A distant drum...V Plymouth Argyle Sat 27th Aug. 3-o'clock.

[BWFC_Insane]

64 minutes. Bolton shots on target - 0.

That isn't going to win many matches, and the response to defensive frailty is usually "yeah but look at out attack"

Yeah. We flatter to deceive. Nice play. But final third we are shocking. No delivery, poor decisions. It means we create nothing.

[LeverEnd]

Kachunga still being on this pitch shows how far Evatt has to go as a manager. Honestly he has the players. He’s using them very very poorly.

This is a good squad, like you say. He needs to stop messing with the team like these are ore season friendlies. Find the best team and give it a run. Rotate one or two players when needed but have some consistency. Don't be dropping Williams in a tough away game unless we can adequately replace him, which we currently can't.
Anyhow, we've not lost yet, come on!

[DJBlu]

Feels like we're playing like a team that's been found out at the minute.

[Mar]

Kachunga still being on this pitch shows how far Evatt has to go as a manager. Honestly he has the players. He’s using them very very poorly.

This is a good squad, like you say. He needs to stop messing with the team like these are ore season friendlies. Find the best team and give it a run. Rotate one or two players when needed but have some consistency. Don't be dropping Williams in a tough away game unless we can adequately replace him, which we currently can't.
Anyhow, we've not lost yet, come on!

Decision to rest Williams hasn't been that bad. The fact we've coped well enough with Plymouths attacks suggest its a fine decision. It's not like Williams is crucial to our attack, its more for defensive solidity. What we're missing is a cutting edge.

I'd like to see Sadlier on for Dempsey. Sadlier's got a good record in front of goal so it'd offer a bit more of an attacking threat.



Strangely enough Evatt's rested some of our other players but not Kieran Lee, who would seem like he's not capable of putting in this much game time. Seems to be coping fine from the looks of it.

[BWFC_Insane]

Morley wins the ball back and Iredale nowhere to be seen on the left. He should be bombing down there. A left wing back with pace is an absolute priority it’s clear that Bradley can’t carry the team on his own down one side.

[TANGODANCER]

Dapo and Sadlier arrive....a bit late.?

[sonicthewhite]

Just got in and it sounds dire. I can't even introduce the kettle to the action as the wife has decided to descale it. On a matchday!

[Worthy4England]

Kachunga still being on this pitch shows how far Evatt has to go as a manager. Honestly he has the players. He’s using them very very poorly.

This is a good squad, like you say. He needs to stop messing with the team like these are ore season friendlies. Find the best team and give it a run. Rotate one or two players when needed but have some consistency. Don't be dropping Williams in a tough away game unless we can adequately replace him, which we currently can't.
Anyhow, we've not lost yet, come on!

I'm wondering whether he's falling a bit for his own "we're all the same level" story. I don't dislike Kacha, but for me, he's a last 15 player if they're looking a bit shagged.

[BWFC_Insane]

Baka really should have buried that.

[Mar]

Kachunga still being on this pitch shows how far Evatt has to go as a manager. Honestly he has the players. He’s using them very very poorly.

This is a good squad, like you say. He needs to stop messing with the team like these are ore season friendlies. Find the best team and give it a run. Rotate one or two players when needed but have some consistency. Don't be dropping Williams in a tough away game unless we can adequately replace him, which we currently can't.
Anyhow, we've not lost yet, come on!

I'm wondering whether he's falling a bit for his own "we're all the same level" story. I don't dislike Kacha, but for me, he's a last 15 player if they're looking a bit shagged.

I'd agree with this. Certainly a clever player but not one that you would expect to deliver a game changing moment in matches.


Noticeable step up in tempo at the moment. Did we just decide to up the tempo in the last 15 mins as our game plan?

[BWFC_Insane]

Kachunga still being on this pitch shows how far Evatt has to go as a manager. Honestly he has the players. He’s using them very very poorly.

This is a good squad, like you say. He needs to stop messing with the team like these are ore season friendlies. Find the best team and give it a run. Rotate one or two players when needed but have some consistency. Don't be dropping Williams in a tough away game unless we can adequately replace him, which we currently can't.
Anyhow, we've not lost yet, come on!

I'm wondering whether he's falling a bit for his own "we're all the same level" story. I don't dislike Kacha, but for me, he's a last 15 player if they're looking a bit shagged.

I'd agree with this. Certainly a clever player but not one that you would expect to deliver a game changing moment in matches.


Noticeable step up in tempo at the moment. Did we just decide to up the tempo in the last 15 mins as our game plan?

No. Evatt just picked the wrong team. Simple as that.

[Prufrock]

Baka is not very good. If he's not adding goals in not sure what he's for.

[BorsdaneWhite]

Dapo and Sadlier seems self-destructively late. Then Baka misses an absolute sitter from 4 yards. Seems like one of those days: a concatenation of self-imposed misery and bad luck—although *good luck* we haven’t necessarily deserved.

[DJBlu]

There it is, defence needs to sort its shit out as we aren't going anywhere if they're conceding goals like that.

[Prufrock]

Can't score, can't defend. Very bad.

Sack off the back 5.

[TANGODANCER]

And that's that then. The records will show we lost.

[BWFC_Insane]

Problems. Big problems. We look a very poor side. Just like middle of last season. Defensively all over the show. No punch up front. Wrong selections. Dodgy decisions. Evatt not earning his money. We are slipping way off the pace already and can’t afford to do that in this division.

Should be right up there for me but it’s the manager and coaches who need to answer. A big big blunder was bringing santos straight back in. Said it then and say it now. It was bad.

[LeverEnd]

Can't score, can't defend. Very bad.

Sack off the back 5.

Yep. Something has to change. Much improved squad from this time last year, same old weaknesses. Promising start turning swiftly sour. Sigh.

[DJBlu]

Good job I'm being paid to watch this. I don't get how we go from the start we had to this. It's night and day.

[Worthy4England]

I'll be back in January...Just hope we're mid table and not 18th...