Fleetwood v Blackpool Official Matchday Thread 01.11.23

Knowing Critchley he will start the likes of Boothe and Kouassi at Bolton. How many times does he have to see something fail before changing things. He did it with Connolly at left wing back.

Really pissed off because that should have been a comfortable win tonight.
 
To be fair it was always going to be tricky - they have done better recently and looked decent in the first half . We definitely should be keeping that lead though . Very unlucky not to get a pen for a blatant handball
 
TSSeasider said:
Well, if we ever string 90 minutes together like that second half we will win far more games than we lose.

FTFC had one shot in the second half and scored - it happens.

NC has to see it.

Great game, disappointed not to win it, but at half time I'd have bit your hands off.
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We don't though, we only play like that when losing, then we stop and fanny about.
 
heart beat getting back to normal, i have to give some credit to the cods for their part in a fantastic game of football.

carey on the front foot is a very good player. Dembele is a cut above this league, the pair of them together seem like a dream attacking midfield frankly.

should not have taken our foot off their necks we should have gone for the fourth and fifth.

kenny had another fantastic game, but i think i know our midfield and it doesnt include norburn. whether critchley knows it is another matter.
 
JJpool said:
On the whole it's just not good enough, can't keep performing like dick heads for half the game. Great comeback but they haven't seen it through.

We get into the lead and suddenly we stop playing, no improvement there at all.

If you can't see a game vs struggling Fleetwood through when they've had nothing all half, then you don't deserve to bea near the top.
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As soon as we scored I was praying we would keep going at them until at least the 80th minute… but of course we didnt. Played ourselves into trouble and gave them an opportunity to get back into game.
 
neyo said:
Fleetwood better first half, you lot better second. Draw probably fair when you reflect. Why you invited pressure at 2-3 and didn't go for a fourth when you were so dominant, I have no idea though... Did feel like suicide...
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Yeah listening on the radio at work and my heart sank when I heard the substitutions I was just like please no not again we have them by the throat why?
The same mistake over and over I don't get it 😕
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Fucked it really with the first half performance, but once we've got in front like that you've got to be professional and close the game out.

Not good enough an Critchley needs to sort it out.... We're leaking goals... I think a couple that Grimmy should have done better with perhaps.
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Stop blaming individual players. You told us we are not allowed to do that.
 
TSSeasider said:
Well, if we ever string 90 minutes together like that second half we will win far more games than we lose.

FTFC had one shot in the second half and scored - it happens.

NC has to see it.

Great game, disappointed not to win it, but at half time I'd have bit your hands off.
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FFS we're 16 games into the season.
We have won more than we've lost but keep drawing games with teams we should be beating!!!
THATS THE PROBLEM
 
bill40 said:
Critch is a tosser.
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Who’s going to pack critchleys bags .if Sadler is happy with this 352 shit ,go 2or 3 goals down before they decide to start playing ,then we get back in front then stop playing fetch connoly on and then concede again ,what is going on ,every time we start to defend we concede ,what tactics manual is critchley reading
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
Same old AVFTT, Grimmy should be Number 1 Maxwell is shite, oh hang on Grimmy is shite we need a new Number 1....
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He is not shite but should have done better with last 2 goals. If he was better he would be playing at higher level. That is the reality of supporting a Division 1 team. Maxwell was not bad either. Draw was fair result as we were dross in first half, but we stopped the pressure when we went in front.
 
For me Critchley has the back up of a 4 year contract )WTF did they do that??) for me he has this season and if we finish outside the top 10, then he has to go, he won't get sacked this season, not unless it goes really tits up.
 
Defensive errors for all 3 goals conceded

Lavery could have set up CJ for the fourth but was greedy
Dembele is a fantastic player
Clear penalty denied
Great game to watch

Not getting the hate for our manager, we are doing okay. We do need to sort the defence and Grimshaw is having a bad spell.
We take a point and move forward
For all the criticism he gets it is clear that we have a great team spirit and that is also down to Critchley. We don't roll over when things aren't going out way.
Critch is not going anywhere, accept it and get behind the team.
 
Tangman74 said:
To be fair it was always going to be tricky - they have done better recently and looked decent in the first half . We definitely should be keeping that lead though . Very unlucky not to get a pen for a blatant handball
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Why should playing a team who have only scored twice at home be tricky? Play our most creative players and it’s a comfortable win.
 
Macseasider said:
Stop blaming individual players. You told us we are not allowed to do that.
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Did I?

When did I say that?

"I think a couple that Grimmy should have done better with perhaps."

