mat1
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Post by mat1 on Mar 14, 2024 16:04:52 GMT
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Post by Chris P. Bacon on Mar 14, 2024 17:04:08 GMT
To be fair….we aren’t bothered he’s gone.
if the stories about his time here are even half true, good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Post by je85 on Mar 14, 2024 17:33:54 GMT
Odin who?
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Post by tangerinedream on Mar 14, 2024 22:55:42 GMT
The proverbial game of two halves where we bossed the first, looked lively and imposed ourselves with a streak of physicality about our play coupled with two well worked goals. Don't know what was said, or put in our half-time brew but the second half was a complete reversal with Stockport quick out of the traps and then dominating the forward play for the rest of the half. I thought their substitutions made a much greater impact than ours and I honestly can't remember us making anything of note to even remotely bother Hinchcliffe in the Stockport goal. Thought our play was so predictable with the target of Smith being literally dragged to the floor by Horsfall at every challenge and our movement off the ball was virtually non existent. At the end of the night the night the only consolation was that we didn't lose and prevented Stockport going top. Other than that a hugely frustrating evening after that early first half promise. One point nearer to safety I suppose.
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Post by je85 on Mar 14, 2024 23:07:09 GMT
Not listened to it, but no matter how you spin it this has aged like milk.
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Post by tangerinedream on Mar 15, 2024 0:06:08 GMT
KR post match ......
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Post by je85 on Mar 15, 2024 1:08:39 GMT
That felt like a point that will be more valuable come the end of the season than it may be given credit for in the immediate aftermath. I am yet to see any of the Sky coverage but not much of tonight came as a surprise in how KR sent the team out to play. Garbutt’s strike was pure class, I do however think there is a level of tactical irony in the way Garbutt’s goal came about by him taking up a position centrally so we had an extra body in the midfield.
First half we did well to remain relatively compact, thought Watson and Watt in their man marking job on Sarcevic and Camps ditching Madden to force him to hold the ball was effective - especially when Garbutt joined the midfield. I fully expected the second half response from County because they were so abjectly poor first half. Both goals looked soft from the opposite end of the ground, Watson should’ve done better against Touray and similarly Vassell for the second. The mistakes seem born out of fatigue of the mind and the stress of the situation we are in as opposed to players hitting their ability ceiling. I know those players can do better in those situations, but Theo doesn’t look like he can complete a full 90 at the minute. He was gassed on the hour and with only Mariappa on the bench as a recognised defender KR has no choice to leave him in.
In the end 2-2 felt a fair result, but tonight personally was the first time I began to wain at the survivalist style of football we are playing every week. Seeing a player who delivered the most assists in the entire league last season just putting his foot through the ball at times defies logic. I appreciate KRs stance of ‘what ever it takes to get points’ because of where we are in the league. KR is currently still a firefighter understandably, but our positional play for example is too heavily geared towards the long ball or being able to compete for the second ball - as opposed to trying to stretch the pitch and get 1 vs 1 with a full back. The amount of times one of the wide players could’ve stepped out into space for a switch in play to then get forward was beyond frustrating. KR talked post game about the gap to Stockport being not that large. To a degree I agree with him, but when the main fundamental of our play is more akin to Peter Kay’s John Smith advert than a side playing progressive football those comments seem far fetched. But in the here and now I hope we just get as close to 50pts as possible. UTA!
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Post by chipbarm on Mar 15, 2024 8:09:13 GMT
Feels like 2 points dropped rather than one won. Yet again poor defensive decisions cost us goals and yet again we folded under pressure. Another point closer towards safety I guess but that's 2 points from the last 15 which is poor by anyone's standards. I thought bringing on Hendry for Garbutt was a mistake as it left us exposed again down the right as Chesters was targeted. I'm also getting tired of the hoofball, we aren't brilliant but there's more quality in the team than that. On to Sunday against Morecambe where I think fatigue will be an issue for us.
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Post by Chris P. Bacon on Mar 15, 2024 9:42:06 GMT
I thought we’d get hammered, so I’m happy with a point even though it did seem like two points dropped.
On a similarly happy note, I was pleased to see Bailey contribute next to nothing….just as he did at Salford.
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Post by Chris P. Bacon on Mar 15, 2024 11:04:42 GMT
Not listened to it, but no matter how you spin it this has aged like milk. Neither did I. I've no interested in anything he says. If he'd put just a bit of effort in whilst here, maybe. But getting this chancer off our books was the best bit of transfer work we've done.
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Post by jayb99 on Mar 15, 2024 18:05:12 GMT
Fully expected nothing short of a 4-0 hammering so to get a point was unexpected.
Finally, Matt Smith gives a bit back by grabbing the other players shirt and wins himself a freekick which we score off! Instead of flapping his arms around at the officials I'd love to see him giving it back more! He must have realised he's not getting the decisions in this league!
I dont know nearly enough about Football to get my head around why it seems we essentially play with 2x defenders? And the opposition just get in behind or high out wide. Just seems so obviously crap to a novice like me!
Would love to highlight a standout player but can't really think of anyone - Declan John I suppose seemed decent enough. Bottom 2 looking precarious again!!
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