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Ryan Lowes interview.

Ryan Lowes interview.

simo said:
Aye, obviously you look at your own team first but a lot of fans need to at least acknowledge the presence of another team on the pitch. Not every defeat or goal conceded is because we are awful (and of course the opposite also applies).

In our case Lindsay's strength is not turning or accelerating but, so far this season, he's shown he can be calm and composed, positionally sound and a good and brave tackler and blocker. Obviously you set up to avoid exposing his weaknesses too much and opponents will try and work them. That's what happened last night but because of our well organised defending as a team we won the game.

Hopefully a bit more can be done going forward (with better finishing and / or a bit more luck could easily have been 3 up last night before WBA even turned up) so we can talk about that instead.
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Lindsay has been off the chart good this season. I have so much faith in him. Fantastic to see. What a bargain.
 
He did get the substitution’s right last night but for me about 15 minutes late on each one. Browne Brady and Maguire were all flagging well before being substituted. we defended well but gave the ball away far to easily in the second half . I just wish at times our players would play one touch football instead of receiving the ball taking a touch then looking up before playing a pass mostly sideways.
When we play quickly we look far better and create more space and chances , I know we can’t play that way all game but we definitely need to do it more often .
 
simo said:
Yep, he needs to live, breathe and kick every ball like he really means it.

And then he needs to get off the players cases so he doesn't disrupt their fragile confidence.

And never never never never celebrate a win.

And show passion and connect with the crowd.
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You can level a lot of things at Lowe without a doubt but for my money he has absolutely shown passion & connected with the crowd.

TBH I can't be doing with all the cheerleading at the end but that's just me.
 
SoccerHQ said:
Yeah Gally was saying something to him and he wasn't really listening or taking it in, think he was just desperate for that first home win and at other times he was up barking at whoever was closest to him on the left.
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I'm still quite mixed on Lowe but think to state this like it's fact is a bit unfair. Does he need to be gazing lovingly into Gally's eyes to look like he's listening to him? I agree with the desperation part, getting nervous & fidgety as the game was going into the final stages, but surely that explains why he was struggling with eye contact or looking engaged.
 
Sometimes you can’t win.
Frankie got slated for saying ‘wee’ a lot.
Neil got slated for being to miserable and slating the players in public.
Lowe gets slated for being too happy and trying to talk up the player rather than saying ‘yeah ched evans he is shit.’

It’s like managers can’t win.

I kid you not I remember a few years ago a fan slated Alex Neil for kicking a bottle and shouting at fisher because he didn’t track back. Suggesting he was a bully. Some fans are thick as fuck.
 
RibbletonWhite2.0 said:
Sometimes you can’t win.
Frankie got slated for saying ‘wee’ a lot.
Neil got slated for being to miserable and slating the players in public.
Lowe gets slated for being too happy and trying to talk up the player rather than saying ‘yeah ched evans he is shit.’

It’s like managers can’t win.

I kid you not I remember a few years ago a fan slated Alex Neil for kicking a bottle and shouting at fisher because he didn’t track back. Suggesting he was a bully. Some fans are thick as fuck.
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Fisher was good though 😸
 
He could have been sat there for a spliff for all I care, we won the bloody game. He was facing the pitch so who cares.

For the record he jumping up and down all game, especially mad when trying to get Potts on the pitch for Browne.
 
There was certainly some pressure on last night, Ridsdale was out of his seat many times berating the sloppy passing. One moment when Riis and Maguire messed up he stamped his feet like a petulant child. Funny but can't doubt his passion
 
tcinders said:
There was certainly some pressure on last night, Ridsdale was out of his seat many times berating the sloppy passing. One moment when Riis and Maguire messed up he stamped his feet like a petulant child. Funny but can't doubt his passion
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He always does that. Shouts at the players regularly too
 
JJ_PNE said:
He could have been sat there for a spliff for all I care, we won the bloody game. He was facing the pitch so who cares.

