Defend the tactics today then?

hertfordseasider said:
As Lincoln score 16 in their last 3 games. What are your thoughts on our managers set up and tactics, subs on 70 minutes again, prayers looking like strangers.
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I posted in the week and got pelters nothings changed away from home we’ve beaten 2 shit teams in Shrewsbury and Northampton and all of a sudden to some were a promotion looking team. 🤣

Said the proof will be in Wigan and Derby away games and already we’re back to being shite.

FFS let’s finally drop all talk of promotion once and for all and worry about Critchley being here next season. 🤬

Good luck with the S T sales next season Simon.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
I posted in the week and got pelters nothings changed away from home we’ve beaten 2 shit teams in Shrewsbury and Northampton and all of a sudden to some were a promotion looking team. 🤣

Said the proof will be in Wigan and Derby away games and already we’re back to being shite.

FFS let’s finally drop all talk of promotion once and for all and worry about Critchley being here next season. 🤬

Good luck with the S T sales next season Simon.
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Totally agree. Even Peterborough was a scabby win, we weren’t the best team at all.
 
TangerineEggCup said:
We are no way near good enough to get promoted and survive in the Championship at our current state . It will be a blessing to miss out. Big changes needed in the summer.
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Big changes are needed but you look at the teams that will miss out on promotion, the teams relegated from the championship and the clubs who will invariably be stronger next season (I put Wigan, Reading and Charlton in that category) and who of any note, would want to sign for a team that will probably finish 10th next season.
We are going to have to be incredibly lucky or splash out big money when recruiting.
WTF has happened to that Downes lad who was meant to be the best thing since sliced bread in the recruitment field? He's found no one of note yet has he?
 
Wizzerboy said:
Big changes are needed but you look at the teams that will miss out on promotion, the teams relegated from the championship and the clubs who will invariably be stronger next season (I put Wigan, Reading and Charlton in that category) and who of any note, would want to sign for a team that will probably finish 10th next season.
We are going to have to be incredibly lucky or splash out big money when recruiting.
WTF has happened to that Downes lad who was meant to be the best thing since sliced bread in the recruitment field? He's found no one of note yet has he?
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I agree on everything you said. This was the opportune season to get promoted . Next season is going to be far more difficult. It looks like we could be stuck in this league for the foreseeable future without major investment. We simply aren't good enough.
 
hertfordseasider said:
As Lincoln score 16 in their last 3 games. What are your thoughts on our managers set up and tactics, subs on 70 minutes again, prayers looking like strangers. Playing so deep playing so slowly and playing it backwards.
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Hes a seriously average football manager, and Im being very restrained.

If we don't make the PO's (we wont), and SS doesn't bin him, fans will react and SS can welcome a seriously empty stadium.
 
Seasider3610 said:
Every throwin except for 3 (two deep in our half) were thrown back and most ended up with the goalkeeper to hoof it forward.

What kind of tactics are those 😳🙄
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No doubt his after match will say how unlucky we were blah blah..

And next game his mates connelly, virtue and CJ will start.... no I'm being stupid.. this will never happen. 🤔

But we really are boring to watch.. its snooze football...
 
It was a shite performance against a bang average side. Not all critchleys fault at all.
The team was good enough to win that game. He picked a decent side but they didn’t perform well enough.
Snowflakes saying they are not going if Critchley is still here.
Do one then!!!
 
Sandgrown1 said:
It was a shite performance against a bang average side. Not all critchleys fault at all.
The team was good enough to win that game. He picked a decent side but they didn’t perform well enough.
Snowflakes saying they are not going if Critchley is still here.
Do one then!!!
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Sorry to disagree but the team isn’t good enough.
Not sure what your seeing on the pitch that I’m not.
Wigan bossed the first half and us the second.
Two bang average league 1 teams out there today a total lack of any quality and how many times have we said that this season?
We won’t be in the top 6 at the end of the season for a reason.
 
Sandgrown1 said:
It was a shite performance against a bang average side. Not all critchleys fault at all.
The team was good enough to win that game. He picked a decent side but they didn’t perform well enough.
Snowflakes saying they are not going if Critchley is still here.
Do one then!!!
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Sorry but I have to disagree. Critchley is completely to blame it’s not a one off ffs .
Critchley is completely clueless. The entertainment this season has been worse than I can remember for a very long time . Boring tripe.
That’s my last away game under this idiot .
 
