andysstuff Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 Feeling sorry for that mascot, half time and they've not had a shot on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 Feeling sorry for that mascot, half time and they've not had a shot on target. Its all right. Portsmouthnil have given up scoring goals for Lent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 Feeling sorry for that mascot, half time and they've not had a shot on target. It will soon become the new naughty step. Misbehave and that's it, you going to be the next Pompey mascot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 It will soon become the new naughty step. Misbehave and that's it, you going to be the next Pompey mascot cruel & unusual punishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 I see they managed three times as many yellow cards as shots on target. And second bottom Northampton get an away win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysstuff Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 They are becoming dull 0-0 specialists. No shots on target second half either. Looking like a mixed bag of results below then, with the bottom two winning, they are nearer the drop than this morning. Can't see many waverers renewing whatever the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 So another heroic 0-0 draw for the Skates, but with Northampton winning at Exeter that trapdoor's getting closer. Goal difference is a fine indicator of final league position, and Pompey have the third worst in the league; they're cutting it awfully fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 Northampton five points adrift with a game in hand. Keeps it interesting. Not much to interest the ever so slightly smaller skate crowd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVER THE HILL Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 12,780 at the "Packed Park" Boos ring out at the final whistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 12,780! That's just over 2,000 paying customers - or as the Express would say, 40% empty. The proceeds for those two home games in four days can't be anywhere near enough to meet running costs. Two points nearer dropping into non-league and 312 mins since they scored - but on the bright side, they did get one shot on target, the booing wasn't too loud at the final whistle, and they don't have to put diesel in the open top bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 4 clean sheets tbf since they got stuffed at Scun.thorpe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysstuff Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 Northampton five points adrift with a game in hand. Keeps it interesting. Not much to interest the ever so slightly smaller skate crowd... To be fair, still head and shoulders above any other crowd in the league, and larger than a number of Championship crowds. Like I said above, serving up this dross isn't going to encourage the much needed ST renewals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tamesaint Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 A crowd of 12k will not have helped the cash flow. 1 shot on target and 3 off target compares unfavourably with their opponents who managed 9 and 14 shots. They really are a shower of s hit. It is very congested at the bottom. The bottom 2 both managed wins showing that there may be life in them yet.It could get very interesting if they were to win their games in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 So another heroic 0-0 draw for the Skates, but with Northampton winning at Exeter that trapdoor's getting closer. Goal difference is a fine indicator of final league position, and Pompey have the third worst in the league; they're cutting it awfully fine. Fourth worst goal difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Danbert Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 12,780 at the "Packed Park" Boos ring out at the final whistle. Lowest home gate of the season for them I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 So another heroic 0-0 draw for the Skates, but with Northampton winning at Exeter that trapdoor's getting closer. Goal difference is a fine indicator of final league position, and Pompey have the third worst in the league; they're cutting it awfully fine. 4th worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiesaint Posted 11 March, 2014 Share Posted 11 March, 2014 Fine effort by Olly Lancashire tonight. Sent off for Rochdale who then see bottom of the table Torquay beat them 2-1 to close in on #lowlypompey. Good to see all these ex-Saints doing their bit for the cause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 So another heroic 0-0 draw for the Skates, but with Northampton winning at Exeter that trapdoor's getting closer. Goal difference is a fine indicator of final league position, and Pompey have the third worst in the league; they're cutting it awfully fine. Nothing to worry about, it's just a temporary problem while they have to play against some teams that are above them in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 To be fair, still head and shoulders above any other crowd in the league You see, this is exactly the reason why they need to stay in this league, not go up, not go down, because it's the only time they can say, with any justification that they're "a big club"...for League Two. Although that may change once the extra cheap tickets and "fans owned" (there go my sides) hype wears off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 You see, this is exactly the reason why they need to stay in this league, not go up, not go down, because it's the only time they can say, with any justification that they're "a big club"...for League Two. Although that may change once the extra cheap tickets and "fans owned" (there go my sides) hype wears off. IMO it is ok if they just stay up. Going into the conference would see an uplift in their win ratio and the crowds would turn up. Add to that they would be able to boost about their Championship wins. Let them languish around the bottom of L2 for a couple of seasons and they will soon see their crowds become in the 5k region. 