⚽ Match Thread vs. Wimbledon 08.03.25 [EFL L2]

[bufordpie]

Don?t be rude but obviously Traore, Jarvis and Whittaker if he signs they believe will come good, granted I?ve seen nothing so far.

If they are the future we are in trouble.

[SmiffyPie]

We won't get relegated that's certain.

[Pie-eyed&legless]

Just to complete the day Forest beat Man City

[matt_magpie]

As much as Maynard is to blame, so is the sale of Crowley, (and then failing to find a replacement), injuries to key players and yet another really poor Janny-Tranny window, IMHAHO.

Have to agree unfortunately we?ve royally c0cked up in Jan, August good with defensive signings and keeping JJ and Crowley which shouldn?t be underestimated but we are officially struggling now.

[DoddingtonPie]

Jarvis and Whitaker must be the worst signings I?ve seen in years. Abysmal.

[jackal2]

Something has gone badly wrong in the past month or so, and it was obvious in the dramatic drop in our performances even before it started to translate into a decline in results. There's been a lot of talk about players missing and the the standard of the new signings, but for me those are red herrings. Established players we already know to be capable performers have looked way off the pace as well. This is more fundamental and I've got to look in the direction of the coaching. The whole team looks negative, hesitant and quite frankly just badly prepared. The quality in our passing and the tempo of our play has dropped off a cliff. We were lucky to get results against the strugglers Carlisle and Tranmere, and it was only a matter of time before the clear decline would show in results. It's been quite shocking in more ways than one.

[Stan Marshall]

at this point I agree. The questions are how much of our inability to push on has been in SM's hands, whether it's all down to injuries/lack of squad depth. And how much SM's inexperience is to blame for this latest slide. And how much/how quickly he can grow from this. He doesn't appear to be as charismatic leader as LW, and I still wonder why we're losing coaches mid season.

It would be nice to know the real reason why the two coaches left but, the fact is, we let Crowley go and have 2 players injured and nobody to replace them. We just haven?t got players who can run with the ball, create and score goals like those three. As the Head Coach may say, we don?t have anyone of their creative calibre in the building. We may have signed some decent players for the future (or not) but we haven?t adequately replaced Crowley or provided sufficient cover for injuries to DM or JJ, both of whom are injury prone.
We need to learn from this. We?ll never get promotion if we fail in the January transfer windows!

[jackal2]

It would be nice to know the real reason why the two coaches left but, the fact is, we let Crowley go and have 2 players injured and nobody to replace them. We just haven?t got players who can run with the ball, create and score goals like those three. As the Head Coach may say, we don?t have anyone of their creative calibre in the building. We may have signed some decent players for the future (or not) but we haven?t adequately replaced Crowley or provided sufficient cover for injuries to DM or JJ, both of whom are injury prone.
We need to learn from this. We?ll never get promotion if we fail in the January transfer windows!

Let's just remember that a lot of people were questioning Crowley's contribution in the weeks before he left, and he has had zero impact for MK Dons up to today, so I don't buy this idea that his departure is the reason for all our woes, or that the new signings aren't capable, even though they obviously haven't performed well yet, in keeping with the whole team.

I think you're much nearer the mark to look at what happened with the coaching team, and what we've lost, because apart from maybe two games, the performances since Saunders left have appeared to me to fall off a cliff, and it's not just the new signings who have looked lost. Players we knew previously to be well capable have also looked like they've been drugged, quite frankly.

[countygump]

SM post Wimbo.

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news...edon--maynard/

[Mud Pie]

SM post Wimbo.

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news...edon--maynard/

Traore torn meniscus out for a couple weeks at least.

The most rattled I've seen SM. He obviously feels so powerless and frustrated.