Do we deserve to be where we are ?

The output from the players could be so much more than we’re seeing. That is what I can’t quite figure out. Saw it last season but only here and there this season. Persistent individual mistakes hasn’t helped confidence when it’s a game of small margins. Our possession stats were up there last season and this year we’re lucky if we’re at 40% in most games, if not all
 
Fargo99 said:
Writing was on the wall at the end of last season with the defeats by relegated Derby and Peterborough.
Critchley saw that and buggered off at the first opportunity, then we got two crap Managerial appointments in Appleton and the Dinosaur.
We're fucked at the moment, Mansford has to go, we need a miracle to be in the top half of Division 3 next season.
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I 100% agree.

We got the “early warning signs” at the end of last season not the beginning of this one!
Critchley “deserting us” at short notice was a crippling blow to a squad simply not good enough to stay in the Championship.

I being a born optimist will still hope for a miracle, but I hope we will re-group in Division 1 and hopefully challenge in it, but it won’t be easy and MASSIVE changes need to
Be made both Managerially & playing staff!!
 
20togo said:
yes we deserve to be where we are because we are not a good TEAM. Individually, I don't think we are too bad and if there was some sort of structure to how we play then we could have survived. McCarthy has come in and generally his football has been extremely negative with little structure to it. Structure is not about just hoofing the ball forward and then hoping it breaks for you to create a chance. It's about composure on the ball, it's about being able to pass to our own players and then movement into space. And that starts at the back. Prior to that, Appleton fared little better if at all. His team selections were bizarre.

So a lack of structure is I feel a major reason why this team has failed. You can't really fault the players for effort and commitment but anyone of us watching should be able to see there is really no method or whatever you want to call it as to how we play. And hoof ball is not a method.
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Yesterday epitomised that. Husband was in trouble but nobody really came to help him out. By the end our lot seemed to be making it up as they went along with three of them going for the same ball at times. We did an play better than at Ewood but all 3 goals came from our left.
 
Levi501 said:
But we’re not in that position yet, of course we’re in a relegation battle but while there are games left and as I’ve said equally bad teams around us, it ain’t inevitable we’re down.
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Cannot agree with your more Al , it reminds me of that inspirational quote ,
WINNERS NEVER QUIT AND QUITTERS NEVER WIN.

It's certainly not easy for fans at the moment but I still believe we will have a bright future
 
We deserve to be where we are. However, our squad is good enough to stay up albeit with a large influx of loan players. The injury record is horrendous with serious questions needing to be asked about recruitment, training and sports science.

Critchley leaving caught the club by surprise with no succession planning. It reminds me of Fergie leaving United whereby everything fell apart. The two managerial appointments since have been absolutely appalling. Appleton was always going to be up against it with the PNE connections. His insistence on playing 433 with one number 6 was his undoing. Teams cut through us like a knife through butter. MM has been a complete wrecking ball and appears to have known absolutely nothing about our players prior to coming. His selections and style of play beggars belief. It is a crying shame really and I feel for the players who are still giving their all. I’m sure they have no confidence in MM.
 
Seasidestevo71 said:
I can’t remember watching a Blackpool team so lacking in ideas, able to pass and string a move together.
It’s like they panic when they get the ball and rush to make a pass, which currently is 75% to no where
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I think this due to a combination of not having a dominant central midfielder, injuries and suspensions, bizarre team selections and ultimately two bad managerial appointments.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
I keep hearing people saying that we are too good to go down, but the reality is we’re not
Does anyone really think we should any better placed than we are ?
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We’ve deserved everything we’ve got so far this season.

The way last season ended was a worry, then when Critchley left, we had the chance to make an exciting appointment but instead went for Appleton. It was a shocker. The mood amongst the fanbase was totally deflated, coupled with an increase in match day ticket prices. No understanding of the fanbase or mood around the Club. Let’s not forget the lecture letters from the owner telling us it wasn’t as bad as when we didn’t have enough players registered at Forest away & we didn’t need a right back cos Connolly scored v Reading. Again, out of touch and not grasping the mood or ah understanding of football.

