On my way home

[Romford Hoop]

Gutted for the team tonight, desperately unlucky to lose, punished by 1 mistake where for the only time in the game the defence switched off.
i thought we matched Southampton all over the pitch and they were time wasting at the end to save the points.MC and everyone knows we need a striker and a midfielder of quality, Dykes is just a waste of space as is Dozzell who stupidly gave away the free kick that lead to their goal.
The commitment and fight today was 100% and If MC can get in a couple of quality players we should be fine.
Our bench today was weak as #### and options very limited.

[Macca]

We could have 3 striker's on the pitch if that greedy c unt Chair doesn't lift his head and play players in instead of him trying to do it all himself, he can't cross a ball to save his life, others are just as bad either hit the first man or cross the ball missing everyone out.
As for corners we are f ucking usless no variation just straight at their keeper or a defender on the near post, until we sort that out Messi or any other world class striker ain't going to score, after that rant we played well, apart from giving away a stupid free kick and terrible defending which cost us the game.

[shaggy24]

Its better to watch the GA, but we created sod all again.

The squad lacks quality in too many positions

Sinclair is a close to being ready for this league as my mum, Dozzell what we liked in him to spunk money beyond me and as for Kelman im amazed he's a pro

Can see wall turning us over physical side get a cf in jan 2nd ffs

[DJ Hooper W12]

Agree with both, dykes ineffective totally. And we played well even at a goal down never giving up which is a vast improvement But in front of goal never even looked like scoring would have brought smith on earlier. Sinclair not up to the job. All in all a good game and not distraught but worry that without a goal scorer our hopes of staying up are dwindling week by week. TBH l could have written this post before kick off methinks

[72bus]

The final ball isn't there , poor deliveries from all the attacking players , service to dykes is non existent.
As said Dozzell is really poor , ponderous and looks like he's had a joint before K.O. We need to start with larkeche and Smith .
I've seen enough of Armstrong , yes he's fast but he lacks instinct, composure and has no football brain .
The squad is threadbare and lacks quality .
They brought on international players Frazer and Adams we brought on 45 year old uncle Albert .

[Sleeping Giants]

We could have 3 striker's on the pitch if that greedy c unt Chair doesn't lift his head and play players in instead of him trying to do it all himself, he can't cross a ball to save his life, others are just as bad either hit the first man or cross the ball missing everyone out.
As for corners we are f ucking usless no variation just straight at their keeper or a defender on the near post, until we sort that out Messi or any other world class striker ain't going to score, after that rant we played well, apart from giving away a stupid free kick and terrible defending which cost us the game.

He doesn't play players in coz he knows we don't have an end product so speculative shots from him is his best option.

[Dedders]

Could’ve played all night and not scored sadly. How many times did the ball go across the face of the goal? Donkey Dykes worked his ar#se off today but had no hope of scoring

[Romford Hoop]

Could’ve played all night and not scored sadly. How many times did the ball go across the face of the goal? Donkey Dykes worked his ar#se off today but had no hope of scoring

He may work his #### off but contributes nothing to the play, his hold up play is laughable it’s so bad, only once today did he achieve it, people say he doesn’t get any service, yes he does it’s just he doesn’t move, good strikers make their own chances, he is just a very poor player at this level, Kelman also poor and Armstrong needs a loan to learn his trade.

[222lepo]

The final ball isn't there , poor deliveries from all the attacking players , service to dykes is non existent.
As said Dozzell is really poor , ponderous and looks like he's had a joint before K.O. We need to start with larkeche and Smith .
I've seen enough of Armstrong , yes he's fast but he lacks instinct, composure and has no football brain .
The squad is threadbare and lacks quality .
They brought on international players Frazer and Adams we brought on 45 year old uncle Albert .

Even if the service was there Dykes runs like a headless chicken. How many years has he been here 3? He produces zero hes is not even a target man.

[72bus]

Even if the service was there Dykes runs like a headless chicken. How many years has he been here 3? He produces zero hes is not even a target man.

It's there for all to see that dykes doesn't cut it at this level . Until we bring someone in he's our only option...kelman and Armstrong are awful.

[Isleworth116]

It's there for all to see that dykes doesn't cut it at this level . Until we bring someone in he's our only option...kelman and Armstrong are awful.

Kelman and Armstrong out of contract this summer. We need to release them. No audition, take your chance or find another club.

[Abseits]

So we've apparently gone toe-to-toe with Saints in close matches home and away. However, we have ZERO points.

Fact is, there is very little between most teams in this league but some are winners and some are losers. We ARE losers - it's plain to see. It's not about shape, formation, strikers..... It's more about mental toughness and winning individual battles. My impression is that we have too many lightweight players who are simply not mentally tough enough to give the opposition a stiff fight. As ever, we lose an individual duel and/or switch off and pay for it. It's just too easy for our opponents to "dig in" and get the better of us. It's got to the stage where I don't think the players have any confidence or belief when they take a shot or make a cross, it feels speculative and "hit and hope" to me, there's no conviction.
Maybe we can use Jan 1st as some sort of reset and go again. Gotta say, I've got a nasty feeling that we're never getting out of this bottom 3 though.

[222lepo]

We need a striker in the window who is better than Dykes the problem is do we have the money.

[Harrow QPR]

We need a striker in the window who is better than Dykes the problem is do we have the money.

We need to sell players in JAN asap and use the money to buy a striker or get a couple on loan from a premiership team. We also need a box to box midfielder that can add some energy to our midfield because we are very slow .
I would sell Chair , Willock and Field because don't see anybody wanting any of our other players and Willock and Field are nearly out of contract . If we could get 10 million for those three , we could sign a striker , centre mid and loan a couple of young Prem stars.
I would sell Dykes as well if anybody was mad enough to want him , should of sold him to Millwall last Jan.
We could buy any striker from probably 10 players from league 1 or 2 that would be a better bet than Dykes , he is crap.
Kiefer Moore from Bournemouth would hold the ball up better , is better in the air and scores more goals than Dykes , he would probably cost 2 to 3 mill .
There must be some hot prem prospects we could get on loan to play up front or midfield , getting Tim back would offer more than Dozzel .
There is a young forward mainly a winger at LIVERPOOL , Ben Doak who is rated as a great prospect , a young black forward at West Ham that scores a lot of goals at his level and is rated very highly .

[topperharley]

So we've apparently gone toe-to-toe with Saints in close matches home and away. However, we have ZERO points.

Fact is, there is very little between most teams in this league but some are winners and some are losers. We ARE losers - it's plain to see. It's not about shape, formation, strikers..... It's more about mental toughness and winning individual battles. My impression is that we have too many lightweight players who are simply not mentally tough enough to give the opposition a stiff fight. As ever, we lose an individual duel and/or switch off and pay for it. It's just too easy for our opponents to "dig in" and get the better of us. It's got to the stage where I don't think the players have any confidence or belief when they take a shot or make a cross, it feels speculative and "hit and hope" to me, there's no conviction.
Maybe we can use Jan 1st as some sort of reset and go again. Gotta say, I've got a nasty feeling that we're never getting out of this bottom 3 though.

I think you're spot on, but I would say margins are the difference, we just liss that little bit extra in all areas to make that difference. The only one in our whole squad that really has 'it', is Willock, and he's the epitomy of your point.

MC is the man to dig us out of this, Jan cannot come soon enough and if it's a quiet window this is going to be a long season. At least 3 players of quality have to come in.