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SoccerHQ said:
West Brom and Huddersfield were both clean sheets and that was in last 5 games wasn't it? 2 clean sheets out of every 5 games is very good in my book and would mean nearly 20 clean sheets by end of the season. Norwich were top of league when going there aswell so that sort of team will always have a strong scoring threat.

Much more concerning is other end. If Riis isn't up for the game then there is no other reliable scorer in squad now DJ is in exile with no penalties to convert so you simply won't be getting to 40 games and still be in serious contention for play offs with that weakness unless it significantly changes in 10 weeks time.
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West Brom was 6 games ago - we've conceded 10 in the last 5, scored 7.

Defence and attack are both concerns - we can't score from open play, and we've started to concede 2 per game, unless we're playing one of the bottom two.
 
By far the better side but so what🤷🏻‍♂️
They we’re poor yet scored pretty much with their first effort on target.
We deservedly drew level with Riis, who was unplayable getting the ball to his feet, winning the penalty.
After that it’s all us again without creating anything clear cut until they score out of nothing again, pretty much every shot on target they had today went in.
We just never ever look like cutting a team open and creating anything.
They are fucking shite but their fans won’t care.
This one is going to hurt for a long time.

Don’t worry though because we’re getting help in January.

Craig Hemmings, Get the fuck out of this club.
 
Thracia said:
West Brom was 6 games ago - we've conceded 10 in the last 5, scored 7.

Defence and attack are both concerns - we can't score from open play, and we've started to concede 2 per game, unless we're playing one of the bottom two.
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O.k fair enough. I still think it's more lapses than total bad play e.g. Alvaro switching off totally for the free kick and last goal the keeper went up for corner so that's always a risk.

Need to get the unit of Storey-Lindsay-Hughes starting regularly again. I thought Storey was solid for most of the game today tbh so can't be blamed for the loss.
 
SoccerHQ said:
O.k fair enough. I still think it's more lapses than total bad play e.g. Alvaro switching off totally for the free kick and last goal the keeper went up for corner so that's always a risk.

Need to get the unit of Storey-Lindsay-Hughes starting regularly again. I thought Storey was solid for most of the game today tbh so can't be blamed for the loss.
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Storey was definitely our best defender today.

But hoping we can get back to playing every week with the same 3 centre backs who worked early in the season is part of the problem, because we lack strength in depth, so any injury or suspension throws off the whole balance of the defence, as Diaby's introduction today showed.

You can get away with having a large squad that lacks quality, or a small squad with quality in depth - but what you can't get away with is a small squad that also lacks quality in depth. But that's what we've got, because it also happens to be the easiest and cheapest type of squad to assemble.
 
Formation is a problem then. As Bauer is one of the better back up CBs in the league given what he's generally produced for this club since 2019. Loads of clubs below in table would sign him up no problem in January.

However switching to back 4 isn't happening anytime soon so he'll just continue gathering dust on the bench until he leaves given Lowe dosen't rate him in a back 3.
 
SoccerHQ said:
Formation is a problem then. As Bauer is one of the better back up CBs in the league given what he's generally produced for this club since 2019. Loads of clubs below in table would sign him up no problem in January.

However switching to back 4 isn't happening anytime soon so he'll just continue gathering dust on the bench until he leaves given Lowe dosen't rate him in a back 3.
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Bauer is nowhere near the squad because hes inured, if he was fit, im sure he'd be ahead of Diaby in the pecking order and owuld have been on th ebench today
 
A pen and an OG. Thats how I see it. Our play was Ok, nothing special at all. A few moments of quality amongst the usual shit we put together. The ref was average, stopped the flow of the game many times imo. Attack is as blunt as you will see in this division, defence were a mess when Cunningham hobbled off. I said we needed another CB on top of 2 strikers and 2 RWB’s but nobody seemed to agree with me at the time. Well guess what..

Fucking shit show PNE. Inept management and a gutless playing squad devoid of true championship quality.
 
We was the better team but got nowt. Again.

Blackpool where poor and very one dimensional yet very clinical. Four out of five shots on target resulted in goals.