The fun really started with recruitment. Shambles. The Brannagan chase was totally embarrassing. 3 windows? How we hadn’t worked out or finalised that he wouldn’t come I don’t know?! Bishop’s medical thinking Simms was coming… I actually think this sent Appleton under. He’d done alright till that window closed, we lost Bowler, didn’t sign a striker and another holding midfielder and we ended up with Bridcutt and then Ward. Stupid bids for the Sheff Wed guy and Barlaser at Rotherham, £500,000. He moved for 1.5m a window later and less time remaining in his contract. Pathetic. Embarrassing stuff from well-paid people.

Wigan away the majority of fans are done with MA. It’s never going to work, needed fo be brave and go get Rob Edwards but we sat on it and wasted a 4 week break and another 6 games. It was never going to heal so wasted it.

We then sign players to fit MA’s system but sack him, again showing everything is on the back of a fag packet. We bring in a 1990’s manager trapped in 2023 who thinks he can play his style of play with players that can’t. The worst thing is, we only sign two players from Jan 19th to 31st. Two centre backs. Midfield (still) and centre forward (still) is completely lacking. Deadline day absolutely fook all happens. Said this on the day, would cause us issues. It has. Again, this is clueless football intelligence not buying players to fit 1990’s esque football.

So to sum up, yes we do. What annoys me is, we’re paying out some hefty wages for people at the Club to ensure we are prepped, organised and ready to roll. We’ve failed 💯 on this.

Did we really think Trybull was going to be fit for the rest of the season because we all knew he wouldn’t be. How can we know that but the people signing him think it’s going to be ok?

As well as this failure in planning, there’s a failure in understanding who and what we are. We don’t want cliche bollocks about the ‘Blackpool way’ about how the recruitment doesn’t change if the Manager does or about you e-mailing the head of referees like you hold any sense of importance. Who do you think you are.

It’s a shit league this season, I can’t believe we’ve won 1 in 15 or 16 or whatever it is & are only 4 points off safety.

We probably deserve to be further away.
 
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Unfortunately the table never lies and reflects our season. We were always going to struggle by getting the entire recruitment strategy wrong, but we screwed up big style by missing the golden opportunity to sort this mess out immediately after the Wigan game. That to me was the biggest mistake the club has made this season!
 
TangerineBayern said:
Unfortunately the table never lies and reflects our season. We were always going to struggle by getting the entire recruitment strategy wrong, but we screwed up big style by missing the golden opportunity to sort this mess out immediately after the Wigan game. That to me was the biggest mistake the club has made this season!
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Purely and simply I see it as two things.

They knew they’d failed him in the summer window and they weren’t brave enough to admit they should never have appointed him. So they gave him more time.

It’s also happened again. Some of my mates are banging on that we need to sack McCarthy. It’s never ever going to happen as that would really highlight we don’t know what the fuck we are doing. So they’ll double down and we’ll slide further into the shit.

There’s a few clearly protecting their positions over making the right calls at the Club.

There’s no guarantee that changing things work every time but we’ve made a complete mess of it all this season.
 
None of the starters yesterday were in the team that comfortably kept us up last season, so it has to be tactics and training. The managers are to blame and the board for appointing them.
 
Adams Kebab said:
Purely and simply I see it as two things.

They knew they’d failed him in the summer window and they weren’t brave enough to admit they should never have appointed him. So they gave him more time.

It’s also happened again. Some of my mates are banging on that we need to sack McCarthy. It’s never ever going to happen as that would really highlight we don’t know what the fuck we are doing. So they’ll double down and we’ll slide further into the shit.

There’s a few clearly protecting their positions over making the right calls at the Club.

There’s no guarantee that changing things work every time but we’ve made a complete mess of it all this season.
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Yep to that AK, there’s one thing that the fanbase agree 100% on and that this season has been a complete feckin shambles on and off the pitch! But we don’t need a witch hunt we want honest answers to honest questions and change where necessary to make sure the mistakes aren’t made again!
 
