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Alex Mitchell Signed on a Three year Contract

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  • wmcf123 said:
    shirty5 said:
    The same back 3 had played all the league games so far this season until yesterday afternoon 

    In those 6 games we have had 4 clean sheets and from the 3 goals conceded 2 of those were 25 yards or more out

    Makes no sense to make that decision yesterday. It’s no different if one of your strikers had scored 4 goals in the first 6 games and then you bin him off and he’s not even on the bench
    Agree,

    I can see the case for giving REG a start after the Cambridge game but not for Mitchell and especially after another star of the midweek game, Taylor, didn't even get on the bench.

    No matter how good REG had been why change a successful back five and solid midfield. 

    Credit to NJ for taking responsibility but I'm still in the dark as to what his thinking was with the back three, the midfield and the forward line changes.

    I'm also thinking that NJ has often spoken of preferring a smaller squad as there are fewer players scrabbling for places but we now seem to have a hell of a lot of fit first team players when you include Leaburn, A Campbell and the soon come Dixon as well as "where does he fit in Hylton"?

    All managers make mistakes, it's just that the best managers make fewer mistakes than the others, but this seems almost perverse from NJ.
    I don’t laud him for admitting it - it was a crass decision.  Jones has credit in the bank but that runs out quickly if results go south .  
    Did I "laud" him or did I give him "credit", quite different things in my mind.
  • I just assumed he was injured. 
  • He's already on 3 yellow cards and the last 2 were particularly soft (can't remember his first) so maybe his absence was a disciplinary matter.
  • Chunes said:
    In the interview aired on Charlton Live, NJ says he swapped Mitchell for REG because of tactical reasons and because he wanted us to play a bit more. No doubt he sees REG as more of a ball-player than Mitchell. I don't think there's anything more to it than that.
    Strange that he wasn’t even on the bench. 
    For balance I think, with Potts being left footed.
  • wmcf123 said:
    shirty5 said:
    The same back 3 had played all the league games so far this season until yesterday afternoon 

    In those 6 games we have had 4 clean sheets and from the 3 goals conceded 2 of those were 25 yards or more out

    Makes no sense to make that decision yesterday. It’s no different if one of your strikers had scored 4 goals in the first 6 games and then you bin him off and he’s not even on the bench
    Agree,

    I can see the case for giving REG a start after the Cambridge game but not for Mitchell and especially after another star of the midweek game, Taylor, didn't even get on the bench.

    No matter how good REG had been why change a successful back five and solid midfield. 

    Credit to NJ for taking responsibility but I'm still in the dark as to what his thinking was with the back three, the midfield and the forward line changes.

    I'm also thinking that NJ has often spoken of preferring a smaller squad as there are fewer players scrabbling for places but we now seem to have a hell of a lot of fit first team players when you include Leaburn, A Campbell and the soon come Dixon as well as "where does he fit in Hylton"?

    All managers make mistakes, it's just that the best managers make fewer mistakes than the others, but this seems almost perverse from NJ.
    I don’t laud him for admitting it - it was a crass decision.  Jones has credit in the bank but that runs out quickly if results go south .  
    Did I "laud" him or did I give him "credit", quite different things in my mind.
    I didn’t say you did - my criticism was aimed at Jones , not you .  
  • wmcf123 said:
    shirty5 said:
    The same back 3 had played all the league games so far this season until yesterday afternoon 

    In those 6 games we have had 4 clean sheets and from the 3 goals conceded 2 of those were 25 yards or more out

    Makes no sense to make that decision yesterday. It’s no different if one of your strikers had scored 4 goals in the first 6 games and then you bin him off and he’s not even on the bench
    Agree,

    I can see the case for giving REG a start after the Cambridge game but not for Mitchell and especially after another star of the midweek game, Taylor, didn't even get on the bench.

    No matter how good REG had been why change a successful back five and solid midfield. 

    Credit to NJ for taking responsibility but I'm still in the dark as to what his thinking was with the back three, the midfield and the forward line changes.

    I'm also thinking that NJ has often spoken of preferring a smaller squad as there are fewer players scrabbling for places but we now seem to have a hell of a lot of fit first team players when you include Leaburn, A Campbell and the soon come Dixon as well as "where does he fit in Hylton"?

