R18 away @ WSW

[Forum Phoenix]

He was trying hard but needed a more direct option in Oar

He should have subbed Oneil or gem before subbing Tom

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Put $20 ON Hoole to score and $20 on Mariners to win.... Poor decisions all day for me

Hoole won’t score a free kick for another year imo,

What the f**k is happening with these corners?
Kennedy is STILL being expected to mark a striker - how is the coaching of this team so incompetent that this is allowed to happen?
And how do we not have anybody on the far post? Why is it that every U/12 team knows how to defend better than this mob of so-called professionals?

he’s not ‘marking him’. The opposition team just put someone in front of Kennedy which is all the excuse he needs to guarantee he never comes for anything.

 

[shipwreck]

He should have subbed Oneil or gem before subbing Tom

Agreed.... I'm still underwhelmed by Jem .. I'd honestly expect a dude of that calibre to stand out alot more, I barely noticed him in both games

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

Hoolecwont score a freek for another year imo,

he’s not ‘marking him’. The opposition team just put someone in front of Kennedy which is all the excuse he needs to guarantee he never comes for anything.

No, he is marking him.
A striker on the keeper means a defender should be there - both marking the striker and protecting the keeper.
That failing means the sole responsibility of ensuring that attacker doesn't get the ball is on the keeper - means he has to split his responsibility from protecting the goal.

by any definition, Kennedy is thus marking that striker and weakening his own capabilities in doing so.

 

[Wombat]

Time to move Pain to the right and put on the new Sheffield boy.

The CB hasn’t looked great either

New CB has looked rubbish.

 

[Wombat]

Sheffield boys are f**king rubbish. The kid at the back is hopeless

Sam was gash but Mallon looked good.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

I've got an idea. How about we play four at the back.
A proper back four.
Even if they crowd the midfield with five and just play one up front.
Stick the young kid in goal too. Nothing to lose.

After wombats training report and seeing that line up I thought, phew. We are, finally,

Instead we played a poor version of our usual system which was well known and tactically countered by our opposition. And we failed to change.

 

[Wombat]

Fark it, I am putting it out there.

Rumour is Matildas’ coach.

Is he popular with lesbians?

 

[Wombat]

From where I was sat in the stands, Tom H was by far the most mobile and hardworking of our 3 midfielders. So what do the coaching staff do? They yank him at half time and we lose all control of the middle third - genius! Anyone with an ounce of Football nous could see that Hoole needed to be subbed out, as that was like for like positionally and would have allowed some ‘more direct play’ without messing up what was actually working.

Honestly, most of the people on here could do a better job of running this football club than the arsehats that are currently in charge.

On TV Tommy looked poor but he is not an AM. However we are a shambles.

 

[Wombat]

He should have subbed Oneil or gem before subbing Tom

No O'Neill while making a few mistakes was our most competent middy. Gem, did improve in the second half and showed some promise. We would probably be better served playing Aiden as the AM.

 

[Holy]

Fark it, I am putting it out there.

Rumour is Matildas’ coach.

Matidas’ Coach, that’s a gee up, surely.

For mine, he has shown no real desire to actually win a game, so to be mentioned in the same sentence as the Matilda’s doesn’t make sense.

If so, can only see their WC campaign ending in tears.

 

[Wombat]

After wombats training report and seeing that line up I thought, phew. We are, finally,

Instead we played a poor version of our usual system which was well known and tactically countered by our opposition. And we failed to change.

It was horrible to watch. Flat and gutless. Cost me money. Like watching a racehorse put in a redhot barrier trial and then run like a donkey on Sat.

 

[MrCelery]

Fark it, I am putting it out there.

Rumour is Matildas’ coach.

Another celebrity stunt?

Waiting for the announcement we've signed Hakeem al-Araibi. But the way we played today maybe we should sign all the Thai Cave Kids.

 

[Forum Phoenix]

Agreed.... I'm still underwhelmed by Jem .. I'd honestly expect a dude of that calibre to stand out alot more, I barely noticed him in both games

The quality is there. I can see it. Problem is he’s only played one second half where we were dominated and then in a horribly lack lustre and completely non cohesive side - where he was one of the few to alt least show energy.

So much wrong with that performance I just can’t be bothered dissecting it.

But bottom line if you’re going to have 3 DM,s Mulvey needed to put Tom higher and free him up and also make sure he he has highly willing and mobile runners. People complain about Hoole on the ball, well off it he is absolutely horrendous. And Murray sadly dashed my hopes today that he might be part of our solution. Only pain made good smart runs and caused any real problems.

Mulvey pulled off our most creative central midfielder who can also pick a sublime through ball.

Scrappy, messy, lazy, shambles of a game.

Awful to watch.

And Kennedy should never play at this level again.

 

[scottmac]

So the cb from Sheffield. I dont agree he's rubbish. I saw a few moments from him tonight I haven't seen from another mariners defender for years. He marks a man well. He gets to blocked shots

 

[bikinigirl]

So the cb from Sheffield. I dont agree he's rubbish. I saw a few moments from him tonight I haven't seen from another mariners defender for years. He marks a man well. He gets to blocked shots

. and he obviously hasn't learnt yet that a backpass is like handing the ball to the opposition*

* to be fair to Kennedy i did see him play the ball out to a Mariners player once in this game (i believe that may be an improvement) ... and he did try to throw the ball to our player once - his mistake was throwing to Hoole who was never going to move the two feet necessary to get to the ball before his opposing man who was metres away

 

[bikinigirl]

People complain about Hoole on the ball, well off it he is absolutely horrendous.

. poor Hoole*, he is just a little confused - he is getting things right ... just the wrong way around:

• gets in the face of the opposition and holds up the play well - only he is doing that when we have the ball and should be attacking, quickly
• finds space easily and gets away from his opposing number - only he is doing this when we don't have the ball and should be defending, closely

* just to be clear, this is an attempt at satire ... and i have no sympathy for his failings

 

[Scotty]

That was my first thought too

Mine too. Something stinks about that. Just to stir the conspiracy pot even more, Mulvey knows what the club has planned for next season and is bailing.

 

[Scotty]

Sam was gash but Mallon looked good.

I noticed on at least two occasions, Mallon evaded his man while under pressure and put a precision cross into the six yard box. Impressive stuff, I want to see more of that. If Murray can read him, we can get something from it.

 

[Big Al]

Remember that time Hoole scored two cracking free kicks and we all cheered. The memories

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