MATCHWATCH : Lincoln City (h)

[John Madejski's Wallet]

On the late changes, what on earth it the point of playing Kayewaa as a right wing back, but then constantly having the ball hoofed over him by Burns? He may as well not been there

[Orion1871]

Shockingly bad. Coppell apparently said "you wouldn't want to watch that every week" after the game. Nothing any of us can say is more damning than that from our greatest ever manager.

[Snowflake Royal]

Lane is such an odd duck. He seems to be trying to do all the right things, has a good record in the division, and yet his passing accuracy is dreadful, he's got no pace so never gets away from anyone, and is frequently just brushed off the ball.

Criticising Lane! tut tut tut

You should probably work out how to quote if you're going to try to have a pop.

[Snowflake Royal]

Oh and ref was shite. Didn’t look a fk for the goal, and maybe those watching on tbe steam can tell me otherwise but their forward should have had a (second) yellow for that challenge on JP at 1-1?

FK - Savage goes to hook a ball over his shoulder to clear, and player comes from his blindside to try to head. Savage gets the ball, then maybe a piece of face. It's a very generous FK imo. But if we actually defend it, rather than leave a man free and then palm his shot in the net (hard one to save admittedly), shouldn't be an issue.

DK penalty shout. He's body checked after the ball went. It's usually given as a pen imo.

A generous interpretation for Lloyd is he stumbles and falls into Pereira. It is at least a talking to, should really be a yellow, I can see a ref not giving the second yellow early, but that late when it should have little impact? Usually should be a yellow imo

[MR. CYNICAL]

Shockingly bad. Coppell apparently said "you wouldn't want to watch that every week" after the game. Nothing any of us can say is more damning than that from our greatest ever manager.

That's Richardsonball for you.

[Snowflake Royal]

I find it amusing that people who have been chronically complaining about us being able to keep the ball and just hoofing it forward are now complaining that we kept the ball.

Considered review of the game...
We came up against by far the best team in the League, who are absolute masters of smash and grab. They are unbeaten since early December, have the lowest average possession in the League, and best defence in the League. And they showed us why. They were incredibly organised, worked exceptionally well and hard as a team, let us have the ball, and moved the ball forward extremely quickly and at pace.

No shit we struggled to pass incisively through them and create good chances. No one is giving them the credit they deserve for this.

We lost this game thanks to a dodgy early freekick and trying to throw the sink at a win late on. With a pretty poor defence. O'Connor is a bit hit and miss, Dorsett switches off a few times a game and Burns isn't very good. We were missing our two best defenders in Williams and Ward.

Moving forward, we lost Doyle early, who really is the creative spark in the middle (even when starting wide) as he finds space and can turn on a dime and tiptoe round challenges. Lane tried to do a lot of the right things, but his execution was poor. DK looked a threat when he could isolate his man, even against probably the best RB in the League. Kelvin had some good moments despite being sat on well by the best defence in the league. But Savage, Wing and Fraser don't have that creative spark that's needed to unlock a defence in depth. We missed out on a strong penalty shout as well.

There was some neat one and two touch football at times, some good sliding the ball forward into feet etc. Lincoln marshalled it very well. We went back and sideways a lot because Lincoln are so good at the marking, condensing the space and closing the passing lanes. We needed to shift it quicker and more precisely for it to be effective, but it's not like people were ignoring too many great passing options.

We really should have settled for the point in the last few minutes against the best team and defence in the League. Instead we went a bit crazy throwing bodies forward and oxf*rd it up.

Ultimately, we gave the best team a decent go, with (for most of the match) 5 first choice players out injured. Yeah, we're probably going to fall short. But that's been the case for the last two months. And we're still in the fight,

[Royalwaster]

I find it amusing that people who have been chronically complaining about us being able to keep the ball and just hoofing it forward are now complaining that we kept the ball.

