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« Reply #120 on: September 08, 2018, 21:14:16 pm »

It was noticeable that Austin, Taylor and buchs all came out with exactly the same soundbite of "we were outstanding for the first 35 minutes" - if they think that passing sideways and backwards at a slow pace deep in their own half (with the odd diagonal 50 yard punt thrown in) constituted an outstanding performance then their standards must be a lot lower than mine.
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« Reply #121 on: September 08, 2018, 21:35:16 pm »

Austin has to get Crooks further up the pitch where he can affect the game, not picking the ball up from Cornell.
Foley didn’t deserve to be substituted.
JJ off the front man didn’t work last season and didn’t work today.
Bridge isn’t good enough
Facey is massively overrated. The penalty he gave away was terrible defending and was most definitely in the area
Taylor awful
Pierre brilliant long range passing first half but garbage marking for their first and third goal
Williams was anonymous
Hoskins good at times but disappointing overall
Buchs ok buts that’s all
Cornell nothing much to do
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« Reply #122 on: September 08, 2018, 22:10:01 pm »

I think the first thing Austin has to do is stop us conceding .
I think we need to sacrifice the attacking football and start winning .
Get the confidence back in the side and go from there .
Crooks needs to be further forward and the wide players have to shore up a bit .
We have some weak personalities in that team who’s heads go down .
Let’s get back to basics and win football matches
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« Reply #123 on: September 08, 2018, 22:50:56 pm »

Personally I thought that was a really poor performance; nobody came out with any credit, not even Cornell. We played better at Morecombe and that was pretty awful.I have a horrible feeling that Austin has lost it; he has no confidence in his players and by the sound of his interview not a lot in himself. After a result like that you do worry about the team and manager. How could we possibly be outplayed by Cheltenham to the extent that they were the better side 2nd half. JJ looks a shadow of former self and has to be side lined. vV was disappointing although he did put in some tackles,blocks and hos penalty was a smasher. Even that goal failed to stir them into action. Personally I thought Facey was a problem for ever passing backwards at best. His clumsy tackle for their penalty just about summed up his afternoon. Seems to me we need a couple of real triers, leaders what ever you wish to call them. On Tuesday night I thought Turnbull and Barnett where ok and might be more useful than Pierre and Taylor. Would drop Facey as well and try Dolphin again. Hoskins was as usual ineffective due to his persistence in not uising his brain when well placed.  The times he ran into trouble when both vV and Williams ran into promising outlets; but no he carried on until he loost the ball. Its Austin who picks the team and I agree with those who 'rubbish' his and others 35min Real Madrid Theory. Retaining the ball in your own half by a slow and ponderous midfield and defence  with Hoskins in attack is a false premise. Its time he grew some and drop those who lack committment aided by a lethargic attitude. Will be here by mid October - you do wonder.
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« Reply #124 on: September 09, 2018, 05:13:24 am »

Everbrite I actually agree with your comments for a change! Facey has now had a couple of poor games, but I'm sure I recllect a better player than that, I can only think of him pushing forward once during the game, I woudl actually try one of the youngsters there, they performed adequately against Man U 11. Agree that perhaps Taylor needs to be dropped difficult that this may be. Hoskins, well whilst he won the penalty that was about it for me and perhaps one reasonable cross, aside from that just a lot of running around again, actually think Bunny would be a better option! I do feel fro Austin, he is still dealing with the poor players from the Page, Edinburgh and JFH reigns, for instance extending Hoskins contract but after that interview yesterday I' not convinced he can lead us out of teh mire and actually fear for our League status for the first time in many years.
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« Reply #125 on: September 09, 2018, 06:02:19 am »

I think the first thing Austin has to do is stop us conceding .
I think we need to sacrifice the attacking football and start winning .
Get the confidence back in the side and go from there .
Crooks needs to be further forward and the wide players have to shore up a bit .
We have some weak personalities in that team who’s heads go down .
Let’s get back to basics and win football matches

I suggested this a few games ago but got shot down by those who were happy with watching the “attractive, attacking” style of football that Austin has - to do this it would mean Austin moving away from his “philosophy” which I don’t think he’ll do (for one thing I don’t think he’s capable of being pragmatic or grinding out results). Going off on a tangent, not that I’m an advocate for this but I think that Austin and the players would have been better off either avoiding or abbreviating the post match interviews - all they seem to have done is reinforce the belief that they are in complete denial about the task at hand this season and how they need to go about it. I don’t think I have ever heard all of the reporters and summarisers from Radio Northampton be so scathing even to the manager/players faces.
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« Reply #126 on: September 09, 2018, 06:45:28 am »