Just on the pitch, it's never been better.
Perhaps we should return to the cabbage patch which certainly upset the opposition even before they put a foot on to it. 😁
 
Not heard anyone say we are too good to go down tbh

A fit Marv, Stewart, Bridcutt, Fiorini and Keshi would pretty much walk straight into the team and if the majority had stayed fit would ensure we didn’t go down.

Managerial appointments, Recruitment and injuries need looking into as these have destroyed our season
 
I’m surprised there’s anyone below us to be honest, albeit on goal difference. We’re abject. Poor appointments and signings. The Board are to blame.
 
SeasideSid said:
I agree that the player aren’t good enough for this division, however majority of these players are the same as last year that Critch got a tune out of… for the majority of last season. You have to then question the coaching, training, tactics etc.

How many hamstring injuries did we get under Critch? Not saying Critch is god, but based on the OP question, it is a good comparison to use.
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This season is like no other due to the amount of games because of the World Cup

Injuries happen especially when as a club we sign players who haven't been playing much

It's got fcuk all to do with Critchley
 
Matesrates said:
None of the starters yesterday were in the team that comfortably kept us up last season, so it has to be tactics and training. The managers are to blame and the board for appointing them.
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Er none?
Apart from Maxwell 13 league appearances last season
Connolly 10
Husband 18
Garbutt 14
Carey 9
Bowler 23
Madine 14
Lavery 17

I've said it a million times on here midfield is the most important part of a team protects the defence and sets up the forwards and ours is utter shite.
We've played numbers 8's in the number 6 role under MA had the lightweight twins Carey/Patino in mid, whilst all the time had four decent players who would have improved us all on the treatment table, how good Fiorini was that first half against Stoke to see that.
 
Levi501 said:
Can’t say I’ve heard anyone say we’re too good to go down, bit of an old cliche that one tbh. I do know there’s half a dozen teams as bad as us, and this Championship survival is still in our own hands.
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Fair few opposition fans have said that to be fair
Most recently post match at Middlesbrough
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
I keep hearing people saying that we are too good to go down, but the reality is we’re not
Does anyone really think we should any better placed than we are ?
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That phrase Tim is well over used and I don’t know sometimes what people on this site really know about footie as there is so much rubbish posted.

Given
1. We have tonnes of injuries (virtually a whole first eleven) and at least another to add to it (Lavery, no doubt another Hamstring) - We haven’t enough bodies or quality left to stay up - we almost play our reserves every week.

2. The refs hate us - there is absolutely no way we have deserved 12 reds - you’d think we’d ended others playing careers given that number - ironically I don’t think we had a card today and the one really bad challenge earned their guy a yellow (we’d have got a red for sure !) and he probably should have

3. Confidence has gone completely.

However today, was winnable as they were just as unimpressive as last season

At least we took the game to them - Bowler was very good in the Forst 15 mins and put 4 chances on a plate for us but we decided to move the ball towards our goal rather than shoot from 12 yards at theirs.

Almost immediately after we handed them the first goal, we began to hand them the game impetus. They dominated for the rest of the half

2nd half was almost all us without peppering their goal - frankly, the goal we scored typified the performance with over play but this time the final ball reached Carey who at least did what most don’t and that’s leather it in -I had left by that stage of course !

There’s still enough points to win to keep us up but we aren’t going to win enough matches

We had 60% of the game today but when we are on top we don’t nail it with a goal - you have to be ruthless at any level of sport and we simply are not.
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Not heard anyone say we are too good to go down tbh

A fit Marv, Stewart, Bridcutt, Fiorini and Keshi would pretty much walk straight into the team and if the majority had stayed fit would ensure we didn’t go down.

Managerial appointments, Recruitment and injuries need looking into as these have destroyed our season
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as well as Critchleyand Apple tree
 
We've generally been poor. Yesterday was a prime example. In the game for the first 10 mins. Passing it well, causing a few problems and then we concede through our own misgivings rather than anything Reading did. Once we'd gone 1 down we never looked capable of scoring. The table and goal difference doesn't lie. We concede far too many than we score and that's not bad luck.

