First off this is not a Parky out rant.
I thought Shelvey had a stinker last night, he looked lethargic and until halfway through the second half not interested. He was given a free role by Parky and looked a little lost at times, hence maybe frustrated as well. I'm not interested how old he is, he is a pro footballer end of, that said I dont blame Shelvey for his performance, its the gaffers responsibility and Parky should have taken him off instead of Semedo (unless Semedo was injured)
Tactically parky was lacking last night and Orients boss got it spot on, We started with two slow strikers, so they played a high defensive line, knowing full well that if we played the ball through the channels we dont have the pace. In the second half Parky brought on to pacy strikers and Orient dropped back so we had to play to strikers feet, Dicko and Mac espececially Dicko do not play with their backs to goal. Parky should have kept Burton on and brought on either Mac or Dicko for Mooney, also he should have brought on Racon for Shelvey. That said I though Waggy put himself about well when he got on and had the urgency that was lacking in the first half. Also I thought the ironic 'cheers' for Mooney when he was subbed were well out of order.
Like I say its not Parky out just an observation.
I think we are not (and never have been) candidates for auto promotion, I have had a feeling all season that we are just clinging on to those positions I think realistically we are play off material.
A nice day out at Wembley would do though!!
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Out thought, out fought and most annoyingly caught offside far far too often
We have a number of highly winable home games, hopefully last night was the kick up the arse we needed..Its time to up the tempo starting on Saturday.
Do we have a PLAN B during matches?
In the press conference Parky said that he would be looking at the video rather than rushing into changes. Only he knows what wanted them to do and how the performance deviated from that.
He did nothing all match. I know he started off left mid but for the last 30 mins he played in what is said to be his best postion centre mid, and did not impress. His body lang was all wrong, got the feeling he did not want to tough it out and passing was way off . What is worrying is he's been playing like this for quite a few weeks and some so called fans are starting to get on his back. Maybe Parky should drop him for now as it seems he's not bringing any thing to the team.
I assume you weren't at Wycombe then?
We know he's being played out of position, and he didn't have a great game but getting on the back of a 17 year old isn't going to do him any favours.
Spot on was just about to write the same myself... How can he have been like this for weeks when he was most peoples mom a week ago...Some people do make me laugh
Our division is hardly blessed with quick strikers, yet Parky never tries this tactic; despite Llera & Dailly's lack of pace we've conceded few goals one-on-one with Robbie. Perhaps he can't see the advantage of playing in your opponents half, or compressing play so that our quality midfield can display their superior control and short passing. No let's lump it upfield instead.
Absolutely and i dont agree he had a stinker or was not interested. For example Second half he got to a ball ahead of the defender on the goal line, turned his man and whipped in a beautiful cross in one movement. I dont think anyone else in our squad has the skill to do that. His shooting was off, and perhaps a couple of his judgements. And that comes with being 17.
Less excusable is the judgement of a 32 year old who tried to place a shot between two defenders when Jonjo was steaming in beside him, and would have despatched the simple slipped pass that Burton should have served up. For all that, Burton had a reasonable game. FFS if you want to single out a single player from last night single out Dickson. 100% poor, not single redeeming moment, and body language that said it all. I've had it with him.
I assume you weren't at Wycombe then?
We know he's being played out of position, and he didn't have a great game but getting on the back of a 17 year old isn't going to do him any favours.[/quote]
Thats the good thing about football we all have our own views. It's just that I don't think he's performing at the mo. I know he's only 17 (18 in a couple of weeks) but People round me are starting to get on his back and as you say that is not going to do him any favours.
Absolutely right and he as said his shooting was off." Just seemed to be trying to hit it to hard". I really dont know what this having a stinker is all about. No he wasn't fantastic but there were plenty more out there last night that were worse. It seems if he dont score and win the match he's had a stinker.
Dickson's come on a sub in five matches, two of which were cameos of 10 minutes, all of which he was required because we were playing badly. I can't remember a single pass into space for him to run onto in any of these matches, which everyone knows is his strength. Instead he's been asked to play with his back to goal, dealing with long balls out from the back. No surprise that he hasn't impressed, but IMHO no worse than Mooney since his return. Dicko has had a few shots at goal by creating his own space, forced several corners with his pace, and created a gilt-edged chance at Wycombe with a header back across goal. He is not the cause of our current problems, nor is he likely to be the solution.
Orient set their stall out and played well, but the win was there to be had, Parky just needed to make the right use of his bench to tweak the tactics. Bringing on Wagstaff, to give us back some balance, was right and moving Jonjo inside, because he's far more creative than Jose and has a goal in him, was right. Putting some pace up front to force Orient to drop deeper was also right. What he got spectacularly wrong was taking off Burton. We all know he's the fulcrum and without him the ball just wasn't sticking up top, we then struggled to get Shelvey or Sam on the ball and all creativity drained from our play. Orient just had to sit back and soak up the long balls. His subs came too late as well - Wagstaff or McKenzie should have been on down the left at half-time.
Once Big Mig stayed up top for the last 5 mins we started to at least threaten to get close to their goal because we were winning flick-ons again but it was far too little, far too late.
We were also too deep for most of the game, but our hand is forced at bit at the moment by the lack of pace in our make-shift back 4.
the last couple of weeks he just hasn't put his foot into tackles as much and isn't playing his usual game
Put him up against most of our other players last night,
Who had a better game, Shelvey or Bailey?
Shelvey or Llera? Shelvey or Mooney? Shelvey or Dicko?
Shelvey or Basey?
He took it upon himself to try to make something happen, nearly did a couple of times.
With Orient pushing up so much we should have reverted to 451 and forced the issue through the middle but taking Burton and mooney off at the same time put paid to that. I personally think attitudes will change tomorrow when both Naaarwick and dirty Leeds both lose tonight.
During warm up at half time, Dicko, Racon and McKenzie were kicking the ball high and controlling it as it reached the floor, Dicko must have tried 8 or 10 times and didn't control it once and both Racon and McKenzie were laughing at him!
He is a liability and a waste of a shirt. FACT
Wycombe away? He's not playing his usual game because he's out on the left. I would say the entire team have been off form lately. We weren't much better against Hartlepool than we were last night.
I do like him and he always says the sorts of things I appreciate in a manager. Reading? Yes, he played for them I believe...groan.
Good point.
I tell you what if people could time travel some of today's fans would boo Alan Simonsen when his passes didn't go to foot because the likes of dear old Martin Robinson couldn't read him properly yet Simmo was European footballer of the year.
I'm not suggesting JJ is that level before I get misrepresented but there are times when he plays a defence splitting ball and his third division standard colleagues don't read it.
I remember slagging that scouse waster danny Murphy off a few years ago and was told that I should expect creative players to have the odd pass go astray but it wasn't good enough for the likes of Kish. Well ok JJ is our creative player now and he tried (unsuccessfully) to make things happen but on another night or afternoon those things will come off so he needs the encouragement to keep expressing himself. Same goes for other "confidence" players like Sam and Waggy.
Would the Waggy slaughtered by that tosser Pardew have taken a shot like he did against Hartlepool when he scored? No is the answer but Parky has given him licence to express himself which breeds confidence.
I'm as fed up as anybody about the result last night but turning against our own is the worst thing we can do.
Rant over!