Just Back

Most of the team lost their individual battles today and, more worryingly, couldn’t get their heads around a Plan B.

We won’t win every game and we have a plan. Let’s see what January brings.

Combination of a bad day at the office and the utterly brainless. How many times do you try something that clearly isn’t working (goal kick and corner routines) and been sussed by the opposition, before someone on the pitch takes responsibility and changes it. The manager isn’t there to hold hands with the players once they are out there. There is no leadership out there without Waterfall.

For all his spectacular goals, Eisa is a liability when without the ball and doesn’t find space when we have it, Gnahoua wasn’t have the best of games but surprised when he went off instead of Eisa. They quickly closed down Hunt and snuffed him out, Glennon’s passing accuracy was off. Clifton’s similar. And then total ball watching for their goals.

Bad performance that, far too slow in our passing, which allowed Harrogate’s press to be so effective.  Hunt and Eisa were anonymous, Clifton doesn’t release the ball quick enough & Mullarkey seemingly can’t cross.

Needs a lot of work to get them working well together, I’ll be very interested to see who gets shipped out in January if anyone.

Let’s hope Artell can’t help on the training ground but doesn’t have any time before the Boxing Day game.

There are supposed to be 47 balls on the pitch but for most of the match there were only 25.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Combination of a bad day at the office and the utterly brainless. How many times do you try something that clearly isn’t working (goal kick and corner routines) and been sussed by the opposition, before someone on the pitch takes responsibility and changes it. The manager isn’t there to hold hands with the players once they are out there. There is no leadership out there without Waterfall.

For all his spectacular goals, Eisa is a liability when without the ball and doesn’t find space when we have it, Gnahoua wasn’t have the best of games but surprised when he went off instead of Eisa. They quickly closed down Hunt and snuffed him out, Glennon’s passing accuracy was off. Clifton’s similar. And then total ball watching for their goals.

I’ve just found out that Eisa was MoM. Did they draw it out of a hat?

Slow, boring, sideway and backwards best describes out performance today. We didn't turn up until Harrogate were happy to settle for a 2 nil. Very disappointing, that'll teach me for being optimistic today won't it

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I’ve just found out that Eisa was MoM. Did they draw it out of a hat?

The bemused what ringing out from the upper when it was announced said it all really.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I’ve just found out that Eisa was MoM. Did they draw it out of a hat?

By some unusual logic perhaps. All other players were trying things and failing whereas he may as well have not been playing…

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

Second to every single ball, one of the most embarrassing afternoons at BP ever, and that is saying something. The relegation battle is on

Hyperbole right there.

We'll never have a successful passing team with the two centre backs who played today. Practically every single pass that Maher made to Glennon (all 4,756 of them today) was either slightly behind him or forced him to check his forward motion to collect the ball. Rodgers ran forward with the ball when there was space in front of him on quite a few occasions, but he rarely managed to find a player with his pass or just whacked it at them too hard.

Hunt lost possession of the ball almost every time he received it and it really was one of his worst games for us. Conteh wasn't really much better.

Harrogate really, really well organised, tidy in possession and outmuscled us across the field. The number of overloads they managed to create without really trying was very worrying and it certainly didn't help that we just passed it straight to them no end of times. Very lucky to only lose by a single goal.