No idea why Bows isn't choosing to play Deji at CB instead of Prats. We were targeted down that side today and looked very shaky when Plymouth were on the counter. MM a step ahead of anything we have currently, Williams good today I thought and Chuks looked very clumsy. Fed up of losing points to poor sides, I think Schwartz is the ideal addition as our forwards don't anticipate the ball particularly well. Let's see what happens in January.
Really poor result today. If we dont start performing better than the last few games there will be trouble ahead. For me the team are being set up completely wrong. Still the one positive is we didnt lose onwards and upwards
Not in promotion form are we. Defensively poor and don't create enough chances. 5 minutes of added time and didn't create 1 chance. Teams around us will now have games in hand on us. We haven't taken our chances so far
Accrington | Sunderland | Bristol Rovers are the only teams with a game in hand on us
Just do not understand why Matthews was left back,no left foot,if Purrington not fit just leave Matzaan there and play another midfielder.Far too many goals being shipped,our problem was going to be not scoring but it is the other way round.
Once again, we can't pick up a win after a week's rest/training in between games against pretty average teams.
Curb's is great with his words, never critical. I actually miss somebody like him at the helm. He is subtly saying that Bow's has had a week to suss out the opposition and it isn't quite working.
I want to see Maddison, Williams, Aneke and Morgan have a run of starts together. Every game is winnable in this league and no team stands out. A bit better going forward and we could turn games like this in to wins.
Hard to believe if we win our game in hand we’d be joint second on points (no surprise we’d have the lower goal difference).
Out of interest, and with due respect to who we are, did Plymouth sit back and desperately defend their penalty box for the final 10 mins? Please tell me so.
Transfer window can't come soon enough. Need to add some back-line depth. We are just a drab team to watch sometimes, even though we can still score some goals. Not nearly bad enough to panic, but not nearly good enough to excite me
We really need Innis and Famewo back or to strengthen in January if possible. That was the solidity our good form was based on and we've been sloppy as hell without them. Too pedestrian elsewhere on the pitch. Maddison again looked decent when on and a hell of a goal
Out of interest, and with due respect to who we are, did Plymouth sit back and desperately defend their penalty box for the final 10 mins? Please tell me so.
No they had a few minutes of aggressive, fast, attacking play. Thats why we scored on the break in the last minute of the game.
People talking about Oshilaja but where has Barker gone? I realise he's young but I don't think there was anything on display today that he hasn't dealt with (comfortably) already.
Another lacklustre performance and two more points dropped against a lower side in the Division. Far too many misplaced passes. Looked unbalanced with Matthews on the left and our diamond formation in the first half was too easily bypassed. Bowyer taking far too long to address problems. Substitutes made a positive difference and the goal by Maddison was superb.
Left back in midfield. Right back at left back. Centre mid at centre back. Perfectly decent centre back on the bench. Most creative midfielder on the bench. All that against one of the leakiest defences in the league. That is all
Curbs made a great point pre match, teams that are settled and play together more tend to be more successful. We chop and change so much, is it any wonder we never look comfortable?
Problem is Innis and Famewo are nowhere near a return. We are playing a CM at CB who is progressively looking more ropey and moving out of position each game.
Osh, Barker, Mingi have to be preferable at CB to Pratley and Gunter.
People saying defence let us down, how many shots did our players miss?
Trouble is, the more goals the defence concede, the harder the job they're creating for the attackers
Neither goal was good enough today
Bowyer said the other day that if no one made mistakes, the no goals would ever be scored
But for me today, those two goals werent just mistakes, they were BAD mistakes... e.g. can accept a mistake where a player makes the wrong pass etc. but first goal came from Pratley going walkies and Watson wanting to prove to Bowyer why he should never be converted to a Centre-Back the way Darren has been - Second goal less so but too many balls were challenged in the box by bloody team mates, talk to each other and that ball was probably dealt with properly rather than falling to their player in free space
We look incapable of a top-six spot, let alone promotion. Defence was carved open by fluent Plymouth moves. Midfield is slow and unambitious: unable to set the attackers free. We need a proper striker. Maddison made a difference: gave us urgency and incision towards the end.
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Only Accrington can go above us if they win
Watson and Matthews need not start again, so so poor.
Bowyer won't have long unless he turns this around.
Steve Brown, club legend, but a nause on commentary.
Only hope is that we have everyone back with ten matches to go. Innis, Akin, Shinnie & Doughty are need back badly.
Curb's is great with his words, never critical. I actually miss somebody like him at the helm. He is subtly saying that Bow's has had a week to suss out the opposition and it isn't quite working.
Hard to believe if we win our game in hand we’d be joint second on points (no surprise we’d have the lower goal difference).
We're great getting forward but the moment we're there the ideas go out the window
So many weak crosses all over the team
No one gambling on Washington putting the ball across the six yard box
Please tell me so.
What?
Start with Maddison. Don't play players out of position. Be more attack minded.
Bowyer blaming the ref at the end. Just comical. Only one person you can lay the blame at today.
Still can't win from going 1-0 down. 30-odd games and counting. Awful awful stat.
Osh, Barker, Mingi have to be preferable at CB to Pratley and Gunter.
Neither goal was good enough today
Bowyer said the other day that if no one made mistakes, the no goals would ever be scored
But for me today, those two goals werent just mistakes, they were BAD mistakes... e.g. can accept a mistake where a player makes the wrong pass etc. but first goal came from Pratley going walkies and Watson wanting to prove to Bowyer why he should never be converted to a Centre-Back the way Darren has been - Second goal less so but too many balls were challenged in the box by bloody team mates, talk to each other and that ball was probably dealt with properly rather than falling to their player in free space