We dominated the 2nd half, and had more possession overall (51% to 49%)
We had 11 shots (3 on target), they had 3 shots with just 1 on target.
When the team was announced the majority of posters were happy with the line up.
Amazing how, when we don’t win, people are quick to blame the manager when the players can’t put the ball in the back of the net.
 
Eternaloptimist said:
We dominated the 2nd half, and had more possession overall (51% to 49%)
We had 11 shots (3 on target), they had 3 shots with just 1 on target.
When the team was announced the majority of posters were happy with the line up.
Amazing how, when we don’t win, people are quick to blame the manager when the players can’t put the ball in the back of the net.
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Yet they were the better side, amazing what some just aren't prepared to see, that was shocking today and the team might have been what we wanted but the tactics were terrible.
 
Eternaloptimist said:
We dominated the 2nd half, and had more possession overall (51% to 49%)
We had 11 shots (3 on target), they had 3 shots with just 1 on target.
When the team was announced the majority of posters were happy with the line up.
Amazing how, when we don’t win, people are quick to blame the manager when the players can’t put the ball in the back of the net.
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Yes I’ve noticed we are getting slightly more than zero shots on target lately, should I be encouraged 🤣
 
Eternaloptimist said:
We dominated the 2nd half, and had more possession overall (51% to 49%)
We had 11 shots (3 on target), they had 3 shots with just 1 on target.
When the team was announced the majority of posters were happy with the line up.
Amazing how, when we don’t win, people are quick to blame the manager when the players can’t put the ball in the back of the net.
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So why were we basically playing 7 across the back first half then? Is that not the managers set up?
Thomo on commentary said exactly the same thing.
 
The most frustrating thing for me is the lack of intelligence and imagination on the pitch. Forwards and overlapping defenders were making good runs but being ignored.

In the second half, we got a free kick on the halfway line. Grimmy came up to take it but Norburn passed it back to the keeper to lump upfield. So we launched the ball from 20 yards further back than the kick was awarded. We're talking here about IQs not tactical problems.
 
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Jaffa_The_Hut said:
Sorry to disagree but the team isn’t good enough.
Not sure what your seeing on the pitch that I’m not.
Wigan bossed the first half and us the second.
Two bang average league 1 teams out there today a total lack of any quality and how many times have we said that this season?
We won’t be in the top 6 at the end of the season for a reason.
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You should read it again. Stated we were shite and not all critch fault .
 
haggertyf said:
Dembele having a really poor game didn't help,but away from home this season it's been too much robotic, cul-de-sac football
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Dembele along with several others (Norburn / Beesley / Coulson ) are so hot & cold.They seem incapable of putting in an average performance when not playing well.
Getting 7 or 8 out of 10 ratings when playing well but 4 or 5 out of 10’s (or worse) is too much of a contrast.
 
Eternaloptimist said:
We dominated the 2nd half, and had more possession overall (51% to 49%)
We had 11 shots (3 on target), they had 3 shots with just 1 on target.
When the team was announced the majority of posters were happy with the line up.
Amazing how, when we don’t win, people are quick to blame the manager when the players can’t put the ball in the back of the net.
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That's a fair point to be honest. I don't think any of us know the answer. But c'mon, with Neil at the wheel we're never going to be a big deal in this league
 
Funny because if we would have won, the same know it alls would be “See what happens when you play your best team blah blah”

They set out to be tough and not give us any time on the ball and it stifled us, Coulson and Gabriel were pinned right back and it left us without options. Look at the bench and you will see there is little that are good enough to turn it around in these situations. We have a best 11 that gets us in and around where we are, but no higher. Only one of our 5 strikers is scoring goals consistently and he actually hasn’t for a while. We have no quality wide men, and no midfielder who gets us forward often enough, as such we have no real plan B.

I never expected us to go up at the first time of asking, and know it’s not as easy as many make out, but if we want to ensure we do next season there is a fair bit of investment needed, IMO we need…..

2 strikers who can get double figures a season in this league
2 attacking wide players
1 attacking midfielder who can grab the game by the scruff of the neck
1 left footer defender

This is a minimum imo, and we need to ship a fair few out.

We have a forward line with little pace, who struggle to win balls in the air, typically they get pushed around easily too, Dembele just get hacked down and it quietens him down, and we have no real attacking wide men, wingbacks get pinned back when teams press like mad and that leaves us with Byers and Norburn to “Make the play” which Norburn doesn’t seem capable of. Our back line cannot keep switched on for 90 minutes either.
 
