Subs  Eastwood, Waterfall, Eisa, Clifton, Wilson, Hunt, Conteh

Some big calls there!
Pyke over Wilson? 🤔
Good to see Clifton dropped at last.
Good luck lads. UTM. 😎

Kahn behind the front 2?

I’m lost for words . New manager asap please

Quoted from Badger57

Some big calls there!
Pyke over Wilson? 🤔
Good to see Clifton dropped at last.
Good luck lads. UTM. 😎

Presumably Pyke as a wide attacker? Could be interesting.

On paper I’d have said a couple of months ago that the bench looks as strong as you’ll find in this division, but with our form I have a different perspective now.

I’ve got my fingers and everything else crossed today.

Could be a diamond midfield?
Could be 4312 with Khan in the hole?
Or could be 433 with Khan on the left of Rose and Pyke to the right of the front three?

Quoted from It Bites

I’m lost for words . New manager asap please

If Pearson had picked the same side that Hurst would have, we’d lose. He has to try something different.

I would really like to see Green as the holding midfielder with Conteh ahead moving the ball quickly like we know he can. Conteh always shows to receive the ball and rarely loses it.

All about opinions I know but I think Conteh is the gem in this squad and has been wasted as a holding player.

Happy enough with the back 4 and goalkeeper. Happy for Green to get his chance screening them; he’ll at least put a shift in. Interested to see what happens with the front three. Really pleased Khan is back. I am guessing it’s on the left, but really hoping that doesn’t mean Pyke is on the right.

Setting off now. Come on Town

Quoted from Tommy

Could be a diamond midfield?
Could be 4312 with Khan in the hole?
Or could be 433 with Khan on the left of Rose and Pyke to the right of the front three?

or could be a revolutionary 1-2-1-2-1-2-1  ;D

4231 with Rose out wide is my guess.

3 points would be great, would help the new manager from afar in avoiding relegation.

Pyke right wing back ? Where he played for the Shrews last season?

Any new faces at the ground?

Quoted from DB

Any new faces at the ground?

I've never seen the guy sat next to me before so he's new.

I'm sat near the press box, I can see Fabregas but no other new faces!!

6 changes from Slough.

I’m now thinking…..yeah try it. One or two surprising selections for me, but we don’t know how fit certain players are. Couple of notable absences from the squad entirely.
Not sure what the shape is. Looks a bit like a go at the ‘double pivot’, with Green and Gav.
Come on Town.

Quoted from Spidey

I'm sat near the press box, I can see Fabregas but no other new faces!!

Is Wayne Rooney sat next to Fabregas ?

Quoted from promotion plaice

Is Wayne Rooney sat next to Fabregas ?

Ah I wondered who that was sat next to him, didn't recognise him until he took his hat off. He's got a nice head of hair to be fair!

Ronnie Pickering in the upper findus

Quoted from AdamHaddock

Ronnie Pickering in the upper findus

Who ?

Looking at it I read it as 4-2-3-1 with Pyke on the right and Khan on the left with Andrews as CAM.

I'd like to see Conteh with Green as a double pivot as someone mentioned above.

Eisa and Clifton as options to come on when legs get tired later on is a promising thought.

Fingers well and truly crossed

That's a first for some time, changing ends so we attack the pontoon end first.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Who ?

Ronnie Pickering.  (the gift that keeps on giving.

Game over 1-0 Morecambe

Oh intercourse off Town! urine poor header from Town, missed tackles no one tracking from midfield, absolute excrement show that was.

FFS!

Get the new manager in ASAP

Good start  ??)

What a load of rubbish

FFS.  Opening a beer and missed it, it was so quick

Well  that didn't take long.!!!!

Oh dear, Fabregas has just left the building!

FFS I'm withdrawing my application.

Oh dear.

Lovely cool finish there. Here we go again. 😔

Sack the fking lot

Good thing we got rid of Hurst eh!

Gates at BP have been locked from the outside

To be fair the reaction to the goal has been good..

