Sorry Jan, you got it wrong today ?

[Tommy Mulgrew]

It seemed to me that the most obvious thing lacking was a creative midfielder who posed a threat by incisive passing. We had Surman stagnating at left back. Why doesn't JP play him in midfield. Either that or get Romain in PDQ.

[ottery st mary]

So we can sell him hopefully. He really is clueless.

 

No expert myself but surely someone should have taken young Dyer aside and shown him some old clips of Terry Paine re wing play, dribbling and taking on players and also teasing the man you are attacking. Not as some poster said trying to run through or at defenders.

Alternatively a video of Beckham, someone who could not go past a defender but new how to croos just in front of that man. Therefore using both styles he could end up with some wing play to his CV other than his sheer speed which is quickly negated. Very one dimensional and no flexability or varied thinking.

Other than that he'll be a squad player at best and costing money when others are already over taking him in the pecking order and interested clubs will lose interest. More than a kick up the back side but a full reassessment required or it is Easleigh at best for you young Dyer. Mind you they beat us sometimes and propably would give us hell of a game now.

Nice break then back to winning Saints.

[St. Philly]

What Jan got wrong was his whole tactical substitutions. When we failed to score in the first Half and white proved in effectual. He puts Dyer on, who also was completely lost in a game that needed a bit of guile and strength to take control of.

What Jan has done previously was to put McGoldrick on the right and Stern John in the middle. THAT should have been the change, rather than leaving it till teh 73rd minute to bring John on.

I beleive the reason they looked more threatening later on was because Killer was also trying to instill so extra urgency further up and was getting caught out of position. Had the change above been made then Stern could have done this from teh front, thus helping the defence out !

 

JP's fault for the second Half dross !

[West End Saint]

And DMG played very well today, no need to play Pekhart.

 

I agree thought DMG was great only just pipped for MOM by Kelvin for me I thought he should have played Cork at right back and subbed Gillett earlier clearly wasnt his day as for tactics I dont think we have any other than go out and play our quick passing game which is brilliant to watch when it is coming off but there will be a number of days when it dosent this was 1 of them

[Whitey Grandad]

as for tactics I dont think we have any other than go out and play our quick passing game which is brilliant to watch when it is coming off but there will be a number of days when it doesn't this was 1 of them

I think that the problem was not that it didn't come off, rather that we weren't playing it.

[hughieslastminutegoal]

The fact is if Stern had put away the header to make it 2-0 v Brum and Lallana put away either of his chances we would be 6 points better off.

 

The fact is ... that's not a fact.

 

All teams get chances they fail to take. You can't just pick out our missed chances and ignore the same quality of chances created and missed by the opposition.

 

If we had scored, who's to say the opposition wouldn't have gone straight up the other end and done the same thing? All you can do is rue the missed chances and practice harder.

[Whitey Grandad]

The fact is ... that's not a fact.

 

All teams get chances they fail to take. You can't just pick out our missed chances and ignore the same quality of chances created and missed by the opposition.

 

If we had scored, who's to say the opposition wouldn't have gone straight up the other end and done the same thing? All you can do is rue the missed chances and practice harder.

Correct. After a season like the last one - or the relegation one - you can always point to one chance and say 'if only that had gone in' then all would have turned out differently, whereas all that you can do is make sure that you increase the number of opportunities to score goals and to deny the opposition their's.

[captainchris]

DMG has been and was good enough for the start. But knowing what Blackpool would come and do, we left very little room for manoeuvre. We should have started with John and MCG, with Pekhart on the bench to change things around. We never gave ourselves the option of being able to change things around significantly. One thing that stuck out like a sore thumb is having Svennson and Perry press a high line, dead in the water against moderate pace. Jan made several mistakes in this game, but you could see from his response that he recognised these problems and I fully expect him to correct them. He has already admitted that they cannot put in the amount of energy over 3 games in a week and it will have to be Jan who decides who plays in future, not the players themselves. The most concerning aspect was the mobility of Perry and Svennson and this has to be addressed. Certain games we will be able to get away with it, but others will be as we saw against Blackpool.

 

So agree with this - so many of our problems stemmed from a struggling defence in this match which meant every time Blackpool attacked they played straight through us. The midfield was however slightly too far advanced most of the game leaving our slow defenders exposed.

[eelpie]

And DMG played very well today, no need to play Pekhart.

 

John was disinterested. Pekhart could be the answer alongside DMG. The facts are - we aren't getting them into the net!

[eelpie]

So agree with this - so many of our problems stemmed from a struggling defence in this match which meant every time Blackpool attacked they played straight through us. The midfield was however slightly too far advanced most of the game leaving our slow defenders exposed.

 

Which is what many of us have been complaining about all summer. Had the emphasis been on bringing in experienced specialist players for the defence, the youth would be freed up to do what they do best -play decent attacking football in front of a sold back four.

[John B]

Playing with only one up at home is very negative I feel.

 

The opposition CBs have an easy time I dont think the formation is right for Championship games at home

[OldNick]

The fact is ... that's not a fact.

 

All teams get chances they fail to take. You can't just pick out our missed chances and ignore the same quality of chances created and missed by the opposition.

 

If we had scored, who's to say the opposition wouldn't have gone straight up the other end and done the same thing? All you can do is rue the missed chances and practice harder.

That is a fair assessment. Both chances should be put away and in the Blackpool game whoever took the llead was likely to win. The miss against Brum was an easier chance and a 2 goal lead would have given us the points/point.