| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 19:45 - Jan 18 with 3535 views | RotherhamDale |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 19:39 - Jan 18 by nordenblue |
I'll probably go against the grain here a bit bit,but personally I dont think hes that great a defender, I think his lack of height will lead to him being targeted with a high ball and his positional sense still leaves a fair bit to be desired.
For his age without question he's got bags of "potential",but for me hes much more of a threat going forward,have we had much better defenders at the club....yes without a shadow of a doubt.
As an all round full/wing back I'd have RND over him every time |
He's nowhere near fully grown yet to be fair |  |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 20:12 - Jan 18 with 3406 views | nordenblue |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 19:45 - Jan 18 by RotherhamDale |
He's nowhere near fully grown yet to be fair |
Whilst by his own admission hes always been small I can't see a dramatic increase in his height, not knocking the lad for his age hes very good, I just dont get blown away when I watch him |  | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 20:25 - Jan 18 with 3349 views | SuddenLad |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 18:02 - Jan 18 by Brierls |
FFS wind in the mock outrage. It’s a football forum.
Matheson’s tackle was incredibly rash. The penalty was in the 94th minute of the 94 mins played. That challenge did result in us throwing away a point. Matheson knew as much, which is why he was visibly upset at the final whistle.
It doesn’t make him any less of a player. He’s an outstanding prospect, and penalty apart had a very good game. Experiences like this will make him a better player and aid his development. He doesn’t need protecting from emotive comments on here. |
I'll decide whether I'm outraged by the comments, not you.
Accusing a 17 year old professional footballer of 'throwing' a football match is a pretty abysmal and disgusting thing to allege. You may not agree. Tough. |  |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 20:25 - Jan 18 with 3345 views | robtheb |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 19:16 - Jan 18 by nordenblue |
Didn't he do similar last season near the Pearl St as seem to remember him being helped off the pitch in tears by Calvin if I remember after conceding a penalty |
Akinfenwa was the first to console Luke, had a good talk to him. The poor lad was gutted. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 20:34 - Jan 18 with 3299 views | pioneer |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 15:54 - Jan 18 by 1907 |
The equaliser was coming. Keohane & RND getting there run around and not dealing with their right hand side well at all. We’ve played pretty well to be honest, although we’ve not defended great on a truly terrible pitch.
Their goal was a cross-come-shot that Sanchez would probably have got a hand too. Lunches distribution is so much better though.
Calvin has missed two great chances he should have done much, much better with. |
Truly terrible pitch....can we blame Hornets...have they been playing a few pre season games there? | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 21:16 - Jan 18 with 3164 views | nordenblue |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 20:25 - Jan 18 by robtheb |
Akinfenwa was the first to console Luke, had a good talk to him. The poor lad was gutted. |
He always comes across as a decent chap Akinfenwa,fair play to him for that, it's a steep old learning curve playing as a pro at such a young age especially after such recent headlines for the lad, it will hurt. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 21:39 - Jan 18 with 3093 views | jonahwhereru |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 18:47 - Jan 18 by 49thseason |
For crying out loud, Matheson is 17 years old, he is bound to make mistakes and if McLaughlin were anything like fit enough to play professional football he would be developing away from the week to week grind of L1.
If any player warrants criticism it should be the stump of a number 9 that we have been persisting with for far too long . Whatever anyone saw in him before he sorted Clarke out has disappeared without trace, it sounds as though he had 2 or 3 decent chances today and inevitably didnt manage to get on the scoresheet. He has none of the natural instincts a striker should have, we could play McNulty at centre forward and he would score more goals. Ship him out now, he had his last chance today and failed the test, we need someone who at least looks to have a goal threat and an aggressive intent as a minimum. |
49th apologies if you are blind or partly sighted, but why did you watch the game with your eyes closed today?
That was a very frustrating watch today. The selected team had a very solid look to it and a lack of spark with both Rathbone and Camps missing. Think we can play without one of them but not both. It is a worry when MJ is your main man carrying the ball forward. Guess we needed a big game from Dooley and didn’t really get it.
Both the first two goals where goal were flukes, although Hendo made his own luck. I think we didn’t go at them enough and make use of the headers Andrew won on virtually every airial dual. No one was gambling by running if behind them. They had a lot of success down our left side which surprised he a little with RND and Keohane patrolling that side. Think the former may not be match fit as he didnt bomb on as much as I have seen him do, but still got to the bye line when played in. The Ryan substitution was interest one as Fabio didn’t play as advanced as I expected, and Done seemed at more natural fit for that position.
