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Post by jamesc on Sept 2, 2023 16:47:23 GMT
Got to be a win. Nothing else will do. I have full faith it will be tbh. A convincing win for Sutton. That will teach me for being full of hope! Saving grace is that it's currently tight at bottom half. A couple of wins and we are suddenly lower mid table. Need to see dramatically better performances though. That FGR team looked weak. Swindon and Acrington away look like very hard games that we will be lucky to get a point from based on recent league games.
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Post by sufc1898 on Sept 2, 2023 16:50:44 GMT
This team cries out to be a 3-4-3 formation. Wish we would try it.
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Post by Stewart on Sept 2, 2023 16:54:05 GMT
This team cries out to be a 3-4-3 formation. Wish we would try it. Who would you start playing that formation?
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Post by Del on Sept 2, 2023 16:58:58 GMT
Why did we wait 70 mins to make any subs when clearly whatever Matt started with wasn't making any impression on the Forest green defence.
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Post by is4 on Sept 2, 2023 17:18:08 GMT
I agree with del. Why wait so long.Then sub players and continue playing the same style which was not getting any results.And as been said many times before, play a player who is not a target player.
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Post by boomboom on Sept 2, 2023 17:23:58 GMT
Not much to add to the above comments. Like so many recent games, the opposition at least tried to play football, keeping the ball on the deck with passing and movement whereas our main tactic seemed to be hit and hope, especially in the second half with passes back to Rose to punt upfield.
What's worrying is that last season with a much depleted squad we managed to grind out results which the present outfit is failing to do. Maybe performances will improve once they're fully up to speed fitness-wise etc. Time will tell.
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Post by halftimet on Sept 2, 2023 17:54:36 GMT
Something has to change. The midfield central two were overrun. If you have watched Sutton for a while you will know that unless there is an injury we make the changes on 70 minutes and the majority of times replace the front two. Even with the change in personnel we are playing the same formation and are far too predictable I am afraid.
When FGR countered they managed to find players. We just hit and hoped looking for a knockdown.
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Post by os on Sept 2, 2023 18:11:52 GMT
This team cries out to be a 3-4-3 formation. Wish we would try it. Before I came on here this evening, I was screaming tactics, 4-4-2 is simply to predictable, getting worked every week by the opps. Milson is not a defender, we had no one in the middle to put their foot on the ball, we really missed Eastie. Up front, we need to go with a striker whose job it is to get on the end of things. Angol should be scoring not putting in crosses to find no one on the end of them. Sowunmi has done little wrong, and offers a massive areal threat from set peices, surely has to start. 3-4-2-1 or 4-5-1 or 3-4-3, anthing you like just not 4-4, bloody 2 all the time!
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Post by pajomo2015 on Sept 2, 2023 18:14:35 GMT
Sadly another hugely disappointing and frankly inept performance this afternoon. Yes I know we've only played 6 league games to date but we are definitely relegation material in my eyes. The table doesn't lie (even if Matt says he doesn't look at the table until 10 games are played!). Too many times we lost our shape (whatever that is!) and were chasing shadows making FGR look a far better team than they actually are. The constant hoof ball (hit and hope) rather than keeping the ball on the deck, the lack of creativity and passing, it's been far too evident in recent games imho. Rose, Coley, Kashket and Patrick were the only players that seemed to have any battling qualities today. I don't get it. Our squad are a talented bunch - let's change the system and let them express themselves on the park rather than forcing them to play the same way against every side we meet. Last time we actually played football (passing, movement, creativity etc) we thumped Notts County. Sorry for the negative rant but imho unless something changes and soon we will be dropping out of this league and back into non league obscurity!
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Post by paz on Sept 2, 2023 18:23:47 GMT
I think the reality is we are in the relegation scrap. Part of the problem today was we should have played with more causion and got a point, everything we can grab is needed and clearly we are not going to win many games this year. We need to start being hard to beat and see if we can just add points and nick the odd win.
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Post by ggl on Sept 2, 2023 18:41:43 GMT
For what it is worth , probably very little , my personal feeling sway greatly about our performances and our situation . One match we are great and the next two or three very poor . Now whilst there is no need to push the panic button just yet , because it is still very early in the season , our current league form and position are very worrying . On paper we have the players to be a very good League Two team and I for one have the utmost confidence in our manager to get things turned around . But , that said something needs to change fast and I agree with some of the earlier comments about our formation being too predicable and not suiting our players . The league table is still tight , fortunately , so let’s get behind the lads and our management team . With regards to our match at Swindon , I expect us to get beaten . But ……….. I thought that about Tuesday night before the match so I am more than happy to be proved wrong !
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Post by garethl on Sept 2, 2023 18:56:05 GMT
Anyone else notice we’ve played 5 of the top 6? At this stage that can only be partly explained by 3 points versus us.
I actually thought FGR passed the ball really well. Their right midfielder was hard to get close to. We never got to grips with getting overloaded in midfield and they just broke through comfortably. Not sure that happens with Easty on the field. We were lucky it was just 1 really, there was a gulf in class today. I guess the big criticism of FGR was that they weren’t clinical at all and pretty dire in the penalty area.
On to the next. On Jackson I’d imagine given limited football it is simply not playing too much too soon and risking injury. We’ll hopefully see plenty of him as the season progresses.
3 home games without a goal is probably the most worrying aspect at the moment, I think the defence and the organisation is more easily resolved. We’ll have to find a way.
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Post by sufc1898 on Sept 2, 2023 18:56:15 GMT
Brilliant - another one who has written off next week already. Really?!?!
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Post by suttonpodcast on Sept 2, 2023 19:28:50 GMT
We were waiting for localboy86 to start the thread😉 If we lose now I shall be terribly sad.... 😢
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Post by Del on Sept 2, 2023 19:43:15 GMT
If we lose now I shall be terribly sad.... 😢 LOL
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