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5 minutes ago, Big Trav said:

Sibley off is strange 

He’s outpaced by this lot   Osula and Dobbin give much more fizz 

5 minutes ago, littleover ram said:

Can’t complain about playing U21 sides when we can’t beat them….

Or if they’re wonderful to watch 

1 minute ago, Yani P said:

Derby player potentially fouled ref ignores it and they score

Roberts’s error to blame. Just like Jason last week sloppy in midfield 

Brilliant ball by McGoldrick 

8 minutes ago, Taribo said:

Stearman playing false 9 is intriguing 

Really creative by PW.  Hats off - don’t bet against Stearman or Fozzie scoring 

39 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

these Man City youngsters will have masses of talent. But they can still be bossed and bullied by seasoned pros. I think Warne had that in mind when he picked the team 

What an idiotic post do you have any idea how good this lot is ? 

13 minutes ago, Oldben said:

I think our 352 is the wrong formation here.

I'd prefer 343 or 451.

They have greater control of the ball.

It’s the pace not the formation that’s undoing us I reckon. 

For the purists this might be the best game of football we see at PP all season

2 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Pleased to be proved wrong. With Collins available needing games for fitness, that's a no brainer. Warne must think Smith and McGoldrick also need more minutes for fitness, so we already have a strong spine emerging. Interesting to see Knight starting, but I feel he needs to find his mojo in midfield, and maybe this is the game to do it. He should be dominating League One midfields for the whole game, not just in flashes, but hasn't so far. Great to see all the others get minutes. 

these Man City youngsters will have masses of talent. But they can still be bossed and bullied by seasoned pros. I think Warne had that in mind when he picked the team 

Looking forward to seeing how Rooney gets on - he’ll be up for this. Also seeing how Smith fares. Hoping we’ll see more of the two of them soon 

On 16/10/2022 at 23:16, ilkleyram said:

the ref would blow up for obstruction - aren’t you meant to be in control of the ball and therefore 9 of the group by definition can’t be in control of the same ball and therefore would be obstructing the opponents.

But you can’t be done for obstruction if you’re just standing still surely. 

3 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

McGoldricks got great close control and good physicality on the ball.   I can't see him playing much in this system though as he's slow and steady now rather than steady and put on the burner.  The McGoldrick Ipswich had would be great for this system.  

Yeah tbh I don’t disagree. I was responding to a poster who was saying Hourihane is our most technically gifted. I still think it’s didzy 

14 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

I believe he has an ankle problem.  Hourihane will probably get fewer games as he won't play Warnes football.  I hope he stays around, as you can't play every game like it's Rollerball and technically he's the best player we have.  Really needs to play further forward though and as always it's him or Bird.  

Yes bird much more effective further forward and not room for him and Hourihane there esp if Sibley is going to roar into life. Sure,  Hourihane is gifted - he’s like david beckham with a 50cc engine - but if you want talent surely it’s McGoldrick. 
 

PS might have been a convenient ankle problem, one that has now given PW a dilemma 

15 minutes ago, Andrew1 said:

Sorry, I think that dropping a player on that basis would be completely bonkers.  So on that basis should we drop Curtiss for the next game due to him loosing his head by Clipping the Accy players heels at the weekend?

Curtis made an error, but in the context of a clear chance on goal that only he was able to prevent. Not comparable to the lunacy of Collins or Hourihane

(but maybe Hourihane was in fact dropped for being lazy and slowing up play) 

41 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Would you also have dropped Collins for stupidly slapping the ground near an opponents head forcing the team to play a man short, or Jason Knight for stupidly trying to run the ball out of defence and losing the ball for the winning goal? 

maybe hourihane was dropped for being lazy and slowing up play  

If he knows what he's about PW would have torn a strip off Collins as well as Hourihane for their stupidity. Together they cost us the game

As for Jason Knight, very different:  anyone - particularly him - is allowed a mistake now and then

9 hours ago, TimRam said:

This guys videos are good. 

 

Yeah but the really impressive thing is his battery life  - he’s like Jack Bauer 

On 12/10/2022 at 12:01, Ghost of Clough said:

1. Most comments tend to relate to having control of the game (or not as the case may be). Long balls, to forwards to don't win the ball in the air very much is pointless as the ball ends up coming straight back and having to defend against another wave of attack, often without resetting in time.

2. The occasional long ball behind the defence is useful, but it has to be with purpose, not aimless into the corner with little chance of getting something from it.

