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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 5, 2021 15:59:34 GMT
You just knew these scraping wins would come to an end No attacking firepower
The FGR & Colchester games should have been a warning to Evatt Ah well Play Offs it might be then🤔
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Post by andyl on Apr 5, 2021 15:59:40 GMT
If you miss chances....
Best team won second half.
Maddison improving..
Gilks 8 Baptiste 6 Santos 6 Jones 7 Thomason 6 Williams 5 Lee 5 john 5 Delfouneso 4 Doyle 5 Isgrove 6 Maddison 7 the rest 5
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Post by davidm on Apr 5, 2021 16:00:08 GMT
We gave that game away.
First half domination but umpteen missed chances.
Second half, our manager was at fault as Newport changed tactics and outfought us.
We just seemed to have no idea what to do in the 2nd half
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 16:03:15 GMT
At last now can we shut the feck up about not getting beat till the end of season now let's win promotion without this chain around our necks and I'm not happy we have lost but someone said if Doyle doesn't score we don't score onwards and upwards stay safe one and all COYWM
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Post by davidm on Apr 5, 2021 16:13:07 GMT
How to give 3 points away!
We should have been 3 up at least at half time – Kieran Lee is not a striker though and it showed.
Much too casual with our finishing.
We so desperately missed Sarcevic.
Whatever happened at half time, their manager out-sussed us. We created little in the second half and continued to let Newport put balls into our box.
In the end, Newport deserved their win for their second half performance and our fade away but really it should have all over at half time.
Marks (mainly based on the 2nd half):-
Gilks - 6 A couple of really good saves but could he have pushed the ball round the post when they scored?
Jones - 5 Some really poor passing in the second half.
John - 5 When needed, could not get forward
Santos - 4 Badly at fault for their goal when but for Gilks he would have scored an own goal
Baptiste - 5 Should have scored in last minute
Williams - 4 Little impact on the game
Thomason - 6 Some decent passing
Lee - 4 Should have had a hat trick but, of course, he is not a striker. So why play him in that position?
Delfouneso - 4 Little or no impact on the game
Isgrove - 5 Decent in the first half but then just faded away, as often happens
Doyle - 4 Should have scored when he hit the bar. Anonymous in the second half
Maddison - 5 One fantasy shot
Afolayan - 5 Decent possession but the final ball was awful
Elbouzedi - 4 Awful shot late on
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 5, 2021 16:13:38 GMT
Is it me or have we just gone shit since Marc Illes did that piece about which clubs were fancied to go up!!
Most suggested that we’d gain auto promotion, maybe that’s gone to all our heads
I know one thing, if that had been in BSA’s or Rioch’s days, they’d have kept the players grounded and made them ignore the hype
When Morecambe beat Southend later and FagR win their game in hand, what could have been a solid third spot now could see us drop to 7th only a point in front of today’s victors I blame me for getting to excited and fooled by our resurgence 😬😬😬
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Post by kenglowhite on Apr 5, 2021 16:18:19 GMT
As I warned a draw would have been a good result here given the horrible bobbly surface which troubled our central defenders as they played long throw kick and rush. We were very unlucky to lose through Lee's two easy missed chances, and maybe in our last attack goal line technology wasn't working as Baptiste headed in. It certainly wasn't a surface for our good football, but would still have liked to see Arthur making solo dribbles at least in the last 30.
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Post by veririm on Apr 5, 2021 16:37:30 GMT
Couldn’t agree more!
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Post by andyl on Apr 5, 2021 16:37:55 GMT
We had to run out of luck. Still in good place. Games at Salford and Grimsby and Morecambe banana skins in waiting.
We have two glaring weaknesses. 1. We aren't powerful enough or numerous enough upfront 2. We are poor on attacking set pieces. Santos again had a great chance but ducked alongside it..so witjout Sarcevic we don't have a second scorer.
We must now use Maddison. Today a beautiful cross with Dapo lazily offside , a speculative bit good shot ( who else can shoot not Elbouzedi it seems) .I was very impressed late on when flattened he got up. When Santos took a hit he had attention for two minutes. Ok injury imporyant but at that time in the maych you don't take two minutes out unless seriously hurt. He wasn't. Not like Fatquarson earlier who you could see was. It sends a signal. Maddison sent the right signal .
