First game I've seen for a long time but thought we were pretty poor. Wigan looked far superior. Sloppy defending for goals and no real cutting edge going forward. Big Josh isolated most of the game. First real test and failed it miserably
Yeah this. We looked tired, and had our worst performance of the season against the best team we played. Some of that was down to Wigan stopping us playing, but some of it just looked like heavy legs.
It's not about a "Plan B," it's about executing on your plan and getting the best out of the players we have. By the end we were lumping it up to Josh who won a lot of headers, and that might work on occasion but we're a team of very good footballers who need to play the ball on the deck. That's especially true when Wigan have Burn and Bruce at the back. We struggled to impose ourselves and just as it looked like Wigan might be tiring and we might be starting to grow into the game, we conceded the second.
Expect an overreaction to one bad performance. Expect a lot of "Gobinson " and "Fat Scouser" and all that. Truth of the matter is we've still had a good start, and there are far more positives than negatives. We weren't good tonight, and hopefully we'll go smash Gillingham at the weekend.
Honorable mention for JFC who worked his bollocks off, and Amos who kept us in it.
We were going to lose at some point and tonight was the night. Dust ourselves down, and go again at Gillingham. Perspective people, perspective.
Perspective... I think that's what tonight's result provides. Too many people on here talking about automatics after four wins against bottom half teams. Not a chance with the squad we have.
Wigan and Blackburn are the only two teams who can match our quality I believe. A shame to lose but providing we can keep turning up against the lesser sides its not too damaging.
It just seemed so disjointed, no cohesion, no hunting in packs, no chasing,no closing down, no skill, and no fecking goals - all things that Wigan had.
As others said gotta lose some games and after a good run it might just remind them that unless they all work hard they will lose. Wigan have been picking up points also so was going to be a test. Still in 3rd spot. KR has to give them a kick up the arse. Gone and forgotten, next game is all that matters now.
Thought our first half was better than the first half on Saturday, despite a real dodgy patch before half-time. However, that second half was staggeringly shit - worse than last season, by a mile.
We got taught a lesson in that second period, we were completely taken apart and didn't have a sniff. Wigan are a horrible, dirty little side, mixed with some very attractive football... exactly what you need to be to get out of this divison.
We have a long way to go if we are to reach their standards.
That truly was an utterly abject performance - dire.
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Wigan setup well against a predictable formation. KR had no plan B.
So many shit performances across the 11, and the substitutions made show how fucking weak the rest of the squad is.
Not as good as we thought we were. Nowhere near in fact.
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Tired old team tonight.
They're just not used to having to play midweek.
The former I think but not entirely sure. 0-3 shocked me.
Dust ourselves down, and go again at Gillingham. Perspective people, perspective.
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It's not about a "Plan B," it's about executing on your plan and getting the best out of the players we have. By the end we were lumping it up to Josh who won a lot of headers, and that might work on occasion but we're a team of very good footballers who need to play the ball on the deck. That's especially true when Wigan have Burn and Bruce at the back. We struggled to impose ourselves and just as it looked like Wigan might be tiring and we might be starting to grow into the game, we conceded the second.
Expect an overreaction to one bad performance. Expect a lot of "Gobinson " and "Fat Scouser" and all that. Truth of the matter is we've still had a good start, and there are far more positives than negatives. We weren't good tonight, and hopefully we'll go smash Gillingham at the weekend.
Honorable mention for JFC who worked his bollocks off, and Amos who kept us in it.
Like watching 11 blokes drowning in quick sand. Didn't string two passes together all night.
Special mentions to the especially hapless Kashi, Solly, Da Silva, Fosu....actually all of them were shit.
The folly of running such a thin squad hi-lighted. No options on the bench.
Shit from Robinson as well. No plan B and nothing done tactically to change it.
Totally and utterly played off the park for 90mins.
Thought our first half was better than the first half on Saturday, despite a real dodgy patch before half-time. However, that second half was staggeringly shit - worse than last season, by a mile.
We got taught a lesson in that second period, we were completely taken apart and didn't have a sniff. Wigan are a horrible, dirty little side, mixed with some very attractive football... exactly what you need to be to get out of this divison.
We have a long way to go if we are to reach their standards.
That truly was an utterly abject performance - dire.
A massive reality check.
Always knew it was a bad idea to let the dragon get killed and taken over by the forces of the dead.
It's not the end of the world yet, it never was the start of a full renaissance. Chill muthers