Winslow Lee
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what on earth where they thinking off when our three smallest players were selected as forwards? Even a point would have gained a place out of the bottom four.
But weren’t we on course for a draw with the initial selection, it was only when the majority on here got there way and Rose & Edmondson came on that we went 1-0 down. I’m not saying Brady got it right but he’s damned if you do damned if you don’t at the moment. In his 10 matches in charge 9 goals, only 3 from open play and 2 out of 9 scored by attackers. I can understand him trying something different, I just hope A Jones can get to a level of fitness where we can give him a go because we’ve tried all the other attacking options and they all look out of their depth.
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But weren’t we on course for a draw with the initial selection, it was only when the majority on here got there way and Rose & Edmondson came on that we went 1-0 down. I’m not saying Brady got it right but he’s damned if you do damned if you don’t at the moment. In his 10 matches in charge 9 goals, only 3 from open play and 2 out of 9 scored by attackers. I can understand him trying something different, I just hope A Jones can get to a level of fitness where we can give him a go because we’ve tried all the other attacking options and they all look out of their depth.
9 pts from 10 games is worse than Curle, just saying.
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But weren’t we on course for a draw with the initial selection, it was only when the majority on here got there way and Rose & Edmondson came on that we went 1-0 down. I’m not saying Brady got it right but he’s damned if you do damned if you don’t at the moment. In his 10 matches in charge 9 goals, only 3 from open play and 2 out of 9 scored by attackers. I can understand him trying something different, I just hope A Jones can get to a level of fitness where we can give him a go because we’ve tried all the other attacking options and they all look out of their depth.
I don’t understand it. The last few times I’ve seen us play Crewe they’ve played decent football but have at times looked fragile against the more direct style of play. That’s the reason Artell made the pre-match comments. He knew they had come unstuck against that style in the past and he wanted to goad Brady into trying to play more football to prove a point. Brady fell for it and in the end it made for a relatively comfortable day for Crewe. Poor team selection and tactics in my opinion.
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9 pts from 10 games is worse than Curle, just saying.
not really unless you are quibbling about decimal places so unless the table is wrong it’s pretty much the same as KC (just under a point a game) - KC achieved that average with twice as many games and was very unlikely to improve on that (whilst boring the arse off is in the process) - give Brady a chance.
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Winslow Lee
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I don’t understand it. The last few times I’ve seen us play Crewe they’ve played decent football but have at times looked fragile against the more direct style of play.
But it’s not like we even have the players anymore to try and dominate with a direct style of football. We don’t have an Oliver, if we still had Harry Smith then you maybe try him but we don’t. You can play any combination of our attackers in any style or formation it won’t matter they aren’t good enough, they are not even close to creating or scoring enough.
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crazycobbler
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But it’s not like we even have the players anymore to try and dominate with a direct style of football. We don’t have an Oliver, if we still had Harry Smith then you maybe try him but we don’t. You can play any combination of our attackers in any style or formation it won’t matter they aren’t good enough, they are not even close to creating or scoring enough.
Whichever way you look at it, Hoskins upfront and trying to ‘play through the lines’ against a side who have shown vulnerability to a more direct style of play in the past was not advisable. I’m not even going to use the old hindsight cliches on this occasion because many made such comments as soon as the team sheets were released. You don’t necessarily need to have a 6 foot 2 target man to play a more direct game.
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Manwork04
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not really unless you are quibbling about decimal places so unless the table is wrong it’s pretty much the same as KC (just under a point a game) - KC achieved that average with twice as many games and was very unlikely to improve on that (whilst boring the arse off is in the process) - give Brady a chance.
The devil is in the detail mate, I’ve given Brady a chance, he’s had 10 games and although in the first few games the football improved massively the last few games, especially Saturday, was as bad as Curle ball and it was boring. Brady then comes out and says Hoskins is our most natural goal scorer, I rest my case, no further questions.
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What part of “ i asked them not to launch the ball long “ and “ my teams do not play that style of aimless football “ do you not understand ?? The team was set up to play passing football and got forced into playing long ball . The players did not follow instruction or are unable to do so because we haven’t the ability. I didn’t agree with the team selection either - too much faith is put into Hoskins and we have no creative midfielders whatsoever. The point is , we haven’t got any players that are any good.
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The devil is in the detail mate, I’ve given Brady a chance, he’s had 10 games and although in the first few games the football improved massively the last few games, especially Saturday, was as bad as Curle ball and it was boring. Brady then comes out and says Hoskins is our most natural goal scorer, I rest my case, no further questions.
Did he really say Hoskins is our most natural goalscorer? Outrageous comment.
