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Yeah that was me. Massengo was anonymous all game wasn't he?! ? My criticism of Martin wasn't running or heading it was with his feet. Every touch with his feet seemed misdirected and careless. Can't ignore that, surely?

He gave the ball away with all but 2 of his touches as I saw it. A couple of good flick ons. Didn't see any tackles or interceptions and presume he lost most of his battles. And from an attacking sense I didn't see any key passes or shots? Happy to be corrected by the stats?!

Are Chris Martin's Wyscout stats as bad as I fear they might be Fevs?

As much as we did well for much of the gam yesterday I did think we missed him.

And our crossbar played a blinder again!

From the TV footage I've still got no idea how he stretches and the ball goes when it goes

The scoop pass was hilarious ?

The full game (in 4 parts) can be found on YouTube for those that haven't seen it. I'd only heard commentary today but having watched the game too I was really impressed. We competed with Fulham really well. Great point for us.

I think Usyk could win this. AJ needs to relax and be his devastating self but I worry that he is prone to overthinking and losing his way.

It might be worth scheduling some virtual runs first and get us in the swing of OTIB RC participation? Make the first one very loose and free. We all run on the same day and try to clock up a combined milage which we can try to beat next year. See how much traction we get and build a variety of events as we go?

What was he actually doing on the pitch? Does he sit on the bench?

I completely agree with your summary as of now but a couple of defeats could change my mind and two tough games coming up now. I actually disagree with that and thought we won lots of second balls. I just thought Luton were better than us when they did have possession, just like I thought Preston showed more quality than us with the ball. Be interesting to see which opinion the stats back up.

By the way RedM, how busy is our woodwork this season?! I think Bentley's bar has had some action in at least three games so far.

I actually thought we were much better tonight in attack than vs Preston, but much worse in defence. That said, the squad clearly has its limitations and maybe we should all be chuffed that we've only lost twice this season out of 7 games. I'm guessing Pearson's comments will be that we're a work in progress.

And Jon Lansdown had his eye on a nice holiday home in the Bahamas...

I think the performance (forget results) was much better vs Cardiff than vs Preston so it's natural to be a little disappointed. Equally, I'd be happy if we see an improved performance on Wednesday, irrespective of the result.

I didn't see the whole game but that's the impression I got too, especially regards those persistent floaty long balls down the centre and left. Pearson was positively glowing with praise after the game which I can only assume is to preserve the positive mentality in the camp.

It's no surprise that Baker looked ponderous. We all know that he's not comfortable on the ball and won't cause the opposing full back problems. So from that perspective he's the defensive option and we suffer going forward when he's at left back. I'm surprised he started and got 90 minutes. I think Pearson picked the wrong horse for this course. You also mention that 3 forwards doesn't equal more goals, well we ended with 4! I don't get the substitutions tbh.

From the little that my Robins TV connection let me see, we played pretty agricultural football and underperformed across the park. People talking about whether it's a good result, but performance wise, was it not the first game that we were clearly second best in this season?

I saw them at Glastonbury (presume there is only one Smiths tribute band) and they sounded just like the real thing.

Nice one Fevs. I just had a read. One comment that resonated is "perhaps 19 signings was a bit excessive..." Yes! How many of those signings were recruited because they fit very specific requirements? Is it possible that a load of them will soon become surplus to requirements and have fans scratching their heads wondering why they signed them, even if they were good players on paper? Will it be a squad or a team? We shall see...

Yeah again he was mainly out wide and didn't have much opportunity to influence the game, much like when Conway came on at fGR

I think there are morsels of positives to be taken from the two league games. We've dominated the play and got the ball in attacking areas. We're a competitive team but getting edged out of the outcomes we have worked for. Fitness and concentration still an issue and a lack of killer instinct at both ends but we're not rubbish. So, in summary, the positive is that we're not completely shit!

Massive confirmation bias game for me... I've said Vyner's not a full back. Weimann, Wells and Palmer are so lacking in quality in the final 3rd.

It was nice to be at an away game again though ?