bluetornados
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 9, 2024 20:45:08 GMT
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syg
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Post by syg on Apr 9, 2024 20:48:46 GMT
New manager time.
This has been an utter balls up since firing B***** with no one penciled in.
Lack of a transfer window or not he's simply hasn't got the players on his side.
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Apr 9, 2024 21:01:40 GMT
The mediocrity of our club is hard to take.Where is the leadership both on and off the pitch? So many clubs do it better and my enthusiasm is no longer there. Exeter fans told me Brown would let us down and they have been proved right as he never ever scores and Marquis is a dead Duck too.In fact none of our players ever score.What is the point I ask myself as the players just don't seem to care.
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harold
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Post by harold on Apr 9, 2024 21:02:28 GMT
Stroke of genius to sack B*****. Lucky we allowed him enough time to bring in Martin without whose goals we would be dead and buried.
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knobrot
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Post by knobrot on Apr 9, 2024 21:02:51 GMT
Beyond belief. Mediocre player, mediocre manager way out of his depth here, time for this to end. Sacked tonight before he destroys any more players.
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icegas
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Post by icegas on Apr 9, 2024 21:03:51 GMT
Crowd an amazing 7,951.... I really doubt there were that many there. Closer to 6.5k and that's with Reading fans. Like I stated earlier, not seen the mem that bare in our areas since of conference season. I think season tickets are involved in that number. We have lost 3k off our real average in the last month or so.
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icegas
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Post by icegas on Apr 9, 2024 21:05:06 GMT
The mediocrity of our club is hard to take.Where is the leadership both on and off the pitch? So many clubs do it better and my enthusiasm is no longer there. That's how I feel, and I include the dark conference and Graydon/Atkin days.
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Post by alftupper on Apr 10, 2024 6:24:04 GMT
He may well step down as it can't get any worse and the odds of us scoring three to win are somewhat unlikely.Shots on Target,Zilch. Never going to happen. Who would give him another managerial job in football, after the last month or so?
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Swedish Gas
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Post by Swedish Gas on Apr 10, 2024 7:04:19 GMT
Those watching on ifollow, have the players looked as if they are putting in effort or does it appear to be the tactics.... What ho! Watched on iFollow and oh, how I wish I hadn't. I'm far away from the action but heres what I see. The majority of players are putting in a shift, but the tactics especially in the first half leave the forward isolated and the full backs exposed. Luke Thomas being expected to get close to Martin/Brown *and* deliver crosses to Martin/Brown ***AND*** help out the full back when needed means he is never in the position he needs to be in (wide right high up the pitch) where he is most effective. Not his fault. The midfield is absurdly narrow, any width has to come from the forwards dropping deep which then gives them 2 defenders in front of them and the ball goes backwards again. Can we fault the players when the tactics are stifling them? Well, yes, as some of them are unable to kick the round thing the distance of its own circumference in the direction preferred. Then again, if I am relying on "No Nonsense Centre Back" Taylor or Connoly to have to bring the ball into midfiled to make something happen then I am relying on the wrong people doing the wrong things at the wrong time. Considering switching my footballing habits to my local team (Sirius) for the good of my mental health
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Post by lostinspace on Apr 10, 2024 7:29:31 GMT
Think that Connor needs to be more ruthless in his defence approach, some of his tackles last night were rather school boy type, not keeping an eye on the ball when close up contact,more on the man with the ball, The starting line up was all wrong this as this gave the Reading defence the time and ease to basically make Brown just a " runaround boy " making him look like the proverbial headless chicken....one to say about the 4 th official, where the R'g manager was all ok over the place rather than ' the box' at one time he was level with the 6 yard line ,4th gave him a finger wag and a few words ,then like a silly boy made an attempt to cease this by standing in front of him with his arms folded, recall that Taylor was booked for his celebration in the scoring of the late winner v Pompey for being 'up the line' more inconsistent behaviour by the officials
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eppinggas
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Post by eppinggas on Apr 10, 2024 8:17:15 GMT
Those watching on ifollow, have the players looked as if they are putting in effort or does it appear to be the tactics.... What ho! Watched on iFollow and oh, how I wish I hadn't. I'm far away from the action but heres what I see. The majority of players are putting in a shift, but the tactics especially in the first half leave the forward isolated and the full backs exposed. Luke Thomas being expected to get close to Martin/Brown *and* deliver crosses to Martin/Brown ***AND*** help out the full back when needed means he is never in the position he needs to be in (wide right high up the pitch) where he is most effective. Not his fault. The midfield is absurdly narrow, any width has to come from the forwards dropping deep which then gives them 2 defenders in front of them and the ball goes backwards again. Can we fault the players when the tactics are stifling them? Well, yes, as some of them are unable to kick the round thing the distance of its own circumference in the direction preferred. Then again, if I am relying on "No Nonsense Centre Back" Taylor or Connoly to have to bring the ball into midfiled to make something happen then I am relying on the wrong people doing the wrong things at the wrong time. Considering switching my footballing habits to my local team (Sirius) for the good of my mental health Buckhurst Hill FC, Waltham Abbey FC and Clapton Community FC have left me... in a better place.