The timing of the second goal was criminal, we had total control of the game at that point. Yet once again garbage in the final 3rd.

The massive problem we have is the quality of our bench in many of these games. We should not be completely falling apart with the subsitution of Greg Cunningham.

Attacking wise, Brady aside there is nothing worth looking for.

It's negligent that we have that selection up top.

As it stands we are on course to only score 16 goals from open play, yet the owners decided we would not invest up top.

We may have played well for 90% of the game but we ended up conceding four to a team who will be around the relegation places.

Ryan reckons that he will be backed in January... we've heard it all before and I'm sick of it.
 
Nutty said:
Is Lowe completely inept in basic tactics? Cunningham goes off so he sticks with the formation? It's pretty obvious he should have gone to a back 4. You don't need to be Pep to understand that.
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Don't necessarily disagree with your point here BTW. Issue is neither of our left sided natural full-backs (AH & GC) were on the pitch & we have no natural right FBs at all.... As such I don't think this is tactical ineptitude per se, more lack of viable personnel. Its fecking frustrating!
 
SoccerHQ said:
O.k fair enough. I still think it's more lapses than total bad play e.g. Alvaro switching off totally for the free kick and last goal the keeper went up for corner so that's always a risk.

Need to get the unit of Storey-Lindsay-Hughes starting regularly again. I thought Storey was solid for most of the game today tbh so can't be blamed for the loss.
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Storey MOM for me
 
The team is now showing why Riddlers very poor (and costly) player recruiting over the past few years is now coming home to roost.

No strength in depth.
No real leader
No scoring forwards (except Riise)
Limited funding

Manager infers that he will get reinforcements in January (which January?) but with Riddlers record and Hemmings limited funding I suspect they will recruit from Division 1 and 2 only

Today the players put on a good show especially in first half, but their limitations were exposed. We will probably " paper over the cracks" next game and get a win which appears to be the norm

I look forward to January and Riddler proving me wrong
 
SoccerHQ said:
Still 10th so by that sole metric he is doing a good job as disappointing as days like today are.

Team/squad isn't good enough for top 6 but it's an incredibly congested championship over a third into the season which suggests it isn't high quality compared to previous years. You just wish those at the club would have a proper go in January but I think we all know how that script will play out.

That's the thing for me. If you gave Lowe two proven championship players in the positions he requests and form remains mediocre then he can't have complaints if he then loses his job (just as likes of Wilder and Bruce have in last month).

Feels like he'll just go with one hand tied behind his back for pretty much his whole tenure here and he'll do better at his next club.

What's worse for me is board saw the impact Archer had from coming in last January and didn't pull out all the stops to make a similar signing in the summer. It's a very easy win to get optimism within fanbase so that remains an unforgivable transfer window.
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We have played more games than any one else so the table doesn’t tell the hole truth.
I think we will be relegated at the end of the season unless some attacking players are bought in January.
Lowe keeps saying the goals will come with the squad we have there is no chance of that happening.
Hemmings & Ridsdale haven’t given RL the backing but i am not sure it would make much difference with RL as manager don’t rate the man .
 
bowlandwhites said:
We have played more games than any one else so the table doesn’t tell the hole truth.
I think we will be relegated at the end of the season unless some attacking players are bought in January.
Lowe keeps saying the goals will come with the squad we have there is no chance of that happening.
Hemmings & Ridsdale haven’t given RL the backing but i am not sure it would make much difference with RL as manager don’t rate the man .
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If he had been given the backing and you were proved to be correct he would deserve to be sacked. At the moment he is keeping a very average squad in mid table. That could obviously change quickly if we continue to leak soft goals.
 
bowlandwhites said:
We have played more games than any one else so the table doesn’t tell the hole truth.
I think we will be relegated at the end of the season unless some attacking players are bought in January.
Lowe keeps saying the goals will come with the squad we have there is no chance of that happening.
Hemmings & Ridsdale haven’t given RL the backing but i am not sure it would make much difference with RL also will come with themanager don’t rate the man .
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Lowe keeps saying that goals will come with the squad we have, music ti Hemmings and Ridsdales ears
 
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