    All managers make mistakes, it's just that the best managers make fewer mistakes than the others, but this seems almost perverse from NJ.
    I don’t laud him for admitting it - it was a crass decision.  Jones has credit in the bank but that runs out quickly if results go south .  
    True but he also spent a lot of it as far as I am concerned by not wanting Alfie May and replacing him with the less than prolific goalscorer Ahadme.
    And he's been getting out of jail with good results making the hoof ball more acceptable. 

    Might as well play 4-2-4
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  • are we really that surprised that Jones is somewhat erratic based on his previous at stoke and Southampton? We have to live with the fact that he does everything his way, every time for good or bad. 
  • Maybe Mitchell has been playing too much table tennis?
  • cafc4life said:
    the funny thing is, he wanted us to play more football. We literally played zero football again yesterday 
     I think Jones will realise before long that results matter far more than how you play your football at this level. Better to get back to grinding out wins than trying to play teams off the park whilst they ground out wins against us. 
  • Yep. A very bizarre decision leaving out Mitchell for REG. Could see that within 10 minutes. 
    NJ, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. The defence was the one part of our team that looked solid and cohesive. 
  • wmcf123 said:
    Chunes said:
    In the interview aired on Charlton Live, NJ says he swapped Mitchell for REG because of tactical reasons and because he wanted us to play a bit more. No doubt he sees REG as more of a ball-player than Mitchell. I don't think there's anything more to it than that.
    It’s not like REG is John Stones.  Extraordinarily ridiculous decision .  
    My initial impression of REG last season was that he looked quite laid back and comfortable on the ball in defensive situations.  But he always passed the ball to his closest teammate.  I thought perhaps he'd had explicit instructions.  Later in the match he attempted a few medium/long passes - they were awful.  He doesn't look comfortable when the opposition allow him to move forward with the ball either.   He didn't improve in later matches and it was the same on Saturday.  He's just a smoother looking A Mitchell.
  • Off_it said:
    Maybe Mitchell has been playing too much table tennis?
    OK, this one has whooshed me. Can you explain please @Off_it?
  • have he and Jones (Nat) fallen out ? (I imagine that falling out with the 'gaffer' is not difficult)
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  • Amazing that people are immediately jumping to the idea there's an interpersonal problem when the reality is NJ probably just made a selection error
  • Dazzler21 said:
    cafc4life said:
    the funny thing is, he wanted us to play more football. We literally played zero football again yesterday 
     I think Jones will realise before long that results matter far more than how you play your football at this level. Better to get back to grinding out wins than trying to play teams off the park whilst they ground out wins against us. 
    TBH, if he doesn’t know that by now, he’s in the wrong job. 
  • aliwibble said:
    Off_it said:
    Maybe Mitchell has been playing too much table tennis?
    OK, this one has whooshed me. Can you explain please @Off_it?
    I believe Jones went mad at Luton or Stoke and felt they were playing too much table tennis so he banned it.
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  • edited September 23
    fenaddick said:
    Amazing that people are immediately jumping to the idea there's an interpersonal problem when the reality is NJ probably just made a selection error
    But to not even be on the bench? After starting the season so well? Seems strange. 

    (Sorry to jump in here but take an interest in this thread with Mitchell being ex Millwall) 
    What is your excuse for poking your hooter in the other threads? :smile:

    Agree with your post tbf.
  • Old NJ seems an onery kerr!
  • fenaddick said:
    Amazing that people are immediately jumping to the idea there's an interpersonal problem when the reality is NJ probably just made a selection error
    But to not even be on the bench? After starting the season so well? Seems strange. 

    (Sorry to jump in here but take an interest in this thread with Mitchell being ex Millwall) 
    I think Jones wanted a left footed defender on the bench ie Potts.
  • fenaddick said:
    Amazing that people are immediately jumping to the idea there's an interpersonal problem when the reality is NJ probably just made a selection error
    But to not even be on the bench? After starting the season so well? Seems strange. 

    (Sorry to jump in here but take an interest in this thread with Mitchell being ex Millwall) 
    Think that was more about Potts than Mitchell, left footed, well known to NJ and could fill in at LB for half an hour if needed 
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