Yesthird rate players crazy signings all everyone on here has to do is Google Wikipedia and look at players stats its there for all to see in black and white.
Well ok but from the start of the season iv been saying where are the goals going to come from ??
Feeney crosses to Gnanduillet. GOAL. Simple but effective. What's so wrong about that?
Who else would you have brought in mate?
Don't hold your breath.................I'm not to optimistic about the Eastbourne fixture either.
Simple we don’t have either anymore.
Because it is all we had and the team were boring and one dimensional. It wasn't going to happen again, particularly as Grand's wanted out anyway. We all see things differently and I wouldn't want to go back to that team.
The problem with giving him time is how long do you give him. Most sensible posters can see where it’s going wrong, but Critchley apparently can’t or won’t concede his ideas aren’t working and try a different approach. As the old saying goes there are none so blind as they who will not see.
Gnanduillet was a lot better than a lot of our fans thought very effective in L1.
well, we can't go back to that team but call me pedantic but I was simply making the point that the front three then was better than the front three now.
Who has championship pedigree? Answer None.How do you change 25 year old league2 players into world beaters? Answer Impossible.
You're just being daft at this point:
Ok I was saying the same to my son earlier another manager could come in and get more out of these players I'd like Paul Cook myself.
You're off twisting things yet again. Last season's front three contained Gnanduillet who I was a big fan of. We miss him a lot. He kept us competitive last season when not a lot else did. As I have said repeatedly. Stick Gnando in the middle of the front three now and we are a different proposition.
Not me. With the performances they were displaying in the friendlies, I was at least expecting entertaining football, and with a bit of luck a bit of a challenge at the play-offs.
Sorry I inadvertently pressed send to soon. I meant to add, It's about acknowledging that there are big problems and finding a way to reslove them."Pedantic??" You?? NEVER!!
Lets compare at the end of the season, I know you'll bookmark it!
Agreed, I think a different manager could very well get a lot out of this team.
That's tosh. We haven't got a player like Feeney capable of putting a decent cross in.
The front two mustn't know whether they're coming or going. He needs to make his mind up and stick with one!
The way that injuries and red cards are going the first XI will pick itself before too long.
To be honest, I'd rather you bookmark it then you can come back at me to tell me I was talking crap."Pedantic??" You?? NEVER!!
Lets compare at the end of the season, I know you'll bookmark it!
We've done this too. Can't be arsed to argue, it's a well trodden path. Feeney is struggling at struggling Tranmere.
But that's this season. I'm comparing this with last. Not this with this. You can't compare this with this because the two key players aren't here anymore. It's a simple choice this or last and you chose this.
Clearly, you haven't looked at their career records, have you?
I said we have a better selection of players but we have no Gnando. Most of our fans wanted rid of Gnando. Probably you too, I can't remember. You seemed to think he was lucky, it was all done to Feeney.
That's definitely one perspective, but I think it's much better to look at the positive potential a player could have instead of the negative downside. Again, who else would you have signed?
Have we a better selection? I wouldn't say that. I'd say we've a bigger selection. A bit to go for me before i say we've a better selection.
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Don't think these will ever be world beater but I'm sure if we replaced Crichley with say Paul Cook he would implement a style of play that suits these players limitations.
It's now what I would call damage limitation with these poor signings whats the next move in your opinion ??
For Sadler to get a grip and demand results or else. Critchley and his number2, another youth coach, are a pair of wet lettuce and as we've agreed can't hack it at senior level. It needs an experienced manager to come in and play a system more suited to this below average bunch of players. He needs to organise them, motivate them and kick ass when necessary. Critchley Out!
Well said that man couldn't have put it better myself
wet lettuce lols What I don't understand is, given we have Madine, why Feeney has been loaned out. Surely the crosses he could supply would have Madine drooling.
I don't think Madine was a central part of the plan when Feeney was loaned out.
It's not the chosen system though is it? The problem we have is that we have recruited some players who are not fulfilling the investment we made in them - particularly Lubala and Yates. But let's not pretend we were any better off last season, if you take Gnanduillet out of the equation. We are really missing him IMO. He gave us a presence up front, defenders hated playing against him, and he scored all kinds of goals. His erratic first touch obviously offended a lot of our fans who demand cultured first touch football (when it suits - we now need to be more rugged and direct to succeed in League One apparently), but he did the business in League One. He also scored some excellent goals. with his head and both feet! Yet, apparently, he was shit.
Why isn't it the chosen system?. Critchley wants to play 4-3-3 and Gnanduillet AND Feeney operated in that system last season. As I said beofre get the ball wide to Feeney, cross the ball into Gnanduillet, Goal. Pretty much the same this season. Get the ball wide to Hamilton. Oh shit he cant cross a ball.
CJ clearly wasn't brought in for his crossing ability. He is much quicker than Feeney and scores goals.
It's still 4-3-3. If Gnando was here he wouldn't be as half as effective because no-one can put a decent ball into the box. And I suggest you go and have a look at CJ's goalscoring record if you think he's a goalscorer. It's about one in every ten games! So assuming that Critchley knew that then it's reasonable to think he was brought in as a winger. And surely one of the attributes of a winger is to at least get some decent balls into the box. Look, I don't mind CJ but you writing off what Feeney did for us last season is totally flawed when you compare that we play the same system now.
If he (Gnando) is so good why didn't he get picked up by a Championship club rather than an obscure Turkish Div 2 team? Probably money was a big factor in his decision because in football terms that is a difficult one to fathom!
It's not for me to question why Gnando chose Turkey. I think I would have done the same though, given Covid/Boris/Track&Trace/weather etc. And the negativity of English fans towards his contribution!
Oh do change the record Voy. One or two didn't like Gnanduillet. And even that was just based on comments on here. But if you'd been at matches you'll know that Gnaduillet won the vast majority of fans over and became a bit of a hero to them. His name was a regular chant at home and away games.
Fair enough, but he did get more than his fair share of grief, and fans switched between two positions a fair amount, it seemed.
Yep, from negative to positive.
