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Match Thread Northampton

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Old Grey Fox, Apr 8, 2022.

  1. banbrotam

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    Take out Forest Green, Exeter, Vale and Mansfield and I'm not convinced we're much worse than anyone else, as we stand. It's OK some pointing out to last week, remember their own manager and local paper admitted that they were outplayed when Rovers came to VP.

    Get a striker and CB and put Songo in his better CDM position and we'd be far higher.

    Not a lot is needed to transform our fortunes. As usual with this division, due to the churn of players, each season runs entirely separate to the next.
     
  2. Tennesseebantam

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    is that 4 in 6 clean sheets with a patched up makeshift defence?
     
  3. Botswana Bantam

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    Not that solid. Need Bass to make some good saves.
     
  4. banbrotam

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    Which is what a good keeper is there for.
     
  5. ModernBantam

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    I think the fact he couldn't get a tune out of the leagues best striker played a large part in it
     
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  6. Bronco

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    I can't see him starting Angol or Vernam against Tranmere on Friday, he is obviously giving them limited game time with regards their injuries, bringing them on did give us more going forward, Mr Hughes agreed with my substitution calls of Angol, Vernah & Cooke.
    https://bantamtalk.com/index.php?threads/northampton.6082/page-4#post-629428
     
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  7. banbrotam

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    Unconvinced by Cook. Like Canavan since his injury, he seems to have lost something.
     
  8. Tony Wilkinson

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    Shame it wasn't a few stone...!!
     
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  9. JonButterfield

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    Yes, it usually boils down to personal preference with City fans.

    "But Vaughan should be scoring every game", "but we should be playing wingers", "but 4-4-2", "but it's boring", but we were fifth.

    There was, and still is, no excuse for turning on Bowyer.

    Turning on Bowyer was basically saying "we're not happy to go up unless it's exciting".
     
  10. Faithful Bantam

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    5 or 6 of the right signings needed. We need to be aiming for top 3 next season.
     
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  11. JonButterfield

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    I've heard that before :confused:
     
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    0 - 0 boring boring Bradford
    one shot on target for City Dave
     
  13. Bronco

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    Yep I made the right call not going all that way to Northampton, but credit to those that did.
     
  14. trevor

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    Good point against a good side away from home,
     
  15. Park bantam

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    He is part of the defence
     
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    I was talking about Doyle
     
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    Sorry Jon, cannot disagree more. Aside from the fact that it was a dreadful style of football, much worse than what Adams served up I may add, Bowyer was never getting us up that year. We absolutely fluked it for the first half of the season reliant on OGs and penalties most weeks. The xG (yes I know) told us when the fortune ended we'd drop like a stone and that's exactly what happened. He absolutely deserved the boot.
     
  18. Bronco

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    He's got Salford just sitting outside the play offs with a reasonable run in.
     
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  19. Botswana Bantam

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    The last line! He was too exposed today.

    Yes but in a solid defence I'd expect him to have to make less critical saves.

    Anyway, we all know why the defence is so poor given we have like one central defender so I'm not pointing fingers.
     
  20. JonButterfield

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    Best chance we've had, and that's just the reality of the situation I'm afraid.

    Since then, nothing but regression.
     

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