Quoted from Spidey

To be fair the reaction to the goal has been good..

We have improved, but to be honest it couldn't have got worse. We were caved apart, our defence is weak as urine.

Quoted from golfer

Gates at BP have been locked from the outside

Glad I didn't buy a season ticket.

Glad I took the 14/1 for us to get relegated before the Donny game. Emotional hedge.

That was crap but Town look better going forward.  More energy, quick decision making.

What the intercourse is going on with the camera

Tranmere lead FGR (real relegation 6 pointer coming up next week as it stands!)

Manny scores for the Pooloies, and Danilo scores again! (FFS)

Nearly a 2nd for them, where is our defence

Christ alive we are AWFUL in defence, the worst team for many, many years.

Quoted from lukeo

What the intercourse is going on with the camera

What do you expect with a loan midfielder doing it.

Wonder what this lot do in training all week. Definitely can't be anything involving the basics of defending, organisationally the midfield and defence is all over the place.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Wonder what this lot do in training all week. Definitely can't be anything involving the basics of defending, organisationally the midfield and defence is all over the place.

New Dartboard!

We’re a bunch a headless chickens . This side has relegation written all over it unless a new manager can sort them out of the main stand roof waits another year

Holohan Misses a sitter

OMG, sitter missed.

Embarrassing from Holohan. No excuse for blasting that over. We can't keep failing to do the basics.

Holohan finishes that in previous season's.

It defies logic why the NO are taking so long.

PH knew the problems and would have resolved them in the window, as unlike the last two times he came in throwing the baby out with the bath water (players). That option has gone now but he was the man to put this right IMHO.

Onto pastures new but FFS get on with it. We don’t need to pretend the process be complicated with data, blah blah or have so many people in the loop(we are not inventing anything new FGS).

Fools!!!! the fans are not!!!!

Defo more fight in the players. We need a little hand from Lady Luck.

It’s going to bss we an expensive window for 1878 because this squad just aren’t good enough

We are losing but this is the most attacking threat we've offered all season. Much better going forward but awful defensively.

Nearly a goal for us, the attack is looking reasonably good, but our defence is woeful

Quoted from MaccasBoots

Good thing we got rid of Hurst eh!

Yep, he might have signed another load of crap players.

Take the first minute away and we've been by far the better side, can actually see patterns of play and combinations. Why on earth Tony Glennon has been sat at home most weeks is baffling, his set piece delivery should be enough to get him in alone

Unlucky there.
At least we look a lot better and more inventive going forward.

When I walked away from BP after the first game I really thought we'd significantly strengthened defensively. What on earth has happened to this squad?

COme on Town .  We can get back in this.  

Tbf our work rate in the last 10 / 15 has been the best I’ve seen this season . Shame we can’t finish atm

1 down but the best I've seen us for a good bit.
Come on Town

Glennons crossing is ridiculously good today

Looking at the application and effort I’m guessing the new man is watching this ?

Quoted from lukeo

Glennons crossing is ridiculously good today

looks like the Anthony Glennon we had on loan, really energetic up and down that left hand side.

Town's work down the left is excellent. It's coming, for sure. Just that final shot.  At least we are not turning back much.

Defense looks shocking, how many long balls are getting through?

Glennon has out some fantastic crosses in.

At least we’re showing a bit of fight today

Stephen Wearne puts Gateshead 2 up and Rumarn Burrell scores for Cove

Same problems when we go forwards still, no one ever there, only ever 2 maybe 3 in the box and they're all stood together never spread out to give options for the cross or pass, no one ever arriving late on the edge etc etc

0-1 down, but not been this much entertained in a long time.

I'm a bit worried !

Trailing 0-1 at home and i'm quite enjoying this for a change !!!!!!

Andrews and Glennon looking particularly good !

My only worry is that we look wide open on the counter.

UTM.

There 2 ways you can look at this, the lads are having a go and they aren’t far off or they’re having a go and aren’t good enough.

Quoted from Spidey

0-1 down, but not been this much entertained in a long time.

