Chishandfips
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Kind of like the fact I am annoyed because last season I was indifferent but woke up annoyed and trying not to think about it!
Agree ever since Virtue and now Norburn got injured we've looked a bit shit in midfield.Frustrated more than anything…
Interestingly Critchley was talking about timing in a recent interview and I think I’m this case Peterborough is a classic case of the wrong team at the wrong time.
Yet again we’d just started to feel like we might be getting somewhere and we come up against a good side, in form, when we’re missing our strongest midfielder and captain.
We’d need to be at our very best to beat them Yesterday and we’re just not quite there yet.
He wouldn't have changed anything until at least 61 minutes and they would have been out of sight by then.It's all about the red card really. What would have happened without it?
Of course it is and the resulting free kick going in,making it a a uphill battle straight from the off 2nd halfIt's all about the red card really. What would have happened without it?
Good question but as others have said he should have changed it half time - had we done better from the free kick then who knows as often 10 men are harder to play against especially with an XIth man in the crowd.It's all about the red card really. What would have happened without it?
We'd have lost 1-0It's all about the red card really. What would have happened without it?
I don't think so.We'd have lost 1-0
That certainly didn’t help but the big factor is conceding the first goal..Oxford aside we just haven’t recovered once we have gone behind..we need to score the first goal in games and on Saturday we had little attacking intent in that first halfIt's all about the red card really. What would have happened without it?
Having looked back at a few of our recent games, I’m inclined to think that the Red Card for Ollie Casey has come at a convenient time and forces a change that needed to be made.Had no complaints coming out of the ground. A feeling of being beaten by a better team who found it too easy to expose our limitations and weaknesses by imposing their strengths. I could see from kick off that Peterborough were going to cause problems that we weren't ready for, and Critchley's only tactical idea back at them was to wang it up in the air at Kouassi in the hope of a flick on for CJ running in behind.
Peterborough still showed some of the weak underbelly with Darren Ferguson sides where it doesn't take much to get them wobbling, and it was a spirited comeback in a game that could have got really messy, but the man advantage allowed them to just about stay in control with the counter attacking threat to see us off.
Plenty to learn from there, so we'll see if Critchley learns from it. For someone who we usually see obsess over using the players he has to try and limit the opposition, it's getting a bit slack and loose. For one I thought when he was singling out Olly Casey for praise in the media midweek that it was going to be code for taking him out of the team before a situation in a game took him out of it anyway.
Neither do I really but it sums up my feelings about team selection, setup and 1st half performance.I don't think so.
I've watched the full replay. I liked Brett's take on the game. He thought Posh were easily the best side to visit us this season, and they certainly had an attacking threat. He praised out team for the fight back and said it was a great game and just wasn't our day. That doesn't mean there weren't issues, but fans have a tendency to paint defeats as all bad and iverlook the good. And there was a fair bit of good. Came close to a 3-3 with ten men. What I'm hoping is that Critch sees the value of allowing the players more freedom, more Holloway. Somewhere between default Critch and Holloway maybe.Neither do I really but it sums up my feelings about team selection, setup and 1st half performance.
My point was really, would we have gone for it like we did with 10 men and 3-0 nil down, if Casey stayed on, would we have been 3-0 down ?I've watched the full replay. I liked Brett's take on the game. He thought Posh were easily the best side to visit us this season, and they certainly had an attacking threat. He praised out team for the fight back and said it was a great game and just wasn't our day. That doesn't mean there weren't issues, but fans have a tendency to paint defeats as all bad and iverlook the good. And there was a fair bit of good. Came close to a 3-3 with ten men. What I'm hoping is that Critch sees the value of allowing the players more freedom, more Holloway. Somewhere between default Critch and Holloway maybe.
Yes I understood what you meant and we don't know what would have happened. At 1-0 down with 45 minutesto go, though, kicking towards the kop, we were well in the game, 11v11.My point was really, would we have gone for it like we did with 10 men and 3-0 nil down, if Casey stayed on, would we have been 3-0 down ?
Coaching manual chapter 3 page 1, says no substitutions before 60 minutes. Oakley-Booth off at half time, Dembele and a reshuffle would have been a statement.
Agreed about Peterborough, although I took a bit of stick for saying it on Saturday.
Maybe proud but felt the defeat was inevitable, and wondering why it took giving a team a 3 goal lead to start attacking the opposition.Not annoyed, proud of our 2nd half performance with 10 men. We will learn a lot from Saturdays performance and it will make the players and Management stronger. Bring on Weds! UTMP
DefeatIt's all about the red card really. What would have happened without it?
Time and time again teams struggle to do well when the opposition go a man down. It’s a weird psychological thing. That team wasn’t a winning team it was a keep it tight and nick one trying to be too clever team.1-0 down at half time is hardly game over. Peterboro nearly threw the game away against ten men.
I reckon we would have gone 2-0 down but, with eleven men, would then have brought Dembele on and come back to win 3-2!Time and time again teams struggle to do well when the opposition go a man down. It’s a weird psychological thing. That team wasn’t a winning team it was a keep it tight and nick one trying to be too clever team.
I reckon I’ll have what he’s having for breakfastI reckon we would have gone 2-0 down but, with eleven men, would then have brought Dembele on and come back to win 3-2!
Get yourself a bowl of objectivity Weetabix.I reckon I’ll have what he’s having for breakfast
I had easy over(turned) eggs in tribute to Critchleys selection.Get yourself a bowl of objectivity Weetabix.