Subs Auton, Hume, Maher, Ainsley, Eisa, Wood, Andrews

Clifton into midfield to replace Holohan then, like the look of that

No Rose ?

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

Clifton into midfield to replace Holohan then, like the look of that

Or maybe Harry at wingback and Vernam in middle in front of Green and Thompson

Quoted from denni266

No Rose ?

Got injured at Crewe and DA said he was struggling to put weight on it. Don't think we'll see him again this season

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Or maybe Harry at wingback and Vernam in middle in front of Green and Thompson

Think if that was the case then we'd of brought Hume into the team over Harry

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

Got injured at Crewe and DA said he was struggling to put weight on it. Don't think we'll see him again this season

Give him a long summer , he deserves it

Quoted from Mappers

Give him a long summer , he deserves it

Yep. has earned his pay this season

Who's captain tonight?

Quoted from JK47

Who's captain tonight?

I’m guessing Thompson

Sky sports has it as a 3421 with vernham playing in a 10 behind Wilson and obikwu

Thompson took the armband off Rose when he went off so i'd assume him

Quoted from Mappers

Give him a long summer , he deserves it

Yep, but it gives me an excuse to rant again; a rookie and a player that wanted to leave up front and no striker on the bench…2 feckin seasons of making do up front it’s just sh!te, nth rant about this over.

Hope Clifton can recover some form.
Just a point then we can relax.

Quoted from SWMariner

Sky sports has it as a 3421 with vernham playing in a 10 behind Wilson and obikwu

Do you mean 3412 then if Vernam is behind Wilson and obikwu?

What a ground and what a view.

Feck, didn't realise they had Akinde pen

Quoted from JK47

Who's captain tonight?

Green

I think this is a big game for Clifton, an opportunity for him to show if he can play that midfield role in an Artell side

Ffs

what the intercourse is that town, absolutely male masturbation

Not ideal

Awful defending !!!

1-0 Colchester, half-hearted defending from Obikwu started all of that

Colchester 1-0 Town  :-/

excrement 1 0 down, straight down the middle again and score.

intercourse me that was awful . Midfield???????

That was flipping horrendous. Wtf is clifton doing. Wtf is our defence doing

Terrible that

Ffs. Weak tackle attempts in the middle of the park lead to a defence cutting pass to an unmarked man to chip Eastwood easily

Well that was a bit easy for them

Here comes the goal difference swing tonight?

Not the start we wanted

That’ll be that then. Worth a tenner.

On the plus side plenty of time to come back.

Who's the co-commentator?

Town think they are safe - bad plan

Quoted from buckstown

Who's the co-commentator?

Former town CB Ian Miller

Unfortunately, that will calm their nerves.

err??

Balls in the box are appalling

Can't we just once, just once deliver the ball correctly in a free kick? Is it that much to ask?

Anyone still think this squad doesn't need major surgery in the summer?

This ref's completely blind, most obvious town corner in the world and he gives a goal kick

Clifton all over the place out of possession chasing the ball, it's schoolboy stuff

I have no idea what Artell sees in Obikwu?

Clifton is having a horror show

My lad just asked what Clifton actually does

Drinks break while one of theirs is down

Anyone got a link to the commentary?

I have no idea what Harry is supposed to be doing - most worrying, he doesn’t seem to know either.

Harrys shown in 15 minutes why he cannot play in central midfield

We look absolutely f****ng clueless again

Quoted from immariner

Tharme looking dodgy in complete contrast to Saturday

He’s trying to defend and plug the gap in midfield because Clifton is crap

Chalk and cheese performance compared to Saturday so far. We look rushed, lacking composure, soft and slow.
M

Ref giving anything with physical contact. No rhythm in the game at all

Obikwu is naive.

Obikwu is useless, what DA see's in him I don't know. Lazy, can't tackle, pushed of the ball and will not run like Rose does. He starts to sprint after the ball and then jogsl

Our set piece delivery is woeful and has been for years. A set piece specialist (who is also a good footballer!) is a must in the summer

Obikwu is just terrible he bitterly losses the ball every single time every single match so frustrating why is he always playing very strange

Doesn't beat the first man.  

Get Clifton off at half time, he's having a stinker

Clifton, absolutely SHITE

Really poor set pieces this evening.

Oh wtf was that harry for christ sake

Only player looking fit for purpose is Vernam, though his crosses have been poor too

Quoted from DB

Obikwu is useless, what DA see's in him I don't know. Lazy, can't tackle, pushed of the ball and will not run like Rose does. He starts to sprint after the ball and then jogsl

I suspect it’s more about being seen to give loanees game time so we keep attracting them, well that’s my conspiracy theory anyway.

Clifton has had 3 touches in 27 mins one complete pass

Quoted from lee65

Only player looking fit for purpose is Vernam, though his crosses have been poor too

If he can’t find a town player with the ball how is he serving his purpose?

Someone on here on Monday tried to tell me that Chad’s delivery was better than Glenno

Nobody bothered to tackle when the shot came in, just past the post. The attacker had loads of time.

Oh for another Akinde!

Quoted from lee65

Only player looking fit for purpose is Vernam, though his crosses have been poor too

His  crosses have not beaten the first man or gone out of play. He’s been as crap as the rest.

Quoted from immariner

Parted like the Red Sea, no idea what Tharme was doing. Obikwu needs to grow a pair and stop shirking challenges

urine weak from Obikwu in the first instance.

Promising attack goes to Clifton and dies.. rinse and repeat

Great play from Wilson.

Why can we not play well for more than the odd game

Corner, straight to their keeper and we're offside. Classic.

What a block Tharme!

Quoted from Plankton

Corner, straight to their keeper and we're offside. Classic.

