⚽ Match Thread vs. AFC Wimbledon 17.05.25 [EFL L2 POSF2]

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Originally Posted by the_anticlough

I'm afraid it's time to reassess the game of the captain. He's not offering much in the defensive third of the pitch and just as little in the attacking third. Now, even in the middle he struggles to contribute.

He had the ball inside-right with space, there were so many options forwards, but because there was nobody available for the square pass right all he could think to do was pass it backwards to the defence. That's hurting more than helping us.

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Agree re Palmer. He just hasn't recovered from his year out so isn't as mobile and has become tentative.

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Originally Posted by Elite_Pie

I would start by sacking the head coach as soon as the final whistle is blown.

And that wouldn't change even if we win.

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This - we have to change this way of playing to a more aggressive better tempo style

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Originally Posted by hissingdwarf

Yep.
Shocking performance. We offer nothing going forwards. You’d have thought with nothing to lose now, we’d be hammering it forwards and looking for it, but no, let’s keep those possession stats up!

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The writing was in the wall at the end of last season when we were awful. Maynard should never have been in charge this year. It feels like a waste of a good opportunity to get out of this league. We seem completely toothless and limp. No bite, no leadership, no spark. Palmer and Jones look like shadows of their former selves and several of our signings this season are questionable.

Time to chalk this one off, learn from it and get a new coaching team. I feel like our teams are built in the image of our owners, placid, patient, timid and nice. But I'm not sure that cuts it at this level. We need to tweak our footballing style because it's predictable and weak.

Same old story, I feel like a cracked record.

Loads of possession, but all too slow, players wanting far too many touches on the ball, and the patterns of play are monotonously predictable. The narrative will be that we're "controlling" the game, but Wimbledon are laughing behind their hands at us and could easily have grabbed a second goal from one straight clearance down the pitch.

I could describe it as 'style versus substance', but to be honest I don't even think we're that stylish. Just a bunch of lightweights. Bill Shankly used to dismissively call Tottenham the "Drury Lane tap dancers". We look like the modern League Two equivalent, and as much as I might hope, I can't see a Stuart Maynard half-time team talk changing that.

Please prove me wrong, Notts...

Absolute dross, timid football at its finest. Traore not touched the ball since they scored. Their keeper has wasted his time turning up today.
Only one man cant see that in 3 halves of football inverted wingers isnt working against them.
Macari having a shocker and Grant and Whitaker are so far off the required level its unreal.

Subs?

We knew that certain players were going to contribute jack s***

So let's start with Jarvis on for Austin. There's a whole bunch queuing up to be next in line for the hook

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Originally Posted by the_anticlough

Subs?

We knew that certain players were going to contribute jack s***

So let's start with Jarvis on for Austin. There's a whole bunch queuing up to be next in line for the hook

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I'd gamble and bring him on for Macari and bung Austin at right defence

They've taken Harbottle off, they're resting him for Wembley.

We have had 4 long term injuries over the last couple of seasons. Scott, Bajrami, Palmer, Jones and they all came back cr.p

No subs FFS