What's changed is - we have found goals and with O'Nien back, some much needed energy in midfield. I think we have scored 2 or more in our last five games and we have always had a fairly mean and consistent defence. PCH when playing has added some much needed skill and pace also. Young Kashket is also the small, pacey type. It's not always been pretty though. Last weekend at Cambridge was hard to watch as we seemed to just sit back after our first goal. It was then a very sweet smash and grab at the end! Sadly missed yesterday and sounds like we played some good stuff. Think our position may flatter us a bit. Most importantly though, it takes us away from that danger zone, where we lurked for most of the first three months of the season
Really good game yesterday by far the best I've seen for a long while at least a year I missed the Crewe game we moved the ball around well and mixed it up only going long occasionally in the second half they changed their formation to deal with our dominance of the game but after 15 mins we were on top again and we were always going to win the game it was just by how much Luke is quality in midfield and Blooms is playing some of best ever football and with Scotty Kashket or Paris we have pace, skill and goals happy days
One thing I forgot to say about the game yesterday is special praise for the ref James Adcock don't know what he did wrong to get a L2 game but he had a great game
I read that somewhere else Guy. Also I understand the linesmen played there part as well. Makes a change but great to hear
Terrible hangover mate, so was sat talking to the great white telephone for a good few minutes at 5.30am!!! Never again!
I'm guessing Ainsworth doesn't have to get sacked now then..............oh you fickle supporters you.
That was the vocal minority speaking Greeny. Certainly never crossed my mind. We knew he was having to make the best of a far from full complement of players. When you have a key midfielder (O'Nien) and a pacey winger (Cowan Hall) plus other key players out, one has to be more understanding than those fickle supporters who want wins and pretty football all the time. You just can't do it but some can't comprehend that. It's the same problem at all levels; from my grandson's U12 team to the Premier League.
You would think that by now people would have sussed out this wonderful league 2 wouldn't you. There are quite a few teams in this league that are in their natural environment. I don't mean that in any patronising way either I'm merely being realistic given their resources. It wouldn't matter which manager you had in charge. You may get to league one for a season or two but the resources wouldn't get any better and eventually the struggle would start. Just occasionally, Yeovil being the example, one team goes on a charge and actually makes it to the Championship. But, it's simply not sustainable as Yeovil proved and back you come again only to start the whole cycle again as if you have never been anywhere. The trouble is the supporters who went on the ride expect you to just wave a wand and do it all over again. The only other way to get up there and have a chance of staying is by finding a benefactor somewhere. Not that many about down in the lower realms. Teams go on little runs as much as they go on little slumps. It's the way of things. You only have to look at Accrington as an example of a team who couldn't hold onto the ride last season. Terrible gates and no money from elsewhere. They hit a purple patch and most thought they would go up automatically at one point. Didn't even make it to the play off final in the end. As for the standard of football I think it has improved in this league over time. Not dramatically but it is a bit more pleasing on the eye at times. I have seen several very good passing sides this season and it isn't the lump ball game it once was. Some games the officials ruin and some games none of the players could kick a ball where they were aiming to save their lives. I've seen some premiership games like that so it isn't that different for some teams up there. Every league has a set of teams that will vie for the top and a load of others that will fight the relegation battle. It isn't often a team comes from nowhere and shocks everyone like Leicester did last season. If you look all over Europe the leagues are much the same there. People need to get real and accept where their team comes in the natural pecking order and then rejoice when they put one up the "expected" teams. It's why we love the FA Cup for example isn't it. We get a chance to bloody the nose of a so called Giant. When it happens we dine out on it for years after. It's what makes us come back for more and it's our equivalent of winning the Champion's League. Besides, I think it's boring if you know pretty much where you are going to finish every season. Who'd want to be an Arsenal fan for christ sake.
As people on here know I work with two Pompey season ticket holders one of them was telling me he sent a text in to a phone in in Pompey about the same thing there supporters have to realise they are league 2 side then only advantage they have is money. It is the clubs like Accrington & us where the real challanges are.
