🗓️Pre-Season Friendlies 2024/25

[matt_magpie]

Had a wander over to Boston tonight. Other than the first maybe 20-25 minutes that was very poor. Just a carry over from last season with no real plan, no real idea of how we were wanting to play.

He’s persisting with the Jones on the right thing despite it looking no more like to work than it did when he first tried it (Newport apart) only now he’s got an extra right sided player in Gordon who looked decent enough and Cedwyn playing on the left who looked completely unsuited for it.. Just weird.

Oh and a decent scrap at FT which Maynard also seemed to start! What a night for the boy.

Scott had the same issue with LW when he played as he was the left number 10 which Didzy did too but he’s ok there because he can create. I feel it’s the same set up as LW but just less gung-ho and it didn’t work towards the end of last season because we can still get targeted at wingback defensively. It’s starting to feel like we need a miracle to get a good start and I’m usually optimistic. I’ll keep the rose tinted on and say it’s down to mixing the teams up and it’s all going to be fine 😂

[Notts78]

Still can’t fathom why some seem so obsessed with how PSF are going. We haven’t once played the same starting line up. I think it’s obvious who the better players are in our squad and they rarely play with each other in these games.
If Boston want to play at full tilt, that’s them. Folk would soon be moaning if we were playing our strongest side and turning teams over 3/4 nil but picking up injuries along the way. SM can’t win, though I hope that trend changes a week on Saturday.

[KCNotts]

Still can’t fathom why some seem so obsessed with how PSF are going. We haven’t once played the same starting line up. I think it’s obvious who the better players are in our squad and they rarely play with each other in these games.
If Boston want to play at full tilt, that’s them. Folk would soon be moaning if we were playing our strongest side and turning teams over 3/4 nil but picking up injuries along the way. SM can’t win, though I hope that trend changes a week on Saturday.

Personally I'd love to see our best players turn other teams over 3 or 4 nil! Sadly, I'm not sure it's in our locker.

Who's to say Boston were playing at full tilt either?! Their season is also about to begin. For cohesion purposes it seems like madness not using these games to play your starting 11 together - at least for some of the match.

[BigFatPie]

Still can’t fathom why some seem so obsessed with how PSF are going. We haven’t once played the same starting line up. I think it’s obvious who the better players are in our squad and they rarely play with each other in these games.
If Boston want to play at full tilt, that’s them. Folk would soon be moaning if we were playing our strongest side and turning teams over 3/4 nil but picking up injuries along the way. SM can’t win, though I hope that trend changes a week on Saturday.

Obviously psf don’t matter, but currently they’re the only guide we have as to how the season will go. Tonight was the first and only one I’ll go to and I could see that many of the problems we had in the second half of last season on tonight’s evidence still exist. Including obviously self inflicted ones like playing key players out of position. Or not playing some players at all where was Bass tonight?

I hope we turn up at Tranmere and everything will ne great and we’ve got nothing to worry about . Do I think that will happen? No.

[NottsNotCounty]

After the results that Maynard ‘achieved’ last season I think a lot of fans were starting to give him the benefit of doubt due to the rebuild and dismantling of last seasons defence but whilst results in pre season shouldn’t make or break a manager that benefit of doubt will soon vanish with poor pre season performances capped with defeats. We need a good performance on Saturday to take some positivity into the season.

[OldBanksy]

That was total garbage at Boston tohight against a useful looking Boston outfit (although they shouldn't read too much into that as it was only against Notts.)

I was sat in the stand and I couldn't see what Maynard was trying to achieve.

Having seen most of the friendlies some of the new signings don't look good enough for League 2 level plus a couple of players from last season who don't seem to give a fg toss.

I said so toward the end of last season but this clown Maynard has not got a fg clue.He should have been sacked at the end of last season.He is out of his depth as results showed.

Pre season or not pre season the writing is on the wall

If he is still here end of September God help us.

How dramatic. It's about getting minutes into legs and players gelling. It's not about results.

[Elite_Pie]

How dramatic. It's about getting minutes into legs and players gelling. It's not about results.

You appear not to have noticed, but there are a few players not getting minutes in legs and the dismal results suggests that the players aren't gelling particularly well!

[Woodypie]

There is a distinct lack of buzz this close season. LW going, SM having a poor start, ML going, departures (whether deserved or not), seeming to have to rely on an unproven forward line. Eleven days before the first fixture and no hype from the club! Let's hope we are in for a pleasant surprise.

Mmm.

[Woodypie]

Boston throughly better from start to finish apparently, and we capped off another poor pre-season display by resulting to scrapping at the end.

At this point in pre-season, we're in a far worse place than we we're last season and we're far more likely to be relegated than promoted as things stand in my eyes.

Mmm.

[Woodypie]

How long before we stop making excuses for him and admit he’s way out of his depth?

These last few months have been a joke from top to bottom, from that ridiculous premature board statement in early April, to the lack of decent social media team, to the mediocre-at-best signings.

The only good thing to come out is The Nest.

Mmm.