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Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:26 pm
by Four four two
No way am i an expert but i do reckon that if we had focussed on this team from the start we may have had a chance of the playoffs :
GK Vigaroux
RB Turley
CH Akinola
CH Happe followed by Thompson
LB Widdowsson
CM Hector
CM Jobi
RW JMD followed by Kemp in number 10 roll.
CF Johnson
CF Wilkinson
LW Brophy
Instead . we have fiddled around putting players out of positions and playing tippy tappy football going nowhere. Obviously . certain positions need upgrading but that would have given us 72 plus points in my opinion in this very poor league.
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:07 pm
by Chicken Dhansak
No, it's when the players didn't believe in Embleton anymore is when a straight shot at the playoffs disappeared.
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:09 pm
by MrB
Unfortunately it didn't look as though the players believed in Jobi today
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:11 pm
by tuffers#1
Four four two wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:26 pm
No way am i an expert but i do reckon that if we had focussed on this team from the start we may have had a chance of the playoffs :
GK Vigaroux
RB Turley
CH Akinola
CH Happe followed by Thompson
LB Widdowsson
CM Hector
CM Jobi
RW JMD followed by Kemp in number 10 roll.
CF Johnson
CF Wilkinson
LW Brophy
Instead . we have fiddled around putting players out of positions and playing tippy tappy football going nowhere. Obviously . certain positions need upgrading but that would have given us 72 plus points in my opinion in this very poor league.
From the start of when ?
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:15 pm
by Smendrick Feaselberg
Four four two wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:26 pm
No way am i an expert but i do reckon that if we had focussed on this team from the start we may have had a chance of the playoffs :
GK Vigaroux
RB Turley
CH Akinola
CH Happe followed by Thompson
LB Widdowsson
CM Hector
CM Jobi
RW JMD followed by Kemp in number 10 roll.
CF Johnson
CF Wilkinson
LW Brophy
Instead . we have fiddled around putting players out of positions and playing tippy tappy football going nowhere. Obviously . certain positions need upgrading but that would have given us 72 plus points in my opinion in this very poor league.
4-4-2 playing Crawley were 11th when they signed Maguire-Drew and are now 14th. He hadn't pulled up any trees for us before he went to them and when he has started for them recently he's consistently being subbed off mid way through the second half.
So what makes you think he'd have magically been this great player for us? Because there's no evidence he'd be making the difference you're expecting.
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:21 pm
by soloman
There are some stupid threads on this MB but this wins it for me !
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:11 pm
by MrB
soloman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:21 pm
There are some stupid threads on this MB but this wins it for me !
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:25 pm
by Rich Tea Wellin
I’ll fix it for you. A team that could have got us to the playoffs
Gk - vigs
Lb - new player
Cb - Happe
Cb - Turley
Rb - new player
Lw - Brophy
Cm - Jobi
Cm - new player
Rm - Kemp
St- DJ
St - new player
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:13 pm
by StockholmO
Apple Wumble wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:25 pm
I’ll fix it for you. A team that could have got us to the playoffs
Gk - vigs
Lb - new player
Cb - Happe
Cb - Turley
Rb - new player
Lw - Brophy
Cm - Jobi
Cm - new player
Rm - Kemp
St- DJ
St - new player
Put the bottle down m8 and stagger back from the keyboard
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:13 am
by Ronnie Hotdogs
Four four two wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:26 pm
No way am i an expert but i do reckon that if we had focussed on this team from the start we may have had a chance of the playoffs :
GK Vigaroux
RB Turley
CH Akinola
CH Happe followed by Thompson
LB Widdowsson
CM Hector
CM Jobi
RW JMD followed by Kemp in number 10 roll.
CF Johnson
CF Wilkinson
LW Brophy
Instead . we have fiddled around putting players out of positions and playing tippy tappy football going nowhere. Obviously . certain positions need upgrading but that would have given us 72 plus points in my opinion in this very poor league.
Difficult to argue with that.
Yes we lack depth and yes we could improve some players but as a starting 11, yes that’s easily good enough to finish in the top third of the table.
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:25 am
by ComeOnYouOs
There is no combination of the players we have, that would have got us into the play-offs.
We have some very decent players here ( Viggers, Happe, Turley, Brophs, Johnson), but too many duffs.
We need to keep the good uns, and add a new right back, 2 or 3 new central midfielders, to play with Kyp, and another striker to play up front with DJ, in a 4-4-2, or even a 3-5-2
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:17 pm
by KC & sunshine band
Goddard
Jones
Mancini
Taylor
Rofe
Allen
Dyson
Harper
Brabrook
Bullock
Fairbrother
Subs Jackson, Comfort, Kitchen, Mayo, Grealish, Hoadley, Cox.
Bring em on !!
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:18 pm
by PutneyO
There's going to be so many "what ifs" at the end of this season and we all know what the biggest one will be
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:46 pm
by Sid Bishop
KC & sunshine band wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:17 pm
Goddard
Jones
Mancini
Taylor
Rofe
Allen
Dyson
Harper
Brabrook
Bullock
Fairbrother
Subs Jackson, Comfort, Kitchen, Mayo, Grealish, Hoadley, Cox.
Bring em on !!
You missed out Mark Lazarus from the first eleven ?
Also add Laurie Cunningham and Glenn Roeder to the squad, plus Jimmy Bloomfield as the Manager !
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:33 pm
by RedDwarf 1881
MrB wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:09 pm
Unfortunately it didn't look as though the players believed in Jobi today
I think there was an element of tiredness about us against Walsall. I only hope our players feel OK for Saturday against Cheltenham . That's going to be a very tough game to get anything from . I would take a draw right now
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:47 pm
by tuffers#1
Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:46 pm
KC & sunshine band wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 5:17 pm
Goddard
Jones
Mancini
Taylor
Rofe
Allen
Dyson
Harper
Brabrook
Bullock
Fairbrother
Subs Jackson, Comfort, Kitchen, Mayo, Grealish, Hoadley, Cox.
Bring em on !!
You missed out Mark Lazarus from the first eleven ?
Also add Laurie Cunningham and Glenn Roeder to the squad, plus Jimmy Bloomfield as the Manager !
Johnny Carey should be the manager .
The Dublin Native took Orient to the Top Flight for our 1 & only time .
Re: Team that could have got us to the playoffs
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:00 pm
by Thor
All you had to do was appoint a proper management team and we’d be more or less promoted by now.
