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Whitely on for Slabber

Looks like a long winter battling relegation.....Yes I know it is early but looking like 2 points from 21.....so sad and very disappointing

6th Penalty in 7 games pathetic

Lots of different grounds in the Ryman

Attendance 705.

Glad I didnt risk the traffic to go today.....!

Very poor!

The first looked off side to me, and a complete miskick for an equaliser didn't help.
Yet again hit the woodwork.
Let's try and stay positive eh?
We ain't into bloody September yet.

The first was not off side. Nelson let the ball bounce and there striker ran past him to score.

Stay positive? Have you seen all the games so far? We've not played a side that I think will be top 8 this season. Ebbsfleet would have had our pants down. 2 points out of 7 games considering the teams we have played is no where near good enough.

We keep bringing strikers in but we have no-one capable of giving them the service to score. Yet we still have the same defenders that make mistakes over and over again.

-- Edited by Polo on Monday 29th of August 2016 05:36:53 PM

Can't comment on today as I was roaming the Somerset Levels trying to avoid the carnage on the M5. However......

 

I remember similar straits after a loss at Eastleigh two August Bank Holidays ago. I also remember one player standing up and saying this is not good enough for me and not good enough for my club. He then led and played sufficiently well in the next 15 games to get a transfer to a League one club and start to get us out of the slurry. Yes, he had an advantage in that he had been at the club for a season but he had not been involved much for several reasons.

We really could do with this again. Anyone want to step forward because it isn't obvious at the moment. You may not get the end results H did but even a decent percentage of that would be most welcome at the moment. You'd certainly be welcome back through the gates by the support at any time in the future

MarkX wrote:

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Lots of different grounds in the Ryman

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 was told today relegated teams return from where they came so for us would be Southen League (oh joy)

Certainly the worst Welling team performance in over 30 years of supporting, hopeless.

The warm up is a complete shambles, you can just imagine how bad training is during the week.

Although I started trying to stay positive and defend the team on here at first, I must admit there seems to have been no improvement since the beginning of the season, even with so-called better signings.

However in saying that, we were in line today with our back four when their striker latched onto the through ball and scored. It wasn't even a close call, he was miles offside! The only problem was that the linesman was even further behind play so couldn't flag for it as he had no idea either way, even though we tried to change his mind!

The second goal seemed to come about from another 50:50 tackle, from which both players appeared to miss the ball and go down at the same time. The referee, however, seemed intent on giving the penalty without taking a second or two to think about it. Surely it's time to question these penalty decisions with the league? I believe MG said in an interview that things even themselves out over a season. All I can say is it's going to be a bloody excellent few games hopefully some time soon!

Finally, I know this doesn't relate to the way the team played, but I can't remember a game in recent years when an opposing team has managed to kick the ball away and stop quick free kicks happening so many times without being booked, until the 90th minute that is - they certainly knew how to play the ref, something we don't do!

First and foremost well done to the Goldberg clan for organising the fun day. From what I have seen and heard it was very well received and a real positive step. Now for the not so fun part....

I should say first up that there were some mitigating circumstances yesterday with two centre backs and two central midfielders missing and therefore a few square pegs in round holes. However that can't gloss over another abject performance - things appear to be getting worse rather than better.

Lewington has been the one (and only) plus of the season to date. He is a decent keeper but is getting far too much practice behind what can only be described as an inept bunch in front of him. I will excuse the young lad at right back from the youth team who was thrown in at the deep end and acquitted himself far better than some of the senior players around him. The other three parts to the back four were simply woeful - as I have said elsewhere if you sign too many Ryman Premier league players you end up with a Ryman Premier league team and we are fast becoming one of those....I realise that things are not great at the other end of the field as well but surely MG and Co have to address the glaring issues in defence. It's not as if other teams have to work hard to score a goal - outside of the customary rash tackle for a penalty it was a simple hoof over the top from back to front that caused us no end of problems yesterday?! Contrast our centre halves to Chris Bush, who we know first hand has his limitations, but strolled through the game yesterday without breaking sweat.

I did see some promise in PJD and LVD in the wide positions although their decision making could be better - with better plays supporting them then they could prove to be decent players at this level. Playing a centre half and centre forward in central midfield was enforced and I felt both lads tried hard and it is difficult to be over critical of them to be honest. And then we come to the forwards ( I won't call them strikers anymore) I have spent a season and a half watching our so called forwards stand around getting beaten to the ball, fail to close down the opposition and not even bother to jump and try and head the ball - please forgive me but I don't want to watch another one. And the other one was little better - he missed a chance to equalise that my cat would have scored and his response to that miss was to go into hiding for most of the second half after that. Yes Chelmsford could/should have been out of sight by that stage but they weren't and we simply can't afford to throw away chances like that. No doubt there will be more strikers thrown at the issue before our next game...

Also can someone tell me what the coaching team is all about...?? That is the second home game in succession where our lads have emerged five minute before the start of the second half and just milled around waiting for the game to restart. Were they given a rocket up the backside because they weren't exactly quaking in their boots or itching for the game to restart. We appear to have a plethora of coaches yet they have run out of things to say after ten minutes?! If that is the case then I will volunteer to go in the dressing room and give them my "thoughts" for those five minutes..... It's not like they are doing any drills at half time either - all it needed was a couple of them to spark up a fag and it could have been Danson Park on a Sunday morning........

I have tried very hard to be patient. "Judge me after ten games" was the quote if I recall........well I have managed seven and the patience has almost completely evaporated. Disorganised. Inept. Clueless. Naive. Slow. Disinterested. Take your pick but, on yesterday's showing I will opt for GUTLESS....

 

 

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I have to say. After being involved at the club last season and the end of the season before attending the game on Saturday was a real low.

I can't dispute MG has come in and helped off the field stuff but is definitely not a manager. Things may not have gone out way last season under Faz but we were only a player or too light and unfortunately the management team were not given the resources to address this.

The players MG has brought in are all in my opinion ryman standard and I cannot see the situation improving.

A real shame

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 We were more than a player or too light. We had no-one capable of putting the ball in the back of the net. Faz put too many players on contract so they could not be moved out. Plus with additional funds and money they got, there were funds available. Not a knock on Frost and Ashby, I think the damage had already been done by the time they came into the club.

MG managed to win the league with Bromley so he has done it at this level, but for whatever reason it's not clicking together. Agreed regarding some of the players though. They are not up to this level unfortunately.

Maybe more than one player then and I agree a couple should prob not have been given contracts but I am sure there is a huge percentage of people that would love to have the guys back in charge because the football we played was in a different stratosphere to what I saw on Saturday!!

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Maybe more than one player then and I agree a couple should prob not have been given contracts but I am sure there is a huge percentage of people that would love to have the guys back in charge because the football we played was in a different stratosphere to what I saw on Saturday!!

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 Are you saying that a huge percentage would rather have Faz and Co in charge over the current regime....??

Hahahahahahaha - count me in the small percentage then please.