When Henderson dropped deeper he was the on player who looked like he might provide the spark we needed in the final third. He is such a good footballer, as well as a prolific scorer.
Viewing the penalty from so far away I thought why did Luke not let the player take the ball and and get of a shot Lynch had a chance of saving. Looking at the reply the decision was even worse as there were other defenders who could have closed before a shot / cross came in.
I saw several of the 1-0, see it out games at the back end of last season. But this was more reminiscent of Dale throwing points away in the bad old days when we could contrive ways to loose points.
A few comments on performances:
Jimmy Ryan is worth his spot but does misplace numerous passes
Calvin did well against their back line, and covered the flanks well when we were stretched wide and when the ball was at his feet he linked it up well
MJW put in a decent shift and tried to exploit the spaces in front of him, which I hadn’t expected from comments about him I had seen on here
We played out from the back way to often and it prevented us getting up the field with speed. Although on the occasions it worked well it did create space in the midfield for us to exploit.
We should have drawn that. Frustrated. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 22:42 - Jan 18 with 2928 views | todmordendale |
Well, BBM has explained why Camps, Bobby S and Wilbrahimovic were missing but no mention of Morley or Rathbonio.
Morley has been out for so long that his injury must be really serious, so what is it ? Saw him park up at the Acrrington game and walk to the game and he looked ok. That was nearly 3 weeks ago.
Is summat going on ? | | | |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 23:00 - Jan 18 with 2863 views | TVOS1907 |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 22:42 - Jan 18 by todmordendale |
Well, BBM has explained why Camps, Bobby S and Wilbrahimovic were missing but no mention of Morley or Rathbonio.
Morley has been out for so long that his injury must be really serious, so what is it ? Saw him park up at the Acrrington game and walk to the game and he looked ok. That was nearly 3 weeks ago.
Is summat going on ? |
I think there's a difference between 'looking ok' to drive a car and 'being ok' to play 90 minutes of football!
He picked up an injury the day before the Burton game, while Rathbone was injured in between the first Newcastle and Bolton games. Both these situations have been explained by the manager in subsequent interviews. |  |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 23:01 - Jan 18 with 2859 views | dingdangblue |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 22:42 - Jan 18 by todmordendale |
Well, BBM has explained why Camps, Bobby S and Wilbrahimovic were missing but no mention of Morley or Rathbonio.
Morley has been out for so long that his injury must be really serious, so what is it ? Saw him park up at the Acrrington game and walk to the game and he looked ok. That was nearly 3 weeks ago.
Is summat going on ? |
I saw someone mentioned a muscle tear on Facebook? Not sure where they got that from though as BBM has said nowt for weeks about Morley. Quite strange. |  |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 23:18 - Jan 18 with 2842 views | todmordendale |
Strange indeed, dingdang | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 00:21 - Jan 19 with 2729 views | Newbury_Dale |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 17:05 - Jan 18 by Yorkshire_Dale |
What an awful ending.....AGAIN!
At least we have the new boy coming in on Monday so Calvin will be benched.
By god we need him. |
Thought Calvin played ok today. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 06:10 - Jan 19 with 2637 views | richfoad32 |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 00:21 - Jan 19 by Newbury_Dale |
Thought Calvin played ok today. |
He can't have done? We've already been told by numerous people who weren't at the game that he was crap. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 09:10 - Jan 19 with 2482 views | 1907 |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 00:21 - Jan 19 by Newbury_Dale |
Thought Calvin played ok today. |
Agreed. It’s just his finishing that let him down. Should have scored at least 1 out of his chances. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 09:57 - Jan 19 with 2397 views | boromat |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 09:10 - Jan 19 by 1907 |
Agreed. It’s just his finishing that let him down. Should have scored at least 1 out of his chances. |
Do feel a bit for Calvin he's not a prolific goalscorer and for him to score more goals he needs to be match sharp, he doesn't get a good run of games in the team to build up this sharpness.
