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So therefore now was a good time to win if it was that long ago.
Oh what the hell, onwards and upwards - doddle next week West Ham away
Oh what the hell, onwards and upwards - doddle next week West Ham away
Charlies Shinpad said:The point is Yorkie as people have posted in another Thread we should be beating teams like Crewe as they are one of the so called easier games,and if we cant pick up points against teams like these it makes it a lot harder for us to beat better opposition.
Yorkie said:I do believe there are bogey teams and confidence is something that cannot be bought, borrowed or stolen.
Richie Morris said:I think it is embarrassing to lose to Crewe at home, especially in the manner we did. I also think McGhee has his faults.
- Also, the day before you play someone like Crewe the manager should not be in the paper saying a draw is a good result.
Yorkie said:How do you get players to play to the best of their ability all the time?
Yorkie said:Crewe beat us 3-1 three weeks ago, with us playing different tactics and some different players.(Quote)
So why couldnt MM use different tactics that work then?
I am not saying that McGhee shouldn't have done it differently but having watched both games I cannot see what more he could have done with the options open to him.
Maybe he should have thrown a strop at half time in the dressing room and told them to buck their ideas up or maybe he should have used the softly softly encouraging method.
How do you get players to play to the best of their ability all the time? (Quote)
I dont know as I am not the Manager,but MM is and it is his job to get them playing to the best of there ability every week
Having injuries the day before a match when training all week with one formation and having to change it because that person isn't available doesn't help.
Yorkie said:I cannot see what more he could have done with the options open to him.
Yorkie said:Crewe beat us 3-1 three weeks ago, with us playing different tactics and some different players.
What bright ideas would you have used yesterday?
I am not saying that McGhee shouldn't have done it differently but having watched both games I cannot see what more he could have done with the options open to him.
Maybe he should have thrown a strop at half time in the dressing room and told them to buck their ideas up or maybe he should have used the softly softly encouraging method.
How do you get players to play to the best of their ability all the time?
Having injuries the day before a match when training all week with one formation and having to change it because that person isn't available doesn't help.
London Irish said:Errr....who's stopping you? There was a bloke called, I think, Colin, on the phone-in on Saturday who spent most of his time criticising McGhee. I didn't agree with everything he said, but he made intelligent and perceptive point after point, and it was worth listening to - good stuff.
Then you got all the other spanners who came on afterwards who might as well just farted down the phone to let off steam given the utter poverty of their contributions. At least listening to farts can be funny sometimes, so listeners might have got something out of that at least.
No one questions people's right to criticise McGhee, it's the WAY you do it that's important. Too many people take a pop at McGhee just to let off steam without having thought of anything worthwhile to say. Listening to that time and time again just gets SO TEDIOUS.
oapdodge said:For a start we didn't have Cullip or Butters for that away game and I still believe they are our best central defence pairing.
I would have adopted the tactics that have worked for us most of the time.
Kuipers
Hinshelwood,Cullip,Butters,Harding
Currie,Nicholas,Carpenter,Hammond,
Knight,Robinson
In a 4-4-2.
Robinson came on against them away and nearly scored twice and caused them problems,didn't he ?
On the bench,El-Abd,Oatway,Roberts,Piercy,Reid.
It is a solid 4-4-2.
Who knows if it would have done any better but that is my opinion.I would have used Piercy as a change up front if and when required not thinking he could last a whole match.Oatway to give added steel to the midfield if required and Reid to replace Hammond or Currie if tiredness crept in,El-Abd as cover for the defence.
Curious Orange said:Leviathan thread.
My thoughts on yesterday:
Interesting game to watch in some ways. Our passing game was good, however it was brought in at the sacrifice of our defensive game. The protection our defence usually gets from the midfield was horribly absent for all three goals.
Going forward I thought Piercy showed some nice touches and linked play well, but he was obviously not match fit so no shock when he came off.
As an attacking fullback Little Hinsh is a great centreback. He doesn't have the confidence to whip in a cross - a fully fit Paul Watson would have been a better option.
Four players stood out for me yesterday - Leon Knight, Darren Currie (playing like he's realised he should have played at this level years ago and is making up for lost time), Alexis Nicolas, and Michel Kuipers.
Hopefully McGhee will have realised that trying to outplay sides in footballing terms is not something we're quite up to yet and will play a little bit more defensive in future. We need Chippy in there to give the back four a bit of protection.
A final word about Dan Harding, a lot of people have been muttering about him being a fullback. He actually regards himself as a centre midfielder, so it isn't that suprising that he was played there.