O/T Blackpool post match reflections

[MillmoorRon]

Nothing to do with Powell not in his favoured position - his set piece delivery is (and has always been) utter crap! Why is he allowed anywhere near the ball in these situations? Shocking!

[MillerBill]

Everything went wrong for us tonight.A very early mistake which brought that goal for the visitors was a gift.Then in their second attack they benefit from a very poor intercepted pass and suddenly go two up inside twenty minutes.We could easily have been level at half time and we did play some good football but with no reward.Second half we made some changes and it was good to see Kaleta and Baptiste back who both played well and will get better after their break, we did enough to get back in to the game but with no luck.We can't rely on Hugill all the time and we should have had Watmore signed up.At half time I was told the reason is we couldn't agree terms for him to come.If I was Hammy I would be very much pissed off with the lack of backing he is getting.

[Heliosphan78]

Everything went wrong for us tonight.A very early mistake which brought that goal for the visitors was a gift.Then in their second attack they benefit from a very poor intercepted pass and suddenly go two up inside twenty minutes.We could easily have been level at half time and we did play some good football but with no reward.Second half we made some changes and it was good to see Kaleta and Baptiste back who both played well and will get better after their break, we did enough to get back in to the game but with no luck.We can't rely on Hugill all the time and we should have had Watmore signed up.At half time I was told the reason is we couldn't agree terms for him to come.If I was Hammy I would be very much pissed off with the lack of backing he is getting.

I agree but on the Watmore thing, I think the fan base is pretty split on that one.

On the one hand, we need someone to score goals, as demonstrated tonight. On the other hand, the club will be signing a croc. He's likely to play a couple of games and be injured. Look at Nathan Redmond who Wednesday signed. He's already injured.

I'm glad we haven't signed Watmore because the bigger picture is that we need to stop signing players who are constantly injured.

[Tigerish]

Hamshaw wonders why the home crowd is quiet. Just watch that first half video nasty and you'll know why bossman. We didn't play against Wycombe until the second half and tonight was even worse. A really disgraceful performance for the first 45 minutes. Dan Gore was the only one to earn his crust and Hamshaw needs to earn his by finding out why. But really he shouldn't need to. The fans were robbed of their hard earned money in that first half. I'm sure the team got a beasting at half time and they thoroughly deserved it. No fight no passion no resilience. Where is our Gerry Gow?!!Spence and Powell had stinkers and deserve to be dropped but we don't have that luxury. Sunday league passing from Spence and Powell can't cross a ball properly. Only Gore and Kaleta can hold their heads up after that s ...t show of a performance

[pipppy]

It?s a shame Benson had to go off after showing prowess with free kicks recently.

[MILLERSTALE]

Best team won the reason I say that is because they wanted it more.hes got to find somebody to do Powells job because he?s not good enough.Teams are now targeting our left side.

Teams were targeting our left side from the first match of the season and we got destroyed down that side in several matches in our early struggles, wide players were getting behind James when he was wing back ! I said from day one we needed a left back who could double up as centre back or wing back with a bit of pace aka Revan or similar !

[CAMiller]

Said to my grandson on the way to NYS that it was a banana skin game and went on to explain what it meant. A team we had a good record against, a manager we had a good record against and the dangling carrot of 8th or 9th place with a win. What could go wrong? Well, everything could and did. Just about polar opposite to the Lincoln game, even down to a smilarly well executed corner that worked a dream in one game but ended in row Z last night.

After that miss by JH when we were just 1-0 down I fear I may never see him score. He has a hard task as lone target man but still needs to put away the chances, even when they do come to you unexpectedly.

[Karl998yr]

Everything about that performance last night stank of complacency.
Ooooh look us on this unbeaten run playing at home against a team in the bottom 4.
We had lost before we stepped on the pitch because they thought they only had to turn up.
Wrong and bad attitude

[Townerslovechild]

We've had a great run with practically no forwards and makeshift defence, so no need to be too critical.
However the first half was dire,and Powell was caught for the goal, just think when he'd asked to play in full back position, when we're defending, his positional sense isn't very good, bit like Bramhall really.
Gave the ball away far too much, and very little threat up front, let's hope Nombe is back VERY soon.
Shame to see Douglas go off,don't think he did much wrong, actually came the closest to scoring !
Kaleta did well, so did Gore and Martha.
Disappointed but not a disaster, on to Plymouth.

[Brin]

Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe how I felt leaving the stadium last night.

Team selection - fully at Hamshaws feet. Why did he change it like he did? Was it the knowing a club sitting second bottom and who of late couldn't buy a league win made him think he would tinker with certain positions? Big mistake Matt big mistake.

Powell who is by far one of our better players, albeit his crosses are truly woeful, was put in a position akin to a fish out of water who flapped at everything thrown at him from the off. James made to play more central? ala Powell's position. Watch the video replay Matt then message to self, 'Don't do that again'.

Complacent/attitude/non application, all on show for most of our lot last night mainly in the first half, even the talented Hall was MIA for most of the game. Why is it when we play anyone in the bottom four do we disappear up out own arses? Dawson doesn't come out of this unscathed. A junior school kid could have stopped the first goal, what was he thinking? Legs apart a bus could have gone under. Just not good enough from many players in another go slow first half.

Praise has to go to Dan Gore, the only man in the middle who put a shift in. I wouldn't be surprised at all if a club puts a bid in for him come January. We will then lose a very valuable player with no one anywhere near good enough to deliver from our current squad, what he does. As for Spence, Benson and Hall, they need to ask themselves, 'Why did I play so poor last nigh?'

The lack of effort in the first half was more than woeful. We did come alive more with the introduction of Kaleta who ran them ragged in the second half, so mush so, their Manager saw that and made an instant sub to counter meaSure him. Poor finishing from us, great saves from their keeper and the clinical finishing from them from our poor passing mistakes, sealed off what was a very poor performance all round.

Hopefully we can put this one behind us and Hamshaw learns from it, the players learn from it and they deliver much to the standard that saw us go and a great mini run. I'll be down there on Saturday shouting them on and hopefully we can address all that's been raised by what folk have posted on last night and come home with at least a point if not all three. UTM.