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Post by jdl on Aug 14, 2019 13:22:11 GMT
Oh dear, what can be happening? We are beginning to read some realistic and sensible posts on this thread. I guess it will soon change. Not enough creativity in midfield, not enough goals. Into the abyss everyone ! Surely oldboy is ready to hit the panic button. I haven't got the panic button any more Nick - you must have it as you keep going on about it! Battling performance last night which was encouraging. Get Justin, Jonny and Jake back and the goals will come. We have four points from August so far. Three against Slough would be very very good. We may not be title contenders, but we wont go down, and may threaten to sneak into play offs from a strong mid-table position. Clovis still needs to impress, but Corne is growing on me. Hoyte is a bit hit and miss, but not bad. Johnson may be a hoofer rather than a ball to the feet man but had a great game last night and he can sprint! George, as ever an inspiration and Chesmain, whilst not great, was better than Pennell! Cole was superb, as ever. He may even be better than Worgs. Wishart was too quiet and didn't play like he did against Welling and Hungerford, so needs to get back to that kind of performance. So, yes, midfield needs to do better but we have a team that battles and competes and so the 0-0 in NLS last night was more enjoyable than the passionless NL dross over the past two years. Once you have accepted we are currently at the same level as an Eastbourne Borough, and get over it, you can start to enjoy the football. Panic, what panic? I have the panic button hidden away where Old Boy can't find it. Only problem is I can't remember exactly where I put it...
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Post by Nick on Aug 14, 2019 13:23:07 GMT
If oldboy is now saying "there's no need to panic", then we must be looking forward to a rose tinted future. Pre season, oldboy was holding 'Panic Master-classes' whenever days went by without the club making multiple new signing announcements. So with the defence already looking very sound, the midfield slowly beginning to blend and a whole new attacking line-up ready to return, the future looks decent indeed.
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Post by Frenchstone on Aug 14, 2019 14:19:23 GMT
Same old story, no striker. They are a team which seems not to concede many but also doesn’t score! Set up well and had a load of the ball but did nothing! Eastbourne were even worse even with some experienced players in their side they were happy to absorb and just hoof the ball out of play! Let’s not use injures as the excuse most of our strikers are useless anyway, Akanbi was lot better than the hapless Edwards but the guy doesn’t have the pedigree to find the net. Terry and Oliver need to come up with a sum for a goal scorer instead of wasting the supporters time and money. Not good enough.... The owners have plough money for the managers to date to mis-spend it on very average players ! ... As many of you have moaned on here that they are businessmen before football men , why not point the finger at Uncle Bill instead, he must have a bit to say who we have appointed as managers so the criticism should be pointed at him instead of Terry & Oliver !!
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Post by Frenchstone on Aug 14, 2019 14:26:51 GMT
It was strange. I came away wondering whether I should be happy we hadn't got beat or fuming that we hadn't put away a mediocre side. At present the team seems to have the fans with them but expectancy will get higher than this as the season goes on. Here goes NWS , it didn't take long for your sparring partner to have a dig at your post !! . So to get it right , let's say , that some supporters will moan about the players we have and some will be happy with them and some others will want both set to give them time to adapt and get as a unit !! Now let's wait & see how he criticise this post !!
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Post by jdl on Aug 14, 2019 14:45:22 GMT
Same old story, no striker. They are a team which seems not to concede many but also doesn’t score! Set up well and had a load of the ball but did nothing! Eastbourne were even worse even with some experienced players in their side they were happy to absorb and just hoof the ball out of play! Let’s not use injures as the excuse most of our strikers are useless anyway, Akanbi was lot better than the hapless Edwards but the guy doesn’t have the pedigree to find the net. Terry and Oliver need to come up with a sum for a goal scorer instead of wasting the supporters time and money. Not good enough.... The owners have plough money for the managers to date to mis-spend it on very average players ! ... As many of you have moaned on here that they are businessmen before football men , why not point the finger at Uncle Bill instead, he must have a bit to say who we have appointed as managers so the criticism should be pointed at him instead of Terry & Oliver !! I'd actually put it the other way round - Terry and Oliver are football men before businessmen. No businessman in his right mind would 'invest' millions of his hard-earned into a business where he won't get any profit at all, and may not even get his stake back. So, thank God that they are football men first!
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Post by daveu on Aug 14, 2019 15:17:02 GMT
It was strange. I came away wondering whether I should be happy we hadn't got beat or fuming that we hadn't put away a mediocre side. At present the team seems to have the fans with them but expectancy will get higher than this as the season goes on. Here goes NWS , it didn't take long for your sparring partner to have a dig at your post !! . So to get it right , let's say , that some supporters will moan about the players we have and some will be happy with them and some others will want both set to give them time to adapt and get as a unit !! Now let's wait & see how he criticise this post !! Too sensitive pal. My response wasn't intended as a criticism and I'm sure NWS didn't see it as such.
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Post by Better things to do in life on Aug 14, 2019 15:23:20 GMT
If oldboy is now saying "there's no need to panic", then we must be looking forward to a rose tinted future. Pre season, oldboy was holding 'Panic Master-classes' whenever days went by without the club making multiple new signing announcements. So with the defence already looking very sound, the midfield slowly beginning to blend and a whole new attacking line-up ready to return, the future looks decent indeed. Nick - My summer concerns that JS2 seemed to be slow in building a first rate squad when he started in March sadly got explained when we heard what his wife was battling with. They also became reality when we realised that by JS2's own admission, we had a small squad. I also believe that in a ideal world - and summer - JS2 would have got us a better squad. So, I think my summer concerns about the title winning, all-star squad not materialising were valid at the time, but I dropped them when we found out just why, and I became grateful for what John and Hak HAD managed to pull together in the circumstances, which is not a title winning squad, but still a promising one. Given the fact this isn't the best squad, I threw away the panic button until the end of August to give the new team a fair chance and, slowly but slowly, the promise is materialising. So, it doesn't matter if the panic button is lost - unless you think we are going to storm the title, which we aren't, so if that's you, panic away! I think we will pull together over time, and be mid table to play off challengers, and produce some good football along the way. Panic? What panic?