Read what you've just said and realise how stupid you are  ;D

Tharme, brilliant, the rest of them absolutely rubbish. They have free men in and around our box on every attack, what are they playing at

Tharme saved us there

Tharme clears off the line!

That GD is looking fragile

Get Clifton off at half time

FFS Chaz
Why can't ye put in a decent ball in to the box.

Thompson being pulled all over the place because Green and Clifton are massively out the game

They’re going to score another soon.

Clifton is absolute gubbins in centre mid.

intercourse me we’re looking shite.

Quoted from davmariner

intercourse me we’re looking shite.

Crewe looks like a fix now  ;D

Total opposite to Saturday  :B

Quoted from davmariner

intercourse me we’re looking shite.

You sound surprised.

Mullarkey's flipping blind as well, clown

How on earth did Mullarkey not see the last touch there?

The nominations for man of the match are????

This is really really poor

It seems we’ve forgotten how to pass the ball again

It's hard to believe we won 3 0 on Saturday. They are totally abysmal tonight, I hope we can hang on till HT and DA sorts them out.

Crewe had about 10 players out injured last Saturday. If they had a fully fit squad I doubt they'd have been anywhere near as dogshit as they were.

Ffs give the corner kicks to someone else to have a go.

Much better hold up play from Obikwu there



And now he’s just fallen over. Forget it

If Obikwu can’t do something with a ball in the box like that he’s never going to have a career

intercourse me Obikwu

Wilson seems to be working hard , I’ve got a feeling he’ll notch tonight  

Lest we forget FGR were three up at Crewe in 25 minutes. The good news is we've been pants are were still in the game

Obikwu must score there

Only two and half games left 😀

Obikwu is flipping mince, complete junk

Great awareness from Green, Obikwu should do better.

Vernham is boring me now

Quoted from Plankton

Obikwu must score there

Useless tw@t !!

Obikwu not you BTW mate 😂😂😂

Quoted from Chrisblor

Crewe had about 10 players out injured last Saturday. If they had a fully fit squad I doubt they'd have been anywhere near as dogshit as they were.

Did they hell.

As excrement as we've been, these are awful...

Well that was excrement

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Useless tw@t !!

Obikwu not you BTW mate 😂😂😂

To be fair I probably couldn't score that either  ;D

Sitter get that clown Obikwu off he’s terrible

Wasn't impressed with Obikwu's defending for their goal, but some of the comments in here are now bordering on abusive.

Let's maybe calm it down lads. He's only 20, and as Artell has made very clear the players do see this stuff.

We came back into that the last ten minutes , hopefully we can get something from this

It’s a game of two very poor teams

Lets hope the players don't read this  8)

Unfortunately Obikwu looks every bit an Under 23 player - which of course he is. Some of the other players haven't got that excuse.

Quoted from mariner91

Clifton is absolute gubbins in centre mid.

Sadly he's been pretty rubbish for most of this season. We need better.

All we need is a solid performance to earn a draw tonight.

Is that too much to ask ?!?! :B

Quoted from Chrisblor

Obikwu is flipping mince, complete junk

To be fair to him, that was a hell of a last ditch block

Well half time and we have been excrement.
Chaz and Harry have been gash.
Didn't know Green was playing until he put the ball in for Obikwu in the 45th minute.
Thompson huffed and puffed.
Back three looking OK apart from that, utter dross.
We need to be miles better in the second half or they will run away with the game.

Got to be better second half , can't believe we emptied the middle of the park for that goal , I thought we had learnt our lesson in that respect . One of those games that makes you think 'get rid of the lot ' whereas Saturday was one that made you think 'maybe keep a few ' i think with head and not heart closer to the former not the latter is probably the requirement if we want a much better season next time out . Too much inconsistency from too many players on too much of a regular basis imo.

Artell needs to get stuck into the players as that was so unprofessional, they need reminding people have paid and not been paid to make that trip twice

I like Obikwu and let’s be honest if he was “ one of our own “ we’d be pleased we’ve got him .

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

It’s a game of two very poor teams

But we’re miles more shat than them.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Lets hope the players don't read this  8)

Maybe someone should make them

Quoted from MaccasBoots

Wasn't impressed with Obikwu's defending for their goal, but some of the comments in here are now bordering on abusive.

Let's maybe calm it down lads. He's only 20, and as Artell has made very clear the players do see this stuff.

He's not alone, most of this squad are crap.

If they do read this then please come on and explain why they are so crap.

Quoted from It Bites

I like Obikwu and let’s be honest if he was “ one of our own “ we’d be pleased we’ve got him .

We’d have probably sold him by now.

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

It’s a game of two very poor teams

The league table would appear to back your assessment 😉

Quoted from chipsandgravy

Did they hell.

Why are you being so aggressive? They had a significant number of players who'd played a lot of minutes out for them on Saturday. Here's their actual manager bemoaning the number of injuries they currently have in his post match interview from Saturday:

Quoted from It Bites

I like Obikwu and let’s be honest if he was “ one of our own “ we’d be pleased we’ve got him .

He’s dreadful, hopefully a maximum of 2 more appearances in a Town shirt 🙏

Chuck Eisa on. Least he might shoot


Vernams delivery has been disgraceful, its amazing how these footballers are incapable of doing the utter basics of football

Quoted from Quagmire

He’s dreadful, hopefully a maximum of 2 more appearances in a Town shirt 🙏

You’re wrong . He will have a good career , much better than most he’s playing with today .

Quoted from It Bites

You’re wrong . He will have a good career , much better than most he’s playing with today .

Absolutely no chance 😂

Quoted from It Bites

I like Obikwu and let’s be honest if he was “ one of our own “ we’d be pleased we’ve got him .

When he is good he's very good. The problem for him is he's also very poor and the poor part of his game exceeds his good time. The 2 main things is that he is often bullied of the ball and will not chase lost causes like Rose. He starts to chase, then trots, then jogs a bit and finally gives up.

