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Quoted from Heisenberg

I’m trying to work out what Amos has done wrong, personally.

So am I. Playing a right back, and a not very good right back at that, as left back isn’t a great advert for our two specialist left backs.

Quoted from Heisenberg

I’m trying to work out what Amos has done wrong, personally.

Nothing much

He's relatively solid isn't he , you would think Hurst would love him - basically the playing equivalent of him as a manager .

Awful game from a Town point of view but 3 points .First half Gav looked ill or just miles off the pace and those who wanted Clifton dropped saw the result a midfield with zero energy as we got repeatedly over ran. Mularkey seemed to be targeted and Barrows number 11 looked the best player on the park.Eisa won a penalty with the first Town attack at speed not hindsight bit why didn't Gav take it? Second speedy attack Rose scored and somehow we led 1-0 at HT. Second half a Town team that had a difficult 45 mins got another mauling a second goal against the run of play should have settled us down but didn't. Like many others I don't know what I'm watching or why and it's boring at best.700 sth voted with there feet and many of the poor crowd in attendance left feeling once again short changed of entertainment. A good start would be to play two up front and stop putting square pegs in roundhouse.Special mention to Efete and Eastwood who have both had stick both fairly solid here.UTM

For me that was by far and away our worst performance of the season and I almost feel sorry for Barrow that they're going home with nothing.

I thought Barrow were a good side, but I can't help but think we played a big part in making them look very good, especially in the second half.

The first was a fairly even affair though I'd say Barrow attacked with more pace, guile and fluidity but didn't (to my recollection) create anything that really tested us. We probed slowly again and although in other games I've seen how we're trying to play and it's not been completely frustrating, we seemed to really test patience in the stands. I don't have an issue playing backwards if there's nothing forwards, but we'd drive 20 yards, pass back 10 but no-one would continue forward runs to provide the forward momentum.

Individually, given everything seen so far, I think Conten and Holohan are the first two midfielders on the team sheet and I liked Andrews last night too, but they didn't seem to really gel as a trio. Whether this changes over time is something we'll have to see but as individuals they're the best ones for me so far.

The second half was just an onslaught from Barrow and how Eastwood made two or three of those saves is beyond me. I'm certain he didn't even know about one of them and was just stood in the right place and thank God he was. What was so frustrating about this period of the game is the fact we just kept gifting them the ball. I was praying for goal kicks so we could settle and get a foot on the ball but we were determined to simply give it back to them and continue to chase.

I thought bringing on Maher for Eisa was a bad move and I expected them to ramp up the pressure even more but the move did pay off a bit as we took a bit of their sting away without actually bringing the game into our control, still gifting them possession far too easily. The further changes made help keep us energised and were good subs, especially when you consider that Wilson has gone and done it again after coming off the bench to give us a goal against the run of play.

It's possibly our best win of the season in the context that we certainly didn't deserve to on the balance of play. If this had been our level of performance all season and our league position being what it is then I'd be much more concerned because last night was a poor performance in my opinion.

Honourable mentions to Eastwood for some fantastic saves to keep us in the game, Holohan for 4 or 5 tackles in their half, robbing the opposition of the ball, Andrews for a tidy display and Wilson purely for his impact again.

Great win, underpar performance, hoping we can continue with another three points on Saturday but with a return to a better level of performance.

Could someone please explain the rules concerning restart after a head injury.
Against Crawley, their defender goes down in the area with a head injury. We win the ball before the ref stops the game. He restarts the game with a drop ball to Crawley in the area.
Last night, Efete goes down with a head injury in the area, ref stops the game when they had possession. Ref restarts the game with a drop ball to Barrow.
What's the difference, and which one is right???

Quoted from gtfc_chris

For me that was by far and away our worst performance of the season and I almost feel sorry for Barrow that they're going home with nothing.

I thought Barrow were a good side, but I can't help but think we played a big part in making them look very good, especially in the second half.

The first was a fairly even affair though I'd say Barrow attacked with more pace, guile and fluidity but didn't (to my recollection) create anything that really tested us. We probed slowly again and although in other games I've seen how we're trying to play and it's not been completely frustrating, we seemed to really test patience in the stands. I don't have an issue playing backwards if there's nothing forwards, but we'd drive 20 yards, pass back 10 but no-one would continue forward runs to provide the forward momentum.

Individually, given everything seen so far, I think Conten and Holohan are the first two midfielders on the team sheet and I liked Andrews last night too, but they didn't seem to really gel as a trio. Whether this changes over time is something we'll have to see but as individuals they're the best ones for me so far.