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Critchley has been at fault this season no doubt about it and the formation is still bobbins but the notion that it's all him is ridiculous. The players or a fair few of them just aren't good enough. Our defence is so dodgy it's unbelievable and we have strikers who not only don't score but won't even shoot. We have a bang average team and put in bang average performances and get out of jail a few times due to Dembele or at the beginning Rhodes grabbing one. I'm done for away games now, I can't bring myself to do another.
 
The result was disappointing… We’ll have the usual ‘inquest’ as is required.

I think the goal and Rhodes injury visibly affected us. We can be a bit one dimensional and predictable if things don’t quite go our way.

We still could have come away with something though.

Hopefully the genius will now have an opportunity to get some hours in on the training field and get them firing on all cylinders ready for the run in…
 
I one who would normally defend the team and the manager but today stood in that stand watching that performance which IMO was totally unacceptable, so negative, lacked a cutting edge going forward, no options for players going forward, defence looked shaky only Casey for me played well, subs made for like for like players and nothing changed. i blame everyone from the manager to the players. With such a good following it is a shame that players didn't rise to the occasion. Overall a bad day at the office which doesn't install much confidence for the rest of the season
 
This is the first team post boycott that I just don't feel much connection with. Promotion team I did, 1st championship season I did, even last years relegated team and players who came in I did so it's not a Critchley thing or a losing thing. This season though, a lot of them I can't stand. It's just so fcuking gutless how they play with nobody prepared to take the ball and try to make something happen rather they are just waiting and hoping that something happensnorcthat Dembele will pull something out the bag. Really annoyed after today's performance.
 
A_Tense_Grin said:
We are just becoming a stale boring football club under Critchley. Horrible tactics with 5 at the back in large parts of the game today. No chance getting a season ticket next season and yes I know won't be missed.
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You won't be. Moaning fukpig, win lose or draw.
 
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hertfordseasider said:
Yhommo nailed it all afternoon and you can tell he is not a fan of Critchley's tactics.
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so you listened to Thommo ALL afternoon which implies you weren’t even at the game and yet you slag the manager off on the strength of a summariser who has achieved naff all and couldn’t even hack it at a none league club
Amazing how the majority of these pundits can talk the talk but when it comes down it they can’t walk the walk.
If Thommo was as good as you and several others on here think he is (and you do hang on to his every word) then why the fcuk isn’t he in management.
By the way, i’m not deluded, I support the team through thick and thin unlike yourself who epitomises fickleness.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
Sorry to disagree but the team isn’t good enough.
Not sure what your seeing on the pitch that I’m not.
Wigan bossed the first half and us the second.
Two bang average league 1 teams out there today a total lack of any quality and how many times have we said that this season?
We won’t be in the top 6 at the end of the season for a reason.
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So we are not good enough yet bossed the second half? Bet that wasn't Critchleys fault then, just the first half?
I'm no Critch lover btw... not a hater either. But when 11 players perform no better than average, it cannot be Critchleys fault.
Fans were happy beforehand. A bad performance.... let's all jump on Critchley?I can see the argument when the likes of Connelly and Hamilton and Carey play in front of better players etc.... but a good side like todays should do much better.
If fans choose to blame Critch for 'everything' then it's a poor do, and when they say they won't go again.... "Fuck 'em".
 
hertfordseasider said:
I live a 500 mile round trip away! Thommo achieved nothing? You really are a clueless prick. He was alongside Grayson and Ollie or had you forgotten? You really are a joke, you slag off a coach who was integral to our best seasons in decades and yet you back our current idiot and his hapless coaches. Phuck off!
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He’s not wrong though Pete… Thommo is hardly some kind of tactical guru. He pretty much sits there and repeats the same thing every week… He says ‘Pockets’ almost as much as Critchley says ‘Erm’.

He’s a fantastic bloke and was a decent assistant for us, but sitting and critiquing a performance is very different than actually doing something to affect a game…. Ultimately it’s all theoretical…
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
He’s not wrong though Pete… Thommo is hardly some kind of tactical guru. He pretty much sits there and repeats the same thing every week… He says ‘Pockets’ almost as much as Critchley says ‘Erm’.

He’s a fantastic bloke and was a decent assistant for us, but sitting and critiquing a performance is very different than actually doing something to affect a game…. Ultimately it’s all theoretical…
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Life's theoretical Daz, he was just talking sense and Critchley is in dire need of an experienced coach next to him, not necessarily Thommo but someone because in my opinion Critchley is just not that great. Listen to those that have come back from the game, it was shocking.
 
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