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Match Thread: Rochdale v Charlton | Sat 06 Feb 2021| 3pm
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I didn't see that coming!ForeverAddickted said:No Maatsen at all this week...
You're jumping higher than your normal conclusions, @LeuthLeuth said:Ah, so Maatsen WAS the scapegoat! Excellent stuff Lee, maybe Chelsea will quietly ditch us as a loan club now
There may be one of a hundred reasons that Maatsen isn't playing, from breaking a fingernail in training to eating one of Maddison's left over pizzas.
Or he may just have been rested - and you could be right, after all.
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perhaps the kid needs a restLeuth said:Smith, Morgan AND Watson all on the bench but no Maatsen - this had better be an injury or...
I find some of this criticism unjust when us fans do not know the background to these decisions18 -
I imagine he will when Jaiyesimi is up to speed once he gets used to his new team matesFishCostaFortune said:
Just play Jayesimi then. Then drop Pratley and have Shinnie and JFC in the centre.ForeverAddickted said:
Or he's playing Shinnie and Millar on the flanks in a flat 4-4-2 the same way we faced Milton KeynesCovered_End_Lad said:So we are playing a diamond with no width when we have two huge strikers who thrive off crosses... come on Lee pls use brain.0 -
The way a section of fans see it, 'the wage cap', 'rebuilding the squad', 'the last few years' - we apparently do.ForeverAddickted said:
Yeah he's gone from starting for a team that is in a relegation scrap to one fighting further up the table...golfaddick said:Useless fecking manager.
Bring in players & then don't start them. Smith must be scratching his head & wondering why he has done. Started virtually every game for Swindon & now gone 2 games starting in the bench.Might as well just loan them back to Swindon.
Really glad I didn't part with my tenner to watch it on VP. Only wanted to see DJ play....
Or do you think our squad is as bad as Swindon's2 -
You must do, you were quite insistant that a Desmond was a good resultForeverAddickted said:
Yeah he's gone from starting for a team that is in a relegation scrap to one fighting further up the table...golfaddick said:Useless fecking manager.
Bring in players & then don't start them. Smith must be scratching his head & wondering why he has done. Started virtually every game for Swindon & now gone 2 games starting in the bench.Might as well just loan them back to Swindon.
Really glad I didn't part with my tenner to watch it on VP. Only wanted to see DJ play....
Or do you think our squad is as bad as Swindon's, two games against them it might be but not over the season so far
Bollocks you edited it as I was typing1 -
Jfc was poor last outing, should have been giving smith a try, and Pearce fills me with utter dread!!. Hope to be proven wrong obviously. But tinkering again= no consistency, no team formation and passage of play being built. Hope the 3 departments of our squad manage to try and play as a team.0
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I forsee 45 mins of quite turgid football, with changes necessary at half time. If I'm right, I can say 'I knew it.' If I'm wrong, it's all been a masterful reverse jinx and you're welcome.3
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We’ve never not conceded this season when Pearce has started....1
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On paper that team should wipe the floor with Rochdale. But then I think that most weeks...0
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JFC is a wasted spot imo, we need a box to box type in his place.paulfox said:Jfc was poor last outing, should have been giving smith a try, and Pearce fills me with utter dread!!. Hope to be proven wrong obviously. But tinkering again= no consistency, no team formation and passage of play being built. Hope the 3 departments of our squad manage to try and play as a team.0 -
Glad you pointed it out. Everyone said Purington deserves a start after he played and Maatsen not playing too well last week.redbuttle said:
If you look at comments after last match fans were calling for Purrington over Maatsen.Leuth said:Ah, so Maatsen WAS the scapegoat! Excellent stuff Lee, maybe Chelsea will quietly ditch us as a loan club nowGood time or have competition for a position. So fingers crossed it goes well0 -
I really hope we are not going to witness 20 minutes of aimless passing and squandering possession followed by slightly desperate punting in the general direction of Stockley and Chuks.
Lets see some purpose and guile and quick tempo movement1 -
Thought it was tough on Purrington not to be involved last week after his prior performance.
Maatsans performance v Pompey certainly didn't justify the decision. I thought he was poor.3 -
Yes - comments based on a combination of 'as good as your last game' and 'better when not in the team' - Maatsen is obviously far better a player in just about every regardredbuttle said:
If you look at comments after last match fans were calling for Purrington over Maatsen.Leuth said:Ah, so Maatsen WAS the scapegoat! Excellent stuff Lee, maybe Chelsea will quietly ditch us as a loan club now1 -
Would you seriously play the same 11 twice a week? For how long before they pull up injured?Sillybilly said:Tinker tinker tinker........can’t resist it can he?
