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Well this is like watching paint dry. No wonder the crowd are quiet

There for the taking this but Ferguson distribution a disgrace

I would put Campbell on for Sheron and drop Sloggett further back

Mancini showing quality when he gets it

Mani D way too isolated again, we don’t need Sheron slogg and Featherstone on

Freeman is a very good player wonder if he can go left when dodds fit

Once we get past the halfway line it's absolute dogshit. Can't see us scoring more than 1 goal under these tactics.
Need some Supersubs on early not like last week.
UTP.

Chance at both ends there opening up a bit

The Sloggett Ferguson combination on throw ins is fucking horrific

The Sloggett Ferguson combination on throw ins is fucking horrific

Only time anything exciting happens is when Mancini gets the ball so Sarll will probably take him off

Feel sorry for Mani. Shouldn’t have to play with this shite

Hit n hope balls from our own half.
Get the wingers on FFS Sarly.
New lad n Charman.
ASAP.
UTP.

We are no way a league 2 side. We seem to play better when we have 10 men. Not that I am activating it

Advocating it

this is really poor, and you can see halifax gaining in confidence as they realize all we have is the hoof.

Freeman and Mancini bet players on the pitch by a mile, only time we look threatening is when mancini comes short and plays a bit
Mani D should ask for a transfer if he's expected to put up with this shite in the form of service
Ferguson is way too comfortable and thinks he;s part of the furniture
Speaking of furniture, sloggett is built like a wardrobe, shame he slower than one with a worse first touch based on this half
Grey another one not in the game due to Sarll tactics

we need one more fwd on, I would go for new winger for Slog or Sheron and put mancini central or play Campbell central
though personnel really doesnt matter when we play the way we are

Only way we win this is one moment of magic or a mistake, do we really want this to be the plan at home all season?

not a bad half really but took us 38 minutes to have a decent attempt on target. at least there are players on the bench for a change who could change things. still 11 men out there in blue and white stripes.

Yes agree no width. Been like this all season. Would love to see the new lad take some players on. Don’t really want to watch this sort of football for the rest of the season.

Not a bad half? Your easily pleased Accrington

seeing the game like me unlike micky barron and whats his namewho seems to think he,s brilliant.

seen far far worse this season from pools and looking from that it isn,t too bad. cannot expect a 100% improvemnt.

He’s at least swapped wings for Mancini so he can play with freeman

At least we've still got 11 on the pitch. Has there been any yellows?

4 subs, entire fwd line and hunter for feather
4 subs and Sheron/sloggett still on pitch is a surprise

Sarll taking Mani off. FFS

MannyD punching the dugout.
2 weeks running he's been disgusted at been subbed.

Its a disgrace what these tactics are doing with mani D giving him
Zero service and expecting him to run and head all day to no one, Grey can’t be happy either

New winger looks good, bit raw but clearly a dangerous player

Maybe finishing the game with 11 men should be seen as an achievement!

He looks absolute quality, maybe not up to the tactical bit yet which is where you’re getting raw from (?) but technically and physically very very impressive

Yet another clean sheet!

Another home blank. Is it tactics? Where is the next home win coming from?

Just glad it’s on too late for me on Tuesday. Just dire

Question is, when will we win at home. 5 clean sheets is good though

Sarlys pre interview Spokesman.
Nice.

0-0

1 goal in 4 home games, Raj will be getting twitchy as not seeing anything to bring fans in

Positives

Defensively we are more solid you cant argue with that
New winger should be playing at least 1 league above probably 2 and will be a huge assett if used properly
Charman and Campbell looked good when they came on
Freeman did well again but missed a sitter
Smith can kick the ball a lot better than Dixon

Negatives

Appalling hoofball football again
In Hunter, Sloggett and Sheron we have bought the same player 3 times...non of them technically good enough to play in an attacling roll
Mani D and Grey not getting any service the way we are playing
Ferguson appalling with the ball
Sarll doesnt know our best formation (has to be 4-2-3-1)
We stil havent played a decent side and are treading water

Big 2 games coming up against poor teams....6 points needed no excuses...I want to give Sarll beneift of doubt-ie he has improved defence just needs to be more balanced in our approach but I am not convinced

I can genuinely see Mani D getting sent off soon, hes obviously so frustrated with the shite we are offering going fwd...
I am interested to see if this style works better against the better teams,..but I am sceptical it will

Sarly will blow up his own arse about that.
With its just a matter of time were we batter someone. again

Askey would of had this team top of the league last season. Its a borefest.

of the 7 teams we have played only Yeovil (who have beaten some serious shite) have a positive record so far....make f that what you will

Bostone got another big win against the bigger sides which is interesting,....lose to them and Sarll may not get to enjoy teh Ebbsfleet game....don't win either and he's a goner I think

Why not give 523 a go that wud push us further up the field.

