Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home V Leyton Orient 23/02, 7pm kick off.

Aye. Part of a back 4 that kept a clean sheet and allowed the opposition not a single shot on target.

Disgraceful performance.

 

I think on balance orient will probably feel their efforts deserved a point, but we found a way to win. Good substitutions who all made some kind of contribution. Rowe and Vernam were below the standards we've come to expect from them. Such a strong bench though and that really was the difference. I include Donaldson in that comment as he showed great game management getting the ball in the corner and killing some time.

Thought defence were solid but Wood not quite at his best. Also thought Watt was a bit wasteful and at times chose the wrong option.

Cooke was my motm. He's got such attacking drive and is flourishing at the moment. No idea where this was under stuart as I genuinely felt Pritchard was the better choice for that position. Fantastic penalty too.

Onwards and upwards!

 

I know that was so funny, but pretty much sums up how he's being playing recently, with no fear!

 

As you say they set up to stop us but not by parking the bus, the smart call for me was the early double change on 63 minutes still plenty of time for the subs to influence the game Crankshaw for Evans and Cook for Rowe, Crankshaw made an immediate impacked and was unlucky not to score with that near post shot that Vigouroux made a great save to keep out.

 

A difference in attitude showed up last night the full back beat Stevens who just let him go. On the other hand Donaldson chased his man the length of the field and in short appearances he can still do a job until the end of this season

 

I agree, looking forward to the return of Clarke.
He will graft his knackers off and provide support for AOC.
Also has that little extra quality on the ball.

 

Although I agree with much of that, there was a situation just after he was brought on where he actually chased down one of the Orient players making him play the ball rather than getting a shot off.
I dont think there was any intention of Donaldson being a regular starter unfortunatly we had little choice when the likes of Guthrie, Novak, were out injured and the kid from Wolves offer little, at best he was a 70 minute sub IMO.

 

Vernham is a decent player very direct and with an eye for goal and he tracks back but I don’t like the way he seems to disappear in games he has done it in every match he has played. I don’t know if it is a lack of Stamina but I hope it improves otherwise I think Crankshaw is going to be the better bet

 

Who remembers Charlie Rackstraw great penalty taker don’t think he ever missed one

 

Scored 76, missed 5, actually all five saved, so always on target.

 

We should take it as a complement that teams like Orient are doing their homework on us so that we don't have all our own way. The good thing is that Trueman and Sellers are quite smart in this respect and react to each challenge. All the signings we made in January bring something different to the table and give us different options to change things from the bench. For me Danny Rowe needs to be playing but where do you play him in this system we are using, he says himself that he isn't a target man. We probably need to play Cook up top (or Novak when fit) with Rowe and either Vernan or Crankshaw just behind but in front of Cooke. Nice problem to have and I'm sure Trueman and Sellers will come up with a solution.
I also think Craig Doyle is right, Trueman and Sellers does sound like a firm of solicitors.

 

Well Cook certainly staked his claim on Saturday. Was it just me or did Rowe look a bit disinterested when he came on? Maybe he's one of those players that always looks like that

 

Think they'll start with the same eleven from Cheltenham - Rowe and Crankshaw on earliesh in the second half.

 

He did. That was a cracking tackle.

 

Think we should play both Cook and Rowe tonight with Cook up front and Rowe, Cooke and Vernom as the three behind them

 

No way to do that without taking pace out the side.

It's a no from me.

 

You kind of forget just how bad things were a couple of months ago!

Very nice problem to have and still haven't seen much of the young Boro lad.

 

Bonkers that.

I hope we resist the temptation to force them into the same side.

 

Keep it on the deck as much as possible and pass them off the park, is the way to go.

 

I vote this is the worst commentary ever