Poll: Happy with the way things are going?

[JackFish]

The two games against Bristol are a good measure for where we are. An average team with a middling budget performing where they should be. We are average in attack and poor in defence. We don’t have consistency and the squad is under resourced.

If we finish mid table at the end of the season I’d shake Martin’s hand and say thank you for trying but we need a freshen up and it will be another coach’s turn to try and elevate us above our level.

We're the fourth highest scorers in the league, so we're doing okay in attack. Same as last year where we scored more goals from open play than anyone except for the top two. It's defensively where we haven't been good enough, only a few teams have conceded more than us.

 

[Vetchonian]

We're the fourth highest scorers in the league, so we're doing okay in attack. Same as last year where we scored more goals from open play than anyone except for the top two. It's defensively where we haven't been good enough, only a few teams have conceded more than us.

amazing how our manager who played his football as a defender in league football and in the Premier League and 29 caps
for Scotland cannot organise us to.make us sound defensively yet our previous manager who had only ever played non league had us with one of the most miserly defenses

 

[Cooperman]

Flipping heck bois, who out 50p in The Res?

 

[Risc]

Flipping heck bois, who out 50p in The Res?

Are you on about the twitter thread? I thought he was spot on to be honest with most of it.

We are one bad management appointment away from collapse under this current ownership, we are still stripping the wage bill completely and we are already bottom third in terms of that. We are three points off the play offs, no option at all for expensive loans etc like we had with parachute payments. It’s a tough, tough gig and one he’s doing extremely well in.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Are you on about the twitter thread? I thought he was spot on to be honest with most of it.

We are one bad management appointment away from collapse under this current ownership, we are still stripping the wage bill completely and we are already bottom third in terms of that. We are three points off the play offs, no option at all for expensive loans etc like we had with parachute payments. It’s a tough, tough gig and one he’s doing extremely well in.

I think he was lied to when he was interviewed for Job, may have been promised things, much like it seems like Cooper and Potter were, both seemed to have lost interest when their ambition wasn't matched by the Yanks, yet their ambition is to return to the Premiership or so they say. They're deluded if they think they can run the club on a mini bar budget and move forward.

 

[Darran]

Are you on about the twitter thread? I thought he was spot on to be honest with most of it.

We are one bad management appointment away from collapse under this current ownership, we are still stripping the wage bill completely and we are already bottom third in terms of that. We are three points off the play offs, no option at all for expensive loans etc like we had with parachute payments. It’s a tough, tough gig and one he’s doing extremely well in.

Tell the scrawny get to unblock me.

 

[Cooperman]

Are you on about the twitter thread? I thought he was spot on to be honest with most of it.

We are one bad management appointment away from collapse under this current ownership, we are still stripping the wage bill completely and we are already bottom third in terms of that. We are three points off the play offs, no option at all for expensive loans etc like we had with parachute payments. It’s a tough, tough gig and one he’s doing extremely well in.

Do you think Martin should be getting more out of this squad and the players he has had at his disposal?

We are not so close to getting it right all over the pitch, far from it. Attacking third is fairly non existent, right side is weak, middle of defence is fragile, between the sticks was shambolic up to the point of Martin benching his own signing.

 

[J_B]

If we could defend properly we would be fine. We are 19th for goals conceded.

Only three teams have scored more goals than us, the top two and Middlesbrough.

 

[Risc]

If we could defend properly we would be fine. We are 19th for goals conceded.

Only three teams have scored more goals than us, the top two and Middlesbrough.

Yes that's not ideal, back three hasn't really worked and didn't again against Bristol, too wide open on the "transition" i think the poshies call it.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

If we could defend properly we would be fine. We are 19th for goals conceded.

Only three teams have scored more goals than us, the top two and Middlesbrough.

Not rocket science is it, there for all to see including Russell stato but he seems powerless to fix it.

 

[Cooperman]

Not rocket science is it, there for all to see including Russell stato but he seems powerless to fix it.

He absolutely has the power to fix it. There are frequent occasions where HIS tactics have landed us in trouble at the back. We are visibly more solid when we avoid trying to emulate the Pep style across the back line. The problem is that Martin is too stubborn to recognise it.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

He absolutely has the power to fix it. There are frequent occasions where HIS tactics have landed us in trouble at the back. We are visibly more solid when we avoid trying to emulate the Pep style across the back line. The problem is that Martin is too stubborn to recognise it.

Yes hence he's powerless to fix it because his ego won't let him.

 

[monmouth]

I think he is far more interested in what we do when we have the ball than what we do when we don’t. In fact I think he ignores what happens when we don’t have the ball. Cooper was the polar opposite. He didn’t really want us to have the ball much. Both approaches are flawed; the result of both are visible in our outcomes. Cooper was more successful because defensive shape gets you more points. Makes sense. You don’t want to have to score 3 to win a game. The best managers marry the two, of course.

 

[MrSwerve]

I think he is far more interested in what we do when we have the ball than what we do when we don’t. In fact I think he ignores what happens when we don’t have the ball. Cooper was the polar opposite. He didn’t really want us to have the ball much. Both approaches are flawed; the result of both are visible in our outcomes. Cooper was more successful because defensive shape gets you more points. Makes sense. You don’t want to have to score 3 to win a game. The best managers marry the two, of course.

Yeah, the way I see it is we've gone from one extreme to the other.

Cooper: good results but incredibly boring
Russell: poor results but more entertaining (or at least, possession football - to the extreme that I think a lot of us are fed up with it)

Something in between would be nice.

 

[Risc]

Do you think Martin should be getting more out of this squad and the players he has had at his disposal?

We are not so close to getting it right all over the pitch, far from it. Attacking third is fairly non existent, right side is weak, middle of defence is fragile, between the sticks was shambolic up to the point of Martin benching his own signing.

Attacking third non existent? Only the top two and boro have scored more than us, and that's with an out of touch Piroe, and Obafemi out of the squad.

Benda is a young keeper who has made a few mistakes, I don't disagree it's shaky at the back but hopefully the four can solidify things.

I think a top half finish, while slashing the wage bill would be a good effort and I think that's what we will get.