25-09-2025, 18:30
(This post was last modified: 25-09-2025, 19:07 by theo_luddite.)
Er, we didn't exactly put the 1st choice 11 out Devon. We put the Cup 11 out, the EFL Cup is not something we are ever going to win given the division we are in and we were happy to get as far as we did, though we might have fancied our chances if we'd drawn Swansea in this round rather than them getting them in the next round. Unlike most League Two clubs we don't have to play our best 11 in every game when we've another far bigger priority.
Yes I get what you are saying but you aren't looking at the big picture based on what you saw last night. 7 or 8 changes from the weekend might have been a clue and just how much ambition can you have with 20% possession? They only played about 180+ backwards and sideways passes last night for all their possession. Where was their ambition? They had all the bloody ball not us. Even with our "best 11" on the pitch we'd maybe have had 30% possession. Like some Town fans, you'd have been happy for us to get twatted 0-5 by going all out gung bloody ho. That does a helluva lot for morale. If you were talking Town v Bradford or even Burton last week I'll buy that criticism as fair, but sorry you can't relentlessly attack a side when they have 80% possession and overall, no matter how you look at it, they have better players all over the pitch, with maybe one or two exceptions.
Why do you think we occassionally pick up a few of their cast-off's given they mop up every decent kid for miles around the north of England, including Chesterfield and beyond, for their academy, from when they can walk let alone kick a ball? They have kids training camps all over the place, which you won't see where you live. Sorry but I'm not in the mood to take criticism for the way played or the side we picked last night. The League is fair game, which is where we are. I very much doubt your lot would have faired any better with your first 11 on the pitch last night, even though I've not seen you play this season.
Yes I get what you are saying but you aren't looking at the big picture based on what you saw last night. 7 or 8 changes from the weekend might have been a clue and just how much ambition can you have with 20% possession? They only played about 180+ backwards and sideways passes last night for all their possession. Where was their ambition? They had all the bloody ball not us. Even with our "best 11" on the pitch we'd maybe have had 30% possession. Like some Town fans, you'd have been happy for us to get twatted 0-5 by going all out gung bloody ho. That does a helluva lot for morale. If you were talking Town v Bradford or even Burton last week I'll buy that criticism as fair, but sorry you can't relentlessly attack a side when they have 80% possession and overall, no matter how you look at it, they have better players all over the pitch, with maybe one or two exceptions.
Why do you think we occassionally pick up a few of their cast-off's given they mop up every decent kid for miles around the north of England, including Chesterfield and beyond, for their academy, from when they can walk let alone kick a ball? They have kids training camps all over the place, which you won't see where you live. Sorry but I'm not in the mood to take criticism for the way played or the side we picked last night. The League is fair game, which is where we are. I very much doubt your lot would have faired any better with your first 11 on the pitch last night, even though I've not seen you play this season.
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