His age has nothing to do with it, if he's part of a team then that's it. Plenty of other have played at much higher levels at his age, he needs to buckle down and get stuck in.

Quoted from GrimPol

Obikwu is naive.

That's not the word I'd use. 😡

Is it time to give Ainley a bit longer on the pitch - he has a pedigree well above the rest of the bench…?

Quoted from It Bites

I like Obikwu and let’s be honest if he was “ one of our own “ we’d be pleased we’ve got him .

We have better in Gardner. Obikwu just doesn't understand his role defensively. Looks like he thinks 'it's just not fair' when he has the ball taken from him.

We need to keep the score down. I would sub him for Andrews to give support in midfield. Acres of space in there when our attacks break down.

Starting with Obikwu was always a risk when possession is key.

I'm a fan of Clifton but he shouldn't be being used in CM outside of emergencies, certainly not starting, he just isn't good enough there. Obikwu, how does he keep getting picked - really worries mebthat Artell clearly rates him. Vernams crosses and set pieces have been abysmal

Obikwu booked for diving. There was a delay between the 'contact' and him going down

Embarrassing Obikwu, stay on your feet and put the cross in ffs

Quoted from Chrisblor

Embarrassing Obikwu, stay on your feet and put the cross in ffs

Or go down when the tackle actually went in….

Let’s just float every cross in badly shall we

Quoted from toontown

I'm a fan of Clifton but he shouldn't be being used in CM outside of emergencies, certainly not starting, he just isn't good enough there. Obikwu, how does he keep getting picked - really worries mebthat Artell clearly rates him. Vernams crosses and set pieces have been abysmal

Good point with Gardner

Much better from Obikwu



Now we’re seeing the cowleys at work here. Slowing the game down. Thats why i cant stand the smarmy girl privates

Interesting that many commentators on this thread say how dreadful Harry Clifton is - but the Town management don’t seem to agree - so far

Quoted from toontown

I'm a fan of Clifton but he shouldn't be being used in CM outside of emergencies, certainly not starting, he just isn't good enough there. Obikwu, how does he keep getting picked - really worries mebthat Artell clearly rates him. Vernams crosses and set pieces have been abysmal

But it's not just DA. Craig Disley shouted his praises at Crewe and I listened to the Harrogate commentators who thought Obikwu was brilliant. Like most on here, I don't see him as any good and definitely not next season.

Quoted from Hagrid

Much better from Obikwu



Now we’re seeing the cowleys at work here. Slowing the game down. Thats why i cant stand the smarmy girl privates

Totally agree.
PE Teaching twit

Final pass is so bad tonight it’s killing us

I’m amazed we can’t find someone in the same colour shirt when we play a ball into the box.

I’ll be amazed if we score tonight from what we’ve seen so far.

So wasteful with the ball that we're giving them chances on the counter... every time trying to force it.

So close to being 2-0 down

Well is there miss the start of our recovery, hope so.

That’s why we stopped playing out from the back

Get Chaz off he's a liability

Back to slow running and poor passing with rubbish set pieces.

Allowing Colchester physical play to get at us in all areas.

Struggling to see where an equaliser will come from tonight.

Quoted from TAGG

Get Chaz off he's a liability

Obikwu off, bring Hume on or Ainley on and push Harry to LWB and push Chas into 10?

Speaking of strikers Orsi just scored his 18th goal in 44 games. Why couldn't he buy a game while here?

Comeon town   just need one of those draws we seem to be good at

Not defending Obikwu, but very suprised to see the pelters he's getting on here whilst Wilson gets away scot free. Been pretty anonymous again tonight.

Get Obikwu off.

Thompson off

I have to say I don't understand that

I hope Thompson is injured

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Speaking of strikers Orsi just scored his 18th goal in 44 games. Why couldn't he buy a game while here?

Get out here…we are not allowed to mention him anymore…

ahahahahahah taking our best midfielder off, absolutely mad substitution

Thompson off Wood on ?

Wood for Thompson

DA thinking ahead to Saturday already

Quoted from It Bites

I hope Thompson is injured

Strange thing to hope for.

Get Clifton off. Now

Clifton fails to shoot!

leaving Clifton on to ruin all our attacking moves, brilliant

Quoted from Neilo83

Strange thing to hope for.

Strange to take him off

WTF was Clifton doing there?

Quoted from Hagrid

Get Clifton off. Now

certainly not the player he was last season

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Wood for Thompson

DA thinking ahead to Saturday already

Or later on tonight

Looks like Thompson being rested for next game.
This game?

Quoted from sonofmadeleymariner

Speaking of strikers Orsi just scored his 18th goal in 44 games. Why couldn't he buy a game while here?

Because if a striker didn’t score after 2 games Hurst would drop them.

If there’s a bad option all out players seem to make it , the only exception has been Thompson who always seems to make it look simple and easy

Had to fall to him... how you not hitting the target at least

Another Clifton epic fail

Deary me Clifton

Harry misses a sitter, time for him to go.

If ever a miss summed up a players season

Huge chance Clifton, free header flicked wide

Brilliant movement there . Unlucky for Clifton

Harry needs a change of clubs

Clifton did well to win that freekick

Harry Wood been our best player since he's come on

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Harry needs a change of clubs

Perhaps he should use Irons instead of woods

Wilson is another one who needs exiting in the summer.

Eisa coming on then for………………???

Green Clifton or obikwu ?

Quoted from DB

Perhaps he should use Irons instead of woods

Perhaps golf is his game

Ok….smith

Eisa on for Smith, time for a wonder goal

Attacking sub. Let's get a goal town

Should have hooked Vernam

intercourse off 2-0

Freak goal, 2-0

flipping male masturbation again. Tharme passing the ball straight to a Colchester player under zero pressure.

