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Post by usspitfire on Oct 29, 2022 20:16:31 GMT
He's had nearly a complete season now, with 2 different squads and continues to show he got the job under false pretenses telling the fans he was bringing in attacking, exciting football.
The utter ****ing nonsense he has been spouting after games, especially after todays dismal offering is an insult to the fans and shows he has no clue what he's doing!
No one expects us to be top of the league, but the fans deserve better than LB's teams are obviously capable of producing.
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Post by nkc on Oct 29, 2022 23:24:47 GMT
Pathetic post, for someone who was there during the Wessex League days you don't seem to grasp what the side are actually achieving under the circumstances of being 100% self funding at this level.
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Post by newspitfire on Oct 29, 2022 23:28:21 GMT
Pathetic post, for someone who was there during the Wessex League days you don't seem to grasp what the side are actually achieving under the circumstances of being 100% self funding at this level. 👍
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Post by hantslondoner on Oct 30, 2022 8:55:03 GMT
I think he's achieving his objectives - mid-table with two home games against lowly opposition to come. And they could even reach the FA Cup second round, I suppose.... With the number of ex-FL clubs and the large budgets of 3-4 of the teams in there, the best we can hope for is to sneak in the playoffs. I don't think we'll get there, but you never know. We're competitive, that's the main thing.
As with last season (even before he came), home results are much better than away results, which needs to be addressed. At home we seem to do better against the good teams (particularly Chesterfield - one of the best games I've seen at the Silverlake) and the habit of digging in for a 1-0 against teams like Halifax and Torquay is not going to attract fans, I agree, but I assume he's paid by results. However, at the moment crowds seem decent enough. I would not be attracted to go to away games, though, and have the utmost respect for those who do.
He has recruited a goodish squad (still lack a regular goalscorer), with a couple of players in there who I think might attract FL attention at some point.
So I think he's doing a reasonable job so far, let's see where we are in a couple of months. It would have to go downhill pretty drastically to merit a change of manager. As said by others, remember where we've come from, remember our budget against others in this league.
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Post by spitfiresteve on Oct 30, 2022 16:37:34 GMT
Even I think Bradbury out is going too far at this stage. I also want to see how we are when 3 of our better players are back in Oyenuga, Maghoma and especially Harper. I have no expectations of us being top of the league with the squad and money we have. However, there does seem to be something in the attitude and approach which does not chime with what Bradbury promised. At least in the last couple of games I watched Abrahams bootlaces didn't seem to magically come undone. We do feel like we are in a bit of stasis at the moment with progress about as quick as the development of the Mackoy stand.
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Post by usspitfire on Oct 30, 2022 16:53:54 GMT
Pathetic post, for someone who was there during the Wessex League days you don't seem to grasp what the side are actually achieving under the circumstances of being 100% self funding at this level. Firstly, I think the powers that be are doing an awesome job of running the club in a sensibly fiscal manner and keeping us operating within our means. I know we don't have the finances that we had when we had Stewart or Dossies money behind us, and as I said I don't expect us to be running away with the title. I know we can't be expected to have a team of superstars winning 5-0 every week, but that also doesn't mean we need to be playing such boring, negative football with a manager who seems oblivious to us losing, not scoring and putting in such dismal performances. We should at least be trying to compete and win games. If the finances mean we can't even try to play football and give the fans some entertainment, then come on out & say "Hey, the only way we are going to be able to stay up due to our finances is to try to kill off games, and stop other teams from playing." But what I feel is not acceptable is to put in such dire performances & then LB to come onto interviews and praises the opponents for "doing the basics really well" and seeming content that not only we didn't, but also felt we played well." This is an open forum where we can all voice our opinions. I don't expect everyone to agree with me but I feel he is not capable of getting the best out of this squad, and is not the man to move us forward.
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Post by nkc on Oct 30, 2022 21:06:14 GMT
Your arguments make no sense at all. Where are these defensive players and defensive line ups. There is no way, with the squad built we ever go out in such mode. Opponents may be better than us and force us to hang on but look at the players we line up. Normal full backs Camp and Harper, both at their best going forward. Midfielders Hill, Carter, McKiernan, Hesketh all best going forward plus Whitehall and Abrahams. If it was a kill game side Cisse and Atangana would be the main pairing in midfield, when has that happened.