Considered review of the game...
We came up against by far the best team in the League, who are absolute masters of smash and grab. They are unbeaten since early December, have the lowest average possession in the League, and best defence in the League. And they showed us why. They were incredibly organised, worked exceptionally well and hard as a team, let us have the ball, and moved the ball forward extremely quickly and at pace.

No shit we struggled to pass incisively through them and create good chances. No one is giving them the credit they deserve for this.

We lost this game thanks to a dodgy early freekick and trying to throw the sink at a win late on. With a pretty poor defence. O'Connor is a bit hit and miss, Dorsett switches off a few times a game and Burns isn't very good. We were missing our two best defenders in Williams and Ward.

Moving forward, we lost Doyle early, who really is the creative spark in the middle (even when starting wide) as he finds space and can turn on a dime and tiptoe round challenges. Lane tried to do a lot of the right things, but his execution was poor. DK looked a threat when he could isolate his man, even against probably the best RB in the League. Kelvin had some good moments despite being sat on well by the best defence in the league. But Savage, Wing and Fraser don't have that creative spark that's needed to unlock a defence in depth. We missed out on a strong penalty shout as well.

There was some neat one and two touch football at times, some good sliding the ball forward into feet etc. Lincoln marshalled it very well. We went back and sideways a lot because Lincoln are so good at the marking, condensing the space and closing the passing lanes. We needed to shift it quicker and more precisely for it to be effective, but it's not like people were ignoring too many great passing options.

We really should have settled for the point in the last few minutes against the best team and defence in the League. Instead we went a bit crazy throwing bodies forward and oxf*rd it up.

Ultimately, we gave the best team a decent go, with (for most of the match) 5 first choice players out injured. Yeah, we're probably going to fall short. But that's been the case for the last two months. And we're still in the fight,

+1 ... nice to read a sensible reaction

[Millsy]

I find it amusing that people who have been chronically complaining about us being able to keep the ball and just hoofing it forward are now complaining that we kept the ball.

Considered review of the game...
We came up against by far the best team in the League, who are absolute masters of smash and grab. They are unbeaten since early December, have the lowest average possession in the League, and best defence in the League. And they showed us why. They were incredibly organised, worked exceptionally well and hard as a team, let us have the ball, and moved the ball forward extremely quickly and at pace.

No shit we struggled to pass incisively through them and create good chances. No one is giving them the credit they deserve for this.

We lost this game thanks to a dodgy early freekick and trying to throw the sink at a win late on. With a pretty poor defence. O'Connor is a bit hit and miss, Dorsett switches off a few times a game and Burns isn't very good. We were missing our two best defenders in Williams and Ward.

Moving forward, we lost Doyle early, who really is the creative spark in the middle (even when starting wide) as he finds space and can turn on a dime and tiptoe round challenges. Lane tried to do a lot of the right things, but his execution was poor. DK looked a threat when he could isolate his man, even against probably the best RB in the League. Kelvin had some good moments despite being sat on well by the best defence in the league. But Savage, Wing and Fraser don't have that creative spark that's needed to unlock a defence in depth. We missed out on a strong penalty shout as well.

There was some neat one and two touch football at times, some good sliding the ball forward into feet etc. Lincoln marshalled it very well. We went back and sideways a lot because Lincoln are so good at the marking, condensing the space and closing the passing lanes. We needed to shift it quicker and more precisely for it to be effective, but it's not like people were ignoring too many great passing options.

We really should have settled for the point in the last few minutes against the best team and defence in the League. Instead we went a bit crazy throwing bodies forward and oxf*rd it up.

Ultimately, we gave the best team a decent go, with (for most of the match) 5 first choice players out injured. Yeah, we're probably going to fall short. But that's been the case for the last two months. And we're still in the fight,

Good post.

I'm just not convinced that hodling out for a draw would've been the best option. Sure in hindsight we can all say that, but when you have the momentum, you go for it. Especially when risking to gain 2 points or lose 1. And Against a team with their heads down and remeber only needed a draw, so would presumably not be as keen to attack.