Match over 2  0 down and Clifton can't defend

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Perhaps golf is his game

Nah, just needs new socks. He’s got a hole in one

Hopeless

Game over, Tharme, Clifton & Eastwood f*****g pathetic

God it really is awful.

Colchester are garbage they don’t deserve to win this game anyway they have been just as bad there shite too

Surprise, surprise it’s from playing out.

intercourse off

Quoted from MaccasBoots

Freak goal, 2-0

Nah he meant that. Useless from our defence

Bo****ks

We really are dog excrement

Shite

Pratting about at the back again when under pressure

Good save

Back to doing things the hard way

Let's not concede any more lads.

-8 difference now
Surely Not
Come on Town!!

Well that shot from Wood was excellent, we should have started with him

We have been crap , but worse we will have to play against Cowley ball twice next season - it's an awful watch they must have wasted 10 mins + this half but bet it won't be added on

Preserve the goal difference now please, we ain't scoring.

Thank fk for Crewe. If anyone was in any doubt about what needs to happen in the summer, this should make it clear. The owners need some very deep pockets.

Say what you like about Akinde, he's completely bossed our centre halfs tonight.

Doh! Colchester close to safety - Town closer to third from bottom

Say what you like about Akinde, he's completely bossed our centre halfs tonight.

For those that think Tharme is really good, I'm sorry but he is just as excrement as the rest of them.

Quoted from Mappers

We have been crap , but worse we will have to play against Cowley ball twice next season - it's an awful watch thry must have wasted 10 mins + this half but bet it won't be added on

We have been better than them and that says something . They are dreadful an awful watch. Typical Cowley P.E teacher ball pathetic football and time wasted all half proper joke them lot are hate them

Get your checkbook out Stockwood  .We need a big clear out in the summer

Quoted from Chrisblor

flipping male masturbation again. Tharme passing the ball straight to a Colchester player under zero pressure.

Rodgers at fault for me, why is he passing it square to Tharme there with a Colchester player within 5 yards of him and (as usual) no Town player for Tharme to pass to?

Quoted from Wrights35

We have been better than them and that says something . They are dreadful an awful watch. Typical Cowley P.E teacher ball pathetic football and time wasted all half proper joke them lot are hate them

And yet they are winning 2-0.

We’ve taken till 83 minutes to force the keeper to make a save

Quoted from drew peacock

Say what you like about Akinde, he's completely bossed our centre halfs tonight.

FFS only a few minutes ago the old twit outpaced Tharme.

By the look of the team selection and the subs I don’t think we even expected anything from this tonight

What a dreadful season.
Promised lots, delivered nothing. Lucky to still be staying up , presuming we do.

The crewe result papered over the grand canyon. Most of these players need moving on

Quoted from Quagmire

Rodgers at fault for me, why is he passing it square to Tharme there with a Colchester player within 5 yards of him and (as usual) no Town player for Tharme to pass to?

Rodgers giving hospital passes is nothing new, but if Tharme's not got any options he should be intelligent enough just to launch it instead of hammering it straight along the ground to a Colchester player in the middle of the pitch.

Quoted from Hagrid

And yet they are winning 2-0.

We’ve taken till 83 minutes to force the keeper to make a save

Yeah still had more possession and shots and corners than them . Both been rubbish but they are worse and prob finish below us

Quoted from grimps

By the look of the team selection and the subs I don’t think we even expected anything from this tonight

That's what I thought at 6.45 when the team was announced. Whatever DA's plan is/was it hasn't worked.

Still stand by keep Charles Tharme rose and Thompson the rest can fook off

Eisa isn't even attempting to tackle

Quoted from Plankton

Eisa isn't even attempting to tackle

Hasn't tried all season, barring the screamers he does nothing

Plan was to nick a point, I suppose. Might have managed it if Rose was fit and we didn't miss too many chances (as usual) as well as conceding soft goals (as usual).

Just can't wait for this god awful season to finish.

Quoted from Plankton

Eisa isn't even attempting to tackle

He lost interest weeks ago

We have absolutely ZERO quality.

Quoted from Plankton

Eisa isn't even attempting to tackle

He looks like a throwback to the Newell team. Could not give a flying fuk.

Straight red for them

Deserved straight red that, disgusting tackle on Obikwu. Typical Cowley team

Quoted from Chrisblor

Deserved straight red that, disgusting tackle on Obikwu. Typical Cowley team

It was so unnecessary and dirty.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

He looks like a throwback to the Newell team. Could not give a flying fuk.

Even with his spectacular goals, probably the worst summer acquisition…

Quoted from Chrisblor

Deserved straight red that, disgusting tackle on Obikwu. Typical Cowley team

P.E teacher cowley ball they had it last game red card and today another red card mixed in with the long ball and time wasting proper Cowley ball pathetic

Good play by Obikwu

Fu(k me that was a terrible challenge when they are, to be fair, home and dry

Vegans relegated. Only thing to be happy about today. Not confident we won't be joining them.

Quoted from Wrights35

P.E teacher cowley ball they had it last game red card and today another red card mixed in with the long ball and time wasting proper Cowley ball pathetic

They are not against their players 'doing' opposition players ,saw it at Lincoln .

Well we need three 2-0 defeats combined with two 2-0 victories for Sutton to sneak above us and send us down - we've done the first one. Well done town, the great relegation snatched from the jaws of mere mediocrity is still on.

Only 180 minutes of this drivel left. Keep strong people, we are almost there. :'( :'(

Quoted from BenBB

Vegans relegated. Only thing to be happy about today. Not confident we won't be joining them.

Grimsby will not be joining them for sure

Christ on a bike, that was f*cking awful.

