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Your post is optimistic about the future results and McCann along with performances. Imo I’m inclined to say the same where performances are concerned , as in a few of the games even when we’ve lost we could have had points to show . But this not that strong a league if your set up is good and our hasn’t been.McCann has struggled to get a settled first 11 with so many new players coming in and now there’s even more new players coming in it could be 2 steps back before we get the momentum required to push on . I hope he puts all his new players either in the starting lineup and or the rest on the bench as the supporters want an uplift in results after too many disappointing results at home .
Problem is Pancho, how many times this season have we said "If we'd just taken those half chances" or "If we'd been a bit more switched on in defence".We're kidding ourselves. Good teams take their chances, make better ones and defend better. Poor teams don't.Barring a brief spell of 7 or so games in the autumn, we have been a poor team all season. Other than those 7 games, we've won 13 points in the other 20. That's not due to bad luck or the odd player having an off day.
Radio Sheffield commentary said after 10 minutes McCann was livid about lack of intensity in our opening play. McCann himself keeps coming back to this as well. We are just so rarely ever on the front foot. I get that keeping that tempo up for 90 minutes is impossible but how about just the opening 9 minutes? It is more noticeable this season than most that you can tell in the opening few minutes whether we are up for it or not.
Who switched off for the throw in?
Quote from: ncRover on January 13, 2024, 05:20:04 pmWho switched off for the throw in?Just after the announcement that he was the sponsors man of the match, McGrath mistimed his jump to clear the ball which went over his head straight onto the Newport players foot which all he had to do was swing it.Unfortunate but it was a poor game in a poor league which neither team deserved to win.
Let’s not forget that it was a very good cross into a dangerous area and terrific movement by the player who scored.
Quote from: drfchound on January 14, 2024, 08:21:02 pmLet’s not forget that it was a very good cross into a dangerous area and terrific movement by the player who scored. yes it was I agree but it was avoidable from a defensive point of view.
Quote from: Chris Black come back on January 14, 2024, 10:06:39 amRadio Sheffield commentary said after 10 minutes McCann was livid about lack of intensity in our opening play. McCann himself keeps coming back to this as well. We are just so rarely ever on the front foot. I get that keeping that tempo up for 90 minutes is impossible but how about just the opening 9 minutes? It is more noticeable this season than most that you can tell in the opening few minutes whether we are up for it or not. We are constantly hearing this comment and yet nothing appears to be working in respect to solving it. If there are 2 more possible incomings we need it in midfield, everything stems from that area of the pitch. We are both defensively and attacking poor due to our mega poor midfield
Quote from: DearneValleyRover on January 15, 2024, 05:01:20 pmQuote from: Chris Black come back on January 14, 2024, 10:06:39 amRadio Sheffield commentary said after 10 minutes McCann was livid about lack of intensity in our opening play. McCann himself keeps coming back to this as well. We are just so rarely ever on the front foot. I get that keeping that tempo up for 90 minutes is impossible but how about just the opening 9 minutes? It is more noticeable this season than most that you can tell in the opening few minutes whether we are up for it or not. We are constantly hearing this comment and yet nothing appears to be working in respect to solving it. If there are 2 more possible incomings we need it in midfield, everything stems from that area of the pitch. We are both defensively and attacking poor due to our mega poor midfieldSo why were we so fast out of the blocks v MK Dons? As I said on another thread we sat back in the second half (and was told this was us containing them), but you could say that we became complacent (and perhaps a bit fortunate). So, put another way, 45 minutes of pressure is about all we can manage!Effort/intensity is not skill it’s working hard, like in any job! It’s something that the casual fan (if there are any left) will not forgive easily.
Quote from: ForsolongaRover on January 15, 2024, 06:02:32 pmQuote from: DearneValleyRover on January 15, 2024, 05:01:20 pmQuote from: Chris Black come back on January 14, 2024, 10:06:39 amRadio Sheffield commentary said after 10 minutes McCann was livid about lack of intensity in our opening play. McCann himself keeps coming back to this as well. We are just so rarely ever on the front foot. I get that keeping that tempo up for 90 minutes is impossible but how about just the opening 9 minutes? It is more noticeable this season than most that you can tell in the opening few minutes whether we are up for it or not. We are constantly hearing this comment and yet nothing appears to be working in respect to solving it. If there are 2 more possible incomings we need it in midfield, everything stems from that area of the pitch. We are both defensively and attacking poor due to our mega poor midfieldSo why were we so fast out of the blocks v MK Dons? As I said on another thread we sat back in the second half (and was told this was us containing them), but you could say that we became complacent (and perhaps a bit fortunate). So, put another way, 45 minutes of pressure is about all we can manage!Effort/intensity is not skill it’s working hard, like in any job! It’s something that the casual fan (if there are any left) will not forgive easily.If we knew the answer we wouldn’t be in the mess we find ourselves in