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Post by gromley on Jan 19, 2019 22:55:57 GMT
I'm sure some would prefer it if you made regular appearances at JWW and made contributions to this board a few times a season ;-)
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Post by Sennockian69 on Jan 19, 2019 23:09:32 GMT
I agree to an extent that it was a good performance in terms of work rate and creating chances but, at both ends of the pitch, the team are so badly found wanting. Say what you like about them looking ordinary and not looking dangerous in front of goal but all three goals were defensively shocking. I think enough has been said for the first two goals but the pass back to the defence from Tajbakhsh for the third was atrocious. Plenty of chances created but the finishing was so abject - I can't remember Justham being forced into a decent save after the opening ten-minute salvo. Romain has hallmarks of being a threat in front of goal but he looks like he's sorely lacking confidence and that showed with that one-on-one chance at the start of the second half after doing so well to race past Smith. Philpot and Robinson - what do they offer? Good at chasing down balls and running in behind but neither of them have any sort of speed or strength or finishing touch to be the missing piece of the jigsaw. I feel for TL and SW given how unbalanced the squad has been left in Wheeler's wake with no real width, pace or target man to try and build the team around but there's a real lack of nous to this side as well. After Dagenham figured out that all three of our chances in the opening ten minutes came from the right hand side, we just seemed to run out of ideas, putting in poor crosses which were meat and drink for Clark to head away. Their right-sided centre-half Onariase had a torrid opening 20 minutes but there were no attempts to try and isolate him and put him under further pressure. And the amount of throw-ins we had which were taken far too quickly with players eventually being crowded out and leading to nothing - it's not attractive but why not push the two centre-halves up, opt for a long throw and try and cause some havoc in their penalty area? We were the better team today but it's miserable when you can say that but you're still on the end of a 3-0 defeat. I will say there was the most blatant handball I've ever seen inside the penalty area from their defender Onariase in the first half and somehow the referee gave a free-kick the other way. A very small crumb of comfort otherwise. We have a low football IQ - We have only one player who manipulates referees - we make the wrong decisions in front on goal , we give away the ball all over the place and we lack speed in key areas and we don't have height & strength up front. This squad is the most unbalanced team we have ever had. I don't think our management team have enough experience & support to get us out of the hole we are in. The owners & senior management must make a decision on the future of our club and that is the next manager. Get this decision right this time.
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Post by Nick on Jan 19, 2019 23:09:59 GMT
One piece of stability that will remain at Maidstone United is that, relegated or not, I shall continue to appear a few times a season and make regular contributions to this board. All of this with the NWS hallmark of quality. See it is not so bad. Strong and stable - that's what you are. Now who is that other person you remind me of ?
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Post by wolvesstone on Jan 19, 2019 23:16:04 GMT
We have what we have and they will try their best to save us from relegation, management team and players. We all hope they will. We need to cheer them on at Orient on Saturday and build from there. It was a very disappointing result today, same as Tuesday. We just have to move on. I say we should keep Walton in charge at least until the end of the season. If he keeps us up then the job should be his. If he doesn't then the debate starts.
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Post by bermudastone on Jan 19, 2019 23:18:47 GMT
Not relegation candidates just yet Nick. Since the Stones seem to be unable to win at "The Dealer's Fortress Gallagher" and the teams away form is far more impressive all we need to do to is win the remaining 9 matches on the road - no worries ? Nice to hear that at least the team are trying to play football again now ! Judging by the post match interview a management change is imminent ? COYMFS This is the one hope that we have - doing better against the better teams, and winning away. We have yet to play Orient, Fylde, Bromley (!), Barnet, Solihull, Wrexham, Fleet, Harrogate and Salford. Win eight of those and we're safe... It's a thin straw to cling to - but the only one we have! Exactly- shouldn't be a problem. COYMFS.
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Post by nws on Jan 19, 2019 23:46:41 GMT
One piece of stability that will remain at Maidstone United is that, relegated or not, I shall continue to appear a few times a season and make regular contributions to this board. All of this with the NWS hallmark of quality. See it is not so bad. Strong and stable - that's what you are. Now who is that other person you remind me of ? I don't know...Tim?
