Blackpool v Ipswich Official Matchday Thread 10.10.20

td53 said:
That's basically a much more readable version of my blog for this one. I wish I'd fallen asleep at HT tbh.
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😀 Haha You are a in my humble opinion a very good writer. I really enjoy your style and i am so glad you enjoy doing it & really hope you continue .
Its hard not to be a little indulgent at times when creating anything tbh.

I dont have the inclination to do a blog, many can do it better tbf, but twitter is perhaps bit too short for me,
Should there be something inbetween maybe?

Perhaps i could invent a whole new internet thingy?

Could i be a Blitter or Twogger 🧐

You heard it here 1st 😂
 
deary said:
😀 Haha You are a in my humble opinion a very good writer. I really enjoy your style and i am so glad you enjoy doing it & really hope you continue .
Its hard not to be a little indulgent at times when creating anything tbh.

I dont have the inclination to do a blog, many can do it better tbf, but twitter is perhaps bit too short for me,
Should there be something inbetween maybe?

Perhaps i could invent a whole new internet thingy?

Could i be a Blitter or Twogger 🧐

You heard it here 1st 😂
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You could do my editing!

I often think when I read them back, 'bloody hell, you could have said that in one line, but you've used 3 paragraphs' but I just don't have time to self edit as I'd like and it seems mental to craft a match blog like a novel when after Sunday, it'll never get read again.

I like twogging as a concept. You may have just hit on the idea that makes you a multi billionaire.
 
Victorsponge said:
So apart from being complicit for 3 of the 4 goals Gabriel had a decent game? Christ your a forgiving soul.
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Thank goodness he was only at fault for 3 goals and not 4......
APART from that a decent game.......
Marks out of ten from me.........ZERO............
The sheriff was at fault for 2 goals and he got launched to Stanley........a better team
 
Think we might be in trouble.
The goalie is too short. The defence is weak. The midfield doesn’t have much vision or battle. The 1 decent winger gets marked out of the game. The forwards don’t have a goal in them. The subs are plain weird. We always have one or more mistake in us. We are are a tippy tappy shot shy outfit.

Might have to revise my top 6 estimate.

And who the feck is picking these players as a part of a targeted strategy? You’d do better with random names on a wall and a game of blindfold darts.
 
td53 said:
That's the problem though. He was genuinely on it going forward, making stuff happen, running directly, trying going cross field, playing decent balls, getting beyond into the box, essentially doing everything Keshi and Ward in particular weren't doing.

And yet he got done three times. Do you credit the lad for doing what others didn't or wish he'd not done it and just sat in at full back. To be fair, another day, Maxwell saves the second, the full back blasts the first over and the control on the last one was divine. He made mistakes but was unlucky to be punished every time.

At least he showed a bit whereas Ward and Keshi just either did the safe thing or nothing.
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I take your point, but if he had done his job as a full back we draw the game 1-1.
 
"Would Alnwick, Heneghan, Spearing and Gnads get into this team ?
It's called a spine i believe, sadly lacking today."

Would have been interesting to see how the team of last season finished and if that would have made a difference to who Critchley brought in and kept.
 
The midfield is badly letting us down - they’re carved open too easily, seemingly shirk tackles and also fail to create, drive forward or even take shots. Ward doesn’t deserve to be on the pitch as he literally offers nothing, and Anderson whilst seemingly being involved everywhere doesn’t win his tackles and more often than not makes the wrong decision when in possession.
Yates playing centrally provides a link to the midfield and invites the wingers inside - Madine however doesn’t do that and the wingers end up isolated. Yates when playing central helps create space for the wingers to operate but is then not available to finish the move - ideally we need the midfield to be pushing forward and supporting the attack much much more allowing Yates to therefore do his job.
Madine may have scored yesterday but I felt his presence made us a worse team. Playing to his strengths is to the detriment of too many others.
The full backs are getting forward but the midfield always seem to end up behind them - Anderson and Ward are always taking backward passes whilst really we need them to offer forward options to help maintain the attack and momentum - only Robson needs to step back to cover the overlap.
I feel the tempo is slowed considerably by Ward and Anderson and when we play at a high tempo we look most dangerous.

For Crewe I’m hoping we have Gretarsson/ Ballard or both in the CB positions, Turton at RB and Garbutt or Mitchell at LB.
Robson plays DM/CM and Anderson and Sarkic play at CM but with the instruction to push much further forward and hopefully a stronger defence may give confidence to do so.
Yates needs to be back in the middle of a front 3 and either Garbutt or Mitchell (whoever’s not at LB) needs to be out on the left wing with CJ on the right.
The whole team really needs a rocket up their backside and hopefully that an just a little luck going our way can turn things around.
I don’t think we’re miles away but yesterday was a step in the wrong direction. Yates on the Left and Madine down the middle doesn’t work - maybe try paying them together centrally and losing a CM if the CM’s aren’t getting involved anyway !
 