Personally I thought that was a really poor performance; nobody came out with any credit, not even Cornell. We played better at Morecombe and that was pretty awful.I have a horrible feeling that Austin has lost it; he has no confidence in his players and by the sound of his interview not a lot in himself. After a result like that you do worry about the team and manager. How could we possibly be outplayed by Cheltenham to the extent that they were the better side 2nd half. JJ looks a shadow of former self and has to be side lined. vV was disappointing although he did put in some tackles,blocks and hos penalty was a smasher. Even that goal failed to stir them into action. Personally I thought Facey was a problem for ever passing backwards at best. His clumsy tackle for their penalty just about summed up his afternoon. Seems to me we need a couple of real triers, leaders what ever you wish to call them. On Tuesday night I thought Turnbull and Barnett where ok and might be more useful than Pierre and Taylor. Would drop Facey as well and try Dolphin again. Hoskins was as usual ineffective due to his persistence in not uising his brain when well placed.  The times he ran into trouble when both vV and Williams ran into promising outlets; but no he carried on until he loost the ball. Its Austin who picks the team and I agree with those who 'rubbish' his and others 35min Real Madrid Theory. Retaining the ball in your own half by a slow and ponderous midfield and defence  with Hoskins in attack is a false premise. Its time he grew some and drop those who lack committment aided by a lethargic attitude. Will be here by mid October - you do wonder.

Good post, Everbrite. I agree 100% except there is a certain Brendan Moloney looking for a club. Worth considering but unlikely to happen under the present leadership.
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« Reply #127 on: September 09, 2018, 06:53:13 am »

I thought someone said that Moloney was going to retire? I don’t know what was wrong with Facey yesterday but his body language was terrible and he sleepwalked through the match. I don’t think Odoffin is the answer either - it’s probably not the right time but what about having another look at cam McWilliams? If the youth team are doing so well it is time to start integrating some into the first team as they could hardly do worse.
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« Reply #128 on: September 09, 2018, 07:03:59 am »

He has a metatarsal injury and won't be fit for a month or two.  I agree that Facey was very poor yesterday and not worth his place in the side but he wasn't alone. Problems, big problems with this squad I'm afraid. DA must be regretting saying he wouldn't swap his group of players for any other in this division.
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« Reply #129 on: September 09, 2018, 07:22:55 am »

Having been there yesterday, I could not believe how the game transpired. Cheltenham looked terrible, easily the worst team to visit Sixfields (sorry, the PTS Stadium), this year and yet we managed to lose 3-1...what does that say about us!!??

Austin points to the fact we dominated for 30-35 minutes yesterday and I agree with him, possession wise, we did. What did we actually create in those 35 minutes though? I can recall their keeper only having to make one routine save when the ball was fired directly at him, that was it. Yet again, we played nice, attacking football, passing it from defence to midfield but then what? As soon as we get to the final third we lack ideas and more often than not, players shirk the responsibility of shooting, instead taking the easy option and passing it to someone else. Inevitably we lose possession.

I sat there yesterday struggling to think of an answer to our demise. The players and manager clearly think we are too good for this division and on paper, we probably are, however, no games are won on paper and it is up to the players to go out and perform.

I genuinely think this set of players are mentally weak. Things don't go our way, Plan A doesn't work and their heads drop. They have no answer. Austin alluded to the fact himself when he said the crowd got on the players backs a bit and it affected them and they started punting it forward or playing the easy ball to get rid of it as soon as possible. We are crying out for 3 players....two wingers with quality (something which has been apparent since Adams and Holmes left) and then a Jason Taylor type player to add grit and steel in midfield and actually get a grip of a game and motivate players. Taylor is captain but not once did I see him try and influence players around him in a positive way. He is often quick to criticise others but seems to lack any form of motivating skills. A captain needs to lead from his performances and be someone the players turn to for inspiration in times of difficulty, Taylor lacks both these traits.

So, unless we can get a Jason Taylor style player on a free (if this is still an option), then what is the answer? Well for me, I think this team needs to work with a sports psychologist, much like the England team did prior to and during the world cup. We have a mentally weak team of losers (for want of a better word). This team hasn't won at home since February and you can see they are bereft of confidence. I genuinely believe that an external sports psychologist needs to come in and change the mentality from within. This set of players appear to be behind Austin, so for the time being, lets stick with him whilst they are playing for him. Page failed, Edinburgh failed, Hasselbaink failed...the buck sometimes needs to be placed at the players door. I cannot see any manager, no matter how experienced getting this group of players to perform whilst their heads clearly aren't right. If the crowd shouting 'forward' or being negative effects them, then clearly they need help.

That's my two pennies worth anyway!
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« Reply #130 on: September 09, 2018, 08:54:40 am »

Having seen the highlights again, they confirm my suspicions at the time.

Goals 1 & 3 are down to a basic lack of desire from anyone in our team to win the ball ahead of their opponent and get it out of the penalty area.

Goal 2 is atrocious defending.