3. A quick glance at the stats will show teams towards the bottom tend to have less of the ball than those at the top. This is shown by actually looking at the stats in more detail, where only 3 sides in the top half of the table are in the bottom 12 possession stats. Ipswich are the leaders in possession and are 2nd, whereas Morecombe are 24th in the table and 24th in the possession ranking. 
The other thing is, having possession doesn't mean you can't go long very often, just like having little of the ball doesn't mean you go long all the time. Yet, we see a similar trend. 5 out of the current top 6 are in the bottom 12 for long balls per pass attempt (Portsmouth are 13th lowest), whilst only 3 of the top 12 are in the top 12 for successful long passes per pass attempt.
You also have the belief that possession means fewer goals. However, there's a general trend of more possession = more goals. Ipswich are the obvious example, leading the charts in both, whereas Morecombe are bottom in both. Only 3 sides with less than 50% possession have scored more than 15 goals, whereas 6 with more than 50% have.

4. Since you're asking people if they want to stay in L1 for a long time or having a better chance of going up, the answer would be choosing the option which involves playing a possession based side with shorter passing.

A weak team’s main threat may be a couple of lumpy forwards. They’ll choose hoofball because it plays to their strengths. They’re not losing because hoofball is a losing strategy. They’re losing because they’re a weak team. 

 

On 15/10/2022 at 18:05, Magicman said:

Overall thought Sibley had his best game for ages .

I’d assumed planting this post in a thread titled “Mr William Osula’ was a wry and humorous comment on this forum. But you got lots of applause and like emojis - and not a single laugh !! 

On 15/10/2022 at 18:11, Mucker1884 said:

I'm sure that'll mean a lot to Mr Osula, when he gets chance to read this thread that has been specifically set up in his honour!   ?

Will he know who it’s about? I doubt he’s been called Mr Osula in his entire life 

On 12/10/2022 at 12:24, jono said:

Midfielders moving to receive the ball forward of the defenders

This is why under Rooney and LR we played lots of sideways and backwards football. Midfielders were not energetic enough and did not offer a forward pass option. It’s still a problem for us. Hourihane does not look for the ball as he should. And it’s not Max Bird’s strength.  
 

As for the long ball, if it’s all long-ball-down-the-middle then you need a Shearer or at least a Chris Martin. Which we don’t have.  We’ve been quite effective with the crossfield long ball (eg to NML, Barks also looks for it) which is less likely to lose possession. 
 
If you’ve got a balanced squad, surely mixing it up is hardest to play against 
 

46 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

What would happen if all ten outfield players simply surrounded the ball by the corner flag so no opponent could possibly get near it?

Is there a time-wasting rule whilst the ball is in play?

The answer to the second question must be ‘no’ (I think there’s a separate 6 second rule that applies to the keeper).
 

Look forward to someone answering the first question. I suspect there’s no offence but that if anyone did it, the obstruction rule would be changed to cover it (don’t think it does at the moment) 

8 hours ago, Kernow said:

But Allsop was excellent here and I was gutted to see him go. Wildsmith will end up the same in my mind if he keeps going the way he is. 

It’s the most important position on the pitch - the key part of a good defence. Allsop was very imposing - a real presence at the back. Thought there was no way Wildsmith could come close but he has made a fabulous start 

On 12/10/2022 at 14:08, TomTom92 said:

Well if the lino thought it was stonewall he would've flagged straight away and same for the ref. What's there to discuss? ...

Secondly, who is the lino? Rosie Jones?

Plenty of penalties should be given, even if they’re not ‘stonewall’ and they are the ones that might need discussion, eg... 

S Allison: “wow Rosie, looked to me like Barkhoozen, err Barkhayzen, Mmm Barkwhoitzen, ... well, the Derby guy with no. 7 on his shirt, might have caught the PV guy’s leg there. What d’ya think?  (I’m asking because you’re closer than me,  I’m already having a bad game, the fans hate me and with the sun and shade thing on this pitch I’m having a nasty case of macular degeneration” 

Rosie (for it is she): “yes matey, you sure are having a bad game and you’re dead right about the fans. Anyway looked to me like he caught the last leg, would I lie to you ? “

1 hour ago, Curtains said:

I think getting the team fitter should be a priority 

Oiling the wheels of the midfield would be good ferrous. And teach JC the oxide rule 

10 hours ago, Curtains said:

You can’t just throw players back in.  Look how rusty Davies was 

He was rustier than the Tin Man