Home v Stevenage - Tues Feb 11th

They almost did. But we scored from that attack. Still makes me smile.

 

Good tactic by Stuart to put the speedy Connolly up top. Stevenage assumed if there’d be a breakaway it would be through him and had him marked. Novak found the space and took the chance.

 

Did remarkably well to dig that out on a sticky pitch, with the defender closing too. Lovely finish.

 

Just seen it again on the telly. Pitch looks even worse on telly!.., and yes he did very well not to get bogged down ploughing through the mud. Great determination and cool finish. Really enjoyed that goal

 

thought we settled well last night and we're looking decent for first 5-10 minutes and then bad habits took over again and we fully deserved to be 1-0 down at half time. made the point to others at half-time that McCartan needed to be freed up, he was lost out wide.

started second half well and we're good for half an hour, bit fortunate with the third as if Tom Soares had a better touch it would've finished 2-2.

you can only beat what's out in front of you but we still need to vastly improve. no more so than in our concentration levels towards the end of games, that's been clearly evident for a long-time now. also thought we played the conditions well.

it's a step in the right direction, but only a small step - we'll face a lot sterner tests over the coming weeks.

 

Not having a go but genuinely interested in why you think our current 2 CB's don't suit McCall's style?

BRE having a very mixed season but think O'connor has been decent and can carry the ball out of defence

 

one of the biggest issues is neither is vocal enough or wants to be the one to control the back four and the line. both look to each other to see who makes the calls. for me it should be the two O'Connor's - BRE can be too rash at times, his positional play is poor and leaves him diving in. good centre halfs rarely need to go to ground.

 

Paudie looked excellent at the end of last season but hasn't convinced when he's played this year. BRE started the season really well but has massively lost form . Watching him lollop forward is like watching a giraffe try play football. Don't think either him or AOC were comfortable in a back 3 / 5 either.

Perhaps Paudie will come back in from the cold. Think he's got potential but his progress has stalled this year. That said there's probably only Connor Wood who can really hold his head up high this year

 

I actually think AOC is comfortable on the ball and is a decent footballer. He just suffers the same as everyone else from a lack of options in front of him leaving no option than to hoof it.

 

But if he does move forward he ends up in a dead end because there is still no one showing. I don't want my CBs trying to dribble out of defence on that pitch. I haven't seen a replay of the Grimsby goal so can't comment

 

Yes, unlike Brunker who any supporter could tell for certain was useless after ten minutes.

Guthrie was very poor, but not in the same manner as Kai.

 

We will have to agree to disagree. I think AOC is more than capable of bringing the ball out when it's right to do so

 

I don't think he was very poor, I just thought it took him longer to get into the game. I agree though, he isn't to the standard of footballer that Kai was.

 

He did make a difference. Watch the replay for the second goal. Not enough but for goodness sake let’s not throw him on the scrap heap yet.