A foo thoughts
1. Best performance for months.
2. That reflects VERY poorly I'm afraid on JHT and how he set us up and went about things (structure, organisation, motivation, the whole shebang).
3. Off the back of that you suspect that par for this team was probably somewhere between 4th and 8th. Not 14th. Serious underperformance.
4. The resilience we showed suggests there's nothing intrinsic about this squad and in particular the defence that was absolutely appalling at defending. Which suggests it was the way we were set up and how we played. Basically we put players in positions where failure was quite likely, and played in patterns that opposition bosses knew were coming and could pick off.
5. Related to that, this seems to be the best balance we have had between attack and defence for a long time. We always carried a threat going forward, but also were able to dig in when required.
6. Jacob Wright looks excellent. Not only his play, but he was running things, telling people where to be. Can only hope he will actually be signed (whisper it, but on this performance he might well be able to do quite a lot better than us...)
7. JW will be pleased and deserves some praise for what he got out of us. Who knows how much this was down to the positive effect of him versus the removal of a serious negative effect from JHT.
8. A really wasted season, that will now cost us 2-4 of our best players in the close season. Which is just bloody annoying. Hopefully we can get the right boss in, persuade a few more to stay that we might think, and reinforce in a few critical places. If (several IFs there) we can do that, then we can compete for playoffs next season.
Posted By: Under soil heating on April 26th 2025 at 17:04:51
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- A foo thoughts (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Apr 26, 17:04:51
- Do you not think it reflects worst on the players? (n/m) (NCFC) - TheGrump, Apr 26, 17:26:14
- Hmmm. Well, they certainly haven’t covered themselves in glory this season. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Apr 26, 17:56:56
- players are players - i doubt we have a bad batch (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 26, 17:30:48
- That's the biggest load of bollocks you've posted on here (NCFC) - TheGrump, Apr 26, 17:35:17
- A few high performers, a lot of mediocrity (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 26, 17:50:47
- So our players are uniquely a bunch of slackers? (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 26, 17:40:56
- That's the biggest load of bollocks you've posted on here (NCFC) - TheGrump, Apr 26, 17:35:17
- all pretty much true ... season's been a bit of a disaster really (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Apr 26, 17:21:13
- Very noticable how quick the defence got rid when under pressure (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 26, 17:20:45
- If 2 is true how confident do you feel in Knapper (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Apr 26, 17:08:34
- Fair point. JHT does look like a bit of a clanger appointment. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Apr 26, 17:14:22
- JHT failure is Knappers failure, we will lose huge assets (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Apr 26, 17:24:15
- Fair point. JHT does look like a bit of a clanger appointment. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Apr 26, 17:14:22
- 1. Agree (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Apr 26, 17:08:03
- Do you not think it reflects worst on the players? (n/m) (NCFC) - TheGrump, Apr 26, 17:26:14
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