Davefevs

Nahki one of the ill players??? 2+2=???

That is so true. Quite likely the right answers from the other candidates weren’t what MA / JL wanted to hear!

I was waiting!

Antoine Semenyo - I don’t wanna go to Chelsea! Mark Ashton - Shitbuilding

Boom ?

I said on another thread that because we don’t control possession / territory, nor show patience, we don’t get our midfielders into scoring areas, either making late runs or into shooting positions. Hence our midfielder goal output is woeful…but understandable. Weimann in the WSM is of course the exception, but that means we just have 3 goalscorer, and the only other option is from a set piece (Atkinson). Trying the killer ball so early in the phase is a bit lazy!

Yep, every week, rarely on Saturday night though, little half hour chunks over the next couple / few days.

They just play quickly, don’t worry about possession per se! Bearing in mind they have 60% possession it is likely that they will have more touches in a “square” rather than their opponents, rather than it being a measure of their pressing. They are mid-table pressing (like us). We create more from the left too. But I agree with what you say. Now we are seeing teams sitting in against us, I’d really like to see us control possession and work our opponents, creating better opportunities and at the right time. Composure!!!!

I think Holden needed support, an experienced man to bounce off…a Lenny Lawrence type man. Injuries - look at how Rennie / Pearson work together, they don’t risk the player (shit does happen though, that’s pretty unavoidable). Holden had Rolls, both admit they got pre-season wrong. I do think that Holden’s loss of Weimann and then Paterson had a big bearing on the drop off.

Regardless of what we think about our final ball (of late at least), I think it’s fair to say we create more down our left than our right. Saw this earlier (in fact I check it quite regularly), but it has evolved over recent weeks. The model does show the passing teams like Burnley and Saturday’s opponents Swansea in a better light (more blue than red), but we are the only side with such an imbalance!!!

Official club one.

Setbacks. They happen.

Me too CC. Big boots to fill, might take a slightly different structure to meet the needs across the football club.

As per injury thread, illness in the camp too.

Naismith and Kalas not expected back this weekend, plus Nige hinting at illness and possible inclusion of more youngsters! Kalas’s tight calf added back in retrospectively to last weekend, as Nige reported precautionary, and now confirmed.

Yep, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. @Mr Popodopolouscouple of excellent posts from you ??????

What he said pretty much. ?

Hope you have a great day out.

Just for info, it’s a midday k/o. I only just remembered!

Yep.

Dre!!! (Peter Crouch pod fans) ???

Here we go again:

Yeovil saying until 2nd Jan ? (assume this is a 28 day recall rather than 28 day loan???)

There’s also the chance that trying to play some crap windup on the opposition actually annoys the ref and turns him against us. I think it’s a pointless exercise, wastes time and does us no favours. If it was genuinely outside then maybe it’s ok, but as a wind-up, it makes me cringe a bit.