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Post by davidm on Oct 21, 2019 15:35:28 GMT
Two successive away matches to follow Saturday’s disappointing result.
We seem to be cursed with injuries – Verlinden, Graham are now doubtful.
I would like to see a change in approach to this game.
We currently play 4-3-3 with our front 3 playing so widely stretched that effectively we have a 1 man attack. This 1 man attack being a not-match-fit Murphy.
Somehow the wide men rarely get up into the box to help Murphy (I know Verlinden scored on Saturday but it was a rare venture into the box) and the midfield players never get in the box. Can anyone remember Graham, Crawford or Lowe actually being in the box on Saturday?
So we have a problem creating chances and scoring as our records show.
On the assumption that Hobbs will still be out, it looks like the same back 5 which seems likely to concede.
I am usually confident for this sort of match but it’s hard to see a win. I hope we get one but it will be difficult.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2019 18:56:49 GMT
Can't help you on this david. Seems that you have summed the game up in one post.
I'd like to be confident, but only see a loss to nil. tbh, keeping the score down is immaterial, because of our current goals stats. We may as well go for broke and shoot on site!
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Post by one2many on Oct 22, 2019 7:56:23 GMT
0-1 to the wanderers.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 22, 2019 8:58:12 GMT
Hard to see us keeping a clean sheet and difficult to see us troubling the Rovers keeper.
With all the injuries this team resembles more the Junior Whites/Bolton Babes that started the season, so i wouldnt be too surprised if it wasnt another rollover. 4-0.
I think we would have to use Lowe at the back for a bit of game management, bring L Murphy into it and see what he can offer. Last chance saloon.
The rest all depends on fitness but ive swung from desperately wanting to get Murphy in to maybe hes better sitting out.
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 22, 2019 9:04:07 GMT
Like David, I’m puzzled and somewhat surprised to see a lone Murphy up front. Personally, I’d quit the two wingers system and when Verlinden is fit, leave him out wide moving Politic into the middle supporting Murphy and whilst Verlinden is out, use Politic wide and Dodoo alongside Murphy. In fact, with Hall and Darcy nearly fit, we will actually have an abundance of strikers if you include O’Grady so playing just one up top seems strange.
They always say attack is the best form of defence and it’s something I agree with, so why don’t we try it, score some goals and leave the other team to match us? Clearly like all managers, KH has his methods but hopefully he will be flexible enough to shape his team to suit the players available and not be stuck with one system irrespective as Parkinson always did. Sadly I can’t see us getting anything tonight so I’ll have to go for 2-0 to Rovers.
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Post by OohMac on Oct 22, 2019 9:36:14 GMT
Remember PP when Iles questioned his defeniveness replied with "we have buckley, noone and ameobi on the pitch, thats an attacking line up".
Yes but only if the players are playing where they are. In the areas they should be. Which they never where and any sort of opta stats would prove that.
Same now, the idea of Murphy getting onto balls from both flanks. Whipping the balls in early is a great idea. In practise its not working and all hes getting is scraps and hes clearly not fit enough to do that much running.
Lets see what Hill decides when hes got at least 80% of his players back though as would like to see where OGrady, Doodo fit in.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 11:51:31 GMT
No idea about what’s going to happen tonight it doesn’t matter one way or another about our league position but a win will go along way to boost our confidence. Saying that I cannot see a win coming soon 2-0 defeat sorry. COYWM
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Post by kenglowhite on Oct 22, 2019 12:59:32 GMT
I hardly noticed D. Murphy on the pitch on Saturday, and the introduction of L. Murphy spawned the usual emptiness from him. It seemed to me that Joe Dodoo was our most likely striker, even though he was marooned on the wing. There was a back to normal performance from Lowe, and I cannot see him influencing much in any position, though he has a good technique on the ball. Politic doesn't seem to have the speed for the wing and he might well be better as a thrusting midfielder backing up the striker/s.
Although injuries are dogging us I do feel the management team is trying to blind us with soft talk rather than solving the who plays where with whom problem. On Parky, it is obvious that his failure to blood many of these young players last season is reflecting on their tenuous introduction when they are now desperately needed to perform.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 19:45:35 GMT
What a pleasant surprise for half time, at least. Let's hope one2many's prediction stands and we don't tire, as is the norm.
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Post by one2many on Oct 22, 2019 20:42:40 GMT
Watched it on iFollow. 6 Euros well spent! Good game of football. Enjoyed that. Top marks to all the players. I knew we would win....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 20:42:42 GMT
What a pleasant surprise for half time, at least. Let's hope one2many's prediction stands and we don't tire, as is the norm. Did'nt and finished 0-2 first of many 3pionter |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 20:50:14 GMT
At long last a win I got the score right but the wrong way round but I don’t care we’ve won away from home and a clean sheet well done to everyone including the fans that traveled tonight. Is this the start we’ve been waiting for who knows onwards and upwards COYWM
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Post by OohMac on Oct 22, 2019 21:07:54 GMT
Sure the last time we won away Tony Blair was in charge. Been so long. March since a win at all.
Im not expecting this to be all wins all the time but thats the monkey off the back, it gets a big boost to the Murphys(im not bitter, sure a few on the BN are)
Had Bristol Rovers won they would have gone 4th! So what a result. And without points dediction we wouldnt be bottom.
Plenty of positives including Hall on the bench. When i last looked though no subs used and that was 90m. Some may have come in stoppage but rare and just hope we can go again on Saturday.
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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 22, 2019 21:08:54 GMT
At last, a win and a full 90 minute performance. Well done to KH as well for picking an attacking line up so different to usual without his two wingers, maybe food for thought there for the future as we certainly seemed to be far more threatening. That’s something I’d like to see continue, getting more players in and around the box. Whether this was just a blip or we can use it as a springboard to better things time will tell but another win on Saturday would really unsettle the teams just above us, whatever the gap. A couple more wins and we’ll be back into positive points and salvation may not look quite so impossible but without getting carried away, at least we finally got a win.
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Post by kenglowhite on Oct 22, 2019 21:28:02 GMT
My apologied to the Murphys. Maybe they heard my criticisms. Here's hoping for three more points at Lincoln on Saturday.
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