Match Thread Salford City (Away) 21/11/2020

Big test and I’m not sure we will pass it. McCall talks about having to change it around with the amount of games coming up now but hopefully we keep the same tactic and similar side that has done quite well with us so far these last few weeks.

I think Salford will start to pick up under wellens but hopefully not this weekend

 

They were awful at Bolton last Friday and to me signing Boyd has upset their style, seemed to have no connection at all with Henderson. Having said that Bolton appear to have learned lessons and closed them down very quickly to stop them playing. Very poor game, we have to do a Bolton on them and if so I feel we will get something out of the game.

 

They have a very strong squad on paper for this level but it’s if they can click. Wellens did it at Swindon but maybe no pre season and games thick and fast might go against him at Salford and struggling to get his ideas across.

 

Have we got the players to close them down quickly without risking them passing us by and exploiting our flimsy defensive unit?Would need everybody at their best or we risk going behind and then chasing the game.And we all know how that usually ends.

 

Can’t say I know too much about Salford’s recent form but after watching our defensive performances this season I don’t have any hope of keeping a clean sheet in this one. So I suppose we just have to hope the strikers are on form and we win 5-4

 

Missing the away days!! Think we will win this one, we must defend better and O'Donnell needs to sort out his kicking, his throw out last Saturday was brilliant. We will see? CTID

 

I think we could be up for this after no midweek game a good week of training hopefully Evans back and Sutton .
I will go for 2 - 3 City

 

Having listened to Kenny Blacks press conference Cooke and Clarke could be missing but Zeli may make an appearance.

 

Hope someone can give him a hand up the steps on to the coach.....

 

Half arsed performance... from city.

Not expecting anything else.

 

You surprise me

 

That's a downer.

Things like that make a tough time even harder.

Clarke has had a good season, and he and Cooke have the ability to cause problems even in an unbalanced midfield/attack.

Clayton up front with AN Other doesn't fill me with confidence.

 

The words alone “Clayton up top” doesn’t fill anybody with confidence

 

To be fair he's done better than I was expecting in Novaks absence. Given the choice between him and Gutless then Clayton wins hands-down (just putting his boots on the right feet give him that accolade to be fair)..

 

Sheet, that is funny @Inspector .

 

The difference being his mum used a Sharpie to mark L & R, whereas Guthrie's mother used chalk

 

Doesn’t that just show how low the bar is set for our strikers when just being slightly better than Guthrie is seen as a good thing