Getting a fair few clean sheets great how ever at the cost of up top always far to deep to create anything.

yes been a lot better job made of it--if only he'd been backed or we had more patience (and I was at the end of my rope with the defnesive shite in fairness) should have given him Parkes , Waterfall and a month....instead we pulled in arse licker Phillips and when we rightly got shot of him brought in Sarll who IMO is a level below Askey

KP with this squad would have us scoring for fun.
You absolute muppet

Ugly ugly style of football. Non-existent midfields with Sheron, Slogget and Hunter virtually invisible but bypassed by long channel balls from defence and keeper. Hoof ball & wasteful passage after passage of play when in decent positions to play a simple pass. Sarll tells us he loves how ‘dynamic’ his midfielders are but what is ‘dynamic’ about a narrow hoofed ball in to your forward, played from your centre back or full back?

You’ve got some of the best players we’ve had in years going 20 mins in games without touching the football. There’s no attacking rhythm to how we play. Remember DC… high press, balls into the midfield, balls out wide and fizzed in for the forwards to attack. We are playing home games like we are away from home. Mancini was on fire yet got hooked. Sarll needs to find a way to get the best out of his flair players, otherwise what’s the point is signing a south London trained tricky footballer from Crystal Palace. So few moments where wingers isolate full backs and get a yard to whip a ball in. It’s all central long balls to Madine or Mani where we hope and will for something to come off. That’s not attacking patterns of play, that’s just crap. You’re playing games with the ultimate ambition of ‘nicking one’.

Sapping the living soul out of the ground and making good players look average, crowds dropping as the entertainment barely covers half the entry cost. There is a lot of work to be done or he’s going to be put on the Poolie managerial scrap heap and I genuinely believed (and still hope and actually think he will!) he is the man to carry us forward. I’m sure Sarll will have some media spin to put on it in relation to the clean sheets but I’m sorry the last 3 home games have been turgid watches and Raj has not financed this team to finish mid table. Given the strength of the team - of which there is genuine quality this year - there needs to be a lot more from us and that starts by being braver in both halves of the pitch. Defensively sound but who genuinely wants to watch a home game where your talismanic striker doesn’t have a single shot in vain.

Frustration from the main man Mani D (who we are very lucky to have by the way!) said it all. SORT IT OUT!

I always give 10 games before assessing but I am finding it hard to hold back because I can't see Sarll changing his tactics but I can see Raj getting rid and who could blame him.
Something needs to happen and quick. Boston look like they are getting some form and nothing but a convincing win at Ebbsfleet will do.
Sarll is on a tightrope, that's for sure.

I've never like him, he had a dirty team at Stevenage and Woking, boring football back then too, but the difference was Woking and Stevenage had very little fans to impress, so he got away with it.
He's now at a club who unfortunately, we have seen all sides of the game and seen some crap managers and he can't pull the wool over our eyes with BS interviews.
We are in a mid table fight with outside chance of Playoffs, very slim outside chance....

Well, that's how I view it..

Well done big dog it had to be said. I will give him till the end of Sep but just can’t see it. No way can we make the playoffs playing like this. I want to be entertained.

I think Mutleys called it a correct.
A Fraud n gone in mid Autumn.
Feel for Raj big style n everyone knows I'm not his biggest fan.
Can see Fevs being next manager.
UTP.

As others have said this isn't a player issue this is a tactics problem. Sarll keeps playing the same way in different formations and it's not working. When we get the ball down, which we do for 5-10 mins a match, we look very good but it's nowhere near enough. We just need players to think 'do I have time to take the ball down and give a pass' rather than their first instinct being to smack it long. The gap between the midfield and the striker is massive so even if we win a header it's straight back with the opposition.

I totally agree with you.

Excellent assessment of how it is.
Our eyes ain't pickled onions.
But not to many now have pickled brains.

Are we still Gunna win the league.

Only s o c c e r!

One positive for Sarll was swapping Mancini over 2nd half hopefully he gets we need our technical players near each other to be at our best

The quality is there he’s just not using it, needs to be braver instead of playing a midfield that shite itself when it has the ball

I would love to see Ferguson dropped when dodds fit and freeman moving to the left

Talent is in this squad (apart from central midfield but we aren’t bringing the best out of it sadly)

I am genuinely confused as to why we don't play football at home by playing the ball on the floor with quick passing and good movement. Despite my belief in D.S. I have to admit he has all the tools to destroy teams at the Vic but keeps on shying away from playing proper attacking football. It would have worked out better to have won 2 and lost 2 ( 6 points ) at home by playing attacking football. I also seen the understandable reaction from Mani D when he came off. We all know he isn't like that so he is pissed off big style. He is mega popular in the dressing room and on the terraces, it will be interesting to hear what D.S. says but that alone could be the final nail in the coffin for D.S. Raj will not want ManiD losing his goals because that could drop his value by a lot in January. Away from home this system being used is perfect for me because we should be 3 wins from the 3 games so no problem being boring away. My heart says give D.S. until end of September to change results because it is still extremely early. But my head says the ManiD thing plus lack of football points to the sack if we don't win next two games. Pressure is here and building and I cannot keep defending D.S. he needs to show he is versatile with his tactics and switched on to manage this great club.