Too negative

[Cryax1]

How can anyone be upset really they had the ball more than us today granted bit we held out and I do not think we will play a better team for the rest of this season the fact we came out on top is reason for celebration and optimism not the opposite..

[Danmckay456]

You need to grind results out like this to get promoted and can’t play expansive all the time , give Moore credit we kept a clean sheet had a slice of luck and got 3 points - like my mate said at work last night could be a Mansfield away moment and hopefully so

[DearneValleyRover]

I’ve seen us play like Lincoln have all the possession and lose 1-0 so many times but I’ve never seen us do the same until this season it’ll do for me

[donnievic]

Wouldn’t surprise me at all if we set
Up to play like that and just hit them on the break and it worked,sum of our passing was poor again at times but we defended well as a unit even if we gave them maybe too much space out wide,but maybe that’s what moore wanted to do and just pack the middle out which apart from a few great blocks and 2 pens we wasn’t really troubled

[MachoMadness]

We let them have the ball and restricted them to long range pot shots mostly. It was clearly the game plan and it mostly worked. Some defensive slips for the penalties and they had a couple of big chances but they're top of the league, so of course they were going to create something. We largely managed the game well I thought.

But dear me, imagine seeing a win like that and coming on here moaning. You won't see another game like that this decade, if you can't enjoy that then football isn't the sport for you!

[Big Fey]

Didn't arsenal win championships on the back of hard-fought 1 nil away wins?

[idler]

If we had done that against West Ham I bet the OP would have had a different view.

[Janso]

Let's just steady on a bit, lads and lasses.

Maybe his thread title's real purpose was to describe him and his post. Only explanation.

[rich1471]

Great result and great 3 points but you can’t carry on playing like that it’s ridiculous, we got battered for 75 mins and although we won, it was wtf is going off here??? Went for a point got 3 so can’t complain but best form of defence is attack, we have the weapons to smash teams so why not do it.

glad I'm not in lockdown with you ,it must be really depressing , are you ever happy

[since-1969]

Great result and great 3 points but you can’t carry on playing like that it’s ridiculous, we got battered for 75 mins and although we won, it was wtf is going off here??? Went for a point got 3 so can’t complain but best form of defence is attack, we have the weapons to smash teams so why not do it.

When will we stop pretending  we know better than Darren Moore . A win was what we got because we defended well and stopped 2 penalties which IS defending also . The only person complaining about the win apart from YOU will be Phil Parkinson . 

Why Parkinson?

well he might be bothered !!

[Campsall rover]

After we took the lead I think we played exactly as the plan would have been.
Get bodies behind the ball and frustrate them. We did exactly that.

We were never going to go all out attack and play into their hands were we.
Just play on the break when the opportunity arose.

[Northants Nomad]

After we took the lead I think we played exactly as the plan would have been.
Get bodies behind the ball and frustrate them. We did exactly that.

We were never going to go all out attack and play into their hands were we.
Just play on the break when the opportunity arose.

I agree. With the extra spice of "hey, let's make it exciting by giving them not one, but two penalties, then block them out too".

[sha66y]

Very very negative if you were expecting us to dominate the team sat at the top of the league, however we played a subduing game which never looks good but works....
Look at it this way Michael.....we managed to keep out the top team for a good 75-80 minutes of sustained pressure, it doesn’t matter that we didn’t compete in an attacking manner, we didn’t have to, they did and they failed miserably ....take heart from the fact that we can score goals, and we’ve shown that we can defend mentally....

I think the team will be better for this type of game, and the goalie will be ten foot tall from now to the season end....

These are the shitty games that become real turning points in a teams fortunes, because the players will have learnt so much....

Ya right....too negative....but a real learning curve

[POD]

After we took the lead I think we played exactly as the plan would have been.
Get bodies behind the ball and frustrate them. We did exactly that.

We were never going to go all out attack and play into their hands were we.
Just play on the break when the opportunity arose.

I think that DM has a game plan for each individual game which includes a sub plan in case we go ahead (like today) or go behind (which hasn’t happened much of late).  The Opening Poster intimates that you should play the same way each game irrespective of who is the opposition, but that will probably lead to as many defeats as wins and won’t achieve promotion. 
 
The opposition will always have a lot to do with the plan and a great example of this has to be the Rochdale game last week where we played a ‘measured’ game and for the first time in ages they didn’t score.   We could have played a more attacking game and perhaps drawn 3-3 or 4-4.

Today we rode our luck and we could easily have been on the wrong end of the scoreline, but credit to DM, his initial game planning and ‘in-game’ planning seem to be working.

