Chippenham v Torquay Tue 23rd

[SuperNickyWroe]

Part timers 1 full timers 1 and another 2 points lost, glad I swerved another disappointing night.
Simply not good enough. Johnson OUT

Hardly GJ's fault if a player gets himself sent off.....

[bobbytanz1963]

Hardly GJ's fault if a player gets himself sent off.....

Quite correct but it is GJ’s fault we have no one who can bloody finish in front of goal. Poor recruitment and useless loanees !

He is past his sell by date and won’t but out grateful. Good to see the gaffer acknowledge the fans ….. maybe only the positive ones !

[WainwrightGull]

Hardly GJ's fault if a player gets himself sent off.....

Discipline is down to GJ I am afraid SNW
Shall we rewind to last season and the sendings off through lack of discipline. How many points did it cost us, and one of the many reasons we got relegated.
Down to GJ in my opinion, or maybe wrong recruitment.
Will the lack of discipline cost us again, or have you forgotten how we got here

[desperado]

Weather conditions down to Gary Johnson too.The bloke can't even get that right.
Still, allowing for that I thought Chippenham looked poor and disappointed we didn't get on top after the early goal, turn the screw and kill them off with a second but we can't seem to do that.
Guess Ash ran out of steam, pity as I think he would have taken one of those late chances. Not sure where Collins best position is but he doesn't offer much up front. We'll need to be a lot better to get anything at Worthing, they showed us how to play football at Plainmoor.

[aggrey_25]

collins has proven a poor signing, and tonight showed what a real lack of firepower we have upfront.

if foyo has gone back that is another terrible piece of recruitment, WE NEED A STRIKER!!

what's even more worrying is the pack lining up behind us, lose a few more and we will be 12/13th quite easily with an uphill battle

[aggrey_25]

its actually hard to see getting any points against, worthing, slough, maidstone and st albans, all teams in form.

[culmstockgull]

Oh the joys of open terraces, a waterproof coat that wasn't, a gale force wind and driving rain and a puncture on the way home , a cracking night if you were a duck. We started brightly and were actually passing to each other which confused many of us for a time becuase of the strangeness of those events until we concluded thats what football teams do.Just not us of late. I have never been a fan of mcgavins work rate but last night he put in a major shift and he was my man of the match, undoubtedly making up for Halls shortcomings, his legs have totally gone, if he had beeen a stag in the highlands they would have done the kindly thing and culled him well before now. Harris arguably the best player on the park before christmas in many games is a shadow of his former self, what has johnson done to him. Archer ran and ran but no end quality, a good player for the youth set up but not yet ready for mens football, he had two good chances to score second half one was a six yard tap in but we had it confirmed his left leg is just for standing on, in the time it took to get it onto his right they were throwing defenders at him. Ash seems to be getting his sharpness back and was far better than in the dover game. No sign of martin last night, is he another player that cannot manage two games in a week. Last night against a very average side we dropped two points.
Just listened to the world according to Johnson post match revelations, two comments stood out for me, we lacked quality, 27 games into the season and he has just come to that realisation,and I need to find a team that can get us promoted, good luck on that one.

[The Great Muta!]

I've probably done roughly 10 games this season, and from what I've seen of Collins I've always thought he is talented, good on the ball, has trickery and can run with the ball, you'd think with those skills he'd be better than he is, it's GJ job to unlock that and get him to properly flourish, he may need to bulk up a bit, and get his shooting boots on, but I don't think he's a bad player, just had a dip in form maybe, I'd stick with him.

[aggrey_25]

the whole season so far is a pretty big dip in form, he hasn't produced anything, there isn't time to "stick with him"

agree Hall is done, be better as a target man

[The Great Muta!]

Point taken aggrey_25, I know what you're saying, and can see that entirely from your point of view, I just think if GJ can tap into his skills set, unlock his talents he'll come good for us, you can't play the number of games in league 2 and be a poor player can you?, I'm not saying he's a world beater, but GJ needs to find his best position that can showcase his talents.

[aggrey_25]

hes classed as a striker and scored 2 goals in 57 games for newport. so not a forward or goalscorer. being then used as a winger he hasnt performed so i think poor signing when there could have been much better options.

[desperado]

As Portugull stated Chippenham had a very poor home record , only 4 wins out of 15.
I was a bit taken aback by Johnson saying "they are a passing team so we decided to let them have the ball and hit them on the break" ....??
Is that the way a team going for promotion should play against a team who are struggling at home ? Perhaps he is practising for Saturday when those tactics may be more suitable. Worthing have scored the most goals at home this season with 34 , more than Yeovil
so I am expecting a severe testing. I wont be listening.

[The Great Muta!]

The thing is, when Claims signed most fans were happy, then he plays X number of games, and people turn around and say he's a poor signing,but he wasn't deemed a poor signing in the first place, I'm genuinely not trying to be clever or have some strange logic, but he wouldn't of played over 50 games in league 2 if he was shite, he's come to us, and I'm not sure what goes on at the club, if it's training methods,tactics, or GJ and his ability to unlock talent, but something happens when skilled players arrive, they suddenly became poor or lose form, I think if Collins was given a free signing now, a NL would pick him up, I'm pretty sure of that, I've haven't been drinking early!, anyhow I totally respect aggrey_25 views, this is what this platform is for, to express views.

[Guildford Gull]

collins has proven a poor signing, and tonight showed what a real lack of firepower we have upfront.

if foyo has gone back that is another terrible piece of recruitment, WE NEED A STRIKER!!

what's even more worrying is the pack lining up behind us, lose a few more and we will be 12/13th quite easily with an uphill battle

Yet another terrible loan signing. I'd love to know how much Pete Johnson gets paid for scouting these players.

[UnitedinDevon]

Feb is stacked with games, we need a couple extra loanees asap