I would argue though at the start of the season we did seem to have a clear style and we attacked well at home but for whatever reason missed chance after chance leading to those bizarre 0-0s.
Right now we’re missing Brady and Parrott and have had a few key players out since coming back from the World Cup, it has to be having a big impact on how we set up to play.
I think until injured players return and/or there are reinforcements in January, we’re just taking it game by game, with no clear “brand” trying to keep ourselves within touching distance.
Imagine if we signed a player from 4 divisions below to be our starting RWB. He would go mental
It is possible for a game to be absolutely shit boring to watch, and for us to win that same game. Look at Stoke, and lots of our other wins over the last few years.
Not sure what this strange magical purism is that @sabpne is advocating, where you can be bored to tears for 90 minutes in real time - absolutely bored out of your skull as 90 literal minutes tick by - and then a last minute winner magically means you weren't bored after all, because it's all about the result.
Football simply doesn't work like that, unless you watch it solely via the results teleprinter.
Obviously a boring style of play (or lack-of-style of play) would still be boring, regardless of the result.As I've said my question was would it be boring to watch if that style of football was taking us to the prem, the answer I got was yes.
Stoke fans enjoyed the way they played hard to beat annoying teams cheering tackles like goals. Half of the entertainment is the atmosphere.
That’s easy for you and AW to say but it’s not your job and reputation on the line if they don’t work out.Well I'm no AW sympathiser, but I can see his point.
Seary is our player (so we're not signing him) and we will only find out if he is anywhere near good enough by actually giving him some game time in the Championship for us (and not 2 or 3 minutes at the end of a game)
The same goed for any of our other youngsters.
That’s easy for you and AW to say but it’s not your job and reputation on the line if they don’t work out.
Come on Joan. I'm a RL fan too but give it a rest. He's not beyond criticism.
Can Seary really be much worse than Potts or Browne out of position?
My comment wasn’t in defence of RL it was more in general and in respect of any manager at any club.Come on Joan. I'm a RL fan too but give it a rest. He's not beyond criticism.
Can Seary really be much worse than Potts or Browne out of position?
My comment wasn’t in defence of RL it was more in general and in respect of any manager at any club.
I’d go as far as yes.
18 year old kid at RWB getting rinsed physically and technically is not the way to go.
He’s done well at Warrington. Might be time to do well in a league that’s not semi professional before the championship.
Lowe's job is hardly going to be on the line by giving Seary 15-20 mins at right back in the odd game and seeing how it works out.
We disagree and that's fine.
I don't think it's about being beyond criticism, it's about hanging a young kid out to dry in a crucial position for Lowe's preferred system when he's only really played alright for Warrington.Come on Joan. I'm a RL fan too but give it a rest. He's not beyond criticism.
Can Seary really be much worse than Potts or Browne out of position?
Just two words - Leeds United.I'm glad there's a few of us who have always seen him for the piece of shit he truly is.
Why don’t we play Brady as an inverted winger on the right and Alvaro on the left ??I’d go as far as yes.
18 year old kid at RWB getting rinsed physically and technically is not the way to go.
He’s done well at Warrington. Might be time to do well in a league that’s not semi professional before the championship.
I don’t think he’s against doing that.
Probably 10-15 but I don’t think there’s anything to suggest he won’t give kids a chance when it’s deemed acceptable.
Gotta remember with these kids, they get watched in training every day. Most of us have never seen them kick a ball. And all it takes is one pretty bad game in the proper men’s leagues to set them back months. Especially in positions that are 1V1 and mistakes are costly.
I don't think it's about being beyond criticism, it's about hanging a young kid out to dry in a crucial position for Lowe's preferred system when he's only really played alright for Warrington.
If he was any good, not only is it more likely that the manager would have likely kept him and used him, a club at a higher level than the same league as Bamber Bridge would have had him on loan, or even permanently, instead.
It's what he's doing with Finlay Cross-Adair in the absence of any other strikers and it's doing no one any favours.
Right….strap yourselves in.
I think Ashley Barnes would do really well with Sean Maguire.
I’m started to think the only chance we’ve got is to play a style / formation of football that no other team is playing.