This

Don't have the killer touch.  Good diagonal balls and threaded passes. Better set pieces. Frustrating we are not back level.

Quoted from GibMariner

This

Being entertained won't take us up the League.

This ref is making some strange decisions.

We look soo much better than we have for ages. Ben and Shaun have taken the reigns off and told them to go for it. Alright, we've been wasteful in front of goal but with a little bit of lady luck and a modicum of composure we'll soonl be up and running like a proper team again.

How many more times is a dopey sod in the crowd going to throw the ball onto the pitch when we're trying to get the ball back into play quickly?

Quoted from 123614

Being entertained won't take us up the League.

No, but it would suggest we are playing better football, creating more chances (even if we're not taking them at the moment), and suggests we may be going in a better direction at least then we have been in the last 3 or 4 games

Just out of interest, when was the last time we scored at the Pontoon end? 🤔

I've not noticed it as much in other games, but we've got some dim fans throwing the ball into play when it's a multiball system.

Quoted from Badger57

We look soo much better than we have for ages. Ben and Shaun have taken the reigns off and told them to go for it. Alright, we've been wasteful in front of goal but with a little bit of lady luck and a modicum of composure we'll soonl be up and running like a proper team again.

Manager bounce but need some luck. Come on Town

Ball in face = head injury.  Joke.

A new manager is needed to sort out the defence. For all the nice play down our left Morecambe have still outscored us and created better chances.

A half that sums up our season.

Most probably get shot down for this but I think, apart from our weakness to defend, that was a huge improvement of what has been given to us in the last few months.

Town have been working on set pieces.  Also heading looks improved.

Quoted from tashee69

Most probably get shot down for this but I think, apart from our weakness to defend, that was a huge improvement of what has been given to us in the last few months.

No I agree, we've at least looked better going forward, which is an improvement on the last 4 or 5 games even if we aren't making use of our chances yet. We know our defence is weak at the moment, but there's at least one bright spark to this game so far

Quoted from tashee69

Most probably get shot down for this but I think, apart from our weakness to defend, that was a huge improvement of what has been given to us in the last few months.

I think most would agree with that but the first 2 minutes was pure car crash. We're acceptable in parts, but in the majority, extremely poor

That last 25 is the best we’ve played all season . We have a plan

Catastrophic error from Maher for the early goal, not just fluffing his easy header, but actually playing it directly to their forward and we weren't prepared for the midfield runners. Other than that (and one or two slightly shaky moments), we've done most of the attacking, but you've got to hit the target. A few headers where we could have done better and Holohan:s shot over the bar was probably the worst miss. We've played some reasonably good stuff and both of their full-backs look like they can be got at. Question is, can we take one (or more) of these chances, or are we going to gift them another?

Awful defending for the goal but seemed to have reorganized.  Much better getting forward.  Wilson is much more composed in front of goal so needs to come on.  At least the players look as if they care.

Fragile at back not bad going other way

yaaaa  

1-1 Rose

We needed that bit of luck 1-1. Come on town

Rose  again

Get in.  Lady Luck's hand.

That little bit of lady luck I was talking about!
Fully deserved equaliser.

Get in 2-1

Let's spank em

GET IN!!!

Ffs sake whats going on    ;D

2-1 Town and well deserved. flipping come on town

Goal  Rose, deservedly level 1 1

G-R-E-A-T GOAL! 😁

UTMM

Get the fook innnnnnn

Brilliant from Town 2 1 up, come back kids can do it.

Davies/Pearson in!! (only joking!)

Kristian Dennis scores Tranmere's 2nd v FGR

The ball from Glennon and header from Rose for that goal were absolutely top class. If we can get a manager in who can sort our defence out we'll be fine.

Cmon town

And again   keep going town

3-1

*faints*

flipping incredible performance from Glennon today. Absolutely mad he's been frozen out for so long.

PYKE with the 3rd!!

What a goal 🥰🥰🥰

Another beautiful goal!

