THE MOGGA ERA

I concur that you should never change newy.

I do think a 7th placed finish this season, followed by a managerial change in the autumn, could be very possible.

Not entirely on the same page with your player comparisons, but that’s just detail.
 
atypical_boro said:
I concur that you should never change newy.

I do think a 7th placed finish this season, followed by a managerial change in the autumn, could be very possible.

Not entirely on the same page with your player comparisons, but that’s just detail.
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Tony Mowbray was devastatingly close to getting it spot on.. a Josef Varga at right back away.. a Daniel Ayala arriving that little bit earlier.

Interesting with that Tony Mowbray being a defender and us lacking in that extra defender.. as too we may see with Carrick.

I do think that Law McCabe has it in him to succeed btw.. I just think than Dan Barlaser doesn’t quite bring enough bite into that midfield.. tackles, interceptions.. hence the near constant chants for Beka Beka (13 now)

Similar to not utilising Josef Varga at right back.. I do think we are missing a trick not rolling the dice on Timothy Fosu Mensah..

two clearly empty spots in the squads and two clear positions in which we are slightly lacking.
 
another one for the folks on twitter

Dimi <> Travers
Friend <> Giles
Ayala <> Fry
De Laet <> Edmunson
Gibson <> RVDB
Leadbitter <> Morris
Clayton <> BARLASER
Rhodes <> Doak
De Pena <> McGree
Mejías <> Glover
De Sart <> McCabe
Husband <> Borges
Stuani <> Forss
Downing <> Azaz
Reach <> Burgzorg
Ramírez <> Iheanacho
Fry <> Hunt
Sola <> Finch
Nsue <> JONES
Kalas <> Dijksteel
Adomah <> Whittaker
Forshaw <> Hackney
Nugent <> Iling-Junior
Woodgate <> Ayling

the point is still the same

whether its Fosu-Mensah & Beka Beka or Amartey & Aurier.. we are short
 
SydneyRed said:
Mogga did an amazing job with the resources. We could easily have slipped to leauge 1 around that period.
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Agreed: the season he took over is often forgotten compared to the 2 years we started well and finished nowhere.

10/11 season: 11 points from 13 before he took over; 51 points from 33 after he took over. The difference between certain relegation form and borderline playoff form.

Admittedly that's with a squad that had been pre-season favourites for promotion, but after 11 matches, we all knew we were nowhere near that standard.
 
Is anybody ready for the truth yet?

We are indeed into ‘The Mowbray Zone’
talented coach who fans will slag off.. missing a few minor tweaks to a promotion ready core. We’ll regret it if Carrick ends up leaving.. not only because he will go on to prove his credentials elsewhere.. but because we failed to see the signs an learn from the same mistakes we made in the past.

Say we are missing the Varga at right back, the Ayala at centre back.. the change in shape to make us more solid.

How do we get around missing Tommy Smith and Johnny Howson? I don’t think the answer is Josh Dede and Braydon Johnson.. just yet. Fosu-Mensah & Beka Beka is pure madness (total Hollywood fantasy)

BUT.. sticking to my guns.. I would still gamble on bringing Beka Beka in.. AND I’d consider bringing Micah Hamilton back.. I liked him me.. I still think he would make a great midfielder.

We need to do something at right back., injuries are forcing our hand AGAIN and the answer is the same as it was before.. and that answer is not keep calm and carry on.

Doing the best with what we’ve got takes a different shape to me.. as it did under Pulis (who had his hand forced) as it did under Woodgate (who had his hand forced) and with Wilder.. who took Wilders squad and got it signing with the same system.

The game is won by fine margins.. and we’re losing by fine margins.. but it doesn’t feel as if we are playing particularly well either. I don’t feel as if we’ve been hard done to when we lose.

The goal against Bristol came against the flow of play.. I do think we need a change.. slip down a gear. Play a system that will suit our level of players. We’re over clocked and over reaching at the moment.. it all falls down with one slip one break in concentration. We need to be a bit more rugged.. we need to put the gate up.. the rubber barriers.. corks on holes.. Barton the hatches!


Travers/Glover

Iling Junior/Doak
Ayling/Dijksteel
Fry/RVDB
Edmunson/McCormick
Borges/Giles

Barlaser/McCabe
Morris/Woolston
Hackney/Hamilton*

Burgzorg/Whittaker/Ihannacho
Conway/Azaz/Forss

*maybe even McGree when fit.

Time to get out of the Mowbray Zone and force our own hand to promotion..

Because we’re worth it.
 
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