⚽Match Thread vs. Sutton United FC 27.02.24 [EFL L2]

[upthemaggies]

Around midnight tonight, the ghost of Aileen Trew will appear in the main stand wildly clapping and giving the thumbs up to Jamie Fullarton.

[SwalePie]

Around midnight tonight, the ghost of Aileen Trew will appear in the main stand wildly clapping and giving the thumbs up to Jamie Fullarton.

Hmm. Worth a look?

[upthemaggies]

Stall anticipating that the atmosphere is going to turn toxic.

[WarsopPie]

Around midnight tonight, the ghost of Aileen Trew will appear in the main stand wildly clapping and giving the thumbs up to Jamie Fullarton.

How long till Kop start singing “Are you Fullarton in disguise”
It’s that bad it’s laughable

[upthemaggies]

Maynard: It's a performance I'm not proud of. It's a performance I'm embarrassed about.... a really poor performance.

[SmiffyPie]

Around midnight tonight, the ghost of Aileen Trew will appear in the main stand wildly clapping and giving the thumbs up to Jamie Fullarton.

I'm quite sure that she isn't particulary bothered about NCFC much any longer and she most certainly hasn't departed this scene.

[tommopie8]

My honest opinion based on nothing other than gut instincts is that Luke Williams was the glue holding the squad together both on the pitch and as a group.

Jones is our best player technically and I'm sure he probably knows this. His and Langstaff's interactions when celebrating goals have always struck me as reluctant. There's a lot personalities that could clash and be quite petulant. We don't have the resilience, the fight or passion that a harmonised squad rolling up the sleeves for their new manager has. Which I'd suggest boils down to ego and that they've probably had opposition players or mates taking the piss asking when their gaffer is coming to fix the WiFi.

I don't doubt that technically they could beat any side in this division if they were all at their best. I think they're weak mentally. Bully is a term often thrown to Wrexham but I think it suits us better. We took the piss and passed the little teams to death last season but where's the bravery or the *******s this year when it's an even playing field and the chips are down? We crumble defensively time and again. It's the worst I can remember us being at the back, whether that's statistically the case or not - they have to do so little to break us down.

Ruben and LW were the heart and soul of last season and we've lost both.

[i961pie]

My honest opinion based on nothing other than gut instincts is that Luke Williams was the glue holding the squad together both on the pitch and as a group.

Jones is our best player technically and I'm sure he probably knows this. His and Langstaff's interactions when celebrating goals have always struck me as reluctant. There's a lot personalities that could clash and be quite petulant. We don't have the resilience, the fight or passion that a harmonised squad rolling up the sleeves for their new manager has. Which I'd suggest boils down to ego and that they've probably had opposition players or mates taking the piss asking when their gaffer is coming to fix the WiFi.

I don't doubt that technically they could beat any side in this division if they were all at their best. I think they're weak mentally. Bully is a term often thrown to Wrexham but I think it suits us better. We took the piss and passed the little teams to death last season but where's the bravery or the *******s this year when it's an even playing field and the chips are down? We crumble defensively time and again. It's the worst I can remember us being at the back, whether that's statistically the case or not - they have to do so little to break us down.

Ruben and LW were the heart and soul of last season and we've lost both.

Ruben was at the match tonight, how we are missing him and his creativity.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Ruben and LW were the heart and soul of last season and we've lost both.

Not forgetting the sad loss of Jason Turner as well. He must have been a big loss from behind the scenes.

As for tonight’s game I really do not know what to think. How we have conspired to lose to a team twice that have been bottom of the league nearly all season and have only won three other games in the league all season is sobering. We’ve also conceded nine goals to them. The warning was there at Sutton though on the opening day of our vulnerability and fragility out of possession and defending as a team. Six months later and we have conceded the second highest amount of goals in League Two and only one less than Sutton. It’s dragged us down when we have scored the highest number of goals in the league.

What this tells us is we attack like a league one team and defend like a national league team.

It was technical v physical tonight and once again the physical won the battle. It was also a case of who wanted it more, Sutton trying to stay up, or us trying to get in the playoffs. Hunger, heart and desire won.

Not so long ago we would complete 20-30 passes in a row and not make a single error. It was clean, smooth and tidy. Tonight we were struggling at times to make two or three without giving the ball away. There was a period in the second half where the ball was being played in our defensive third it was horrendously bad by both teams. Like an amateur game on the park where the ball just gets kicked and possession is lost to the opposition.

There are individual errors popping up all over the pitch in each game. We also have in game tactical and formation changes and flexibility which is a plan a,b and c.

SM really needed a win tonight but now we have had our third straight loss at home since 2016 so a new low under the Reedz Brothers.

[uysapie]

Not forgetting the sad loss of Jason Turner as well. He must have been a big loss from behind the scenes.

As for tonight’s game I really do not know what to think. How we have conspired to lose to a team twice that have been bottom of the league nearly all season and have only won three other games in the league all season is sobering. We’ve also conceded nine goals to them. The warning was there at Sutton though on the opening day of our vulnerability and fragility out of possession and defending as a team. Six months later and we have conceded the second highest amount of goals in League Two and only one less than Sutton. It’s dragged us down when we have scored the highest number of goals in the league.

What this tells us is we attack like a league one team and defend like a national league team.

It was technical v physical tonight and once again the physical won the battle. It was also a case of who wanted it more, Sutton trying to stay up, or us trying to get in the playoffs. Hunger, heart and desire won.

Not so long ago we would complete 20-30 passes in a row and not make a single error. It was clean, smooth and tidy. Tonight we were struggling at times to make two or three without giving the ball away. There was a period in the second half where the ball was being played in our defensive third it was horrendously bad by both teams. Like an amateur game on the park where the ball just gets kicked and possession is lost to the opposition.

There are individual errors popping up all over the pitch in each game. We also have in game tactical and formation changes and flexibility which is a plan a,b and c.

SM really needed a win tonight but now we have had our third straight loss at home since 2016 so a new low under the Reedz Brothers.

SM is out of his depth in this league.