Glennon is having a blinder.

:) :) :) makes life easier doesn’t it 👍

WTF is going on ? Im not used to this 3 - 1 to town

What a goal that was

From the 2nd minute this is the best we've played all season attacking wise. Still alot to work on defensively but going forward it's very good! So many people getting forward. Brilliant.

I actually feel a bit emotional

Coincidence that they made 2 changes at half time.

Quoted from chaos33

I actually feel a bit emotional

so you do have a heart.

Great work by Cartwright there to keep them to 1

Glennon was always a player just handled wrong

Keep pressing Town - don't sit back.

Pyke off the right is causing all sorts of problems drifting in field and making late runs into the box . They have no idea what to do with him, a bit of a tactical masterclass from Pearson/Davies.

I am now going to delete my previous 164 posts.

Glennon so excited about his crossing, he puts a nice one in the other end.  Loved how Cartwright got so effed off about it.  Another good sign. starting take command of his defence.

Quoted from golfer

I am now going to delete my previous 164 posts.

.... and the rest ;)

Thought Glennon and Rose were going to come to blows then. No need for Rose to charge up to him and lambast him when he's already acknowledged his f*** up.

Glennon has clearly been mismanaged.

Bit Buckleyesque.  Play to feet and follow the pass.

Podge just scored for Woking. Didn’t know he was still playing.

Gav's looking a bit knackered.

FGR down to 10 and 3 down
Podge pulls 1 back for Woking

Coach for the new manager committee 👍👍

Hunt on for Glennon

Crikey, we're using our subs!

Wilson for Pyke

Quoted from It Bites

I’m lost for words . New manager asap please

This aged well.

Danilo scores a 2nd
Sutton go 1 down

6 clubs immediately above us presently are all dropping points.  Come on Town.

Quoted from chicaneuk

This aged well.

Hindsight ehh

Quoted from chicaneuk

This aged well.

The first few minutes was completely disastrous

3-2. Uh oh

Oh no. Oh no.

That was too easy.

oh no. squeaky bum time

FFS that was another poor goal to concede, neither Maher or Rodgers marking their striker, just both retreating deeper into the box

See this out

Morecombe walked that into the net!
How come we've become so awful defensively?
Weird.

Why did Glennon go off?

Need to dig in now.  Some of the Town players are dead on their feet. TBF, they've not stopped running.

Quoted from It Bites

Why did Glennon go off?

Struggling with cramp/injury

Why did we make all those changes?

Our defence is easypeasy at times, shouldn't have let that goal in.

Quoted from AdamHaddock

Hunt on for Glennon

Who we got in defence? Looks like we have 2 CB's and a RB on. WB's?

Quoted from It Bites

Why did we make all those changes?

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. We'd be moaning about Hurst not making a substitution.

6 minutes injury time :-/

Quoted from It Bites

Why did we make all those changes?

Not enough subs Hursts!
Too many subs Pearsons!

They can't win can they

Quoted from BenBB

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. We'd be moaning about Hurst not making a substitution.

I don't know. He'd bring a defender on. We went down to 3 defenders at the end despite being 2 goals up. It's opposite end of the spectrum.

Quoted from GibMariner

Coach for the new manager committee 👍👍

On hold they tell me 😉

Need to dig in now.  Some of the Town players are dead on their feet. TBF, they've not stopped running.

I hope Waterfalls playing next match

Come on town  hold on

Quoted from denni266

Come on town  hold on

Grimsby winning and denni actually cheering for the team. Has hell frozen over?

Sticking Eisa on while defending a 2 goal lead and putting a midfielder at left back is a bit mental isn't it

Stupid by Hunt that. Might cost us dearly.

phew! well done lads!

Get in Town!!!.  Attack , attack , attack!

Quoted from Chrisblor

Sticking Eisa on while defending a 2 goal lead and putting a midfielder at left back is a bit mental isn't it

Clifton or Green?

To be fair. Based on Glennon's recent defensive form, either I'd prefer to see a game out.

