Said on here before but things are so bad I can see us in Div 2 in a couple of years.
So depressing.
I'm with you on that. Probably not this season but since relegation 3 seasons ago we are getting worse & worse. If something doesn't change soon then League 2 is a great possibility.
Jesus man, take some accountability yourself. From watching the stream I'd say there was only one team looking to score..... and it wasn't us.
I said on the match thread that their midfielders actually looked like they wanted to run with the ball & make something happen. PV might not have created much more than us but they looked more threatening when they had the ball. There's no point us having 65% of the ball if all we are going to do with it is pass it around the back 5. We have got to be quicker with it & more direct. Need to use the pace of JRS & CBT & get decent balls into the box. Sess was our best player & he at least tried running at them & getting some crosses in.
My theory is that McGrandles was added before the owner decided to stop spending. If this is true, then obviously Garner was told lies. Why is that my theory? Well we had enough midfielders at that time and we surely wouldn't be adding to them if we had to lose players to bring players in, in positions where we were very short, which is obviously what the situation was at the end of the window.
Are we any better off than this time 12 months ago? League position is exactly the same now as it was then as is the points total (Plus one extra this season)
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
I think with two or three good additions we would be one of the best in the league. We will give Brighton a good game because they will try to beat us. I know Port Vale and Mk Dons tried a bit but not really that much, they merely stopped us as a priority and allowed us to beat ourselves. That isn't a criticism of them, it is absolutely the best way to play about us because despite us scoring some goals recently, we are rubbish at breaking through mildly competent packed defences. Accrington played very negatively for a home side against us too, but we fortunately managed to draw that.
Are we any better off than this time 12 months ago? League position is exactly the same now as it was then as is the points total (Plus one extra this season)
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
Woeful. Not one player came out of it with credit except maybe AMB.
We just watched PV. Didn’t lay a glove on them. You can be shit but lack of urgency and effort as a professional footballer is unforgivable. We were also cowardly. JRS constantly turning back to Clare who I thought had a total stinker.
And as much as Stockley is a good guy, he’s playing the worse football of his career with us. Can’t hold it up, head it, pass or shoot. Should be rested but we can’t bank on Chuks.
This season is a cup run then. Bomb out of those three in the next rounds and it’s going to feel a very long year following this lot
I don't blame Garner. I think he could be a good manager for us but he needs a bit of support. Basically we started the season offensively with Stockley and a hope that an unproven kid could support him alongside a decent striker who when fit cant play more than 30 minutes. Is that Garner's fault or Sandgaard's fault? To me it is obviously Sandgaard's fault.
Are we any better off than this time 12 months ago? League position is exactly the same now as it was then as is the points total (Plus one extra this season)
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
Well, it looks things might come to a head sooner than we thought....in an unedifying shit-slinging competition involving people at the club scrambling to blame each other for the festering pile of toss that our once great club has become.
At least we have the upcoming festival of football humanity in the desert to restore some dignity to the beautiful game and take our minds off things....LOL
Are we any better off than this time 12 months ago? League position is exactly the same now as it was then as is the points total (Plus one extra this season)
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
Maybe he did Jackson a favour, the owner
With Jackson here now we would be worse off. Fact
Possibly but stating it’s a fact, well who knows.
Granted fact might be strong but looking where Afc are in L2 its a strong possibility.
We needed to score first, which would have made them open up more, they just parked the bus from the off and waited for us to give them the ball, which we were only too pleased to do, we just had no idea how to break down the white wall in front of us, it was embarrassing and annoying to watch. Why Ben didn't change things up at half time is beyond belief, but it was more of the same, with sadly the inevitable result of them taking another gift to score a well taken goal, once more against a non existent defence, January can't come soon enough and a time to hopefully clear out the shite and get some players in who want to play for the shirt...🤞🤞🤞
Are we any better off than this time 12 months ago? League position is exactly the same now as it was then as is the points total (Plus one extra this season)
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
Maybe he did Jackson a favour, the owner
Lets get Gunter, Matthews and Gilbey back!
Jackson is currently in a midtable League Two side with the likes of Gunter and Davison.
We played pub football last season, no thank you to round two of that stuff.
What Garner has done by making the comments he has post match is try to put pressure on Sandgaard to act in January. It is risky as it puts his job in jeopardy but it has to be done. I understand why it wasn't but it should have been done in the summer. The problem is what I have been saying as long as I can remember, Sandgaard knows nothing about football but thinks he knows everything. You don't have to know more than find a decent manager, which he has done I think with Garner with a great deal of fortune, and then support him as well as you can.
He has thrown money away recklessly and then not spent when it was essential to do so. If you add up the total he has put in since he has come in you probably can't complain but the fact is, he is a football idiot and I can't see how he will change.
Are we any better off than this time 12 months ago? League position is exactly the same now as it was then as is the points total (Plus one extra this season)
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
Maybe he did Jackson a favour, the owner
With Jackson here now we would be worse off. Fact
Possibly but stating it’s a fact, well who knows.
