Boxing Day: - 26th December

[The_Viking_Magpie]

I wouldn't worry just sign another couple of 30+ year olds and you will be fine.

 

[hellogregory]

Reading that is like using a tin opener to peel a banana.

Not quite the 0-6 prediction you were expecting from me. I do apologise. Maybe next time

 

[OneDecentLester]

I wouldn't worry just sign another couple of 30+ year olds and you will be fine.

Oh shit yeah, I forgot players under 30 don’t get injured do they

 

[OneDecentLester]

Take a point, all. Day. Long.

That bench man

Grigg & Colclough now out, that’s 14 (Fourteen) first team injuries.

 

[Coalite]

If you believe what’s being wrote on our forum, we can add Grigg & Colclough to the long term injured list. Hope & pray it’s bollocks, but with how this season has gone I’m sure it’ll be true. Absolute piss take

I'd heard the same yesterday so I think it may well be true, although as we know Cookie keeps his cards close to his chest and might throw in the odd red herring.

Personally I suspect we'll be doing well to get 11 on the pitch until the window opens.

Edit...just seen the team. Confirmed WG and RC injured. 16 yo Gunnar Elliott on the bench

 

[hellogregory]

Take a point, all. Day. Long.

That bench man

Grigg & Colclough now out, that’s 14 (Fourteen) first team injuries.

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We were in that situation earlier in the season. Think it played a big part in our disastrous start which has set the tone for our season.

 

[spireite]

I'd heard the same yesterday so I think it may well be true, although as we know Cookie keeps his cards close to his chest and might throw in the odd red herring.

Personally I suspect we'll be doing well to get 11 on the pitch until the window opens.

Edit...just seen the team. Confirmed WG and RC injured. 16 yo Gunnar Elliott on the bench

Who dafuq is dat guy. Think we'll do amazingly well to get anything out of today, the bench is just scraps. Grigg and Colclough out is news we could have really done without, gonna have get the pocket book out in January now

 

[OneDecentLester]

Who dafuq is dat guy. Think we'll do amazingly well to get anything out of today, the bench is just scraps. Grigg and Colclough out is news we could have really done without, gonna have get the pocket book out in January now

Need to cancel some of those loans unall. Absolutely 0 point in Tanton IMO as good as he is when he’s fit, which is unfortunately never. Metcalfe unall, does anyone even know what’s up with that guy? Just disappeared and nothing got said, get rid.

Id also be sacking off likes of Daley-Campbell & Fleck (unless the latter can prove he’s actually gonna be fit enough to get fit and stay fit which looks increasingly unlikely). Create a bit of room in the squad for manoeuvre in the market

 

[kieran_vale]

This lineup is fucking honking. Moore really is making a rod for his own back if we lose this one today. Lowe in midfield, nice guy but at this point of his career we are scraping the barrel and Hackford up top...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872281236737249457

 

[valefan16]

This lineup is fucking honking. Moore really is making a rod for his own back if we lose this one today. Lowe in midfield, nice guy but at this point of his career we are scraping the barrel and Hackford up top...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872281236737249457

Weakest Xi this season and again a big injury crisis in midfield but still play Sang there instead of Jason Lowe, more legs on a snail that playing that midfield.

Hackford is way off a player ready for league two football as well.

Take todays defeat, hope other results go for us and we keep in the top three and pray some bodies are back for Sunday.

We might need to consider recalling Ojo as we can’t have all this talent we have but have it in the treatment room week after week and can’t let it drag on too far into January and lose the good position we have.

 

[OneDecentLester]

Anyway, we are where we are with the squad and we can’t do anything about it for at least another week so… today. Squad literally picks its self, no other real options tbh. Drummond is my main concern as what I’ve seen of him, he isn’t anywhere near L2 level when starting games. He doesn’t seem to have any kind of ability to hold the ball up, nor does he occupy defenders / space well. His strength is his pace, so for me all he needs to do today is constantly from minute 1 to 90, stretch the Fleetwood defence by making runs in behind to create more space for likes of Dobra, Markanday & Berry to hopefully do the damage in.

My other concern, is James Berry. I don’t know what’s been up with him lately, but his body language has been horrendous and looks to be sulking every time he steps on the pitch at the moment. All seems to stem from a game a few weeks back when our east stand gave him a bit of stick for not tracking back well enough, and he ended up
giving them a bit back too. But like I said, since then body language been terrible and I thought he was shite after coming on vs Wimbledon. We need a big performance from him as he’s replacing an in form Colclough who was just starting to find his form from the start of last year until this latest set back.

Realistically we need to get this game won in the first 65 / 70 mins as the bench today is very, very limited.

We’ve done well recently despite the injuries but I fear today & Sunday will be one step too far, but I hold out hope that these boys can prove us wrong again! COYB

 

[spireite]

Need to cancel some of those loans unall. Absolutely 0 point in Tanton IMO as good as he is when he’s fit, which is unfortunately never. Metcalfe unall, does anyone even know what’s up with that guy? Just disappeared and nothing got said, get rid.

Id also be sacking off likes of Daley-Campbell & Fleck (unless the latter can prove he’s actually gonna be fit enough to get fit and stay fit which looks increasingly unlikely). Create a bit of room in the squad for manoeuvre in the market

100% do all those things. Just can't afford to be carrying this many injured players in a 22 man squad limit or whatever it is. The long termers who are not even our players have to go first of all

 

[Bianconeri 1862]

Anyway, we are where we are with the squad and we can’t do anything about it for at least another week so… today. Squad literally picks its self, no other real options tbh. Drummond is my main concern as what I’ve seen of him, he isn’t anywhere near L2 level when starting games. He doesn’t seem to have any kind of ability to hold the ball up, nor does he occupy defenders / space well. His strength is his pace, so for me all he needs to do today is constantly from minute 1 to 90, stretch the Fleetwood defence by making runs in behind to create more space for likes of Dobra, Markanday & Berry to hopefully do the damage in.

