Match Thread vs. Chesterfield 01.03.22 [NL]

[Mark_Ross]

The only player to come out of tonight with any credibility is Sam, the rest have been very poor.

Seems like we have been well and truly outplayed tonight. Ah well. Worse things happen at sea. And in Ukraine.

[Kelton]

After that showing and the way I feel right now, the sooner Wooton Rodriguez and Cal effing Roberts clear off the better..
We are so lightweight its laughable. You can get ready for a few more seasons in this league cos we're going nowhere...
Now...where's that cat...

Players end up at the level they deserve to be at………
Ruben and Roberts are talented but generally at best inconsistent at worst just plain lazy and wasteful

[upthemaggies]

Burch: Disappointed in the 2nd half really, 1st half even - not much in it. They were better than us on the night, they pressed us aggressively, we didn't have the solutions. Couple of set pieces that let us down, they created more than us, we didn't handle it in the way they stepped up on us. We weren't brave enough, we didn't create enough. Any goals conceded is a concern, it's the volume of chances - the shoreline is probably correct. Home crowd was behind them and we needed to kill the momentum, but we turned it into a game of counter-attacks and that brought the crowd into it.

[jackal2]

Seems like we have been well and truly outplayed tonight. Ah well. Worse things happen at sea. And in Ukraine.

True, everything's relative.

[the_anticlough]

IB sounds shaken up - like he doesn't have the answers.

Squad options aren't there to solve the problems we have

[i961pie]

I was genuinely hopeful with two defensive midfielders and having won the two previous away games that we had developed the resilience we needed, but clearly not. If formation changes don't improve the results then you've got to look at the style you play and the personnel you're trying to play it with. If the passing game isn't working then you've got to be able to kick the living sh*t out of the opposition and go more direct.

Bishop and Strodder could certainly do that!

Bielsa got the sack at Leeds because he was to stubborn to change tactics when it wasn't working.

[optipez]

After all the hype he's turned out to be a really poor loan. Has he done anything positive during his time with us? Southend fans made him sound like Messi.

Played well at Kings Lynn when he came on. That's it.

[optipez]

Burch: Disappointed in the 2nd half really, 1st half even - not much in it. They were better than us on the night, they pressed us aggressively, we didn't have the solutions. Couple of set pieces that let us down, they created more than us, we didn't handle it in the way they stepped up on us. We weren't brave enough, we didn't create enough. Any goals conceded is a concern, it's the volume of chances - the shoreline is probably correct. Home crowd was behind them and we needed to kill the momentum, but we turned it into a game of counter-attacks and that brought the crowd into it.

We've got Stallard for match summaries, I'm expecting the answers from Burchnall.

[BigFatPie]

Not really turned up against the better teams this season. Probably shows where we are in the league. As I said in the prediction thread, no minerals.

The likes of Wootton (Blackburn pmsl) keep their place and Nemane loses his despite playing well on Saturday. F00k off Notts.

[Elite_Pie]

You won't get out this division playing the way Notts do.

That's been my worry for a long time.

Not physical enough.Not mentally tough enough.

Another big worry. Artistic merit doesn't get points, outfighting the opposition does.

Birchnall can FO

Too soon for that, although he certainly has lessons to learn.