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by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

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 I'm sorry but our current form is poor 4 wins out of the last 12, what makes people think that all of a sudden we will win 7 out of 7 or even 6 out ...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

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? ...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.

Winning 4 out of the last 12 is very short sighted, as is looking solely on the results. The performances have warranted more than we have got. Majority of the time we'd be seeing better results, the stats back that up aswell (those with a higher xG tend to score more than those that dont). I hones...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

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? ...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.

I've no doubt that we had more possession & a better XG than the opposition in all of the last 8 away games - however we have won
only 1.

Yes 1 win out of the last 8 away games - its ok though as we have process & performance.
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

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 ?
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

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...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.
Replies: 331
Views: 4177

Re: Not exactly a Derby. Away to The Rams, Sat 16th March 3-0'clock.

Process & performance gets you nowhere if you don't get the points - more evidence of Evatt's robotic approach.

I assume everyone will be content with more seasons in League 1 as long as Evatt is happy with the process & performance, regardless of results ?
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5273

Re: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm

Great post Worthy, probably the post of the year so far.
by Bertie Wooster
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5273

Re: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm

I'd say we're at the point wherw we need to find a way to win and stick with it. What gets me is we don't do the bollocks that Exeter did when they went 2-1 up. When they equalised a "stoppage" in play would've allowed us to regroup and maybe let Evatt have a word. Thing is we don't manage the game...
by Bertie Wooster
Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:59 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5273

Re: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm

It's the inability to play for more than half a game for me, it happens almost every game - we just can't play for 90 mins. Current form is horrendous, and the same defensive mistakes happen game after game. I'd love to know what Evatt's half time team talks are like because in a lot of games we sta...
by Bertie Wooster
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Raising the Bar: Barnsley (A), Tue 5 Mar 7.45pm
Replies: 426
Views: 6433

Re: Raising the Bar: Barnsley (A), Tue 5 Mar 7.45pm

Surely the last 30 mins should be the blue print for the last 10 games - the attacking play, speed, tempo, intensity was excellent, the finishing needs to improve as we miss so many costly easy chances but when they play like that no one in the league would handle us, we ripped Barnsley to pieces, t...
by Bertie Wooster
Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.
Replies: 407
Views: 6228

Re: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.

I think the problem is the players were not empowered to think for themselves and abandon the system to change the game. I am sure Evatt was thinking get the ball in the box more - hence why Sheehan went off for Jerome. But there is a coaching failure that meant they weren’t comfortable doing that....
by Bertie Wooster
Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.
Replies: 407
Views: 6228

Re: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.

I don’t get the use of Jerome if you aren’t just going to wallop it into the box desperation style to be honest. Using him as a sub and not changing the style is on that list of things that baffle me about Bolton. But really disappointed in JDB - that suggests he didn’t look for the ball either - h...
by Bertie Wooster
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.
Replies: 407
Views: 6228

Re: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.

The lack of tactical flexibility is hurting us i.e. Evatt's tactical ability / naivety I know that he's obsessed with 5-3-2, but in games like last night when the opposition have no real intention of attacking and are ultra defensive, do we really need 3 CB's - surely last night after it was obvious...
by Bertie Wooster
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.
Replies: 407
Views: 6228

Re: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.

They had to make up for the reverse fixture, they haven’t, they can all feck off for me. Sell the lot of them. I honestly don't think that we have any players or members of the coaching staff that I'd lose sleep over them leaving & that includes Evatt. Totally agree with Dibs they can all go for me...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.
Replies: 407
Views: 6228

Re: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.

I think Wigan try to play a similar style of football to us Bertie - watch it from behind the sofa!! Dibs, I will have to differ - they don't play as slowly as us or pass it sideways & backwards as much and as slowly as we do, they also have several players with fire in their bellies who get stuck ...
by Bertie Wooster
Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:56 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.
Replies: 407
Views: 6228

Re: Pied and Prejudice, Wigan (A) 27/02/04.

I will be shocked if we win this (although I really hope we do), however I just can't see it - our players don't appear to have the right mentality to win games like this & also our style of football doesn't help in these derby games as we don't move the ball quick enough to counter the 'in your fac...
by Bertie Wooster
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: North by North West. Away to Blackpool Sat 24th Feb, 3-0'clock
Replies: 210
Views: 4062

Re: North by North West. Away to Blackpool Sat 24th Feb, 3-0'clock

Slightly surprised we’ve not seen Forrester yet - he’s a very good defender and I think he might help our lack of solidity at the back. Assuming Santos is back on Tuesday, I’d be looking at starting Forrester at RCB, and either Toal or Iredale at LCB. Agree 100% - Forrester is a far better RCB than...
by Bertie Wooster
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: North by North West. Away to Blackpool Sat 24th Feb, 3-0'clock
Replies: 210
Views: 4062

Re: North by North West. Away to Blackpool Sat 24th Feb, 3-0'clock

In my opinion it's because Evatt is so set in his ways (formation, tactics etc.), surely they do due diligence before these signings and discuss how they will fit in with the way Evatt likes to play, and if not how they would need to tweak the system to get the best out of them. All new players need...