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An inauspicious start to the Morris era until a bit of fun in injury time.

We're going to have to rename this the "FBT MoM Award" aren't we?

Thought our defence through the middle was pretty good until we really started chasing the game, thought Brennan had his best game for us until the second goal, but FBT stands out as ever. Was never a game an attacking player was likely to shine in though, so not going to blame any of them. Thought Clayton's cameo was really promising too, delighted to have him back.

FBT no contest.

This should just be awarded to FBT.  No need to put it to a vote.

Over 90 minutes, clearly FBT

FBT was a one man team today.

There was a clear gap but then Iandolo was second best player on the park for Town.

Kadji was good and bad in equal measures.
Brennan did OK but made several mistakes that could have cost us even more.
Brynn no chance with the goals. Did nothing wrong, but didnt have much to do.

The rest were pretty shite.

Special mentions must go to Iandolo and Adeloye for making something happen and Brennan did ok in a low bar performing Town ream today.

Vacant players were pretty much about 7 of the 11

Hutton - Needs to realise he's here until the end of the season at a bare minimum (until next if STFC want to be cunty), so needs to play to his normal level. If he does, he'll get a move or an improved contract. Currently unsettling the squad but at present he's a nobody.


For me (and I'm sure most will agree), FB-T was like Bert in Mary Poppins today. He nearly did it all on his own but obviously can't and shouldn't be expected to do that every game. I'd take a Town side with the attitude of about 5 FB-T's.

FBT, very impressive driving forward when we went to a 3.
A better CB than LB.

Love the sad twat who voted Hutton after I put my bit about him  :D
Gotta love this forum  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Kisses  :huglove:

I voted for Hutton after not even reading this thread so don't flatter yourself sweetheart :)

I genuinly thought he had a decent game and put some great balls into the box, even after reading some of the criticism in the thread - but i make my decisions based on what i see rather that what people say in the thread.

I appreciate being called a twat for having an opinion though, thanks luv.

Oh I always flatter myself darling, no one else is going to are they after all :)

You didn't read back a 1 page thread where there was less than 10 comments on it?!  :hmmm: Tug the other leg Berni  :D

I don't usually read this thread, i just vote and move on - is that difficult to comprehend.  Reading a thread where everyone is just posting who they voted for?  No point for me - just happened to see your slight on me and responded - that is all

It won’t have been Hepburn-Murphy I guess

RHM for being a twat. Kiss my ass and enjoy your fine. Shame as
I thought he had promise. No excuses for being so volatile.

FBT is by far our best player and was our best player today both defensively and going forwards.

Only one today easy.

FBT was the clear man of the match, happy to see after I voted that I made the 'correct' choice.

Tough to judge the team on Saturday's game having to play nearly all the game with 10 men, and it might just be me but I thought Ellis seemed to have a bit more about him, going forward anyway. Perhaps it was because he has a lot to prove to the new managerial team.

I'm not Iandolo's greatest fan but I thought he played well too. Linked up with Williams very well in the first 15 mins

Maybe it was the first 15 minutes and his partial assist that blinkered my view of his performance. I felt we had control of the game up until the red card and I thought our left side looked better than it had in recent times. Maybe this is because Hutton down the right gets a lot of focus from our opponents and Morris tweaked things tactically for that very reason.

Been quite critical of Iandolo this season but still maintain missing pre season and then Lindsey almost immediately putting him back in XI playing 90 mins did him no favours.

Ability aside, he’s always at least got himself around.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s only now he’s back at match fitness.

I watched the whole game video, and for me the most disappointing aspect was our high proportion of either misplaced passes, or speculative  long high balls which we rarely won. What happened to our slick penetrative passing movements? Despite having ten men, we could have done much better.

I don't think we coped particularly well with Newport's press. They did force us into a lot of misplaced passes, I agree with that. It's going to take some time for JM's ideas to be implemented, hopefully a game against an out of form Doncaster side at home on Saturday can get confidence levels up and 3 much needed points on the board.

My main problem with Iandolo is he’s 26 this year and should be one of the experienced players and leaders in the squad but he just isn’t. He’s never kicked on and still plays like a naive youngster with no appreciation for what is going on around him at times, I swear some people don’t even realise his age and still think of him as a young kid. There’s no excuse for someone of his age still needing to be talked through games by other players. He’ll never be anything more than a bottom half L2 player at best.

Agreed.

how many high balls to Johnny Williams?

I agree.

he's (edit) coming up to 26, but he's only had one season where he's been fit for the duration.

he should be getting near peak, but that hasn't helped.

He’s 25.

Injuries and his jack of all trades label haven’t done him any favours at all.

He’s been poor so far this season but in fairness - it’s not his usual level of performance. He is capable of better. Not a world beater or a top end player or anything the other end of the scale but I’d say he’s definitely capable of playing better than he has.

But he’s been training full time since 2015 for us and has played 168 games so not sure that’s an excuse for a seeming lack of a football brain. It’s an excuse for his poor mobility and tiring during games but he still should be one of the wise heads in the team rather than looking like a naïve youngster 90% of the time who lacks positional awareness and appreciation for what is going on around him.

I judge him as a senior pro now and he just doesn’t cut it for me. Once the likes of Tomlinson are available it would be inexplicable for him to still be starting.

I'm just saying match scenario development needs matches!

I'm not going to labour the point, but  I thought it would have been better for all parties has he moved to Crawley.

Good job you didn't vote for Hutton  :D

He's the Phil Neville of league 2😀

I agree. Even a loan move somewhere with guaranteed game time and a change of scenery could have worked. Even to a top end Conference side like Notts County. Then come back and prove he's the senior pro he should be.

I like Ian but as a footballer he does seem lacking/naive. I would love him to kick on (he nearly did last season tbh which probably makes it more frustrating and feels like he's taken a backward step) but fear if he doesn't do so, for the rest of this season there can't be many more chances left in the pro leagues for him.