What happens when the brakes are taken off,,, just need to sort the defence  or lack of it out

Get in .superb today once we got going .

Well done lads a wins a win

Superb by Town.
A Hurst team would have lost that with a whimper.
We are back! 😁

Yes a win at last well done Town, something to build on

Bold selection. Having Conteh, Eisa, and Wilson on the bench. Starting Glennon.

Credit where it is due.

Oh, and Green, the attacking machine with a goal and assist... this guys runs on pure determination.

Quoted from It Bites

Hindsight ehh

Interim managers had one game in charge and they were getting criticism. Give em a chance.

That was a genuinely decent performance, Glennon was free to play. I think a change of management will do us the world of good.

At last, something to cheer us all up.

Quoted from chicaneuk

Interim managers had one game in charge and they were getting criticism. Give me a chance.

Didn’t see any, but the process of 6 weeks was.

Rain cheque👍👍

What a difference it makes to the team when the handbrake is taken off, very refreshing ! That is the most entertained that I have been all season. I'm not advocating putting Pearson and Davies in charge full time but what today has shown is that there IS a team in there somewhere. With a good manager in place and a few additions to the squad in the January transfer window we just might rise up the table.
Special mention today for the performances of Glennon, Andrews, Rose and Holohan, much,much better.

Well done Town, UTM.

let's hope there were1 or 2 potential managers watching it. Might encourage them a bit more!

It does pose the question what was Hurst doing? We played fairly well and scored 3 goals against a play-off side who looked shite.

From the second minute we went on the front foot and the brakes were let off, controlled the game in the first half and could of easily gone in 2 ahead. Took our chances in the second half playing some really nice football and looked better defensively until we made whole sale changes and Morecambe threw caution to the wind. Special mentions to Khan, Glennon, Rose, Pyke, Green and Gav today. Pyke really impressed me out on that right hand side and was very intelligent with how he dragged the defence around leaving space for Mullarkey to get beyond him. Glennon looked back to the Glennon we had on loan and was marauding up and down. Gav and Greeny really combative and controlled the midfield most the game. A really solid display against the most inform team in the divison barring Stockport.

Quoted from Plankton

It does pose the question what was Hurst doing? We played fairly well and scored 3 goals against a play-off side who looked shite.

I think they definitely were bolder and got a third goal. Let's not pretend the defensive frailties aren't there. They could have pulled level at least. Many players are working their balderdash off now, which begs the question. What were they doing before?

Credit to the interim's.

Quoted from Sir Matt Tease

What a difference it makes to the team when the handbrake is taken off, very refreshing ! That is the most entertained that I have been all season. I'm not advocating putting Pearson and Davies in charge full time but what today has shown is that there IS a team in there somewhere. With a good manager in place and a few additions to the squad in the January transfer window we just might rise up the table.
Special mention today for the performances of Glennon, Andrews, Rose and Holohan, much,much better.

Well done Town, UTM.

Rose and Holohan have been great throughout. Delighted for Glennon, Green and others who raised their standards significantly, just like we demanded. UTM

Our new manager will be watching that display tonight and will be pleased with the effort put in.

He will have noticed what we are good at and what needs to improve.

So he can start his new job running.

Not actually running but you know what I mean . ;D

Great result against a team in a play off spot. Will do wonders for our confidence.

Our next two games are against the bottom two. A golden opportunity to put a big gap between us and them. Also we are now within 3 points of 5 clubs immediately above us. Two wins and we should overtake a few of them.

Next two games can completely change our prospects this season.

Like i said previously good going forward shakin stevens at the back could have easily thrown it away at death , but at least we had a go even when behind & heads didn't drop

Well done Daviess and Pearsons

Incredibly 3 of our 4 wins this season are against the teams currently sitting on 6th, 7th and 10th place. So on our day we can compete with teams in the top ten.

Pearson picked Glennon up and gave him a huge bear hug when he came off .Think that tells us he's back in favour and good because we put some quality balls in the box today