12k last night was pretty good considering there was footy on the Tv. I think their crowds are impressive even though there are cheap tickets etc, the fans get off their bottoms and at least go, fair play to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Little Ernest Spencer (who calls their kids Ernest nowadays?), 8 years old and from Emsworth, enjoyed his run out as the Skate Mascot for their match against the mighty Burton Albion last night. Invited back onto the Chris Evans Breakfast show to tell him how it had all gone, there was disappointment in his voice when he revealed that the score had been 0-0. But on the plus side, he was upgraded and not only had a free tour of the ancient crumbling edifice they call a stadium, but he was given all the players' signatures, presumably a piece of paper with eleven crosses on it. This is undoubtedly an experience that will see him indoctrinated as a true Skate fan for the rest of his life, or at least as long as the club manages to survive, which might not see him into his teens. And when Chris asked him to mark his experience out of ten, in true Skate maffs style, he gave 1000 out of 10, the other side of the coin to when the Skates owe anybody money and pay 1000th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMarlin Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Little Ernest Spencer (who calls their kids Ernest nowadays?), 8 years old and from Emsworth, enjoyed his run out as the Skate Mascot for their match against the mighty Burton Albion last night. Invited back onto the Chris Evans Breakfast show to tell him how it had all gone, there was disappointment in his voice when he revealed that the score had been 0-0. But on the plus side, he was upgraded and not only had a free tour of the ancient crumbling edifice they call a stadium, but he was given all the players' signatures, presumably a piece of paper with eleven crosses on it. This is undoubtedly an experience that will see him indoctrinated as a true Skate fan for the rest of his life, or at least as long as the club manages to survive, which might not see him into his teens. And when Chris asked him to mark his experience out of ten, in true Skate maffs style, he gave 1000 out of 10, the other side of the coin to when the Skates owe anybody money and pay 1000th. Poor little bugger probably doesn't realise he's agreed to hand over his pocket money to the players for the next 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holepuncture Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 If the players they want to offload take a 50% cut on their contracts, pompey will have to find about £750,000+ to pay them off. That's a lot of pledges. The monthly compromise wage bill will be absolutely massive, the bestest paid-for-yet-non-playing squad in the FL I imagine! Increased budgets, paying off long contracts for little Jonny Ertl and the gang, they really are rolling in cash it seems His answer was he had not received any money from Portsmouth since he had left and he is still owed by them. What a surprise!! That is interesting, I thought the man who lifted the cup was suing the club for his wages owed? I forget which trading entity he is suing though, PFC2010 or the one before that? Sol was before the compromise days, maybe they have completely forgetten about the hero turned villain and his multi million £ debt.. though perhaps the PFA (with their fixed and floating charges on PFC assets) hasnt? Little Ernest Spencer (who calls their kids Ernest nowadays?), 8 years old and from Emsworth, enjoyed his run out as the Skate Mascot for their match against the mighty Burton Albion last night. Invited back onto the Chris Evans Breakfast show to tell him how it had all gone, there was disappointment in his voice when he revealed that the score had been 0-0. But on the plus side, he was upgraded and not only had a free tour of the ancient crumbling edifice they call a stadium, but he was given all the players' signatures, presumably a piece of paper with eleven crosses on it. This is undoubtedly an experience that will see him indoctrinated as a true Skate fan for the rest of his life, or at least as long as the club manages to survive, which might not see him into his teens. And when Chris asked him to mark his experience out of ten, in true Skate maffs style, he gave 1000 out of 10, the other side of the coin to when the Skates owe anybody money and pay 1000th. Indeed Barker was keen to upgrade the mascot/mark - Young Ernest has actually just taken all the two year contracts off pompeys hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26428755 Portsmouth boss Richie Barker told BBC Radio Solent: "We should have won the game. The longer the game went on we never looked like losing it, but yet again there was a lack of responsibility in the final third. "Scoring goals is the hardest job in football, it wins games and at the moment we haven't got enough people who want to do that. "I look and I think 'who really wants to be the one that scores a goal?'. Who wants to go and score the goal and be the hero in front of the fans at home and score the winning goal?" So what about those two strikers that you signed Richie who were going to lead the goal charge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickn Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26428755 Portsmouth boss Richie Barker told BBC Radio Solent: "We should have won the game. The longer the game went on we never looked like losing it, but yet again there was a lack of responsibility in the final third. "Scoring goals is the hardest job in football, it wins games and at the moment we haven't got enough people who want to do that. "I look and I think 'who really wants to be the one that scores a goal?'