⚽ Match Thread vs. Lincoln City 08.08.23 [EFLC R1]

[maddogslater]

Drama Queens or not . The LW post match interview was worrying at best. That wasn't a man who was relishing a challenge, he was totally demoralised.

I know he wears his heart on his sleeve, but bearing in mind that he needs to inspire/bully/cajole/encourage/organise his squad , he didn't look in a good place .

Hopefully he will bounce back . He deserves to succeed .

Maybe matt you should stop calling concerned posters drama queen's and get your head out the sand and smell the coffee.
Luke's post match interview and the pre season interview caused me alarm "no idea how the players will perform in league 2 " well you do now like.

[BJPIE]

this ^^^^^^ !

It not being over dramatic.
It's real
We are in trouble.
I wasn't one of those thinking we'd be promotion candidates. I was criticised on here for my opinions on our inept defending last season, which people seemed to think wasn't a problem because we were winning.
Right now I'd settle for 15th/16th.
We now can't retain the ball in midfield let alone find our striking options.
We could of conceded 7 on Saturday and possibly 5 or 6 last night.
Williams has been fantastic and I have a lot of faith in him but he can only work with what he has.
We struggled March onwards as teams found us out and despite the glory of Wembley we limped into the League.
We do urgently need a physical mobile defensive midfielder and new centre backs who can defend first.
I don't think we have the budget for this.

Therefore I think the biggest question Williams faces is changing his style of play. Having faith in your players is one thing. Using a system that exposes them beyond their abilities is another.

I don't know if the Radar recruitment comments on here are true, that the team responsible for Notts are no longer employed! But I heard Williams say in a recent interview that he had very little to do with recruitment.

In which case who is??

That's worrying.

I can't help thinking we may be missing Jason Turner more than we realised

[nottsun]

It not being over dramatic.
It's real
We are in trouble.
I wasn't one of those thinking we'd be promotion candidates. I was criticised on here for my opinions on our inept defending last season, which people seemed to think wasn't a problem because we were winning.
Right now I'd settle for 15th/16th.
We now can't retain the ball in midfield let alone find our striking options.
We could of conceded 7 on Saturday and possibly 5 or 6 last night.
Williams has been fantastic and I have a lot of faith in him but he can only work with what he has.
We struggled March onwards as teams found us out and despite the glory of Wembley we limped into the League.
We do urgently need a physical mobile defensive midfielder and new centre backs who can defend first.
I don't think we have the budget for this.

Therefore I think the biggest question Williams faces is changing his style of play. Having faith in your players is one thing. Using a system that exposes them beyond their abilities is another.

I don't know if the Radar recruitment comments on here are true, that the team responsible for Notts are no longer employed! But I heard Williams say in a recent interview that he had very little to do with recruitment.

In which case who is??

That's worrying.

I can't help thinking we may be missing Jason Turner more than we realised

like

[WarsopPie]

They have, i put a thread on here about a month ago saying lots of staff had been made redundant at Football Radar. For me it was worrying as typically that happens when the finances are drying up. Extending Langstaff' contract was the least of our worries. We need at least 3 defenders otherwise we will be back in the NL next season. 70% possession yet Lincoln had 20 shots, shambolic defending yet again.

We also need some creativity aswell as defenders in my eyes Rueben hasn’t actually been replaced.

[kill_the_drum]

When LW took over last season, I was completely underwhelmed by the start we had. We looked leggy, fragmented and I couldn’t see what we were trying to achieve. We’d also not addressed our weak midfield which was considered to be our undoing in the previous campaign.
That all changed in the second half against Chesterfield at Meadow Lane. From that point our energy levels and confidence shot up.
I’m hoping, that once more, we’re finding our feet and it’s all about to click.
We’re good enough to play at this level, I’m positive of it. But the team have to believe that and earn the right to play our game.

[itsagrandoldteam]

If the owners have got rid of the radar staff doing Notts recruitment, then who's doing it because Williams says he's not involved

[Chicken Balti Pie]

Drama Queens or not . The LW post match interview was worrying at best. That wasn't a man who was relishing a challenge, he was totally demoralised.

