Tangerinenick
Well-known member
Gonna be a long season
Can you imagine pool hitting 4 goals at the moment ?!
46 games like every season.Gonna be a long season
Hull were poor because Fleetwood didn’t let them play so give them some credit at least, played 4 won 4 before tonight and were joint top of the league.Thought the Cods looked good in midfield. Hull were poor hardly tested the Cods keeper who looked suspect. Will be interesting when we play the Cods hope we are settled then.
Way aheadDefence needed shoring up, hopefully done.
Only thing missing now is an end product.
Neither of these teams on this showing are way ahead, slightly better at the moment but not way ahead.
We cant get weaker....They may well both finish above Blackpool at the end of the season but I don't think either will gain automatic promotion.
I am personally hoping that Blackpool gain a playoff spot where they could play either of these sides.
One thing I am certain of is that Blackpool will get stronger as the season goes on.
So far we can only judge the sea siders on one performanceFleetwood were very good, but never judge a team on one performance - like many on AVFTT did last season, who were adamant Oxford would go up automatic.
46 games like every season.
If it depresses you that much I'd give up pal.
Only 10 teams will get promoted this season 10 will get relegated.
Blackpool will not get relegated.
Except they always get talked about more on AVFTT than any other league 1 rival....even much more than Bolton last season.Don't really care about Fleetwood, other than as a L1 rival, but I didn't watch their match tonight.
The good old Ignore button life is so much easier on this site with that introduction.Who?
Zero chance of Ballard playing, he's with Northern Ireland, and very little chance of Gretarsson playing, he has barely trained with us and it would be a bit wild to throw him in today, in a new country. Husband suspended, so I think we might be down to Thorniley alongside Ekpiteta. Thorniley got 90 minutes at Accrington.Looking forward to tomorrow with new CB's (if selected)
God help Accrington Stanley then.As much as I admire Pilley's commitment to Fleetwood the stadium really isn't fit for League 1 is it?
There is a lot to sort out, I don't disagree, but you are way over the top in my opinion. We have looked much more bereft at various times over the last 40 years. Dire? Really? Rudderless? Seeing nothing at all?Seriously mate you are a good poster and I always enjoy reading you posts but you need to just be a little bit more realistic.
We have been dire. Yes pretty football (at times) but have been utterly toothless going forward and comical at the back.
Whilst there is clearly a lot of talent the players have consistently made terrible decisions in the final third. I don't actually worry about the defence. That will be sured up now. I worry about us going forward.
No early crosses ever go into the box (clearly something coached) as we try to play it into the goal like an old Arsene Wenger team. We simply don't have the level of skill to pull this off and it's painfully ineffective and frustrating as hell to watch.
Without CJ we'd barely have a goal. Most of us have watched dross for 40 years bar the 2007 - 2011 period. During that dross there was always a spark or something positive to see. I'm not seeing it. At all. We are rudderless on and off the pitch and are desperate for a leader.
I swear to you I will take all on the chin on here if I'm wrong. But I'm just not seeing this working.
It shouldn't grate on the team that Fleetwood are above us in the league in the same way it shouldn't grate on us that Ipswich are above us.Let’s hope the fact that Fleetwood are above us grates with our team, manager & owner & we start making the right decisions in front of goal & defence, in fact all over the park. FFS all you have to do is put a ball in the net. Shoot when that’s the best option or lay it off for someone in a better position, I’m hoping this will start to happen as our players actually become a team.
That won't be good enough for the owner never mind the fansIt shouldn't grate on the team that Fleetwood are above us in the league in the same way it shouldn't grate on us that Ipswich are above us.
The thing that should grate is the fact that we are 3rd bottom in this league and it needs to be rectified.
I do agree that this will happen when the players start to gel as a team.
I keep saying that Critchley is looking at the liverpool blueprint of improvement season on season and Blackpool's improvement this season would be 12th or above.
Obviously that's not good enough for some.
I take your point, but it would inspire me to lead my team forward if a local rival was doing better than us. I HATE losing. Perhaps it’s our lack of a leader on the pitch.It shouldn't grate on the team that Fleetwood are above us in the league in the same way it shouldn't grate on us that Ipswich are above us.
The thing that should grate is the fact that we are 3rd bottom in this league and it needs to be rectified.
I do agree that this will happen when the players start to gel as a team.
I keep saying that Critchley is looking at the liverpool blueprint of improvement season on season and Blackpool's improvement this season would be 12th or above.
Obviously that's not good enough for some.
46 games like every season.
If it depresses you that much I'd give up pal.
Only 10 teams will get promoted this season 10 will get relegated.
Blackpool will not get relegated.
Want to make that £50?Bet you £20 both finish above us.
There is a lot to sort out, I don't disagree, but you are way over the top in my opinion. We have looked much more bereft at various times over the last 40 years. Dire? Really? Rudderless? Seeing nothing at all?
I'm not sure what's motivating you to take this attitude, to be honest.
Yes I do. And I am way more objective than that pile of nonsense.You really don't see what is motivating me? Do you not watch the games?
Well Nick I wish I'd taken you up on itWant to make that £50?
When do you pay out?Bet you £20 both finish above us.
You should have taken me up on it !When do you pay out?
That is a very decent response, fair play to you.You should have taken me up on it !
Regardless come the end of the season I will make a donation to any charity you choose. Fair enough :D