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

Teams that tend to come late into the play offs and win them more than likely have been playing well.

 

You've just made that up.

 

Isn't most of the stuff posted on here?

 

No

 

Look mate, honestly I get the lets get into the plays off anyway how. I understand that fully but we need to up our performances.

I said if we have to take it down to the last game then I am fine with that but I want to see performances improve going into that game and making sure we are ready for the play offs.

 

They went 8 unbeaten before yesterday. Not that poor!

 

True! But still they do need credit where its due, in that run they played Cheltenham, Tranmere and Carlisle!
I will say though didnt realise it was W:1 D:7 haha!

 

A torch for the positive. Poor performance..good result. Much better than poor performance..bad result. Still something there to build on and with players returning..may be timely.

 

What was unconvincing about it exactly?

 

It could and should’ve been used to attack comfortably against a 10 men bottom of the table side, but as @NorthernMonkey said earlier, we didn’t have the right players to play this formation on Saturday.
With the exception of Donaldson, Cook, Clarke and Evans (who has played most of the recent past in defence) the rest were defensively minded, hence why they were reluctant to push 10 yards further up the pitch or break the lines. We’ve also seen that Wood is a better defender than a wing back and FCD is a central defender, come right back, come wing back with very little league experience. His first thoughts will be defend and not get caught out going forward. He needs to be protected at the minute which then puts Clarke under pressure not to leave him, rather than supporting the attack.

 

Partly, but my preferred system would be 4-1-3-2

 

On account of having my hand slapped and my last reply removed I'd just like to mention what a well thought out reply this is.

It's not even remotely close to wind up material and I'd formally like to apologise with the upmost sincerity for suggesting the poster used that style of posting on the site.

 

Never knew you had criticised my style of posting.

 

Which is our midfield along with Watt

 

He brings more energy than A’OC, but I’m not sure his passing or defensive work are any better. He’s improved since McCall left, but without trying to sound to much like Fordy I think we need a lot better, watching Bolton with Lee and Williams showed that we are actually quite weak in that are even when fully fit.

The only real loss for me is Cooke, he’s probably been our best player in the new system so is certainly a loss.

 

Kieran Lee is probably the best defensive midfielder in the division and Bolton the only club able to attract and afford him. Bolton now look the best team in the division, a lot to do with that midfield. Agree though, we need to be looking at better next season if we are to go up as champions.

 

I think Sutton is currently a very good L2 player. Cooke could and should be playing in L1.

 

But in the end, it's all about risk and reward. If we continue to be conservative over the last batch of games, we'll fall short of a play off place. If we show more ambition and 'go for it', we'll either succeed or fail. I go for risk - what have we got to lose? We're not going down.

 

I think Sutton is a big loss he is our main presser of the ball. I think his form had tailed of a bit before his injury but I hope he is back soon