Easy to knock it in hindsight but I think it was a reasonable shout.

It's not as though we're any good at holding onto points anyway is it. Attack as a form of defence is what most of us have been crying out for as a result.

Just opinions though, no right or wrong I get that.

[traff]

Lane is such an odd duck. He seems to be trying to do all the right things, has a good record in the division, and yet his passing accuracy is dreadful, he's got no pace so never gets away from anyone, and is frequently just brushed off the ball.

Criticising Lane! tut tut tut

You should probably work out how to quote if you're going to try to have a pop.

“Funny how criticising Lane is suddenly a problem when I do it, but perfectly fine when the self appointed know all (who doesnt attend matches Snowflake does the exact same thing.”

“And don’t worry about my quoting, worry about making a consistent point.”

[traff]

Shockingly bad. Coppell apparently said "you wouldn't want to watch that every week" after the game. Nothing any of us can say is more damning than that from our greatest ever manager.

Ah, but has Coppell ever played at Bradford?

[WestYorksRoyal]

One silver lining - we won't be playing Lincoln next season. Is that 4 losses in a row against them?

[windermereROYAL]

Just a thought, if results go their way Cardiff could come here in 11 days needing to win to go up, they have Notlob next week.

Charity fc will do their best to help them I`m sure, they had 29 shots away at Peterborough yesterday.

[Snowflake Royal]

Criticising Lane! tut tut tut

You should probably work out how to quote if you're going to try to have a pop.

“Funny how criticising Lane is suddenly a problem when I do it, but perfectly fine when the self appointed know all (who doesnt attend matches Snowflake does the exact same thing.”

“And don’t worry about my quoting, worry about making a consistent point.”

For the hard of thinking, constantly abusing Lane regardless of performance is not the same as critiquing an individual performance.

[Hound]

I find it amusing that people who have been chronically complaining about us being able to keep the ball and just hoofing it forward are now complaining that we kept the ball.

Considered review of the game...
We came up against by far the best team in the League, who are absolute masters of smash and grab. They are unbeaten since early December, have the lowest average possession in the League, and best defence in the League. And they showed us why. They were incredibly organised, worked exceptionally well and hard as a team, let us have the ball, and moved the ball forward extremely quickly and at pace.

No shit we struggled to pass incisively through them and create good chances. No one is giving them the credit they deserve for this.

We lost this game thanks to a dodgy early freekick and trying to throw the sink at a win late on. With a pretty poor defence. O'Connor is a bit hit and miss, Dorsett switches off a few times a game and Burns isn't very good. We were missing our two best defenders in Williams and Ward.

Moving forward, we lost Doyle early, who really is the creative spark in the middle (even when starting wide) as he finds space and can turn on a dime and tiptoe round challenges. Lane tried to do a lot of the right things, but his execution was poor. DK looked a threat when he could isolate his man, even against probably the best RB in the League. Kelvin had some good moments despite being sat on well by the best defence in the league. But Savage, Wing and Fraser don't have that creative spark that's needed to unlock a defence in depth. We missed out on a strong penalty shout as well.

There was some neat one and two touch football at times, some good sliding the ball forward into feet etc. Lincoln marshalled it very well. We went back and sideways a lot because Lincoln are so good at the marking, condensing the space and closing the passing lanes. We needed to shift it quicker and more precisely for it to be effective, but it's not like people were ignoring too many great passing options.

We really should have settled for the point in the last few minutes against the best team and defence in the League. Instead we went a bit crazy throwing bodies forward and oxf*rd it up.

Ultimately, we gave the best team a decent go, with (for most of the match) 5 first choice players out injured. Yeah, we're probably going to fall short. But that's been the case for the last two months. And we're still in the fight,

I don’t disagree with much of that. A point wouldn’t have done us a lot of good and imagine what a boost it’d have been if we’d gone on and won the game. No issue with us conceding again whilst going for it.