Shocking performance. What world are people in that they think we should be keeping Green and Clifton. This squad is useless

Can we NEVER have Ian Miller on comms ever again?  Ta.

Quoted from Wrights35

Grimsby will not be joining them for sure

Need to get a point, our players seem not to be capable of that.

Don’t think we would have scored a goal if we had played on till midnight, we just lacked that bit of quality in front of goal tonight but Clifton should have put that header away.

Sutton need a miracle to stay up (is the best spin I can put on this season)

Quoted from BenBB

Need to get a point, our players seem not to be capable of that.

You sure we do ? You not seen the goal difference. I am very very confident grimsby will not be relegated from this position it is highly unlikely as shown by the odds and news outlets. Got more than a point against Newport and Crewe recently

Quoted from Hagrid

Shocking performance. What world are people in that they think we should be keeping Green and Clifton. This squad is useless

Couldn’t agree more. Can’t blame Artell for the dross that Hurst left him with or the owners for letting it happen.

Back to useless virtually no decent shots complete lack of strength and pace throughout the team usual result against a team of giants. Still 2 more chances to get the point
Game was just like earlier in season let an early goal in then huff n puff look better 2nd half because the opponents just sit back waiting for a breakaway

I do feel sorry for the 440 fans who made the trip to see such a dire performance. Artell should make the players pay for their expenses.

A big thank you to each and every one of you and a safe journey home.

Quoted from JK47

Can we NEVER have Ian Miller on comms ever again?  Ta.

He was f*****g awful.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

He was f*****g awful.

Bit harsh, thought he did well enough, don't think it's as easy as people imagine.

As all of our Management team were defenders maybe an important acquisition for next season would be a coach that was a striker because our creativity in the final third is almost non existent.

This season has just drained all of the feel good factor.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Yep, but it gives me an excuse to rant again; a rookie and a player that wanted to leave up front and no striker on the bench…2 feckin seasons of making do up front it’s just sh!te, nth rant about this over.

No truer word spoken.

Quoted from chipsandgravy

As all of our Management team were defenders maybe an important acquisition for next season would be a coach that was a striker because our creativity in the final third is almost non existent.

Not this shite again.... Ben Davies was not a defender. He played attacking midfield, only was it here he went to right back due to his legs going.

Seen a couple of people say that this squad isn’t as bad as people make out. Which is some of the biggest guff I’ve ever read on here. We’re 44 games in to the season, the table doesn’t lie. There’s literally only three players who I would miss if they were to leave, the rest of them would leave with at best a shrug. Some of them I would actively drive to another club if it helped. We’ve not managed consecutive wins for virtually an entire season. We’ve put in probably two or three performances at most that were good for a full 90 minutes but then inevitably go to complete shít again the next game.

The squad needs a massive overhaul. Hurst’s summer recruitment and his squad planning has absolutely shafted any momentum we had. It’s a tough gig running a football club but if we want to distance ourselves from being here again next season then the wallets are going to need to be opened.

I can't remember the last time (or any time?) where a player has gone from good to really poor in one season. Talking about Clifton here, who I thought was really useful last season, but has barely had a good performance this season. I realise he's been in and out of the team and has played all over the place, but he's really failed at the basics when he was perfectly competent last season, if not brilliant.

We're still in the box seat to survive, but I wouldn't put it past this bunch to chuck it away.

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

Not this shite again.... Ben Davies was not a defender. He played attacking midfield, only was it here he went to right back due to his legs going.

Oh my mistake and therefore what a job he's doing!

Quoted from Maringer

I can't remember the last time (or any time?) where a player has gone from good to really poor in one season. Talking about Clifton here, who I thought was really useful last season, but has barely had a good performance this season. I realise he's been in and out of the team and has played all over the place, but he's really failed at the basics when he was perfectly competent last season, if not brilliant.

We're still in the box seat to survive, but I wouldn't put it past this bunch to chuck it away.

Sutton need a mini miracle

What a terrible season the sooner it’s over the better
Why are we so so poor
We should be ok for safety by the narrowest of margins
But it’s just not good enough v our potential
Come on Town!!

Quoted from Maringer

I can't remember the last time (or any time?) where a player has gone from good to really poor in one season. Talking about Clifton here, who I thought was really useful last season, but has barely had a good performance this season. I realise he's been in and out of the team and has played all over the place, but he's really failed at the basics when he was perfectly competent last season, if not brilliant.

We're still in the box seat to survive, but I wouldn't put it past this bunch to chuck it away.

I want Harry to be successful but he seems incapable of passing to another Grimsby player. He was woeful tonight.

But he was in good company.

Crawley have the third best away record in the league and need the W to cement their place in the play offs , Sutton on the other hand have a terrible home record …… 4/0 home win incoming

A positive note is that Crawley are in the playoffs. Last season they missed relegation by 3 points and ended up 3rd from bottom. Most on here, and beyond, gave them no chance in August and were certain relegation candidates.

Let's hope next season we do a Crawley.

Best thing to do is beat a poor Swindon side on Saturday

Wouldn't fancy going to Crawley needing something, with them maybe needing a win to secure a play off spot.

Hopefully, they get that win at Sutton on Saturday.

Another long drawn out nail biting season at the wrong end of the table grinds on.

Quoted from chipsandgravy

As all of our Management team were defenders maybe an important acquisition for next season would be a coach that was a striker because our creativity in the final third is almost non existent.

The criteria for our coaching staff is based on if your a nice guy nothing to do with coaching ability

Quoted from HertsGTFC

He was f*****g awful.

I think you are taking it out on someone who said it as he saw it.
Very little you can say when the into the box crosses were either too long or didn't get past the first man. The long throw in wasn't useful as we didn't get our heads on it, and our passing was woeful. I sometimes think our team is colourblind as they pass to the opposition. He was trying to be polite when the team that played Saturday didn't turn up on Tuesday. Just be glad we have a buffer, although I have no idea why we aren't bottom the way have played all season. Two more purgatory games to go.

