O/T Blackpool post match reflections

[mygiddypant]

In the spirit of honesty and speaking your mind...
I'll say it again, we have got some absolute Poundland fans. Utter sh**e again.

1. If my young daughter can brave the (not especially) cold weather, the watch-on-Sky season ticket holders should be embarrassed. At least one bloke on here just doesn't bother with midweek games, but always has a moan on the board from his armchair.

2. After a decent unbeaten run, and increasing signs of well planned set pieces and fast paced passing, listening to some of them moan last night was unbearable. One such highlight reel level numpty in our section was on at the team and fans around him (or 'it') from the second minute to the last. Shouting abuse at our players, accusing fans around him of being 'happy clappers' because they told him to shut up, and generally being so hell bent on being a negative tw@ that he failed to realise Benson got injured as he berated the ref for going past 5 minutes of injury time.

3. The lack of perspective is (as ever) astounding. We had a poor game, we made mistakes, and they made us pay far more than we made them pay when given our chances. Someone mentioned xG on here recently, and on that metric (as flimsy as it can be), we won 2-1. The two issues are that (1) the game isn't played on a laptop, and (2) once sections of our fans make their mind up in any direction (the highlight reel numpty being a great example), they chuck perspective into the bin and keep going on a completely one-sided rant.

Blackpool were fortunate enough to capitalise on our mistakes, but were otherwise poor value for a 3-0 win. Last night wasn't the descent to doom and gloom being made out by some. A bad game. Write it off, get behind the lads again, and see it for what it was. Contrary to what some think, I though Dawson was decent (speaking as someone who isn't a huge fan), Douglas was decent, Rafferty was decent, Gore was good, Hall put a shift in, Benson looked good until going off, (after the howler) Powell put a shift in, and Kaleta and Baptiste had a decent go when they came on. It wasn't a good performance, but after the last couple of seasons it's not even a bottom 10 performance.

Thank you UM for restoring some sanity to an insane place.

[Old_time_miller]

He isn?t a left wing back he went in the middle and we were a different team, your constant attacking of one of our better players is very sad, there were a lot of other players on that pitch today that were a complete disgrace Joe Powell is not our problem.

Talking of players who were a complete disgrace?and on numerous times in games?.I give you, one Dawson. (One trick pony) who can push a ball away over the bar. That first goal should have had him in the bath (though apparently there isn?t enough room, they use showers)

If we have had a worse keeper in 40 years I cannot recall any.

[Andy1968]

Brilliantly written that UlleyMiller. Excellent read. The negativity from some around us is cringeworthy and never heard so many see you next tuesdays used against our own players! Horrible.UTM

[Nardendee]

All I can add to this is the fact that we had gone 10 games or so without losing. Blackpool had a change of Manager recently. They are a good team that has been underperforming but like us, very much in transition.
Blackpool last beat Rotherham in 1996/97 when they did the double over us.
The two clubs didn?t play each other again until the 2005/2006 season, since when (before last night) they had met on 14 occasions with the Millers record as follows:

Home played 7 Won 6 Drawn 1 lost 0 F 15 A 3
Away. played 7 Won 3 Drawn 4 lost 0 F 6 A 3
Total. Played 14 Won 9 Drawn 5 lost 0 F 21 A 6

So we also have to take into account the law of averages. They were 1 up in 2 minutes and the scene was set.

So however good our results were previously results like this do have a habit of occurring.

Besides we are inconsistent, have a shed load of injuries, are in transition yet, some of our fans still think about the play offs. Yes it is a poor league, but no, we are not ready and it would be an absolute disaster for us to get anywhere near promotion.
Consolidation is the key. We need to be realistic. After all, the way we started, league 2 looked a distinct possibility, a fate we could still get sucked into.
So, this season we must celebrate the wins commiserate with the losses, but don?t remonstrate too much when we lose.

The manager is doing his best under difficult circumstances so losses are expected. Yesterday really was one of those games. Plymouth might also be, but, keep behind the lads. This is the way. We win some, we lose, we draw. After all we aren?t Arsenal.

[Old_time_miller]

Positions, I meant positions.

I did mention that quite openly on my second paragragh...

''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.''

Yes, fully agree. Players didn?t know what they were doing half the time, bit of complacency going off. On and off the field.
Not the first time either. And a lazy asleep keeper letting a harmless ball squirm under, on 2 minutes was football insanity. Backfoot is never where this team needs to be. As for play if I feel like it super star world cup hero?.

[caytonmiller]

Brilliantly written that UlleyMiller. Excellent read. The negativity from some around us is cringeworthy and never heard so many see you next tuesdays used against our own players! Horrible.UTM

This post sounds like others are not worthy of an opinion unless they agree with yours. This coming from someone who agrees with ulley one bad game out of last 10 doesn't make us a bad team though that performance was bad

[Old_time_miller]

In a nutshell, we have good players all over, who are good in limited ways only….with which it is hard to create an effective team consistently, let alone 30% injured half the time. It is not rocket science. So yes at times stuff like this game will go off.
And that 9 game run was not without its issues or narrow results waiting to go a bit haywire….Wycombe game before this, classic example. Am I the only one to recognise we were somewhat lucky to draw in the end? A tale of two halves is far too common.
Like building a nice house on sand. Tide will and did come in.

[Andy1968]

This post sounds like others are not worthy of an opinion unless they agree with yours. This coming from someone who agrees with ulley one bad game out of last 10 doesn't make us a bad team though that performance was bad

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Blimey I'm saying the foul language was being used against our players and it was horrible to hear. Nothing to do with opinions. Everyone's opinion is absolutely valid. I'm no prude but I hate the proper crude language.

[UlleyMiller]

Talking of players who were a complete disgrace?and on numerous times in games?.I give you, one Dawson. (One trick pony) who can push a ball away over the bar. That first goal should have had him in the bath (though apparently there isn?t enough room, they use showers)

If we have had a worse keeper in 40 years I cannot recall any.

We've been spoilt with keepers, and have been for as long as I've been going, pretty much. Having a human goalkeeper is normal for most clubs.

I also don't think he was especially at fault for that goal, and that he's improved on what we had when he arrived. Never been his biggest fan, but he was a better option than Phillips, and he's pulled a few decent saves of late.

[Derbymiller]

If MH gets us in the top ten for the end of the season he will have done very well, for many reasons. I am not convinced he will get the tools he needs in January and I think the board will sell under him as well. We are no where near a play-off team, we went 9 league games unbeaten and we are still in the bottom section of the middle 8. However his stubborn approach to not using a flat back four at times and filling the bench with CBs etc is on him, he is learning his trade.