And the injury situation is so bad that there's no way it can be unfortunate. There's clearly systematic failures that are part of the problem or it's down to managed minutes and finances.
 
td53 said:
Good post.

I dunno if Mick's clueless or the appointment was just misguided. It's like appointing a pizza chef then telling him he's got the ingredients to make a curry.

I agree with a lot of that but I think the key is this - Marv is exposed by a lack of defensive shield in midfield and the flair players are equally undermined by the inability of us to win or retain the ball in midfield.

Trybull was, I think, the broken answer to the obvious problem as was Bridcutt.

It's frustrating as fuck that we're both not that far off and yet way of it.
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Marv is a good player, a very good one who is easily good enough for this level. He had a bad start to the season with some glaring errors, perhaps missing some-one like Keogh alongside him, but he was back to his best in the last few games before he got injured. We've badly missed him and he'll be a great asset for us next season. Best player at the club that isn't on loan.
 
We have had different
Managers
Midfielders
Strikers
Formations
But the reality of it is we can't score goals and we don't control games for long enough periods, saying that I think we should stick with McCarthy til the end of the season then maybe promote Dobbie as the recruitment process atm is questionable so maybe promote from within !
Lastly nothing against garbutt and Connolly but putting them in the middle of the park together was a bit gung ho and people slate Dougall but him and Carey are our best central pairing for me it's who you put each side of them.
 
The only shock is that with one win in 17 we are still mathematically still in it.

The problem is we are so poor we are realistically not in it at all.

Absolutely no chance are we too good to be going down and anyone who thinks that is beyond delusional.
 
Loco said:
Yesterday epitomised that. Husband was in trouble but nobody really came to help him out. By the end our lot seemed to be making it up as they went along with three of them going for the same ball at times. We did an play better than at Ewood but all 3 goals came from our left.
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I wondered when I saw two left backs starting if MM had identified that as a threat. Whatever, it didn't work.
 
20togo said:
Marv is a good player, a very good one who is easily good enough for this level. He had a bad start to the season with some glaring errors, perhaps missing some-one like Keogh alongside him, but he was back to his best in the last few games before he got injured. We've badly missed him and he'll be a great asset for us next season. Best player at the club that isn't on loan.
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He is a good player, I agree. But he's been exposed by the lack of midfield shield and being asked to do stuff he wasn't required to do last year when he had generally a very solid central midfield in front of him that came deep and took possession and as you say Keogh who distributed well.

It all meant he knew the job he was doing was one he could do well and he did it magnificently. Asking Marv to be 'the same' in a very different structure is akin to asking Jerry to win long balls and then saying 'oh, he's gone shit'

He's been like a lot of our better players this year, perfectly good footballers, but not served well by the overall combination of players around them and thus losing confidence in themselves because they've lost confidence in the whole.

We've just not recruited in an intelligent way in any sense.

It's sad.

I also agree Marv was looking way more on it of late and him getting injured again is symptomatic of the miserable luck and timing we've had as he'd likely thrive in a Mickball style. I really hope Marv stays as he's a huge asset and one that will go a long way towards making us competitive next year in either division.
 
BFCJonny said:
We deserve to be where we are. However, our squad is good enough to stay up albeit with a large influx of loan players. The injury record is horrendous with serious questions needing to be asked about recruitment, training and sports science.

Critchley leaving caught the club by surprise with no succession planning. It reminds me of Fergie leaving United whereby everything fell apart. The two managerial appointments since have been absolutely appalling. Appleton was always going to be up against it with the PNE connections. His insistence on playing 433 with one number 6 was his undoing. Teams cut through us like a knife through butter. MM has been a complete wrecking ball and appears to have known absolutely nothing about our players prior to coming. His selections and style of play beggars belief. It is a crying shame really and I feel for the players who are still giving their all. I’m sure they have no confidence in MM.
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Critchley leaving basically put to the test Mansfords claim of succession planning and the club being like a well oiled machine whereby a coach leaves and a other slots in seamlessly.

