Worryingly bad

[dickos1]

OK, guys, I'll try and put a bit of perspective on things. I genuinely think there are far more positives than negatives at the moment.

The positives are an owner who is now digging deep into his pockets, a first class manager at this level, and a squad with a wealth of attacking talent, particularly on the wings.

The negatives for me are that the defensive problems of the last few seasons still don't seem to have been fully addressed. I rate Newport as a very mediocre League 2 team, yet they opened us up with ease, even in that first half.

I think we'll beat Morecambe with ease on Saturday; but I'm a bit concerned about Port Vale. They've signed some very good players, and Vale Park is a bogey ground of ours. If we defend badly there, we could get another pumping, for the 2nd away game on the trot.

That would concern me.

Do people really believe there are negatives at this moment in  time?

They certainly do, crazy ain’t it

Negativity absolutely not, concerns over the most recent performance? yes. The same concerns Grant commented on in his interview. Weird that isn't it.

I didn’t hear grant come out and suggest the signings he’s made aren’t as good as the players he had last season, I didn’t hear him saying it was a performance like the first half of last season, I didn’t hear him say it was worryingly bad or cack.

But yes ok, grant said the same as all the negativity on here

No he said 'concerning', & he was bang on, that 2nd half was, not negative, just truthfull.

He said one particular aspect of the game was concerning. Nothing else

Err.

He said "We need to look at this because there's lots of areas where we can improve. We didn't get on the ball, we didn't handle the ball, we didn't pick up the seconds, they were more aggressive than us." He said, "Everything that we've worked on for 3-4 months went out the window and we looked like a team of individuals."

This is precisely the point I was making. Yet I'm being hysterical apparently, and McCann is calm and reflective.

Weird place, this is sometimes.

Incorrect
He said it was concerning how we conceded goals in quick succession

[dickos1]

OK, guys, I'll try and put a bit of perspective on things. I genuinely think there are far more positives than negatives at the moment.

The positives are an owner who is now digging deep into his pockets, a first class manager at this level, and a squad with a wealth of attacking talent, particularly on the wings.

The negatives for me are that the defensive problems of the last few seasons still don't seem to have been fully addressed. I rate Newport as a very mediocre League 2 team, yet they opened us up with ease, even in that first half.

I think we'll beat Morecambe with ease on Saturday; but I'm a bit concerned about Port Vale. They've signed some very good players, and Vale Park is a bogey ground of ours. If we defend badly there, we could get another pumping, for the 2nd away game on the trot.

That would concern me.

Do people really believe there are negatives at this moment in  time?

They certainly do, crazy ain’t it

Negativity absolutely not, concerns over the most recent performance? yes. The same concerns Grant commented on in his interview. Weird that isn't it.

I didn’t hear grant come out and suggest the signings he’s made aren’t as good as the players he had last season, I didn’t hear him saying it was a performance like the first half of last season, I didn’t hear him say it was worryingly bad or cack.

But yes ok, grant said the same as all the negativity on here

No he said 'concerning', & he was bang on, that 2nd half was, not negative, just truthfull.

He said one particular aspect of the game was concerning. Nothing else

Exactly. That's what posters are commenting on, not negativity or anything else.

“That was seriously cack. Back to first half of last season performances. A strong, fast press and we fall apart”

“ Piss poor capitulation in the second half. Some very bad individual performances too. Let's hope we get back on track quickly.”

Not sure anyone can argue these aren’t negative posts

[BillyStubbsTears]

OK, guys, I'll try and put a bit of perspective on things. I genuinely think there are far more positives than negatives at the moment.

The positives are an owner who is now digging deep into his pockets, a first class manager at this level, and a squad with a wealth of attacking talent, particularly on the wings.

The negatives for me are that the defensive problems of the last few seasons still don't seem to have been fully addressed. I rate Newport as a very mediocre League 2 team, yet they opened us up with ease, even in that first half.

I think we'll beat Morecambe with ease on Saturday; but I'm a bit concerned about Port Vale. They've signed some very good players, and Vale Park is a bogey ground of ours. If we defend badly there, we could get another pumping, for the 2nd away game on the trot.

That would concern me.

Do people really believe there are negatives at this moment in  time?

They certainly do, crazy ain’t it

Negativity absolutely not, concerns over the most recent performance? yes. The same concerns Grant commented on in his interview. Weird that isn't it.

I didn’t hear grant come out and suggest the signings he’s made aren’t as good as the players he had last season, I didn’t hear him saying it was a performance like the first half of last season, I didn’t hear him say it was worryingly bad or cack.

But yes ok, grant said the same as all the negativity on here

No he said 'concerning', & he was bang on, that 2nd half was, not negative, just truthfull.

He said one particular aspect of the game was concerning. Nothing else

Err.

He said "We need to look at this because there's lots of areas where we can improve. We didn't get on the ball, we didn't handle the ball, we didn't pick up the seconds, they were more aggressive than us." He said, "Everything that we've worked on for 3-4 months went out the window and we looked like a team of individuals."

This is precisely the point I was making. Yet I'm being hysterical apparently, and McCann is calm and reflective.

Weird place, this is sometimes.

Incorrect
He said it was concerning how we conceded goals in quick succession

Not in this interview. Watch the 20 secs from here.

https://youtu.be/P1p-o7XL_Bo?t=79

Happy to wrap this up now. It's boring for me so I'm sure it is for a lot of others.

[Lesonthewest]

Yes Grant agrees with what is being said, just a different way of saying it, so Grant is 'negative' then. Critical, not negative.

[redwine]

Dickos, I would suggest it's being realistic.

