The Story So Far

[Not Now Kato]

Played 26
Won 8
Drawn 4
Lost 14
Points 28
Points Per Game 1.08
Goals For 32
Goals For Per Game 1.23
Goals Against 46
Goals Against Per Game 1.77
Games where we scored 3 or More Goals 3
Games Where We Conceded 3 or More Goals 9
Goal Difference -14
Highest Placing 17th
Lowest Placing 24th
 
We are where we are because we're simply not good enough.  Thank goodness there are worse teams than us in this league, a league which, with our resources and facilities, we should not be struggling; yet we are!  WHY?

[scawsby steve]

Played 26
Won 8
Drawn 4
Lost 14
Points 28
Points Per Game 1.08
Goals For 32
Goals For Per Game 1.23
Goals Against 46
Goals Against Per Game 1.77
Games where we scored 3 or More Goals 3
Games Where We Conceded 3 or More Goals 9
Goal Difference -14
Highest Placing 17th
Lowest Placing 24th
 
We are where we are because we're simply not good enough.  Thank goodness there are worse teams than us in this league, a league which, with our resources and facilities, we should not be struggling; yet we are!  WHY?

Good post, NNK. The thing that concerns me is that, despite the obvious hope, I don't see any evidence that we can become promotion contenders next season. What's going to change at the club to make this possible?

I'm sick of seeing seasons fizzle out before the end of February, year after year after year.

[roversdude]

Individual mistakes in the main at both ends of the pitch ??

[Thorney]

We have a midfield that is weak as piss in a league where we needed somebody whose battle hardened.
We blame the defence but when the men infront part like the red sea then we will always struggle.

Biggins has been largely anonymous in the games he plays in. Even if he just started kicking lumps out of the opposition then we would actually notice he is on the field

[In the box]

McCann has to find that Coppinger type player who just plays it simple but effective. Our midfield had no teeth or distribution point to play from . Back to the drawing board I think !!

[bpoolrover]

The midfield is poor, its not just one person thou, you take biggins off bring broadbent on amd he offers even less,we need at least 2 more midfielders ine who can tackle and a creative one, a bit of pace on the pitch wouldnt go amiss either

[Donnywolf]

Simple mistakes again.

1 Missed chances when 1 - 1 with any of them being taken putting us in the lead and THEM under pressure. Then they would have had to chase the game and we may (I can only say may) have had more chances

2 Faals unfortunate choice of pass which led to their second goal , it should have gone wide right and continued that attack at a time when I thought we would win at least 2-1

3 The Throw in farce. WHY WHY WHY do we take so long to take a f****** Throw only to eventually throw it to a Rovers player who then attempting to play it 10 yards (if that) back to the thrower only manages to find a HTFC player who then heads downfield and kills us off

We could have won but mistakes killed us AGAIN

[Padge_DRFC]

The midfield is poor, its not just one person thou, you take biggins off bring broadbent on amd he offers even less,we need at least 2 more midfielders ine who can tackle and a creative one, a bit of pace on the pitch wouldnt go amiss either

We have that player in Close. It's the other 2 at the side of him that are useless. We had Westbrook too but he's injured. A 3 of Bailey Close and Westbrook would be good for league 2. Sadly we'll never see it.

[StocksArmy]

Im going to point a finger at the manager again here. We conceded far too many in his first stint and we concede far too many now. He underestimated the league from the start and put trust into players who can't play the system he wants. He continues to pick players who consistently let the club down when he has other options available to him. He has brought full backs in who don't stop crosses, a midfielder who is a better centre half and the rest in midfield who are 9 times out of 10 collectively second best in every game. If Molynuex has a poor game we don't create anything and you also can't come out after 26 league games and moan that they are'nt learning when you coach them every day. If the penny hasn't dropped from June to January then I would like to know what they have been doing in training all this time. We can pick the players apart til the cows come home, we all know we need better but, I don't believe for a minute that we have the 19th best group of players in the league but I do believe that many teams managers play in a way that suits the group they have at their disposal. We play GMs way and it clearly doesn't work in this league, with this group. He should have learned his lesson after a hand full of games and set the team up to be at the bare minimum harder to score a goal against.

[GazLaz]

The midfield is poor, its not just one person thou, you take biggins off bring broadbent on amd he offers even less,we need at least 2 more midfielders ine who can tackle and a creative one, a bit of pace on the pitch wouldnt go amiss either

Broadbent is rancid isn’t he. Not sure who scouted him last season and thought he was the one to sign and not the lad who played next to him, Zak Brunt. He’s a class act.

[Filo]

The midfield is poor, its not just one person thou, you take biggins off bring broadbent on amd he offers even less,we need at least 2 more midfielders ine who can tackle and a creative one, a bit of pace on the pitch wouldnt go amiss either

Broadbent is miles better than Biggins

[GazLaz]

The midfield is poor, its not just one person thou, you take biggins off bring broadbent on amd he offers even less,we need at least 2 more midfielders ine who can tackle and a creative one, a bit of pace on the pitch wouldnt go amiss either

Broadbent is miles better than Biggins

Neither at presently good enough.

[Filo]

The midfield is poor, its not just one person thou, you take biggins off bring broadbent on amd he offers even less,we need at least 2 more midfielders ine who can tackle and a creative one, a bit of pace on the pitch wouldnt go amiss either

Broadbent is miles better than Biggins

Neither at presently good enough.

I agree

Broadbent or Biggins?

[GazLaz]

The midfield is poor, its not just one person thou, you take biggins off bring broadbent on amd he offers even less,we need at least 2 more midfielders ine who can tackle and a creative one, a bit of pace on the pitch wouldnt go amiss either

Broadbent is miles better than Biggins

Neither at presently good enough.

I agree

Broadbent or Biggins?

Biggins has added more when he’s played. Thats clear. Tallest dwarf competition there though.

[In the box]

You would have thought that some players and there’s (17) who’s contracts are up , would just push to impress . Yet inconsistency throughout this season suggests it’s beyond some of them to lift their game to a better level .

[Draytonian III]

Two players who are very inconsistent in my view are Biggins and Molyneux, they both have more 5/10 than 7 or 8/10. I would be surprised if they are at the club next season

[GazLaz]

Two players who are very inconsistent in my view are Biggins and Molyneux, they both have more 5/10 than 7 or 8/10. I would be surprised if they are at the club next season

Moly is a conundrum. He’s been ok at times this season but why isn’t he brilliant? He’s technically great and works hard for a forward player. Overall doesn’t equate to the sum of the parts. He’s been one of the better ones this season though admittedly.

[pib]

I thought Broadbent was starting to show a semblance of being a capable player before his injury. Shocking today though when he came on. Let’s be charitable and say he was rusty.