bristolimp
Vital Champions League
Shouldnt it have been the other way round inexperienced helping the experienced until it’s their turn?
Match Thread: Lincoln City v Northampton Town
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cdhIMP
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I am concerned. Does the duo of Tom Shaw and Skubala know what they are doing?
Shaw is being bred as a future head coach, worrying.
We moved Burroughs, Sorenson and Hamilton from their usual positions and got simply no benefit from it. Expected them to come out second half with a rocket up their arses and give it a go but still we didn’t look interested.
No idea what Duffy or Shodipo have done not to deserve a chance. Leave the defence and midfield solid and tinker the front three until you find three that’ll give they’re all for 90 mins.
I’d accept losing every match if we were going down fighting but we are going down with a whimper and we are too soft
Shaw is being bred as a future head coach, worrying.
We moved Burroughs, Sorenson and Hamilton from their usual positions and got simply no benefit from it. Expected them to come out second half with a rocket up their arses and give it a go but still we didn’t look interested.
No idea what Duffy or Shodipo have done not to deserve a chance. Leave the defence and midfield solid and tinker the front three until you find three that’ll give they’re all for 90 mins.
I’d accept losing every match if we were going down fighting but we are going down with a whimper and we are too soft
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
Rinse and repeat unfortunately a very average Northampton side had to pretty much turn up
I knew this holiday period would be a tough watch at times but we look desperate at times
January will be a really hard month to get through even with some fresh faces
Just hope we can start to play with a pattern and belief
Unfortunately I get the feeling we’ll get a 5-0 result in January if we aren’t careful
Not sure about the sending off but I take it will be another extended ban?
Need to use this break after NYD to heal the wounds
Uti
I knew this holiday period would be a tough watch at times but we look desperate at times
January will be a really hard month to get through even with some fresh faces
Just hope we can start to play with a pattern and belief
Unfortunately I get the feeling we’ll get a 5-0 result in January if we aren’t careful
Not sure about the sending off but I take it will be another extended ban?
Need to use this break after NYD to heal the wounds
Uti
Don't think he can be registered until the 2nd (the 1st being a bank holiday).
Oh he will be coaching alright hes just not a very good one ,i did say when he was appointed he will be useless and was shotdown for it .
New gold dream
Vital Squad Member
Feel for the Jabara family witnessing that tonight given how much they’ve done financially to support the club
The deep pockets will need some encouragement and some honest expectations I’d guess
Once I had seen line up sort of knew what to expect. During an injury crisis can understand setting up being tough to beat. Problem is we are being beat.
Will post few more thoughts after a nights sleep, worried about being too harsh in the moment on a new manager who has come in at a tricky time. Think supporters are more than entitled to ask questions after last few weeks though.
Will post few more thoughts after a nights sleep, worried about being too harsh in the moment on a new manager who has come in at a tricky time. Think supporters are more than entitled to ask questions after last few weeks though.
bristolimp
Vital Champions League
Indeed and if they and Clive were to walk away now we would be in the shit. Who would underwrite the loses? We would sink like a stone back or even go out of business.
I hope the Cowleys turned us down because of they were in contention I think we have missed a trick.
I have nothing against the new chap I just think he is on a hiding to nothing
Did mckenna at ipswich need one ? Did corbean need one ? Do many reserve or u21 managers need help? Or does a coach who never managed need help !!!
Imp2stone
Vital Squad Member
And
And that was bad and uninspiring
mikeosullivan
Vital Squad Member
...but with the heavy investment by the board last summer, MS was not appointed to request wholesale changes in playing staff.
He was appointed to get more out of them than MK did. Unfortunately there is little sign that he can.
Imp2stone
Vital Squad Member
No we should have hired one originally
German Imp
Vital Football Hero
Calm down everyone, good recruitment in the summer with a good pre season and we’ll be fine.
