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Post by David Schofield on Mar 19, 2024 11:25:22 GMT
Everyone seems to have written Barrow off but I can see a scenario where they nab 3rd place on the last day, Mansfield on the beach… County and Wrexham can’t both get 3 points…
They are under no pressure…
I’m not a gambler but they are worth £10er
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Post by mreckless on Mar 19, 2024 11:32:04 GMT
Couldn’t manage the whole game, had to go to bed after about 70 mins so hoped we’d have held on for the win. I may have to revise my claims we’ll piss the league. I still think we’ll go up, largely because the chasing teams are so inconsistent, but I’d expect a huge turnover of players in the summer. If we don’t go up, nailed on we’ll have a change of manager too. Wouldn’t be surprised about that last bit, if only to deflect from how poor our recruitment has been generally. A few bright sparks, but nothing to turn around our fortunes as alluded to in that Tweet about Crawley’s signings. Well, not in a positive fashion, anyway… Recruitment was so bad that even without 8 or 9 players missing half the season here we are, still sat in 2nd place
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Post by mreckless on Mar 19, 2024 11:35:12 GMT
Has Powell looked the part just flashes for me never really won us a game Touray made 4 poor clearances in 5 mins he showed some bottle and character Thursday that you'd hope he kick on from but reverted back to type last night Maybe doesn't have mentality to play in pressure cauldron of side hell bent on being promoted this season
I think with Powell you have to think it terms of what he's actually done, rather than in terms of the expectations from our highest paid player.
He was excellent against Notts and Walsall, along with a few decent performances earlier in the season, and if he'd come from a similar background / was on similar money to Hippo / CLE we'd be saying he was a useful squad player to have / proper game changer off the bench / shame he can't stay fit.
The problem is you don't pay £8k per week or whatever it is for 'decent squad player when fit'
Wrexham are paying the little scouse weasel 9k a week and even he can miss a last minute sitter last weekend Louis Barry is our best paid player by the way, fortunately Villa pay most of it.
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Post by scfc73 on Mar 19, 2024 11:38:19 GMT
It's got shades of the NL title season where we were stuttering towards the finish line & looked like we were doing our best to f%&k things up but somehow contrived to win the league by 6 points. Hope it's a similar outcome 🤞
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 19, 2024 11:38:25 GMT
We had a winning run already but the question to ask is did this just happen by accident or was it created by our manager and coaching staff. All that seemed to start with Baileys introduction into the side who now has gone to look a player you,d think twice on signing for a free than the one we were all excited about but needed a goal. Bailey has been disappointing since signing permanently. Thought he was great during his loan spell, but his form has dropped since. Touray was good against Salford, but he's a liability and he cost us last night. He's had a very poor season and we need much better. tbh I wasn't happy when we have Bailey the long contract. I was one for signing him permanently but I didn't want us to pay money for him and a short term deal. I know a few on here were bothered if we paid the rumoured 200k or even 100k because he was worth it but he wasn't. Even in the good form he wasn't worth 100k he's a 25k player at most. He was in decent form but 6 months on his contract and wanting out of the club he was at. So I hope we haven't paid for than 25k. Touray imo had a good game last night. He obviously made an error for the goal but it's the type of error all our defenders do but majority never really lead to a goal. We don't kick the ball far enough or into the stands. We head the ball out for a throw in alot when defending but normally when we don't need to. I think the decision making in our team all round is poor
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 19, 2024 11:42:49 GMT
I think with Powell you have to think it terms of what he's actually done, rather than in terms of the expectations from our highest paid player.
He was excellent against Notts and Walsall, along with a few decent performances earlier in the season, and if he'd come from a similar background / was on similar money to Hippo / CLE we'd be saying he was a useful squad player to have / proper game changer off the bench / shame he can't stay fit.
