Its got nothing to do with injuries

Phil_bfc deux said:
Thats nonsense as well

I've credited Critchley several times this season as i have Calderwood, Calderwood was bought in as a defensive coach Critchley is head coach so the buck stops with him

You think being in the play offs at this current time is a great achievement i don't

The target this season is promotion and at the moment we are clinging on to a play off position

If we get promoted then it will be an achievement if we don't then ultimately we have failed

The club has come a long way due to the investigation of Simon Sadler 👏
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I haven't seen you credit Critchley once.

You know for a fact that Calderwood was brought in as a defensive coach, do you? You claim to know an awful lot, when in reality you're in the same boat as the rest of us and have no real idea.

Target is promotion - being in the play offs means that we are currently on target for promotion, and that'll be the case until we are no longer in the play offs, no?

The club has come a long way due to the investment* by Simon Sadler, i agree.

I'm just happy that Blackpool are competing at the right end of the division, but ultimately you can't please all.
 
Tangerine_Dream said:
I haven't seen you credit Critchley once.

You know for a fact that Calderwood was brought in as a defensive coach, do you? You claim to know an awful lot, when in reality you're in the same boat as the rest of us and have no real idea.

Target is promotion - being in the play offs means that we are currently on target for promotion, and that'll be the case until we are no longer in the play offs, no?

The club has come a long way due to the investment* by Simon Sadler, i agree.

I'm just happy that Blackpool are competing at the right end of the division, but ultimately you can't please all.
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I've given him plenty of credit yet you choose to ignore that and focus on the criticism

Play the ball not the man eh

Didn't you keep going to matches when most of us were protesting, your posting style is familiar with a mushroom 🍄
 
Tangerine_Dream said:
I don't really think it takes much more than looking at the league table to determine how far the club has come on in a short period of time.

Critchley has made mistakes, so do all managers. Some people on here seem to expect us to win 46 league games without conceding a goal and even then I'm sure they'd find something to whinge about.
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I expect managers (like any employee in any walk of life) to learn from their mistakes. My beef is he makes too many and doesn't learn from them...and has never admitted to any!
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I've given him plenty of credit yet you choose to ignore that and focus on the criticism

Play the ball not the man eh

Didn't you keep going to matches when most of us were protesting, your posting style is familiar with a mushroom 🍄
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My last match was the Huddersfield game and I returned for the homecoming, not that I need to prove anything to you.

If all you’ve got left to do is stoop to calling someone a mushroom based on nothing, then I think it says everything about you, clueless.
 
Seasider3610 said:
ton up again Phil 👍 🏏
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Fantastic stuff and its been done with a style and panache that we've only seen from the likes of @straightatthewall , albeit intermittently as the latter has struggled to find his form.

I must say AVFTT is still blessed with some fine quality batsmen, although the occasional plodder does produce an occasional turgid innings on the politics thread.
 
I see Lee Johnson thought both sides "looked a bit leggy" tonight probably in our case because we haven't been able to utilise the squad as much as we'd like due to the amount of injuries we've suffered to key players
 
EagleDay said:
I don't think we are ready for Championship football, next season may be, the team from top to bottom will have learned a lot from this season take a look at the difference from day one to now. With another season under their belt, I think they will be ready, assuming we can keep a core set of players that is. As far as the two games a week having an effect, I find it difficult to believe they are getting fatigued over 200m plus training when compared with some other sports like tennis and cycling.
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They're not on the copious amounts of drugs that cyclists are on.
 
One thing I agree with Phil on, we finally played our most creative player in the right position. Kai Kai can do things other players in our squad can't. Playing him on the left is just a waste.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Ekpiteta has improved massively and probably would not sure about the rest given there weren't a load of clubs queueing up to sign them

Stewart didn't even have a club for 6 months

Not sure of your Leeds comments either considering how football has changed so much, substitutions were only started in the late 60s

The target this season is promotion we haven't achieved that yet so how is being critical 'ludicrous'

So in summary i think your post is nonsense
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Regarding Leeds United, I have an old cricketing pal who supports them and we've had great banter for donkeys years - in fact he's always reminding me of the night we dicked 'em 5-0 at their gaff.

Plumbs, who posted earlier on this thread, is also a big Leeds United fan (probs weighs in at about 17 stone these days) so my LeedsLeedsLeeds reference was to those two melted Yorkie Hombres.😛

Many pundits reckon that a team is only as good as its bench - if 8 decent players are not available to be on that bench, let alone the pitch, then that will certainly have a major effect on proceedings.

Despite everything and against the expectations of many, we beat the Mackems 1-0 at their own gaff - superb stuff by all-n-sundry, such a shame that some fans will be upset by such a performance and result.

If you think this is another 'nonsense' post, no worries mate and, if you didn't understand my 'Planet' reference, just carry on spouting out of Uranus 'coz The 'Pool Rule OK!
 
I am glad that I wasn’t the one calling the manager since the start of the season and on more occasions than I care to remember, stating our players were league 2 at best.
It’s all about judgement 62, and yours has been shown to be lacking 😉
 
62years&counting said:
I expect managers (like any employee in any walk of life) to learn from their mistakes. My beef is he makes too many and doesn't learn from them...and has never admitted to any!
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Heading for a 50% win ratio in his first full season better than all our former Managers, did they lose games with more finesse? Or is it just normal in football that you can’t win every game and it doesn’t have to be someone’s fault.
 
Born_in_the_Fifties said:
Regarding Leeds United, I have an old cricketing pal who supports them and we've had great banter for donkeys years - in fact he's always reminding me of the night we dicked 'em 5-0 at their gaff.