LA1 Seasider said:
The midfield is badly letting us down - they’re carved open too easily, seemingly shirk tackles and also fail to create, drive forward or even take shots. Ward doesn’t deserve to be on the pitch as he literally offers nothing, and Anderson whilst seemingly being involved everywhere doesn’t win his tackles and more often than not makes the wrong decision when in possession.
Yates playing centrally provides a link to the midfield and invites the wingers inside - Madine however doesn’t do that and the wingers end up isolated. Yates when playing central helps create space for the wingers to operate but is then not available to finish the move - ideally we need the midfield to be pushing forward and supporting the attack much much more allowing Yates to therefore do his job.
Madine may have scored yesterday but I felt his presence made us a worse team. Playing to his strengths is to the detriment of too many others.
The full backs are getting forward but the midfield always seem to end up behind them - Anderson and Ward are always taking backward passes whilst really we need them to offer forward options to help maintain the attack and momentum - only Robson needs to step back to cover the overlap.
I feel the tempo is slowed considerably by Ward and Anderson and when we play at a high tempo we look most dangerous.

For Crewe I’m hoping we have Gretarsson/ Ballard or both in the CB positions, Turton at RB and Garbutt or Mitchell at LB.
Robson plays DM/CM and Anderson and Sarkic play at CM but with the instruction to push much further forward and hopefully a stronger defence may give confidence to do so.
Yates needs to be back in the middle of a front 3 and either Garbutt or Mitchell (whoever’s not at LB) needs to be out on the left wing with CJ on the right.
The whole team really needs a rocket up their backside and hopefully that an just a little luck going our way can turn things around.
I don’t think we’re miles away but yesterday was a step in the wrong direction. Yates on the Left and Madine down the middle doesn’t work - maybe try paying them together centrally and losing a CM if the CM’s aren’t getting involved anyway !
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I'm sorry, it's just not Madine's fault. I do agree that maybe two up front would work.

Tbh, I'd probably do 5-3-2 and start playing like Dunn had us set up for now. Basically Larryball but balanced and more to feet.

Question would be, where do you play CJ in that though. I don't think he fits unless he plays up front and I think Yates/Madine with regular service could cause problems.

Advantages would be - you release Mitchell and Gabriel from having to defend as much, you can get Yates and Madine in the middle.

Disadvantages - we've got a load of players who wouldn't then fit and some of them are decent.

I dunno, that's probably how I'd set up to get a result at all costs, maybe not how I'd set up if I was thinking about long term projects and that's the perennial friction between a manager who is trying to work long term and fans who want it now.
 
BlackpoolPuma said:
Check Bolton’s results so far. Barely a season with Barrow. If he wasn’t an ex Blackpool player, he wouldn’t even be mentioned.
That’s not to say he isn’t or won’t prove to be a good manager but he has nothing on his CV to say he was or is the outstanding candidate for the job.
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I think aside from the romance, what attracts people to Evo (I wanted him) is the idea you get the football philosophy but you also get a presence who can stand in the dressing room and go toe to toe with people like Madine and so on.

Tbh, he's done almost the opposite of Critch bringing in a load of experience, some of which looks a bit 'get your old mates in' and Bolton are almost in the same place as us, asking the same Q's from the opposite perspective.

Maybe Evo and Critch could do one week on, one week off at either club?
 
td53 said:
I'm sorry, it's just not Madine's fault. I do agree that maybe two up front would work.

Tbh, I'd probably do 5-3-2 and start playing like Dunn had us set up for now. Basically Larryball but balanced and more to feet.

Question would be, where do you play CJ in that though. I don't think he fits unless he plays up front and I think Yates/Madine with regular service could cause problems.

Advantages would be - you release Mitchell and Gabriel from having to defend as much, you can get Yates and Madine in the middle.

Disadvantages - we've got a load of players who wouldn't then fit and some of them are decent.

I dunno, that's probably how I'd set up to get a result at all costs, maybe not how I'd set up if I was thinking about long term projects and that's the perennial friction between a manager who is trying to work long term and fans who want it now.
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I’m not saying it’s his fault - it just simply didn’t work yesterday and I can’t foresee how it will with him (Madine) playing centrally in a front 3. He doesn’t have the work rate to support others nor will he offer a great deal in terms of defending from the front.
He is however a superb target man and others will enjoy playing off his knock downs. Would like him to play in a slightly deeper AM/FW role with Wingers and Yates playing around and off of him. Essentially he’d be a pivot point for the attack. But then you have to sacrifice another position.
 
LA1 Seasider said:
I’m not saying it’s his fault - it just simply didn’t work yesterday and I can’t foresee how it will with him (Madine) playing centrally in a front 3. He doesn’t have the work rate to support others nor will he offer a great deal in terms of defending from the front.
He is however a superb target man and others will enjoy playing off his knock downs. Would like him to play in a slightly deeper AM/FW role with Wingers and Yates playing around and off of him. Essentially he’d be a pivot point for the attack. But then you have to sacrifice another position.
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Yeah, fair enough. I don't think the two AM's we have played (Ward and Keshi) have shone, so why not?
 
