Monty Burns Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, Littlemoor Lad said: The real piece of luck we had was, Chesterfield not turning up like normal otherwise it would have been another Southend scoreline again, it wasn't luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemoor Lad Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Just now, Monty Burns said: again, it wasn't luck. I'd say it was judging by their goals scored column I was fully expecting a proper hiding and to come away with a champagne result like we did was mindboggling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobledgersheart Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, Littlemoor Lad said: The real piece of luck we had was, Chesterfield not turning up like normal otherwise it would have been another Southend scoreline Yet some Chesterfield fans are saying they've been relatively lucky in their first three games. Swings and roundabouts I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, Littlemoor Lad said: The real piece of luck we had was, Chesterfield not turning up like normal otherwise it would have been another Southend scoreline Can't get that. We got embarrassed at Southend and since then we've brought in two senior players and changed the formation. We played the game plan. lord knows what the plan was at Roots Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemoor Lad Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Just now, Dave_Og said: Can't get that. We got embarrassed at Southend and since then we've brought in two senior players and changed the formation. We played the game plan. lord knows what the plan was at Roots Hall There is no plan.......FULL STOP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Monty Burns said: apparantley that can't be true because our XG was double theirs. l don't fully know what that means, but l thought l'd point it out. XG… yeah… no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticMark Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Monty Burns said: Apparently that can't be true because our XG was double theirs. l don't fully know what that means, but l thought l'd point it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemoor Lad Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, LaticMark said: We defended and defended and then defended some more, right up to the time we conceded when we didn't, Thankfully our lack of ambition wasn't fully punished and we somehow got out of there without another defeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor evil Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, LaticMark said: 70% pass accuracy is the thing to take away from this. If you're going to play like we did which was to be compact and allow them to have the lions share of the ball, the times we win possession we have to be better with it. Too many times we gave the ball away too easily and weren't able to launch enough counter attacks. I don't mind us sitting back against the better teams away from home. But we need to work on being a lot more ruthless with the ball. We created 2 chances of note in the game and one was because of a bad bit of goalkeeping. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemoor Lad Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 1 minute ago, doctor evil said: 70% pass accuracy is the thing to take away from this. If you're going to play like we did which was to be compact and allow them to have the lions share of the ball, the times we win possession we have to be better with it. Too many times we gave the ball away too easily and weren't able to launch enough counter attacks. I don't mind us sitting back against the better teams away from home. But we need to work on being a lot more ruthless with the ball. We created 2 chances of note in the game and one was because of a bad bit of goalkeeping. We'll have another opportunity to defend like dogs this coming Saturday, I'd like to think we'll have a proper go and get the 3 points we so desperately need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKing521 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 14 minutes ago, doctor evil said: 70% pass accuracy is the thing to take away from this. If you're going to play like we did which was to be compact and allow them to have the lions share of the ball, the times we win possession we have to be better with it. Too many times we gave the ball away too easily and weren't able to launch enough counter attacks. I don't mind us sitting back against the better teams away from home. But we need to work on being a lot more ruthless with the ball. We created 2 chances of note in the game and one was because of a bad bit of goalkeeping. Shelton and Sheron just aren't good enough to do that. Lundstram and Tunnicliffe solve this issue, you'd hope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worcester Owl Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Littlemoor Lad said: The real piece of luck we had was, Chesterfield not turning up like normal otherwise it would have been another Southend scoreline I wouldn't agree on that actually. Might sound like splitting hairs, but Chesterfield not playing well - which they didn't, particularly - is surely more a reflection of the fact that there are no outstanding teams in this league. That in turn makes our failure to take the game to them and try to impose ourselves all the more frustrating. Where I do agree with you is that, yes, we were outstandingly lucky to scrape a 96th minute equaliser due to our complete inability to create any worthwhile attacking moves at all, other than Norwood's attempt to chip the keeper from outside the box - even that wasn't a case of getting men in their box. Edited August 21, 2023 by Worcester Owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 38 minutes ago, kowenicki said: XG… yeah… no. me too. but lve got long hair, a tash and smoke old fashioned cigs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 kinda like ur username did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, doctor evil said: 70% pass accuracy is the thing to take away from this. If you're going to play like we did which was to be compact and allow them to have the lions share of the ball, the times we win possession we have to be better with it. Too many times we gave the ball away too easily and weren't able to launch enough counter attacks. I don't mind us sitting back against the better teams away from home. But we need to work on being a lot more ruthless with the ball. We created 2 chances of note in the game and one was because of a bad bit of goalkeeping. it's attrocious isn't it seventy.fucking.percent. l was having a great time ignoring that and am suprised it took so long to be highlighted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 17 minutes ago, Littlemoor Lad said: We'll have another opportunity to defend like dogs this coming Saturday, I'd like to think we'll have a proper go and get the 3 points we so desperately need. we have simply got to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, GKing521 said: Shelton and Sheron just aren't good enough to do that. Lundstram and Tunnicliffe solve this issue, you'd hope. yep. we are still muddling along and Dickenson has improved us but we need at least one more peice of quality in there pretty urgent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Littlemoor Lad said: The real piece of luck we had was, Chesterfield not turning up like normal otherwise it would have been another Southend scoreline The two performances bore absolutely no resemblance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Tic Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 57 minutes ago, Monty Burns said: yep. we are still muddling along and Dickenson has improved us but we need at least one more peice of quality in there pretty urgent I agree, another signing wouldn’t have bothered me but because of the Injury situation in midfield we need one asap in my opinion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveecky Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 1 hour ago, doctor evil said: 70% pass accuracy is the thing to take away from this. If you're going to play like we did which was to be compact and allow them to have the lions share of the ball, the times we win possession we have to be better with it. Too many times we gave the ball away too easily and weren't able to launch enough counter attacks. I don't mind us sitting back against the better teams away from home. But we need to work on being a lot more ruthless with the ball. We created 2 chances of note in the game and one was because of a bad bit of goalkeeping. Looked at Opta data on passing accuracy and 70% is as good as the average for L1 and better than L2. Chesterfield had a higher passing accuracy because it was constantly cycled across and between defence and midfield. I’m just pointing this out, personally I’d prefer a more front foot approach and better ball retention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norewgian Gunnar Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 DU says players were brilliant! If that is how we are going to play this season without any creativity than we will not progress much. Hopefully with players getting fit in the coming weeks things on the pitch will improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcfluff1985 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 hours ago, kowenicki said: Yes it is… If you are a good team. In our case it was just luck. Again, it's only called lucky by those who don't want DU in charge 2 hours ago, doctor evil said: 70% pass accuracy is the thing to take away from this. I'd say the point against league favourites is the thing to take away from this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, mcfluff1985 said: I'd say the point against league favourites is the thing to take away from this It's one of the only things really, I'm happy we started 6 points off top and finished the day the same, we've also played what I think will prove to be two of the toughest away fixtures of the season, it's what we do Saturday now that really matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemoor Lad Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Lags said: The two performances bore absolutely no resemblance Had Grigg hit that chance first time to make it 2 nowt, we'd of caved in like butter The way we're riding our luck and allowing teams to come onto us all the time, there could be a few more results like the Southend one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemoor Lad Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 1 hour ago, mcfluff1985 said: Again, it's only called lucky by those who don't want DU in charge And I'd say you're talking a load of bollocks pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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