Romared Match Thoughts Barnsley v Exeter City

[perkytyke]

We have to improve from that surely? We are getting battered! Need to take Watters off bring on Connell and push Mcatee further up!

[Dingle council]

Exeter could have played without a goalkeeper first half and the score line would be the same
I know the midfield is depleted today but that first half from us was rhubarb
Looks like unbeaten record is going

[Jules88]

Woeful…. Defines the squad we have

[Young_Nudger]

Woeful…. Defines the squad we have

Does it ???
Or does it define the HC that we have ???

[perkytyke]

The starting line up was totally wrong, no Midfield to protect that suspect defence!
Second half with Connell in there instead of the useless Russell nearly got us a point.
We missed Kane massively.
Cosgrove had 2 good chances but until he gets those scoops of his feet he will never score, for a big lad he's awful heading as well.
As for Watters least said the better!

[POGGYWELL]

Credit to Exeter but my word just what was the game plan in the first half with eleven on display.
Beggars belief.
Edit: Too much talk of top two this week.

[animallittle3]

Got what the performance deserved , precisely nothing .

Some chickens come home to roost in my opinion today .

With some really tough games to come and right now it doesn't bode well .

Personally I'd have gone with Cosgrove rather than Watters but other than that I'm not really sure what Collins could have done different .

Some shocking displays out there today , many of whom have got away with it .

It wasn't ever going to last .

[Young_Nudger]

How the team is playing at times you just feel at some point we are going to slip up badly.
Even when 2 up during a game I’m often thinking if the opposition get a goal here it could be a tight game.
Then at other times - such as the 1st Half against Oxford - we are battering teams without putting the game to bed.

So you look at Exeters league position - and normally it should be an easy game.
But which Barnsley team is going to turn up ???

I don’t like Collins style of play.
And if we do go up we will struggle if he continues to play that style.
But one things for certain - he seems to be getting a shift out of MOST players most of the time.

Called that reyt ageean Nudger.
Well done cocker !!!
Although it looks like the failure today is cos Collins didn’t get the expected ‘chicken with no head’ style of football out of them.

Why why why should anyone question why fans are keeping away from Oakwell ???
It’s not as though we are bottom of the league.
It’s entirely because - although we might win most games - the style of football is abysmal.

[Jules88]

Does it ???
Or does it define the HC that we have ???

It does Nudge unfortunately…. A first team line up that would make the play offs. Anything out of the first team ISNT good enough.
Again… Cadden ignored all first half..
not blaming the coach.. the players stepping in were and aren’t good enough to keep us in the play off places when we get injuries

[Young_Nudger]

The starting line up was totally wrong, no Midfield to protect that suspect defence!
Second half with Connell in there instead of the useless Russell nearly got us a point.
We missed Kane massively.
Cosgrove had 2 good chances but until he gets those scoops of his feet he will never score, for a big lad he's awful heading as well.
As for Watters least said the better!

If we are missing any individual player to the extent that we lose to a bottom half team - then something is seriously wrong with how the team lines up.