Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home V Grimsby Saturday 10th April @ 3.00pm

If after today we're considering 3-5-2 how about this side when all are fit:
OD/Hornby
AOC, POC, Canavan
Evans, Sutton, Cooke, Watt, Wood
Cook, Rowe.
Evans at RWB because he's played there before and his crossing is better than any other option on the right. It also gets Cook and Rowe into the same side without compromising elsewhere.

 

We've struggled massively against teams near the bottom recently (whilst also winning nearly every game against the top half of the table, for whoever was claiming earlier that performance somehow means we'll struggle against top teams!?), I had us down to struggle to a draw today. I'm definitely taking an easy 3 points to close the gap to the play-offs by 2

 

Not sure what in their 8 game unbeaten run (which we ended) made you think we'd steamroll them

 

Or the tactics perhaps

 

Wood can't be upgraded on at this level I don't think... what is it, 75 league starts in a row? Darby was considered MR Consitency without the assists (not that I'm saying he's better than Darbs, obvs). If we stay at this level Wood is off because he can play at a higher level quite easily and we can't afford his wage. If we don't get promoted, he goes and Staunton slots in... if we go up there's a negotiation to be had

 

Ive heard some beauties, but deary me!

 

Have a look at the stats before making statements. Looks pretty even to me.

We've been lucky the last few games - scoring from very few clear cut chances while our opponents have not.

We should be controlling the game more and looking to score again not sitting back. We didn't make the Grimsby keeper work at all really, nor the Stevenage keeper.

 

About 4 by my reckoning (Cook, Wood, O'Connor, Evans) and there were a couple they got a foot in last minute. I'd rather they were testing the keeper more as well, my point was just that we controlled the game throughout, which we did without breaking sweat. Was an easy 3 points in the end. We do need to start putting teams to bed though, just look what happened at Newport

 

Cook didn't head it though. He missed it and the lad behind headed it out for a corner.

He should have headed it, he was in front of his marker but missed it.

 

Theres this notion that some would be happy to play like that and get the three points. Believe me we play like that again this season and we'll be lucky to get another point. Hopefully yesterday was just one of those games but we desperately need Cooke and Sutton back.

 

I've no problem with that.

The problems I see are the lack of options in centre midfield which led to us over playing Sutton and Watt until they were knackered.

Then the plan of playing both Vernham and Crankshaw in the 3 behind Cook which left us way to open and started us off on that poor run, now the managers have gone right the other way - playing Evans/Clarke/Donaldson/Scales and the result is that it's turgid and we're getting lucky. They need to balance it more with Vernham or Crankshaw coming in to one of those forward three because we're creating next to nothing but fortunately scoring off what we do get - a bit like earlier in when worldies like Novak and Sutton were getting us wins.

 

So a chance then?

 

I don't know if that could be called a chance or not to be honest. What about all the pinball moments in our box towards the end of the game - were those chances for them?

It's too hard to measure what a chance is for me but at least we could agree on actual shots or shots on target. With chances we'd argue forever!

 

Let's hope Grimsby prove that point on the 20th and 27th April.

 

Scoring more of our chances than the opposition is luck now is it - I thought it was the whole point of the game.

 

Pleaee stop it, they are the worst side in the football league. We have no devine right to win a game but I do not want to see another 90 minutes like yesterday where I can take away no positive whatsoever. If you think yesterday was acceptable then I'll have to agree to disagree with you.

 

In fairness, if you flip the statistics, in 8 undefeated for Grimsby they had only won 1 in 8.

But a wins a win.

 

Certainly one extreme to the other. Forest Green 9 days ago v Grimsby yesterday

 

Thanks OGF, will have a look when I finish this thread

 

Thanks OGF, will have a look when I finish this thread