That turned out complete bollocks.

OK he had just signed a long contract and it looked unlikely to go, but still you'd have the list ready at all times.

Even with no succession planning and reacting, they should have done far better and we were told that a candidate would fit the club and town, fans etc. We got Appleton who we'd had before, he was rubbish then, left us for a rival after no time at all, fans already had a very negative opinion of him, then he had the nobber connection, plus had never done it at the level. Completely went against what they said they'd do.

Then the summer of public failures and the prices charged to watch such dross was a complete fuck up.

Top end championship prices for walk on fans to watch a team without the 1 player many liked to watch last season, too many loans and not enough experienced quality, managed by a manager people didn't like, after really poor summer. We're not an established championship side or fanbase so you can't charge that.

All this with a fan for an owner.

Let's face it with a fan for an owner the things you expect to happen are things that fans would do. Try and fill the ground and grow the fanbase. Make appointments that fans would be exited about and can relate to.

Surely that's the minimum we'd expect.

Yes the board have to meet the reality of the budget. But I don't imagine many pool fans going the way they've gone for pricing or managers.

There's more than one way to go as show with other clubs with a lower price, higher number of fans strategy. That's exactly what this club needed given our history and growth we've missed previously.

Plus we know that whenever we pack out Bloomfield road, plus have a manager fans are on board with, the atmosphere will be rocking and there's no way we lose the games we did with fans fully fired up.

Another badly thought out consequence of the terrible appointment and summer.

It really makes me wonder what the fuck was going on.
 
Would a team of say:
Grimshaw
Lyons Ekpiteta Thorniley Husband
Rogers Connolly Drinkwater Hamilton
Yates Madine

Have had a better season so far?
 
Squad is good enough on paper, or the treatment table . Trouble is etc etc

There is something not right which I'm sure will come to a head in the next few months. Good. I hope it explodes. It needs to. Fans are being hoodwinked by the training ground and the East, which may or may not happen, either way they're for the future not the immediate present. The 'plan' again has been shown to be fancy bullshit.

In the meantime, we can stay up, just, and it was ALWAYS about home games. Idiot McCarthy has fucked up by not going for the 6 v HT and RU. How much better would the table look and confidence be if he'd approached those games like I and others suggested?
 
Unfortunately we are where we deserve to be.
The facts speak for themselves.
We are just not good enough.

This a.m. on BBCRadioLancs there was no report on the Reading/Pool game.
Why?
No MM report.
Has he decided not to talk to the Radio people, so therefore they didn't give any report.
Weird.
 
I’m afraid we do deserve to be where we are…..
This is our second season in the Championship and our team is weaker than when we were promoted.
We needed to have strengthened 3 players in each of the last 2 seasons…our team today should be hard to recognise from the league 1 team but it’s basically the same players…if not worse players.
We have for whatever reasons stagnated and have been found out.
 
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Squad is good enough on paper, or the treatment table . Trouble is etc etc

There is something not right which I'm sure will come to a head in the next few months. Good. I hope it explodes. It needs to. Fans are being hoodwinked by the training ground and the East, which may or may not happen, either way they're for the future not the immediate present. The 'plan' again has been shown to be fancy bullshit.

In the meantime, we can stay up, just, and it was ALWAYS about home games. Idiot McCarthy has fucked up by not going for the 6 v HT and RU. How much better would the table look and confidence be if he'd approached those games like I and others suggested?
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Founts,

I fully agree that something is not right, although I don't agree that the East and TG are smokescreens. They're needed and they cost money. Without additional investment, it's likely that SS has to cut costs elsewhere - especially after COVID. That said, if we've tried to save money in the pitch - which seems clear to me - then this seasons efforts have been false economy because we're gaining nothing from the injury plagued gambles and we're losing value for the players who were once great assets.

