MCLF Match Blog - Wigan Athletic vs the Mighty

[td53]

High pitched frustration - Wigan Athletic vs the Mighty

There is a certain tension in the air. Cynicism is easier than belief. We're on edge a bit. Critch hasn't done anything mental. It's the sam...

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It's one of them Chizz.

 

[Wizaard]

High pitched frustration - Wigan Athletic vs the Mighty

There is a certain tension in the air. Cynicism is easier than belief. We're on edge a bit. Critch hasn't done anything mental. It's the sam...

mclfoot.blogspot.com

It's one of them Chizz.

It was indeed. I went to the game with, among others, a Leeds fan.

He thought we were slightly better of two poor teams.

Maybe the disappointment of defeat blinds us to the overall pattern of the game, but it doesn't mean we were any good.

 

[cside]

To echo: I also went with a neutral, who assessed: "Two crap teams, one had 5 seconds of luck".

 

[Dave62]

Another very good blog / assessment
To pick up on your "Kaddy was crap but isn't crap" paragraph, I'd agree that he had a poor game yesterday.

This is down to how predictable we have become to play against (just my opinion). Kaddy is very often a joy to watch, but most/all L1 opposition have figured out that he's our main threat, so they crowd him out (possibly why he ends up on the floor a lot). He doesn't tend to get a lot of protection from L1 referees either, but maybe that's just my biased view.

When he has a relatively poor game, we just don't seem to have a plan B (as many have posted already), and why is Morgan the only player who regularly has a shot from outside the box?

It's a bit worrying to hear that future generations of potential fans (the 12 year olds sat near you) already think the football is shite, so we could lose them to a Liverpool or a City/United at an early age.

 

[td53]

Another very good blog / assessment
To pick up on your "Kaddy was crap but isn't crap" paragraph, I'd agree that he had a poor game yesterday.

This is down to how predictable we have become to play against (just my opinion). Kaddy is very often a joy to watch, but most/all L1 opposition have figured out that he's our main threat, so they crowd him out (possibly why he ends up on the floor a lot). He doesn't tend to get a lot of protection from L1 referees either, but maybe that's just my biased view.

When he has a relatively poor game, we just don't seem to have a plan B (as many have posted already), and why is Morgan the only player who regularly has a shot from outside the box?

It's a bit worrying to hear that future generations of potential fans (the 12 year olds sat near you) already think the football is shite, so we could lose them to a Liverpool or a City/United at an early age.

Yes, it's definitely Kaddy or bust.

Which is a shame really because you'd think such a talented player could be utilised in tandem with others very effectively.

I agree we miss Morgan.

 

[Hockaday’s Quiff]

Yes, it's definitely Kaddy or bust.

Which is a shame really because you'd think such a talented player could be utilised in tandem with others very effectively.

I agree we miss Morgan.

On that point though, how does the manager not see he’s not having any success on set pieces and give them someone else during the game itself? It’s as though he won the tournament in training to get assigned. He took every bloody one even though it was as clear as day he was off it. Another example of how Critch cannot move from his ‘formula’ or ‘grid’ him and his dynamic duo have put together.

If Steve Banks hasn’t got a laminate for it - it ain’t happening.

Great blog again btw - love the Orwellian pathos

 

[Mark_GT]

Sums it up perfectly

 

[JJpool]

What are we as a team? We're not the masters of any particular way.

 

[Costero Poderoso]

On that point though, how does the manager not see he’s not having any success on set pieces and give them someone else during the game itself? It’s as though he won the tournament in training to get assigned. He took every bloody one even though it was as clear as day he was off it. Another example of how Critch cannot move from his ‘formula’ or ‘grid’ him and his dynamic duo have put together.

If Steve Banks hasn’t got a laminate for it - it ain’t happening.

Great blog again btw - love the Orwellian pathos

I thought he put in a couple of decent ones, even though he was off. There's was one very typical one to the back post where saint James of husband is usually lurking, but today everyone and I mean everyone ran to the near post, like lemmings chucking themselves of a cliff.
The other thing is who else was there to take them, definitely not Norburn, Byers maybe, coulson (a slightly less reliable left foot), Gabriel was the held back player, but set pieces aren't his game.
The abiding impression I have of this game and others when we've been crap this season is how confused the players seem to be - not knowing when to run or not, not knowing where players are and where they are supposed to be, where the support is if a defender moves forward with ball or the back up is. It's like listening to an orchestra tune up before the concert, you get the odd bit of personal melody coming through from individual players but there is no cohesion.

 

[td53]

I thought he put in a couple of decent ones, even though he was off. There's was one very typical one to the back post where saint James of husband is usually lurking, but today everyone and I mean everyone ran to the near post, like lemmings chucking themselves of a cliff.
The other thing is who else was there to take them, definitely not Norburn, Byers maybe, coulson (a slightly less reliable left foot), Gabriel was the held back player, but set pieces aren't his game.
The abiding impression I have of this game and others when we've been crap this season is how confused the players seem to be - not knowing when to run or not, not knowing where players are and where they are supposed to be, where the support is if a defender moves forward with ball or the back up is. It's like listening to an orchestra tune up before the concert, you get the odd bit of personal melody coming through from individual players but there is no cohesion.

Love that!

 

[td53]

What are we as a team? We're not the masters of any particular way.

We're like a sensible mid range car but unfortunately it's a race, not an exercise in getting excellent mpg.

 

[JJpool]

We're like a sensible mid range car but unfortunately it's a race, not an exercise in getting excellent mpg.

We do have nitrous though and very occasionally can use it, but we also have brakes on the blink, which occasionally completely fail and we crash and burn.

 

[Insider]

We're over complicated when we just need to over simplify.
It's that simple.

 

[thecatintheroof]

Nail on the head. One man team. When Kaddi is shit, the whole team is shit. Stop Kaddi, stop Blackpool.

1: Kaddy was crap. He isn't crap, he's brilliant, but today was his worst display in tangerine and we, therefore, had little to nothing to fall back on. He got the ball, he lost the ball. His set pieces were little islands of hope that were washed away by the sea of reality. That's a long winded and needlessly indulgent way of saying, he hit his corners too long and his free kicks were wild and off target. He can't be perfect every week. I forgive him unreservedly because to blame him would be the most wild act of petulance imaginable and the boy has given us pleasure beyond measure to date.