One thing that struck me from yesterday was that Fry and Lenihan were poor at bringing the ball out from the back. It’s early days but the young Dutch lad showed he had that in his game with his surging run in the second half. 

 

 

 

Crap

20 hours ago, BelgianBoro said:

MuckNair leaving?

Was in Northern Ireland yesterday

 

Didn't see the sense in playing the last 10 minutes without a recognised striker. Coburn obviously wasn't considered, so a loan move for him and another attacking option on the bench would have made a big difference. 

Enjoyed my first game of the season, sadly our finishing let us down again. 

Listening to the phone in on the way home & they were saying we need up to 5 players in, which I was suprised with their folowing comment that they can see them coming tbrough the door 

If thats the case then I can see Coburn going back out on loan, at least till the new year then we'll see

Edited August 20, 20232 yr by Erimus74

Hackneys goal was top drawer, their keeper who had a cracking game, didnt even move when the ball just whizzed past him 

He certainly made up for the chance he should have scored from early in the 1st half 

5 minutes ago, Erimus74 said:

Hackneys goal was top drawer, their keeper who had a cracking game, didnt even move when the ball just whizzed past him 

He certainly made up for the chance he should have scored from early in the 1st half 

I still think we lack width, one thing we were brilliant at last season was making the pitch big, overlapping full backs that spread the opposition right across the pitch, this gave our midfield the space to play through the middle, Forss comes in side a lot and needs to stop wanting to shoot all the time, Silvera also played quite narrow at times..alot of goals came from wide areas, we haven't really done that this season, but I think Carrick will get this right when he gets the full backs on the pitch he wants.

Very encouraging first half although I thought the subs stifled the momentum we were just starting to build up, I would have held off another 10 minutes.

All in all, I think this team can make the play offs, 2 good loans.. I would really like to see a fast attacking right back who can overlap and get the ball in the box a defensive midfielder to give extra protection when needed.

UTB.

Opps

Edited August 20, 20232 yr by ballyclover

 

Utter state of this comment. Arsehole

7 minutes ago, Neverbefore said:

 

Utter state of this comment. Arsehole

Hopefully all the people who called Spence a nobhead for that tweet he sent to Warnock will be all over this as well.

5 hours ago, Marz said:

Didn't see the sense in playing the last 10 minutes without a rcognised striker.  Sadly our finishing let us down again. 

Welcome to my world mate, except we play at least half a season without one.

That might have something to do with why we both find ourselves where we are marra🤣

Edited August 20, 20232 yr by Georgewhitt

5 hours ago, Marz said:

Didn't see the sense in playing the last 10 minutes without a recognised striker. Coburn obviously wasn't considered, so a loan move for him and another attacking option on the bench would have made a big difference. 

Enjoyed my first game of the season, sadly our finishing let us down again. 

I don't think there was a lot of sense to it.  Carrick is making some mistakes at the moment while he's trying to figure out how to get us going this season.

16 minutes ago, Changing Times said:

I don't think there was a lot of sense to it.  Carrick is making some mistakes at the moment while he's trying to figure out how to get us going this season.

I'm guessing Lath was knackered, and Coburn is obviously not fit. I can't see any other reason he's not getting a kick. 

That's not to say you aren't correct - Carrick's subs especially have been very iffy so far this season. 

Really, we should have considered putting Nkrumah or someone on the bench, assuming Carrick would actually use him.

I'm really hoping that alternative striker is brought in this week, because Crooks offers very little.

2 hours ago, Tom said:

I'm guessing Lath was knackered, and Coburn is obviously not fit. I can't see any other reason he's not getting a kick. 

That's not to say you aren't correct - Carrick's subs especially have been very iffy so far this season. 

Really, we should have considered putting Nkrumah or someone on the bench, assuming Carrick would actually use him.

I'm really hoping that alternative striker is brought in this week, because Crooks offers very little.

latte lath was knackered, so was silviera. should have brought mcgree to replace silviera and coburn up front. to get on the end of things and be actually able to finish his chances. crooks is far t oslow and predictable to to pose a real threat in the final 3rd. he needs to be a deep midfielder and burst forward to get on the end of things. 

You know what really bothers me is why he would bring Crooks on up front instead of bringing Coburn off the bench. If Coburn isn’t fully fit, don’t have him on the bench or, bring in someone from the U23s who at least is a forward and is fit surely?