For the record he jumping up and down all game, especially mad when trying to get Potts on the pitch for Browne.
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Yeah, massive Cuban Cigar on with a large Whisky and facing the wrong way. 3 points. Couldn’t care less. Agreed!!
 
BPIG - GBNF said:
Whenever I looked over he was almost on the pitch screaming at Riis to keep chasing. Didn’t sit him sat in the dugout at all.
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I watched on Sky (have a season ticket but just couldn't be arsed attending last night because I'm a shit fan).

It was very noticeable that Marsh was shouting and bellowing instructions and encouragement to all players from the touchline, you could hear him throughout the game on the TV audio.

We shouldn't underestimate his influence and role within the coaching team. He's of great benefit to the club.
 
Arabella said:
I'm still quite mixed on Lowe but think to state this like it's fact is a bit unfair. Does he need to be gazing lovingly into Gally's eyes to look like he's listening to him? I agree with the desperation part, getting nervous & fidgety as the game was going into the final stages, but surely that explains why he was struggling with eye contact or looking engaged.
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It wasn't meant as a criticism. Him and Gally been working together for nearly a year so sure there's no problem between the two but sometimes when you're nervous or hyper focused you can zone out of what people around you are saying so think that was just RL at that point.
 
FANofALLfooty said:
The thing is you can only work with what you have.

Imagine a joiner went to a job without the tools needed and his company weren't willing to buy any..so he had to use the butt end of a chisel instead of an hammer and a Philips screw driver instead of a cordless drill....Ryan is in exactly the same scenario he can only use and make most of what he has.
Fans wanted mcann to play more regularly which he is, they wanted riis back in the team which he has played a lot more recently, they wanted brady and alvaro to be in the same team at the same time which they are....some fans can never be pleased.
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Said joiner wouldn’t have promised he was going to create an attacking brand of craftsmanship before seeing the tools would he?
 
RibbletonWhite2.0 said:
Sometimes you can’t win.
Frankie got slated for saying ‘wee’ a lot.
Neil got slated for being to miserable and slating the players in public.
Lowe gets slated for being too happy and trying to up the player rather than saying ‘yeah ched evans he is shit.’

It’s like managers can’t win.

I kid you not I remember a few years ago a fan slated Alex Neil for kicking a bottle and shouting at fisher because he didn’t track back. Suggesting he was a bully. Some fans are thick as fuck.
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Did you go on you fanny 😆
See your lad top goal scorer 21/22 and now this season won the game
 
Thracia said:
And that's exactly what we do - we build the team to minimise Lindsay's exposure, rather than building it around an attacking focal point.

This makes the defence formidable, but it weakens our attacking threat, because we're content to surrender possession for long spells, play with a deep back 5, allow Whiteman to act as a 4th centre back, etc.

But with the personnel we have available, this is probably the best we can expect while remaining "competitive".
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Probably fair. Although it pisses me off seeing our two centre forwards doing doggies all game chasing their full backs. Means we have no outball when we win the ball back, and that we have no threat on the break at all.
 
SoccerHQ said:
It wasn't meant as a criticism. Him and Gally been working together for nearly a year so sure there's no problem between the two but sometimes when you're nervous or hyper focused you can zone out of what people around you are saying so think that was just RL at that point.
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With regards to Gally, our free kicks and corners are so poor with no routines set up whatsoever - this needs addressing for me.
 
SoccerHQ said:
It wasn't meant as a criticism. Him and Gally been working together for nearly a year so sure there's no problem between the two but sometimes when you're nervous or hyper focused you can zone out of what people around you are saying so think that was just RL at that point.
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Yeah I do see that now 😅 think I just first read it as you saying he was completely ignoring him on purpose, but seems like we're pretty much in agreement anyway!

I know there was a lot of pressure to get that first home win (well, just any win right now), but if he was like that Wednesday night imagine how he'd be if we find ourselves on the final game of the season needing a win to guarantee safety & have the lead with half an hour to go. I would say a win to guarantee a play-off spot, but you know...
 
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