I know he wears his heart on his sleeve, but bearing in mind that he needs to inspire/bully/cajole/encourage/organise his squad , he didn't look in a good place .

Hopefully he will bounce back . He deserves to succeed .

He looked a man who'd put his faith in players who he now knows either can't or won't repay that faith

[matt_magpie]

Drama Queens or not . The LW post match interview was worrying at best. That wasn't a man who was relishing a challenge, he was totally demoralised.

I know he wears his heart on his sleeve, but bearing in mind that he needs to inspire/bully/cajole/encourage/organise his squad , he didn't look in a good place .

Hopefully he will bounce back . He deserves to succeed .

He’s just fuming about the corner and at Baldwin. Like everyone on here acknowledges it feels worse because of Sat, this guy will sort, players respect him.

[slack_pie]

What worries me is that LW doesn't seem to have a solid grasp of what is required to be successful at this level. He's a bit of a maverick when it comes to tactics and approach, and that makes the whole thing feel a bit like a giant experiment. It could go spectacularly well or it could blow up in our faces.

Other clubs have managers who understand exactly what is needed - relative dinosaurs like Parkinson, Clough, and Hughes. They understand that you need to be well drilled, solid at the back, and physical first, and once you've got that solid foundation in place, you can then start to think about playing fancy attacking football.

Fans of other clubs have called out their astonishment at our high line and kamikaze defending just as much as they have our attacking prowess, and every team we play will be looking to exploit our obvious weaknesses. What are we doing to counter that threat?

We'll know a lot more after Saturday, but it already looks like a pivotal game. I'm not confident because I know those issues that have been plain as day for months now will still be there.

We're playing in a higher division now. What worked in the NL won't necessarily work in L2. Possession football means nothing if the opposition has three times as many chances are we do.

[Proactive not Reactive]

What worries me is that LW doesn't seem to have a solid grasp of what is required to be successful at this level. He's a bit of a maverick when it comes to tactics and approach, and that makes the whole thing feel a bit like a giant experiment. It could go spectacularly well or it could blow up in our faces.

Other clubs have managers who understand exactly what is needed - relative dinosaurs like Parkinson, Clough, and Hughes. They understand that you need to be well drilled, solid at the back, and physical first, and once you've got that solid foundation in place, you can then start to think about playing fancy attacking football.

Fans of other clubs have called out their astonishment at our high line and kamikaze defending just as much as they have our attacking prowess, and every team we play will be looking to exploit our obvious weaknesses. What are we doing to counter that threat?

We'll know a lot more after Saturday, but it already looks like a pivotal game. I'm not confident because I know those issues that have been plain as day for months now will still be there.

We're playing in a higher division now. What worked in the NL won't necessarily work in L2. Possession football means nothing if the opposition has three times as many chances are we do.

That is so insulting to LW he's a top coach who last season moved a number of players into new positions including turning Macca into a centre forward who scored 42 goals plus improved the playing style and made it our best season as regards entertainment and league position for 13 years

Did other relative dinosaurs like Cox,Johnson,Devonshire etc in the NL know all the above things when we comfortably finished 2nd against them all.

All those other club fans were jealous of us including Wrexham because we were playing exciting football and playing it successfully.
Obviously all these things that LW introduced starting from double training sessions,individual and team meetings from Day 1 was all lucky and all the hours he spent planning and coaching the players wasn't building a solid foundation - do me a favour !

If we hadn't played this possession style of football do you think we would have enticed the likes of Bostock,Jones and McGoldrick to the club
Wrexham enticed that quality of player with money we don't have that level of finance so have done it with our brand of football.
Granted it appears to be a better standard in League 2 and we might have believed the bookies and pundits that we would walk this league but I trust LW more than Parkinson,Clough & Hughes to get to grips with it with a few tweeks to make sure we are in Division 2 next season and between him and the owners lead us to better things.

The best thing we can do now is get behind and encourage the players with as much noise as possible Saturday