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notnow wrote: ↑29 Aug 2022, 18:32 3 or 4 of the players were in the vista lounge last night at! and it was around 10-10.30… under the current circumstances is that the right thing? I know they have lives to live but it doesn’t look good.

PL21gull wrote: ↑28 Aug 2022, 10:05 Indeed it is the system which is making us into a group of players set up not to concede, hence the lack of creative play and lack of goals. We have no central playmaker, we have a midfielder protecting the back 3/5, we have insufficient support from the wings and for the front men. Other teams seem to be able to generate midfield support, to have strikers who work together, and desire to attack both posts (not just floated hopeful high balls to give the keeper simple catching practice or beyond the far post).
Apart from a long throw and consequent confusion in the box how on earth are we hoping to score?
Against Boreham Wood, in the second half, it seemed that we were trying to play some actual football as opposed to air ball, and chances were made (to be thwarted by excellent goalkeeping and pathetic refereeing), so we can look like a team on occasions...so why only on occasions?

Steve_TUFC wrote: ↑08 Aug 2022, 11:06 https://fanbanter.co.uk/footage-emerges ... -incident/

forevertufc wrote: ↑20 Jul 2022, 18:35 You know what is seriously beginning to boil my piss, is the number of people across social media and forums who are commenting on Halstead's performance who weren't at the game. Video my arse, it's the most brief highlights.

Can't be bothered to watch the video, I was actually at the game, I doubt the video shows the five very good saves Halstead made to avoid a rugby score, doubt very much much the video shows the minutes in and around the 4th and 5th goals, our teams was totally over-run in this game, Halstead should never ever have so many saves to make.

Some of you need to get the game into perspective, of course it's not nice getting thumped 0.5, but whether we like it or not Argyle will almost certainly be challenging for promotion to the championship, they are ahead of us in pre-season, we had Andrews, Jarvis, Hanson playing only their second P.S.F all three yet to have 90 minutes the pitch, Goodwin only arrived at the club on the day of the game, my god what were some of you expecting, it's embarrassing reading some of this shite.

None of the first three goals were Halstead's fault, and you no what, it doesn't matter a shit if the 4th and 5th goals were his fault or not, the problem here is a minority of our fans, who seem just hell bent on over analysing every god damn goal he concedes, desperately trying to find an angle to blame him.

Gary Johnson is NOT going back to the board for the second consecutive season asking for more money for 3rd keeper, so get with programme fast Halstead/Lovett are, our keepers, in my opinion Halstead will start the season as no1, I was at the Newport game where Halstead was flawless, he will NOT be tested week in and out, throughout the NL season like last night, so here is a novel idea, because we can't have him turning up scarred shitless of making mistake thanks to the boo boys, just try and support the lad, he might gain some confidence.