TAM obviously has some feelings on the topic as he's been notably vocal and we all know he's a reasonable sort. My personal view is that the club have misjudged the support. We've been through a lot of shit before and are generally tough enough to deal with the truth. Most know we're a smaller fish in this division. If we struggle to compete financially so be it. Better than trying to be something we're not or, worse still, pretending everything is fine to get bums on seats.
 
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Recruitment has been disastrous where permanent players are concerned. However, you'll struggle to find a better front four in this division than Rodgers, Poveda, Bowler and Yates. Its what's behind them, and the fact they've rarely (ever?) played together that's the problem.
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Disagree. Rodger we don't really know about but Poveda, Bowler and Yates are wildly inconsistent.
 
straightatthewall said:
My personal view is that the club have misjudged the support. We've been through a lot of shit before and are generally tough enough to deal with the truth. Most know we're a smaller fish in this division. If we struggle to compete financially so be it. Better than trying to be something we're not
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straightatthewall said:
Founts,

I fully agree that something is not right, although I don't agree that the East and TG are smokescreens. They're needed and they cost money. Without additional investment, it's likely that SS has to cut costs elsewhere - especially after COVID. That said, if we've tried to save money in the pitch - which seems clear to me - then this seasons efforts have been false economy because we're gaining nothing from the injury plagued gambles and we're losing value for the players who were once great assets.

TAM obviously has some feelings on the topic as he's been notably vocal and we all know he's a reasonable sort. My personal view is that the club have misjudged the support. We've been through a lot of shit before and are generally tough enough to deal with the truth. Most know we're a smaller fish in this division. If we struggle to compete financially so be it. Better than trying to be something we're not or, worse still, pretending everything is fine to get bums on seats.
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Absolutely. A weird mixture of spin and silence gets on my nerves more than us not being very good at football.

The latter thing is inevitable at one point or another, the former is a choice.
 
straightatthewall said:
Founts,

I fully agree that something is not right, although I don't agree that the East and TG are smokescreens. They're needed and they cost money. Without additional investment, it's likely that SS has to cut costs elsewhere - especially after COVID. That said, if we've tried to save money in the pitch - which seems clear to me - then this seasons efforts have been false economy because we're gaining nothing from the injury plagued gambles and we're losing value for the players who were once great assets.

TAM obviously has some feelings on the topic as he's been notably vocal and we all know he's a reasonable sort. My personal view is that the club have misjudged the support. We've been through a lot of shit before and are generally tough enough to deal with the truth. Most know we're a smaller fish in this division. If we struggle to compete financially so be it. Better than trying to be something we're not or, worse still, pretending everything is fine to get bums on seats.
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I think the TG and the E are distractions as opposed to intentional smokescreens- whether they go ahead in their entirety or not. Fans have latched on them somewhat.

Paying 4 times for one player is gross incompetence. That alone is total proof of the mess.

I don't buy into the COVID argument too deeply as every other Club has been in the same boat and I can't believe we have the lowest finance available in relation to expenditure and no club has gone to the wall.

I'm sure I read that the monies for these off field projects were ringfenced already so no impact on BFC Footy funds???? Why can't they come out and give definitive updates on where were at with these things. Fans have a right to know as it's potential debt in the Club in the future and possibly post Sadler.
 
td53 said:
Absolutely. A weird mixture of spin and silence gets on my nerves more than us not being very good at football.

The latter thing is inevitable at one point or another, the former is a choice.
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The spin that came out from the chat after Critchley left has been exposed as total utter bullshit by appointing Appleton and then McCarthy.

That’s before we discuss recruitment.

That’s why there’s been very little, like you say.

Ah well at least he e-mailed the head of refs.

‘Burger night’ will be interesting to see what the communication is like.
 
Adams Kebab said:
We’ve deserved everything we’ve got so far this season.