My other concern, is James Berry. I don’t know what’s been up with him lately, but his body language has been horrendous and looks to be sulking every time he steps on the pitch at the moment. All seems to stem from a game a few weeks back when our east stand gave him a bit of stick for not tracking back well enough, and he ended up
giving them a bit back too. But like I said, since then body language been terrible and I thought he was shite after coming on vs Wimbledon. We need a big performance from him as he’s replacing an in form Colclough who was just starting to find his form from the start of last year until this latest set back.

Realistically we need to get this game won in the first 65 / 70 mins as the bench today is very, very limited.

We’ve done well recently despite the injuries but I fear today & Sunday will be one step too far, but I hold out hope that these boys can prove us wrong again! COYB

Does anyone read your fking essays

 

[kieran_vale]

Weakest Xi this season and again a big injury crisis in midfield but still play Sang there instead of Jason Lowe, more legs on a snail that playing that midfield.

Hackford is way off a player ready for league two football as well.

Take todays defeat, hope other results go for us and we keep in the top three and pray some bodies are back for Sunday.

We might need to consider recalling Ojo as we can’t have all this talent we have but have it in the treatment room week after week and can’t let it drag on too far into January and lose the good position we have.

There's nothing subtle about what he's trying to do. He's going for a 0-0 and hopefully pinch something at some stage at a push. All well and good if it comes off but if it doesn't he is opening himself up to increased levels of criticism.

Wouldn't shock me if Shrewsbury sent Ojo back as he's not really an Ainsworth type of player. Just what we need when out of form with his pouty face dragging the mood down further.

 

[OneDecentLester]

Does anyone read your fking essays

Too many words too much for your brain fella?

All seriousness, if you’re not interested just skip along mate, you don’t need to read it incase you weren’t sure

 

[spireite]

There's nothing subtle about what he's trying to do. He's going for a 0-0 and hopefully pinch something at some stage at a push. All well and good if it comes off but if it doesn't he is opening himself up to increased levels of criticism.

Wouldn't shock me if Shrewsbury sent Ojo back as he's not really an Ainsworth type of player. Just what we need when out of form with his pouty face dragging the mood down further.

Crazy strategy considering you're one of the more fancied and well backed teams. You should be attacking games and let them worry about you rather than the other way around.

 

[kieran_vale]

Crazy strategy considering you're one of the more fancied and well backed teams. You should be attacking games and let them worry about you rather than the other way around.

That is very much a point you see increasingly made on our forum and yeah I agree with you. It's something we've been doing more over time and not sure why. Yes we've had injuries but so has everyone so not having that as an excuse.

 

[kieran_vale]

Credit to Cook for them, was a great strike for the Bradford goal but fuck me we've been utterly pathetic again. Barely strung two passes together.

 

[OneDecentLester]

Well… honestly fuck knows how we’re behind.

Fleetwood look absolutely pony but our fuck up has given them a 1-0 lead at the break

 

[spireite]

Losing due to a defensive fuck up, but the Fleetwood keeper has been the best player on the pitch. Should hopefully be a way back into the game for us if the 2nd half is more of the same.

 

[OneDecentLester]

Losing due to a defensive fuck up, but the Fleetwood keeper has been the best player on the pitch. Should hopefully be a way back into the game for us if the 2nd half is more of the same.

Drummond… I have no words

 

[leedsvaliant]

We did tell Bradford fans but they wouldn't listen....honking line up that will get the defeat it deserves.

 

[kieran_vale]

Abysmal half that was from us at least. If the plan was to keep it tight then Cook with a great strike put paid to that within two minutes. Best entertainment has been the Bradford fan who is sat next to the mics on the Sky+ stream turning the air blue constantly for 45 minutes.

 

[We Are Sailing]

Drummond… I have no words

I've got two. Not ready.

 

[valefan16]

Grown into the half after a stunner out of nothing strike but we’ve been largely awful and haven’t looked like scoring yet again. It’s been relatively boring to watch as per our normal games.

Hackford hasn’t done anything really again but hey let’s start him! We will hope to keep it tight and throw the “game changers” on in Richard’s and Curtis… depending on their mood if they actually change anything.

Pressure is mounting on Moore and he isn’t helping himself.

 

[valefan16]

Abysmal half that was from us at least. If the plan was to keep it tight then Cook with a great strike put paid to that within two minutes. Best entertainment has been the Bradford fan who is sat next to the mics on the Sky+ stream turning the air blue constantly for 45 minutes.

Yeah proper kicking off at everything he is! Wanted a red for Hall for throwing their lad off him when he was holding his face on the floor and they had to apologise for his language

 

[GTFCfish]

We are always shite second half so a 1-0 loss incoming here, Harrogate to get the winner between 65 and 75 mins, seen it so many times before with these teams that come here for a draw and end up nicking a win.

 

[spireite]

I've got two. Not ready.

Not sure he'll ever be ready. I'd sooner play Jamie Grimes up there. We don't really play off his pace really either tbf

 

[kieran_vale]

Always rated that Antwoine Hackford me

 

[hellogregory]

We are utterly dreadful. The worst team I’ve ever seen.