That's a complete juxtaposition there.Same old Maher. Dont lose a goal. Gubbins played because of this with a standard back 5. 2 maybe 3 attacking players out of 11 on the pitch. This had 0-0 all over it.
Yes we have a club to be proud of. But football is about entertainment, hope, winning - like religion fans place their faith in this to provide elements which may be missing in their lives to create happiness and fulfillment.
I didn't see this game but did watch v York. It was dire. Banks of players defending hoping for a break up front from a long ball.
Maher as we should all know now is a a glass half empty manager. I absolutely love what he's done for the club and team and should be rewarded. However his style of football is not entertaining, constantly based on hope of a team that might nick a goal and winning is about preventing loss.
Personally I think our players are good enough and I'm not convinced that more players are going to make a difference other than having options from the bench.
I don't believe - and it's my opinion - that we will progress with the current state, mentality and tactics employed by Maher. That's not a Maher out comment. - and I'm a classic football sofa fan with little knowledge - but an observation over time of his approach and football thinking.
in addition after 30 years of watching sufc, I've also seen some wonderful attacking football and therefore benchmarks of entertainment, hope and winning under managers like webb, fry, tilson and Thomson.
I don't see it ever happening with Maher. Yes we will win some games get hopeful but I can't see us progressing with this style of football.
At this point even forget formations etc as they are fluid but continue to employ a strategy of packing a team with defensive players, not taking any risks, defensive approach to playing and hope to nick a goal at the end... I don't see the light.
On one side several good players like Cardwell and Bridge seem off the pace for whatever reason. Waldron & Wood not getting much of a look in which suggests they may not be in the immediate plans. Unconvinced so far by Gubbins (wasn’t previous loan either) or Morton but …
Very early days. Kev is figuring out a lot of things in terms of personnel and systems so let’s give management team the benefit of the doubt. From the outside I agree, too passive and slow build up, lacking more daring forward passing and service into the front two, both from our wide and through the middle. That said when chances do fall to us they must be as frustrated about us missing chances you would expect to be scoring or at least hitting target with, that is on the players
A great honest post , prepare to be put on ignore by the same old few that worship Maher.Same old Maher. Dont lose a goal. Gubbins played because of this with a standard back 5. 2 maybe 3 attacking players out of 11 on the pitch. This had 0-0 all over it.
Yes we have a club to be proud of. But football is about entertainment, hope, winning - like religion fans place their faith in this to provide elements which may be missing in their lives to create happiness and fulfillment.
I didn't see this game but did watch v York. It was dire. Banks of players defending hoping for a break up front from a long ball.
Maher as we should all know now is a a glass half empty manager. I absolutely love what he's done for the club and team and should be rewarded. However his style of football is not entertaining, constantly based on hope of a team that might nick a goal and winning is about preventing loss.
Personally I think our players are good enough and I'm not convinced that more players are going to make a difference other than having options from the bench.
I don't believe - and it's my opinion - that we will progress with the current state, mentality and tactics employed by Maher. That's not a Maher out comment. - and I'm a classic football sofa fan with little knowledge - but an observation over time of his approach and football thinking.
in addition after 30 years of watching sufc, I've also seen some wonderful attacking football and therefore benchmarks of entertainment, hope and winning under managers like webb, fry, tilson and Thomson.
I don't see it ever happening with Maher. Yes we will win some games get hopeful but I can't see us progressing with this style of football.
At this point even forget formations etc as they are fluid but continue to employ a strategy of packing a team with defensive players, not taking any risks, defensive approach to playing and hope to nick a goal at the end... I don't see the light.
Did you actually ever see Maher play?A great honest post , prepare to be put on ignore by the same old few that worship Maher.
This set of players may not be world beaters but he has really moulded them into his normal dowdy style of play and I should think most managers could get a better tune out of them.
Jack Bridge on the bench yesterday summed it all up, all because he didn’t perform when played in a bizarre midfield position the week before.
Yeah I did, good on the ball, unexciting to watchDid you actually ever see Maher play?
From memory we didn't get the -10 deducted at the start of the seasonActually we technically had -4![]()
But then, he didn’t leave and that might tell us something. I hope it clicks soon, strikers do go through barren spells. I’ve not been at the games, but from commentary, his name isn’t being mentioned for creating chances for others and certainly not for near misses. If he’s on the pitch for being a threat, let’s make him one.I get what you say about Cardwell yet in the close season we thought he was being looked at and might leave us for a FL club
Don’t forget Sturrock :)Same old Maher. Dont lose a goal. Gubbins played because of this with a standard back 5. 2 maybe 3 attacking players out of 11 on the pitch. This had 0-0 all over it.
Yes we have a club to be proud of. But football is about entertainment, hope, winning - like religion fans place their faith in this to provide elements which may be missing in their lives to create happiness and fulfillment.
I didn't see this game but did watch v York. It was dire. Banks of players defending hoping for a break up front from a long ball.
Maher as we should all know now is a a glass half empty manager. I absolutely love what he's done for the club and team and should be rewarded. However his style of football is not entertaining, constantly based on hope of a team that might nick a goal and winning is about preventing loss.
Personally I think our players are good enough and I'm not convinced that more players are going to make a difference other than having options from the bench.
I don't believe - and it's my opinion - that we will progress with the current state, mentality and tactics employed by Maher. That's not a Maher out comment. - and I'm a classic football sofa fan with little knowledge - but an observation over time of his approach and football thinking.
in addition after 30 years of watching sufc, I've also seen some wonderful attacking football and therefore benchmarks of entertainment, hope and winning under managers like webb, fry, tilson and Thomson.
I don't see it ever happening with Maher. Yes we will win some games get hopeful but I can't see us progressing with this style of football.
At this point even forget formations etc as they are fluid but continue to employ a strategy of packing a team with defensive players, not taking any risks, defensive approach to playing and hope to nick a goal at the end... I don't see the light.
I don't think I've ever seen a post from you where you don't rubbish Maher, to the point where I could be forgiven for thinking you hope he fails in everything he does with our club. You're entitled to your opinion but sadly, for me, your message completely loses it's impact because of your dislike of the man.A great honest post , prepare to be put on ignore by the same old few that worship Maher.
This set of players may not be world beaters but he has really moulded them into his normal dowdy style of play and I should think most managers could get a better tune out of them.
Jack Bridge on the bench yesterday summed it all up, all because he didn’t perform when played in a bizarre midfield position the week before.
Manager of the Season last year (quickly forgotten by some), also linked with FL clubs. A lot of "neutrals" must have also been kissing it.So let’s say nothing about the negative tactics and all carry on kissing Kevs a!rse.
Don’t dislike him as a man, just his style of football as a manager.I don't think I've ever seen a post from you where you don't rubbish Maher, to the point where I could be forgiven for thinking you hope he fails in everything he does with our club. You're entitled to your opinion but sadly, for me, your message completely loses it's impact because of your dislike of the man.
Seems to me that we scored quite a few goals from open play last season, and that was with Maher as manager. Best not to let facts get in the way of an opinion though, eh? I don't know whether you saw him play, but I did, and he led the side to the Championship and, if I remember correctly, we attacked a fair bit in those days, even with Kev in the team.It does not matter what type of players we bring in, they will still be restricted by their attacking attributes, by a manager who plays defensive football no different to how he played football!! We could sign Messi & Ronaldo in their prime but still they would not score from open play!! LOL.