Granted fact might be strong but looking where Afc are in L2 its a strong possibility.
Wimbledon and Charlton are in similar positions in their divisions, but they're one of the form teams and rising up the table.
Not saying I want Jacko back btw, but good to see things improving for him there.
Are we any better off than this time 12 months ago? League position is exactly the same now as it was then as is the points total (Plus one extra this season)
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
Maybe he did Jackson a favour, the owner
Lets get Gunter, Matthews and Gilbey back!
Jackson is currently in a midtable League Two side with the likes of Gunter and Davison.
We played pub football last season, no thank you to round two of that stuff.
Another one who’s missed my point. I’ve not said get Jackson back., but the owner probably did him a favour by letting him go.
Garner or whoever is always going to have difficulties with what they have to work with.
Yet again people pointing fingers at the wrong person.
It is not Garner's fault he is stuck with Stockley as his only striker.
It is not Garner's fault he is stuck with Lavelle as our defensive cover.
It is not Garner's fault that he only has 5/6 decent players in his entire squad and outside of that they're barely lower League one level.
Look at the scouting department and TS specifically for the reason why we have dross like Lavelle, Stockley, Jaiyesimi, Gilbey and a bunch of kids to run a side with.
Spot on mate. Back Garner properly and he’ll get us out of this division.
I have said many times, I saw this with Stockley at Preston. He is playing by numbers and needs a break. We know he is better than this but it isn't helping him playing in a system that doesn't suit him with zero confidence. But there are not any options but to start him!
Didn’t watch today but based on previous games I’ve seen it would help if he actually appeared to be trying, stopped throwing his arms around in a strop all the time and stopped blaming his teammates for everything. And Captain? What a joke.
A few folk saying AMB had no chance with the goal.
He dives too parallel to the goal, an angular dive to cover the far post properly and he would have got it.
Basic goalkeeping stuff, but with 3 defenders in front of him letting a striker get a shot away - the problems are much deeper than ANB positioning.
64% possession and only 1 shot on target tells the story - failing tactics by a group who are not that bothered. Another year in this poxy division looks a certainty unless Garner faces reality and starts CBT and Chucks instead of the under-achieving Kirk and hopeless Stockley.
Harsh words but the facts and stats don’t lie.
Mid table Can’t beat low quality teams One away win Bad discipline 9 goals conceded in the last 3 games etc etc etc.
I am a massive fan of Garner but he is either going to talk himself into the sack or lose the dressing room if he isn't careful. The latter will obviously lead to the former.
So TS is right that we had a top six budget, a bigger budget than last season too just that he hasn’t let Ben have access to it. Time will tell if anything changes in January spending wise but I just can’t see it. TS will probably instead decide its Ben’s fault and the merry go round starts again. Nothing will essentially change until TS leaves. Ben is right in what he said above.
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I said on the match thread that their midfielders actually looked like they wanted to run with the ball & make something happen. PV might not have created much more than us but they looked more threatening when they had the ball. There's no point us having 65% of the ball if all we are going to do with it is pass it around the back 5. We have got to be quicker with it & more direct. Need to use the pace of JRS & CBT & get decent balls into the box. Sess was our best player & he at least tried running at them & getting some crosses in.
I’ve lost track on how many comments Garner has made re budgets, recruitment etc. It won’t make the blindest bit of difference. You have had the wool
pulled over your eyes like the rest of us, so it’s either case of jacking it in or trying to make the best of what you have available to you.
Maybe he did Jackson a favour, the owner
We just watched PV. Didn’t lay a glove on them. You can be shit but lack of urgency and effort as a professional footballer is unforgivable. We were also cowardly. JRS constantly turning back to Clare who I thought had a total stinker.
This season is a cup run then. Bomb out of those three in the next rounds and it’s going to feel a very long year following this lot
At least we have the upcoming festival of football humanity in the desert to restore some dignity to the beautiful game and take our minds off things....LOL
Why Ben didn't change things up at half time is beyond belief, but it was more of the same, with sadly the inevitable result of them taking another gift to score a well taken goal, once more against a non existent defence, January can't come soon enough and a time to hopefully clear out the shite and get some players in who want to play for the shirt...🤞🤞🤞
Jackson is currently in a midtable League Two side with the likes of Gunter and Davison.
We played pub football last season, no thank you to round two of that stuff.
He has thrown money away recklessly and then not spent when it was essential to do so. If you add up the total he has put in since he has come in you probably can't complain but the fact is, he is a football idiot and I can't see how he will change.
Not saying I want Jacko back btw, but good to see things improving for him there.
Garner or whoever is always going to have difficulties with what they have to work with.
He's been shafted by banjo boy.
The buck stops with Sandgaard
Can’t beat low quality teams
One away win
Bad discipline
9 goals conceded in the last 3 games
etc etc etc.