whoareyaaa Posted 10 January Posted 10 January Just now, coolhandfox said: What would we have lost by bring Evans on, what did we gain by bringing Ayew on. As I said in my post he should have played him. 1
sm1 Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 18 minutes ago, Adster said: All because a singular youth player was given any minutes, too very 15-year old-ish behaviour. Crap manager yes but this was just weird It's not as weird as bringing on a 34yr old who's leaving in a few months, instead of one of the most promising players at the club, when you're 2-0 up and dominating the game. 4
supernuk Posted 10 January Posted 10 January Least we know the level in which this side can an achieve a clean sheet. 1
BKLFox Posted 10 January Posted 10 January He should have taken a leaf out of Pep’s play book and played the kids at home v Exeter….ooh wait 😂
Popular Post Ian Nacho Posted 10 January Popular Post Posted 10 January I hate watching his football. So negative. We play with zero purpose. 12
SafewayFox Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 42 minutes ago, Tuna said: He's got to go yes, but GO AWAY MARTI with no context amuses me What about GO AWAY MARTI, YOU FRAUD OF A MANAGER! Is that any better 😉
BrilliantFox Posted 10 January Posted 10 January Marti is not beating Coventry, hopefully it becomes embarassing next week and they pull the plug on him. 1
whoareyaaa Posted 10 January Posted 10 January Just now, Ian Nacho said: I hate watching his football. So negative. We play with zero purpose. Been like that since Enzo left tbh, we are in transition though 1
Paninistickers Posted 10 January Posted 10 January He's accidentally getting glimpses of our best xi The clues are all there. He just chooses to ignore them The players who finished v West Brom were far better than those who started. Our better performances this season have come when Daka plays as striker. Okoli has faults but his physique and speed improves us. Luke Thomas should never play. 2
when_you're_smiling Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 55 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Not sure how you habe come to that conclusion by what I've said. Firstly today was a cup game, a cup we are never going to win with the current squad. It only purpose is to give players minutes. We have to stop dealing in the currency that only today matters, short term thinking has got us in this mess. Highly unlikely this squad with this manager is going to be anywhere near the promotion picture. We need to be rebuilding, planing for the future. Well that’s part of the point. It’s fine playing youth players but you have to lower expectations overall. It feels some think if you throw the youth in they’d just waltz the Championship. I thought you were implying the same but apologise if I got the wrong impression. I couldn’t agree less with ‘only purpose of the FA Cup is to give players minutes’ phrase though!
coolhandfox Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 4 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said: Well that’s part of the point. It’s fine playing youth players but you have to lower expectations overall. It feels some think if you throw the youth in they’d just waltz the Championship. I thought you were implying the same but apologise if I got the wrong impression. I couldn’t agree less with ‘only purpose of the FA Cup is to give players minutes’ phrase though! It is when you have 0% chance of winning it. If we were a good side I would think differently, but the current lot will get knocked out by the first decent side they face. 1
LCFCJohn Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 22 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said: Well that’s part of the point. It’s fine playing youth players but you have to lower expectations overall. It feels some think if you throw the youth in they’d just waltz the Championship. I thought you were implying the same but apologise if I got the wrong impression. I couldn’t agree less with ‘only purpose of the FA Cup is to give players minutes’ phrase though! I mean the senior players are showing themselves to be incapable and out of their depth in the Championship so yeah… But I think the people who are championing developing the youth are the exact opposite to thinking they will waltz the league. It’s about the long term strategy and future of the club. Unless you think giving the kids more minutes is going to result in us being relegated, you essentially have the choice of playing senior players who have no value and who don’t want to be here and being in the Championship next season or developing youth, first team players for coming seasons and/or sales to help financially and being in the Championship next season. The younger lads have shown a lot more than the senior lot when given a chance. 3
brookfox Posted 10 January Posted 10 January More positives to take than today then negatives. Only downside seems to be a dull second half (but let’s be honest we were in control and kept an important clean sheet) and Ayew over Evans. Struggling to see the logic in that one personally but I’m sure he had his reasons.