The problem is you don't pay £8k per week or whatever it is for 'decent squad player when fit'
Wrexham are paying the little scouse weasel 9k a week and even he can miss a last minute sitter last weekend Louis Barry is our best paid player by the way, fortunately Villa pay most of it. mullin has the same amount of goals as Wootton and madden combined and only 2 less assists than them both and that's probably equal wage between the two and mullin if not it's not far off
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Post by Fallowfield Hatter on Mar 19, 2024 11:43:01 GMT
I think with Powell you have to think it terms of what he's actually done, rather than in terms of the expectations from our highest paid player.
He was excellent against Notts and Walsall, along with a few decent performances earlier in the season, and if he'd come from a similar background / was on similar money to Hippo / CLE we'd be saying he was a useful squad player to have / proper game changer off the bench / shame he can't stay fit.
The problem is you don't pay £8k per week or whatever it is for 'decent squad player when fit'
Wrexham are paying the little scouse weasel 9k a week and even he can miss a last minute sitter last weekend Louis Barry is our best paid player by the way, fortunately Villa pay most of it. Barry isn't our best-paid player then.
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Post by HTC on Mar 19, 2024 11:49:35 GMT
Wrexham are paying the little scouse weasel 9k a week and even he can miss a last minute sitter last weekend Louis Barry is our best paid player by the way, fortunately Villa pay most of it. Barry isn't our best-paid player then. it's mreckless - if there's an interpretation of things that makes the club ownership look perfect, wise and completely faultless, that'll be the interpretation he takes.
Kind of wish Stott would have announced EP was going completely vegan for January just to see what would have happened.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Mar 19, 2024 11:49:57 GMT
Wouldn’t be surprised about that last bit, if only to deflect from how poor our recruitment has been generally. A few bright sparks, but nothing to turn around our fortunes as alluded to in that Tweet about Crawley’s signings. Well, not in a positive fashion, anyway… Recruitment was so bad that even without 8 or 9 players missing half the season here we are, still sat in 2nd place You’re right in the sense that the run we went on before Barry got injured gave us enough breathing space to still be sat in second place, thanks also to other teams’ performances. But you can’t pretend our signings have made us perform better than we were early in the season. We’re riding our luck, not forging ahead.
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Post by Bahamas67 on Mar 19, 2024 11:54:15 GMT
Has Powell looked the part just flashes for me never really won us a game Touray made 4 poor clearances in 5 mins he showed some bottle and character Thursday that you'd hope he kick on from but reverted back to type last night Maybe doesn't have mentality to play in pressure cauldron of side hell bent on being promoted this season
I think with Powell you have to think it terms of what he's actually done, rather than in terms of the expectations from our highest paid player.
He was excellent against Notts and Walsall, along with a few decent performances earlier in the season, and if he'd come from a similar background / was on similar money to Hippo / CLE we'd be saying he was a useful squad player to have / proper game changer off the bench / shame he can't stay fit.
The problem is you don't pay £8k per week or whatever it is for 'decent squad player when fit'
Defintely agree about the fitness issue, but to me he could be a lot more than a decent squad player. At times he looks a class apart, and he can find the unpredictable pass that unlocks defences, which we haven't seen enough of lately. I think he did well when asked to play deep, but I'd rather see him higher up the field where he can set up chances.
