and nowse to get onto the end of the fooking ball with an empty net asking why aren't putting this game out of sight.. And god help us if we lose Fleck who for long periods of the game yesterday drove us forward. but alas to no avail. Roll on Friday.

 

[blade too long]

All players have varying levels of performance .Spurs looked superb beating Real Madrid but since then a lot of their players have had off days and they too have fallen below standards they set. And they cost a tad more than us

 

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