I can imagine him being a 1 in 5 if he was playing every game, but maybe I'm being a bit optimistic. | |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 10:13 - Jan 19 with 2354 views | BigDaveMyCock |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 09:10 - Jan 19 by 1907 |
Agreed. It’s just his finishing that let him down. Should have scored at least 1 out of his chances. |
It’s a bit like a chef expertly deboning and descaling a particularly boney and scaley piece of fish, seasoning it to perfection, applying just the right balance of herbs and placing it into the cupboard next to the oven. | |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 10:20 - Jan 19 with 2324 views | BigDaveMyCock |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 09:57 - Jan 19 by boromat |
Do feel a bit for Calvin he's not a prolific goalscorer and for him to score more goals he needs to be match sharp, he doesn't get a good run of games in the team to build up this sharpness.
I can imagine him being a 1 in 5 if he was playing every game, but maybe I'm being a bit optimistic. |
Optimism is just what is required here. As Alan Partridge once said, the Titanic had hours of uneventful and perfectly pleasurable sailing before it hit the iceberg. Everyone always focuses on the sinking bit don’t they? Not the pre-impact upright bit. | |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 10:29 - Jan 19 with 2306 views | scarrow |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 09:10 - Jan 19 by 1907 |
Agreed. It’s just his finishing that let him down. Should have scored at least 1 out of his chances. |
Calvin is frustrating he does so much right but as a forward hes judged by goals which are sadly lacking |  |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 10:40 - Jan 19 with 2273 views | kiwidale |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 10:13 - Jan 19 by BigDaveMyCock |
It’s a bit like a chef expertly deboning and descaling a particularly boney and scaley piece of fish, seasoning it to perfection, applying just the right balance of herbs and placing it into the cupboard next to the oven. |
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 12:31 - Jan 19 with 2135 views | Newbury_Dale |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 10:29 - Jan 19 by scarrow |
Calvin is frustrating he does so much right but as a forward hes judged by goals which are sadly lacking |
In the case of yesterday, thought he did a great job dealing with Wycombe's aerial threat. But I suppose ultimately he's there to score goals. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 13:23 - Jan 19 with 2075 views | bigness2017 |
Calvin Andrew had a good game considering the guy has not played many full games. He blocked Akinfenwa’s chance and had a few chances to score. Given more game time he will score and that will get his confidence back. Feel sorry for Luke, I hope it doesn’t damage his confidence too much. | | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 14:42 - Jan 19 with 1953 views | AtThePeake |
Andrew has now played 48 games without scoring. 48. He's a centre-forward.
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| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 14:56 - Jan 19 with 1918 views | YadHoDale |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 14:42 - Jan 19 by AtThePeake |
Andrew has now played 48 games without scoring. 48. He's a centre-forward.
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Ok, but how many of the 48 were 15 minute substitute appearances spent shoring up our defence? |  | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 15:33 - Jan 19 with 1844 views | 49thseason |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 14:56 - Jan 19 by YadHoDale |
Ok, but how many of the 48 were 15 minute substitute appearances spent shoring up our defence? |
Therein lies the problem, we have a supposed centre forward who has a shocking scoring record and who we occasionally ask to shore up the defence. If we had spent his wage on another defender, maybe we would now have a forward who could score occasionally and a proper defender to help the defence.
How Calvin is now on his 3rd contract is a mystery to me. I dont think he has ever contributed more than 6 goals in any of the last 6 seasons... 220+ appearances and 28 goals in all competitions, 6 in all competitions since may 2017. I doubt there is another club in the EFL that would have continued to employ him after his first contract ended. |  | | |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 16:05 - Jan 19 with 1773 views | richfoad32 |
| Match Thread - Wycombe Away on 15:33 - Jan 19 by 49thseason |
Therein lies the problem, we have a supposed centre forward who has a shocking scoring record and who we occasionally ask to shore up the defence. If we had spent his wage on another defender, maybe we would now have a forward who could score occasionally and a proper defender to help the defence.
How Calvin is now on his 3rd contract is a mystery to me. I dont think he has ever contributed more than 6 goals in any of the last 6 seasons... 220+ appearances and 28 goals in all competitions, 6 in all competitions since may 2017. I doubt there is another club in the EFL that would have continued to employ him after his first contract ended. |
I think there were rumours that a League 2 club wanted him on loan last season but his wages were a stumbling block, so I'm sure he would've continued to find employment in the EFL at the end of his first contract had we released him. His goalscoring record has always been appalling yet he's managed to eke out a 16 year ongoing career, he'd have been bombed out long ago if he was simply 'shite'. He surely must offer summat intangible that most are unable to see, as his services have constantly been in demand by people who know far more about football than you or I. | | | |
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