Gleadless Owl

This Man U starting XI is dreadful

2 hours ago, Mark said:

Christ did that p*** me off that night.

Call me small minded, don't care, but not forgiving him ever 4 that regardless if he is on our coaching staff or not.

Bet he couldn't do it now....

What about if him and Gregory do it at the Bramall Lane end after we've knocked them out of the FA Cup? 

21 minutes ago, Billysboy said:

Feel uneasy a song by a God (Jimi Hendricks) is mentioned in a thread about a prick (Joe Crann) but that's just me.

Related to Jeff?

Agree with the last two posts. It's a 50/50 appointment. The lack of management experience is not really an issue for me. If he gets two years to stamp his authority on the team (and we see some semblance of a style of play in the meantime, even if results aren't great) I'll take that.

Signed Mark Taylor at the same time. Think he played even less 

46 minutes ago, mkowl said:

I mean of the new signings, I think the only improvement is Bernard, though the loss of M Diaby may have been pivotal.

Any new manager is starting with a very low base

Agree about Bernard and think Vasquez was unlucky not to keep his place. Dawson has improved, but he's not good enough for the Championship 

Not going to create much without Bannan and Windass. Byers struggling with the step up so far. Buckley looks a bit too lightweight, but could be a player there. Next three games are winnable, need at least 5 points

6 hours ago, Otto_Man said:

Let's be right we won't play many (any?) worse sides this season needed three points was disappointing not to get them, but we created so little.

We did look a team low on confidence, the Palmer mis control was clear evidence of that. I would have hooked Paterson at half time thought he was woeful.

Bernard has been the one bright spot though looks a real player.

And Moore still couldn't score against us even though he knew the team inside out 

5 hours ago, HoylandOwl said:

By win % - 

For those that can't see the above.....

1st 1958-61 Harry Catterick 55.80%

2nd 2021-23 Darren Moore 51.16%

3rd 1961-64 Vic Buckingham 47.01% …

 

36th 1988-89 Peter Eustace 11.11%

37th 2020 Tony Pulis 10%

38th 2023 Xisco Munoz 0%

Appreciate I'll be in the minority, but think if circumstances had been different Pulis could've done a decent job. Eustace and Munoz could've had unlimited transfer funds and still been shite 

8 hours ago, Otto_Man said:

Yeah, no way the Huddersfield manager will know what to do if he does that...🤔

Ah yes, that tactical genius. Better to stick with the new signings who have all started brilliantly then? 

Hoping he'll go 3-5-2 with at least 7 or 8 of last years regulars and James in at LWB. 

Angus McCoatup seems to be upsetting the right people on owlstalk. Probably be banned by the morning 

Again no signs of improvement. Formation, team selection and substitutions have no logic. Keeper's had a decent game, one of Bakinson's better games. Other than that hard to see the positives.

9 minutes ago, owl4ever1867 said:

Superb backing by those Wednesday fans who are there....

Shame about the product on the pitch, it's bad enough watching it at home....

It is with these two West Brom tits commentating 

1 hour ago, HappyOwl said:

Fletcher and Smith up front can anyone remember a worse front two partnership 

Did Kim Olsen and Proudlock ever play together? 

Worthington missed a pen didn't he? 

He can do himself and the players a massive favour by sacking the manager. Difficult to see who he could bring in that would be as clueless as Xisco 

Couple of early chances and after that we've been garbage. He's so out of his depth 

Was worried we'd been linked with him for a minute 

90 Minutes tipped us for the title as well, Walker being their main reason adding to a quality squad. How Andy Pearce was considered an upgrade on Pearson I'll never understand 

4 hours ago, Winco said:

I’ll be honest I don’t get half of that but what I do get is DC has to be creative in getting money into the club I just don’t get these bellends that think just cause it was £20 cheaper 10 years ago that he’s having our pants down.
But I would imagine DC won’t give a shit about some pleb on Facebook. Probably mates with Bartos.

 

There's being creative and there's taking the piss. My seat on the North was 485 quid to renew in January (which I did) and the same seat was 735 quid just before the start of the season. £735 for a Championship relegation battle, really? 

Another minor point. It was £4 a pint last season. It went up to £4.50 March/April time and is now a fiver. Personally I'm not bothered, but people who sit near me will start drinking somewhere instead of the ground where there's a better choice for the price 

As much as I wasn't Moore's biggest fan, had we played the last 4 league games with his 3-5-2 and most of last years starting XI would we be better off pointwise? I think probably, but long term it would still have been a relegation battle. Ripping it up and starting again wasn't the answer. Just hope today's formation and lineup was a realisation for Xisco despite the result 

15 minutes ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

Do you stick with the 3 5 2 formation ? It seems better suited 

The massive caveat is that we need wing backs for that to work.

And the more pertinent issue is that none of the strikers are good enough at this level

Dawson

Palmer

Iorfa

Diaby

Famewo

Johnson or James

Bannan

Vaulks (until Diaby is fit)

Byers 

Musaba

Windass 

 

I'd be happy with that to be fair, but with Gregory in for Windass 

2 hours ago, KrolMong said:

But, none of the forward players offered anything, and that includes the subs.

Gregory scored with his only real chance and had little support from midfield. Delgado wasn't a threat, but I thought he showed a few glimpses of what he might be capable of once he adapts. Musaba offered nothing? Looks like he's got skill and pace and totally different to anything we've seen for years based on tonight. Fletcher looks more mobile and more physical than Smith.

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