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Post by sword65 on Jan 20, 2019 1:43:05 GMT
Just got in from a brilliant rock gig only to read the utter rubbish on this thread . We were once again totally inept we had 3 chances in the opening 10 minutes that every other team in this league would have taken and scored but we couldn't. I thought Ross's positioning for goals two and three was so bad that he would be dropped from our under 12's if they were desperate enough to pick him in the first place . I thought Michael Phillips was having a good game and so they took him off and apparently he threw his shirt at Walton and called him something not very nice. Jack Richards once again shafted this time for a forward that no-one has even seen before,just what does JR have to do to get a game. Tajbashsk is appalling, I cannot remember where we got him from but he should be f**king sent back there. Romaine and Robinson could be a great partnership but we don't have the midfield to give them the right balls and the right chances. Overall today was another disjointed performance which gave me no hope for future games , those of you who think we can possibly stay up must surely now realise it is not going to happen.
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Post by jdl on Jan 20, 2019 1:50:48 GMT
Just got in from a brilliant rock gig only to read the utter rubbish on this thread . We were once again totally inept we had 3 chances in the opening 10 minutes that every other team in this league would have taken and scored but we couldn't. I thought Ross's positioning for goals two and three was so bad that he would be dropped from our under 12's if they were desperate enough to pick him in the first place . I thought Michael Phillips was having a good game and so they took him off and apparently he threw his shirt at Walton and called him something not very nice. Jack Richards once again shafted this time for a forward that no-one has even seen before,just what does JR have to do to get a game. Tajbashsk is appalling, I cannot remember where we got him from but he should be f**king sent back there. Romaine and Robinson could be a great partnership but we don't have the midfield to give them the right balls and the right chances. Overall today was another disjointed performance which gave me no hope for future games , those of you who think we can possibly stay up must surely now realise it is not going to happen. But Walton was vey honest afterwards, so that's all right. Lovely beard too. Maybe Terry should do the post-match interviews?
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Post by sword65 on Jan 20, 2019 1:56:52 GMT
Saw Terry after the game laughing and joking with the Nobs from the main stand boxes he didn't seem at all worried that his club is going down. Maybe he just doesn't care anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 7:13:01 GMT
Saw Terry after the game laughing and joking with the Nobs from the main stand boxes he didn't seem at all worried that his club is going down. Maybe he just doesn't care anymore. Note to self - if I ever own a club and we re in the relegation zone, I must look miserable no matter what lol
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Post by sword65 on Jan 20, 2019 8:09:44 GMT
Saw Terry after the game laughing and joking with the Nobs from the main stand boxes he didn't seem at all worried that his club is going down. Maybe he just doesn't care anymore. Note to self - if I ever own a club and we re in the relegation zone, I must look miserable no matter what lol I am pretty sure that if you ever own a club you wouldn't be to happy to see the money you have invested going down the toilet. I believe that Terry has invested about £2million of his own money in this club and if he ever wants to see any of it back then he needs to sort out the current situation and fast and stop brown nosing it with our richer supporters. The bread and butter supporters like you and me turn up week in week out but our attendances are beginning to fall without Dagenhams 227 we would have been down to 1800 which is still good for this league but quite a fall from recent years and if I owned the club I would not find this a laughing matter. You are right though there is no law saying he has to look miserable.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 8:21:32 GMT
He can talk to who he likes, the fact that he s put that amount of money should give him that right. During the dark days of 15 years ago when we had no ground and 200 supporters I can assure you he stood with the bread and butter supporters.