Evatt has to prefer him to Delfouneso. Ok I see thsy Delfouneso does offer a bit defensively and he did win a header or two today and held the ball a time or two. But he influenced less of the match thsn Maddison in 20 mins. And so often Doyle is isolated or gets dragged too deep. We jusst don't have enough power when ot counts.
I've seen Newport twice and rate them. Had they not lost players... I preficted a set piece loss today. I now hope we don't get Newport in the play off final..Anyone else we'll take but they are too tough for us.. and ultmately they were today once they changed tactics blocked the Jones/ Isgrove space and got the extra man on John. We had no response until Maddison and it was too late
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Post by OohMac on Apr 5, 2021 16:52:06 GMT
How many more times can Delfouenso pick up his 4 or 5 out of 10 rating before changes are made. Evatt take off your tangerine tinted glasses and stop trying to shoe horn him in. Hes letting you down with his lethargy.
Again since we lost that Tuesday match and played once a week i.e more time at Lostock weve been toothless. We really have run out of ideas.
In some ways I see why Evatt was so tempted to keep things the same but as others said that was 3rd or 4th warning.
Luckiky for him he has a bad pitch, a rough and ready opposition, a long journey to excuse him.
I know I made a hash of the prediction but i did think the game was played at Cardiff as the others have. They went back to Sunday League Stadium right on time.
Then again we didnt look like scoring on Friday at UniBol. Gutted.
Race for title all but over. Tranmere, FGR didnt win. Expect Morecambe to leapfrog us. 7 games it will go to the wire but hope we snap out of this rut and fast.
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Post by whitesince63 on Apr 5, 2021 17:47:42 GMT
Don’t we still have space in the squad for an out of contract player? Surely there must be a big No9 somewhere who can just give us some physical presence in the last 15 minutes. He may not be fully fit but if he’s only going to come on at the end if needed, he wouldn’t need to be would he?
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Post by davidm on Apr 5, 2021 17:58:58 GMT
Don’t we still have space in the squad for an out of contract player? Surely there must be a big No9 somewhere who can just give us some physical presence in the last 15 minutes. He may not be fully fit but if he’s only going to come on at the end if needed, he wouldn’t need to be would he? No We have to go with what we have - players who have taken us from 19th to 3rd. We have to accept that we have difficulty scoring and go with it. If it means scrappy tight 1-0 winsAND occasionally losses like today, we live with it but battle through to promotion
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Post by whitesince63 on Apr 5, 2021 21:35:18 GMT
Don’t we still have space in the squad for an out of contract player? Surely there must be a big No9 somewhere who can just give us some physical presence in the last 15 minutes. He may not be fully fit but if he’s only going to come on at the end if needed, he wouldn’t need to be would he? No We have to go with what we have - players who have taken us from 19th to 3rd. We have to accept that we have difficulty scoring and go with it. If it means scrappy tight 1-0 winsAND occasionally losses like today, we live with it but battle through to promotion Fine, let’s just keep giving games away then and who says the losses are going to be occasional and our scrappy performances are going to result in wins, a little presumptuous that David? We’ve struggled for goals all season with what we’ve got and we’ve got out of jail numerous times recently but our lucks run out in the last two. Everything’s good about our team but the goal scoring and if the players we have constantly fail, if there’s room in the squad for someone to add that extra element, why not find it?
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Post by veririm on Apr 5, 2021 21:51:04 GMT
So, one point from the last six! Morecambe could well move above us after the match tomorrow, and they look to have a potentially easier route to the end of the season than us. We need to get a grip, as it were, or I fear that we won’t make automatic promotion!
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Post by one2many on Apr 6, 2021 8:39:43 GMT
It was a much better performance than the Colchester game, played on a pitch which was worryingly uneven. Kieran Lee should be commended for being in the right place, but the chances he missed was very very poor for a professional footballer. Our lack of goals is a concern and has been for a number of weeks.
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