superniko

Do we beat Burnley if we continue on the WLWLWLW run?

Kaminski, Pickering, Brittain, Hyam probably the only ones I’d be generous and give a 6 or 7. Travis - too slow, weak, not good on the ball. Suppose he adds a bit of shithousing and a decent tackle. Always going to start as captain but no chance he’s good enough for the top half of this league Buckley - it’s all been said already. Should be behind Morton and Wharton and even Dack as a midfielder. U23s or bench if needed for a few weeks Hedges - needs about 5 touches to start moving. Started this season well so will give the benefit of the doubt but remember he was a free from Aberdeen in late 20s. BBD - poor for his high standard, has plenty of lee-way though given we know his quality. Dolan - probably the best of the front 3 with the stupid shot aside Szmodics - did absolutely nothing despite playing in the position you can influence most. League 1 January window - Hyam and Brittain decent, Morton good as a loan, Hirst and Szmodics not our level. I’d be interested to know what those saying ‘we’re 6th stop overreacting’ would say about JDT if we were sat in 16th as xG suggests (we actually won that match on xG because of the penalty). We’re only heading one way and that’s to the bottom half

Those 6: Dack, Gallagher, Hedges, Morton, Pickering, Brittain

Comical all round. Ref missed 2 pens for us then gave us one when we score. How bad a team we are if Hirst is having the penalty. I’d have chosen 6 others ahead of him and he’s a bloody striker. More fool JDT for taking off our only goal threat.

Hirst is having it

See previous post…..variance and sample size. Think we’re about 16th in the xG table…we’re only going in one direction to the end of the season

Ayala is a good defender but he cannot play it out from the back. He’s so one footed, twice now he’s tried turning with the outside of his right foot and twice almost caught out. Baffling that JDT has him playing like that with 4 at the back

Think that’s just how he runs. Through treacle

One of those ‘shots’ was Dolan from 40 yards too. I can’t even remember the other one

Yeah agree, I’m no Mowbray fan but he’d be slaughtered for this and rightly so.

Variance and sample sizes Chaddy

With a majority of the season gone last season we were sat in 2nd (prior to the £6m we’ve just spent this summer)

Where do we start with HT subs? Dack, Morton and Gallagher for Szmodics, Buckley and Dolan/Hedges and same formation or Wharton too and move to 3 at the back?

It’s no exaggeration. He tinkers more than Mowbray, and he’s offering a worse product to watch (yeah yeah Johnson false 9, Gallagher RB, Fulham 7-0….but at least with Mowbray we’d have a flutter of excitement for a few games to surround the calamities). To add we’ve also just spend £6m or so this summer.

What might have been if we’d signed Kipre last season in the end!

Chuck him in holding mid and he’d do a better job than Buckley there.

Am I right in thinking since the Blackpool game that Wharton and Dack have only played about 45 minutes? Its the only time we’ve actually looked like a Football team that could do anything. We’ve looked atrocious in the 4 or 5 games since bar a period against a disinterested Watford team

Pickering is having a very good first 20. Travis anonymous. Take the shithousery out of his game and he’s basically Jason Lowe. No speed, strength or skill really that would surpass the lower end of the Championship.

Poor from Waggot and co, but that's to be expected now. They've offered 1875 members £10 off to try and get around it as they look to fleece an extra £5 out of a good away following.

Turns like the titanic too. All the talk of Dack not suiting JDTs press style, this guy who we went out to get surely doesn’t. Runs through treacle.

Absolutely horrendous half of football. Get Dack on for god sake for some of these league 1 plodders.

Good assessment of the splits, but very little, to no Burnley in Chorley. Would go Rovers/Bolton prob not much between them then PNE even before Burnley. (Obviously majority are wearing United or Liverpool unfortunately). Train line has definitely helped the Bolton support there. Get 1k or so attending the magpies now, though a lot of them see it as a 2nd club.

It was only a few days ago everyone was saying ‘I feel sorry for Dack - he can’t fit into this team’ etc etc. Baffling as it was a game or two after his Blackpool assist and we have very little to no creativity without him.

You forgot my favourite of Bradley Johnson false 9. You know it’s bad when the player is even calling it out himself on socials.

Hard to know how much to take into account just how poor Watford were. Not seen many worse performances than that 1st half. Looked like they were throwing it almost. Never the less, back 3 were great. Hyam looks superb and suddenly CB looks like our strongest position in the squad (finally!) Great energy and like chalk and cheese compared to Bristol City and Stoke City matches.