. Who wants to go and score the goal and be the hero in front of the fans at home and score the winning goal?" So what about those two strikers that you signed Richie who were going to lead the goal charge? It has to be said that Barker continually comes out with the biggest load of boll0cks ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 He's the best I've ever seen... at being an anti-motivator, an anti-coach, and an anti-tactician. He's the anti-manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Hey Richie, if only you had a quality striker on the payroll, someone who has played at a higher level and can deliver in League Two - someone who could finish one of those half chances to win you games and make you look like you know what you are doing. Perhaps someone who knows enough about the game to expose your own coaching skills as outdated and ineffective? Best you get him out of the club so he doesn't make you look silly. You can't have dissent in the camp, especially when the dissenter has worked with some really professional set-ups recently and may well know what he's talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Indeed Barker was keen to upgrade the mascot/mark - Young Ernest has actually just taken all the two year contracts off pompeys hands. Now that's not a name you would associate with Pompey, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Penny Mordaunt has just claimed in the H of C that Portsmouth FC is the only 100% community owned club in the country! Do they ALL lie down there? Is it something in the waters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/barker-blasts-lack-of-quality-1-5929977 Richie Barker denied the system is to blame for Pompey’s goalscoring problems and blasted: We don’t have enough quality here. The Blues boss hit back at suggestions the 4-4-2 formation employed against Burton Albion last night was at the root of the problem, after his side were booed off following a third successive 0-0 draw. Pompey have now scored just four goals in nine home games since Barker’s arrival in December. Patrick Agyemang struck the inside of the post against Burton, but keeper Robert Lainton was barely tested all evening. While some believe the 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 formation which worked well at Chesterfield could be the answer, Barker angrily. hit back. Asked if the system might be a reason, he replied: ‘We are playing 4-4-2 with two strikers and two wingers. Why is the system not right? ‘When I played 4-3-3, people moaned about that. ‘So if the system isn’t right, you tell me. ‘It’s nothing to do with the system. ‘We played with two wide players who have the opportunity to create chances and two strikers to score goals. ‘I don’t see any different to what they did. ‘Quality is the issue. I have watched every goal in League Two over the past few weeks. ‘I see people individually creating chances, individually creating goals and individually scoring goals. I don’t see that here. ‘People thought goalscoring wasn’t an issue when I came in – it was. ‘I think the strikers had 12 goals between them in 28 games and that isn’t enough. It’s continued to be the same.’ Barker has totally revamped Pompey’s attack since his appointment. He’s allowed David Connolly and Ryan Bird to leave on loan, and recruited three new strikers in Ryan Taylor, Jake Jervis and Michael Drennan. The manager now appears to be losing faith in the group of players he has at his disposal, although still believes the Blues will avoid relegation from League Two. He said: ‘I’m still working out where we are going to go next season in terms of how we are going to get promoted. ‘I’m finding out a lot about players on a daily basis – some good and some bad. ‘I’d have to say there is a long way to go and a lot of changes to be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Penny Mordaunt has just claimed in the H of C that Portsmouth FC is the only 100% community owned club in the country! Do they ALL lie down there? Is it something in the waters? Just watched that. It does seem to be endemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysstuff Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 footballmania When Barker was appointed I was the first one to say WRONG GUY. In reality it is not his fault. The board were at fault, first of all by appointing Catlin and then allowing him to influence the decision to employ Barker. We are struggling this season...... next season there is no prem payment and season ticket sales will be down. So, in reality there will not be enough money around to keep even these low quality players onboard. We need major money and trust cannot provide it.......... Most sensible comments from a site ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 He said: ‘I’m still working out where we are going to go next season in terms of how we are going to get promoted. Lincoln, Hereford, Salisbury, Gateshead, Kidderminster... Even Eastleigh perhaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidthesquid Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Pompey have now scored just four goals in nine home games since Barker’s arrival in December. Tbh I'm impressed anyone turns up to watch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Pompey have now scored just four goals in nine home games since Barker’s arrival in December. Tbh I'm impressed anyone turns up to watch them. In league 2! Ha sometimes I have to pinch myself. What an absolutely awful team and a nightmare for them. I hope they are still in league one and two in a decade, then we will see how loyal their fans are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 reading the report and Barkers comments it could be HR talking.Blaming everybody but himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 imo they are goin down players are hardly going to bust a gut when manager says he wants to replace most of them next season, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 It all started off so well too... [video=youtube_share;iY8KehtGujA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Lineker is talking about Sherwood at Spurs here but quite fitting for the subject matter of this thread too.... Gary Lineker @GaryLineker There is no quicker way to lose the confidence and trust of your players than to slag them off publicly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/barker-blasts-lack-of-quality-1-5929977 Judging by most of the current 85 comments the skates want Barker out also. I love a good meltdown and we are lucky enough to get them on a regular basis with Porstmouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Corpy isn't happy over on pol... I disagree that we should support Barker. Not only have we not imroved since sacking GW (which was the right thing to do) in the points per game we're achieving Barker's dour, turgid style of play is driving people away from FP and will without doubt see a fall in ST renewals for next season. I suspect the board realise this and that's why Catlin issued his "more money to spend on players" rallying call earlier this week. People seem to be suggesting that the style of football will somehow miraculously transform next season once Barker can bring in new players. He's brough in almost a full team of his own men and there's been no improvement at all. He's allegedly tightened up the defence but our GD has failed to improve in the slightest so the net gain once again is nothing. We've scored 7 goals in our last ten games which shows a pathetic lack of threat and to help address this Barker has sent the only two natural goalscorers we have on the books out on loan - where both have scored several goals. Not only are we not scoring, we're not even threatening to score. In the last three games we've managed 4 shots on target. That's four on target efforts in 270 minutes play. Or one every 67 minutes. Twenty or so games into his reign I can see no evidence of any progression under Barker, no style of play emerging, no method to his team selections and no promise. His style of play at Crawley was described as defensive & dour and his lat seven games there resulted in one goal. Why should we support this man? Nothing, absolutely nothing I've seen or read about him since he's been here makes me think he will bring success to this club. His churlish comments blaming previous managers, players and the Dalai Lama for poor performances are just the icing on an extremely **** cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 I think you'll find that MoneyPenny actually stood up and said, would the prime minister like to join me in a shallow PR campaign for votes in portsmouth by glossing over the demise of shipbuilding and talking about other stuff? And he said, indeed, let's heap praise on the local football supporters, big-up their little fantasy about 100% community ownership - and also remind everyone that I appointed a minister for the city so I really care about you all, so please vote for the tubby one in the swimsuit. Think I'll go and find her on YouTube flopping off that top board and hitting the water like a garage door - it makes me laugh just thinking about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Corpy isn't happy over on pol... I disagree that we should support Barker. Not only have we not imroved since sacking GW (which was the right thing to do) in the points per game we're achieving Barker's dour, turgid style of play is driving people away from FP and will without doubt see a fall in ST renewals for next season. I suspect the board realise this and that's why Catlin issued his "more money to spend on players" rallying call earlier this week. People seem to be suggesting that the style of football will somehow miraculously transform next season once Barker can bring in new players. He's brough in almost a full team of his own men and there's been no improvement at all. He's allegedly tightened up the defence but our GD has failed to improve in the slightest so the net gain once again is nothing. We've scored 7 goals in our last ten games which shows a pathetic lack of threat and to help address this Barker has sent the only two natural goalscorers we have on the books out on loan - where both have scored several goals. Not only are we not scoring, we're not even threatening to score. In the last three games we've managed 4 shots on target. That's four on target efforts in 270 minutes play. Or one every 67 minutes. Twenty or so games into his reign I can see no evidence of any progression under Barker, no style of play emerging, no method to his team selections and no promise. His style of play at Crawley was described as defensive & dour and his lat seven games there resulted in one goal. Why should we support this man? Nothing, absolutely nothing I've seen or read about him since he's been here makes me think he will bring success to this club. His churlish comments blaming previous managers, players and the Dalai Lama for poor performances are just the icing on an extremely **** cake :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside.saint Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Corpy isn't happy over on pol... I disagree that we should support Barker. Not only have we not imroved since sacking GW (which was the right thing to do) in the points per game we're achieving Barker's dour, turgid style of play is driving people away from FP and will without doubt see a fall in ST renewals for next season. I suspect the board realise this and that's why Catlin issued his "more money to spend on players" rallying call earlier this week. People seem to be suggesting that the style of football will somehow miraculously transform next season once Barker can bring in new players. He's brough in almost a full team of his own men and there's been no improvement at all. He's allegedly tightened up the defence but our GD has failed to improve in the slightest