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GhostoftheBok

You can say whatever you like but Oxford set up perfectly for that final. They didn’t come to be ‘pretty’. There was no nonsense. No ‘we have to play a high line and roll the ball around’. Whatever anyone says or whatever picture they paint - Oxford had that in their locker in spades. Same in the s...

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The ‘improved us every season’ line is exploded by looking at the places that Derby, Portsmouth and Oxford finished last season. All below us. Oxford 19th. All have gone way past us now. Oxford had a bad season, but stuck to the same plan they've been working to for a while and didn't panic. They n...

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Days after being beaten (again) in a local derby and the day before a crucial fixture against a then promotion rival: "I've haven't enjoyed this week... it's taken an awful lot out of me" and "I'll reset in the summer and think about what happens in the future". A sure fire way to rally the troops....

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https://twitter.com/burndenway/status/1792136365510975907 Saw that. Hard to know if that means Baxter wants out or we've identified a better #2 as vital. When Baxter arrived it was clear his fitness would be pivotal for us. If a young lad with real ability will come in and be #2 fantastic. I've not...

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Agree with this mate. We have the "kernel" in some respects, but whilst (for example) we point the Sheehan's ability (he's masterful under minimal pressure) no one's going to argue much, I wouldn't have thought, with their midfield being head and shoulders above ours, yesterday. I think Josh has wo...

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I think he's beaten. I'm pretty sure I said on here before the game that if we lost I thought he'd walk. Stuff like that is why. He's sounded like that for ages. It's why a one word answer doesn't cut it. A fully motivated, hungry Evatt I'll take over a new manager. I'll happily take a new manager ...

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TANGODANCER wrote: ↑
Sun May 19, 2024 11:20 pm
I thought we were just looking for a one word answer, sort of "In my opinion"?

Okay.

Stay, in my opinion.

GhostoftheBok

Watched the whole game back today. Good tackle to be fair. Brannigan was clearly very wound up, which was in sharp contrast to our lot. Sheehan didn’t want the ball after first few minutes as he was worried he might be tackled and it damage his manicure. Dempsey and Maghoma arguably only two outfie...

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That's pretty much the nub of it in an onfield sense. Recruitment, please weigh "a bit of gumption," and a "flash of brilliance" against "plan A" and work out the plus and minuses, instead of spreadsheeting the plusses and hoping it just works. I spoke to one BWFC bod about "character" recruitment ...

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As a fun aside, I did this weekend on a (re)fractured foot.

Pretty sure I still moved faster than Iredale did to take that corner.

GhostoftheBok

The problem with that was Maghoma likely struggling with injury didn’t fancy contact. He was clearly not comfortable to do it. And secondly the out was Ogbeta who might as well have been a bloke from the crowd he was that bad. I really don't want to shit on individuals. I'd have subbed Oggy off aft...

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Worthy4England wrote: ↑
Sun May 19, 2024 10:57 pm
What were Pompey's long term injuries? 10? 3 in Feb?

It needs different thinking. Some different personnel and a few ounces of nous.

Sure, but Pompey are an outlier in terms of injuries and results.

Mousinho did a great job. Evatt didn't.

GhostoftheBok

But what would we have to do differently? I ask because I was with a good youth coach yesterday who within ten minutes identified that we needed to switch to a back four which would have stretched out their midfield block and provided us easy outlet to fullbacks. I think tactically it looked pretty...

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Sorry, that we'd go up... Yup. I thought we would this season and believe that we *should* have and Evatt has to take responsibility. He had a great chance to get the autos and I can work somewhat with the injuries issue, but it was still there to take. The final is another issue entirely. The play...

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Worthy4England wrote: ↑
Sun May 19, 2024 10:38 pm
You said that last season. And in Jan.

No, I didn't.

GhostoftheBok

You're missing the story, Insano. The engine room is recruitment. It's not there fault if they reccomend botleless fckrs. It's the managers for not setting them up right. Who's said any of that? The players bottled it. The manager fecking it up put extra pressure on them and made them bottling it e...

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How are you proposing he set them up? Not to pass through a narrow 3 with a single pivot who is obviously going to be marked out of the game. Oxford were warming up with Harris marking and their back three doing heading drills over their heads. Their plan was always to shut down that short route ou...

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Stay if he's up for it. Go if he's not. Never liked him as a person, but rate him as a manager. Personality failings have been on show for a few months now. Needs to sort his head out and find the drive to scream into another season. Nothing less than that will do it. We have a better chance of prom...

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Even Kachunga had the bollocks to have a go at Wembley. No fear. Losing the pizza cup would've been a "meh" so maybe they played with a little more freedom however yesterday not one of them took a risk. It was a do not lose situation that we all know and love. Helps when the manager sets his side u...

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Well, that was shite. First things first, Evatt needs to make it very clear that he's 100% committed to the club for next season. If not, he should step down. Not having this "I'm not talking about that, we all need to do some soul searching" bollocks. Clubs are already signing players and building ...

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