Match Thread vs. Woking 02.10.21 [NL]

[crazyfists]

Relegation contenders with these performances. Absolutely abysmal football Birchnall. Birchnall and Co won't last til the play offs at this rate. Also discipline is shocking.

I worry even if we don't make the playoffs that the Reedtz will keep him on. It's really hard not to get carried away after that scoreline so trying to keep it cool but I would play any style if it got us up. This style works great with top players but we don't have top players so IB needs to sort it out as best he can and quickly.

[jackal2]

Today was a clash between two different styles of football, and we were the more attractive team, but the style that suits the National League won in the end by a crushing margin. We do indeed know what Woking are all about, and it is self-evidently far more effective than what we're doing. Ian Burchnall needs to recognise that quickly, otherwise he risks disappearing down the same rabbit hole as Neal Ardley, and I genuinely don't want to see that.

[laddo]

Just discovered I stuck £9.50 on a Woking win at 7/2. That's not made me feel any better.

Relegation candidates

[TSANHO]

Just discovered I stuck £9.50 on a Woking win at 7/2. That's not made me feel any better.

Relegation candidates

Will help you sink that ‘one too many though’ 👍

[upthemaggies]

I doubt Burchnall has much say on how we play in general, nor the type of players we can bring in. There will be a blueprint that he has to stick to. I feel a bit sorry for him to be honest, I don't think he is to blame.

He started really badly and things only went right for him when the players decided to react over the Mo Ross situation.

This season we started reasonably well - results wise - largely thanks to a kind set of opening fixtures. We're now likely seeing a return to pre-Mo Ross sacking mentality, brought on by the return visit to the scene of the crime. Altrincham is our 'bitter lake'.

[keldsyke]

But they don't play a beautiful game. It's crap football & Birchnall won't change it so we staying in the nation league for the forseeable future. No bottle at all

As been posted in other threads you can’t play your way out this league you need to understand the league and adjust accordingly. Again the squad is very very poor in depth, worrying times ahead ( and it should really have been 1 - 5 not 1 - 4)

[drillerpie]

Today was a clash between two different styles of football, and we were the more attractive team, but the style that suits the National League won in the end by a crushing margin. We do indeed know what Woking are all about, and it is self-evidently far more effective than what we're doing. Ian Burchnall needs to recognise that quickly, otherwise he risks disappearing down the same rabbit hole as Neal Ardley, and I genuinely don't want to see that.

Seconded, on all points.

[the_anticlough]

So far I'm finding the analyses from those you went very depressing...
mostly on about fundamental playing style...which we know isn't going to change.
What about actual performances? How did Wootton perform? JOB? What actually went wrong for the goals? You know concrete stuff, not these fantasies about hard men, 'monsters' etc.

I'm going to Halifax, can't wait to see for myself

Apologies to i1961, KK who posted good stuff while I was typing

[i961pie]

So far I'm finding the analyses from those you went very depressing...
mostly on about fundamental playing style...which we know isn't going to change.
What about actual performances? How did Wootton perform? JOB? What actually went wrong for the goals? You know concrete stuff, not these fantasies about hard men, 'monsters' etc.

I'm going to Halifax, can't wait to see for myself

For 70 minutes the majority performed well (Mitchell never in the game) and it looked like we would go on to score a second and then we had a mad 8 minutes. Players who had done well suddenly looked awful, Rodders lost his head, JoB couldn't string a pass together and the defence were all over the place. We are to soft.

[Freeman25]

For 70 minutes the majority performed well (Mitchell never in the game) and it looked like we would go on to score a second and then we had a mad 8 minutes. Players who had done well suddenly looked awful, Rodders lost his head, JoB couldn't string a pass together and the defence were all over the place. We are to soft.

Pretty much this.

There was only one team in the game until they brought on number 11, Thomson? He looked a threat, won a few freekicks and we fell apart. We were unlucky to not be 2-0 up and that would have killed the game imo.

Brennan had an absolute mare of a final 20 minutes, we need Cameron back asap, Patterson picked the ball out of his net 4 times but I'm not sure the lad put a foot wrong all game, gave a few people in the Pavis a heart attack with his confidence on the ball an dealt with the crosses he had a chance with.