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Post by yeoldetangerine on Nov 17, 2012 18:10:36 GMT 1
Just saw the beeb possession stats First time in a long time that I remember that we had less than 50%, also shots way down on what we are used to. Whatever happened to the squad playing such sublime football in August, have we sold them all?
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Nov 18, 2012 8:33:56 GMT 1
Its all gone pete tongue and in reality just scrapping 6th place will be a good achievement at the moment as its going to be a few weeks before we truly see a appy team, but listening to the radio we seem to have returned to long balls across the pitch
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Post by yeoldetangerine on Nov 18, 2012 8:57:20 GMT 1
With Matty and GTF out, yesterday was the ideal opportunity to have one more of the development squad young strikers on the bench, for a last 10 minute onslaught. You just know Bruna would have been brought on by Ollie to replace Delf, what about Noriega?
He played it safe, but safe doesn't get promotion.
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Nov 18, 2012 10:41:09 GMT 1
Heard plenty of Basham, bashing them and Grandin making runs but what was ludo up to for the match?
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Post by pikeypete on Nov 18, 2012 12:36:05 GMT 1
Appy can't play a system he doesn't know with players he's not familiar with. Needs to do his homework fast or it'll be like watching Birmingham every week. Whatever happened to " if it ain't broke" statement?
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Post by yeoldetangerine on Nov 18, 2012 13:51:20 GMT 1
Spot on, Pete So come on, lets' give him the benefit of our collective wisdom( ) I'm not unhappy with the backline, if they are fit and playing together, but would like Baps to bomb forward. Bash as DM, looks like he's finally taken his chance Creative mid Grandin, other mid Angel for me Up front at the moment Incey, Dicko and Da Fonz, but swapping, not like yesterday where the wide players stayed wide. Subs Super Kev for that last 20 mins, Get Barkhuizen back from Cods, put Bruna on or bin him, and Noriega, with prob Gomes and Halstead. If our man wants to succeed with the squad he has got, and can anyone seriously see KO getting anyone else in, he needs to play attacking football, cos that's all the squad has learnt for 3 plus years. Sure, steady the defence, the emergence of Bash in the Gnasher role has been the one bright spot in the last few games, but for heaven sake attack And breathe lol
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Nov 18, 2012 15:03:47 GMT 1
I find it interesting that he has stated that he only wants to work with a group of 20 and now Bruna is in that group trying to work who is out of the group. But on the plus side he must have seen something already in the lad that he likes.
This week could be interesting a she said earlier in the week that he has given Karl a list of the players he wants to bring in on loan before the window shuts on thursday. You can see he has printouts on his office wall of the lads already out on loan, he is clearly trying to get his head round them all.
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