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Post by John Anderson on Jan 10, 2019 11:42:37 GMT
Whilst I agree with most of your comments John not sure being unlucky is one I do. Yes you lost a couple of players to injury and yes that was unfortunate but it is also part and parcel of the game; it happens. The biggest problem as to why you are getting so many injuries is the players have too demanding a schedule atm having a backlog of games. Players are not getting any recovery time between games to allow their bodies to refresh! No real argument from me if you replace unlucky with unusual then we agree. As for the backlog, based on the weather and games cancelled, only one could blamed on our pitch. Of course good runs in both FA Cup and FA Trophy contributed to the backlog too but it is what it is. Quite and in those goalmouth scrambles anything can happen. With the number of shots we should have scored at least one but that is football. As for Hutch, we all know he is capable of a performance like that we have often seen it two years ago or more. Sadly it only emphasised how far performance had dropped off from the second half of 2016/2017 season. don’t get to attend as many matches as I would like these days due to other commitments but one thing I did notice last night was how poor the final ball and finishing was. The second half in particular was ridiculously one sided with Dorch barely getting out of their own half barring the odd counter attack. Poole should have won comfortably as they created enough chances but the finishing was shocking. Yes Nick had a blinder, yes their defence chucked themselves at everything but how many shots did you put wide or over the bar when, with a little more composure, they should of buried. Down to a lack of confidence? Probably. Down to fatigue? Definately. With matches coming thick and fast, sadly, I fear it could be a tough run in. Sadly I think it is more down to confidence and the lack of confidence leads to fatigue. We need a good run and we need to get behind the lads. It is a two way street but the support away from home is much better, and in general the lads respond. The atmosphere at Tatnam was poor against Dorchester and this clearly had an effect. I know there will be those that say they pay their money......... Anyway finally just to show no sour grapes, Dorchester were well organised and stuck to their game plan. It does not matter whether they deserved it or not as it is goals that count. They won, end of.
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Post by expat on Jan 10, 2019 14:48:26 GMT
Was it president Truman who had that famous sign on his desk "The Buck stops here" With all due respect we are once again hearing the same lines as we heard last season. The warning signs are there and we as fans expect the BOD not to ignore them. Attendances are falling.Interest is waning. I do not think that at this moment in time PTFC are where the majority of supporters would hope and expect them to be and so yes, as in any organisation those at the top are held responsible.
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Post by Stato on Jan 10, 2019 17:15:23 GMT
“The atmosphere at Tatnam was poor against Dorchester and this clearly had an effect. I know there will be those that say they pay their money.........”
In all honesty I think the segregation was largely to blame for that. It stops the banter being passed back and forth between both groups of fans and also you loose the atmosphere you get behind the goals as you could only get behind the opposing keeper for one half of the game rather than both.
I actually stood in the Dorchester end as I wanted to be with the family of Brennan Camp that travelled down to watch him as they are good friends. As a result the game, as a spectacle, was dire to watch in the second half as all the action was in the Dorch half and being an evening match it was hard to really see what was going on. You couldn’t move to watch that action and was penned in like animals! Even the stewards were extremely apologetic and embarrassed by the whole farce put in force by the police. It was a joke especially as we saw no police presence whatsoever.
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Post by grandad on Jan 10, 2019 17:46:24 GMT
According to tonight's echo T.K believes we played well against Gosport and Dorchester and were unlucky not to win. If that is genuinely his belief then it really is time for him to go. We were not unlucky we were incapable and impotent. Yet again, as in other recent games we had too many players performing well below their true potential. There was plenty of endeavour but very little skill from our team. Yes we were on top in both of these game but let's stay realistic, even though the quality of the opposition was very poor, we did not have the cutting edge to turn them over and our defensive frailties were laid bare for all to see. Our style of attacking play is very predictable and inflexible, so it does not take opponents long to work out how to counter it. That is why we struggle to score. Against Dorchester, T.K. again selected players to play out of position, why? Smeets is a perfect example. With a weakened defence, T.K.again played him, a proven defender, in midfield whilst putting Griff who is best in a wide attacking role, at full back. Is it any wonder we keep giving soft goals away. Playing well and getting beaten by better teams is no problem or disgrace and supporters will accept it and keep turning up, but watching them repeatedly failing to perform to their potential and being beaten by inferior teams will only drive supporters away. What we currently have on and off the pitch is obviously not having the required effect and it is time to change things and give something else a try. It surely can't get much worse.
