Lessons learned . Away to Cambridge Tues, 26th Nov. 1745.

[officer_dibble]

Mcatee yawning as he came on summed it up really. The squad and the training and the preparation has to be an absolute shambles. A properly run football club would not be allowed to get to this point. Maybe Sharon wants to find out what Ians doing if it isn’t taking training?

[Spartan2]

Sack him now FFS!

[BorsdaneWhite]

Equally as bad as Stockport’s performance in many ways. Lots of individual dross, but fundamentally, played the same frightened, turgid shite against 10-men Cambridge. Not much been said about it, but also think Baxter has been a shitting dog in headlights this season (as well as a good shotstopper.) Says a lot about the defence in front of him, but there are some faults emerging.

Last season, swallowing the ball worked more often than not, because we had individual brilliance in CM, and we could pass, and at times, absolutely dominate (without, on other occasions, necessarily materialising the advantage.) This season: we can’t pass, or move. So the “content” doesn’t and can’t work.

We almost looked arrogant tonight and I hated it. An undue swagger before a pass out-of-play. I imagine yon’ lad Sharples-Ahmed looking at that.

[BWFC_Insane]

Mcatee yawning as he came on summed it up really. The squad and the training and the preparation has to be an absolute shambles. A properly run football club would not be allowed to get to this point. Maybe Sharon wants to find out what Ians doing if it isn’t taking training?

Doubt Sharon gives a monkeys. Be another ‘root and branch’ review soon.

[officer_dibble]

Mcatee yawning as he came on summed it up really. The squad and the training and the preparation has to be an absolute shambles. A properly run football club would not be allowed to get to this point. Maybe Sharon wants to find out what Ians doing if it isn’t taking training?

Doubt Sharon gives a monkeys. Be another ‘root and branch’ review soon.

Certainly feels that way. We’re just drifting - does nobody want a return on their investment?

[Harry Genshaw]

Not much been said about it, but also think Baxter has been a shitting dog in headlights this season (as well as a good shotstopper.) Says a lot about the defence in front of him, but there are some faults emerging.

He looks really uncomfortable now, whenever the ball comes near him. That late corner he gave away a prime example. Mind you, very few came out with any credit this evening.

[Mar]

We almost looked arrogant tonight and I hated it. An undue swagger before a pass out-of-play.

This sounds about accurate.

We expected to walk the game without getting out of second gear and were unsettled when they decided to give it a go. It shouldn't come as a surprise that opposition might actually try and win a game at their home ground.

Surely the players can't be happy with that sort of performance.

[boltonboris]

Captain Lego head is suspended again now too, the bloody idiot. Have we not got anybody competent in this place?!

Evatts downloaded so much bleeding content into them that they’ve ended up with a virus. Probably tried to sign McAfee in the summer and ballsed that up as well

[TANGODANCER]

It's all so predictableI. I should have titled this thread "No Lessons learned". As a team we just aren't good enough. We don't have the players to compete anywhere else but here, and not even that. Against ten cloggers who threw themselves at everything we played like losers from the off. One up, Five added minutes to go and we almost lost it. Our front men have the ball control of a beach ball in a gale and and we couldn't defend a carrot from a starving donkey.

Worse still, I just can't see it changing. Jose Maurhino couldnt get this lot winning.

[officer_dibble]

What’s the website where you can see individual stats - if Victor touched the ball I don’t remember it. Lolos had that challenge he put out for a corner and blagged a goal kick. Plus his daisy cutter shot. He was effectively the reason it looked 10 v 10 when he came on. Did nothing. Mcatee was asleep but I suspect had more touches than the other two. Tutu was ok - but then anyone’s ok compared to Cogley. But yeah. ‘The finishers’.

[DJBlu]

What’s the website where you can see individual stats - if Victor touched the ball I don’t remember it. Lolos had that challenge he put out for a corner and blagged a goal kick. Plus his daisy cutter shot. He was effectively the reason it looked 10 v 10 when he came on. Did nothing. Mcatee was asleep but I suspect had more touches than the other two. Tutu was ok - but then anyone’s ok compared to Cogley. But yeah. ‘The finishers’.

I didn't even know he'd come onto the pitch.

[BWFC_Insane]

It's all so predictableI. I should have titled this thread "No Lessons learned". As a team we just aren't good enough. We don't have the players to compete anywhere else but here, and not even that. Against ten cloggers who threw themselves at everything we played like losers from the off. One up, Five added minutes to go and we almost lost it. Our front men have the ball control of a beach ball in a gale and and we couldn't defend a carrot from a starving donkey.

Worse still, I just can't see it changing. Jose Maurhino couldnt get this lot winning.

Evatt has spent a fortune on this lot. The problem is Evatt is shit.

[boltonboris]

From what little I’ve seen of Lolos so far, he looks like he’s got potential to be our worst ever player. What he was thinking with that tough guy tackle that should have been corner, I’ll never know. He looks slow, heavy, clumsy and indisciplined. Like a league two Liam Trotter

[jimbo]

A lot of money has been spent to go backwards.

[jimbo]

From what little I’ve seen of Lolos so far, he looks like he’s got potential to be our worst ever player. What he was thinking with that tough guy tackle that should have been corner, I’ll never know. He looks slow, heavy, clumsy and indisciplined. Like a league two Liam Trotter

Yeah I agree. I keep expecting him to have an incredible touch and vision to compensate for his lack of mobility. There must be something about him to have done well for Crawley and for us to go for him, but I just don’t see it. Also not sure how he fits in to the squad generally.

[officer_dibble]

Agreed on Lolos Boris. I’m in awe he’s managed to secure a professional contract at the moment. He reminds me of Ali Dia or whatever he was called at Southampton. The fact he’s scored a 95th minute winner where someone’s twatted it at his bell end seems quite fitting.

[Harry Genshaw]

A lot of money has been spent to go backwards.

Surely even Evatt's remaining supporters wouldn't be in favour of him getting more money to spend in January?

[boltonboris]

A lot of money has been spent to go backwards.

Yep. And that’s nothing to do with a stronger division. It’s our own performances that are way, way, way below par.

[jimbo]

A lot of money has been spent to go backwards.

Yep. And that’s nothing to do with a stronger division. It’s our own performances that are way, way, way below par.

Yeah and it’s also not like we’ve spent a lot, but others have spent more.

[Mar]

What's most disheartening is that there are seemingly zero signs of improvement. It's the same issues and same poor performances that were at the start of the season, continuing to play out.

Smashed 5-0 vs Stockport, left it late against Blackpool and threw it away against Cambridge.

Had Cambridge had a decent strike force we'd've been beat convincingly tonight.