Difference between 2 pss poor teams was Akinde

Quoted from GrimPol

I think you are taking it out on someone who said it as he saw it.
Very little you can say when the into the box crosses were either too long or didn't get past the first man. The long throw in wasn't useful as we didn't get our heads on it, and our passing was woeful. I sometimes think our team is colourblind as they pass to the opposition. He was trying to be polite when the team that played Saturday didn't turn up on Tuesday. Just be glad we have a buffer, although I have no idea why we aren't bottom the way have played all season. Two more purgatory games to go.

He gets invited to do the Town co-commentary & then takes the p1ss out of one of our better captains in recent years?

Quoted from golfer

Difference between 2 pss poor teams was Akinde

I’m nearly 50 and I reckon I could run faster than him , I could probably go down as easy too

Quoted from HertsGTFC

He gets invited to do the Town co-commentary & then takes the p1ss out of one of our better captains in recent years?

He player with Dis, it’ll just have been a bit of banter

Clifton and Obiwu should have taken their chances but once again couldn’t

Quoted from golfer

Difference between 2 pss poor teams was Akinde

We could do with somebody like him next season.

Quoted from DB

We could do with somebody like him next season.

We’ve needed someone like that for the majority of the last 20 seasons…

Quoted from HertsGTFC

He gets invited to do the Town co-commentary & then takes the p1ss out of one of our better captains in recent years?

It was a bit of banter about an old teammate. Nothing to see here.

Quoted from Wrights35

Sutton need a mini miracle

If Sutton manage two 2-0 wins, and we turn in two 2-0 losses we are down.

Hardly beyond the realms of possibility.

Quoted from DB

We could do with somebody like him next season.

We’re been saying that for a decade. Hurst tried to sign him in his first spell here and he turned us down choosing Barnet instead.

Quoted from chipsandgravy

As all of our Management team were defenders maybe an important acquisition for next season would be a coach that was a striker because our creativity in the final third is almost non existent.

FFS how many more backroom staff do we need?

Quoted from ska face

If Sutton manage two 2-0 wins, and we turn in two 2-0 losses we are down.

Hardly beyond the realms of possibility.

We will see won’t we I know where my money is going Sutton against crawley and m k dons hmmmm

Quoted from davmariner

It was a bit of banter about an old teammate. Nothing to see here.

I was being ironic TBH

Im amazed artell thinks we were the better side and gave a good account of ourselves

2 awful sides

Mani was released too soon.

Orsi wanted away but has shown he can score at this level.

Clifton has lost his shooting boots.

Eisa proved again tonight how lazy he is.

Sadly, all of the poor play came out again tonight.

Colchester set up to hit us hard and Fevrier was their best player on the breaks.

We were far too slow all over the pitch and set pieces were all wasted.

Poor performance and lack of guile or skill up front.

Just hope that we limp over the line by season end.

Artell will have a red hot outgoing phone trying to upgrade this team for next season.

Big clear out needed at season end with no sentiment.

Quoted from arryarryarry

FFS how many more backroom staff do we need?

The problem is in the midfield to be honest.

Quoted from acko338

Mani was released too soon.

Orsi wanted away but has shown he can score at this level.

Clifton has lost his shooting boots.

Eisa proved again tonight how lazy he is.

Sadly, all of the poor play came out again tonight.

Colchester set up to hit us hard and Fevrier was their best player on the breaks.

We were far too slow all over the pitch and set pieces were all wasted.

Poor performance and lack of guile or skill up front.

Just hope that we limp over the line by season end.

Artell will have a red hot outgoing phone trying to upgrade this team for next season.

Big clear out needed at season end with no sentiment.

Mani wasn’t good enough mate, Orsi would have stayed but Hurst told him he could go as he wasn’t going to be playing every week again.

We desperately need much more up front and have now for a couple of years. The daft thing is we let Orsi go last year and tonight he hit his 18th goal of the season. We can't for the life of us spot a decent player, (even when he is right under our noses) but somehow we manage to spot a lot of rubbish and sign them on long contracts.
Just listened to DA interview on RH and i just can't believe what he had to say... It's no wonder we are failing!!!

I still can't stand DA's interviews - he thinks we were comfortably the better team and should have won that game? They scored two, had one cleared off the line and hit the post, whereas our first shot on target came in the last moments of the game.

I understand that he has to look on the bright side to keep the players motivated, but it's not reassuring at all when he seems to see a different game to the rest of us.

Quoted from Venny

I still can't stand DA's interviews - he thinks we were comfortably the better team and should have won that game? They scored two, had one cleared off the line and hit the post, whereas our first shot on target came in the last moments of the game.

I understand that he has to look on the bright side to keep the players motivated, but it's not reassuring at all when he seems to see a different game to the rest of us.

While I don't neccesarily agree that we were comfortably the better team, you are equally making us sound worse than we were. We had more shots on target than them, Clifton missed a header he really should have scored, we should have scored just before half time when their goalie copulated up, and Wood has had a good effort saved. It's another game of not taking chances that come our way and find a way to lose a close game.

Quoted from arryarryarry

FFS how many more backroom staff do we need?

About 40 would be useful, or just 2 or 3 'better' ones would do.

Quoted from acko338

Mani was released too soon.

Orsi wanted away but has shown he can score at this level.

Clifton has lost his shooting boots.

Eisa proved again tonight how lazy he is.

Sadly, all of the poor play came out again tonight.

Colchester set up to hit us hard and Fevrier was their best player on the breaks.

We were far too slow all over the pitch and set pieces were all wasted.