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Post by Stato on Jan 10, 2019 20:24:52 GMT
Reading through various posts and I see members of the Club waxing lyrical about our Development team and what great potential some of them have and the quality of football they play under the guidance of Mr Herrington. If the board are so impressed with them, is it not time perhaps that we give youth a chance if they are so highly rated especially with the injuries and amount of games left to play. Surely this would ease the pressure on players and give them time to recover properly. Might surprise a few if they are as good as suggested, after all, if you’re good enough, you’re old enough! Food for thought maybe?
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Post by bearwoodbob on Jan 10, 2019 20:51:08 GMT
Grandad any more posts like the one above will see you bound for the Tower. To float any suggestion that Killick ought to go gives you a two game ban !!!!!! Keep your head down or you will be joining EXPAT in exile.
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Post by scorpio on Jan 10, 2019 22:29:02 GMT
With regards to the segregation for the Dorchester and Salisbury games, it would be interesting to know from where and whom the decision came. I cannot recall any instances of serious crowd trouble in the recent past that might have prompted this decision. The majority of both sets of supporters were predominately middle aged and if anything was going to provoke them it would be some anonymous body or individual casting doubt on their ability to behave themselves.
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Post by expat on Jan 11, 2019 5:04:54 GMT
Grandad any more posts like the one above will see you bound for the Tower. To float any suggestion that Killick ought to go gives you a two game ban !!!!!! Keep your head down or you will be joining EXPAT in exile. I think the most telling commentary on the whole situation is Peter Leppington's match appraisal. Over the past few seasons his reports have been very fair to both PTFC and opposition.....and his summing up on this one must give all Dolphins fans some serious(sober??) thought.
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Post by wallyred on Jan 11, 2019 8:42:33 GMT
the sailsbury (apart from the last 20 mins ) , gosport , dorch games were very poor not good enoungh. 1. dont like the fact we only play 1 up.front . we are home team we should looking to get goals from the get go. also constable is being islolated up top but also feel is very lethaficic in games should be working lot harder running the channels etc. 2. players are just lumping ball forward half the time not looking were it is going . 3. lack of movement when possion we dont make movement each easy to pick and mark . 4. no comunication between the players . 5. lack of leaders on the pitch 6. players try to go alone and not playing as a team 7. i dont feel the players are giving 100% which all i ask and very hard to take . i feel unless the points change we will be luck to stay up
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Post by happyhammer on Jan 11, 2019 9:14:02 GMT
Intresting comments Wallyred.But according to TK and the managment we have been very unlucky they say we have been controlling games but its our finishing which has let us down.One thing i will say on our playing syle is that untill our back four(centre backs)in perticular start to push up another 12/15 meters when the ball leaves our keepers hand then we will continue to isolate the midfield who in turn isolate the foreward line.At present our back four play to far of the midfield all ways playing to deep allowing pressure.To me as a ex Manager very basic.But as said many times we can all be managers.
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Post by DorsetDolphin on Jan 11, 2019 18:36:10 GMT
I see we have signed someone from bournemouth he should bring a hell of a lot of experience as he is apart of the under 212’s squad according to the article 😂😂
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Post by conferenceorbust on Jan 11, 2019 18:40:23 GMT
I see we have signed someone from bournemouth he should bring a hell of a lot of experience as he apart of the under 212’s squad according to the article 😂😂 He’ll probably be left on the bench and then go to another Dorset club and play blinders. Same old story.
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Post by Stato on Jan 11, 2019 19:07:01 GMT
James Boote. Interesting.
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Post by Stato on Jan 11, 2019 21:51:17 GMT
I am surprised you see it like that pooletownsnr as I assumed we had some good young talent coming through the system that would be the future of the club and it wouldn’t be too long before we started seeing them regularly in the first team. I assumed the run outs in the cup games were firstly to ease the pressure on current first team players and secondly to ‘blood’ the youngsters to give them valuable game time and experience. Surely it would make sense to bring through the assets we have rather than keep loaning or signing other clubs rejects? I also understood the club have their own academy, formed when Callum Brooks was with us, with the sole aim of producing the next generation of first team players. With this kind of investment I find it difficult to understand, as you have posted, that the club has little intention in taking this talent to the next level! Although I have never had the pleasure of watching the reserves play, reports suggest we may have one or two gems coming through. I can even remember reading in one of our match programmes a while back that one of the lads, it may have been Mr Herrington’s son if my memory serves me correct, had had trials with the likes of Chelsea, Southampton and Reading. Surely this level of potential should not go to waste so I can only hope your opinion is way off the mark pooletownsnr as, if we are to get back our NLS status, we need talent such as this to take the club forward.
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