Colours Nailed and all that

[Flash]

"task at hand"

What is this task at hand stuff then? Say every team is too strong, too good, accept our fate, Charlton beat Ipswich at Ipswich 3-0.. are we better than Charlton.. the excuses are beyond nutty, we've got million pound players out there.. Charlton haven't.. everyone is raving about Matos as the 2nd coming, he's got a 44% win rate, Sheehan had a 42% win rate.. the problem is fans have a "bias" towards their team.. but because I've been fed information on football, winning dressing rooms and people at the pinnacle, your biases and feelings have to be chucked out of the window to get to where you want to be.. being positive doesn't equate to reality on a football pitch

With all your deep knowledge why do you never offer up any suggestions to get us out of your so called plight? It’s very easy to say how bad we are after we lose. But you’re so quiet when we’re playing well. Can’t spit out your usual tripe then I guess.

 

[PenlanJack]

Charlton are 18th and Ipswich are 4th after 35 games, that means that the Charlton win is rare and Ipswich win is common. I don’t think anyone is giving up prior to the game, but after the defeat it’s easy to see why.

Their left back will cost double what our starting 11 did.

Ipswich have lost points in 50% of their games, that's common, smart a*se.

What has this got to do with our squad costing millions?

 

[TruckerJack]

Ipswich have lost points in 50% of their games, that's common, smart a*se.

What has this got to do with our squad costing millions?

I don’t understand that question at all.

 

[PenlanJack]

With all your deep knowledge why do you never offer up any suggestions to get us out of your so called plight? It’s very easy to say how bad we are after we lose. But you’re so quiet when we’re playing well. Can’t spit out your usual tripe then I guess.

Well, it's plainly obvious, you have two CBs who can't control and pass a football correctly when we build up play, we have two RBs on the bench and our only composed technical midfielder at RB.. teams have worked out that forcing Cabango and Burgess to have the ball is a "safe" strategy for them, plus the space between RB/LB and CB get exploited with pace on the outside, plus we're negative safety first merchants.. and we run a lot, but running doesn't equate to goals, you might nick one or two, but if you're not willing to pass through, it's pointless turning up.. it's not tripe, if you can't handle an opinion without bias, football isn't the thing for you

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

I was not convinced by the appointment of Matos but barring a total disaster he’s earned us enough points to stay up this season, that said, you have to say we’re pretty much a one dimensional team under his stewardship.

In my opinion you’re starting to see the limitations of the pressing game, players are starting to look knackered and are starting to revert to type by playing the ball around in our own half, totally understandable i suppose when you consider the level of effort required to play that way.

Today there was a naivety in our play even the the Ipswich commentators were saying that we’d get a bit of a ragging by being so open against them, poor tactics and team selection didn’t help either.

Galbraith has to play in the middle, he is the only player that can capitalise on the transition, it’s great winning the ball back but a total waste of time if we’re too slow to use it, we saw that on several occasions today and against Derby and Hull.

I like Matos, his personality and enthusiasm is infectious but I liked Sheehan as well, liking someone doesn’t make them a good manager, some have gone overboard with their praise of Vitor but our performances away from home have not been good enough we’re too soft and too easy to beat.

We’ll stay up this season and I’m more than happy with that but there will be a huge challenge for the manager next season.

I absolutely agree with most of what you've said here. We are and Matos are being found lacking now we've had a run of difficult games. However, this is entirely natural, this is learning / transition and these are by their very nature tough games. But this cannot continue into next season with our 'expensively assembled squad'. Our 'best in class' recruitment team need to be looking at replacements in the obviously deficient areas 'prompto'.

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

"task at hand"

What is this task at hand stuff then? Say every team is too strong, too good, accept our fate, Charlton beat Ipswich at Ipswich 3-0.. are we better than Charlton.. the excuses are beyond nutty, we've got million pound players out there.. Charlton haven't.. everyone is raving about Matos as the 2nd coming, he's got a 44% win rate, Sheehan had a 42% win rate.. the problem is fans have a "bias" towards their team.. but because I've been fed information on football, winning dressing rooms and people at the pinnacle, your biases and feelings have to be chucked out of the window to get to where you want to be.. being positive doesn't equate to reality on a football pitch

Sheehans win rate as permanent Swansea manager was 23%. That goes without mentioning the dreadful underlying numbers he had us performing at. He also had a whole pre season and transfer window to implement those "ideas" aswell. Please don't compare any manager we had with Sheehan unless his name is Bob Bradley.