Poor performance and lack of guile or skill up front.

Just hope that we limp over the line by season end.

Artell will have a red hot outgoing phone trying to upgrade this team for next season.

Big clear out needed at season end with no sentiment.

Since DA’s epiphany post Donny the shortcomings are down to squad IMHO. The squad was unbalanced from the outset this season and there was too much to do to rectify this in the window. The Crocombe and Orsi decisions have been much discussed and were very ill-judged without nailed on improvements in the bag. The Eisa and CV signings and lack of a box to box hi-energy midfielder indicate PH saw Harry very much as a CM with Conteh sitting deeper and then one of Gav or Green alongside. I think Conteh and Thompson together would have been beautiful…

We always looked a CB short and PH misjudged the abilities of Rodger to be both a Waterfall upgrade and a replacement for Andy Smith. I think Michee’s qualities were underrated, there were shortcomings sure but neither Mullarkey at RB/CB nor Smith as RWB for that matter is an upgrade.

In PH’s defence though I don’t think he could be have anticipated the loss of form of Glennon (or maybe opposing managers identified his weaknesses) and the complete failure of Alex Hunt to kick on.

Well it will come down to the Swindon game. If we can’t get a point  from that we deserve to go down.

I don’t remember ever seeing such a Jeckyll and Hyde team as this one.

Only managed to watch the second half and up until they got their 2nd we absolutely dominated them and they looked awful. Goal out of nowhere then it went to excrement.

Very interested to see the season ticket pricing , the 5-10% increase seen by most other clubs  (it would take some over £400) seems hard to justify after this awful season .

Inflation has been high over the past couple of years, prices don't go down when inflation falls, so what else is the choice? If all your costs have gone up, not raising ticket prices means you start to lose more money.

Quoted from Mappers

Very interested to see the season ticket pricing , the 5-10% increase seen by most other clubs  (it would take some over £400) seems hard to justify after this awful season .

If we stay up the price will go up, remember we’re paying to watch next season not this debacle.

The bit I don’t understand & what makes me really angry is how careless & irresponsible our players are with the ball. When they get close to the box they either just sling it in & hope for the best or take a pot shot, there is zero composure & even less quality.

Quoted from Maringer

Inflation has been high over the past couple of years, prices don't go down when inflation falls, so what else is the choice? If all your costs have gone up, not raising ticket prices means you start to lose more money.

I do understand that .

I just think it's too high for a club in an area not particularly flush for cash , after such a rough season especially .

Last season our prices (i was intrigued last summer because I'm sad ) for the cheapest adult season ticket was the 4th highest in the league - so we have effectively paid the 4th highest to be the 4th worst at best . If we raise the price by inflation it will probably be 2nd or 3rd highest judging on the pricing of other clubs so far .

For early bird tickets last season we were top 6 over all the categories (junior/oap etc) for season tickets .

I just think it's getting to the stage (not just us)that it's too expensive , maybe I'm on my own and people will be quite happy to run with inflation and pay £500-£600 for a ST in 4 or 5 years .

Quoted from HertsGTFC

If we stay up the price will go up, remember we’re paying to watch next season not this debacle.

The bit I don’t understand & what makes me really angry is how careless & irresponsible our players are with the ball. When they get close to the box they either just sling it in & hope for the best or take a pot shot, there is zero composure & even less quality.

Makes me angry too. There is a marked lack of intelligence in both players and manager. All the evidence is that Obikwu and Wilson operate as individuals rather than a partnership and the ball is lost very quickly. This means our midfield has too much space to cover defensively. Go with one up top, extra midfielder and play a shorter game so fewer gaps appear. Thompson was asked to do too much after his exertions at Crewe.

If Artell thought we were the better team because Colchester stayed compact, as we should have done, then he is no tactician. We were never going to have the same energy as at Crewe so keeping the ball was crucial.

Wood is an attacking midfielder with a good eye for a shot and should replace Obikwu on Saturday.

One thing I have been surprised about is the tactical nous of the manager.

He spoke when he arrived of watching the games from the stands to get a better overall view of the game and being able to change things as a result.

Apart from the clear the air meeting after Doncaster,  there hasn't been much evidence of a tactical genius at work in our formations or changes within games. Perhaps he knows the players aren't up to it so is keeping his powder dry for next season.

I'm desperate for him, anybody really, to put together a decent side which is not a lot to ask given our support and financial stability as a club.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

One thing I have been surprised about is the tactical nous of the manager.

He spoke when he arrived of watching the games from the stands to get a better overall view of the game and being able to change things as a result.

Apart from the clear the air meeting after Doncaster,  there hasn't been much evidence of a tactical genius at work in our formations or changes within games. Perhaps he knows the players aren't up to it so is keeping his powder dry for next season.

I'm desperate for him, anybody really, to put together a decent side which is not a lot to ask given our support and financial stability as a club.

I think he's exceptionally limited tactically by the fact we're just so short of quality and pace throughout the side. What can you do to change things up? Most of our central midfielders aren't good enough and are much of a muchness. The wide players we have are Vernam who has been injured a lot, Eisa who's one of the laziest and least contributing players we've ever had barring his worldies and Gnahoua who although tidy and hard working has really not delivered an end product at all.  Our strikers are Rose who is excellent, Wilson who is inconsistent as his career stats show, Pyke who's shite up front and Obikwu who's a young lad who often looks uninterested. We've not really got any defenders capable of playing in a back four, certainly not in a back four behind our inept midfield. So what can you do? He's shored things up for sure on the mess we were in at the start of this year but you can't go more direct as we have no height or pace, we can't not have five at the back cause we'd start conceding loads again and our strikers are generally a bit shite. He showed against MK Dons that he can get it tactically spot on in the right circumstances and although some of his substitutions and starting line ups have baffled me, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until he has a squad that isn't fooking terrible.