Our goal is a good penalty but it's telling that in the celebration most of the players barely raise an arm in celebration never mind coming together as a team to push on for the win.
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« Reply #131 on: September 09, 2018, 09:03:39 am »

Having seen their penalty again, it was actually a brilliant piece of play by their number 20, who basically engineered it. Not even sure you could say Facey made a 'challenge' so much as the attacker threw himself into Facey. Any contact was on the edge of the box so it was a wrong call anyway.

Both first and third goals were much worse defensively.

Terrible from Mcwilliams too. He didn't stand on the ball when he fouled the player allowing a quick freekick to be taken whilst our defence is a shambles. Could see the penalty coming a mile off.

Regarding the game itself, I still don't get why our fans think we'll hammer someone soon. We're lucky not to have been on the end of a hammering ourselves yet.
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« Reply #132 on: September 09, 2018, 09:27:02 am »

Terrible from Mcwilliams too. He didn't stand on the ball when he fouled the player allowing a quick freekick to be taken whilst our defence is a shambles. Could see the penalty coming a mile off.

Regarding the game itself, I still don't get why our fans think we'll hammer someone soon. We're lucky not to have been on the end of a hammering ourselves yet.

Ah yes, the lack of 'game-management' from the team is astounding. Cheltenham on the other hand pulled off every niggling foul, went down when someone near them breathed on them, time-wasted and disrupted play expertly etc. I was almost envious of the guile their players had at pulling this off compared to our XI who as usual seemed clueless.

Their 20 was class but only had to be stood to close to to go to ground and even had the audacity to angrily hold 5 fingers up to the ref following one of his dives, to try and get the defender booked for it! Then again their players also had the audacity to harangue the ref for the penalty against them despite it being blatant. The goalkeeper then even seemed to be shouting at Powell for play-acting after he was down with his hamstring, and this after getting away with only a yellow for the penalty (could have easily have been a red).

The free-kick for their first was for a 'nothing' 'foul' that their player went down like a tonnes of bricks for. I lost count the amount of fouls that should have been given in our favour, but our players (in one respect to their credit) stay on their feet then just seem to shrug and kick the turf and start to let it effect them. It's a very weak mindset.
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« Reply #133 on: September 09, 2018, 12:05:07 pm »

Having been there yesterday, I could not believe how the game transpired. Cheltenham looked terrible, easily the worst team to visit Sixfields (sorry, the PTS Stadium), this year and yet we managed to lose 3-1...what does that say about us!!??

Austin points to the fact we dominated for 30-35 minutes yesterday and I agree with him, possession wise, we did. What did we actually create in those 35 minutes though? I can recall their keeper only having to make one routine save when the ball was fired directly at him, that was it. Yet again, we played nice, attacking football, passing it from defence to midfield but then what? As soon as we get to the final third we lack ideas and more often than not, players shirk the responsibility of shooting, instead taking the easy option and passing it to someone else. Inevitably we lose possession.

I sat there yesterday struggling to think of an answer to our demise. The players and manager clearly think we are too good for this division and on paper, we probably are, however, no games are won on paper and it is up to the players to go out and perform.

I genuinely think this set of players are mentally weak. Things don't go our way, Plan A doesn't work and their heads drop. They have no answer. Austin alluded to the fact himself when he said the crowd got on the players backs a bit and it affected them and they started punting it forward or playing the easy ball to get rid of it as soon as possible. We are crying out for 3 players....two wingers with quality (something which has been apparent since Adams and Holmes left) and then a Jason Taylor type player to add grit and steel in midfield and actually get a grip of a game and motivate players. Taylor is captain but not once did I see him try and influence players around him in a positive way. He is often quick to criticise others but seems to lack any form of motivating skills. A captain needs to lead from his performances and be someone the players turn to for inspiration in times of difficulty, Taylor lacks both these traits.

So, unless we can get a Jason Taylor style player on a free (if this is still an option), then what is the answer? Well for me, I think this team needs to work with a sports psychologist, much like the England team did prior to and during the world cup. We have a mentally weak team of losers (for want of a better word). This team hasn't won at home since February and you can see they are bereft of confidence. I genuinely believe that an external sports psychologist needs to come in and change the mentality from within. This set of players appear to be behind Austin, so for the time being, lets stick with him whilst they are playing for him. Page failed, Edinburgh failed, Hasselbaink failed...the buck sometimes needs to be placed at the players door. I cannot see any manager, no matter how experienced getting this group of players to perform whilst their heads clearly aren't right. If the crowd shouting 'forward' or being negative effects them, then clearly they need help.

That's my two pennies worth anyway!

