Stockport County Post Match Thoughts

[OneJohnnyQuinn]

Mostly as a sub ?

OK he appeared in a total of 43 games last season, is that alright for you ?

[grundy]

No doubt about it we were well second best yesterday apart from around 20 minutes in the first half and a flurry at the end of the game.

Stockport played the ball out well from the back had players who showed for the ball in the middle of the park and moved it quickly through midfield and out wide, We relied on the long ball mainly from the goalkeeper to a target man that doesn't exist or occasionally flicks it on to nobody.

Our team is made up of has beens,never beens and hopefuls. The goalkeepers are bang average at best. Thought Phillips did ok yesterday. Rafferty and James have no impact going forward and James is too easily beaten. Jules and Odoffin blocked well yesterday but are so suspect to pace over the top. The midfield two of Kelly and Powell were overrun and as said by many need another body in there. To play four attacking players is just plain crazy,especially when three of them do no closing down whatsoever. Wilks is a luxury and it looks like Green is also. You might be able to have one in a good side but not in this one. Hungbo looks like a young kid trying to play with the big lads in the playground. A long way off imo. Nombe needs to play at the side of a decent striker to see him at his best. Unfortunately JCH is long past that.

I think there will be four teams worse than us but the style,management, tactics and players we have now will only put off the inevitable if we stick to what we have got. A masiive change all round is needed.

[caytonmiller]

Mcwilliams though

Thought he had a stinker yesterday though I think when played as holding midfield. Offers himself for the ball and gives the defence a out option. As shown in the cup games. Offers more than Kelly Think he was asked to play behind the strikers yesterday.

[RU66]

No doubt about it we were well second best yesterday apart from around 20 minutes in the first half and a flurry at the end of the game.

Stockport played the ball out well from the back had players who showed for the ball in the middle of the park and moved it quickly through midfield and out wide, We relied on the long ball mainly from the goalkeeper to a target man that doesn't exist or occasionally flicks it on to nobody.

Our team is made up of has beens,never beens and hopefuls. The goalkeepers are bang average at best. Thought Phillips did ok yesterday. Rafferty and James have no impact going forward and James is too easily beaten. Jules and Odoffin blocked well yesterday but are so suspect to pace over the top. The midfield two of Kelly and Powell were overrun and as said by many need another body in there. To play four attacking players is just plain crazy,especially when three of them do no closing down whatsoever. Wilks is a luxury and it looks like Green is also. You might be able to have one in a good side but not in this one. Hungbo looks like a young kid trying to play with the big lads in the playground. A long way off imo. Nombe needs to play at the side of a decent striker to see him at his best. Unfortunately JCH is long past that.

I think there will be four teams worse than us but the style,management, tactics and players we have now will only put off the inevitable if we stick to what we have got. A masiive change all round is needed.

✅️🤞need it to turn season round.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Talking to a Stockport County fan yesterday on Rotherham Station, he & his daughter live in Wakefield.
He said, we are poor in midfield, with no direction, I said Stockport deserved all 3 points yesterday.
We need a attacking midfielder a Grealush type.
Simular to Pritchard ex-Sunderland now playing in Turkey

[Godsend.F.C.]

OK he appeared in a total of 43 games last season, is that alright for you ?

Posh also tried to offload him in the January transfer window for a fee and failed to do so.

[Timbertop]

A couple of months ago i berrated a disillusioned season ticket holder friend for not attending matches. Sadly i am now sharing his opinion about the Stewart tenure and his matey appointment of the dated Evans. Every team we have played( including league 2 opposition) have had more fluidity,pace,skill and organisation than Evans agricultural unentertaining sides which would not look out of place in the National league.

[Timbertop]

There is absolutely no ambition in the club and i am now desperate for Stewart to call it a day and sell the club, January will tell us a lot.

[Derbymiller]

A couple of months ago i berrated a disillusioned season ticket holder friend for not attending matches. Sadly i am now sharing his opinion about the Stewart tenure and his matey appointment of the dated Evans. Every team we have played( including league 2 opposition) have had more fluidity,pace,skill and organisation than Evans agricultural unentertaining sides which would not look out of place in the National league.

Agree 100%.
Yes I know that there are issues with some players, but the reason we look disorganised, not a team and play awful football is down to SE and PR, that is it.
TS disinterest and tight reigns on the finances make it harder for any manager to make us a championship team, and perhaps being a entertaining L1 team that do ok in cups and every now and then go up into the Championship is the best we will ever be. That will not happen under these two.
Regarding JCH he is not the player he was two or three seasons ago, however if you play the wrong system it makes him look worse than he is. JCH cannot thrive in the current system, he will have the odd 45 minutes where he looks ok, but that is it.
SE is a scatter gun manager, get a group of players and see how they do, then get rid of those that you don?t like or don?t immediately respond to you. Bring in more players and go again, the hope is that after 2 to 3 cycles you have a team that looks ok. There is no plan for youth either our own or loaned, there is no man management of players that challenge him.
Nobody at that club can think SE and PR are doing a good job, only the delusional pair or a very blind chairman.

[Steve Miller]

End of year report.
Keepers, poor. Send piggie back. Put Phillips on nerve pills. Simply hasn’t enough nous or talent, hence the nerves. Decent reflexes if he reads early enough. Both have to be replaced really.
Rafferty, improving slightly.
James. Never a full back in a million years. Poor shade of Brammal (who never was that good)
CB’s. Is there a good enough pair? No. At least an improvement on FB’s.
Cam H. Wasted talent.
Hungo, Holmes. Underused potential.
Sick bay or past it: simply a liability.
JCH
Hugebill
MCCart
Kelly
Macdonald
McWilliams
Green, back too early.
Powell….like a mixed hot and cold tap.
Wilkes. Words fail. Tax time. Stealing a wage.

If i’ve missed anyone it’s because they haven’t played enough to tell, or not at all.

The dynamic duo. The biggest wage stealers of all. If they get more than the minimum wage, they owe us.
Get shut and fast.
Intermediate manager required, and build properly for the future in the summer. Even this squad could perform better with another manager.
We are all fed up with it all. There are not any plus points, none at all. We have gone backwards so fast it’s unreal.

And the directors need to understand their own frailties. And finally learn.

10/10, headmaster!