L 4-2 vs Northampton Town (A) – Wed 14th Jan, 7.00pm (EFL Trophy R3)

Pattison already looking pissed off as his teammates continually ignore him to launch it long.

Welcome to the club Alex.

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Sadler has had 2 get out of jail free cards in Lowe and Kanu

It certainly isn’t him who’s got us top side of the table as proven when they leave / don’t play

Luckiest tactically inept manager we have ever had

I’m starting a tally - how many times the ball is played up towards matt and he doesnt even touch it, let alone retain it

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Blimey, you have been advised to watch and enjoy the out of possession movement :grin:

This is a free hit and I’m not particularly bothered about the result but it’s such a hard watch. I’ve been on my phone the last 10 mins and barely looked at the TV. Hopefully we can improve second half.

Tbf to Matt hjs trying to face of against the entire back line on his own every single time we hoof it. Doesn’t have a chance

I can enjoy off the ball play. I don’ enjoy constant lamps up the pitch to a target man that gains control of the ball or wins it about 1 in 50, and I think that is generous.

This is the problem at the heart of Sadlerball. Unless the results mask it, the football is relegation fodder style stuff - not too different from what we saw from Matt Taylor at Scunthorpe.

As others say, it’s painful to watch, we just can’t keep the ball and it’s almost as if we are now complete passengers in the game. Totally reliant on Northampton essentially having a major breakdown in the 2nd half

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If there is any hope we seem to be slowly dragging Northampton to our level.

Oh so it was Lowe last season and now it’s kanu. :joy:

He clearly isn’t a terrible manager at all. Has limitations of course but I’d take him over flynn/Clarke any day.

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We have adomah , Richards , pattinson , Clarke all decent with bad at feet and we don’t trust them

It’s pathetic management

Sadler sucks rather have Taylor Atleast he wanted to play footbal

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The out of possession play has been simply sublime, it’s a joy to watch .

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Yeah, I’m not too fussed if we lose, but i am bothered by how we play, as it indicates where we are at as a team.
As it stands, that would be woeful.
I have tickets for Tranmere, and taking a mate. Not sure I’ll bother after that if we are this poor.

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Parking the bus in an EFL trophy game is depressing, that was crap first half.

Currently at 80% pass accuracy on BBC Sport, way to high, he will need to lower that if he wants to fit in :grin:

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It obviously was

What haplened when we lost Lowe ? How many times has kanu saved us by himself

Sadler is a one player team and the rest are just there to block shots

It must be lovely to go to a football match knowing your team is going to have the ball and knock it about.

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That’s why he gets so few fouls given. The ref can’t really say he’s being prevented from doing anything.

I thought Alex was a hard man (he’s wearing gloves!)

Sort him out Flinty…

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Jacob’s with a cracker there.

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