Exactly this for me! It's no coincidence that Whittakers form has dropped with the departure of Scheuy. He's turned into a 1 trick pony, always coming inside to left foot. He needs to game and go on the outside of players.
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At 2-0 there is no way back for this team at the moment. It was summed up 10 minutes from the end when we had possession with 6 outfield players against there one in our half.
I think we have good league one players but very few championship ones. Even Whittaker is starting to look out of place.The sooner this season is over the better.
Refusal to acknowledge the limitations of our players.
Foster may of destroyed dressing room morale. He didn't destroy the ability of many of these players.
What on earth were some of you expecting? To turn Jordan Houghton into a championship midfielder. To make Dan Scarr a yard quicker in body & mind so he isn't a league one defender.
Last week we beat Leicester playing almost 6 across the back and holding on for dear life. Within the win, people still can't see our limitations so end up getting annoyed at witnessing games like we seen today.
The players are putting in the effort. It's their lack of ability at this level that is being found out. That second half was the level of our current team. They tried. They just can't engage their footballing brains with their technical ability.
How can you honestly be disappointed if you believed Argyle will finish around 20th this season? And that's where l struggle with the reaction of some because if we didn't have a bottom two budget l would say it's fine to be angry & disappointed. But we do, and we have been playing like we do in many matches this season.
For me, lm more frustrated not with losing the game but losing our footballing idenity. We aren't an attacking side because we don't create many chances. Let alone look like scoring goals. And when we did look like scoring under Schumacher, we give the oppostion the freedom of HP to hurt us.
Last season was great. This season was one step too many for a number of those players. Yet, that was our budget and that is where we are as a club.
The fact is we can survive. We might not. Yet l believe those players have given everything. People rather call them bottle jobs today instead of face the fact they have limited abilities.
Foster may of destroyed dressing room morale. He didn't destroy the ability of many of these players.
What on earth were some of you expecting? To turn Jordan Houghton into a championship midfielder. To make Dan Scarr a yard quicker in body & mind so he isn't a league one defender.
Last week we beat Leicester playing almost 6 across the back and holding on for dear life. Within the win, people still can't see our limitations so end up getting annoyed at witnessing games like we seen today.
The players are putting in the effort. It's their lack of ability at this level that is being found out. That second half was the level of our current team. They tried. They just can't engage their footballing brains with their technical ability.
How can you honestly be disappointed if you believed Argyle will finish around 20th this season? And that's where l struggle with the reaction of some because if we didn't have a bottom two budget l would say it's fine to be angry & disappointed. But we do, and we have been playing like we do in many matches this season.
For me, lm more frustrated not with losing the game but losing our footballing idenity. We aren't an attacking side because we don't create many chances. Let alone look like scoring goals. And when we did look like scoring under Schumacher, we give the oppostion the freedom of HP to hurt us.
Last season was great. This season was one step too many for a number of those players. Yet, that was our budget and that is where we are as a club.
The fact is we can survive. We might not. Yet l believe those players have given everything. People rather call them bottle jobs today instead of face the fact they have limited abilities.
How Whittaker wasn’t substituted I will never know. Hardie huffed and puffed but without help chasing lost causes. Stoke played like we did for the 1st half of the season. Attacking with pace and causing us problems all over. Bad day at the races for us.
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We just don’t do anything specifically good.
We’re average with a moment of something a little more but generally we are still a league 1 team or players.
It’s not a quick fix and i can see how/why the right loan players are so important. Cundle and Azaz are clearly the difference.
Big decisions for the club post season. Key to this is investment.
I can stomach a defeat. I can’t ever stomach a lack of effort and fight.
We’re average with a moment of something a little more but generally we are still a league 1 team or players.
It’s not a quick fix and i can see how/why the right loan players are so important. Cundle and Azaz are clearly the difference.
Big decisions for the club post season. Key to this is investment.
I can stomach a defeat. I can’t ever stomach a lack of effort and fight.
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Stoke well & truly roughed us up
The way they went about dismantling us was relentless
We had no idea, no clue
We needed a reinforcer to steady the ship - we don't have that type of player in the ranks
The game totally passed us by as soon as they went 1 nil up
Stoke well & truly roughed us up
The way they went about dismantling us was relentless
We had no idea, no clue
We needed a reinforcer to steady the ship - we don't have that type of player in the ranks
The game totally passed us by as soon as they went 1 nil up
Because the only way you can play him at this level is by protecting him with two CB's alongside him. Even Schmacher realised this when playing a back four because he started to drop him.
What the hell did he do wrong today?! You realise it was Galloway not closing down the second scorer? Whitaker's abysmal lack of effort? No, point the finger at Scarr because that's easy because he was a lower league player. So f-ing predictable
Agreed. We looked a League 1 team. Because we have too many League 1 players. Not for the first time recently. Will be lucky if we beat the drop. Need major surgery in the Summer if we do stay up. And how anyone in their right mind would offer 25m for Whittaker on that and recent performances I have no idea.
You obviously missed the second half then, where if he wasn't for some Galloway blocks, they were in behind him numerous times.
An example of how poor he was today. There was a moment Scarr incepted the ball away from Cooper in second Half. Instead of clearing the ball out he losses control of the ball & gives it to Ennis just outside the corner of the six yard box, who shoots accross goal.
Look at Galloway's performance. Then compare his.
I've already said its the worst lve seen Randell play for some time.
So easy isn't it? Scarr was a lower league footballer so point the finger. The second goal is categorically a poor attempt by Galloway to block, who also allowed a player to come at him and at him until the player had the freedom to hit the bar first half, but no... Scarr....mention him.
Absolute rubbish.
If only Whitaker had 10% of Scarr's commitment..but you don't mention MW's woeful lack of effort today... Nah have a pop at Scarr the less glamorous player.