Quoted from mariner91

I think he's exceptionally limited tactically by the fact we're just so short of quality and pace throughout the side. What can you do to change things up? Most of our central midfielders aren't good enough and are much of a muchness. The wide players we have are Vernam who has been injured a lot, Eisa who's one of the laziest and least contributing players we've ever had barring his worldies and Gnahoua who although tidy and hard working has really not delivered an end product at all.  Our strikers are Rose who is excellent, Wilson who is inconsistent as his career stats show, Pyke who's shite up front and Obikwu who's a young lad who often looks uninterested. We've not really got any defenders capable of playing in a back four, certainly not in a back four behind our inept midfield. So what can you do? He's shored things up for sure on the mess we were in at the start of this year but you can't go more direct as we have no height or pace, we can't not have five at the back cause we'd start conceding loads again and our strikers are generally a bit shite. He showed against MK Dons that he can get it tactically spot on in the right circumstances and although some of his substitutions and starting line ups have baffled me, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until he has a squad that isn't fooking terrible.

I said a while back and my thinking hasn't changed

Either Artell will be a massive success or it will end in disaster with nothing much it between , I guess we will find out next season with a summer to shape his own squad .

Quoted from Mappers

I said a while back and my thinking hasn't changed

Either Artell will be a massive success or it will end in disaster with nothing much it between , I guess we will find out next season with a summer to shape his own squad .

We could find out in the next 10 days or so if we lose by 2 goals in both our games & Sutton win by 2 in theirs.

Quoted from Mappers

I said a while back and my thinking hasn't changed

Either Artell will be a massive success or it will end in disaster with nothing much it between , I guess we will find out next season with a summer to shape his own squad .

We could find out in the next 10 days or so if we lose by 2 goals in both our games & Sutton win by 2 in theirs.

Quoted from mariner91

I think he's exceptionally limited tactically by the fact we're just so short of quality and pace throughout the side. What can you do to change things up? Most of our central midfielders aren't good enough and are much of a muchness. The wide players we have are Vernam who has been injured a lot, Eisa who's one of the laziest and least contributing players we've ever had barring his worldies and Gnahoua who although tidy and hard working has really not delivered an end product at all.  Our strikers are Rose who is excellent, Wilson who is inconsistent as his career stats show, Pyke who's shite up front and Obikwu who's a young lad who often looks uninterested. We've not really got any defenders capable of playing in a back four, certainly not in a back four behind our inept midfield. So what can you do? He's shored things up for sure on the mess we were in at the start of this year but you can't go more direct as we have no height or pace, we can't not have five at the back cause we'd start conceding loads again and our strikers are generally a bit shite. He showed against MK Dons that he can get it tactically spot on in the right circumstances and although some of his substitutions and starting line ups have baffled me, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until he has a squad that isn't fooking terrible.

Like I said he is keeping his powder dry till next season because he hasn't got a lot to work with, but I wouldn't have gone to Colchester last night with us only needing a point and be as wide open as we were in the early stages. Surely the right thing to do was keep it tight and get them nervy.

All easy in hindsight I admit but I still can't see what he likes about Obikwu and an extra midfielder might have been better.

The main problems are poor passing, slow play, ongoing injuries and several players who have lost form or had weaknesses sussed by opponents.

We are a smaller in height squad so we get bullied by the Akindes up front of this league and by dominant centre halves when attacking.

The signings in January have helped but there were too many square pegs to fill at once.

For Clifton and Holohan both not be fully firing has severely weakened midfield and puts far more pressure on defence and attack to take up the slack.

Artell cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear, but January showed that he can see better players.

Budget obviously plays a big part in not just decimating a full squad in one go, so he just has to try to make the best of what he has.

However, the 1st sentence will be what he sees in matches, and why we cannot consistently
play like the Crewe game and he must be so frustrated at how different games pan out.

6000 plus stadium and armchair critics who all could do a better job??

Who would be a manager in lower divisions, certainly not me !!

Quoted from acko338

The main problems are poor passing, slow play, ongoing injuries and several players who have lost form or had weaknesses sussed by opponents.

We are a smaller in height squad so we get bullied by the Akindes up front of this league and by dominant centre halves when attacking.

But apart from that, we're brilliant!

If Sutton do win their last two, which is certainly possible given that MK will be resting players ahead of the playoffs, then will have won 6 of their final 8 games, which is pretty spectacular. That’s more than we have won in a about 30 I think.

I bloody hope we manage a point next week.

Quoted from RonMariner

If Sutton do win their last two, which is certainly possible given that MK will be resting players ahead of the playoffs, then will have won 6 of their final 8 games, which is pretty spectacular. That’s more than we have won in a about 30 I think.

I bloody hope we manage a point next week.

Funnily enough both Sutton and us have Crawley to play and depending on how other results go they probably will need to win both games but I’m pretty sure they must win v Sutton otherwise things are taken out of their hands. So they will be well up for it on as will Sutton and I expect the game to involve a few goals and hope most of them go in Sutton’s net. Just concerned that Crawley can be iffy at the back as they clearly demonstrated at BP in the first half where another injury time goal cost us what would have proven an invaluable point.

Demonstrated that by conceding 3 to Colchester the other day too.

Bet365 have us at 1000/1 to be relegated so if anyone is really worried then get a tenner on it. You'll.be able to get yourself a conference season ticket with your winnings and still have £9600 left over to donate towards the cost of the new bogs.

Quoted from Abdul19

Demonstrated that by conceding 3 to Colchester the other day too.

If you watch those goals they make some of our defending look solid. They were certainly in Notts County mode in that game.

I’ll tell you what, less than 4000 home fans there last night for an absolutely crucial, future-defining fixture for them. Talk about tin-pot.