Morecambe 1 Luton 2 (f/t) Drummie

[scalehallshrimp]

Whats the general opinion of DUFFY today

when he went to right wing he looked much better,he is a winger for chrissakes,i think he can only ghet better,he looked absolutely lost in the middle of the park

[Sharpy]

poor midfield?!?!?! they were the only players interested in the game today! two centre backs were dire! We would have been better playing without Artell and only having 10 men out! Yates showed the most flair on the pitch. Beats me why Waynaldo was taken off and not Howe, he didnt get into the game atall. Twiss out played him completely. Drummond and hunter work well together so lets keep that going, non of this Fraser Mc Sh**e. I just can't get over how bad Artell was, i wouldnt even have given him 3/10 for his performance!

As for Roche, he made some brilliant saves but got lobbed AND let the ball through his legs! no keeper should be doing that at this level!

Hope Luton go down after seeing them, dirty gits the lot of them. time wasting, trips, dissent, climbing, pulling of shirts. you name it they did it. and the ref may aswell have told them to do it for all we knew. completely biased!

[Number 1]

I think our shape was lost today. I don't know why Howe was played instead of O'Carroll. Whilst we've had this unbeaten run, O'Carroll has been playing really well. He holds the ball up well, and brings others into it. With Howe, he's too selfish. I know last week he played and we didn't lose, but we didn't score either. I think Wainwright was a loss, hence bringing Duffy in, which was a good call, and a bold move and Sammy was possibly forced into it. But I thought he was a bit lightweight and the game passed him by to a certain extent.

With Howe obviously being one of the highest earners, if not the highest, it might be that there's a clause saying he has to play if fit. If so, fair enough. I just think that O'Carroll is more of a team player, and as such his possible lack of ability compared with Howe is offset by his overall contribution to the team.

[Heysham_Shrimp]

Games like today really show how we are missing Craig Stanley. Midfield was over-run today and long hopeful punts weren't going to do it for us.

[ezz]

Roche-6
adams-3
artell-3
bentley-5
yates-7
duffy-6
drummond-7 (only because of scoring)
hunter-8
curtis-6 (Hit bar should have scored)
twiss-5 (didnt look interested
Howe-5 after we scored he quit

[Christies Child]

Roche-6
adams-3
artell-3
bentley-5
yates-7
duffy-6
drummond-7 (only because of scoring)
hunter-8
curtis-6 (Hit bar should have scored)
twiss-5 (didnt look interested
Howe-5 after we scored he quit

Specsavers for you I feel.

Wasn't up to the Iron Mans usual standard I'll grant you, but 3......????????

[dave wilky]

Roche-6
adams-3
artell-3
bentley-5
yates-7
duffy-6
drummond-7 (only because of scoring)
hunter-8
curtis-6 (Hit bar should have scored)
twiss-5 (didnt look interested
Howe-5 after we scored he quit


Curtis only 6..your havin a laugh....he for most of the game was our only threat on the Luton goal..... could`nt believe it when he got subbed..
As for the referee....never in my life have i seen a more biased pillock...(i was being polite) there.........

[George Dawes]

i thought we shown Luton way to much respect in first half they looked class going forward but there defence and Goalkeeper where there for the taking

Roche-6
adams-5
artell-6
bentley-5
yates-8 (my MoM)
duffy-6 (looked class when he played right-wing)
drummond-7
hunter-7 (not sure he was MoM)
curtis-5 (no pace couldn't beat fullback, or cross with his left foot, just a labourer)
twiss-6 (id play him on the left-wing)
Howe-6

play-offs forget it now, lets just start building for next season, and look at players who are untested ie, Parrish, Duffy, Taylor

[mfcbro]

Here we go again we have lost our 1st game in 13 and the doom and gloom merchants are on here again.What do the players have to do to gain our support?Come on its only 6-7 weeks ago a lot on here were talking about relegation,Give it a rest we are still a leaque 2 team next year.Luton maybe?Artell was probably our m.o.m last week and everyone is on his back this week,how fickle can supporters be?Lets get behind the lads and hopefully get 3 points at darlington that we should have had last year.Rant over.

[mounse mk2]

One of the all too unfortunately very few occasions that i've seen us play a side home and away this season.

That wasn't the same stuttering side that we played against at Kenilworth Road. When we played them away they were there for the taking. IMO today as poor as we were, they were really good.

Surely after our great run even the most negative of fans can give our team a little bit of lee-way (sp).

I would love it (Kevin Keegan stylee) if Luton stayed up.

[mounse mk2]

Here we go again we have lost our 1st game in 13 and the doom and gloom merchants are on here again.What do the players have to do to gain our support?Come on its only 6-7 weeks ago a lot on here were talking about relegation,Give it a rest we are still a leaque 2 team next year.Luton maybe?Artell was probably our m.o.m last week and everyone is on his back this week,how fickle can supporters be?Lets get behind the lads and hopefully get 3 points at darlington that we should have had last year.Rant over.

I don't really see anyone having a pop at any player. Just constructive criticism. Do you think Jimbo at the end of the game was thinking 'Oh it's alright we've just gone 12 games unbeaten'?

We have been/are doing brilliant, let's hope we get 3 points next week.

[morecambe mick]

Here we go again we have lost our 1st game in 13 and the doom and gloom merchants are on here again.What do the players have to do to gain our support?Come on its only 6-7 weeks ago a lot on here were talking about relegation,Give it a rest we are still a leaque 2 team next year.Luton maybe?Artell was probably our m.o.m last week and everyone is on his back this week,how fickle can supporters be?Lets get behind the lads and hopefully get 3 points at darlington that we should have had last year.Rant over.

