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For various reasons yesterday was first time I have seen 'new look' GTFC
For various reasons I was not impressed
We looked lumbering, one paced, one dimensional and lacking in any sort of nous, vision and craft
Please can someone explain the logic of lumping the ball to a centre forward who doesn't jump (Hooper) and a 5ft 6in winger (Dembele) who needs the ball in space (he was our one bright spark I feel and did pretty well feeding of the crap he was given)
Has previously stated is Clarke a better looking athlete/player than Pearson? He looked overweight to me??
Are Rose and Summerfield better than Disley? You will simply not challenge pay offs with that uninspiring centre midfield
Is Hooper a better option than Yussuf?
The regression since Hurst left the cub has been alarming IMO - we no longer look organised, don't seem to have a style (other than aimless punts) and the lack of spirit is worrying
Hooper and Kelly were anonymous - total passengers - so how can you hope to worry the opposition (who were not that great but didn't have to be)
Pleased I've got a season ticket as it will force me to go - not sure I could turn upon on the day to watch that style
I think the whole day was flat - there wasn't even that much anger from fans at the end from what was a woeful display
Underwhelming afternoon and it is quite hard to see (with these players and formation) how it can be improved
Usually you can walk away from a match (even if you lose) and have something to look back on that gives hope and optimism... not yesterday though
Lets's hope it's a bad day at the office, the players take a long hard look at themselves, and it is a case of things needing to gel... if not it could be a very long season
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For various reasons yesterday was first time I have seen 'new look' GTFC
For various reasons I was not impressed
We looked lumbering, one paced, one dimensional and lacking in any sort of nous, vision and craft
Please can someone explain the logic of lumping the ball to a centre forward who doesn't jump (Hooper) and a 5ft 6in winger (Dembele) who needs the ball in space (he was our one bright spark I feel and did pretty well feeding of the crap he was given)
Has previously stated is Clarke a better looking athlete/player than Pearson? He looked overweight to me??
Are Rose and Summerfield better than Disley? You will simply not challenge pay offs with that uninspiring centre midfield
Is Hooper a better option than Yussuf?
The regression since Hurst left the cub has been alarming IMO - we no longer look organised, don't seem to have a style (other than aimless punts) and the lack of spirit is worrying
Hooper and Kelly were anonymous - total passengers - so how can you hope to worry the opposition (who were not that great but didn't have to be)
Pleased I've got a season ticket as it will force me to go - not sure I could turn upon on the day to watch that style
I think the whole day was flat - there wasn't even that much anger from fans at the end from what was a woeful display
Underwhelming afternoon and it is quite hard to see (with these players and formation) how it can be improved
Usually you can walk away from a match (even if you lose) and have something to look back on that gives hope and optimism... not yesterday though
Lets's hope it's a bad day at the office, the players take a long hard look at themselves, and it is a case of things needing to gel... if not it could be a very long season
I've currently been thinking the opposite. |
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I see what you are saying!
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The decision to let Pearson go was bizzare even if we intended to retain him just as a squad player given the ages of Clarke and Collins it would be nailed on a 3rd centre back would get plenty of game time over a Season.Pearson would have been the first name on my team sheet but we move on and I await a change of style or some new players to suit this long ball BS.
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We have suffered from injuries in key areas, two strikers from last season out injured, midfielders injured or unavailable for compassionate reasons, suspensions on top of that....arguably Slade hasnt had what may well be the first 11 available to him as yet, we have played two teams that were in League 1 last season and in Stevenage they were in good form for a large part of the end of last season.
We now have , in just 12 months, a merger of 3 managers players in the squad....
Did we seriously think that we would start the season flying with all the above ?
Having said that i am not convinced Slade has used what he is currently able to pick from in the best way.
Last time with Slade we struggled at the seasons start under his preferred system....which all changed when we played Derby in the cup and he switched formation for that game.......roll on Tuesday !!
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We have suffered from injuries in key areas, two strikers from last season out injured, midfielders injured or unavailable for compassionate reasons, suspensions on top of that....arguably Slade hasnt had what may well be the first 11 available to him as yet, we have played two teams that were in League 1 last season and in Stevenage they were in good form for a large part of the end of last season.
We now have , in just 12 months, a merger of 3 managers players in the squad....
Did we seriously think that we would start the season flying with all the above ?
Having said that i am not convinced Slade has used what he is currently able to pick from in the best way.
Last time with Slade we struggled at the seasons start under his preferred system....which all changed when we played Derby in the cup and he switched formation for that game.......roll on Tuesday !!
I didn't as I mentioned before the season started I had doubts about the two centre backs. However I would have expected three of the new signings which I assume are first choice players, Hooper, Kelly and Dixon to look far better than they did on Saturday. |
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Admire your attempt at a positive spin,but even the happiest clapper is waking up to reality.
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Admire your attempt at a positive spin,but even the happiest clapper is waking up to reality.
From the happiest clapper to the gloomiest doom merchant, it's surely sensible to watch a few games before declaring impending relegation. That said, we don't appear to have improved our squad in the slightest - the only positive being Dembele. |
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Not declaring impending relegation but saying Slade is no better nor worse than Bignot.
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Not declaring impending relegation but saying Slade is no better nor worse than Bignot.
Possibly. But you are left with the feeling that Bignot was spending money like a kid in a sweet shop and Slade has been left with the loose change. |
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