I've never seen anything like Slocombe's positioning for that first goal.
Exactly, The first rule of the pass to the keeper is to not pass it directly towards goal. Slocombe made himself available so as the ball wasn't going to head towords goal. Robertson passed it towards goal that luckily hit the post, not what Slocombe was expecting. He had no chance, but why didn't Baldwin react the same as the goalscorer as he was holding him seconds before then can be seen walking over as he scores!!! It was a comedy of errors again!!!
The second one was all Slocombe though
I've never seen anything like Slocombe's positioning for that first goal.
We also had a few poor home games under Williams. I can’t get it out of my mind how the Mansfield fans were laughing at us every time we passed it back to Slocombe to hoof it upfield. Only to come straight back.
Maynard is much, much worse with the same players.
Can you remember LW talking about if the club had ambition they would bring new defenders.
Recruitment failed miserably in January. Bringing in one young lad from Norwich on loan and a loan goalkeeper who doesn’t seem much better than what we’ve got. Although after todays’ fiasco maybe that is not quite true.
So Maynard must go because he is not good enough.
And Montague must go because he has failed also.
I haven't read all the most recent posts having been to the pub for a couple of hours to cheer myself up
From the first few minutes today I feared the worst
Snails pace passing around at the back - essentially players passing the buck - which stank of fear and lack of confidence/ambition
We'd laugh if an opponent conceded the two goals we have today
Pretty depressing
Nice to see you dipping your toe in the real world Soccerman, in football terms at least! I share your pain, it's hard to take but sometimes as you say you have to face the truth. Sometimes blind loyalty is misplaced, you have to face the truth that something you have supported passionately all of your life is on a very steep downward curve due to poor leadership. But let's leave politics out of this.
I really hoped Maynard would be another gem from the brothers, but I can't see it. I can't see him coming good if we give him more time, I can only see us sinking lower. Pull the trigger tonight, put JOB in charge until the last game and learn the harsh lessons from this season.