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Apr 10, 2024 8:22:53 GMT
My mental Health sorted with Beer Albion FC.
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Apr 10, 2024 10:05:08 GMT
Dr Who was a woman last time we scored a goal.
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Post by toteend3 on Apr 10, 2024 11:28:30 GMT
Indeed Texas I think it will be quite a low attendance with current form, bad weather, the availability to watch on ifollow and general lack of enthusiasm. it’s been over 20 years since we last played the Royles at home. With the weather set fair (sunny, breezy and dry) and Reading expecting around 1500 fans to make the short journey up the M4 So with a healthy. attendance of 8000 plus, under the Mem lights, it all bodes well for a cracking atmosphere. MT in his pre match, considers Ruben Selles side’s performances this season, to be in a similar vein to the Gas consistently inconsistent, He is of the opinion that there is a naivety in their game, of which he hopes to capitalise on tonight I am therefore expecting a Goal Fest, and if we get the first goal, we could go on to win comfortably, as did Bolton who put five pass them recently, and who only edged it Saturday thanks to a world class save by Gordan Banks. Come On! UTG o Well I got two predictions out of three right unfortunately, once i saw the team sheet with none of the main strikers playing it dawned on me that Matt Tinkerman) was at it again! Obviously, I have ruled out any fanciful ideas of of being a football pundit, as there are to many variables. So I reckon it’s the stocks for both me and MT, so squirrel away the avocado’s from tonight’s dinner and have a fling at us ( which is preferable to eating it) UTG
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Post by toteend3 on Apr 10, 2024 11:38:13 GMT
Dr Who was a woman last time we scored a goal. And Churchill was PM the last time we scored from a corner!
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Post by nickchippgas on Apr 10, 2024 13:36:18 GMT
The mediocrity of our club is hard to take.Where is the leadership both on and off the pitch? So many clubs do it better and my enthusiasm is no longer there. That's how I feel, and I include the dark conference and Graydon/Atkin days. Akin was a far far better manager than this guy he made us very hard to beat and whilst on gardening leave from Oxford, with Russell Osman on the ground we stayed up and out of the conference, the following season we lost 1 game at home all season, I know a lot were draws but still I think Atkin was better than a lot on here say it wasn’t great football but we were no mugs
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Cheshiregas
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Post by Cheshiregas on Apr 10, 2024 14:32:04 GMT
That's how I feel, and I include the dark conference and Graydon/Atkin days. Akin was a far far better manager than this guy he made us very hard to beat and whilst on gardening leave from Oxford, with Russell Osman on the ground we stayed up and out of the conference, the following season we lost 1 game at home all season, I know a lot were draws but still I think Atkin was better than a lot on here say it wasn’t great football but we were no mugs In fairness Nick I remember us at Chester losing 4-0 and the fans turning their back on the team, it was that bad. It wasn't all plain sailing under Atkins.....
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Post by nickchippgas on Apr 10, 2024 17:25:45 GMT
Akin was a far far better manager than this guy he made us very hard to beat and whilst on gardening leave from Oxford, with Russell Osman on the ground we stayed up and out of the conference, the following season we lost 1 game at home all season, I know a lot were draws but still I think Atkin was better than a lot on here say it wasn’t great football but we were no mugs In fairness Nick I remember us at Chester losing 4-0 and the fans turning their back on the team, it was that bad. It wasn't all plain sailing under Atkins..... yes you’re right there were some bad times with him but I never felt he’d lost the plot quite as quickly as MT seems to have done.
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Post by rideintothesun on Apr 10, 2024 17:36:20 GMT
That's how I feel, and I include the dark conference and Graydon/Atkin days. Akin was a far far better manager than this guy he made us very hard to beat and whilst on gardening leave from Oxford, with Russell Osman on the ground we stayed up and out of the conference, the following season we lost 1 game at home all season, I know a lot were draws but still I think Atkin was better than a lot on here say it wasn’t great football but we were no mugs Very true - Atkins also put together the Trollope/Lawrence PL-winning side. Trollope coached that side to success. When he actually became manager after the departure of Lawrence, disaster quickly ensued. No surprise that Atkins went on to become a well-renowned scout and Trollope an esteemed coach.
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bluetornados
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 10, 2024 18:36:50 GMT
Ian Atkins stats were: P68, W21, D26, L21 = 30.9 WR...
Since his tenure, of the 10 permanent Managers with a better win rate were: Trollope 37.3, Ward 34.78, Clarke 42.3, Coughlan 44.6, JB 37.1 and now MT 33.3.
Better WR of the 6 caretakers were: Campbell 33.3 from 12 games, Joe Dunne 100 from 1 game, Widdrington 66.6 from 3 games and Mangan 57.1 from 7 games.
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