⚽ Match Thread vs. Salford City FC 14.12.24 [EFL L2]

[Could'vebeenacontender]

Stall summing up at FT that performances have still been decent until now despite the results, but today's the first day where the performance was nowhere near good enough.

Yep
We were essentially out worked and out muscled on a poky pitch by a second rate team with a nasty ******* manager

[upthemaggies]

Not disputing the point but it doesn?t factor in the last 3 games have all been away against in form sides. Salfords 6th home win in 7.
Assuming no postponements, when we start 2025 we would have played 13 away games and 9 at home.

We've mostly been better away than at home under Maynard though.

[magpie_mania]

Only 1,900 odd home fans in the ground. We get almost 10 times that and are getting turned over.

Since when have we had anywhere near 19,000?

You go on about those who dare mention the possession stats but then try to use attendance!

[Med Pie]

Stall summing up at FT that performances have still been decent until now despite the results, but today's the first day where the performance was nowhere near good enough.

I think that quite a few, me included, might disagree with that?

[1955pie]

Dire!! - would?nt be surprised if Spurs pull Abbott in Jan

That has to be a strong possibility.
Then again, he was as crap as the rest.
I was particularly disappointed in Bedeau and Jatta

[upthemaggies]

Ooooo.... Hassel now asking Stall how much pressure is mounting up on Maynard?
Stall : "Inevitably pressure and questions will be asked"

[SmiffyPie]

Haven't seen us play so badly for years. A second rate display by eleven second rate players on the day.

[drillerpie]

Yep
We were essentially out worked and out muscled on a poky pitch by a second rate team with a nasty ******* manager

If they are second rate I dread to think what that makes us.

I'm pretty easy going and optimistic but that was bad. Really bad. Weirdly bad.

If you didn't watch it then imagine the whole team was playing hungover, imagine someone had put a magnet in our players boots and the opposite one in the ball as a prank, and imagine the game plan was given to the players upside down and backwards, in Swahili.

Also, am I right in thinking that ever since Maynard said that Bass was the best ever at picking players out with short passes down the middle, he's given at least a goal a game away from crap short passes down the middle?

[JoePass]

If they are second rate I dread to think what that makes us.

I'm pretty easy going and optimistic but that was bad. Really bad. Weirdly bad.

If you didn't watch it then imagine the whole team was playing hungover, imagine someone had put a magnet in our players boots and the opposite one in the ball as a prank, and imagine the game plan was given to the players upside down and backwards, in Swahili.

Also, am I right in thinking that ever since Maynard said that Bass was the best ever at picking players out with short passes down the middle, he's given at least a goal a game away from crap short passes down the middle?

^^^This.

[OchPie]

The only positive I took from today was that there's nowhere to hide after that.

And their curry sauce was pretty good.