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You can add :censored:house Fulton to that.

This. Amazing Fulton starts should have been sent back after Tuesdays disappearing act. It's another dunn selection where you go wow how did you come up with that.

I've been hugely critical of Winchester and Poleon for a lack of effort in the past but this lad takes a lack of effort to new levels.

This

Kelly is carrying that midfield the best he can. Send Fulton back and put Jones in.

I'm the one with the bright grey hair going sick with Harkins after the pen!!

Top bounce Dan

At HT we were 90/1 to win, someone will have had that somewhere.

David H has had some Amazon commission come through, making him the top donator so far. Thanks.

It doesn't seem to be all showing up . I spent more than the site is showing .

Sir Robbie Simpson.

Is he still without a club? Could be a shrewd signing.

I'm resigned to not having one.

Do we really need one . At least LJ seems to have a clue . Dickov didn't have a clue and he definitely needed one

Never forget a certain Ian Marshall hat trick away at wolves......that season ended well!,

Fantastic start to that season . Lets hope this is the same

Weren't they Carlisle who's game had been postponed

 

 

It might be that everything's right.

 

Preferred candidate identified and engaged. Makes proposals about the longer term structure of the footballing side of the club. Owner can't afford it, but knows a man who can. Talks ongoing to fund a key change of approach at Latics.

 

Cart me away now folks.

Someone on twitter asked Ian cheeseman from bbc radio manchester about dowie taking over . This was his reply

@IanCheeseman: @Greatest_786 I wonder if ownership issues are the priority at the moment?

I asked Mike keegan if this had any truth , this is his reply

@MENOAFC: @davidhughes71 Plenty of talk of it. Radio Manc have decent Bolton connections - read into that what you will...

Could be your right !

We almost always fail to dominate midfield..... As the home team the onus is on us to force the initiative.

 

We have surrendered the middle of the park to the opposition in 90% of the home games I have seen. It's not difficult to understand why we are so poor at home, it ain't rocket science.

 

Dickov has said recently that we have one of the best midfield pairings in the division........ Is he watching the same team?

Agree 100%

Thanks to whoever did a big shop with Asda Direct.

 

A nice little earner for PlayerShare.

 

 

 

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Just persuading the family to Christmas shop with player share .

utter :censored:e again aside from the goal - but what do you expect with Baxter missing and a defensive midfield?

 

not one of the players has it in their heads to control a ball, pass it and KEEP IT - the one time we kept the ball there were moans in the main stand and then we scored!!

 

Again PD says 'when Smith plays we go long too early' - :censored:ing do something about it then!!! Smith should have it played to him at ground level and then (when they can be arsed) get the midfield 2 forward - sick of the players longing it when thye have time to control and pass it and find a man.

 

The amount of times we did try and pass it 10 yards it went to their players - are we really THAT bad??

 

Get Furman out and Mellor in - someone who will get the ball, carry it and has a good left foot, with Wes as the defensive one.

 

Also, get on the men BEFORE they get the ball instead of sticking your arse out Furman marking the space, then when your man has already passed it you close him down!!!

 

Sick of our defensive tactics - no dynamism to our play at all and even both wingers come inside.

 

6 points but only just - SORT IT PD or GO!!!

Performances like that today , are just not good enough . Time to go for me

I'm convinced anyone who's voted for Penney as least favourite must be too young to remember Sharp.

+1

Crewe and Preston show what this team is capable off . Unfortunately two good performances from 17 is no where near good enough . Time to go Dickov

That was me . And some Christmas shopping with amazon and debenhams .

We started poorly, and that is becoming an increasing issue. When we have to work our way into a game we tend to struggle. Walsall came out of the blocks and we were chasing shadows for the opening few minutes. Bit by bit we gained a foothold despite not flowing, and constantly giving the ball away. The sum of our attacking threat was a well-saved Free-Kick from the out of sorts Simpson and a snapshot from the disappointing Slew. When the goal did come, although M'Changama (who was my MOM by a mile) hit it well enough, Grof should have thrown his cap on it. From then on until half-time we were on top but failed to create another clear cut effort.

