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by Worthy4England
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet
Replies: 7412
Views: 444884

Re: creeeeeeeekeeeeeet

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/68546045

Some good comparisons between this tour to India and the previous capitulation. Certainly we manages to press the record books again...but with no COVID this time. Maybe India's just a tough gig to play...
by Worthy4England
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Race to the tape: 2024's League One promotion campaign
Replies: 115
Views: 6400

Re: Race to the tape: 2024's League One promotion campaign

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:05 pm
Win Saturday and we will all be dancing with delight for a week.
Is that a promise? We'll want to see evidence... :D
by Worthy4England
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm
Replies: 206
Views: 3594

Re: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm

(Out of interest, I see Joe Taylor - the Luton loanee we were strongly linked with in January - scored two for Lincoln last night. That's now 5 goals and 2 assists in the last 6 games. Will they want him loaned to a Champo club next term? Might it be us?) After their last couple of results, I went ...
by Worthy4England
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm
Replies: 206
Views: 3594

Re: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm

Still stood up and only the odd one or two tsks. Clearly a different mindset than Saturday, for me, when despite the well in top first half post match comments, we looked ponderous. We play like that for the next 8, we might still not make the autos, but we'll give ourselves a proper chance. That wa...
by Worthy4England
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm
Replies: 206
Views: 3594

Re: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm

I expect JDB will start, with Collins playing off him, and the shape will remain the same. I'd be half tempted to flood the midfield and have Morley in there with Paris as the furthest forward and Collins playing as a false 9. Apologies if I've got the vernacular wrong, and he'd really be a trequar...
by Worthy4England
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm
Replies: 206
Views: 3594

Re: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm

If I hear "It's JDC's birthday, so we've let him have the day off. It will not go well." :-)
by Worthy4England
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm
Replies: 206
Views: 3594

Re: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm

It's not infeasible that we've been working on a different system but when? There's 65 days between Sun 7 Jan (Luton away) and Mar 12 (er, tomorrow). In that time we'll have kicked off 20 times – with two abandonments, but those games will have been carefully planned for, affecting training. Post-g...
by Worthy4England
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm
Replies: 206
Views: 3594

Re: Ox on the box, c*cks on the blocks? Oxford (H) Tue 12 Mar, 8pm

I do think Personnel is pointing at 4-3-3 but a lack of prep time will stop us doing it, presumably. Hypothetically, if we did, we'd have Thomason screening so the full backs can still offer that width, Sheehan probing and Maghoma the one highest up feeding the the wide men and/or the striker. It a...
by Worthy4England
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

Misread on my part. I thought it read "what the manager told him to" as they play ball to Thommo and split right and left, leaving hole in middle. Not the only team to do this in a similar approach. Who's doing what the manager told them not to and what did the manager tell them? Not something I'm ...
by Worthy4England
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

I think there's shades of all sorts going on here. I also generally sit NSL, albeit not very often this season. And it's not an incorrect categorisation from TW15. But at the same time, I suspect not untypical of other places either. I'm fairly sure Big Ric, can't actually hear me muttering "fck me ...
by Worthy4England
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

For Barnsley's first goal, a player did precisely what the manager told him not to. Indeed. You'd almost suggest it was systemic. Aye, as in he worked against the system. :conf: On mentality I think the interview Evatt gave after Wigan was revealing. It didn’t show internal mental strength to me it...
by Worthy4England
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:05 pm
For Barnsley's first goal, a player did precisely what the manager told him not to.
Indeed. You'd almost suggest it was systemic.
by Worthy4England
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

Baxter has been a big loss for me. The defence don't seem as comfortable that they know what Coleman is likely to do in any given situation. I'm less convinced by some of the brainfarts on cause v effect. I think we miss Dion's press immensely at the other end too. But not sure either of those are a...
by Worthy4England
Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

I don't think a back 4 cures everything either, on its own. But I'd also say that the spin seems to be that we only score goals because of this system. How did we get on in 96/7? I'd be surprised if we get to 100 goals this season, less surprised if the against column reads less than 53...
by Worthy4England
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

Not buying that DSB. That it broke "scoring records" is fine, but doesn't get you promoted necessarily. 7-0, 3-3 bags you 4 points not 6 despite 10 goals. 1-0, 1-0 gets you 6. What we need right now is wins not high scoring draws. That's not a forever plan. There's 9 games left. I don't mind if we ...
by Worthy4England
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

Not buying that DSB. That it broke "scoring records" is fine, but doesn't get you promoted necessarily. 7-0, 3-3 bags you 4 points not 6 despite 10 goals. 1-0, 1-0 gets you 6. What we need right now is wins not high scoring draws. That's not a forever plan. There's 9 games left. I don't mind if we w...
by Worthy4England
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

Yeah, worrying about the strikers when we're conceding 2's, 3's and 4's seems like poor logic. We need to stop leaking stupid goals, especially with four attacking options injured...
by Worthy4England
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Rugby Union
Replies: 154
Views: 50361

Re: Rugby Union

Think the DG was a gimmie, TD. We were playing penalty advantage under the sticks anyhow! :-)
by Worthy4England
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Rugby Union
Replies: 154
Views: 50361

Re: Rugby Union

Light is found in the darkest of places. Great wins for Italy and England - reckon you'd have got fair odds on that at the start of the day. Pretty decent performance by England, with tries!...
by Worthy4England
Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: This Exe is on fire: Exeter (A) Sat 9 Mar, 3pm
Replies: 288
Views: 5292

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

Sloppy defending. 7 goals across 3 games and you get 3-3, 2-2 and 2-2. That's just very poor.