Plumbs, who posted earlier on this thread, is also a big Leeds United fan (probs weighs in at about 17 stone these days) so my LeedsLeedsLeeds reference was to those two melted Yorkie Hombres.😛

Many pundits reckon that a team is only as good as its bench - if 8 decent players are not available to be on that bench, let alone the pitch, then that will certainly have a major effect on proceedings.

Despite everything and against the expectations of many, we beat the Mackems 1-0 at their own gaff - superb stuff by all-n-sundry, such a shame that some fans will be upset by such a performance and result.

If you think this is another 'nonsense' post, no worries mate and, if you didn't understand my 'Planet' reference, just carry on spouting out of Uranus 'coz The 'Pool Rule OK!
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Our good friend Phil (and I know he's a proper fan) is typically not quite so vociferous after a victory.
Just saying. 😃
 
Hazi said:
Heading for a 50% win ratio in his first full season better than all our former Managers, did they lose games with more finesse? Or is it just normal in football that you can’t win every game and it doesn’t have to be someone’s fault.
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Let's not forget it's in league1, he's some way to go to be mentioned in the same breath as a few from our illustrious past / halcyon days.
I will concede that Critchley is improving and Calderwood's influence should not be understated in that.
Up the Pool.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
I've given him plenty of credit yet you choose to ignore that and focus on the criticism

Play the ball not the man eh

Didn't you keep going to matches when most of us were protesting, your posting style is familiar with a mushroom 🍄
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Bit ** below the belt that Phillip.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Fuck all to do with players being tired or covid or 2 games in a week

Its all to do with the head coach and his tactical ineptitude

Time and time again this season he's got the formations wrong against teams who ever man and his dog knows how they will set up

We have played 3 teams in the last 4 games who play 352 yet we have still played this 442 thus being outnumbered in midfield and hardly having a shot or a cross

Is it any wonder why we have created so few chances

Most of our best performances this season have either been when we press high, hold up play from Madine or when we have a fluid midfield and movement

442 2 banks of 4 with wide men on their wrong foot just isn't working and its either very naive or extremely arrogant to think that doing the same thing over and over again will have different results

40 odd games in and we still haven't played our most creative player in the middle where he can influence games

We have the strongest squad we have had for years but look like we are in the process of ** things up
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Phil_bfc deux said:
Fuck all to do with players being tired or covid or 2 games in a week

Its all to do with the head coach and his tactical ineptitude

Time and time again this season he's got the formations wrong against teams who ever man and his dog knows how they will set up

We have played 3 teams in the last 4 games who play 352 yet we have still played this 442 thus being outnumbered in midfield and hardly having a shot or a cross

Is it any wonder why we have created so few chances

Most of our best performances this season have either been when we press high, hold up play from Madine or when we have a fluid midfield and movement

442 2 banks of 4 with wide men on their wrong foot just isn't working and its either very naive or extremely arrogant to think that doing the same thing over and over again will have different results

40 odd games in and we still haven't played our most creative player in the middle where he can influence games

We have the strongest squad we have had for years but look like we are in the process of ** things up
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Prescient
 
Phil’s opening post is correct if you read it over again with how we are winning now isn’t it?


“Most of our best performances this season have either been when we press high, hold up play from Madine or when we have a fluid midfield and movement”
 
Seasider3610 said:
Phil’s opening post is correct if you read it over again with how we are winning now isn’t it?


“Most of our best performances this season have either been when we press high, hold up play from Madine or when we have a fluid midfield and movement”
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To be fair he does say “it’s all to do with the head coach and his ineptitude”. I didn’t bother reading after that!
 
"Its all to do with the head coach and his tactical ineptitude

"Time and time again this season he's got the formations wrong against teams who ever man and his dog knows how they will set up."

I'd forgotten just how ridiculous Phil got.
 
You have to be some sort of gigantic bellend to bring a thread up like this.

It’s a forum. People will say right and wrong things. But he can’t suddenly be wrong when talking about something in April.

Critch has got it massively wrong at points. He’s allowed. And we are allowed to criticise.
 
SeasideKurt said:
You have to be some sort of gigantic bellend to bring a thread up like this.

It’s a forum. People will say right and wrong things. But he can’t suddenly be wrong when talking about something in April.

Critch has got it massively wrong at points. He’s allowed. And we are allowed to criticise.
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Spot on
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Fuck all to do with players being tired or covid or 2 games in a week

Its all to do with the head coach and his tactical ineptitude

Time and time again this season he's got the formations wrong against teams who ever man and his dog knows how they will set up

We have played 3 teams in the last 4 games who play 352 yet we have still played this 442 thus being outnumbered in midfield and hardly having a shot or a cross

Is it any wonder why we have created so few chances

Most of our best performances this season have either been when we press high, hold up play from Madine or when we have a fluid midfield and movement

442 2 banks of 4 with wide men on their wrong foot just isn't working and its either very naive or extremely arrogant to think that doing the same thing over and over again will have different results

40 odd games in and we still haven't played our most creative player in the middle where he can influence games

We have the strongest squad we have had for years but look like we are in the process of ** things up
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Biggest dickhead on this forum by a country mile
 
It’s all relative to the moment in time. I do wish I had as much a life as you, bookmarking a post and digging it up Months and months later.
You’ve been waiting a while…
Sad.
 
SeasideKurt said:
You have to be some sort of gigantic bellend to bring a thread up like this.

It’s a forum. People will say right and wrong things. But he can’t suddenly be wrong when talking about something in April.

Critch has got it massively wrong at points. He’s allowed. And we are allowed to criticise.
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Amen.

And the boy is still right about Kaikai.
 
voyeur said:
"Its all to do with the head coach and his tactical ineptitude

"Time and time again this season he's got the formations wrong against teams who ever man and his dog knows how they will set up."

I'd forgotten just how ridiculous Phil got.
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Never said Madine was shite tho. 🤣😭🤣😍🤪
 
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