Next Four Games

Quoted from mariner91

Just how bad is the Colchester pitch? Called off already and the Metoffice says the Colchester area has only had 2 hours of drizzle in the last 24 hours. Is it a swamp?

It's a disgrace. I think they should have 10, no, make that 20 points deducted right away.  

Quoted from grimsby pete

We have got to stop looking at other teams games and hope they drop points.

We will do it on our own backs by keeping tight at the back and finding out shooting boots.

Some people just get too excited and blast the ball as hard as they can.

Just relax lads and stroke the ball placing it in the corner out of the keepers reach.


Exactly!  I feel that now Obikwu got off the mark he will be a danger.  You could see his confidence on the up each of the last few games.  That is if he got over his knock - was it a thigh?
This is where a striker coach would come in handy we should employ one until the end of the season.

Or

Even longer if it works .

If their pitch is continually not fit for purpose then they should be docked points.

Now the run of 4 "tough" games is complete with 4 points in the bag its interesting to look back and see how that compares with hopes and expectations from before the MK Dons game, quite favourably I would suggest. Now..., on to the rest!

Quoted from pizzzza

Now the run of 4 "tough" games is complete with 4 points in the bag its interesting to look back and see how that compares with hopes and expectations from before the MK Dons game, quite favourably I would suggest. Now..., on to the rest!

That form would give you 46 points for a season, which might get a team relegated

We got as many points from those 4 games as most expected. What was unexpected was Sutton suddenly, somehow becoming the form team of the division!

They've got some though games coming up in April, but we need to win the points ourselves to make sure we are safe. Surely we can manage a few where we don't gift the opposition a load of goals early in the game? Hope so.

It’s not just the 4pts though is it. The performances in the last two games have been abject gutless and with crass defensive errors meaning the games were over in the first half .That is why I am more concerned now then before the tough 4 game run started.

I think this is the point. Last two games - on paper you might have expected a nil return, and we might have sort of accepted that philosophically had we battled away, given a decent account, showed some metal and some intent and some competency…..but they were weak and pathetically inept showings - both games absolutely gone within the first half hour, with zero ‘basics’ done right. Opposition coaches laughing at how easy it is to beat us quickly. That’s what rankles. And Artell is ultimately responsible for that. Yes we’ve had a recent upturn that took us to basic, expected levels, but prior to that, this was very much the pattern. Stockport, Doncaster, Walsall etc…all smashed us in 30 minutes with performances pathetically feeble and insulting. That is endemic. It’s returned. It’s ‘normal service resumed’.

What concerned me most about the second goal yesterday was the shape when we had the ball. I wasn’t at the game so can only go off the highlights but you can’t see either of our full/wing-backs in the entire frame even though the ball is only ten yards ahead of our penalty area.

Why has Artell seemingly moved away from the structure and style that was reasonably successful? These players are not capable of playing an expansive style. Hell, they’re barely able to consistently do the basics most of them. It’s seriously concerning that he keeps trying to persist with playing a style that the players are incapable of carrying out. The manager’s primary role is to find a system to suit the players under his management. It’s fair to say that the players he’s inherited are generally shite and you’d want rid of 80% of them in the summer. But they’re all we have in the here and now and we still need to get the points on board to secure safety. So ditch your ideals, get the job done and regroup in May.

Quoted from mariner91

What concerned me most about the second goal yesterday was the shape when we had the ball. I wasn’t at the game so can only go off the highlights but you can’t see either of our full/wing-backs in the entire frame even though the ball is only ten yards ahead of our penalty area.

Why has Artell seemingly moved away from the structure and style that was reasonably successful? These players are not capable of playing an expansive style. Hell, they’re barely able to consistently do the basics most of them. It’s seriously concerning that he keeps trying to persist with playing a style that the players are incapable of carrying out. The manager’s primary role is to find a system to suit the players under his management. It’s fair to say that the players he’s inherited are generally shite and you’d want rid of 80% of them in the summer. But they’re all we have in the here and now and we still need to get the points on board to secure safety. So ditch your ideals, get the job done and regroup in May.

Don’t think he’s moved away from it, Wood and AG offered very little in midfield meaning Clifton and Hume were covering too much ground. Also their 34 and Telford ran us ragged with quick transition on an almost unplayable pitch in the 1st half. Pete Wilde has got them performing well.