Exactly what I was thinking when reading the match thread from the ground at half time…… and that was from people who had spent most of the first half moaning about not being able to get a reception….. very strange
I would suggest that's an impression only you have for some reason. Not sure why you don't like the fact other football fans have an opinion on a game of football.
Maybe I was a bit harsh, but there are more than a few who are hypercritical and seem to expect we should be playing like Fulham every week. Some of the reactions to a defeat or poor performance are beyond parody, and, as stated above, the biggest culprits are often those who don’t go to the games. If you like reading that sort of stuff that’s fine, but it’s not for me.
I think those that are at a game forget that we are watching at home and have time to type stuff, it's actually good to be able to bounce stuff off others, no need to get het up over it, that's what message boards are for. I would never go online if I was at a game but you talk to those around you and probably say the same sort of things that are being typed on here. It's interesting to get different views on players and their performances it doesn't mean to say what we type is accurate.
There is no way on earth they dominated the first half. We should have been a couple up after 10 minutes. After that we were very comfortable without any real threat. They did nothing at all apart from one save by Maxwell.
Watching on TV, you see what the camera follows which is inevitably around the ball. At the ground you see crucial movement off the ball which gives a far better picture of team shape and tactics, imo.
Because he's club captain and wears 1 on his back?
You know what I'm getting at Wiz. He's not as good as Grimshaw.
I agree. Thought he played last night because with one or two exceptions, that was our reserve side.
Hopefully he's just tinkering as you say but with the GK position, I never really see the point. The second before last friendly of the preseason, I guess I'm hoping the side starts looking very close to the first team starting XI.
good to see you last night pal although i think you struggled to recognise me as i was talking to WPC in shades and a tangerine beanieExactly what I was thinking when reading the match thread from the ground at half time…… and that was from people who had spent most of the first half moaning about not being able to get a reception….. very strange
mmm... two points which I strongly disagree with. Don't think we have a squad anywhere near a top six. Hope I'm wrong of course but Appleton will have to get a lot more out of the players and the way he plays/sets up to get anywhere near that. Second disagreement is that in our squad we do have a superstar. Name is Josh Bowler. He proved he had the ability to be that last season and I think he'll be a lot more consistent this.
That isn’t a top 6 squad
What if Grimmy gets injured on Saturday? All players have to be up to speed
Bowler needs to stop thinking he's a superstar or he's going to get done under the trade descriptions act. He most certainly has the talent in his feet to be one but he doesn't have that superstars instinct to make the right decision quick enough.
yep, but you've never been a big Bowler fan have you! And how do you know how he thinks? Last night in his twenty minutes or so, he knew when to pass which he did well and when to take a player on. He's still learing those skills. And if he thought he was such a superstar would he have been turning down a move last January to a bigger club.
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Did you miss the 1st half?
Bowler didn't turn a move down in January, BFC didn't agree to let him go. That's been covered ad infinitum.
He was the only player who wasn’t subbed last night, the team selection against Everton will be an indication of the starting line up against Reading.
From Academy and can see him getting championship game time this season. Looks a great prospect as does Apter
....and you just prove my point. Nothing positive to say about him. You'll probably say he was poor against Rangers too.
It's you thinking a boot up the field is a better option!
Some of your typing is definitely a bit loose, for sure.
So can you tell us what you saw in terms of shape and tactics? What worked and what didnt?
You're an argumentative sod.....and you just prove my point. Nothing positive to say about him. You'll probably say he was poor against Rangers too.
Sarcastic posts only strengthen my resolve. If you consider that to be argumentative then that's fine.
Like you I'm only concerned about what Bowler does for us. I know he posseses talent and that adds to my frustration with him.
not at all. It's said with some justfication. Your preferred choice for our front 3 included Apter. A position our manager hasn't yet tried him in. Even when we've made mass changes of substitutions in the games we've played so far. So why is that? Perhaps because at this point in time he sees others ahead of him for a forward position. Including a player I don't rate at all in Hamilton.Like you I'm only concerned about what Bowler does for us. I know he posseses talent and that adds to my frustration with him.
"I'm not convinced you fully grasp the massive step up it is between that level and the Championship.
Unbelievably arrogant comment.
In an alternative universe Appleton has so much confidence in his young up and coming superstar that he has asked him to play out of position because he knows he won't let him down.
As you said, "alternative universe". I thought we only won 1-0 too with a Yates tap in. Well that's the game I was at anyway. I don't recall this Apter shot into the top corner of the goal. If he had, it would have been 2-0.
You need to read again what I said. It wasn’t that ambiguous.
It was ambiguous enough. You could have been talking about separate incidents. In fact I thought you were.
I didn't think you'd fully grasped it.