We’re absolutely fucking getting there

[Gascoigne's Flute 258]

1 minute ago, The No.9 said:

Can't agree at all tbh we're so funking slow and can't miss a man out in build up we had the wide switch all day long tonight and didn't hit it once, the amount of times we continue to do a slow pass behind the guy where they have to check back and get pressed back to the keeper is unbelievable and on the other end we barely pressed as a unit yet again.

We have barely any width and both full backs are clearly a but slower these days as you naturally do get.

Still send in a lot of high aimless crosses and don't have a big CF like Hateley to hammer any of them home.

Still slack at the back and while we created more tonight it still felt like it wasn't enough that team were so open at times yet the only players in our entire squad who knew how to expose a gap were the fucking CBs!

Believe it or not I'm happy we won lol but the tie should be over and done with and truth be told I'm still a bit worried just domestically again we still look off their pace.

In an ideal world we get another couple defenders and maybe at least a winger? Before the window ends I still feel we didn't get the striker we needed but we won't be doing any more on that front.

Couldn't agree more with our overall play. Think most are just trying to find any positives and hoping the new signings just need some time cause if Beale has fucked this it could be a disaster this season

[King Jela 20,371]

Must have been watching a different game tbh.

Excellent first 15-20 minutes but after that both teams settled down and we both got into our shape it became a hard game.

Better play at times and their keeper did save them twice, but think it'll be a very tough game next week and they are shite. 

[BigBearButt 3,655]

We have a long long way to go but it wasn't all doom and gloom tonight. Outside of the crap penalty we gave away we looked extremely comfortable.

Need to hope we see continual improvement each week 

[LaudrupsPatrickBoots 13,510]

Started well and looked like we were going to blow them away. The Lammers miss and them getting back into it with their penalty killed our momentum and it was back to the same turgid shite after that. Either struggling to put a decent move together or completely overplaying it to the point it looked like we were scared to shoot.

The new attackers will come good though. They just need time to get used each other as well as settling into the club. 

[SonicWill 804]

It’s going to be a process getting the performances right. 
 

We should have been out of sight at 3-0 tonight and then who knows, maybe the confidence is flowing and we get another couple. 
 

As it stands the tie is still very much alive and the second half wasn’t good. 
 

From the USG game one year ago today only three of the fifteen players that were involved in that match were on the pitch today, and they were all in the back four. 
 

We've undergone a huge change in personnel in the forward half of the pitch and it takes time to build chemistry. 
 

I’ll keep backing the team and manager and I trust them collectively to improve the performances over time. The main thing at the moment is picking up results. 

[bluenoz 30,939]

We are 90 minutes away from 5M.

Some of our one-touch football and energetic press was nice, but not always.

[theiconicman 2,992]

Just now, bluenoz said:

We are 90 minutes away from 5M.

Some of our one-touch football and energetic press was nice, but not always.

We seem allergic to playing into the box and/or shooting.

[Bristoe1872 2,563]

1 hour ago, Essandoh said:

Batter Livingston and build again.

We won't batter Livingston i can see it being a repition of the shite i have grown accustomed to. Go one up,miss multiple chances,suffer several heart attacks late on whenever Livi get a corner a free kick or a throw in near our box,then eventually kill the game with a late second. We don't look capable of battering a fish to bung in a supper.

[Jamie0202 12,364]

Stayed off the forum and match thread most of the night and only really catching up. Can't actually believe the negativity on here and that's saying something as the negative voices have been becoming more prominent over the last year or so.

Completely agree with the thread title. We could have and should have been out of sight in the first half but I can only say that because we actually created chances tonight. Several in fact and that will only get better as the players develop more of an understanding with each other.

Defensively on the whole we looked pretty solid for the second game in a row with only another freak individual mistake resulting in the opposition scoring.

Plenty of positives for me. Only disappointment is that the final score wasn't more because our play deserved at least a 2 goal lead.

Final note to put off anyone who is considering liking this post. Borna was excellent again tonight. Great cross for the goal and created several more chances. We should probably have been feeding him the ball more as he made several decent runs, finding himself in acres of space out on the left. Looked to have some confidence as well tonight, even doing a step over to get a yard of space to squeeze in a cross late in the 2nd half. 

[Goofy The Scot 586]

38 minutes ago, Bristoe1872 said:

We won't batter Livingston i can see it being a repition of the shite i have grown accustomed to. Go one up,miss multiple chances,suffer several heart attacks late on whenever Livi get a corner a free kick or a throw in near our box,then eventually kill the game with a late second. We don't look capable of battering a fish to bung in a supper.

That's the spirit!

[Loyal72 11,277]

I've had a few more drinks now, I'm still firmly in the "this is shite" camp tbf, but good points put forward.

[Rowley Birkin 8,801]

getting where? another trophy less season 2nd in the league the second most successful club?

couldn't agree more 

[docspiderman 1,230]

The time plodding and missing against 10 men and having to bring on Wright shows how far off we really are.

[gmcf 34,309]

Improvement from Saturday , though it really couldn't have got any worse , against stubborn opposition .

I can see glimpses of what we're trying to do , so I'd say it's more of a team still getting to know each other rather than not being good enough . 

Still quite positive we'll get through this tie , and we'll see a more fluent football team on the park in a couple of months . Until then , we just need to grind out wins .

[Tiger Shaw 30,559]

8 hours ago, theiconicman said:

We seem allergic to playing into the box and/or shooting.

Apart from the 16 shots at goal 8 on target. But aye get what you mean. 

[VanVeenRangers 2,538]

Raskin seems to blow out his arse after 60 minutes.

[ger4life_1872 29,584]

5 minutes ago, Tiger Shaw said:

Apart from the 16 shots at goal 8 on target. But aye get what you mean. 

Just the 28 crosses attempted 

[G.E.C. 18,814]

9 hours ago, Essandoh said:

I would vote @G.E.C. to host it

I’d like to pass and nominate these two 

[esquire8 42,949]

14 minutes ago, VanVeenRangers said:

Raskin seems to blow out his arse after 60 minutes.

You mean the 60 minute mark where everyone ahead of him decided to stand still and offer zero movement?

Cantwell and him were everywhere.

[theiconicman 2,992]

1 hour ago, Tiger Shaw said:

Apart from the 16 shots at goal 8 on target. But aye get what you mean. 

We could have and should have doubled that given the possession we had around it - the obsession to knock it wide to Tav, to 'recycle' it back around to Barisic was chronic to watch.