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crazycobbler
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What part of “ i asked them not to launch the ball long “ and “ my teams do not play that style of aimless football “ do you not understand ?? The team was set up to play passing football and got forced into playing long ball . The players did not follow instruction or are unable to do so because we haven’t the ability. I didn’t agree with the team selection either - too much faith is put into Hoskins and we have no creative midfielders whatsoever. However , JB is not a long ball merchant and neither has he said that Hoskins is a natural finisher. The point is , we haven’t got any players that are any good.
We can’t just keep saying this every time we put in a poor performance. Yes the squad isn’t the best, but it is capable of far better than what was served up on Saturday.
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Manwork04
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What part of “ i asked them not to launch the ball long “ and “ my teams do not play that style of aimless football “ do you not understand ?? The team was set up to play passing football and got forced into playing long ball . The players did not follow instruction or are unable to do so because we haven’t the ability. I didn’t agree with the team selection either - too much faith is put into Hoskins and we have no creative midfielders whatsoever. However , JB is not a long ball merchant and neither has he said that Hoskins is a natural finisher. The point is , we haven’t got any players that are any good.
Oh yes he did......... https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/football/brady-launches-strong-defence-of-hoskins-after-forwards-goal-drought-continues-3174428
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crazycobbler
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What part of “ i asked them not to launch the ball long “ and “ my teams do not play that style of aimless football “ do you not understand ?? The team was set up to play passing football and got forced into playing long ball . The players did not follow instruction or are unable to do so because we haven’t the ability. I didn’t agree with the team selection either - too much faith is put into Hoskins and we have no creative midfielders whatsoever. The point is , we haven’t got any players that are any good.
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Manwork04
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You can’t delete my quote, he did say that and we all know that’s utter bollox.
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Nicely edited In the twinkling of an eye.......
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Yeah, I've just seen it on the other thread. Brady has turned into that manager who thinks his team should play for draws and set up not to lose in order to keep pace with the pack instead of going on the front foot until the final couple of games of the season where all of a sudden we are gonna stroll to victory securing our league one position because that last part is beyond doubt. That's effectively how Curle got us up last season. What's the chances of it happening again?
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Yeah, I've just seen it on the other thread. Brady has turned into that manager who thinks his team should play for draws and set up not to lose in order to keep pace with the pack instead of going on the front foot until the final couple of games of the season where all of a sudden we are gonna stroll to victory securing our league one position because that last part is beyond doubt. That's effectively how Curle got us up last season. What's the chances of it happening again?
Maybe the strategy will work - generally the defence does look sounder but unfortunately it’s undermined by a very average gaff prone goalkeeper
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It might indeed, but I think most thought how refreshing it was going to be with someone in charge who placed a little more faith in his players and their on pitch abilities. We seemed to have started off like that before more recently reverting to Curle type containment of tur opposition being thr priority. Why get a striker in who scores after 2 minutes only to keep him warming the bench for the entirety of the next two games when we clearly needed goals. Oh, I forgot. Sammy is our most natural goalscorer!
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Did he really say Hoskins is our most natural goalscorer? Outrageous comment.
Well he was last season and the season before that! So he has a point! Scored 4 this season so could easily be our top scorer. Watson has emerged as a candidate! Nobody else. As usual we need to get realistic. Lot of you are beginning to lament the lack of quality; if the team plays well as a team; we can be a match for most League One sides.
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Well he was last season and the season before that! So he has a point! Scored 4 this season so could easily be our top scorer. Watson has emerged as a candidate! Nobody else. As usual we need to get realistic. Lot of you are beginning to lament the lack of quality; if the team plays well as a team; we can be a match for most League One sides.
He was last season but Williams and even Pierre got more the one before that. Then we are back into the days of JJOT. Our top scorer has usually got around a dozen in recent times and you have to go back to the golden Wilder days of Rico to surpass that, JJOT and Holmes also reaching double figures. Not forgetting who takes the pens, which count but clearly dilute the picture a little. I think the underlying trend is that we haven't had a natural goal scorer for donkeys years and the inability to score enough will be the overriding contribution to our downfall if we get relegated. Is Scott McGleish really the last person to score 20 in a season 15 years ago?!
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He was last season but Williams and even Pierre got more the one before that. Then we are back into the days of JJOT. Our top scorer has usually got around a dozen in recent times and you have to go back to the golden Wilder days of Rico to surpass that, JJOT and Holmes also reaching double figures. Not forgetting who takes the pens, which count but clearly dilute the picture a little. I think the underlying trend is that we haven't had a natural goal scorer for donkeys years and the inability to score enough will be the overriding contribution to our downfall if we get relegated.
Is Scott McGleish really the last person to score 20 in a season 15 years ago?!
I think the problem is that normally fans look at a striker missing 3 chances a game and long for a proven goal scorer. The only player we have who does that is Hoskins but in his defense he creates over half through his own graft. We really do not create enough chances.
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