[drfchound]

I think I have read or heard a stat that says we have every league game this season in which we have scored first.

[roversdude]

Welcome back Michael I bet it’s killing you not having defeats to jump all over
Enjoy the moment

[donnievic]

Only downside I would say aswell as we defended as a unit is big if I know but IF Lincoln had scored both their pens how many would be on here moaning saying that was absolute rubbish and we got murdered.But we didn’t lol

[ravenrover]

My goodness how successful has this attention seeker been post after post to his nonsense. Let him post and just ignore him

[Campsall rover]

Only downside I would say aswell as we defended as a unit is big if I know but IF Lincoln had scored both their pens how many would be on here moaning saying that was absolute rubbish and we got murdered.But we didn’t lol

It’s all about the result.  Yes as an attacking force we saw much less than usual but that doesn’t make it a poor performance.
I thought we were magnificent at closing down the space and denying Lincoln clear cut chances to score.
The work rate in the 2nd half from the whole team was fantastic and is a credit to the fitness levels of the team
2 or 3 people said Halliday looked tired. Well if that was a tired performance he would be Superman if he wasn’t tired. His work rate was phenomenal imo.

[Campsall rover]

In response to the OP the only thing too negative is the person with initials MG.

[scawsby steve]

Great result and great 3 points but you can’t carry on playing like that it’s ridiculous, we got battered for 75 mins and although we won, it was wtf is going off here??? Went for a point got 3 so can’t complain but best form of defence is attack, we have the weapons to smash teams so why not do it.

When will we stop pretending  we know better than Darren Moore . A win was what we got because we defended well and stopped 2 penalties which IS defending also . The only person complaining about the win apart from YOU will be Phil Parkinson . 

Why Parkinson?

well he might be bothered !!

I think Michael Appleton is more likely to be bothered.

[PDX_Rover]

In response to the OP the only thing too negative is the person with initials MG.

michael gove?

[Michael Gibson]

To all the idiots slagging me off, I’m just stating playing like that is a risk and yes today it paid off, but if your willing to play loosing 72 per cent possession thats not good, it’s shit to watch and teams like Lincoln would be up against it with a few attacks there nothing special

[Darren]

To all the idiots slagging me off, I’m just stating playing like that is a risk and yes tod
ay it paid off, but if your willing to play loosing 72 per cent possession thats not good, it’s shit to watch and teams like Lincoln would be up against it with a few attacks there nothing special

You still here?

[IDM]

Do you honestly think the team went out to give Lincoln 70%+ of the possession.?  Really.?

That was just how it happened.. Lincoln are a good side and were top for a reason.

By the way, in case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve won 8 out of the last 9 league matches.  Is that not good enough for you.?  If we don’t win 5 or 6 nowt every week it’s shit.?

If you fell into a barrel of tits you would emerge sucking your thumb.!

[POD]

Do you honestly think the team went out to give Lincoln 70%+ of the possession.?  Really.?

That was just how it happened.. Lincoln are a good side and were top for a reason.

By the way, in case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve won 8 out of the last 9 league matches.  Is that not good enough for you.?  If we don’t win 5 or 6 nowt every week it’s shit.?

If you fell into a barrel of tits you would emerge sucking your thumb.!

The one game we have lost out of 9 is the home game against Shrewsbury where they played much the same way as we played today..... and it worked for them and it worked for us today. 

[RobTheRover]

To win football games you need to best the opposition in both attacks and defending.

We did that today. That doesn't mean you have to attack more than them, you just have to have more success than them. Same for defending.

Nothing to moan about.

And anyone who thought today was "shit" does not know football in the slightest. I was gripped. It was pure theatre and the last 15 minutes was proper edge of seat stuff.

[Branton Rover]

Is this a joke post ? Clearly a piss take - we’ve gone there with a solid back line & 2 holding midfielders and pulled off a great result with 2 tremendous penalty saves & this clown is moaning about setting up for a point ! Call the men in the white coats

[dickos1]

To all the idiots slagging me off, I’m just stating playing like that is a risk and yes today it paid off, but if your willing to play loosing 72 per cent possession thats not good, it’s shit to watch and teams like Lincoln would be up against it with a few attacks there nothing special

I’d stop talking,
Embarrassing yourself

[Lesonthewest]

I thought that was a brilliant team performance today & DM got it spot on, only criticism was we gave the ball away cheaply & our passing wasn't our usual standard, but boy did we dig in to a man. I disagree with the OP, but I respect his views even though I disagree with them. But at least I wouldn't throw insults at him for it, it's wrong & uncalled for in my opinion. Great result & top team performance, well done to the players & management.