The way last season ended was a worry, then when Critchley left, we had the chance to make an exciting appointment but instead went for Appleton. It was a shocker. The mood amongst the fanbase was totally deflated, coupled with an increase in match day ticket prices. No understanding of the fanbase or mood around the Club. Let’s not forget the lecture letters from the owner telling us it wasn’t as bad as when we didn’t have enough players registered at Forest away & we didn’t need a right back cos Connolly scored v Reading. Again, out of touch and not grasping the mood or ah understanding of football.

The fun really started with recruitment. Shambles. The Brannagan chase was totally embarrassing. 3 windows? How we hadn’t worked out or finalised that he wouldn’t come I don’t know?! Bishop’s medical thinking Simms was coming… I actually think this sent Appleton under. He’d done alright till that window closed, we lost Bowler, didn’t sign a striker and another holding midfielder and we ended up with Bridcutt and then Ward. Stupid bids for the Sheff Wed guy and Barlaser at Rotherham, £500,000. He moved for 1.5m a window later and less time remaining in his contract. Pathetic. Embarrassing stuff from well-paid people.

Wigan away the majority of fans are done with MA. It’s never going to work, needed fo be brave and go get Rob Edwards but we sat on it and wasted a 4 week break and another 6 games. It was never going to heal so wasted it.

We then sign players to fit MA’s system but sack him, again showing everything is on the back of a fag packet. We bring in a 1990’s manager trapped in 2023 who thinks he can play his style of play with players that can’t. The worst thing is, we only sign two players from Jan 19th to 31st. Two centre backs. Midfield (still) and centre forward (still) is completely lacking. Deadline day absolutely fook all happens. Said this on the day, would cause us issues. It has. Again, this is clueless football intelligence not buying players to fit 1990’s esque football.

So to sum up, yes we do. What annoys me is, we’re paying out some hefty wages for people at the Club to ensure we are prepped, organised and ready to roll. We’ve failed 💯 on this.

Did we really think Trybull was going to be fit for the rest of the season because we all knew he wouldn’t be. How can we know that but the people signing him think it’s going to be ok?

As well as this failure in planning, there’s a failure in understanding who and what we are. We don’t want cliche bollocks about the ‘Blackpool way’ about how the recruitment doesn’t change if the Manager does or about you e-mailing the head of referees like you hold any sense of importance. Who do you think you are.

It’s a shit league this season, I can’t believe we’ve won 1 in 15 or 16 or whatever it is & are only 4 points off safety.

We probably deserve to be further away.
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Adams Kebab said:
We’ve deserved everything we’ve got so far this season.

The way last season ended was a worry, then when Critchley left, we had the chance to make an exciting appointment but instead went for Appleton. It was a shocker. The mood amongst the fanbase was totally deflated, coupled with an increase in match day ticket prices. No understanding of the fanbase or mood around the Club. Let’s not forget the lecture letters from the owner telling us it wasn’t as bad as when we didn’t have enough players registered at Forest away & we didn’t need a right back cos Connolly scored v Reading. Again, out of touch and not grasping the mood or ah understanding of football.

The fun really started with recruitment. Shambles. The Brannagan chase was totally embarrassing. 3 windows? How we hadn’t worked out or finalised that he wouldn’t come I don’t know?! Bishop’s medical thinking Simms was coming… I actually think this sent Appleton under. He’d done alright till that window closed, we lost Bowler, didn’t sign a striker and another holding midfielder and we ended up with Bridcutt and then Ward. Stupid bids for the Sheff Wed guy and Barlaser at Rotherham, £500,000. He moved for 1.5m a window later and less time remaining in his contract. Pathetic. Embarrassing stuff from well-paid people.

Wigan away the majority of fans are done with MA. It’s never going to work, needed fo be brave and go get Rob Edwards but we sat on it and wasted a 4 week break and another 6 games. It was never going to heal so wasted it.

We then sign players to fit MA’s system but sack him, again showing everything is on the back of a fag packet. We bring in a 1990’s manager trapped in 2023 who thinks he can play his style of play with players that can’t. The worst thing is, we only sign two players from Jan 19th to 31st. Two centre backs. Midfield (still) and centre forward (still) is completely lacking. Deadline day absolutely fook all happens. Said this on the day, would cause us issues. It has. Again, this is clueless football intelligence not buying players to fit 1990’s esque football.

