Unbelievable

Quoted from psgmariner

It was boring and dull today but 3 points is all that matters. Hurst annoys me but I find it hard to be critical when we are winning.

That said, I can see why home gates are low. Hard working watching that and none of the fun of going away.

"3 points is all that matters" that may be the case with a side that people are queueing up to watch the but its no good saying that about a side like Town who need bums on seats.
The type of football we play will not get anyone extra through the gate in fact it will do the opposite.
If 3 points is all that counts then why are people walking away from BP after games on such a downer even after a win???? And why are people not flooding back to BP in numbers seeing as we are 3rd in the league????

That was a tough game, different to Tuesday because Braintree were well organised and set out to be difficult to break down, so many times in the past we have fails to win tricky games like that, today we dealt with it. 3 wins on the spin and up to third in the table, good day imo.

I don't know what it was like today but BP was like a morgue on Tuesday and that's pretty telling as we won the game, beat the leaders in the previous game and won today. Those results are excellent and what really matters, but this is a promotion push and we are winning games, yet the home crowds are almost silent, with many staying away and lots that do go immensely frustrated. Why is this?

I've got my own view, but maybe I'm missing something?

Quoted from chaos33

I don't know what it was like today but BP was like a morgue on Tuesday and that's pretty telling as we won the game, beat the leaders in the previous game and won today. Those results are excellent and what really matters, but this is a promotion push and we are winning games, yet the home crowds are almost silent, with many staying away and lots that do go immensely frustrated. Why is this?

I've got my own view, but maybe I'm missing something?

That's easy. The football is as boring as the manager.

Quoted from TAGG

"3 points is all that matters" that may be the case with a side that people are queueing up to watch the but its no good saying that about a side like Town who need bums on seats.
The type of football we play will not get anyone extra through the gate in fact it will do the opposite.
If 3 points is all that counts then why are people walking away from BP after games on such a downer even after a win???? And why are people not flooding back to BP in numbers seeing as we are 3rd in the league????

They are not flooding back because it is the Conference when all said and done. Hardly ever any away fans means lack of atmosphere. IMO I think if we were in league 1 we wouldn't get many more, possibly ave 4000.

Unbelievable people moaning after 3 wins on the bounce. Bristol Rovers only scraped a win against Braintree on Tues. We'd all like to see us destroying teams with free flowing football but at this stage of the season it's all about the 3 points. There are no teams in this league that are enjoyable to watch every week. We're 3rd in the league and people are calling for changes in formation and style of play. If we don't go up this season then it's time for a change but with 10 games to go lets get behind them FFS

Quoted from chaos33

I don't know what it was like today but BP was like a morgue on Tuesday and that's pretty telling as we won the game, beat the leaders in the previous game and won today. Those results are excellent and what really matters, but this is a promotion push and we are winning games, yet the home crowds are almost silent, with many staying away and lots that do go immensely frustrated. Why is this?

I've got my own view, but maybe I'm missing something?

We need to be entertained better than the last 2 games. The manager is so so cautious in everything he does and although we're 3rd in the league, it will cost us. After Tuesdays boredom in the cold, If I wasn't a season ticket holder, I would not have gone today.
Only 2 points of note in the full 90 minutes: the goalmouth scramble (in our goalmouth) and Disleys excellent goal. A 3rd could be Magnays performance but when a right back is consistently our best player then there's something wrong with the rest of it.

Quoted from Cod Cheeks

We need to be entertained better than the last 2 games. The manager is so so cautious in everything he does and although we're 3rd in the league, it will cost us. After Tuesdays boredom in the cold, If I wasn't a season ticket holder, I would not have gone today.
Only 2 points of note in the full 90 minutes: the goalmouth scramble (in our goalmouth) and Disleys excellent goal. A 3rd could be Magnays performance but when a right back is consistently our best player then there's something wrong with the rest of it.

Add to that Pearson's run in the first half !

Expecting entertainment is a tall order at this stage of the season for any team with things so tight in the league. Plus the manager does not rate entertaining very high on his priorities does he? He's the one who will accept 1-0 every game. Fair enough.

But I don't think entertainment is the problem. Failing to score goals is the problem. If your strikers are not scoring then something is obviously wrong and a good manager will not be fooled by streaky 1-0 wins where few chances are made and even fewer taken. The pressure on the defence is there in every game.

So a good manager would know that 1-0 could easily become 1-1 or 1-2 if the luck runs the other way. A good manager would not sit around waiting for that to happen, he would change his tactics or players or both while the going is good.

That's what worries me. 9 points this week is great, our position looks promising ....... on paper

I'm not even concerned about the lack of a Buckleyesque style of play. But the banana skins of just one defensive mistake or two, a terrible refereeing decision or a simple bad bounce of the ball in a couple of games could send us right back into the chasing pack because we simply do not score enough goals to kill off the opposition.

One of the two strikers had better start contributing more than just a cross country run every game and soon.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Expecting entertainment is a tall order at this stage of the season for any team with things so tight in the league. Plus the manager does not rate entertaining very high on his priorities does he? He's the one who will accept 1-0 every game. Fair enough.

But I don't think entertainment is the problem. Failing to score goals is the problem. If your strikers are not scoring then something is obviously wrong and a good manager will not be fooled by streaky 1-0 wins where few chances are made and even fewer taken. The pressure on the defence is there in every game.

So a good manager would know that 1-0 could easily become 1-1 or 1-2 if the luck runs the other way. A good manager would not sit around waiting for that to happen, he would change his tactics or players or both while the going is good.

That's what worries me. 9 points this week is great, our position looks promising ....... on paper

I'm not even concerned about the lack of a Buckleyesque style of play. But the banana skins of just one defensive mistake or two, a terrible refereeing decision or a simple bad bounce of the ball in a couple of games could send us right back into the chasing pack because we simply do not score enough goals to kill off the opposition.

One of the two strikers had better start contributing more than just a cross country run every game and soon.

Totally agree..streaky 1-0 wins are great if you are in pole position...they may just yet sneak the title, but i doubt it...... and as we know streaky performances dont get you through the play off process..