From a quick skim of the match thread, normal service appears to have been resumed
- Players missing due to injury? Check
- Defensive cock-up? Check.
- Goal conceded right before half time? Check
- Shedloads of yellow cards? Check
Over to those who actually watched the game for more informed comment
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@Lookout feel free to edit this with your usual summary if I've pre-empted you unduly)
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It took them two/three years of building to get to where they are. We might have to be prepared to follow that path.
Can't be arsed to repost. If you want my views then read it on the other thread.
But in essence....same old same old. New signings needed & the longer we wait the worse it will get.
Up top we look toothless and at the back we're conceding far too many easy chances.
We gave a good effort today but the quality just wasn't there.
From the number of high balls sent towards the front line I can only assume that nobody has explained to the players that Miles Leaburn isn't playing at the moment.
Big few weeks coming up - we need a couple of strikers and more starting 11 quality players in general, with the focus more on attacking players over defensive. That would give us a stronger bench with players who can come on and change the game - we need to improve our record when we go behind in a game.
I hope we’re not relying on players moving on because that could potentially see us miss out on our targets.
I imagine there’s a few young Prem loans we’re working on amongst the players we’re looking at. We need them to make the sort of impact JRS, Cullen and Bielik did. They all joined after the season started which shows if the budget is there it’s possible to improve a squad this late in the window.
Sloppy in possession and Holden waits too long to change things up.
A positive, (bar the final corner of the game), I thought Edun looked good, strong in the tackle and looks to play forward passes rather than pass sideways or back to the CB’s.
Our set pieces are so painfully bad it's embarrassing, and we've supposedly signed a set piece specialist who's so unfit he's not even warranted a spot on the bench.
A few poor performers but Jack Payne was so bad his substitution was cheered.
There's some very obvious weaknesses still and the depth isn't there for a whole season but we're very close to a good thing, but not close enough yet.
Positives for me were;
AMB who looked very good today. Decent distribution as well.
Ness. Much better performance. Great tackle at the end.
Dobbo, extremely good today. He's some player, not just a tackler.
Corey. Again our biggest threat. Could have had a goal and/or an assist today.
The brothers, Asiimwe and Anderson. Great performances bearing in mind their ages.
Edun, again looked good apart from the final free kick.
Camara, decent performance, barring the howler.
Payne. Good game by him. Always worked hard.
One of the negatives were the corners. Posh played those short ones very well, but we lacked the confidence to try that for some reason.
We clearly need more quality. A target man for May to work around is key.
[And @seth plum, your players marks were a bit mental mate].
Dobson is quality but he can't do it all himself
Payne, and Kirk. If they were just squad players we'd be ok. But they aren't. We need better. Our attacking options are very poor.
Defensively we're average. Therefore we need to improve that but going forward we simply have no invention.
Nobody to play between the lines. Nobody to do something different, something creative.
Taylor will improve set pieces. Leaburn will help the attacking line but if we rely on Fraser and CBT for impetus, we simply won't have enough.
JCH did fuck all today yet still hit the post. Their 22 was different gravy. We are behind Peterborough. By quite away.
At the end of the transfer window we MAY start to catch up but we'll be a couple of months off them.
Let alone Pompey, Bolton, Barnsley.
We've had the same issues for a long time. I don't want to hear the transfer window goes to end of August etc. We want out of this division now. I fear that isn't going to happen.
Our patterns of play are too rigid. Too obvious.
Better than last year? Most likely. Not good enough for promotion? Even more likely.
Payne is a better option than Kirk. He was busy today but lacked that bit of quality. CBT is probably our main threat playing where he is and fortunately Holden is not daft enough to change his position. We need a new player in there.