Popular Post Clemdog 39,389 Posted August 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2023 Another below par performance to say the least, what in your opinion is/are the issue/s? New players needing to gel? New players not being good enough? The tactics not being right? Tav & Borna being too exposed? If I'm honest I think there's a mix of all of the above being the issue. LegendofCoop, HG5, BridgeIsBlue and 7 others 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Ghoul 6,142 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 New players look shite. Old players look uninterested Madina and HG5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiconicman 3,087 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 I don’t think there is anything wrong. It’s just our level. lau03143, Docspawn and HG5 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman36 3,475 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 New players not good enough Tav and barasic are knackered. Too much for too long from them both. Back line generally is now too slow. Forwards do no seem very good. Bad Robot, BlueAvenger and HG5 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted E Bayer 536 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 PSV will murder us on this form. We’re lacking cohesion HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somemightsay7 3,020 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 No one looks like they know what they've supposed to be doing. BigBearButt and HG5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayro 3,459 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 minute ago, GabrielTomato said: Another below par performance to say the least, what in your opinion is/are the issue/s? New players needing to gel? New players not being good enough? The tactics not being right? Tav & Borna being too exposed? If I'm honest I think there's a mix of all of the above being the issue. 1st half was poor but thought 2nd was decent and unlucky not to win it with Dessers off the post. Think a mixture of the ones players to gel and tactics not quite right in the formation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The true baller 972 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Beale isn’t as bad as some make out but he isn’t who I thought he was, which was a terrific manager, he’s just alright. Bad Robot and Drunk and disorderly. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondDan 2,386 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 The mainstays don't have the legs or hunger. Some of the new boys are duds. Some organisation and gelling still needed. It's been pish, but at least there is a plan B and C when it's not working. Also yet to find the right system a lot of players put in positions that don't suit them - Raskin on sat, Cantwell last couple of games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman36 3,475 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Just now, Ted E Bayer said: PSV will murder us on this form. We’re lacking cohesion I'm not even worrying about PSV now. Very clearly a step too far for us. We pocket the five million, another European full house, and hope we get a good EL draw. HG5, beararse, Nk89 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stuart1994 4,521 Posted August 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2023 Might be in the minority here, but think it’s a work in progress. Think more time to gel and get a bit more cut throat in front of goal and we’ll be alright this season. Still think it’s a bit early to fully judge us. Just a shame the PSV game will come too soon. J-Maestro, Blueshoff, LochendBilly and 12 others 15 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 12,111 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Back line hasn't been improved and front line may well be worse. So far. Dessers has been rotten and the other 3 (Danilo, Lammers, Sima) not miles better either. Midfield is strong on paper with Raskin, Cantwell, Cifuentes and Dowell. Clemdog, HG5, Rowley Birkin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SkylineBlue 25,545 Posted August 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2023 The club badly needed to move forward into a new era with our appointment following Gio's departure, and we chose to move back. That's our biggest problem. Clemdog, KyleBJK, BlueKnight87 and 13 others 16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prso's headband 36,599 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Bit of everything but it’s mostly tactics. A more “handbrake off” manager gets a whole lot more out of the attacking players we have. Super Ally Scores Again!, HG5, Loyal-Bear and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA1972 10,241 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Butland and Cifuentes aside new players look awful so far Tactics are complete torture, make you yearn for the days of Walter Smith playing about 7 at the back Tav, Borna, Jack way past their sell by dates Hadron Collider, bornabear, HG5 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA1972 10,241 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Just now, SkylineBlue said: The club badly needed to move forward into a new era with our appointment following Gio's departure and we chose to move back. That's out biggest problem. That’s the nail on the head, needed someone with no ties and no favourites in the team to clear it out and start again The true baller 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanoli 4,645 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Overcommited to a narrow formation and overinvested up front relative to the quality we seem to have actually acquired, and how bad the defence is. For me the bigger issue is all the scar tissue we still have. Beale leading us, Tav and Goldson still the core after a rebuild. We’ve missed the chance for cultural change, the price will be a near carbon copy of last season. Bad Robot, HG5 and Rowley Birkin 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,624 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 We are still not playing as a team I think Beale likes players to interchange position and play quite fluid but this in itself is making it hard for us to gel. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nik2402 1,566 Posted August 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2023 Negativity is embarrassing. These qualifiers have never ever been easy. We’ve got the job done after a poor first half. Second half was much improved and that will serve them well going forward responding to adversity. Give the new players time to settle man. It’s been 4 games. AberfeldyBlue, Soldier blue, magic8ball and 15 others 18 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 A complete lack of aggression throughout this team. alfajerk, rbt1548 and Rowley Birkin 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 31,923 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Tactics and organisation are not good enough. Don't think the players we have bought up front fit the style of play Beale wants, which is baffling. We can only truly say we have improved in goal on from last season. Up front we look worse. googglebot, HG5, dougie76 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagger 8,784 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Lack of pace, disjointed and that defence are always going to concede Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR3 12,844 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 All the bullet points are right. I think there is a complacency knowing that we need to go up a gear next round again which hopefully we do find, time not being a thing we have much of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finny 6,021 Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, The true baller said: Beale isn’t as bad as some make out but he isn’t who I thought he was, which was a terrific manager, he’s just alright. Ffs!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Clemdog 39,389 Posted August 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 minute ago, McEwan's Lager said: Tactics and organisation are not good enough. Don't think the players we have bought up front fit the style of play Beale wants, which is baffling. We can only truly say we have improved in goal on from last season. Up front we look worse. Mental that apart from Butland, I'd rather have started tonight with the same team that finished the last few games of the previous Season. Unsure what Beale has been thinking with his transfers in. westenclosure2008, TheKingObv, Straight-Edge-Loyal and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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