Don't know if it was intentional or not but Kieffer did us a huge favour in the last minute when he "err" mis controlled the ball in the last minute in out box.
Certain players have not performed last three games , I can forgive players not good enough but those that have blatantly given up I can’t choose how they e performed rest of season .
We played OK today - we could have won it. We were hardly on the back foot. Teams don't just turn up to let us win. Wigan have been winning games regularly recently. I could not see a lack of urgency or belief. We did our best. I don't think our performances have been pitiful either. We gave Stoke a win by dreadful early defending. We played luton off the park for half an hour and still only drew away from home (which is good). Today we suffered again from our lack of a cutting edge. Everyone seems to think it's our defence which is not up to it. It's not. It's our attack.
I can never fault our effort and application, there were some fantastic blocks and last ditch tackling. Our centre backs looked pretty solid today. Another positive was the inclusion of styles from the off, who imho was our best and most effective player. Unfortunately the negatives (imho) we are totally shocking at set pieces, we are carrying too many players (woodrow, ritz etc) oh and we dont look like we are going to score.
I personally wouldn't blame him, I think there's just a glaring lack of quality. Sad thing is if we'd signed just a couple of quality players even on loan, we could have stayed up.
I believe in a 'must win' game we were slow & ponderous going forward even against 10 men. We created very little, either from open play, or dead ball situations. For me, under the circumstances, that's pitiful. I accept others will hold different opinions and don't have any issue with that.
I said when we appointed him that it was unfair to judge him on whether or not we stayed up, as we were so far adrift at the time. However, I've seen enough inconsistency and baffling selections from him to be fairly sure he's not the right coach for us next season. I can't see him getting us promoted from League One, and I'm now resigned to the fact that that's where we'll be playing. He may stay, he may go. The fact that I'm basically 'meh' about him at this stage is a worry.
Worse than morais, at least morais team created chances and went to win games. And picking ritzmaier for every game since lockdown is a absolute joke.
The improvement in the defence gives us a tiny bit of hope going into the last 3 games. If we stay solid and remain in the game for an hour you never know luck may change and we might scrape a result. He said, clutching at straws...
He's getting blamed because of his tactics game plan or the lack of it in many cases ... Or is it he's getting blamed because he's allowed Conway to bend his ear by telling him him and the board they don't want championship football....
That is a post that I find hard to believe. All we agree on is that Ritzmaier is tosh. He must have had a clause in his contract saying that "if fit I play".
No I think your assessment is fair , I believe certain players were capable of better performances last three games others are not yet good enough yet collectively but would be better in a more diverse team .
Anyone. Celebrity Monkey or Dirk Hartog. I'm sick of him. Picking his favourites. Playing 5 blokes out of position each week. Standing with his arms folded all game offering nothing. Making subs 20 minutes after they're needed. Making the wrong subs 20 minutes after they're needed. If it wasn't for Morais, he'd be our worst manager in the last 15 years. Pathetic.
Exactly., he cares, that's why he was so dejected. But none of us know what he would have said to the players when back in the dressing room. I'd rather him give it thought, and compose himself before addressing the players.