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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 22, 2023 15:24:24 GMT
Finally
Get in Josh⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Amazing what happens when you SH⚽️⚽️T
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 22, 2023 15:58:59 GMT
WHY? Glad we won but bloody hell
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Post by chip on Apr 22, 2023 16:32:04 GMT
We made hard work of that today but never mind it’s 3 points out on the lash now onwards and upwards COYWM
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Post by andyl on Apr 22, 2023 17:10:23 GMT
A brisk start augured well but Dempsey apart our forward momentum ground to a halt for two reasons- Adebayejo's poor hold up play and the inability of Bradley especially but also R Williams to overlap. Bradley save for one inside dart was always looking to pass back and became a cul de sac of embarrassing proportion..
Is it coaching to always look to pass back and throw back? I'm all for playing out from the back but forwards must be progressive.
No blame to Dempsey. I think he had five of less than ten attempts on goal and his were good attempts. Sheehan also busied himself about but little came of it.
Second half we saw how toothless Shrewsbury were. The only issue was if we would score and when Sheehan did, how many?
Both Charles and Odebayejo went on to miss easy chances. Lee fouled almost saw Kachunga score- just too slow.
I was very impressed by MJ Williams at the back- very decisive, few if any fouls against.
The win was what mattered but there are some very obvious shortfalls going forward. Trafford 7 Jones7 Williams MJ 8 Williams R6 Sheehan 7 Dempsey 8 Bradley 4 Odebayejo 4 Charles6 Johnston7
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Post by whitesince63 on Apr 22, 2023 17:27:40 GMT
I don’t think we should be too critical today, as against Burton we pressed hard in the second half and once again could easily have had 3 or four. Shrewsbury defended well, as you’d 3xpect yet after the break we made numerous chances and were unlucky hitting the woodwork and their keeper made some outstanding saves whereas I’m not sure that Traf had even one to make. We did miss some one on ones but again you have to credit the keeper for closing down quickly. Anyway it’s another hugely important 3 points and a win on Tuesday should pretty much do it because I can’t see Posh winning both their remaking games and we’ll probably have it done and dusted before the final game at Bristol. So it’s Barnsley or Wendies in the play offs, probably Barnsley which to be honest I wouldn’t be greatly worried about with Rico and Toal back in the side. I know we shouldn’t count chickens but I have every confidence in Ian and the boys to do the necessary in our two home games.
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Post by davidm on Apr 22, 2023 18:12:25 GMT
A real mixture of a match.
First half poor, walking football style. We had 2 shots, both from Dempsey which were dragged wide. The rest of the half was us up against 11 men and not being able to get through a packed defence. I know the manager thinks that this tires out the opposition and he is probably right but it is so frustrating. Just a bit of extra pace in the play and we would do much better.
The 2nd half was complete opposite with endless attacks. We hit the bar twice, hit the post once, had a goal disallowed and missed 3 one on ones against the keeper – all of which should have been scored.
Scoring only 1 every game doesn’t half make for a nervy finish.
Special mentions to Sheehan for a great shot, for MJ Williams for an excellent performance. The defence was solid, midfield a little too quiet and upfront initially starved of service and then wasteful.
On to Tuesday. A win against Accrington will put us 5 points clear of Peterborough with only 2 games to go and a better goal difference.
Marks:-
Trafford - 6 Just nothing for him to do and he did it well
Bradley - 7 Some good runs. First half, he couldn’t get to the bye-line but 2nd half got in a few times. Hit the bar.
Jones - 7 Steady enough to keep out a weak Shrewsbury team
Williams MJ - 9 MOM. Excellent. He did his defensive duties well but he was also the only member of the back line who would come out with the ball and play a forward pass
Johnston - 7 Like Jones, too good for a weakfish Shrewsbury
Williams R - 6 A couple of horrendous miskicks but generally OK
Sheehan - 6 Wonderful shot for the goal but he had a difficult time passing through the Shrewsbury defence
Morley - 5 Disappointing with the vast majority of his passes being sideways
Dempsey - 6 The only one who got near the opposition goal in the first half
Charles - 6 Usual busy play but missed an absolute one on one with the keeper. Also had a goal disallowed and hit the bar.
Adeboyejo - 4 He just doesn’t look a footballer. No ball control at all. Also missed an absolute one on one with the keeper.
Nlundulu - 5 Still a bit of the headless chicken
Lee - 6 Class as usual. Fouled when he was breaking clean through.
Kachunga Yet another to have a one on one with the keeper but not sharp enough.
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Post by one2many on Apr 22, 2023 18:14:42 GMT
On ifollow they were reading out predictions of Wanderers supporters from around the world. Someone in Lanzarote predicted 4-2, another in Japan I think went for 4-1 and so forth. Have these people not seen us in the league in the last few weeks?! We are not currently a free flowing, goal scoring team. 1-0 seems to be the best we can hope for. We are solid at the back, devoid of ideas in midfield and toothless in attack. I am fairly confident of getting into the play offs, but have little confidence of going up unless we seriously improve.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 22, 2023 18:24:37 GMT
On ifollow they were reading out predictions of Wanderers supporters from around the world. Someone in Lanzarote predicted 4-2, another in Japan I think went for 4-1 and so forth. Have these people not seen us in the league in the last few weeks?! We are not currently a free flowing, goal scoring team. 1-0 seems to be the best we can hope for. We are solid at the back, devoid of ideas in midfield and toothless in attack. I am fairly confident of getting into the play offs, but have little confidence of going up unless we seriously improve. 😂😂made me laugh that O2M You’ve just said all I wanted to say but beat me to it 😂😂 Spot on with your last sentence, we’ll fizzle out if we don’t find the net
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Post by kenglowhite on Apr 22, 2023 18:54:02 GMT
Remember the big debate we had on here last year about Santos? Some of us said he was not only at best a commanding defender, but also the player who sets our style of play. In the play-offs we will notice the difference if he is fit to play, hopefully.
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Post by OohMac on Apr 23, 2023 7:06:59 GMT
Remember the big debate we had on here last year about Santos? Some of us said he was not only at best a commanding defender, but also the player who sets our style of play. In the play-offs we will notice the difference if he is fit to play, hopefully. I still think the is a debate as last year Aimson came in and we kept clean sheets, this year in two periods Aimson came in and we kept clean sheets AND played a more direct style which led to our purple patch and now a DM with few games in him has stepped up and kept clean sheets. Over the two years we haven't missed our best centre back at all really. And there's little doubt that he is the best centre back.
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