With O'Connor out, time to go with a 4 2 3 1 at Blackpool. Corners to beat the first man, long throws used sparingly, players in their best position, play through the thirds rather than aimless punts, TJ as captain, stop making panic substitutions that lose momentum etc etc
bristolimp
Vital Champions League
Problem is that could be league 2 and also wasn’t that said for the last few seasons?
imps_joe
Vital Football Hero
Well I don’t really understand this, unless I’m wrong (I very well could be!) Skubala’s preferred formation is 4-2-3-1. Surely he would have made this clear during interviewing. Therefore, they/we should expect changes in players to meet his requirements. I think we would need 4-5 additions (oddly mainly in defence which our strength currently).
I do disagree with a lot of the comments here. I was at the game and don’t believe we deserved to lose.
Jensen was overconfident having just made a great save and made a mistake. He’s young, he’ll learn we move on.
Skubala didn’t have the set up correct from our set piece for the counter for the 2nd and Northampton worked it very well. He’ll learn and adapt.
The turning point of the game was when Simpson cleaned out Eyoma just after our goal. It was a straight red challenge. He was late with no intention of playing the ball. He wanted to hurt the player. As soon as that happened, they kicked, tripped and time wasted everything and the ref had no control. I don’t think O’Connor threw an elbow from what I could see - but their players screamed at the ref and he crumbled. And that’s why we lost today.
We’re doing the right things, other than set piece counters I don’t think we looked troubled defensively. Going forwards, our players just need a goal. They’re young, they need confidence. We created some fantastic chances, think Adelakun 1 on 1. With confidence, the passes will be better, the first touches will work, the legs feel fresher, you get more luck and we close and push better
I still believe when it clicks, this team is capable of beating anyone in this league. I don’t think recruitment has been bad. There’s only 1 mistake I can see and that’s because we didn’t understand the extent of the injury he had. I stick with, if we had fit strikers - we would be having very different conversations, and very little about the team would have actually changed.
Northampton shat bricks when we actually attacked (I mean had the ball under proper control, not a long ball). They couldn’t handle Bishop’s running or Hamilton’s constant pressing or Adelakun dropping deep to spread the play or Lasse’s constant running.
I don’t think we’re far away at all - but I look forward to the replies saying I don’t know what I’m on about.
Jensen was overconfident having just made a great save and made a mistake. He’s young, he’ll learn we move on.
Skubala didn’t have the set up correct from our set piece for the counter for the 2nd and Northampton worked it very well. He’ll learn and adapt.
The turning point of the game was when Simpson cleaned out Eyoma just after our goal. It was a straight red challenge. He was late with no intention of playing the ball. He wanted to hurt the player. As soon as that happened, they kicked, tripped and time wasted everything and the ref had no control. I don’t think O’Connor threw an elbow from what I could see - but their players screamed at the ref and he crumbled. And that’s why we lost today.
We’re doing the right things, other than set piece counters I don’t think we looked troubled defensively. Going forwards, our players just need a goal. They’re young, they need confidence. We created some fantastic chances, think Adelakun 1 on 1. With confidence, the passes will be better, the first touches will work, the legs feel fresher, you get more luck and we close and push better
I still believe when it clicks, this team is capable of beating anyone in this league. I don’t think recruitment has been bad. There’s only 1 mistake I can see and that’s because we didn’t understand the extent of the injury he had. I stick with, if we had fit strikers - we would be having very different conversations, and very little about the team would have actually changed.
Northampton shat bricks when we actually attacked (I mean had the ball under proper control, not a long ball). They couldn’t handle Bishop’s running or Hamilton’s constant pressing or Adelakun dropping deep to spread the play or Lasse’s constant running.
I don’t think we’re far away at all - but I look forward to the replies saying I don’t know what I’m on about.
Lol
it was everything but front foot, exciting football
imps_joe
Vital Football Hero
I think a lot would agree with this. However, how often have you seen us even try and play like that in the last 5-6 matches? That’s the frustrating thing!
Scotimp
Vital Football Legend
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