Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away v Port Vale Sat 13th November @ 12.00pm

I say we will finish in a play off place do you fancy a £10 Burns Unit or Darby Rimmer MND Foundation, you chose which when you pay up, are you prepared to back you opinion/claim up with cash ?.

 

I share your frustration RT because we are capable of beating most teams in this league but due to poor individual errors in every game we sit mid table.

It doesn't help that we haven't been able to field a settled side for a while now however that cannot be used as an excuse.

I would say we are 3 decent players and a really short injury list off being auto promotion material.

 

Is it my imagination or have we been doing better against the better sides?

Perhaps it's because we're not a possession-based team, and those teams will give us space to break and attack at pace. They play with confidence, as we saw with Port Vale. The game was super open and either team could have won.

But it doesn't help that so many games are finishing 1-1, whether it's a side at the bottom sitting back and not falling into our traps or decent teams playing us at our own game. 4 successive 1-1 draws, and 6 draws from the last 8 in all competitions.

I can see why people are looking at that and thinking that we're close to going on a run of form, but the draws aren't uniform. While we drew with a top side yesterday, which is decent, we also drew with Exeter in the cup and they were not decent.

It doesn't mean anything that teams are saying we look good and will be up there, all that matters is results, and if we keep drawing we will slide DOWN the table, not up.

 

Me neither. And what's more galling I believe he's on a 2 year contract.

 

Vernam, Canavan and Foulds are still around too.

 

The statistics over his last 5 seasons say differently.

As a player that is utilised in the forward areas his numbers are generally terrible and at a guess I'd put money that they were worse than a lot of full backs across the division.

That's very poor from a player that's either been stationed on the right wing or tasked with playing centrally just behind the forward.

 

Aye you might be right.

If you're allergic to anything within 20 yards of the opposition penalty area you aren't going to be the one missing the chances.

 

I wonder if the 4th official was pointing that out to Adams just before Adams got his yellow card. At least the ref was consistent with those decisions.

 

If I lose I'll show proof of payment, I would think I can pay to both good causes via PayPal.

 

Great, supports to the letter why the ref didn’t book him!

 

Agree Northern. In all of his spells with us, the lad has flattered to deceive. He rarely delivers in those important impact moments when speed of thought is required. A run is on, space has been found - and he plays it square or to the wrong player.

 

Wasnt it last season when he fed through the scunthorpe player at their place to score? Their commentary team were talking about him being L1 standard so they obviously saw something, perhaps confidence in the players themselves isnt sky high right now

 

It isn't opinion based on this season, its numbers and stat based on his last 4 or 5 seasons.

If his confidence has been poor for the last 5 year then possibly you have a point but if that really was the case you'd be swerving the signing by a mile anyway.

 

Eh? No it doesn’t.

Your point was that he wasn’t booked because their player - when you slowed down the replay - was starting to go down/similar and there wasn’t much contact made.

The part of the laws I quoted shows you can commit fouls and indeed be booked (or indeed even sent off) without making much, if any, contact.

Threlkeld slid in, may have largely missed but still committed the foul. Given the position on the field and the force of the attempted tackle, my point is he was extremely fortunate not to be booked again.