Tell me why you wouldn't rotate the squad in this league2 -
Tinker, Tinker, Tinker
i hope I am wrong but this set up doesn’t look right to me.
Why get the two Swindon lads in if your going to start them.
Our current players have hardly set the world alight in their recent games.
Unless I am mistaken more grief heading Bowyers way at 5.00pm0 -
Better to drain them completely of confidence before setting them loose on the opposition.Bangkokaddick said:Other teams start their new signings straight away. Ours always seem to start on the bench.0 -
he will come on at half time when we are chasing the game........againmoutuakilla said:Really disappointed not to see Jaiyesimi start. He's match fit. We desperately need some positivity injected into the side - we know we need to score first too.2 -
I think box to box is less important if you get the ball forwards more quickly and cut out the number of passes. What would be troubling is if we carry on playing the same way.0
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Anyway it's not the dropping of Maatsen I'm taking issue with so much as not even having him on the bench. Presumably we need all 3 central midfielders and Matthews can do a job at left-back if required0
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Wasn't going to buy the game but at around 1 I changed my mind. Still haven't bought it yet and after seeing that line up I'm wavering.0
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Smith isn't a box to box type. They don't exist. Bowyer talked about it in the "disappearing quotes" in the article announcing Smith. He was spot on as well.charlton_hero said:
JFC is a wasted spot imo, we need a box to box type in his place.paulfox said:Jfc was poor last outing, should have been giving smith a try, and Pearce fills me with utter dread!!. Hope to be proven wrong obviously. But tinkering again= no consistency, no team formation and passage of play being built. Hope the 3 departments of our squad manage to try and play as a team.
Maybe @Ollywozere could shed some light as to what happened to those quotes?0 -
It's the team I was hoping for, taking into account the ex Swindon lads were unlikely to start.
I prefer Pearce at CB to Gunter.
I prefer Purrington at LB to Maatsen.
Pratley needs to play as it's raining ad heavy going.
Aneke & Stockley up front look better than Schwartz.
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That's done it...EveshamAddick said:We’ve never not conceded this season when Pearce has started....1 -
They do at Rangers!Cafc43v3r said:
Smith isn't a box to box type. They don't exist. Bowyer talked about it in the "disappearing quotes" in the article announcing Smith. He was spot on as well.charlton_hero said:
JFC is a wasted spot imo, we need a box to box type in his place.paulfox said:Jfc was poor last outing, should have been giving smith a try, and Pearce fills me with utter dread!!. Hope to be proven wrong obviously. But tinkering again= no consistency, no team formation and passage of play being built. Hope the 3 departments of our squad manage to try and play as a team.
Maybe @Ollywozere could shed some light as to what happened to those quotes?0 -
Blimey, didn't take the apologists long to reply.ForeverAddickted said:
Yeah he's gone from starting for a team that is in a relegation scrap to one fighting further up the table...golfaddick said:Useless fecking manager.
Bring in players & then don't start them. Smith must be scratching his head & wondering why he has done. Started virtually every game for Swindon & now gone 2 games starting in the bench.Might as well just loan them back to Swindon.
Really glad I didn't part with my tenner to watch it on VP. Only wanted to see DJ play....
Or do you think our squad is as bad as Swindon's, two games against them it might be but not over the season so far
Its got nothing to do with League placings. I could (sort of) understand it if it was Sorba Thomas but both players have been playing in this league, against the same opposition.
Wondering if its Bowyers way of sticking 2 fingers up to TS.4 -
Its why I feel there is more to it than being a scapegoat, if Bowyer just wanted to replace him I'd have expected him to be on the bench at the very leastLeuth said:Anyway it's not the dropping of Maatsen I'm taking issue with so much as not even having him on the bench. Presumably we need all 3 central midfielders and Matthews can do a job at left-back if required0 -
God knows why you need 3 center mids on the bench. Surely one of those places could have gone to an u23 center half or striker for the experience if nothing else?Leuth said:Anyway it's not the dropping of Maatsen I'm taking issue with so much as not even having him on the bench. Presumably we need all 3 central midfielders and Matthews can do a job at left-back if required0 -
I am happy enough to see Aneke and Stockley start as in my opinion they are probably the two best strikers at the club.
I just hope that Bowyer continues to start the upfront together form here on out and let them build a partnership and understanding.0
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