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- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
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Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
I saw no reason as to why we can't overturn a 4pt deficit on Derby to be honest. They'll drop more points than we will in the run-in. There. I said it Wishful thinking, I like it. The Pompey games will be the deciding factor as to whether we can get back into it. Derby, despite looking on a par wit...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
The only thing I will say is that we dont seem to know how to change a game to win it. It seems like the gaffer pre plans his changes... "Forwards and wing backs, run yourselves to the ground. On the 70 min mark, we will change both forwards, a wingback and a midfielder at 75 mins". Predictable eac...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
XG this & XG that....is this what football has become ! We've won 4 out of the last 12, that's the stat that I'm more concerned about. XG and possession hasn't helped us get the points we should have got since Xmas has it - what do points make ? How would you track how well we are doing? Feelings? ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:00 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
XG this & XG that....is this what football has become ! We've won 4 out of the last 12, that's the stat that I'm more concerned about. XG and possession hasn't helped us get the points we should have got since Xmas has it - what do points make ? How would you track how well we are doing? Feelings? ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:59 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
That’s the exact issue, I’m a huge believer in data. You have to use it. You have to understand how to use it also. You say you are a huge believer in data, but you never use it to back up any of your arguments. All I see is feelings and discrediting stats based upon feelings. Our form is mid table...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
XG this & XG that....is this what football has become ! We've won 4 out of the last 12, that's the stat that I'm more concerned about. XG and possession hasn't helped us get the points we should have got since Xmas has it - what do points make ? How would you track how well we are doing? Feelings? ...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
I know I might be a target for ass-kicking victim of the year, but stats and research are just another title for what is no more than educated guesswork when people are involved. Ask Devon Loch! Not sure i'd call you a target for ass-kicking, but I would say that anyone thinking stats count for not...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
I’m not the manager. The thing is you say ‘we don’t just ignore it’ yet the same words are uttered game after game ‘if we keep up that level of performance we will be fine’…it doesn’t suggest we are trying to examine the reasons we keep not being fine. We just think that if we keep performing somet...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Derby and Portsmouth have horrendous injury lists. So we aren’t alone there. No, but you're looking for a solution that we've arguably already got. The intangibles probably come down to character. People who when it really matters stand up to be counted. And teams that do the same. When you need so...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
We're missing so many fixes that Evatt has put in place, CMG, Charles, Baxter, Johnston, N'lundulu, etc. that we've probably got the solution, it just isn't available. The tactics that we're playing now aren't dissimilar to the ones we were using with Baka and Bod up top where we seemed to score la...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
We're missing so many fixes that Evatt has put in place, CMG, Charles, Baxter, Johnston, N'lundulu, etc. that we've probably got the solution, it just isn't available. The tactics that we're playing now aren't dissimilar to the ones we were using with Baka and Bod up top where we seemed to score la...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:47 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
I'm glad we're performance and process driven. That's how you get results. Played well, didn't win. Annoying, but sometimes that's how it goes. He's the best manager we've had since Sam for me. Close with Parky, but true. I'm enjoying the ride. Process and performance is fine but there is more to w...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
DJBlu wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:12 pm100%.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:09 pmYou're forgetting Cameron's 99th minute winner off his arse to score his first league goal of the season
With him running off shouting "One more year!"
Aaron Wilbraham esque winner to get us promoted would do nicely.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Bare Bones....
- Replies: 618
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Re: Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Bare Bones....
So a nice break now to get some of the injured back… noticeable lack of Baxter updates which isn’t good…Charles, feck knows - if he steps out for Northern Ireland that will be puzzling. What about the longer term - Nlundulu /Johnston? And finally…Calvin Ramsay…. Send a search party out? The lack of...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:22 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GI0szdqXYAA9tzM?format=jpg&name=small Quite a few handballs given against us in the match. I'd argue this would've been the one that counted the most. Not that i'm blaming the ref. We had a few players calling for handball, but I think the vast majority didn't see that. ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:40 am
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
We're not far off. If we get some better quality passes/crosses in the final third I think it will make the difference in matches like today. We can do it, we're just not doing it consistently. Evatt needs to get them working on it constantly in training, that and concentrating on not brain farting...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
They do. And other teams have problems too. The ones that go up in the autos are the ones that solve them. You can afford a couple of slip ups heading towards play-offs. You don't get as many for the autos. We spend way too much time congratulating ourselves on 5-0 wins and not enough time on worki...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:21 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
I'd rather us address the issues that we do have rather than swap out the approach to play like Derby did. We just don't seem to be, though. Show me a time in that run of fixtures where the club have had chance to take stock and fully address the problems? We've had a lot of games in quick successi...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
I'd rather us address the issues that we do have rather than swap out the approach to play like Derby did. We just don't seem to be, though. Show me a time in that run of fixtures where the club have had chance to take stock and fully address the problems? We've had a lot of games in quick successi...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Trotters
- Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
- Replies: 331
- Views: 4149
Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Clearly can't defend for 90 so Playoffs it is then. Goals the difference, we're not scoring them when we need them. How many games have we had sitters saved or hit wide? Our goal distribution is definitely questionable. 101 goals this season, so it's not like we can say its due to lack of goals. Ou...