The second half was just an onslaught from Barrow and how Eastwood made two or three of those saves is beyond me. I'm certain he didn't even know about one of them and was just stood in the right place and thank God he was. What was so frustrating about this period of the game is the fact we just kept gifting them the ball. I was praying for goal kicks so we could settle and get a foot on the ball but we were determined to simply give it back to them and continue to chase.

I thought bringing on Maher for Eisa was a bad move and I expected them to ramp up the pressure even more but the move did pay off a bit as we took a bit of their sting away without actually bringing the game into our control, still gifting them possession far too easily. The further changes made help keep us energised and were good subs, especially when you consider that Wilson has gone and done it again after coming off the bench to give us a goal against the run of play.

It's possibly our best win of the season in the context that we certainly didn't deserve to on the balance of play. If this had been our level of performance all season and our league position being what it is then I'd be much more concerned because last night was a poor performance in my opinion.

Honourable mentions to Eastwood for some fantastic saves to keep us in the game, Holohan for 4 or 5 tackles in their half, robbing the opposition of the ball, Andrews for a tidy display and Wilson purely for his impact again.

Great win, underpar performance, hoping we can continue with another three points on Saturday but with a return to a better level of performance.

Eastwood was MOTM hands down for me

Thought he was excellent , got us the win really - couple of great saves 2nd half ; even if that one just hit him it does not matter he was there .

He might have had a couple of shaky moments this season, but on the whole I think he's been pretty good - I like him as a keeper actually ; maybe the difference between him and Crocombe is minimal but they are very different keepers .

Well how we got 3 points from that I don't know, but we did, hopefully a confidence booster, but we do need to improve as we look a miss mash, no actual style, it just seems to be strangers playing football and they don't know what to do, we've had this feeling about Hurst teams before, I can't believe he wants this style so is it the fact that himself and the coaching team aren't very good at drilling a style of play into them? Because Barrow looked everything what we wasn't (that is not a criticism, just an observation) as for Wilson, he looks to offer us something we don't have, he looks sharp on the turn and seems to be our most natural finisher perhaps who is comfortable when 1v1, if we can use him correctly and give him some of those chances again then hopefully he does well

If I was Hurst I would be ashamed sending out a league team who performed like that.

The result has somewhat saved him from a barage of criticism but anybody looking at that game would be scratching their heads as to how the manager and coaching team have sent out a side, of potentially better players, so under equipped and lacking in any form of plan.

As an irritated Barrow fan said last night we are the worst league team he has seen in a very long time.

A lot of our lads look like they are running in treacle, and it really is painful to watch.

If I was the owners I would be wanting an explanation as to why we are providing zero excitement and playing like that.

The rallying cry of " make some noise for the boys " is met with a funereal Blundell Park atmosphere. It is the team that needs waking up.

I would give it to Christmas but if there is no discernable uptick in approach, performances and league placings I would make a change. Otherwise what will happen is another load of players will be signed in January but they will soon end up playing the same boring way.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

If I was Hurst I would be ashamed sending out a league team who performed like that.

The result has somewhat saved him from a barage of criticism but anybody looking at that game would be scratching their heads as to how the manager and coaching team have sent out a side, of potentially better players, so under equipped and lacking in any form of plan.

As an irritated Barrow fan said last night we are the worst league team he has seen in a very long time.

A lot of our lads look like they are running in treacle, and it really is painful to watch.

If I was the owners I would be wanting an explanation as to why we are providing zero excitement and playing like that.

The rallying cry of " make some noise for the boys " is met with a funereal Blundell Park atmosphere. It is the team that needs waking up.

I would give it to Christmas but if there is no discernable uptick in approach, performances and league placings I would make a change. Otherwise what will happen is another load of players will be signed in January but they will soon end up playing the same boring way.

Totally agree. Players look burned out already and our lack of creativity is quite shocking. Hurst looked like he’d got out of jail after the game last night. We lacked energy which is a trademark of a Hurst team and we looked massively disjointed, dare I say a squad full of individual talent but devoid of leadership and cohesion.

Quoted from aldi_01

Our lad catches it and lays on it and people were screaming for him to kick it long…why? He had hold of the ball and there were no more than 30’sexonds left. Kicking it, keeper or not would’ve put us under pressure given we had nobody forward.

And the problem is in the last sentence, we had nobody forward. Remember the Max Wright goal against Wrexham? They pile forward in the closing minute and we score because we leave our quickest player up to chase down and score off the break? I still can't get my head round why everybody needs to be defending.

As for the game itself, nervous is the word. Everywhere was nervous, from the crowd to the players. The atmosphere was as dower as I've known it at BP. You could hear a pindrop at somepoints.

Maybe the win today will be the turning point to move forward, but I can't help but feel we look like a very ordinary team with no identity.