sort of true but our passing was shocking at times

real basic stuff.
Mconville was great again and should never lose his place
I think we need to reassess our expectations here
Something is definitely not clicking when we need some creativity

really pissed me off that game - I shall not think about football now for at least three days

Posted By: big member on September 2nd 2026 at 09:09:54

Message Thread

A bit of a negative overreaction. We lost to a fluke deflection, missed a couple of (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Sep 2, 08:20:43
- 💯 (n/m) (NCFC) - JurgenColin, Sep 2, 13:48:08
- Yep (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Sep 2, 09:45:17
- I think had we not lost 2 league games, then the reaction may be slightly less negative (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Sep 2, 09:41:54
  - I’ll go easy on Brooks as he has been great (NCFC) - tim berry, Sep 2, 12:09:10
- Not much we could have done about the goal (NCFC) - tim berry, Sep 2, 09:31:33
  - Not much Vlad could have done about the goal (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 2, 09:33:25
- Just need to be more clinical in front of ghoul for me. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 2, 09:10:28
  - We didn't create anything to be clinical with really (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Sep 2, 09:12:43
    - I was thinking of the one where there keeper saved, really should have put that a way. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 2, 09:16:56
      - Yes, you’re right. That was a sitter and goals change games, as they say (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 2, 09:27:40
        
        Hey ho, we try again Saturday. Can we do it on a Saturday against Sheffield. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 2, 10:08:43
      - thei (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 2, 09:17:47
        
        r. :O) (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 2, 09:22:09
- sort of true but our passing was shocking at times (NCFC) - big member, Sep 2, 09:09:54
- The main concern for me is how shit we are with the ball (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 2, 09:06:58
  - Agree with all that. The first half there was lots on the left that wasn't connecting (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Sep 2, 09:11:19
    - We're pinning a lot on Maghoma being the one to have that creative spark (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 2, 09:21:20
      - We could have done with the same three across we had Saturday (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 2, 09:24:40
      - Also, my feeling from last season is that we scored fewer with maghoma at 10 (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 2, 09:24:19
        
        Yeah, he looked a different player in his purple patch (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 2, 09:26:57
        
        Yes, schwartau is similar (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 2, 09:30:29
- I feel like Ali is unfortunately our most effective player against that kind of set up (NCFC) - jAC, Sep 2, 08:51:37
  - VMT (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 2, 09:29:21
- We were shite (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 2, 08:47:54
- Frustrating night, I agree we'll be fine but that game exposes our weaknesses (NCFC) - 51eve, Sep 2, 08:47:18
  - I remember the criticism of big Phil from previous clubs (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Sep 2, 09:51:11
- If we had scored early yesterday it would have been a stroll (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Sep 2, 08:47:12
  - WBA saw us similarly timid in front of goal. Need to address that (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Sep 2, 09:29:47
  - Not sure it would’ve been a stroll, but yeah we seems to be having a right old go at their (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 2, 08:56:30
  - To score early you need to create early (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 2, 08:48:52
    - No and we really should have done, Stoke started terribly (n/m) (NCFC) - jAC, Sep 2, 08:52:34
- Similar to West Brom game (NCFC) - inutero, Sep 2, 08:44:34

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