So what. Put it right Saturday then onwards and upwards. Freak result, they happen.
Probably will be saying the same thing at 5pm on Saturday.
I'm also waiting to see our forwards take advantage of a teams woeful defending. Looking forward to seeing Bogle tap one in from 5 yards when 2 defenders leave it to each other & the keeper fall over the ball. Or is it just us.....
Having had nearly 24 hours to think about last night's debacle, I still can't fathom out why, when we were 1-0 down after a mistake at the back, we continued to piss about with the ball at the back with tippy-tappy passing!! Why didn't someone, anyone, get a grip and push up the pitch playing quick football? The first half was a horror show, and when Smyth scored it flattered us! We started a little brighter in the 2nd half, but we soon had another defensive cock-up and that was the end, despite a great goal from Aneke. Even then we let another in after the player danced through our non existent defence! LB has got to sort this out and be able to adapt system when it's clear the original one is not working! The way we played in the first 15 minutes should've had alarm bells ringing, sadly not much changed.
Having had nearly 24 hours to think about last night's debacle, I still can't fathom out why, when we were 1-0 down after a mistake at the back, we continued to piss about with the ball at the back with tippy-tappy passing!! Why didn't someone, anyone, get a grip and push up the pitch playing quick football? The first half was a horror show, and when Smyth scored it flattered us! We started a little brighter in the 2nd half, but we soon had another defensive cock-up and that was the end, despite a great goal from Aneke. Even then we let another in after the player danced through our non existent defence! LB has got to sort this out and be able to adapt system when it's clear the original one is not working! The way we played in the first 15 minutes should've had alarm bells ringing, sadly not much changed.
2-1 at half time was a result for us really
I expected Bowyer to make changes at HT and us to "win" the second half
IMO Having 2 make shift central defenders upsets the goalkeeper and midfielders as they just can't rely on them which affects their ability to play their natural game, why LB did not include Barker is a mystery.
IMO Having 2 make shift central defenders upsets the goalkeeper and midfielders as they just can't rely on them which affects their ability to play their natural game, why LB did not include Barker is a mystery.
Barker’s 17 and shouldn’t really be near the first team (and only was earlier this season due to a lack of players). I think people are also forgetting that Pearce is unlikely to feature once Inniss and Famewo are fit again and isn’t really the answer to our problems.
Evesham - I don't know if you realised but we do have a lack of players for central defence, in fact we haven't got any so why not give a 17 year old who has done well so far another go, I believe other teams play youngsters from time to time.
You just know that if Neil Warnock had been our manager last night, with exactly the same available players, we would have won. Pearce would've started, Pratley would've been in midfield and we might have seen Aneke up top with Bogle from the off.
We can't perform like that again this season and its up to LB and his staff to make sure we don't.
Interesting take. What would Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho do?
Hindsight bias is the key phrase here. We could have done all of that and still lost, with Chuks and Pearce likely breaking down.
The players have to own the mistakes for the first two goals. If they were to do the same thing on Saturday I don't imagine Lee will be happy.
Evesham - I don't know if you realised but we do have a lack of players for central defence, in fact we haven't got any so why not give a 17 year old who has done well so far another go, I believe other teams play youngsters from time to time.
I agree but Bows could have brought him in when Famewo was first out injured. Perhaps he’ll play on Saturday.
Evesham - I don't know if you realised but we do have a lack of players for central defence, in fact we haven't got any so why not give a 17 year old who has done well so far another go, I believe other teams play youngsters from time to time.
I agree but Bows could have brought him in when Famewo was first out injured. Perhaps he’ll play on Saturday.
He might be only 17, but Barker played very well against Plymouth Argyle in the Cup, a fortnight ago.
Argyle played their unchanged full strength League side. Suggests to me that Barker could have aquitted himself well once more, if called upon.
I notice Matthews map shows that every time he got out on the wing he passed it back inside instead of trying to swing a ball in. Only once did he put an unsuccessful cross in.
Whereas Maatsen on the other side is barely better than 50/50 on whether his pass finds a red shirt. He had a night to forget.
With a rough count up, I make it that Burton had twelve passes completed into our penalty area while Charlton had 20 passes completed into their penalty area. We created better openings than they did.
Fortunately for them, they didn’t have to create anything because we gifted them at least three of the four goals.
yes both sides had the same number of shots, they scored we didn't, simple!
Simple indeed. Yep, we certainly need a couple of out and out driving strikers/attacking midfielders come the January window, in the Taylor/Gallagher/Cullen mode, who will consistently and confidently punch into the box, and unerringly find the back of the net. Hopefully Steve Gallen has best prospects in his sights. They're needed to drive us up to automatic promotion.
Watching Quest now, Cardiff lose 1-0, after giving the ball away while trying to play from the back...
It is somewhat ironic that the whole point of playing it out from the back is to avoid losing possession from a punt upfield when, if a team gets it wrong, it is ten times more likely to lead to a goal to the opposition!
Watching Quest now, Cardiff lose 1-0, after giving the ball away while trying to play from the back...
It is somewhat ironic that the whole point of playing it out from the back is to avoid losing possession from a punt upfield when, if a team gets it wrong, it is ten times more likely to lead to a goal to the opposition!
I blame Pep with the obsession with passing from the back and especially with turning goalkeepers into creative passers of the ball!
Get Davison back in and play him in the first half at least instead of Bogle. Desperately need Famewo back and possibly Innis. Albie Morgan needs to start
Watching Quest now, Cardiff lose 1-0, after giving the ball away while trying to play from the back...
It is somewhat ironic that the whole point of playing it out from the back is to avoid losing possession from a punt upfield when, if a team gets it wrong, it is ten times more likely to lead to a goal to the opposition!
I blame Pep with the obsession with passing from the back and especially with turning goalkeepers into creative passers of the ball!
I'd love to see Pep in L1 managing a team like Rochdale. He'd soon abandon his football philosophy.
When Amos was man of the match for us against Gillingham the writing was on the wall, he had too much to do against a shit side and we couldn’t keep Burton out like we did the `gills
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I'm also waiting to see our forwards take advantage of a teams woeful defending. Looking forward to seeing Bogle tap one in from 5 yards when 2 defenders leave it to each other & the keeper fall over the ball. Or is it just us.....
I expected Bowyer to make changes at HT and us to "win" the second half
Argyle played their unchanged full strength League side.
Suggests to me that Barker could have aquitted himself well once more, if called upon.
Whereas Maatsen on the other side is barely better than 50/50 on whether his pass finds a red shirt. He had a night to forget.
Smyth's isn't great either, in that he only made 6 successful passes, all backwards and of those 3 were when we were kicking off!
Desperately need Famewo back and possibly Innis.
Albie Morgan needs to start