It is a very attacking line up but, up to now it has failed too often in the final third. We are a million miles away from being able to afford a 20 goal a year forward.
It's not perfect but with the materials at hand it is very decent and nothing deliberately dour as you make out.
Havant and Neverwillville was your continued strap line. Why have you got such a downer on Bradbury especially when you rarely get to see the games.
At least give the bloke some credit. Both him and Strevens have found a number of gems, we still have some of these. I love watching Camp, Harper, Panter, Carter, McKiernan, Abrahams, there is real excitement there.
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Post by hantslondoner on Oct 30, 2022 21:25:11 GMT
If it was a kill game side Cisse and Atangana would be the main pairing in midfield, when has that happened. Actually, he put them both on in the second half of the Torquay game on Tuesday when he was trying to defend a 1-0 lead against ten men from the bottom team. As I said in the thread for that match IMO I think he needs Cisse to anchor the midfield so that the other ones you mention can go forward and play. Using both of them was overkill. Full backs? Camp is great, hard in the tackle and puts in some good crosses. Kelly has been used at left back more often, he is more of a 'stay at home' player, but solid, allowing Harper in front of him to get forward. I've seen two dull games at home this season (Halifax and Torquay). Chesterfield was one of the best games (and performances) I've seen at the Silverlake. The others were against half-decent teams and were OK. That's been reasonable entertaoinment as far as I'm concerned. The players you mention have indeed been good pickups and I'm sure FL teams will be looking at some of them.
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Post by back4more on Oct 31, 2022 10:03:59 GMT
Yes, player recruitment has been very good since before LB arrived. I don't know how much that recruitment has to do with the actual team managers/coaches as I don't know who does the scouting and selection of new players. Generally, against most teams, we win the one-to-one battles.
We don't though have the system, method or guile to turn that into a team performance. We rarely string more than three or four passes together going forward. Movement off the ball is very limited and the opposition defence are often marking statues.
The club's rise from the Wessex league is irrelevant and is not an excuse for the mediocrity of performances we now have at our 5000 (approx if and when we get the rest of the green stand back*) capacity ground with its Premier standard pitch and EFL standard amenities and facilities and its regular 2000+ attendances.
In other words, I think usspitfire has a point.
*BTW, does anyone know whether McCoy are being taken to account for the apparent failure of their structure or is the architect or even the EFC project manager taking the responsibility?
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Post by spitfiresteve on Nov 5, 2022 17:04:41 GMT
Leaning towards this post being correct after that performance. Boreham Wood are a big physical side so we spend the first 20 mins lumping balls forward. Our movement off the ball is poor and we can't look after the ball when we have it.
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Post by newspitfire on Nov 5, 2022 17:44:51 GMT
Anyone would think we’re in a relegation scrap, not on the edge of the playoffs. Let’s judge him by the end of the season.
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Post by tottonspitfire on Nov 5, 2022 18:38:41 GMT
You are obviously happy with the crap we watch . Yes , a few points off the playoffs looks good but, in reality its overachieving boring defensive football . The result today says it all, and it wont change with Bradbury at the wheel .
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Post by newspitfire on Nov 5, 2022 18:55:49 GMT
You are obviously happy with the crap we watch . Yes , a few points off the playoffs looks good but, in reality its overachieving boring defensive football . The result today says it all, and it wont change with Bradbury at the wheel . Not great to watch, I agree, but if we made the playoffs then surely that would be considered a success compared to how close we were to the relegation zone last season. It’s a result driven business.
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Post by rocky on Nov 26, 2022 18:05:08 GMT
Does seem like it could be time to pull the trigger. It’s pretty obvious we are in the middle of a big slide down the table unless proper changes are made
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Post by unknownquantity on Nov 29, 2022 19:14:41 GMT
I often try and look at the difference between number of league games won and lost. After beating Maidstone, we had won two more than we had lost and were on the fringe of the playoffs Now after losing three on the trot we have lost one more than we have won.
Last season after beating Weymouth at home we had also won two more than we had lost and were again on the fringe of the playoffs, but then lost the next three league games. Interestingly enough on the two previous occasions that our loosses was greater than our numbers of wins we responded by achieving a 1-0 home victory in the next game.
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