I don't really see anyone having a pop at any player. Just constructive criticism. Do you think Jimbo at the end of the game was thinking 'Oh it's alright we've just gone 12 games unbeaten'?
We have been/are doing brilliant, let's hope we get 3 points next week.

He said "I'm really pissed off"

[marky No.1]

it might be that there's a clause saying he has to play if fit..

I asked this same question yesterday and was assured there is no "clause"

For me I was looking forward to watching Mark Duffy for a longer stint on the wing. Instead he looked lost in the middle of the park - even through my dark rimmed non-tinted spectacles

He said "I'm really pissed off"

What would your Mam say James?

[Harry]

we were not at all bad yesterday, we had them pinned in for the first 20 minutes! We had some decent constructive build up but as all season we certainly lacked that final cutting edge. Luton were clearly given a bollocking at half time and crowded round our attackers to great effect. A draw wouldn't have been an unfair result, we were better than the goals we let in.

[thegentlegiant]

I personal would give Morecambe a 7/10 I thought they played well at times but failed to move forward and take the little chance we had!

Luton certainly look like they could escape from the greatest escape in football history, nice to see a better attendance, really looking forward to the Bradford game I still think we can snatch a win.

I unfortunately think with the loss yesterday we will just miss out on play off's but as a season it has been fantastic!

[Aal]

Luton were a physically strong side...the type of side who usually beat us. A bit cynical at times as well with some 'ref conning' being tried.
Hope they do go down, thbo I'm sure they'll bounce back.

[Wigan Shrimp]

Without doubt Luton were the better team and deserved to win, even so some of the comments/marks given on this thread are a bit harsh IMO.

I think losing Wainwright proved to be a much bigger blow than expected and not necessarily because we missed his input down the left (although we probably did to a certain extent), but mainly because it meant moving Wayne to the left and playing Duffy, out of position, as the 3rd midfielder. There were several below par performances throughout the side, but I really think the enforced Wainwright change was what ultimately disrupted our “invincible” formula.

Wayne`s done a great job in our recent run playing as the 3rd midfielder.... as well as linking up with the front men he is always full of energy and closes down opposition quickly and tirelessly. Obviously this isn`t really part of Duffy`s game, hence Luton`s no. 8 (Nichols??) was able to sit in front of their back 4, usually in acres of space and was able to pull the strings from there. I thought Nichols (??) was quality and pretty much ran the show, maybe things would`ve been different with Wayne charging round after him in the middle. I suppose the alternative to keep Wayne in the middle, would`ve been to play Duffy/Twiss on the left, but understandably Sammy probably didn`t fancy either of them to carry out the defensive duties required of a wing back.

Anyway, no disgrace losing to Luton, very decent side IMO.

[ezz]

Here we go again we have lost our 1st game in 13 and the doom and gloom merchants are on here again.What do the players have to do to gain our support?Come on its only 6-7 weeks ago a lot on here were talking about relegation,Give it a rest we are still a leaque 2 team next year.Luton maybe?Artell was probably our m.o.m last week and everyone is on his back this week,how fickle can supporters be?Lets get behind the lads and hopefully get 3 points at darlington that we should have had last year.Rant over.

Yeh thats all well and good but we can still criticise certain players performances when we lose. The last 12 games had nothing to do with this one, and in this match Adams and Artell were extremely poor.

[OvertheBar]

Whats the general opinion of DUFFY today

when he went to right wing he looked much better,he is a winger for chrissakes,i think he can only ghet better,he looked absolutely lost in the middle of the park

He is obviously a winger and the kind of right winger we haven't had since Thommo. He will improve and showed enough on the right with some good crosses and a bit of guile to get their defenders guessing to suggest that he is worth buying.

As for the performance...hmmm...not good but we were playing 12 men. The ref tried his hardest to get Luton back into the game, similar to the game a few seasons ago where the ref gave Accy free kick after free kick on the edge of our area until they eventually got one in the net.

How Artell could play so badly after a great showing last week is hard to believe. The rest of the team weren't much interested, especially Howe who just ambled around and is probably counting the days until he goes back to Peterborough.

Hey it's only a game!

[shrimper]

Nicholls and Craddock are two of the better players in this division and they did well on Saturday.

I think they had a little more real quality in a few areas but the game could have gone either way and I agree that some are maybe being a bit harsh.

We had a good spell for about 20 minutes first half when they were pretty much playing us on the break.

Then, after their second, we threw everything at them and had quite a few chances. Twiss (twice), Howe, Curtis and Hunter all went very close.

Not our best display but far from being our worst.

I think Duffy was tucked inside for this game because Sammy would have been a bit worried about him covering up and down the flank as left wing-back.
He's new to the club, new to that system and only a month or two into full-time training. Wayne has played there before. Saw some nice touches from Duffy and when he settles into everything he looks like a decent acquisition.
Won't see the best of him until next season (if we take him on full-time).

[steve mfc]

I think as far as Duffy is concerned we have to take into account how Little first team football he has played since he arrived, it probably wasn't the easiest of games to play your first full ninety minutes.

He did look lost in the more central midfield role and appears more suited on the wing, its early days yet though.

I take the point about Sammy not wanting to risk him as a wing back, however i would have switched him with Wayne after the first twenty minutes, Wayne's ability to hold onto the ball and his physical presence was badly missed. I was surprised when he was subbed as well, at the time i thought he was causing Luton more problems then anyone else.