Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Salford City (Away) 21/11/2020

McCall needs to go! Shambles..

 

Same old same old.Just change opposition team name.

 

Nowt wrong with playing a flat back 4 if you have the personnel to do it. We don't at this moment in time, in fact the squad we have doesn't suit 4-4-2 at all. I'll be honest i'm not sure what it suit which shows up the transfer policy for the amatuerish shambles that it is.

 

City’s best teams have nearly always been 442 with a winger in my 30 years supporting.

McCall wants this possession play in midfield and wing backs bombing on but at what cost. His confused squad doesn’t seem to work with any system.

He really does need to have a long hard think about things.

 

Just watched the highlights and deary me WTF was that all about?

Evans looked like he is 4 weeks from match fitness. Why didn't he take one for the team instead of letting the lad through into the box.
ROD beaten at his near post yet again.
Donaldson on walkabout.
BRE on something or other.

 

ROD pushing the ball out like that for the first goal lol
Wood nowhere to be seen.

Just awful mate.

 

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I thought it was a reasonable save but Wood let the team down by not reacting and their lad said thank you very much.

 

Are the players really going to accept a wage for that
the club ought to refuse them payment
If anyone performed this badly in their normal job am sure warnings would be issued
Stuart refused to "throw anyone under the bus" the whole team needed throwing under the bus
worse than Sunday morning pub level

 

You can understand why McCall is playing this formation? We have no wingers, so he's trying to get his wingbacks forward, something Hosannah was doing very well. Wood last year was technically our best crosser so i can see why he wants him higher up the pitch. Look, i know the pros and cons of playing 4 at the back. At this level with the limitations of the players it should be the line up i'd expect most teams to go with. Problem is our squad just doesn't suit it. I wish it did.

 

It is a back 3 which means if the wing backs do not track back our defence is full of spaces to be taken advantage of,

 

That Samuels miss! If he tried for the rest of the season, he wouldn’t be able to do that again. Hitting the opposite post when directly in front of the other. Remarkable.

 

I think he is a weak keeper who doesn’t command his box enough but I agree about yesterday.There are 10 others who should be stopping it before it gets anywhere near him.Just look at BRE’s defending for the 3rd goal.Its quality.

 

Connor Wood is the only person we should be blaming for the first two goals. Lazy and unacceptable defending. The second one he looks to be blaming Donaldson hahaha. The squad is a mess.

 

It’s alarming how Woods form has deteriorated the past couple of months. Confidence in the squad must be rock bottom.

 

Wood is a full back and a good one, It is unfair to judge him when we are playing him in a role that is not his position and is unfamiliar with, He is not a wing back

 

You are right in saying hes more of a full back but that doesnt take away the fact a full back should be able to defend. Hes in the left full back postion for the first two goals on Saturday and left the Salford players completley unmarked.

 

Go back and have a look at the goals.. Its poor defending from Wood, he leaves the Salford player completely unmarked on both occasions. Its his player to pick up. He doesnt.

 

I agree with you. I think he is very fustrated. He was blmaing Donaldson after the second goal and i think that was purely because he was closest. Its not Donaldsons job to fill in the gaps when Wood moves deeper. The problem is that our midfield do not defend. They stand off and dont mark runners leaving the defence wide open.

 

Not fit. Ridiculous to start him in a tough away game having not played a minute for the best part of 6 weeks.