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 19, 2024 11:58:37 GMT
Wrexham are paying the little scouse weasel 9k a week and even he can miss a last minute sitter last weekend Louis Barry is our best paid player by the way, fortunately Villa pay most of it. Barry isn't our best-paid player then. He is. Just because we're not paying the full wage doesn't mean he's not our highest earner. He's getting paid the full amount of wage it's just coming from 2 places. Powell is definitely a high earner for the league and it probably hasn't gone how we had all hoped but in a backwards way he's too good for the league even though it might not show it, he's seeing things that only really madden sees. I don't really want to make it about wavelength but it's true. The amount of times powell done a 20/30 yard pass and it's gone out for a throw in because the player has stopped running or didn't make the run in the first place where in the championship there would of been someone there and that's potentially a problem. We have players coming from all different systems instead of getting players that know the type of football we want to play (although that's hard to see because we change every week) and we've got players from nln, national league, league 2,league 1,championship, Premier league reserves, mls and Scottish championship. All different levels of football
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Post by herbiedumplings on Mar 19, 2024 12:04:38 GMT
Barry isn't our best-paid player then. He is. Just because we're not paying the full wage doesn't mean he's not our highest earner. He's getting paid the full amount of wage it's just coming from 2 places. Powell is definitely a high earner for the league and it probably hasn't gone how we had all hoped but in a backwards way he's too good for the league even though it might not show it, he's seeing things that only really madden sees. I don't really want to make it about wavelength but it's true. The amount of times powell done a 20/30 yard pass and it's gone out for a throw in because the player has stopped running or didn't make the run in the first place where in the championship there would of been someone there and that's potentially a problem. We have players coming from all different systems instead of getting players that know the type of football we want to play (although that's hard to see because we change every week) and we've got players from nln, national league, league 2,league 1,championship, Premier league reserves, mls and Scottish championship. All different levels of football Agreed. We saw the same when Madden joined, and he’d find a really sweet area of space in the opposition box, only for a tame shot to sail past him straight into the keeper’s arms, or for a wayward cross to go out for a goal kick. It worked out over time, but with Powell’s availability being so unpredictable (shall we say?) the option isn’t there for the team to get accustomed to playing together.
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Post by Bahamas67 on Mar 19, 2024 12:09:54 GMT
We had a winning run already but the question to ask is did this just happen by accident or was it created by our manager and coaching staff. All that seemed to start with Baileys introduction into the side who now has gone to look a player you,d think twice on signing for a free than the one we were all excited about but needed a goal. it was all to do with how we played with Barry. We attacked teams with pace and defenders shat themselves. For months we've now been slow and pedantic just hoofing it to Wootton where nothing happeneds. When Wootton is on the pitch we are supposed to be a crossing team but it seems that we only have 1 player on pitch that can cross the ball at any given moment so why do we insist in keep playing that way. It's shit, okay we didn't have Barry's pace and dribbling but we still have had the players to play on the floor and flowing football which can be attacking with pace. True, but you couldn't hope to play the way we did with Barry in the side, after he got injured. But DC had a bit of a rejig and we did carry on the winning run for a few games after that, then we lost Collar as well, which was a big blow. You're right about crosses, without MSH (and Knoyle, and Rydel) that part of our game has been weak - I'd rather see the ball on the floor too. Like others I've been disappointed with Bailey since he signed.
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Post by Fallowfield Hatter on Mar 19, 2024 12:11:59 GMT
Barry isn't our best-paid player then. He is. Just because we're not paying the full wage doesn't mean he's not our highest earner. He's getting paid the full amount of wage it's just coming from 2 places. Powell is definitely a high earner for the league and it probably hasn't gone how we had all hoped but in a backwards way he's too good for the league even though it might not show it, he's seeing things that only really madden sees. I don't really want to make it about wavelength but it's true. The amount of times powell done a 20/30 yard pass and it's gone out for a throw in because the player has stopped running or didn't make the run in the first place where in the championship there would of been someone there and that's potentially a problem. We have players coming from all different systems instead of getting players that know the type of football we want to play (although that's hard to see because we change every week) and we've got players from nln, national league, league 2,league 1,championship, Premier league reserves, mls and Scottish championship. All different levels of football In terms of what we're paying, Barry is not our best-paid player. That's a fact.
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Post by gibbo on Mar 19, 2024 12:14:55 GMT
Powell is definitely a high earner for the league and it probably hasn't gone how we had all hoped but in a backwards way he's too good for the league even though it might not show it, he's seeing things that only really madden sees. Powell's never really got up a head of steam for me, started slow but then was getting better (Crawley, MK away), then injured. Got back in for a bit and again looked ok at times but then another couple of niggles (Wigan, Bradford), then finally gets a prolonged run in the New Year but is moved back to DMF due to the injuries, and now another niggle that's keeping him out. He's not been poor himself as such, but on outlay / return then it currently goes down as a poor signing.
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