Must be the tamest Criticism of a Player I've ever read.... It's almost like a reasonable observation.
 
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ElBurroSinNombre said:
Defensive errors for all 3 goals conceded

Lavery could have set up CJ for the fourth but was greedy
Dembele is a fantastic player
Clear penalty denied
Great game to watch

Not getting the hate for our manager, we are doing okay. We do need to sort the defence and Grimshaw is having a bad spell.
We take a point and move forward
For all the criticism he gets it is clear that we have a great team spirit and that is also down to Critchley. We don't roll over when things aren't going out way.
Critch is not going anywhere, accept it and get behind the team.
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I'd kinda hoped we'd be doing better than just ok though,
 
Burnnazzer said:
He is not shite but should have done better with last 2 goals. If he was better he would be playing at higher level. That is the reality of supporting a Division 1 team. Maxwell was not bad either. Draw was fair result as we were dross in first half, but we stopped the pressure when we went in front.
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grimmy is having one of his periodic spells. beaten 5 times at the near post in the previous two games, today a bit culpable for the second, bt some generally bad defending for the first two goals. we are just prone to it.

one of those days when the inverted wing backs didnt really work, might have been better if they were on their natural side.

marv almost created one of his sublime errors but his fifteen foot long legs just managed to intervene. Didnt really understand the second round of subs. Trying to go solid when we really dont do solid.

all in all two points dropped but you have to say a fantastic advertisement for the game.
 
rememberlesshannon said:
Soon as they equalise we up the tempo again and all over them, he will never change. Shit team selection has cost us, no one but no one who watched last Saturdays game would have started Oakley-Booth. It's got to the point of more than frustration, blood boiling.
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I can only think that Dembele isn't up to a 90 minute outing at the moment. I can't see any other reason for him not starting.
 
JJpool said:
We don't though, we only play like that when losing, then we stop and fanny about.
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I know; it's whether Critch has the ability to say go out and play like that (and whether we have enough players who can).

We are about ⅓ of the way through the season - it's time to push on.
 
hertfordseasider said:
For me Critchley has the back up of a 4 year contract )WTF did they do that??) for me he has this season and if we finish outside the top 10, then he has to go, he won't get sacked this season, not unless it goes really tits up.
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We’ve got one of the best squads in League 1, he just needs to start picking his best starting eleven and we’ll be right up there!
I just don’t understand how his mind works, doesn’t make sense!
 
Albert Ross said:
Why should playing a team who have only scored twice at home be tricky? Play our most creative players and it’s a comfortable
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Sooty59 said:
At HT we all would have taken a point. But at 2-3 why did we stop the aggressive attacking. Feels like a loss. Good game for the neutral I guess. But to only draw with Fleetwood not good.
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Wilburrabbit said:
Letting that comeback go is devastating. They did nothing second half and our defence was paper thin today. Boy do we need Casey and Norburn back sharpish.
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Agreed we should have been able to hold onto the comeback - but that’s football !!
 
Graves said:
Bit dark that Wizz, are you alright?!
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No I'm not.
I'm ** sick and tired of watching the same frustrating shite over and over again.
This squad of players SHOULD comfortably be top 6 all season even looking at automatic.
This coach SHOULD be able to read a game and realise what he should or shouldn't do.
In reality we have what looks like 11 strangers playing together for 70 minutes with a coach with a bag full of badges not able to sort anything out.
Then........someone flicks a switch and we play attacking, attractive football and get back into a game or even better, lead.
Then........the switch gets flicked again and we resort to the negative, clueless strangers again.
No, I'm not alright.🤬
 
Sooty59 said:
At HT we all would have taken a point. But at 2-3 why did we stop the aggressive attacking. Feels like a loss. Good game for the neutral I guess. But to only draw with Fleetwood not good.
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Yes, agree that. We took our foot off the gas when they were at 6s and 7s.
 
ElBurroSinNombre said:
Defensive errors for all 3 goals conceded

Lavery could have set up CJ for the fourth but was greedy
Dembele is a fantastic player
Clear penalty denied
Great game to watch

Not getting the hate for our manager, we are doing okay. We do need to sort the defence and Grimshaw is having a bad spell.
We take a point and move forward
For all the criticism he gets it is clear that we have a great team spirit and that is also down to Critchley. We don't roll over when things aren't going out way.
Critch is not going anywhere, accept it and get behind the team.
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Hate is a very strong word which I don’t think should be used in this context. Dislike, yes disagree, yes stubborn yes, sometimes to the point of stupidity. Just not hate please.
 
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