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I’m working so have the Humberside commentary on; it sounds like we’re struggling to get out of first gear AGAIN!
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I’m working so have the Humberside commentary on; it sounds like we’re struggling to get out of first gear AGAIN!
real flat performance .. so far been second best and no sign of a reaction from the Tamworth result. RO should ov been a couple up.
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Can we play against 10 men every week please!
We got lucky.
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Well dissect that! Probably the worst first half I’ve ever seen us play, awful wouldn’t cut the mustard, they should have gone in a minimum of 3-0 up absolutely nothing there on any part of the pitch apart from a fitz save, crowd booing the players on frequent occasions though they didnt start singing “your f ing shit ” till the second, and the old favourite “we’ve got the ball” that’s how ball it was, Most would have sacked Dean at half time and yet end up singing his name at full wasn’t just young lads either thick c**** comes to mind, are well 3 points not earned and you’ve got to feel sorry for Rushall they played really well and deserved something from the game, the win just papering over the cracks imo.
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Spot on Awaywego we were lucky and only scored the first goal because they were down to ten men, then only scored the second because they finished with nine. Sembie-Ferris aside the majority were gash, several players displaying appalling first touches of a football for professionals, lacking basic foot skills and any intelligent game craft whatsoever. This has got to change, has JD lost the dressing room?, is it just a massive lack of confidence issue?, whatever the reason we were extremely fortunate today and only the ref provided any comedy relief, what a complete plonker he was but then again he was consistently bad for both teams. Bad officials and bad football have been the hallmark of the New Year so far at The Attis Arena, it has to stop and it has to stop now Jimmy.
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Good result on paper with Tamworrh drawing but that Absolute garbage served up today i’m afraid.
Huge gaps in the midfield, it’s been a problem for a while now and one of the reasons we hardly win a second ball. We struggled big time on goal kicks as Rushall set up with a high press and stopped us playing it through them, no outlet up top either; Nervous performance all round.
Might seem harsh but we haven’t been right for a while now and we have a squad assembled which is x4 more expensive than everyone else. If we are serious about going for the title we have to be better.
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Well what an end to this game, ywo goals in added time, but at least made qanother of my predictions correct.
Two points gained on Tamworth, but a vast gap still exists, and Rushall could have been out of sight by half time if they had taken their chances, but they found it diifficult when reduced to 9 men, so Scunny must buid on thiis with 3 points on Tues against a very out of sorts Blyth.1 user thanked author for this post.
Centre midfields a big problem for me. Too lightweight and easily bullied. We desperately need someone with a bit of presence. I really dont see what Clunan brings to the team and I’d prefer to see an inform Pugh given a chance
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Appalling. Got zero BBC commentary til 3-07. The connecting pictures for each game – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/national-league – were up around two clock – except for us and York.
I had to keep refreshing and finally got the right connection pop up at 3-02. Five minutes beyond that before I could access video. Scream!
Is it Humberside not connecting up or is it BBC Sport?
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To carry on from my post above, Clunan was poor too. Once Beestin is up to speed I’d partner him with Pugh in CM. I’d change Clunan as well if we had another sitting midfielder.
Pugh is more box to box and Shrimpton can’t play there, we tried that before and he was getting pulled out of position. I wouldn’t put Beestin there either.
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My second revision:
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As poorly as we are playing, we should have more than enough to despatch these by a minimum of 2 goals.
If we don’t take all three points, then there’s something wrong!
Player power? Do they not respect / like plating for Jimbob?
Let’s see how we go tomorrow!
Well, we played our ‘get out of jail card’ and also our ‘joker’ in order to win that one.
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I’m not a fan of booing my team but significant numbers yesterday showed what they thought of the first half and it’s hard to be critical of their actions. A combination of the woodwork, good saves and woeful finishing somehow kept us level at the break. Would the crowd reaction and Jimmy’s half time team talk spur the players in to life? Would they ****! What is wrong with these lads? They’re good players, largely too good for this level they’ve shown us that. We were lucky yesterday and these performances need sorting and quickly. Over to you Jimmy, Chris, Andy and Mussy – no more empty words, ACTION!!
It is the mark of a good team, if they play a poor game but still win. My glass is still half full.
UTBI
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Pugh was in form when we recalled him. That 1st game fans said he had a good game now back on the bench. I don’t get it. The lad in his position will give it all every game, give him a run of games.
Then abandon the slow build ups and up the pace of passing.
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I find the midfield setup in general totally bizarre, considering we play a three the amount of empty space in the middle of the pitch is incredible. Earlier on in the year I remember a goal kick that bounced in the centre circle completely unchallenged!
The oddest thing though is that there doesn’t seem to be any positional discipline between whichever three are on the pitch, at one point on Saturday Clunan was sat just in front of the back four, Scales just to his right, Butterfield at right back and Ogle was hugging the touchline on the wing. It’s no wonder the lone striker always looks so isolated.
We really lack physicality in the middle of the pitch too and need someone more imposing in there who just gets through the dirty work, wins the ball and breaks things up (a Jim Goodwin type). Unfortunately from what I’ve seen I don’t think we have such a player in the squad.2 users thanked author for this post.
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