So to sum up, yes we do. What annoys me is, we’re paying out some hefty wages for people at the Club to ensure we are prepped, organised and ready to roll. We’ve failed 💯 on this.

Did we really think Trybull was going to be fit for the rest of the season because we all knew he wouldn’t be. How can we know that but the people signing him think it’s going to be ok?

As well as this failure in planning, there’s a failure in understanding who and what we are. We don’t want cliche bollocks about the ‘Blackpool way’ about how the recruitment doesn’t change if the Manager does or about you e-mailing the head of referees like you hold any sense of importance. Who do you think you are.

It’s a shit league this season, I can’t believe we’ve won 1 in 15 or 16 or whatever it is & are only 4 points off safety.

We probably deserve to be further away.
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AK, an absolutely superb summary of the clusterfuck of the last 9-10 months! 👍
 
Adams Kebab said:
We’ve deserved everything we’ve got so far this season.

The way last season ended was a worry, then when Critchley left, we had the chance to make an exciting appointment but instead went for Appleton. It was a shocker. The mood amongst the fanbase was totally deflated, coupled with an increase in match day ticket prices. No understanding of the fanbase or mood around the Club. Let’s not forget the lecture letters from the owner telling us it wasn’t as bad as when we didn’t have enough players registered at Forest away & we didn’t need a right back cos Connolly scored v Reading. Again, out of touch and not grasping the mood or ah understanding of football.

The fun really started with recruitment. Shambles. The Brannagan chase was totally embarrassing. 3 windows? How we hadn’t worked out or finalised that he wouldn’t come I don’t know?! Bishop’s medical thinking Simms was coming… I actually think this sent Appleton under. He’d done alright till that window closed, we lost Bowler, didn’t sign a striker and another holding midfielder and we ended up with Bridcutt and then Ward. Stupid bids for the Sheff Wed guy and Barlaser at Rotherham, £500,000. He moved for 1.5m a window later and less time remaining in his contract. Pathetic. Embarrassing stuff from well-paid people.

Wigan away the majority of fans are done with MA. It’s never going to work, needed fo be brave and go get Rob Edwards but we sat on it and wasted a 4 week break and another 6 games. It was never going to heal so wasted it.

We then sign players to fit MA’s system but sack him, again showing everything is on the back of a fag packet. We bring in a 1990’s manager trapped in 2023 who thinks he can play his style of play with players that can’t. The worst thing is, we only sign two players from Jan 19th to 31st. Two centre backs. Midfield (still) and centre forward (still) is completely lacking. Deadline day absolutely fook all happens. Said this on the day, would cause us issues. It has. Again, this is clueless football intelligence not buying players to fit 1990’s esque football.

So to sum up, yes we do. What annoys me is, we’re paying out some hefty wages for people at the Club to ensure we are prepped, organised and ready to roll. We’ve failed 💯 on this.

Did we really think Trybull was going to be fit for the rest of the season because we all knew he wouldn’t be. How can we know that but the people signing him think it’s going to be ok?

As well as this failure in planning, there’s a failure in understanding who and what we are. We don’t want cliche bollocks about the ‘Blackpool way’ about how the recruitment doesn’t change if the Manager does or about you e-mailing the head of referees like you hold any sense of importance. Who do you think you are.

It’s a shit league this season, I can’t believe we’ve won 1 in 15 or 16 or whatever it is & are only 4 points off safety.

We probably deserve to be further away.
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I think you have very articulately nailed what the majority of supporters think there. Nice one.
 
Adams Kebab said:
The spin that came out from the chat after Critchley left has been exposed as total utter bullshit by appointing Appleton and then McCarthy.

That’s before we discuss recruitment.

That’s why there’s been very little, like you say.

Ah well at least he e-mailed the head of refs.

‘Burger night’ will be interesting to see what the communication is like.
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It's going to be one hell of a joyous occasion 😆
 
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