Morecambe highlights

Quoted from Hagrid

We’ve been playing like that offensively so lets not pretend like its suddenly happened yesterday.
Scored 2 against Crawley, Stockport and Colchester. Its the defensive errors week in week out that have cost us for weeks

Think the difference yesterday was the attacking intent that was demonstrable throughout the team and whilst we scored three we also had Gav’s miss, hit the post and a great save from their keeper. In addition both full backs put in numerous crosses and for once we had more than one man in the box. It just felt completely different yesterday and I think the fact that the fans stayed supportive throughout the first half was indicative of the fact that we appreciated that we were playing on the front foot.

Just going back to that first goal I was in the Upper and immediately said to my brother why didn’t Glennon just shout telling Maher to leave it as it was going nowhere that would cause us a problem. That and the dodgy back pass were about the only two things he got wrong yesterday and being a big fan of his great to see his return to form.

Yesterday also showed just how much influence the man at the top, the manager has.

A backroom staff of ex players, coaches and people supposedly influencing what happens on the pitch probably all knowing we needed to take the handbrake off, get people closer to Rose and get overlapping full backs raining the crosses in would pay dividends. It must have been obvious to them all that the fans were quiet because they were bored rigid seeing no adventure, or dynamism in our play yet Hurst persisted with it for weeks on end.

You would have thought meetings between manager and backroom staff would have highlighted the failings yet only now when the manager goes do we get changes to the whole approach.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Yesterday also showed just how much influence the man at the top, the manager has.

A backroom staff of ex players, coaches and people supposedly influencing what happens on the pitch probably all knowing we needed to take the handbrake off, get people closer to Rose and get overlapping full backs raining the crosses in would pay dividends. It must have been obvious to them all that the fans were quiet because they were bored rigid seeing no adventure, or dynamism in our play yet Hurst persisted with it for weeks on end.

You would have thought meetings between manager and backroom staff would have highlighted the failings yet only now when the manager goes do we get changes to the whole approach.

In the build up to the Slough game on his pre match interview with Radio Humberside Pearson did hint at changing things he disagreed with so maybe these opinions were put across to Hurst when he was in charge but of course Hurst being the man in charge. He had final say on things

Fantastic. Emotional.

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Two observations.

1. The opening clip offers a great angle of Gav’s inch perfect pass betwixt two Morecambe defenders to play through Glennon, who then crosses for Pyke’s goal. Bit of Irish magic, that.

2. The footage also reminded me of the inexplicable return of the “Chelsea dagger” goa music after the aforementioned goal, which I don’t recall having heard since Liam Hearn era non-league days. Can we please not do this?

Anyone else notice that Rose was offside for the equaliser? Keeper drops the ball onto Pyke's head, Rose is stood behind the last man and keeper.

Quoted from mimma

Anyone else notice that Rose was offside for the equaliser? Keeper drops the ball onto Pyke's head, Rose is stood behind the last man and keeper.

The angle makes it look like that in real time, but he’s played on by Slew. Look at Rose and Slew’s shoulders rather than their feet, for a less deceiving perspective.



P.S. it’s definitely Green’s head the ball bounces off; Pyke gets blocked off by a Morecambe defender.

Confirmed

Not quite conclusive for my liking. Could you draw a cartoon cóck and balls on their number 10 to make certain?

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