I’d stick by my comment we’re not brave enough though. I get Lincoln are setting the traps to counter but we still needed to move the ball forward more and quicker

It’s all for next season now. I think LR has a clear idea and vision of what he wants and it isn’t this team. Let’s see

[windermereROYAL]

New server having an Easter holiday.

The Biscuit Tin might be an option to run this thread.

You got the link?, I`m sick of this shit show.

[Sutekh]

New server having an Easter holiday.

The Biscuit Tin might be an option to run this thread.

You got the link?, I`m sick of this shit show.

https://aeback-up.freeforums.net/

[Snowflake Royal]

I find it amusing that people who have been chronically complaining about us being able to keep the ball and just hoofing it forward are now complaining that we kept the ball.

Considered review of the game...
We came up against by far the best team in the League, who are absolute masters of smash and grab. They are unbeaten since early December, have the lowest average possession in the League, and best defence in the League. And they showed us why. They were incredibly organised, worked exceptionally well and hard as a team, let us have the ball, and moved the ball forward extremely quickly and at pace.

No shit we struggled to pass incisively through them and create good chances. No one is giving them the credit they deserve for this.

We lost this game thanks to a dodgy early freekick and trying to throw the sink at a win late on. With a pretty poor defence. O'Connor is a bit hit and miss, Dorsett switches off a few times a game and Burns isn't very good. We were missing our two best defenders in Williams and Ward.

Moving forward, we lost Doyle early, who really is the creative spark in the middle (even when starting wide) as he finds space and can turn on a dime and tiptoe round challenges. Lane tried to do a lot of the right things, but his execution was poor. DK looked a threat when he could isolate his man, even against probably the best RB in the League. Kelvin had some good moments despite being sat on well by the best defence in the league. But Savage, Wing and Fraser don't have that creative spark that's needed to unlock a defence in depth. We missed out on a strong penalty shout as well.

There was some neat one and two touch football at times, some good sliding the ball forward into feet etc. Lincoln marshalled it very well. We went back and sideways a lot because Lincoln are so good at the marking, condensing the space and closing the passing lanes. We needed to shift it quicker and more precisely for it to be effective, but it's not like people were ignoring too many great passing options.

We really should have settled for the point in the last few minutes against the best team and defence in the League. Instead we went a bit crazy throwing bodies forward and oxf*rd it up.

Ultimately, we gave the best team a decent go, with (for most of the match) 5 first choice players out injured. Yeah, we're probably going to fall short. But that's been the case for the last two months. And we're still in the fight,

I don’t disagree with much of that. A point wouldn’t have done us a lot of good and imagine what a boost it’d have been if we’d gone on and won the game. No issue with us conceding again whilst going for it.

I’d stick by my comment we’re not brave enough though. I get Lincoln are setting the traps to counter but we still needed to move the ball forward more and quicker

It’s all for next season now. I think LR has a clear idea and vision of what he wants and it isn’t this team. Let’s see

Bravery comes with success and confidence imo.... football becomes more instinctive the better you do. I think if we can improve the defence, everything else improves, because fewer errors get punished, results are better and everyone can relax more.

A N Other, Williams, Ward, maybe Roberts

Is a lot better than Nyambe, Burns, O'Oconnor, Dorsett

[Hound]

Yes, I think a lot of our issues stem from the lack of pace at the back

Nyambe was decent yesterday though. Would be happy enough if he signed

[Orion1871]

Yes, I think a lot of our issues stem from the lack of pace at the back

Nyambe was decent yesterday though. Would be happy enough if he signed

Just at the back?

[Hound]

Yes, I think a lot of our issues stem from the lack of pace at the back

Nyambe was decent yesterday though. Would be happy enough if he signed

Just at the back?

Well no; all over the pitch. Though we do have some quicker forwards