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Signed kieran O’hara on emergency loan from Burton
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Nowhere near good enough. Don’t care what anyone says- we are 3/4 signings away from staying up.
Shocking.
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Simple truth.
Mansfield were comfortably the better side and showed us how to control a game.
Appalled by Perry’s dithering for the third and the defensive gaps which opened in our penalty box on a pretty regular basis.In truth, Mansfield are as good as any side I’ve seen this season – far superior to Donny as regards teamwork. Glad we do not have to play them every week!
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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose!
We take the lead and can’t hold on to it.
How many points have we dropped in this way?1 user thanked author for this post.
14.
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…and rescued 1 point from losing positions
How many records Swann has on his tenure is staggering – and I’m not talking good records.
Poor old Keith
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Two issues which have not changed:
1) Losing possession – often by regularly lumping the ball hopefully upfield – has to stop.
2) Giving your own guy who is in possession outlet balls is a must. When you don’t support your teammates, you immediately need to refer back to point 1.2 users thanked author for this post.
Calling Loft a striker is an insult to other strikers.
All the players need to realise keeping us up is their only chance of playing league football because NON of them stand a chance of getting in any other league side.
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Just got in we were F ing shite again not as bad as Harrogate but pretty bad all the same, fans were fantastic the half hour singing of “we’ve got the ball” “we’ve lost the ball” Was pure class and got everybody was smiling it just kept getting louder and louder, thank God for Boris dumping the HS2 to Leeds,got the 9.08 from scunny and got to Mansfield at 1.58 Mansfield is 57 miles from scunny,get the money spent to shorten these travel times f ing ridiculous. Hartlepool next for me hopefully onwards and upwards.
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Calling Loft a striker is an insult to other strikers.
Terrible today, extremely lightweight for a big guy. Sadly there is no alternative at present. ( Please don’t suggest Jarvis!!)
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The club have about five forwards on their books, but not one of them is worth a toss, and for Loft to be classed as one is crazey, he cannot direct a shot on target, and that penalty he took the other week which went 6 foot wide, is a prime example, he is rubbish.
Keith must be thinking, how can a football league team be as bad as SUFC !!!.
It looks as though it is the same as last season when there were three terrible teams at the bottom, Grimsby, Southend and ourselves, this year is going to be the same with Oldham, Carlisle and us again, so its a toss up which two go down, and this time we may not be so lucky.
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A points gap is starting to appear and IMO by January we may have missed the boat regardless who Hill signs .. Carlisle also looking bad whilst Oldham do still have enough to scrap a win or two. Hopefully any other clubs will fall away and go on a loosing streak ..thats our only chance to stay up with this current mob.. if i were a betting man sadly it would be in us dropping out the league this year.
i watched the “Highlights” and i use the term loosely .. also the excellent Ironarmy YT vlog as Gareth is always fair n balanced.
Fans were great .. team and performance shambolic defending and piss weak attack.
Wilson not getting a sniff ..not even keeping the bench warm.
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Hartlepool next for me
I’d set off now!
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Time for a bit of perspective.
Hill has been here 15 days. Had 4 games in that time so has had about 5 days training with the team.
He has inherited a team not match fit enough to play the high tempo pressing game he requires.
He has taken over a team that have been actively trained for 18 months to drop back into shape and hoofing it upfield as far and as quickly as possible.
Out of the 3 players brought in to add experience to the young squad 2 are injured and 1 is well short of match fitness.
Whenever we play a half decent team who are prepared to work hard (e.g. Mansfield) we are going to get beat.
When we play a shite team or a team going through the motions (e.g. Salford) then we might get a result.
When Hill gets them match fit (a month?) and when he can add 2 or 3 genuine League quality players (mid January Swann permitting) then we might win a few points against half decent teams as well.
Let’s be realistic here. Matching last seasons position will be hard graft and a minor miracle. Like most I remain furious with the arrogance and incompetence that has put the club in this position but the manager and the players are the ones we have and they are going to need all the help and support that they can get.
Keep the ground and ownership on the back burner for now and try and help the team and manager to somehow make the great escape.
It could be worse – we could be Manure fans.
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Will I need a coat NI? Or as climate change improved things up there.
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He has inherited a team not match fit enough to play the high tempo pressing game he requires.
So play a game to suit the tools you’ve got.
When Hill gets them match fit (a month?) and when he can add 2 or 3 genuine League quality players (mid January Swann permitting) then we might win a few points against half decent teams as well.
Some big ifs in there!
It could be worse – we could be Manure fans.
I know you’re joking but it does annoy me that Man United are supposed to be in “crisis”. Come down the bottom of League Two lads, we’ll show you what a crisis looks like!
I admire your optimism, I think Hill is probably as good a manager as we could hope to get, but I don’t think people really realise just how bad a squad we have. Not many bright sparks in it!
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Ferrite the only way to get fit enough to play high tempo and high press is to play it in matches. You can train for it pre season but not when you have games coming. Especially when you have a Tuesday/Saturday coming up.
The enforced break for FA Cup round 2 weekend will allow some hard fitness work to be done.
I suspect one or two are getting in the team because they are closer to lasting the pace than rather than because they are playing well.
Pugh allegedly got into trouble not training hard enough with Cox so maybe he has further to go than some to get to the required fitness levels. Wilson has no competitive 90 minute appearances to draw on so probably not being considered for that reason.
Kenyon is the only one clearly unfit who is starting I assume for his experience. Counted for nothing when the Mansfield midfielder left him like a beached whale then picked his spot for their equaliser.
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So…. let’s stick to players who we know either can’t or won’t?
Or take a chance and give some others chance to make a difference?
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I’m not sure how long I can buy into the not fit story for Kenyon, he couldn’t get near the number 8 for their equaliser and he wasn’t exactly full sprint.
Still gutted after yesterday’s game. We are so far below the necessary standard, it’s scary.
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But hoofing it forward will only work if you have players able to win a decent amount of those hoofs and stop the ball coming straight back. We don’t have any forwards capable of winning more than about 1 in 20.
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