Bluebirds Fans Forum / W-S-M (Part1)

**Posted by Insideleft** 29/9/2024 10:15 PM

Hard to argue with a lot of the above, and considering what was at stake the atmosphere was subdued - but there wasn’t a huge amount to get excited about. We have some very gifted technical players who clearly like passing the ball about on the superb surface, but the opposition penalty area seems to be a no go zone. Action inside the box is what gets the crowd up - there was very little of that yesterday, especially in the second half, which is a shame as that must have been our biggest crowd of the season (😉), boosted by a large following from the Mud.

**Posted by BlackpoolBluebird** 30/9/2024 9:16 AM

Think I've said previously that I don't mind the build up play and passing around as long as it's not just for the sake of it. The trouble we seem to have (from my view) is that we don't build up quite quick enough, mix it up when there's a defence gap and pump the old long ball into space, our players regularly allow the opposition to regroup which can be frustrating.

**Posted by Cooky** 30/9/2024 4:01 PM

Wellard wrote:
Cooky wrote:
oldman wrote:
It looked to me that mayhew played a lot further up the pitch against WSM,almost a second striker.Like everyone else can’t understand what is going on with Parsons.We were all over WSM in first and deserved a goal.McClure has a good football brain,but needs someone to feed off of him or we need a 6ft 6 inch striker to lead the attack.Shame AAH is injured, he always adds something to us up front when he comes on. Also again no atmosphere . Hopefully a win on Tuesday and the cup run continues.
Atmosphere an issue as Simon and all his merry men were banned for the game I was told???
What could we do to help the low attendances, you asked, well not ban our most vocal and loyal supporters.
What a silly post.

Eh? I think you are agreeing with me?

**Posted by newfan** 30/9/2024 4:26 PM

welling away in the next round if we can beat WSM. Thats not an easy ride either

**Posted by Insideleft** 30/9/2024 4:40 PM

Haringey or Lowestoft away

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**Posted by newfan** 30/9/2024 6:54 PM

Yes - I would swear it was notified as Welling elsewhere but didn't check. An away trip to Lowestoft is a slog in itself

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**Posted by newfan** 02/10/2024 7:33 AM

End of the cup run then...

**Posted by 96chipp** 02/10/2024 12:14 PM

Commentary and Weston manager's reaction suggests we did everything but find the back of the net.

**Posted by Wellard** 02/10/2024 12:24 PM

96chipp wrote:
Commentary and Weston manager's reaction suggests we did everything but find the back of the net.

Becoming a common theme. McClure is ineffective and was last season and Parsons always gives his all and it’s not for the lack of trying but he’s never going to be a 20 goal a season striker.
Why we resigned the permanently injured Bray is beyond me, especially when we have loads of midfielders. Money would have been better spent on a proven Goal scorer.
Failure to address this in previous seasons (not had a decent partnership since Sandell & Pratt) is coming back to bite us big time.
Do we have time to wait for McClure and Parsons to come good before we act?

**Posted by Argus** 02/10/2024 2:09 PM

Was not confident we would get through last night. Think the opportunity to get through was missed on Saturday to be honest. It has been mentioned for a while that we have too many midfielders and not enough strikers. This was apparent last night where we had only one striker on the bench who ultimately was not used, when chasing the game for the majority of the 2nd half. Outside looking in - probably because the captain McClure can only play one game a week? Not a dig just an observation of a situation which highlights the imbalance of the squad assembled and the limited striking options. Seems there is not much bold thinking when it comes to strikers in terms of finding them and using them. Don't think anything will change now.

Last edited by Argus (03/10/2024 7:44 AM)