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Thought King did well and offered more than Sheckleford….and Jones must play

I’d be interested to know why Cook was getting worked up throughout the second half, prior to their equaliser and winner.

I’ve seen nothing of it and had to endure it in the Portuguese sunshine via 1866 commentary but there was mention of Cook raging on the touch line at his players, way before they equalised.

Cook will obviously take the flak but it sounded like there were players on the pitch that he was getting extremely frustrated with.

Burnsy, on 26 August 2023 - 04:38 PM, said:

Nonsense. Awful performance today but Berry didn’t do a thing. As so many have said, this tip-tap ball, pass it square, don’t dare drive straight towards and into the box is Cook-ball. It’s his game plan and it’s time for some adjustments.

Just got home and so disappointed with that awful performance, if we are real title contenders we need to bounce back on Monday

warfey is a spireite, on 26 August 2023 - 05:26 PM, said:

I know plenty of folk who’ve had trials at professional clubs. Played a few games here and there for non league clubs , got paid for playing at teams like staveley and they’ve been as thick as mud and clueless about the game. Please stop making out your trials mean anything.

Valley Blues, on 26 August 2023 - 05:47 PM, said:

Yes if Cook starts Colclough wide right. We have better centre mid players than Mandy.

Let's look at the positives...

Walton must be banned or there'd be 16 new threads by now..

Bobby Darling, on 26 August 2023 - 06:04 PM, said:

I actually agree , god knows why cook isn’t playing our best players in their best positions. We’ve got that much strength attacking wise there doesn’t seem to be any reason for it.

*disclaimer.

*This isn’t an endorsement of sacking Paul cook. It’s actually possible to question his tactics/selctions without becoming a knee jerk hysterical wet wipe after 1 defeat.

spireitetoo, on 26 August 2023 - 06:05 PM, said:

Don't tempt fate!

Oh hang on the other misery guts is at it now.

This post has been edited by Johnnyspireite7: 26 August 2023 - 06:13 PM

Come to the conclusion we will never get out this division. Same mistakes year after year and hoping for a different conclusion come the end of the season - fed up and totally deflated. To win the league you can lose no more than 7/8…history tells us that. We have lost 1 in the first 5. We need to be winning games and have a habit of drawing or losing totally throwing points away - Had we drew that game it would of still been 4 points dropped in a week. Bunkum - fear for us monday.

Bobby Darling, on 26 August 2023 - 06:04 PM, said:

It's Dobra who is not firing on all cylinders yet. If Mandy also has a poor game by his own immaculate standards, which according to 1866 he did today, then it's no surprise that we struggle.
I think the 'soft underbelly' that Cook referred to must include the defensive shortcomings of our '3'. If they don't put the work in, we are too exposed. Time to get Hobson in the squad, and Curtis.

TheSpireite1866, on 26 August 2023 - 06:14 PM, said:

Fully expecting a 7th season in this sh*thole league come next August. We just aren’t streetwise enough to see out games when needed.

This post has been edited by gordon_brittas: 26 August 2023 - 06:18 PM

Bobby Darling, on 26 August 2023 - 06:04 PM, said:

You said Colclough, along with Grigg, should have started today.

So by that logic, four games in and having started the season with a couple of goals, you’re saying the player who cleaned up at last seasons awards should have been dropped for todays game and will possibly be the player missing out?

Bluekent, on 26 August 2023 - 06:12 PM, said:

Who do you think our best player is on the right of the 3?

He said in interview, they didn't expect Altrincham to come onto them as much as they did... what the home team, 1 down in front of their own fans, playing against the bookies favourites to win the league, and they didn't expect to have a go as much as they did...

He should be telling the players they are gunna come and have a go for that reason, and this ?? is what we're gunna do to combat that, ...

Double post.

This post has been edited by spireitetoo: 26 August 2023 - 06:43 PM

Fact Checker said:

So yet again in your eyes Grimes comes away with no blame -Proper Captains organise and cajole ‘passive players ‘ -the problem is Grimes is also a passive player and has been a consistent for 2 years of awful defensive displays.

My favourite quote has always been ‘Its the definition of madness keep doing the same things and expecting different results’

As far as Cook is concerned he has shaped the whole football club and assembled a great squad of players (defensively aside) but I do fear his stubbornness will cost us eg Maguire not being near the squad, reluctance to change tactics when clearly not working, assembling a top heavy coaching staff and then blaming a lack of training facilities for the type of performance put in today.

I would expect the likes of Naylor and Grigg will be having a word with him as I am sure they didn’t buy into this

I am hoping todays shocking display will create a proper backlash within the club and fully expect to see major changes against the current league leaders anything less will suggest that lessons are still not being learned (despite Webb continually promising that we will learn the lessons )

Signing a RCB will not stop the shambolic defensive without further changes in the defensive unit

rodney, on 26 August 2023 - 05:56 PM, said:

We are missing Jones in midfield, once again the defence were shocking apart from Tyrer and Grimes. Not seen anything encouraging about the so called big signing Jacobs, I couldnt understand the team selection today.Very disappointing performance today never looked capable of killing the games off. Hartlepool on Monday is a real tester, will the team be up for it.

rodney, on 26 August 2023 - 05:56 PM, said:

We are missing Jones in midfield, once again the defence were shocking apart from Tyrer and Grimes. Not seen anything encouraging about the so called big signing Jacobs, I couldnt understand the team selection today.Very disappointing performance today never looked capable of killing the games off. Hartlepool on Monday is a real tester, will the team be up for it.

DOUGLAS JARDINE, on 26 August 2023 - 05:51 PM, said:

Probably abit more than you though