I'd rule out Mandaric as a problem, whilst there obviously were serious distractions with the court case, the inability to get new players seemed to be their willingness to cone to us, rather than a fault of ours.
The big issue seems to be Marshall, that seems to have affected Madine especially, but has also drained confidence from the whole team.
As such the senior players need to stand up and lead by example - Semedo, Jones, Bywater etc
I think its the fact that Madine has lost his form and now Marshall has gone we dont have that service that he craved before hand. Even though we have JJ in Marshalls place he is a different kind of player, he isnt creative and has more of an eye for goal and relies on pace whereas Marshall was more creative and had a hell of a delivery, but we seem to be forgetting M Jones who has come in and seems to be simular to Marshall so why dont we go with Jones, Semedo, Bostock/Lines & JJ. With JJ on good consistant form ( Never though id ever say that ) he can the goals whilst Jones delivers to Madine to score more goals then the creativity can come form Bostock or Lines through the middle. Also on the defensive side id rather go with Llera than R jones, far more reliable, hope his head injury heals before Sat
We should merge with Airbus UK, giving us access to all emerging Flintshire talent. We could also loan out our reserve players to see how they fare in the boiling cauldron that is the Welsh Premier League.
the boiling cauldron this is the Welsh Premier League
A very sensible proposal from Eckaslike. Merger could be a route into Europe, once we have beaten Wrexham and Merthyr Tydfil in the summer qualifiers.
(Boiling cauldron is a tad too far, I suspect a bit of poetic licence)
I always liked that club name Ton Pentre, never knew where in Wales it was or what it meant but it does sound a bit hedonistic
What is going wrong !..
.. I'll tell yer what is going wrong.. really, really wrong
..we're to predictable..
.. bring back J.O.C. spice now
The Fly blown terd kicking that is the Welsh PL?
Seriously tho, we're third, get a grip.
No for Marshall??? Seems that Mandy's saving up his pocket money...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17072133
I don't actually think we're much worse than we've been for a while. Defensively, most of the goals we've been conceding in the league have been 'worldies' (Charlton, Exeter, Hartlepool) and attacking-wise we're actually having more attempts per game than we were early in the season. We're just not putting enough of them away. This is partly because Madine is having a toys-out-of-pram period having lost his best mate Marshall (who, Megson pointed out, only created 2 of madines 12 goals) and partly because we no longer seem to be a threat from corners and throw-ins. 10 corners on Tuesday and we only once looked like scoring (Jones put it over). This could be because the quality of delivery isn't as good (missing Marshall) and partly because we don't have that power when Reda is missing. Ok we've lost Marshall but we've gained a fired-up JJ and Mike Jones who may yet prove to be a good un. My biggest worry is how we play out the last 10 minutes of games - either humping it from the centre circle to the D of the 12 yard box (easy-peasy for defenders) or, if we're winning, running it to the corner flag for 10 minutes, letting the opposition seize the initiative. Come on megson that bit just isn't good enough. The rest is pretty much in place as it was before
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posted on 16/2/12
I'd rule out Mandaric as a problem, whilst there obviously were serious distractions with the court case, the inability to get new players seemed to be their willingness to cone to us, rather than a fault of ours.
The big issue seems to be Marshall, that seems to have affected Madine especially, but has also drained confidence from the whole team.
As such the senior players need to stand up and lead by example - Semedo, Jones, Bywater etc
posted on 16/2/12
I think its the fact that Madine has lost his form and now Marshall has gone we dont have that service that he craved before hand. Even though we have JJ in Marshalls place he is a different kind of player, he isnt creative and has more of an eye for goal and relies on pace whereas Marshall was more creative and had a hell of a delivery, but we seem to be forgetting M Jones who has come in and seems to be simular to Marshall so why dont we go with Jones, Semedo, Bostock/Lines & JJ. With JJ on good consistant form ( Never though id ever say that ) he can the goals whilst Jones delivers to Madine to score more goals then the creativity can come form Bostock or Lines through the middle. Also on the defensive side id rather go with Llera than R jones, far more reliable, hope his head injury heals before Sat
posted on 16/2/12
We should merge with Airbus UK, giving us access to all emerging Flintshire talent. We could also loan out our reserve players to see how they fare in the boiling cauldron that is the Welsh Premier League.
posted on 16/2/12
the boiling cauldron this is the Welsh Premier League
posted on 16/2/12
A very sensible proposal from Eckaslike. Merger could be a route into Europe, once we have beaten Wrexham and Merthyr Tydfil in the summer qualifiers.
(Boiling cauldron is a tad too far, I suspect a bit of poetic licence)
posted on 16/2/12
Swirling tempest?
posted on 16/2/12
I always liked that club name Ton Pentre, never knew where in Wales it was or what it meant but it does sound a bit hedonistic
posted on 16/2/12
What is going wrong !..
.. I'll tell yer what is going wrong.. really, really wrong
..we're to predictable..
.. bring back J.O.C. spice now
posted on 16/2/12
The Fly blown terd kicking that is the Welsh PL?
Seriously tho, we're third, get a grip.
posted on 17/2/12
No for Marshall??? Seems that Mandy's saving up his pocket money...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17072133
posted on 17/2/12
I don't actually think we're much worse than we've been for a while. Defensively, most of the goals we've been conceding in the league have been 'worldies' (Charlton, Exeter, Hartlepool) and attacking-wise we're actually having more attempts per game than we were early in the season. We're just not putting enough of them away. This is partly because Madine is having a toys-out-of-pram period having lost his best mate Marshall (who, Megson pointed out, only created 2 of madines 12 goals) and partly because we no longer seem to be a threat from corners and throw-ins. 10 corners on Tuesday and we only once looked like scoring (Jones put it over). This could be because the quality of delivery isn't as good (missing Marshall) and partly because we don't have that power when Reda is missing. Ok we've lost Marshall but we've gained a fired-up JJ and Mike Jones who may yet prove to be a good un. My biggest worry is how we play out the last 10 minutes of games - either humping it from the centre circle to the D of the 12 yard box (easy-peasy for defenders) or, if we're winning, running it to the corner flag for 10 minutes, letting the opposition seize the initiative. Come on megson that bit just isn't good enough. The rest is pretty much in place as it was before
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