UniFox21 Posted 10 January Posted 10 January Brings on Ayew instead of Evans Shouldn't really be counting Hamza, Luke or Silko Thomas as "utilising the academy". Hamza and Luke have hundreds of professional appearances.
Gamble92 Posted 10 January Posted 10 January I have to insure so much abuse off @red about @Ric Flair Things he says
Pliskin Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 35 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said: Well that’s part of the point. It’s fine playing youth players but you have to lower expectations overall. It feels some think if you throw the youth in they’d just waltz the Championship. I thought you were implying the same but apologise if I got the wrong impression. I couldn’t agree less with ‘only purpose of the FA Cup is to give players minutes’ phrase though! The FA cup is irrelevant to us by and large. We’re not going to win it, and it’s highly likely we won’t be signing anyone in January, so this would have been the ideal game to start Evans and play him for 90 minutes….. Theres far more pressing things for us to focus on, and Marti as per usual has embarrassed himself yet again by deciding to play Daka and Ayew over Evans. 2
when_you're_smiling Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 5 minutes ago, Pliskin said: The FA cup is irrelevant to us by and large. We’re not going to win it, and it’s highly likely we won’t be signing anyone in January, so this would have been the ideal game to start Evans and play him for 90 minutes….. Theres far more pressing things for us to focus on, and Marti as per usual has embarrassed himself yet again by deciding to play Daka and Ayew over Evans. Right, so if he’d have played the kids and we had lost you wouldn’t be in this thread and would be absolutely fine with that? Bullshit! 1
markko Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 1 hour ago, CPepFox said: RVN had even less money. The quandary we are in is due to the complete mismanagement by the owner and his top execs... Probably on a par and we sign a player who played 1.5 games last January and then he is never seen again. Our signings have been woeful bar Jordan James since this time last year. Who on earth dug up these gems?
Pliskin Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 3 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said: Right, so if he’d have played the kids and we had lost you wouldn’t be in this thread and would be absolutely fine with that? Bullshit! I said before the game I’d happily see us lose if it meant trying some academy lads he hasn’t tried yet, or a slightly different formation he hasn’t tried. I’m not bothered about it, we need to sort our shit out, we’ve a limited squad with limited numbers, and we won’t achieve anything in the FA cup this season. As I’ve said, it’s highly likely we won’t sign anyone in January so we’ve really got to try some more academy lads of something different, because we can’t afford to experiment in the league. 1
damolcfc Posted 10 January Posted 10 January Didn't really matter which players we had, still the same entertaining style of football that's being taught. Nothings gonna change is it 😉 1
Mickyblueeyes Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 1 hour ago, UniFox21 said: Brings on Ayew instead of Evans Shouldn't really be counting Hamza, Luke or Silko Thomas as "utilising the academy". Hamza and Luke have hundreds of professional appearances. Oh **** off Cifeuntes. 1
Winstonthedog Posted 10 January Posted 10 January 3 hours ago, sm1 said: It's not as weird as bringing on a 34yr old who's leaving in a few months, instead of one of the most promising players at the club, when you're 2-0 up and dominating the game. Exactly... bring him on when he can play with some freedom and no pressure... bringing on a 34 year old whose in the the departure lounge achieves nothing
SafewayFox Posted 11 January Posted 11 January (edited) I wouldn’t be surprised if Marti didn’t bring on Evans, as a message to the board about bringing in a striker. Imagine if Evans came on, had a decent cameo. Marti would have likely been reminded that we have no money and January’s biggest goal is to get some big earners off our books. Edited 11 January by SafewayFox
Muzzy_no7 Posted 11 January Posted 11 January Bringing on Ayew and Marcal as well as starting Silko ahead of Jake Evans is extremely special. This guy is a total buffoon. 4
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