 

Agreed ?

 

Second Half, plenty of possession but we either make the wrong choice or give the ball away. The equaliser when it came was no surprise, Furman, had, had a poor night playing too deep, wanting the ball when he simply couldn't affect the game and his cock-up was inevitable after needless backpass after backpass to Cisak. I agreed Slew had to come off, whether he was carrying a knock or not he had a poor night. As for Mantono, as well as Connor did at MK Mantono had looked a threat. The subs weakened us, as all attacking threat disappeared and pace disappeared.

 

Cisak - Nothing to do, but still nearly dropped a massive howler, similar to Grof's. Is concentration an issue?

Byrne - Good defensively, kills us going forward with his turns back or inside

JYM - Solid and dependable

Tarky - Did the simple things and stayed with his man, more like it!

Grounds - had a chance to seal the game, but overhit his cross. Looked good in pre-season, needs to push on more and up his game

Croft - Imo he flatters to deceive, but give the lad a target to Cross to!

Furman - Too much tippy, tappy :censored: that wasn't needed. Does he think he's better than he is? No need for him to be on the edge of his own box. Needs to work out the difference between tempo and a hot spud.

M'Changama - The one player who tried to keep us ticking over, all over the field, tackled well and fortunate with his goal MY MOM

Mantono - Much better than the other day, tried linking with the attack but did seem hesitant. Do Dickov's tactics hinder his off the cuff style?

Simpson - He had a poor night, carried on his whining and whingeing from MK. Needs to be in the box more and realise every move does not need to go through him.

Slew - Supposed to be quick, but seen none of that. Tries to get away with doing the bare minimum. Makes me weep that he is our number one target.

 

Hughes - No-one gave him the ball!!!!!

Taylor - No-where near ready for League One football

 

 

The manager: The biggest issue for me is that we are still trying the tactic of catching teams on the break but it hasn't worked for the 18 months the manager has employed the tactic, to do that you need a high tempo and runners from midfield, this simply doesn't happen. Instead we have players who confuse tempo with getting rid of the ball asap. Byrne is obviously a decent defender, but you watch him on Saturday, he gets to the halfway line then immediately turns back looking for a pass, terrified of leaving a gap behind him, same mostly with Grounds. Although there were a couple of overlaps last night we need that more often from BOTH full-backs. JYM and Tarky and consistently hoofing it up to Simpson which is a pisspoor tactic, JYM I can understand but Tarky can play football. Simpson worries me, he drops deep getting involved for a touch when he doesn't need to be there and if Slew was our number one target Paul, you should :censored: off now. That's 2 1/2 games now when he's not looked interested already, he's supposed to be quick!

 

 

How do we change this? Well first things first, we need to bin the trying to catch teams on the break at home tactic. Since Southampton destroyed us, Dickov has panicked and gone for damage limitation and if we don't get those early couple of goals we know what's coming.

 

(1) Allow the full-backs to overlap, if they are unable to bring fullbacks into the team that can

(2) We need a player in CM who can hold the ball and look around, oh for a Shez, Murray or Wellens. Young Burns who we binned was of this ilk...

(3) Win the ball in midfield, get it wide and cross the bugger, not piss-farting with tippy tappy inside.

(4) Get a big lad up front, or give Smith a proper go, it can't be any worse. With the instruction to hold the ball up and bring the wingers into play, then get on his bike into the box and cause havoc.

 

The easiest option for me would be to instruct the players to get the ball wide at every opportunity, you will not play through teams at our level as they're too well organised, so get it wide and load the box, play the percentages and please allow a midfielder to make forward runs.

 

 

It's going to be a long hard season, but there is hope there. Look at Tranmere's start, not a pot to piss in, full of kids and journeymen but they've put a team together. Sorry Paul, :censored: budget excuse doesn't wash.

 

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To be fair it must be very difficult To get thrown into a game late on and score with his first touches of the game like on Monday. That is why I personally will only write him of after he has had a run in the team. A run that dickov will never give him.

Sorry Gaz but he just ain't up to it . When he comes on you know it's game over !