|
Post by scorpioeyes on Dec 17, 2023 11:45:44 GMT
I'd like Tony to ask Matt,on camera, 'are you sure you are the man to save our season and if so, how do you propose to do so?' I think I have more chance of flying to the moon.
|
|
|
Post by is4 on Dec 17, 2023 11:52:27 GMT
I think you will be on the moon. Tony won't ask that sort of question. Even though its a good one.
|
|
|
Post by Andy K on Dec 17, 2023 11:59:48 GMT
I'd like Tony to ask Matt,on camera, 'are you sure you are the man to save our season and if so, how do you propose to do so?' I think I have more chance of flying to the moon. Perhaps you can ask him that in the bar after the Mansfield game and get it on camera. Of course you won't will you?
|
|
|
Post by davef on Dec 17, 2023 12:09:39 GMT
Andy, Matt said home grown but meant club developed. Without Louis we didn’t have a club developed player in the starting eleven and therefore could not name the full quota of substitutes.
|
|
|
Post by baboonfish on Dec 17, 2023 12:17:52 GMT
Bearing in mind the size and manner of the defeat, a lot of really pragmatic and fair comments here. The biggest worry for me is how Matt couldn't see what is plain to see in the first 30 seconds of the highlights, that our midfield was no match for Madden, and we badly needed to put an extra man in there to pick up him dropping deep to get the ball. He had the freedom of the park for some of those goals. Matt's tactical system is not working, and any decent team who has done their scouting properly is going to know how to get a result against us.
When you're struggling away from home and low on players, pack the midfield and keep it compact and make the team hard to beat. Hardly rocket science. As bad as the players clearly played, the manager has to take the bulk of the blame. He had two weeks to work on a shape for this game and sent them out as if we were playing Horsham again.
Stop the opposition scoring and we can turn it around. Even on our recent run of decent results, we've gone behind in most of those games. It's like we're always pushing uphill. We've shown what we can do when we get ahead in games, but that has been few and far between. We're always a threat from set pieces so we need to be going into half times 0-0 not 1, 2, ,3 goals down, or having fought back to 1-1.
Not trying to blame one player for such a defeat as that would be silly, but, surely Deano's got to go after that performance. Arnold commanded his area well and should get a proper run in the side. We need voices in the box and there's no leadership out there at all except for Harry. N'GUessan can't play in a 2 man midfield either. He's a total liability in the centre (not based on yesterday but a general observation).
The rest of the team seems to be less than the sum of its parts. You look at players like Jackson and Coley and O Brien who in isolation look like improvements to the squad, yet somehow it doesn't work. Can only blame lack of leadership and tactical nous, unless the players themselves are not following their instructions. Clearly, we can't make wholesale changes in Jan as the budget isn't there. A quality left back and a CM or CB who can properly organise would be better than five or six average players.
|
|
|
Post by Big Al on Dec 17, 2023 12:23:21 GMT
Just getting so fed up with the ‘poor little Sutton, we’ve got a lower budget than everyone else. The referees are against us and our players our injured. If we just had a left back, a bit of luck then we will turn the corner at the next winnable game’ argument.
We got into this league on merit. The board have been supportive with massive investment in the infrastructure and the players just need to grow a pair and perform like professionals. The Manager needs to do the same or make way for someone who can get the best out of this lot and maybe attract some talent through his contacts in the window.
|
|
|
Post by steveb on Dec 17, 2023 12:33:14 GMT
We can’t beat the teams near the bottom and I think yesterday blew the theory that we play better against the better teams!!!
So we can’t beat the teams at the bottom or the top. So bring on those in mid-table!
I wonder how the second half season ticket sales are going?
|
|
|
Post by scorpioeyes on Dec 17, 2023 12:34:45 GMT
I'd like Tony to ask Matt,on camera, 'are you sure you are the man to save our season and if so, how do you propose to do so?' I think I have more chance of flying to the moon. Perhaps you can ask him that in the bar after the Mansfield game and get it on camera. Of course you won't will you? So you think it's an 'unfair' question?
|
|
|
Post by paz on Dec 17, 2023 13:51:22 GMT
I can’t believe that players aren’t trying Absolutely, I think now and again they drop their heads, but thats what happens when you are struggling. Over all I think the players have been busting their backsides, which is why I am more presemsitic now, as I am starting to worry that we have seen the best of what the current system can produce, and our resent run of durability is us at our max. I think the players will fight, but its a case of if that will be enough.
|
|
|
Post by sufc1898 on Dec 17, 2023 13:51:47 GMT
I think the point was, why are you getting Tony to do your dirty work for you? If you have a question for Matt, then ask him yourself.
|
|
|
Post by scorpioeyes on Dec 17, 2023 13:57:26 GMT
Tony is the one doing the interviews on camera, not me! But if Matt is up for taking fans questions, I have no problem asking.
|
|
|
Post by sufc1898 on Dec 17, 2023 14:24:26 GMT
Great - we’ll leave you to ask Matt in the bar then.
|
|
|
Post by is4 on Dec 17, 2023 14:30:17 GMT
In an earlier thread, was not a question and answer evening with Matt and the Board raised?
|
|
|
Post by halftimet on Dec 17, 2023 16:17:31 GMT
I’m not sure Matt has any answers.
|
|
kpinwp
1st team Player
Posts: 1,245
|
Post by kpinwp on Dec 17, 2023 17:31:11 GMT
I can’t believe that players aren’t trying Absolutely, I think now and again they drop their heads, but thats what happens when you are struggling. Over all I think the players have been busting their backsides, which is why I am more presemsitic now, as I am starting to worry that we have seen the best of what the current system can produce, and our resent run of durability is us at our max. I think the players will fight, but its a case of if that will be enough. Nail on the head.
|
|