Match Thread - Walsall (A)

Quoted from mimma

Have the Walsall team been together longer than ours? We have brought in nearly the whole team, some of which have only been here a few weeks, what was you expecting today?  It looked like they have been together longer than us, fitness wise,and knowing each other. That to me was the big difference.

I accidentally listened to the Walsall commentary in the first half and it was mentioned that it was the first time in years that they did not have one player making their debut on the first day of the season. So that explains a lot in my opinion.

Red Cross brigade unite!!! But Holloway is gonna be outed as a fraud by the time he leaves. Talks a good game but decisions on par with Bignot bingo, and why sign 3 strikers if they’re no better than a 4 goal a season striker you already have?

Quoted from Hagrid

We’ve started late. And its going to cost us in these first few weeks, when we did actually get forward though in those final few moments we looked a threat. Dont know why we was pissing about passing it around the back

Because the midfield were fcked and had stopped coming to collect it and smashing it from front to back without anyone who can hold the ball up or win the headers is pointless.

Quoted from Mariner_501

Red Cross brigade unite!!! But Holloway is gonna be outed as a fraud by the time he leaves. Talks a good game but decisions on par with Bignot bingo, and why sign 3 strikers if they’re no better than a 4 goal a season striker you already have?

I’m not going to give you the credit of a Red Cross mate, you may be trolling or just talking out of your @rse only you know which. First proper game of the season after extraordinary set of circumstances has disrupted preparations so that both tactically and fitness wise the squad are at least two weeks off ready and you’re pressing the eject button? Get a grip.

Worth noting we had 7 league debutants to their 0.

Quoted from Mariner_501

Red Cross brigade unite!!! But Holloway is gonna be outed as a fraud by the time he leaves. Talks a good game but decisions on par with Bignot bingo, and why sign 3 strikers if they’re no better than a 4 goal a season striker you already have?

One league game.
Think about that......

How have other teams been able to sign players earlier and get them fit enough to last 90 mins.Was Olly sat on his bottom

while other managers were doing their stuff signing players and arranging practice games or was he banking on the league starting even later. Today for all the players endeavour it just showed today how far we are behind - Olly's slipped up big time and it's no good saying " Let's see how we are after 10 games "  Excuses don't win games and poor substitutions definitely don't.

Slagging off Taylor? He won so many tackles in that game. Plays it sideways a bit too much, but clearly has a good range of passing from his two outings so far and battles well.

Williams had some nice touches early on, but looks way off being fit enough.

I have no idea why we're so unfit. It's been about 6 weeks since it was announced that we're starting and even without friendlies we should be better than this.

Quoted from Mariner_501

Red Cross brigade unite!!! But Holloway is gonna be outed as a fraud by the time he leaves. Talks a good game but decisions on par with Bignot bingo, and why sign 3 strikers if they’re no better than a 4 goal a season striker you already have?

He’s already after a striker and signed 3 for the price of the 2 that left. Can’t fault him for that.

Quoted from golfer

How have other teams been able to sign players earlier and get them fit enough to last 90 mins.Was Olly sat on his bottom

while other managers were doing their stuff signing players and arranging practice games or was he banking on the league starting even later. Today for all the players endeavour it just showed today how far we are behind - Olly's slipped up big time and it's no good saying " Let's see how we are after 10 games "  Excuses don't win games and poor substitutions definitely don't.

Over the last 10-15 years we’ve always been late singing players in the close season