so the net gain once again is nothing. We've scored 7 goals in our last ten games which shows a pathetic lack of threat and to help address this Barker has sent the only two natural goalscorers we have on the books out on loan - where both have scored several goals. Not only are we not scoring, we're not even threatening to score. In the last three games we've managed 4 shots on target. That's four on target efforts in 270 minutes play. Or one every 67 minutes. Twenty or so games into his reign I can see no evidence of any progression under Barker, no style of play emerging, no method to his team selections and no promise. His style of play at Crawley was described as defensive & dour and his lat seven games there resulted in one goal. Why should we support this man? Nothing, absolutely nothing I've seen or read about him since he's been here makes me think he will bring success to this club. His churlish comments blaming previous managers, players and the Dalai Lama for poor performances are just the icing on an extremely **** cake Paybacks a b1tch ain't it corpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Corpy isn't happy over on pol... I disagree that we should support Barker. Not only have we not imroved since sacking GW (which was the right thing to do) in the points per game we're achieving Barker's dour, turgid style of play is driving people away from FP and will without doubt see a fall in ST renewals for next season. I suspect the board realise this and that's why Catlin issued his "more money to spend on players" rallying call earlier this week. People seem to be suggesting that the style of football will somehow miraculously transform next season once Barker can bring in new players. He's brough in almost a full team of his own men and there's been no improvement at all. He's allegedly tightened up the defence but our GD has failed to improve in the slightest so the net gain once again is nothing. We've scored 7 goals in our last ten games which shows a pathetic lack of threat and to help address this Barker has sent the only two natural goalscorers we have on the books out on loan - where both have scored several goals. Not only are we not scoring, we're not even threatening to score. In the last three games we've managed 4 shots on target. That's four on target efforts in 270 minutes play. Or one every 67 minutes. Twenty or so games into his reign I can see no evidence of any progression under Barker, no style of play emerging, no method to his team selections and no promise. His style of play at Crawley was described as defensive & dour and his lat seven games there resulted in one goal. Why should we support this man? Nothing, absolutely nothing I've seen or read about him since he's been here makes me think he will bring success to this club. His churlish comments blaming previous managers, players and the Dalai Lama for poor performances are just the icing on an extremely **** cake Why don't they appoint Maradona?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minsk Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Corpy isn't happy over on pol... I disagree that we should support Barker. Not only have we not imroved since sacking GW (which was the right thing to do) in the points per game we're achieving Barker's dour, turgid style of play is driving people away from FP and will without doubt see a fall in ST renewals for next season. I suspect the board realise this and that's why Catlin issued his "more money to spend on players" rallying call earlier this week. People seem to be suggesting that the style of football will somehow miraculously transform next season once Barker can bring in new players. He's brough in almost a full team of his own men and there's been no improvement at all. He's allegedly tightened up the defence but our GD has failed to improve in the slightest so the net gain once again is nothing. We've scored 7 goals in our last ten games which shows a pathetic lack of threat and to help address this Barker has sent the only two natural goalscorers we have on the books out on loan - where both have scored several goals. Not only are we not scoring, we're not even threatening to score. In the last three games we've managed 4 shots on target. That's four on target efforts in 270 minutes play. Or one every 67 minutes. Twenty or so games into his reign I can see no evidence of any progression under Barker, no style of play emerging, no method to his team selections and no promise. His style of play at Crawley was described as defensive & dour and his lat seven games there resulted in one goal. Why should we support this man? Nothing, absolutely nothing I've seen or read about him since he's been here makes me think he will bring success to this club. His churlish comments blaming previous managers, players and the Dalai Lama for poor performances are just the icing on an extremely **** cake Corpy, I'm sure you still look in here quite often, so, can you please give us one of your (in)famous 'Skate transfer rumour' posts please? Come on, spill the beans, who is going to be shipped out and who are you going to bring in at season end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 March, 2014 Share Posted 12 March, 2014 Corpy, I'm sure you still look in here quite often, so, can you please give us one of your (in)famous 'Skate transfer rumour' posts please? Come on, spill the beans, who is going to be shipped out and who are you going to bring in at season end? He's too busy posting on the main board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 12 March, 2014 Author Share Posted 12 March, 2014 They really aren't a happy bunch of bunnies judging by the comments on the News. I think Barker's days are numbered and McInnes, shirt unbuttoned to the navel, will have a chance to do another comedy performance when he unveils the next saviour. Can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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