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Post by nws on Aug 14, 2019 15:26:48 GMT
It was strange. I came away wondering whether I should be happy we hadn't got beat or fuming that we hadn't put away a mediocre side. At present the team seems to have the fans with them but expectancy will get higher than this as the season goes on. They don't seem to have all the fans with them. A few on here seem not prepared to wait for any improvement. I was looking at the reaction at the end up the Genco End (not the barren main stand). There seemed to be well over 75% of people applauding. If the last three years has taught us anything it is that 52:48 is an overwhelming majority (well unless if it is the election of an unelected commissioner).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 15:54:44 GMT
Sshh! You'll only annoy Hammerstone when he gets off the phone to the Samaritans uploadI’m merely taking inspiration from your words fella! The difference being, I'm not on here moaning about it like some people
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Post by Nick on Aug 14, 2019 15:57:04 GMT
If oldboy is now saying "there's no need to panic", then we must be looking forward to a rose tinted future. Pre season, oldboy was holding 'Panic Master-classes' whenever days went by without the club making multiple new signing announcements. So with the defence already looking very sound, the midfield slowly beginning to blend and a whole new attacking line-up ready to return, the future looks decent indeed. Nick - My summer concerns that JS2 seemed to be slow in building a first rate squad when he started in March sadly got explained when we heard what his wife was battling with. They also became reality when we realised that by JS2's own admission, we had a small squad. I also believe that in a ideal world - and summer - JS2 would have got us a better squad. So, I think my summer concerns about the title winning, all-star squad not materialising were valid at the time, but I dropped them when we found out just why, and I became grateful for what John and Hak HAD managed to pull together in the circumstances, which is not a title winning squad, but still a promising one. Given the fact this isn't the best squad, I threw away the panic button until the end of August to give the new team a fair chance and, slowly but slowly, the promise is materialising. So, it doesn't matter if the panic button is lost - unless you think we are going to storm the title, which we aren't, so if that's you, panic away! I think we will pull together over time, and be mid table to play off challengers, and produce some good football along the way. Panic? What panic? Pleased that you have managed to get rid of your pre season blues The new look team were always going to have a slow start although a couple more wins between now and the end of August would be very acceptable. Stones are a big club in NLS and the play-offs must be the target and expectation. It's a good thing to have thrown away the oldboy panic button. The players recruited will get stronger and sronger as the season progresses. From mid table at Christmas I predict a barn-storming run in to the play offs. No problem. Remember you heard it here first !
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Post by hertsseasider on Aug 14, 2019 17:13:13 GMT
First game of the season for us and quite enjoyed it. Good crowd for a Tuesday in August though subdued first half. Just love watching a game with a pint in my hand. Keeper looked solid and defence rarely troubled, I think that run and shot against the post was the best they achieved. It's the midfield and attack that let Stones down last night, very little control and lot's of hoofball. Eastbourne not up to much and were out of a point which, I guess, they deserved. Looking forward to coming along again when not watching Blackpool now we are Oyston free COYS
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 19:24:31 GMT
Why is it that the moaners are so keen to post their negative stuff straight after a match. Same old faces. Be a nice change if they gave the rest of us a break. It's still very early days and the new look team is obviously work in progress. Slowly coming together, the team will continue to get better. Defence is already good, midfield and attack needs plenty of tuning and improvement. Keep the faith. How can any supporter describe the Stones as a nothing team ? If that's how you feel Nigel, you know what you can do. Why are you getting on Nigel's case? He has been a decent supporter for many years and is generally a decent poster. When he says we are a nothing side he means we ain't going up and we ain't going down. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Post by sword65 on Aug 14, 2019 19:54:22 GMT
Nick - My summer concerns that JS2 seemed to be slow in building a first rate squad when he started in March sadly got explained when we heard what his wife was battling with. They also became reality when we realised that by JS2's own admission, we had a small squad. I also believe that in a ideal world - and summer - JS2 would have got us a better squad. So, I think my summer concerns about the title winning, all-star squad not materialising were valid at the time, but I dropped them when we found out just why, and I became grateful for what John and Hak HAD managed to pull together in the circumstances, which is not a title winning squad, but still a promising one. Given the fact this isn't the best squad, I threw away the panic button until the end of August to give the new team a fair chance and, slowly but slowly, the promise is materialising. So, it doesn't matter if the panic button is lost - unless you think we are going to storm the title, which we aren't, so if that's you, panic away! I think we will pull together over time, and be mid table to play off challengers, and produce some good football along the way. Panic? What panic? Pleased that you have managed to get rid of your pre season blues The new look team were always going to have a slow start although a couple more wins between now and the end of August would be very acceptable. Stones are a big club in NLS and the play-offs must be the target and expectation. It's a good thing to have thrown away the oldboy panic button. The players recruited will get stronger and sronger as the season progresses. From mid table at Christmas I predict a barn-storming run in to the play offs. No problem. Remember you heard it here first ! Actually I said that first a couple of weeks back but nice to see we agree on one thing for a change
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Post by Nick on Aug 14, 2019 21:07:52 GMT
In fairness sword, I think your interesting variety of posts over the last month have just about covered all bases and potential outcomes !
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Post by jdl on Aug 14, 2019 22:09:06 GMT
In fairness sword, I think your interesting variety of posts over the last month have just about covered all bases and potential outcomes ! Are you calling Sword fickle?!
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