10 goals conceded and 1 goal scored in the last 3 league games is of huge concern. Unfortunately I feel we will slip into a relegation battle, we can’t play like that and win games, it was beyond dreadful. Very worrying.
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I could accept it more looking shaky at the back if we looked very good in our attacking play.
I honestly think his ‘bury’ formation really works but if teams sit back, with width, and hit us on the counter we are just so naive with our passing that they pick us off.
Tonight it was the end of Wootton and Canavan. Unfortunately, they will be here until the end of the season and because of this we will endure further nights like tonight.
Lowe has some tough decisions ahead. Stick to his principles with the current players and end or actually admit it doesn’t work.
For an attacking side we aren’t working the opposition goalkeeper enough. The two up front with a back 3 just doesn’t function as a pressing unit as it leaves gapping holes in midfield.
Personally l have a bad feeling he will plough on regardless with the system. However, if you don’t have the players to execute your game plan then in the short term this season could see us with a relegation battle on our hands.
I think that is what frustrates me most about watching Argyle. Going forward we just look clueless, unimaginative and blunt. The second half we put on added pressure but we just slung balls on more in hope than actual thought process behind it.
I honestly think his ‘bury’ formation really works but if teams sit back, with width, and hit us on the counter we are just so naive with our passing that they pick us off.
Tonight it was the end of Wootton and Canavan. Unfortunately, they will be here until the end of the season and because of this we will endure further nights like tonight.
Lowe has some tough decisions ahead. Stick to his principles with the current players and end or actually admit it doesn’t work.
For an attacking side we aren’t working the opposition goalkeeper enough. The two up front with a back 3 just doesn’t function as a pressing unit as it leaves gapping holes in midfield.
Personally l have a bad feeling he will plough on regardless with the system. However, if you don’t have the players to execute your game plan then in the short term this season could see us with a relegation battle on our hands.
I think that is what frustrates me most about watching Argyle. Going forward we just look clueless, unimaginative and blunt. The second half we put on added pressure but we just slung balls on more in hope than actual thought process behind it.
Another lacklustre amble around Home Park. Lowes tactical naivety is really starting to come to the fore now. Telling everyone how we are going to play and saying that we wont change is not confidence or belief in his players or the system, its sheer arrogance. The players he has recruited are not good enough to play how he wants them to play. There is no energy in the middle of the park so he keeps Camara on the bench. A lot of the players are misfiring or cant be bothered so he takes off Edward's who is one of the few players that consistently delivers. He keeps playing Nouble who is not good enough for this league and persists in playing G. Cooper who despite having the ball gently rolling towards him, six yards out and under no pressure sidefoots his shot along the floor for a defender, who was already ducking out of the way, to block it. Fornah is a waste of rations. He doesnt affect the game in anyway. He doesnt break up any opposition attack and certainly doesnt work hard enough to make himself available to take a ball from the back 3. I said a while back that for me this game against Rochdale (an established league 1 side) would serve as a marker for how I think we will fare in league one....imo we are really going to struggle this season.
WoodsyGreen":196le7il said:
Easy thing to say but does RL know what it is.
The Aimson/Opoku and Wotton/Canavan rotation at Fleetwood and now tonight suggests not.
Think our gaffer was happier with the 3 subs ruling was in play.
so easy to beat us at the moment.just run at us,close us down and we make mistakes.any opposing manager will play that way against us.our coaching team need to find lots of new tricks.if teams were awarded points for sideways and backward passes we would be top of the premier league. :facepalm:
my ratings;
Cooper 0, Wootton 0, Canavan 0, Watts 6, Fornah 5, Edwards 9, Grant 0, Reeves 0, G Gooper 0, Nouble 0, Jephcott 8. Subs Moore 2, Hardie 6, Opoku 5, Aimson 1, Camara 3
my ratings;
Cooper 0, Wootton 0, Canavan 0, Watts 6, Fornah 5, Edwards 9, Grant 0, Reeves 0, G Gooper 0, Nouble 0, Jephcott 8. Subs Moore 2, Hardie 6, Opoku 5, Aimson 1, Camara 3
It was off from the first few seconds, they ran through at will straight away.
Was very odd, and eerily reminiscent of a few home midweek games under DA where we never turned up from the first minute. I think Blackpool 0-3 was one?
Was very odd, and eerily reminiscent of a few home midweek games under DA where we never turned up from the first minute. I think Blackpool 0-3 was one?
This was almost like ‘i’ve lost the dressing room’ performance but I don’t believe that’s true for a moment. That’s how it felt though.
League 1 is a strong old league and I think the limitations of our squad are now beginning to show.
We all knew Canavan and Wootton would struggle but I think Lowe was right to give them a chance for what they did last year. It’s just not worked out.
Connor Grant was given one last chance. The free kick was good but that aside he’s never really delivered for us. Just seems to go through the motions every game.
Big Frank - I don’t know what to say. Just a big lump with few attributes. Can’t shoot. Can’t head. Can’t hold the ball up. Poor touch.
Moore - seems a yard slower which is a shame as I’m a big fan. Hardie and Cooper have struggled to make the step up although a goal or two could change Hardies fortunes. I’d stick with him ahead of Nouble.
Lowe’a biggest clanger was not securing Palmers signature.
The rest of the squad are pretty decent and I think we can find a winning formula again. We need a settled side and players shouldn’t fear losing their place for a bad decision because I think half the trouble at the moment is everyone is playing the safe pass to avoid being dropped.
I want Ryan Lowe with us for the long haul and I hope he’s learning as a manager with every game - good or bad.
League 1 is a strong old league and I think the limitations of our squad are now beginning to show.
We all knew Canavan and Wootton would struggle but I think Lowe was right to give them a chance for what they did last year. It’s just not worked out.
Connor Grant was given one last chance. The free kick was good but that aside he’s never really delivered for us. Just seems to go through the motions every game.
Big Frank - I don’t know what to say. Just a big lump with few attributes. Can’t shoot. Can’t head. Can’t hold the ball up. Poor touch.
Moore - seems a yard slower which is a shame as I’m a big fan. Hardie and Cooper have struggled to make the step up although a goal or two could change Hardies fortunes. I’d stick with him ahead of Nouble.
Lowe’a biggest clanger was not securing Palmers signature.
The rest of the squad are pretty decent and I think we can find a winning formula again. We need a settled side and players shouldn’t fear losing their place for a bad decision because I think half the trouble at the moment is everyone is playing the safe pass to avoid being dropped.
I want Ryan Lowe with us for the long haul and I hope he’s learning as a manager with every game - good or bad.
Don't worry 'arry, Lowe's chances of being poached soon by a Championship side have decreased significantly after Fleetwood and tonight.
His apprenticeship will continue at Home Park.
His apprenticeship will continue at Home Park.
something that irritates the life out of me.when we do play the ball sideways it is rarely just in front of the player you passed to and stops any momentum.
Best partner for Jephcott who simply has to play. At least Hardie gets chances to miss. A run of games and these two will score goalsBalham_Green":2r4p43y9 said:
Biggs":23z6ydip said:
The first-half was almost a carbon copy of the Mansfield home game last season. The key difference being that League One sides take their chances.
football-bet-data":1li37l3h said:
I agree. I think the question would be what has Nouble done to stay in the team and sadly the answer would be, nothing
football-bet-data":1sce0k3s said:
Can't see it. I also think there is a role for Frank but not target man. He caused us a lot of probs at Col. U last season out wide.