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Post by bonaparte on Dec 26, 2016 19:38:23 GMT
Not a match for purists, or for Wanderers supporters with weak hearts. Where was the style and panache that was so evident against Gillingham? Gone, to a long ball game bypassing the midfield to a striker who's win rate is quite low and who juggles the ball before controlling. Ameobi very poor, Clough cannot do one on ones and gets beaten by the third man every time. At least they got 3 points, but so did Sheff U and the Dale. Going to be a long second half to the season if they continue to play like this.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2016 20:01:39 GMT
Merry Boxing Day to you all just got back from the game and I have to say we was very lucky to get 3 points today. Shrewsbury were crap thank god, I don't get why we can't get a half decent striker Madine spent most of the game on is bottom and when he did hold it up there was nobody to feed it to. I see chesterfield got beat today 3-0 we could not land a shot on target against them eh. Anyway it's 3 points but we will have to play a lot better to beat Scunny I think.
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Post by greydad on Dec 26, 2016 20:07:29 GMT
I couldn't have imagined Shrewsbury getting anywhere near to scoring given their first half showing, I thought they looked the poorest opposition so far this season at the Macron, and that a half decent second half from the Whites would see a 4 or 5-nil win...let's hope that the team have got today's collective lethargy out of their system ready for Saturday. I agree with David M re: Derik, he is very unlucky not to be starting home games...his passing skills would definitely have been useful today. No-one had a really poor game , but Wheater's goals and Spearing's perpetual motion display were key in securing the win...the latter was badly missed following his substitution, I too hope there isn't an injury problem.
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Post by bonaparte on Dec 26, 2016 20:36:08 GMT
Cant agree Greydad, Ameobia was poor, not one decent run and few decent passes. But overall, why the long ball every time, do they not trust the mdfield?
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Post by Pedro on Dec 28, 2016 11:04:02 GMT
Why are most teams in this league so much better at pass and move than us for goodness sake? We were lucky they only got one goal - they could easily have got 4. Alnwick could have come out and claimed the ball before their goal but did a Jussi and "was rooted to the spot". Spearing worked really hard but back to his terribly inaccurate passing compared to Derik whose first two touches/passes were sublime and should definitely be starting. He has a much better football brain than Thorpe. Yet another one on one badly missed by Clough although he redeemed himself with a fabulous accurate strike which was brilliantly saved by their keeper.
I don't think any of the team listened to Parky's wise words about taking it easy at Christmas - "Too much turkey" as someone has already mentioned.
Madine looks so clumsy and totally without skill when he has the ball at his feet but is very useful as the target man and we are getting at least 50% of the second ball now.
Four positives. When teams win, despite playing poorly, it generally means they are better than they look superficially. We are getting good at possession and keeping the ball in their corner in the dying minutes to make it less of a nail biting finish than it always used to be. Parky definitely has something that no other of the useless past 5 Managers had. The ability to comeback and win so quickly after a poor loss. Oh yes, and our set pieces are finally succeeding after hundreds of poorly delivered corners and free kicks we are finally, finally looking dangerous again.
Let's hope Parky can give us a Gillingham performance against S****horpe - we will need to play hard for the whole game and stop going into these lull periods and letting the opposition back into the game. Once we can do that regularly we will be far better than all the other teams.
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