25 Oct 2026 10:11:12
Alright lads, well what can I say after that. As usual you go with the hope the team will have a go despite the opposition. Have to say I was disappointed again with the team selection. Johnson in my opinion offers nothing and the lad spent most of the game watching. Jimmy G is clearly out of form so leaving Hackney on the bench was another mystery.
Once Arsenal scored (another calamity goal) they barely bothered trying, and the opportunity was there for us to have a go. But apart from George, Armstrong and KDH nobody seemed to interested. Even our corners when we got them were awful.
Changes should have been made at half time, but no he decided to try and keep it tight and hopefully Nick a goal. This was clearly the wrong approach so when we conceded the second it was no surprise to see the changes being made then.
And this is what is so frustrating, once Hackney and Dibling came on you could see the attitude of the team change.
Armstrong looked a lot happier having Hackney alongside him, and Dibling just looked so calm on the ball and brought Rohl and the others into the game more. We have a good core of young players but they are not being played because Moyes prefers the old pros and doesn't appear to trust young players.
So were we confident of a win on Saturday. Not really given our history, yet strangely enough once they scored we looked like we could have gotten a result but tactics and team selection killed us. My only positive would be that near the end we had a peek into what we could be, with a lot of talented young players who are Premiership ready despite what the manager tells us.
As for Barry well I think enough has been said on that subject, but honestly playing Charlie up there is not the answer not the way we play anyway.
UTFT!
25 Oct 2026 12:00:34
Pretty much sums it up for me AW. I'm just being passive for the rest of the season and waiting for May. Moyes will be gone hopefully and fingers crossed we get someone who is more tactically dynamic.
You'd think after something close to 130 games against the so called big 6, it'd click with him that his defensive tactics don't work with 12 wins, 29 draws and 85 losses.
I have no enthusiasm for the rest of the season. I'm going to enjoy the food and drink at the stadium. I've had probably 30% of the food on offer, so going to try and sample as much as I can. I do like the Indian food and the woodfire pizzas are okay. Haven't had the fish and chips yet and I saw a new BBQ outlet which looks good. I'll take a few photos, watch the paint dry, but I can't even be bothered getting angry anymore.
Roll on May anyway.
{Ed025's Note - amen to that John..
25 Oct 2026 12:03:21
Agree - it seems so simple it just baffles me how he's not willing in the slightest to just try something different.
25 Oct 2026 14:33:37
Keep us posted on what's nice and what to avoid BJU. I would much rather read about the new food at HD than watch that dire excuse for football that we serve up every week.
25 Oct 2026 15:08:19
My goodness. We've gone from MOTD to ruddy Masterchef!