Good post. Agree with all of that. I think it's also worth remembering that most of these players have been part of one of the worst runs we've experienced at Sixfields in years. This is why we look so fragile even after scoring. Putting aside all of the other issues, the lack of home wins is proving a real monkey on their backs, mentally.
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« Reply #134 on: September 09, 2018, 12:27:36 pm »

The defending for the third was dreadful first and foremost, but thought I'd point out anyway that it does look like the scorer controlled it with his arm before putting it in.
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« Reply #135 on: September 09, 2018, 12:55:01 pm »

I broadly agree with so many on here post the match yesterday. A few points I'd make;

1. Both Right Backs (Oddofin & Facey) look poor to me.
2. Our crossing is of the hump it up towards the danger area (roughly) variety. They need to be targeted to our taller players properly. We need bonafide, decent wingers who can get to the goal line and cut it back on to oncoming forwards - VanVeen and Williams both need this. I see no point in having them both on at the same time without proper service. 
3. Turnbull has been fine both times I've seen him this season. Surely worth a go.

That performance yesterday was worthy of the bottom side in this league.
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« Reply #136 on: September 09, 2018, 14:16:01 pm »

Truly appalling performance, and not a single positive to take from it.

We've got a team full of cry babies, nothings changed since last season. Ability isn't the problem, we all know that. Thats why we've been playing decent football on the whole this season. BUT games are won in both penalty areas and we are next to useless in them.

We've a goal keeper who barely makes a save. Pierre made more saves than Cornell yesterday. We've a captain who thinks he's playing well but is without doubt the teams current weakest link. We've a kid at right back who has bundles of ability but whose confidence is clearly shot to bits. And a left back who looks a shadow of his former self. Unfortunately for us, they are all arguably better than the back up players for their positions! On paper, a decent back line but with very little character being displayed.

Whilst up front, no body seems prepared to take responsibility and have a shot at goal. Instead always looking to pass the ball or cross it. Very frustrating.

Cheltenham were an awful side, the worst I've seen us play this season by a country mile. Although their number 20 was very decent. A similar performance/result at Port Vale and the Notts County game in 2 weeks becomes sh1t or bust for DA. If the worst happens and he gets fired, these players will then ruin the reputation of the next mug that comes in and tries to 'manage them'!


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« Reply #137 on: September 09, 2018, 15:00:40 pm »

Having had sometime to reflect the result is symptomatic of the problem that has befallen our club since Wilder left. We do not either individually or collectively have the mental fortitude to consistently grind out results. We have players who have ability, but when the going gets tough they go AWOL. We simply do not have the characters in the dressing room to affect performances when things are going against us. Along with ability you would have thought that obviously you need that mental strength if we are to succeed? We are blatantly entirely too fragile. Everyone can see it and many were saying it pre-season and last season. Where and who are the leaders on the pitch and in the dressing room? Ash Taylor, Matt Crooks, Kevin VV? Or how about Hoskins, Cornell or Buchanan? Give me a fuking break. I am afraid this is entirely of our own making and no matter who is brought in (and they will be here within a couple of weeks), it wont make the slightest difference. The recruitment and resulting balance of our squad is woeful, end of, and it will be the end of unless we address the bleeding obvious once and for all?
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« Reply #138 on: September 09, 2018, 15:05:50 pm »

Truly appalling performance, and not a single positive to take from it.

We've got a team full of cry babies, nothings changed since last season. Ability isn't the problem, we all know that. Thats why we've been playing decent football on the whole this season. BUT games are won in both penalty areas and we are next to useless in them.

We've a goal keeper who barely makes a save. Pierre made more saves than Cornell yesterday. We've a captain who thinks he's playing well but is without doubt the teams current weakest link. We've a kid at right back who has bundles of ability but whose confidence is clearly shot to bits. And a left back who looks a shadow of his former self. Unfortunately for us, they are all arguably better than the back up players for their positions! On paper, a decent back line but with very little character being displayed.

Whilst up front, no body seems prepared to take responsibility and have a shot at goal. Instead always looking to pass the ball or cross it. Very frustrating.

Cheltenham were an awful side, the worst I've seen us play this season by a country mile. Although their number 20 was very decent. A similar performance/result at Port Vale and the Notts County game in 2 weeks becomes sh1t or bust for DA. If the worst happens and he gets fired, these players will then ruin the reputation of the next mug that comes in and tries to 'manage them'!




Agree with most of that apart from the highlighted which is obviously not true.

Set plays are a major worry. When did we last score from one? We concede from a high % of the opponents. Bridge has improved the quality of our delivery from corners in the last two league games but we never seem to be the first head to the ball. We need a Cresswell/Langmead type bully in the box.

One other thing of note from yesterday, did anyone else notice when we went 1-2 down but had a corner that all of the Cheltenham players were in or around their box but Buchanan and Facey lingered next to the half way line marking fresh air. What is that all about? I would understand keeping one back a bit but does that one need someone else to hold their hand?
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« Reply #139 on: September 09, 2018, 15:07:07 pm »

Are we there yet?
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