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First time I've seen us this season and I don't think it was quite as bad as many have said.  I think jolley wasn't too far wrong in his interview.
First half was a dreadful spectacle all round with just one Stevenage turn and shot enlivening a dreary 45 minutes. Town pressed on in the second half and had a good 20 minute spell, but even then Stevenage hit the post, the bar and had a couple cleared off the line.
Their late goal came inevitably from another poor pass from Woolford.
I can imagine jolley will be able to take some positives in that we were in the game and looked okay for long periods.there was no lack of effort or committment , plenty of tackles, pressing and blocking
There's definitely a lack of confidence and if the defensive line up had worked it would at least have stopped the rot.
Negatives there are aplenty. Poor old Thomas looks a good player but he was so isolated kept getting the ball but nobody was helping him. Furthermore if you watch his goals he likes to be played in, but there isn't anyone in that team who can play a killer pass.theres absolutely zero inventivenessI have to ask what is the point of Woolford? Apart from 1 shimmy and shot all he did was give the ball away.
There's a total lack of pace as well.when Stevenage broke they did so threateningly with pace and numbers.when we break its just so ponderous and we were constantly turning backwards to bring town players into the game.
Motm for me was rose who worked tirelessly but also with a fair amount of skill
So it certainly wasn't great but it certainly wasn't as bad as some have made out

I sort of know what you are saying Forza, but Stevenage were very poor and let us play where they wanted us to play.. Every time they pressed us we lost the ball or panicked and gave it away. Seeing through this, it was not a performance to be built upon in my opinion. I'd give Rose a 6 or a 7, but could you name anyone that deserved more than a 5? And bearing in mind the standard of opposition, I'd rate the team as a whole with no more than a 4 and Jolley even less for his team selection. Listened to his post match interview. The guy is either deluded, setting low standards for his team and players or vainly clutching at straws. We only stayed in the game for so long because Stevenage were so inept, nothing else..

It was a gutless 1-0 away defeat to a very poor team which could be dressed up falsely as an improvement..

When a manager is setting up a side to stay in a game and try to nick an odd goal off one of the poorer teams in the division after just nine games, rather than getting his team to impose their own style of play to build on for the rest of the season.. alarm bells start ringing for me..

Quoted from forza ivano

First time I've seen us this season and I don't think it was quite as bad as many have said.  I think jolley wasn't too far wrong in his interview.
First half was a dreadful spectacle all round with just one Stevenage turn and shot enlivening a dreary 45 minutes. Town pressed on in the second half and had a good 20 minute spell, but even then Stevenage hit the post, the bar and had a couple cleared off the line.
Their late goal came inevitably from another poor pass from Woolford.
I can imagine jolley will be able to take some positives in that we were in the game and looked okay for long periods.there was no lack of effort or committment , plenty of tackles, pressing ad blocking
There's definitely a lack of confidence and if the defensive line up had worked it would at least have stopped the rot.
Negatives there are aplenty. Poor old Thomas looks a good player but he was so isolated kept getting the ball but nobody was helping him. Furthermore if you watch his goals he likes to be played in, but there isn't anyone in that team who can play a killer pass.theres absolutely zero inventivenessI have to ask what is the point of Woolford? Apart from 1 shimmy and shot all he did was give the ball away.
There's a total lack of pace as well.when Stevenage broke they did so threateningly with pace and numbers.when we break its just so ponderous and we were constantly turning backwards to bring town players into the game.
Motm for me was rose who worked tirelessly but also with a fair amount of skill
So it certainly wasn't great but it certainly wasn't as bad as some have made out

Town's shots on target number would suggest otherwise

First game for me since MK Dons and I don’t think it was a horror show. We had some good spells but we just look desperately lacking in confidence. No one seemingly wants to commit to taking the ball and trying for a goal... we just seem to spend an eternity passing it around outside the box uncertain what to do, no communication and by the time we do finally do something, we squander it.

Not a huge amount of highlights but I thought Pringle looked good when he came on.. seemed to getting into the play, making some good passes and looked eager to get involved. Would like to see him play more.

Is there anybody on here when seeing the team sheet before the game said,

Yes we are going to win this one  ?

Quoted from Bigdog

I sort of know what you are saying Forza, but Stevenage were very poor and let us play where they wanted us to play.. Every time they pressed us we lost the ball or panicked and gave it away. Seeing through this, it was not a performance to be built upon in my opinion. I'd give Rose a 6 or a 7, but could you name anyone that deserved more than a 5? And bearing in mind the standard of opposition, I'd rate the team as a whole with no more than a 4 and Jolley even less for his team selection. Listened to his post match interview. The guy is either deluded, setting low standards for his team and players or vainly clutching at straws. We only stayed in the game for so long because Stevenage were so inept, nothing else..

It was a gutless 1-0 away defeat to a very poor team which could be dressed up falsely as an improvement..

When a manager is setting up a side to stay in a game and try to nick an odd goal off one of the poorer teams in the division after just nine games, rather than getting his team to impose their own style of play to build on for the rest of the season.. alarm bells start ringing for me..

Absolutely this.

We only commit players forward when we have a corner or a Mitch Rose long throw. The only other way we can score is from a piece of individual brilliance or from a mistake. It's really frustrating not to see players gamble on making more runs into positions the ball might arrive at. There were a couple of spells today when he had them on the ropes but we just didn't go for it, chances aren't going to be handed to us on a plate we have to work for them!

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11505993/stevenage-1-0-grimsby

Not one Town effort worthy of being shown.

Inclined to agree with Forza Ivano.

There’s signs of something emerging and we just need a bit more urgency. We’ve been here before but with less scrutiny. I’m confident it’ll come good if given time and patience.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Inclined to agree with Forza Ivano.

There’s signs of something emerging and we just need a bit more urgency. We’ve been here before but with less scrutiny. I’m confident it’ll come good if given time and patience.

I'm desperately hoping that yesterday was a parallel with wycombe last year, where we lost but were much better than the previous couple of games. I just haven't got much evidence to back the hope up!