We’ve got loads of pace in this team, yet seem incapable of using it correctly. A quick one-two. A defence splitting cross. A ball over the top. Accurate passing in the final third. Shooting on sight. Why have so much pace and attacking threat, if you play 20 passes too many and fanny around until someone loses it? Not playing to our strengths imo, and NC needs to rectify that immediately in training before next week.
 
BlackpoolPuma said:
Check Bolton’s results so far. Barely a season with Barrow. If he wasn’t an ex Blackpool player, he wouldn’t even be mentioned.
That’s not to say he isn’t or won’t prove to be a good manager but he has nothing on his CV to say he was or is the outstanding candidate for the job.
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You don't know what Bolton situation is. I bet he knows what a good centre half looks like.
"look at Bolton's results so far" I'm not talking about Boltons results. I'm talking about Ian Evatt the man, his demeanour, his communication skills, his playing knowledge at all levels of the English Football. He'll get Bolton up.
 
So many questions and not enough answers.
Madine was probably our best player yesterday and while you could see what he gives us, you can also see what he takes away. He probably won more headers in the first ten minutes yesterday than Yates has done in his five games. But he's slow, he's not mobile and this all takes away from the tempo Critchley wants to play at. With Madine in the team, their can be no high press because if one player ain't doing it then it becomes ineffective. So what's the solution?
As I said so many questions but not enough answers..
 
My curiosity lies around who it was who deemed it a good idea to rearrange the game and bring it forwards when (i) there are not going to be fans allowed in to watch anyway and (ii) we had new central defence signings who have barely had time to train with the team and get 'bedded in', and (iii) players like Kai Kai and Virtue unavailable through injury and Husband through suspension. Makes no sense to me at all, someone needs to ask themselves about that decision!!!!
 
kuriousoranj said:
You don't know what Bolton situation is. I bet he knows what a good centre half looks like.
"look at Bolton's results so far" I'm not talking about Boltons results. I'm talking about Ian Evatt the man, his demeanour, his communication skills, his playing knowledge at all levels of the English Football. He'll get Bolton up.
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Ok then. I don’t know what you mean by Bolton’s situation??
I know they’ve recruited well for that league yet they’ve only won 1 game.
I think you might be bigging him up slightly, but he’s not our manager and isn’t going to be in all likelihood so it’s probably not that relevant really.
 
tangerine_neil said:
We’ve got loads of pace in this team, yet seem incapable of using it correctly. A quick one-two. A defence splitting cross. A ball over the top. Accurate passing in the final third. Shooting on sight. Why have so much pace and attacking threat, if you play 20 passes too many and fanny around until someone loses it? Not playing to our strengths imo, and NC needs to rectify that immediately in training before next week.
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I think tangerine_neil hit the nail on the head. 20 passes going forward might look good on the eye, but by then the opposition defence is back in place. We're wasting all our energy in the wrong areas of the pitch chasing round after losing the ball. It's no wonder the energy level goes down in the second half. It's mind boggling trying to galvanise yourselves in the second half when you're 3-0 down at half time. In all five league games, there has been very little cutting moves or defence splitting passes in the final third.
If things don't improve, and very quickly, I fear a relegation when before we started, I was guaranteeing a promotion.
Come on lads, let's get stuck into the bleeders and get a few wins under our belts.
 
tangerine_neil said:
We’ve got loads of pace in this team, yet seem incapable of using it correctly. A quick one-two. A defence splitting cross. A ball over the top. Accurate passing in the final third. Shooting on sight. Why have so much pace and attacking threat, if you play 20 passes too many and fanny around until someone loses it? Not playing to our strengths imo, and NC needs to rectify that immediately in training before next week.
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The only time we use pace is if CJ gets the ball at his feet and decides to use it. Everything else is pass pass pass and then when it hits a front player it’s cut inside and then pass back or turn back and pass back. Meanwhile the opposition can just sit tight wait for a mistake and then whack us on the counter while we are too knackered to actually make a tackle. The whole set up is wrong.
 
tangerine_neil said:
The stats prove it as well.
1st half: 214 passes and not a single shot on goal.
NC needs to sort this in training.
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Yeah thats right but also we had more shots so it proves our shooting is poor. tbh although in general play there was little between the sides we didnt create clear enough chances. But if their lad skyed the 1st and Maxwell hadnt got done at his near post for the 2nd its maybe a different game & result. You can say similar things about the Lincoln result. Ifs & buts dont win games though. Its certainly a disappointing start to to the season.
Pragmatism says We need to cut out the silly errors & be stronger & more solid defensively & hopefully build confidence from there.
 
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