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Bad as we were if we had had the ref from the Notts County game we would probably have won . Allowed Tranmere to kill any tempo to the game from the off with constant time wasting and missed a probable penalty . Yes we need to be able to overcome these things but he was poor and I wouldn’t want to watch an Adkins team every week

Just seen Bryn fn Morris front of centre of Newport’s graphic promoting their game v Man Utd today and it got me even pining for someone as average as him to still play for us. At least he was willing to receive the ball and could pass it to a team mate.

Quoted from sam gy

Just seen Bryn fn Morris front of centre of Newport’s graphic promoting their game v Man Utd today and it got me even pining for someone as average as him to still play for us. At least he was willing to receive the ball and could pass it to a team mate.

I wonder how many remember berating Morris and clamouring for Green to play in his place?

Quoted from HerveJosse

Bad as we were if we had had the ref from the Notts County game we would probably have won . Allowed Tranmere to kill any tempo to the game from the off with constant time wasting and missed a probable penalty . Yes we need to be able to overcome these things but he was poor and I wouldn’t want to watch an Adkins team every week

Neither would I but I’d take it in a heartbeat for the next 4 months if it guaranteed us staying up.

Never mind Adkins’s side I certainly don’t want to watch what Town served up yesterday every week.

I did find a positive in yesterday's game. The refs whistle at full time which put an end to my misery.

Others above have described how bad we were. Adkins did his homework and kept Rose quiet, so we had no outlet from the back. No midfield and a holey defence, it was the left side punished this time and Glennon was extremely poor, especially for their goal. He may have brilliant games now and again, like Mullarkey, but these are rarities.

A few more days left to bolster our back 4, but it is like 2 seasons ago. Who wants to sign for a club struggling at the bottom of the table?, with B Corp compliance?

As long as we finish 3rd from the bottom or higher I'll be happy this year. Then a clearout for the start of the next season

If we'd had a left-back who could defend, we wouldn't have lost yesterday. Not so sure we'd have won, but we wouldn't have lost. Glennon is generally OK, but has too many of these games where he is miles off good enough doing the defensive side of things. Especially when he's up against a nippy winger as he's simply very slow.

In fact, the whole defence is badly lacking in any pace - Maher probably the quickest of those who played yesterday, and the lots of them are distinctly lightweight in the tackle. Given the size of him, you'd think Mullarkey would be a bit stronger in this regard, but he looks weak. Rodgers was beaten in the air way too often by Jennings, who times his jumps very well, but a bigger defender needs to be ploughing through him to win the ball in that sort of an aerial challenge.

Adding in Efete is an option, I suppose, and he's decent defensively (and would add some pace and strength), but he's never going to be capable of playing in the way which Artell wants a team to line-up. That's why we were all expecting him to leave during the transfer window.

No doubt about it that adding a bit of pace in attack with Vernam coming on helped out, but otherwise, we looked too slow across the pitch and they were first to pretty much ball in midfield (often due to our hopeless passing and control).

Regarding the post-match interview, I thought it was reasonable from both Matt and Artell, so I'm not sure why some think it was such a car crash. Artell should have ended it earlier as he was just left repeating the same points and it ended up overly-long with nothing much said.

The thing with the players we have, is that they have shown that they can perform very well, but it is a rare event and they are just as likely to have a real stinker as a good game. It's going to be looking for survival this season and we'll then have to see just how much of a rebuild we can manage during the summer.

Quoted from Maringer

If we'd had a left-back who could defend, we wouldn't have lost yesterday. Not so sure we'd have won, but we wouldn't have lost. Glennon is generally OK, but has too many of these games where he is miles off good enough doing the defensive side of things. Especially when he's up against a nippy winger as he's simply very slow.

In fact, the whole defence is badly lacking in any pace - Maher probably the quickest of those who played yesterday, and the lots of them are distinctly lightweight in the tackle. Given the size of him, you'd think Mullarkey would be a bit stronger in this regard, but he looks weak. Rodgers was beaten in the air way too often by Jennings, who times his jumps very well, but a bigger defender needs to be ploughing through him to win the ball in that sort of an aerial challenge.

Adding in Efete is an option, I suppose, and he's decent defensively (and would add some pace and strength), but he's never going to be capable of playing in the way which Artell wants a team to line-up. That's why we were all expecting him to leave during the transfer window.

No doubt about it that adding a bit of pace in attack with Vernam coming on helped out, but otherwise, we looked too slow across the pitch and they were first to pretty much ball in midfield (often due to our hopeless passing and control).

Regarding the post-match interview, I thought it was reasonable from both Matt and Artell, so I'm not sure why some think it was such a car crash. Artell should have ended it earlier as he was just left repeating the same points and it ended up overly-long with nothing much said.

The thing with the players we have, is that they have shown that they can perform very well, but it is a rare event and they are just as likely to have a real stinker as a good game. It's going to be looking for survival this season and we'll then have to see just how much of a rebuild we can manage during the summer.

Agree with pretty much every word

Basically we were rubbish and if we are going to play out from the back we can't be having Green as the pivot or a 30 yard gap between between defenders and midfielders when the ball is rolled out and them not hiding behind their markers It really was shocking and embarrassing 😞

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Basically we were rubbish and if we are going to play out from the back we can't be having Green as the pivot or a 30 yard gap between between defenders and midfielders when the ball is rolled out and them not hiding behind their markers It really was shocking and embarrassing 😞

If you ever needed to expose how poor Green is then playing him in the Conteh role was the way to do it. Add the inept Andrews and the inexperienced and ineffective Wood and you’ve probably got our worst midfield performance of the season.

Quoted from DB

I did find a positive in yesterday's game. The refs whistle at full time which put an end to my misery.

Others above have described how bad we were. Adkins did his homework and kept Rose quiet, so we had no outlet from the back. No midfield and a holey defence, it was the left side punished this time and Glennon was extremely poor, especially for their goal. He may have brilliant games now and again, like Mullarkey, but these are rarities.

A few more days left to bolster our back 4, but it is like 2 seasons ago. Who wants to sign for a club struggling at the bottom of the table?, with B Corp compliance?

As long as we finish 3rd from the bottom or higher I'll be happy this year. Then a clearout for the start of the next season

What is it with you and B Corps?  You always have to bring it up in a negative way.  B Corps has absolutely nothing to do with how we play, ffs grow up!