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261  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Relegation Watch on: March 06, 2018, 08:51:42 am
Starting to look like the bottom three are all going - MK appointing a fella who looks and appears like a contestant from The Apprentice and subsequently imploding even further is a silver lining to some of our poor performances.

It's going to the wire and the worry for me is that we're far from convincing in terms of a togetherness that you need in a relegation scrap, at least from looking on the pitch. I had a similar feeling the year we went down with a whimper in 2009.

We especially need a home performance that's full of battle hardened tackles and passion to get the home support back onside - even if it's a home draw that's coupled with a bit of fight that would be a start.
262  The Hotel End / Other Football & Sport / Re: Grant McCann Sacked on: February 28, 2018, 09:02:51 am
I've never been perfectly Frank!
263  General Category / General Chat / Re: What biscuit? on: February 28, 2018, 08:33:15 am
Malted Milk?
264  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Odd shaped players on: February 28, 2018, 08:31:12 am
I'm all for Jeema Day...if anyone deserves their own tribute it's that man.
265  The Hotel End / Other Football & Sport / Re: Grant McCann Sacked on: February 26, 2018, 13:16:51 pm
Steve Evans 6/4 from 12's... Wink

Wouldn't that be just the perfect match!
266  General Category / General Chat / Re: What biscuit? on: February 26, 2018, 09:37:19 am
267  The Hotel End / Other Football & Sport / Re: Grant McCann Sacked on: February 26, 2018, 09:26:08 am
Wasn't Gary Johnson in a similar position when they sacked him?
268  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Odd shaped players on: February 26, 2018, 09:24:08 am
Duncan Spedding was pretty gangly - the exact opposite to John Hodge on the opposite side of the pitch!
269  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Oxford. on: February 23, 2018, 12:50:32 pm
Gladly...let's just hope we don't face Chris Brunt any time soon.  Grin
270  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Oxford. on: February 23, 2018, 09:35:05 am
It's time to wipe away those relegation blues
As Town come up against the Oxford U's
A rivalry that just won't go away
Since those fateful clashes in happier days

When despite Appleton's assertion from out of the blue
That the Champions were, in fact, second best in League Two
This tie slowly became more intense
And fists became that bit more tense

With Appleton gone to pastures new
You'd think the rivalry would be left to stew
But there'll always be something left in the air
Blowing through the locks of John-Joe's hair

The U's are dropping just like a stone
Town just cannot win at home
So what of this latest clash of old foes?
Who will be handed even more woes?

Will Bellamy join just in time to
Make the touchline look like a pack of Panini stickers from 02?
Will Jimmy tinker again and what about Long?
And how do you fit Hildaberto into a song?

All of those questions, not long till we get
An answer to most of them, we're all getting set
A Cobblers defeat would be the stuff from a nightmare
But three points for the Town and it's the U's who'll be scared

So prepare all your voices, make a small drum
And don't just spend 90 minutes sat on your bum
Get up out your seats, it's a scrap that we're in
And don't stop singing until we secure that win

As for a prediction, I'm mulling it over still
But, as always, I'll take a scrappy 1-0

271  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Relegation Watch on: February 21, 2018, 20:41:26 pm
The holy trinity of results this week is complete!
272  General Category / General Chat / Re: What biscuit? on: February 20, 2018, 10:36:25 am
Jammy Dodger of course...
273  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Relegation Watch on: February 20, 2018, 09:06:04 am
Blackburn go 2 up against Bury. That should be done and dusted..

Part one of the trilogy in the bag!
274  General Category / General Chat / Re: What biscuit? on: February 19, 2018, 09:12:58 am
Garibaldi?
275  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Oxford. on: February 19, 2018, 09:08:52 am
Three points needed. Oxford are falling like a stone having taken only 3 points from their last 6 games. .

This part worries me...
276  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Relegation Watch on: February 19, 2018, 09:07:57 am
Another mid week game thrown in for Rochdale after yesterday's cup heroics...surely they'll run out of legs eventually? MK have a couple of big ones coming up and if they don't win either I think they'll be on their way.

Still far too close for comfort, though, and I don't share the optimism about the Oxford game, especially being at home!

277  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Gilly @ Home 13th Feb on: February 14, 2018, 11:30:11 am
Tim got the first five but had to be reminded of Tisdale.

I think I heard them realising the mistake later on when someone mentioned Tisdale as well!
278  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Gilly @ Home 13th Feb on: February 14, 2018, 09:19:24 am
Nah. He's one of the only players we have with a bit of trickery. Just have to accept that he is a nutcase.

My over riding concern is that JFH STILL has no clue what his best team is, no clue what his best formation is and still hasn't given us an identity.

I know "identity" is a bit of a football phrase, it rings true though. You can look at teams and usually define them, take Gillingham last night, move the ball quickly, pressed lots and played the ball in behind constantly. Oxford, passing game but give you time on the ball etc etc. Ours is what? Chaos!

I play a bit of five a side and we seem like an enlarged version of that - no midfield positions and everyone just running around trying to get the ball. You're right about the identity problem, we absolutely haven't got one.
279  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Gilly @ Home 13th Feb on: February 14, 2018, 09:02:06 am
Is Hilda too much of a liability now he has been sent off FIVE times in 26 matches?

I'd use him sparingly as an impact sub but only that at the moment.
280  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / The death of the midfield general...? on: February 14, 2018, 09:00:09 am
It’s struck me over the course of this season that we are completely missing a midfield general in the middle of the pitch, someone who can take charge and actually shout orders and get people into position.

Never was that more evident than last night’s woeful first half display and I was left wondering whether that type of player is just getting harder and harder to find or whether JFH  just doesn’t want a player like that in his side when he can instead wave his arms around on the side to get players to do what he wants them to do.

I wonder if McWilliams might evolve into someone like this but if he’s not playing then it’ll obviously be impossible to say! JFH seems to be from the Arsene Wenger school of thought in recent years – buying individuals for midfield positions rather than thinking of how they will actually work as a unit.

We need that unsung hero, scrappy, bruiser, especially for the relegation battle we’re in (though from last night you’d never tell we were in one based on some performances)
So, is it a dying art or is Jimmy just not interested in that type?
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