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Post by 61666 on Jan 20, 2019 9:04:31 GMT
Sennockian hit the nail on the head. We have a low footballing IQ. Add in the fact that our players are not quick/strong/big enough and you are the perfect recipe for where we are now. Few of our players seem streetwise enough for this league. WDH is always willing to take one for the team and Romain is always hustling and bustling, but we rarely get anything, so as well as being outplayed, we are too often outsmarted. The NLP has changed dramatically, even in our short tenure here. Look who have gone - York, Woking, Chester, Guiseley, NFU, Braintree, Torquay, Southport. Thus far, only Braintree have come back, but are struggling. Who have gone up? Lincoln, Macclesfield, Tranmere (all league sides), plus FGR (big money, big plans). Who have come down? York (kept going), Chesterfield, Hartlepool (struggling) and Orient. So just one doing ok. Who have come up? Braintree, H&W, Halifax, Salford, Harrogate, Maidenhead, Guiseley, Ebbsfleet and Solihull. One too many, must have one wrong here. Whatever, the common factors in those that are doing well are essentially experienced managers (as players or coaches or both) and money. Sadly, we have neither, mostly because so much money had to be put into the ground initially and since then moving us up to 'full time', or something like it. Seems pretty clear to me that you can shithouse your way in this league for a couple of seasons, but to survive and prosper, you need money and lots of it, both to recruit and to maintain, because when you get decent players, you need to get promoted to keep them, or they will move on up the pyramid. Without serious financing, the gap between the NLP and the NLS/NLN, is now too great to survive. Are there any part time sides left in the NLP? Am guessing most below are still part time, apart from those with delusional owners with very deep pockets. So, unless a miracle happens, we are down and fighting with Braintree for bottom place. Would like to say it was fun while it lasted, but apart from our first season, it mostly hasn't. The team will need a complete rebuild and would neither expect, or want to see us back at this level until we are ready, because we clearly weren't first time round and the NLP can only get stronger in the meantime.
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Post by steveh21 on Jan 20, 2019 9:14:33 GMT
He can talk to who he likes, the fact that he s put that amount of money should give him that right. During the dark days of 15 years ago when we had no ground and 200 supporters I can assure you he stood with the bread and butter supporters. Bang on. Terry was with the few of us at Ashford and never deserted the club. He may have made a mistake appointing Wheeler but his support and massive investment of time and money is why we have a ground and 2000 fans. The richer fans being moaned about are putting a hell of a lot of money into this club too.
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Post by jdh80 on Jan 20, 2019 9:45:45 GMT
I agree to an extent that it was a good performance in terms of work rate and creating chances but, at both ends of the pitch, the team are so badly found wanting. Say what you like about them looking ordinary and not looking dangerous in front of goal but all three goals were defensively shocking. I think enough has been said for the first two goals but the pass back to the defence from Tajbakhsh for the third was atrocious. Plenty of chances created but the finishing was so abject - I can't remember Justham being forced into a decent save after the opening ten-minute salvo. Romain has hallmarks of being a threat in front of goal but he looks like he's sorely lacking confidence and that showed with that one-on-one chance at the start of the second half after doing so well to race past Smith. Philpot and Robinson - what do they offer? Good at chasing down balls and running in behind but neither of them have any sort of speed or strength or finishing touch to be the missing piece of the jigsaw. I feel for TL and SW given how unbalanced the squad has been left in Wheeler's wake with no real width, pace or target man to try and build the team around but there's a real lack of nous to this side as well. After Dagenham figured out that all three of our chances in the opening ten minutes came from the right hand side, we just seemed to run out of ideas, putting in poor crosses which were meat and drink for Clark to head away. Their right-sided centre-half Onariase had a torrid opening 20 minutes but there were no attempts to try and isolate him and put him under further pressure. And the amount of throw-ins we had which were taken far too quickly with players eventually being crowded out and leading to nothing - it's not attractive but why not push the two centre-halves up, opt for a long throw and try and cause some havoc in their penalty area? We were the better team today but it's miserable when you can say that but you're still on the end of a 3-0 defeat. I will say there was the most blatant handball I've ever seen inside the penalty area from their defender Onariase in the first half and somehow the referee gave a free-kick the other way. A very small crumb of comfort otherwise. The onariase handball was not given as a couple of seconds prior Robinson touched him on the back with two hands and the ref gave that as a foul, despite when it happened the other way around and there players pushed one of ours in the air we did not get a free kick.
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