vs Aldershot - Page 4

Doug · 09-08-2008, 15:49

any news....

Doug · 09-08-2008, 15:56

Well, it's back to work for me............Better luck next week Stanley....

lancsdave · 09-08-2008, 15:57

At least you are still 16 points clear of relegation and 30 points clear of being bottom, more than I can say for the next week

Kiwi John · 09-08-2008, 16:00

Bugga. Back to bed for me.Still a few hours of zzzzzzzzzzs to be had. Cherrio.

Redraine · 09-08-2008, 16:31

Absolutely dire today. Where is the spark, the touch of magic to get the crowd going? The Shots fans summed it up cruelly with their chant "Football League?. You're having a laugh". Mullin couldn't score in a brothel, Craney had a stinker again, and to cap it all Jimmy brings on Rocky when we are chasing the game. In a game we had to win today to encourage any sort of increasing support we start with Richardson in right midfield! He didn't do too badly but surely we should have had a more out and out attacking line-up, including Fola on from the start? Kenny worries me at free-kicks as he doesn't seem to have the athleticism to deal with the well-aimed strikes, even if, like todays, they are not particularly of the cannonball variety.
Too many of the old guard on show for my likeing.

caretaker · 09-08-2008, 16:49

A disapointing result, I thought the defence played better, Craneys foul for the free kick was idiotic. Mullin was not up to his usual good self. having said that ,there are signs that we did not give the ball away as much as last season and I am opptimistic we can improve. We paid for missed chances in the first half.

fatgaz182 · 09-08-2008, 16:50

Just to remind the players.

This is were to put the ball!!

Or even here from your angle!!

shakermaker · 09-08-2008, 17:06

Mullin missed sitters.
Craney was awful - no surprise there.
I thought Jamie Clarke had a good game.
Bobby Grant shouldn't be too hard on himself. It's the first game of the season and he's still learning. He's got bags of talent.
There's potential in that team, it seems truncated though due to little confidence and/or bottle.

shakermaker · 09-08-2008, 17:10

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Originally Posted by Redraine

Kenny worries me at free-kicks as he doesn't seem to have the athleticism to deal with the well-aimed strikes, even if, like todays, they are not particularly of the cannonball variety.

That free kick went in because of the incompetence of the wall to listen to Kenny. It was definitely not due to a lack of athleticism.

SamF · 09-08-2008, 17:15

I said at the time we made a huge mistake not biting off the hand of someone offering money to take Craney and he proved it today. Stupid tackle cost us the game. Clarke put in some effort but didn't really impress. Grant was non-existant. Mullin showed his age. We started off with one player out of position and that number grew with each substitution. I can't believe I'm saying this but I'd have seen Miles start before liam. He's shown a bit of effort in pre-season and he is actually a winger at least. Proccy plodded along as usual but didn't do much. Finally a positive - the defence didn't conceed a goal - Craney stupid tackle on the edge of the box and an inch perfect free kick from it lost us the game, Murdock and Edwards looked solid. Cav played well as did King - especially in the first half. Ridiculous substitutions - last season I was still in support of Coley and Bell but they havn't changed a bloody thing over the summer - same old ****e. Think it's time to look elsewhere.

MCR ADIM · 09-08-2008, 17:34

mullin should of score keeper were already on the floor he could of just chipped it over him or gone round the keeper! ok he was under pressure but thats what he gets paided to do! if he would of scored we would of won the game! i agree grant should not be to hard on himself he showed some good touches, but we didnt give him runs or pass the ball were he can run onto and cross it in! we should stop kicking ball up to mullin and letting clarke play off that! its not clarkes style we need to give him space and run-ons! grant and clarke need to work togther more as they were argueing first half! the defence did very good! cav played top today aswell as edwards and leam! king did ok! ryan did ok when he came on aswell! craney didnt have the best of games but i think he will get better!hope wolves is a better game!

Grimps · 09-08-2008, 17:59

grant was the star 4 me 2 day and the 6 goal scorers

agaist city

AccyMad · 09-08-2008, 18:11

I was so looking forward to the game today but unfortunately came away disappointed, didn't even feel like having more than one half a lager afterwards - just felt really flat, there was no spark in the game. Chris King got MOTM and probably deserved it to be honest but I wouldn't like to have chosen today. Hopefully we can improve from the performance today but if we play like that on Tuesday Wolves are going to totally annihalate us.

Outback Ozzy · 09-08-2008, 18:42

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Originally Posted by caretaker

A disapointing result, I thought the defence played better, Craneys foul for the free kick was idiotic. Mullin was not up to his usual good self. having said that ,there are signs that we did not give the ball away as much as last season and I am opptimistic we can improve. We paid for missed chances in the first half.

If that was a foul, well what can I say, I was level with it and I tell you what, the guy who went down would have won gold at the Beijing olympics.
Otherwise, why on earth did we put out a weakened team. Why leave John Miles on the bench when he played with the league 2 champions last season and was obviously well thought off. Lets stop messing around and playing Liam Richardson out of position. Aldershot were nowt special, but we were worse, which is worrying nay even alarming. Personally, I would not have played Grant today even though he had a decent game. I thought Jamie Clarke was easily beaten at times and as others have said, the strikers could not hit a barn door even when Oli came on. Why on earth was Rockie brought on???? I felt at the end of the game to say one thing only, thanks for 10 years John and Jimmy but it is time to go! I am afraid that is still my feeling. And before any says who would replace them, I do not know the answer to that, but I am sure there is some out of work manager who could come in and do a decent job. Clueless thats all I am saying.

OLDHAMADE · 09-08-2008, 18:58

I was going to wish you lot best of luck in your first Home game but it seems the forms still going to be a problem or are they just keeping it back till they play us

p.s Don't worry about Paul Mullin (those writing him off) he'll still be in double figures come the end of the season and i'd put money on that