[ChrisBx]

OK, guys, I'll try and put a bit of perspective on things. I genuinely think there are far more positives than negatives at the moment.

The positives are an owner who is now digging deep into his pockets, a first class manager at this level, and a squad with a wealth of attacking talent, particularly on the wings.

The negatives for me are that the defensive problems of the last few seasons still don't seem to have been fully addressed. I rate Newport as a very mediocre League 2 team, yet they opened us up with ease, even in that first half.

I think we'll beat Morecambe with ease on Saturday; but I'm a bit concerned about Port Vale. They've signed some very good players, and Vale Park is a bogey ground of ours. If we defend badly there, we could get another pumping, for the 2nd away game on the trot.

That would concern me.

Do people really believe there are negatives at this moment in  time?

They certainly do, crazy ain’t it

Negativity absolutely not, concerns over the most recent performance? yes. The same concerns Grant commented on in his interview. Weird that isn't it.

I didn’t hear grant come out and suggest the signings he’s made aren’t as good as the players he had last season, I didn’t hear him saying it was a performance like the first half of last season, I didn’t hear him say it was worryingly bad or cack.

But yes ok, grant said the same as all the negativity on here

No he said 'concerning', & he was bang on, that 2nd half was, not negative, just truthfull.

He said one particular aspect of the game was concerning. Nothing else

Exactly. That's what posters are commenting on, not negativity or anything else.

“That was seriously cack. Back to first half of last season performances. A strong, fast press and we fall apart”

“ Piss poor capitulation in the second half. Some very bad individual performances too. Let's hope we get back on track quickly.”

Not sure anyone can argue these aren’t negative posts

One of those comments was by me and yes, it was negative... as was Saturday's result and second half performance.

I'm not sure why a negative review after a poor performance and defeat against a weak opposition is controversial or even noteworthy.

[dickos1]

OK, guys, I'll try and put a bit of perspective on things. I genuinely think there are far more positives than negatives at the moment.

The positives are an owner who is now digging deep into his pockets, a first class manager at this level, and a squad with a wealth of attacking talent, particularly on the wings.

The negatives for me are that the defensive problems of the last few seasons still don't seem to have been fully addressed. I rate Newport as a very mediocre League 2 team, yet they opened us up with ease, even in that first half.

I think we'll beat Morecambe with ease on Saturday; but I'm a bit concerned about Port Vale. They've signed some very good players, and Vale Park is a bogey ground of ours. If we defend badly there, we could get another pumping, for the 2nd away game on the trot.

That would concern me.

Do people really believe there are negatives at this moment in  time?

They certainly do, crazy ain’t it

Negativity absolutely not, concerns over the most recent performance? yes. The same concerns Grant commented on in his interview. Weird that isn't it.

I didn’t hear grant come out and suggest the signings he’s made aren’t as good as the players he had last season, I didn’t hear him saying it was a performance like the first half of last season, I didn’t hear him say it was worryingly bad or cack.

But yes ok, grant said the same as all the negativity on here

No he said 'concerning', & he was bang on, that 2nd half was, not negative, just truthfull.

He said one particular aspect of the game was concerning. Nothing else

Exactly. That's what posters are commenting on, not negativity or anything else.

“That was seriously cack. Back to first half of last season performances. A strong, fast press and we fall apart”

“ Piss poor capitulation in the second half. Some very bad individual performances too. Let's hope we get back on track quickly.”

Not sure anyone can argue these aren’t negative posts

One of those comments was by me and yes, it was negative... as was Saturday's result and second half performance.

I'm not sure why a negative review after a poor performance and defeat against a weak opposition is controversial or even noteworthy.

I’m just pointing out to Les that there has been negativity, so Thankyou for confirming

[ChrisBx]

OK, guys, I'll try and put a bit of perspective on things. I genuinely think there are far more positives than negatives at the moment.

The positives are an owner who is now digging deep into his pockets, a first class manager at this level, and a squad with a wealth of attacking talent, particularly on the wings.

The negatives for me are that the defensive problems of the last few seasons still don't seem to have been fully addressed. I rate Newport as a very mediocre League 2 team, yet they opened us up with ease, even in that first half.

I think we'll beat Morecambe with ease on Saturday; but I'm a bit concerned about Port Vale. They've signed some very good players, and Vale Park is a bogey ground of ours. If we defend badly there, we could get another pumping, for the 2nd away game on the trot.

That would concern me.

Do people really believe there are negatives at this moment in  time?

They certainly do, crazy ain’t it

Negativity absolutely not, concerns over the most recent performance? yes. The same concerns Grant commented on in his interview. Weird that isn't it.

I didn’t hear grant come out and suggest the signings he’s made aren’t as good as the players he had last season, I didn’t hear him saying it was a performance like the first half of last season, I didn’t hear him say it was worryingly bad or cack.

But yes ok, grant said the same as all the negativity on here

No he said 'concerning', & he was bang on, that 2nd half was, not negative, just truthfull.

He said one particular aspect of the game was concerning. Nothing else

Exactly. That's what posters are commenting on, not negativity or anything else.

“That was seriously cack. Back to first half of last season performances. A strong, fast press and we fall apart”

“ Piss poor capitulation in the second half. Some very bad individual performances too. Let's hope we get back on track quickly.”

Not sure anyone can argue these aren’t negative posts

One of those comments was by me and yes, it was negative... as was Saturday's result and second half performance.

I'm not sure why a negative review after a poor performance and defeat against a weak opposition is controversial or even noteworthy.

I’m just pointing out to Les that there has been negativity, so Thankyou for confirming

You haven't just pointed that out.

Either way, let's hope for a better performance and result tomorrow. Just remember that people can discuss the game afterwards without being accused of blasphemy.