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We are now by far the best team in the division... until we get into the final third of the pitch. I'd like to see Miller start & Doyle to come on later in the game just to see if it makes a difference. If we work out that conundrum we'll be flying. 

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Decent performance apart from final third again.

The only thing that will stop us is just that problem that's been with us all season. We don't score enough from the amount of possession we have and either make poor final balls or make the wrong decision. Evatt has said as much himself recently.

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1 minute ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

We are now by far the best team in the division... until we get into the final third of the pitch. I'd like to see Miller start & Doyle to come on later in the game just to see if it makes a difference. If we work out that conundrum we'll be flying. 

You want to drop our top scorer to the bench during an 8 game unbeaten run.

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Feeling deflated in my heart, we played well and deserved to win.

I need to listen to my head, I’d have taken a draw at the start of play, another match unbeaten, we’re looking good at last, and being this disappointed at a draw is testament how far we have come since the beginning of the year.  We still have loads more points earned after 90 minutes than lost, let’s get some perspective.

Back on it Tuesday with the next 3 games all winnable.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Absolutely this. If we’d been 2+ to the good going into 4 minutes added time there’d be no issues. 

We had more than 2 shots on target

Santos and half a lion is 2

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On 03/03/2021 at 09:37, Johnnyrotten said:

We're falling into the trap of over estimating these sides just because they've put a few wins together.  Bratfud will be workmanlike, slow and not very good at shootin like all the other teams.  If I was them I'd be settling for a point, so we shouldn't be, because then its no longer in our hands to stay above them. 

They were just as I thought they'd be, like every other team in this league but with maybe a stronger defence.  We were better on the ball, more incisive in the 2nd half than we've been for a while.  Confirmation that we are better them is a confidence booster.  Need to give Arthur more game time for all the reasons previously stated, when chasing a goal, should have been leading earlier.  Lee's most influential game to date, a pleasure to watch him.  Sarce poor, left on too long.  But a positive day overall, just need to beat Cambridge now, let's have no talk of a draw being an OK result.

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Kick in the balls but we all thought it would be a tough tight game against one of the form teams in the league... it wasn’t, we battered them, they had 15 minutes in the first half but apart from that we were so much better than them it was a joke.

If we play like that to the end of the season then we will go up automatically, I’ve never been more confident of it. There is not one team in the league that wants to play us, home or away.

Beat Cambridge on Tuesday and this becomes a good point.

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We played them of the park second half . First half was even and we didn’t create a shot on target but some good crosses were put in . 
don’t think we invited pressure they just went more direct with nothing to loose and it payed of for them stuffy cunts 
 

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Just now, Casino said:

And doyles header isnt owt to do with poor build up and pasxing

Just a rank header

Which we need him to be tuned in as there’s going to be plenty of tight games like this coming up

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12 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

So many head to heads still to be played, there's a third of the season left for a lot of clubs.

Having seen that today, does anyone fear going to FGR or Salford or worry about to play Exeter or Cambridge? Sure as hell I don't worry. Bring em on.

I'm more confident now than I ever have been, we'll be top 3 by the end of the season 

That's my feeling too, nothing to beat.  But that doesn't mean we'll win games easily, because as shown v Barrow we can have 90% possession or whatever and fail to trouble the keeper on some days, 2nd half at Southend was painful too.  But if we play to our level, have no daft pens/sendings off, we should win most games and then its just down to others dropping a few points which isnt in our hands.

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Just now, dusan nikolic said:

You want to drop our top scorer to the bench during an 8 game unbeaten run.

I'd like us to be more effective in the final third. We are 8 unbeaten because we are solid in midfield & at the back. 

    We have shuffled Gnuhua, Sarcevic, Afolayan, Fonz & one or two others around & it's made no difference, so it's either one instead of Doyle or someone alongside him which would mean altering our system. 

      We won't keep winning if we only create a couple of chances a game. This isn't a dig at Doyle, I just think we are way below standard up front compared to the rest of the team. 

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Winning run comes to an end

Take the point and move on to another winning run

 

In the next couple of weeks there are a few games where teams above us play ea other

 

If we can win our next 3 I can see a win at FGR putting us top 3

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2 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said:

I'd like us to be more effective in the final third. We are 8 unbeaten because we are solid in midfield & at the back. 

    We have shuffled Gnuhua, Sarcevic, Afolayan, Fonz & one or two others around & it's made no difference, so it's either one instead of Doyle or someone alongside him which would mean altering our system. 

      We won't keep winning if we only create a couple of chances a game. This isn't a dig at Doyle, I just think we are way below standard up front compared to the rest of the team. 

Doyle is probably a 1 in 3 striker at best , to get the full benefit from him you need to improve the final ball into the box by 80% at least . We seem to be the only side to turn a set Piece into an Hinderance . Whoever is in the middle is going to struggle because of a lack of quality ( Isgrove and Sarc being particularly wasteful today .

 

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25 minutes ago, desperado said:

Crikey. I defended you the other week for your wildly negative posts, I won’t bother next time. How you can claim IE doesn’t have a clue after our recent attacking, winning performances is utterly mindless.

 

They were extremely lucky to get that point today. 4 points off them this season, so bragging rights in our favour, they may make the playoffs but not convinced.

I agree. We played really well today a looked a class above them. As gutted as I am, a point today is no bad way of ending our winning run. We beat Cambridge on Tuesday and we’ll be well and truly back on track, which I expect us to do.

Despite having 3 points, undeservedly snatched from us, I hope you  had a decent afternoons entertainment. You enticed back in now @mickbrown?

Enjoyed it. Made the mistake of watching it with the nipper. She loved it. And she heard me use a naughty word at 93 minutes so she's already planning the next one

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7 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said:

Doyle is probably a 1 in 3 striker at best , to get the full benefit from him you need to improve the final ball into the box by 80% at least . We seem to be the only side to turn a set Piece into an Hinderance . Whoever is in the middle is going to struggle because of a lack of quality ( Isgrove and Sarc being particularly wasteful today .

 

I agree to an extent, but Doyle doesn't help from open play, he is never trying to get across the defender to the near post, or even on their shoulder, he is always on his heels on crosses.

Watch him, he just drifts towards the back post or pulls back into space, but the wingers have clearly been told to drill it across the 6 yard box so why isn't he attacking it? He made that one in the first half look worse than it was.

We were told this is what he thrived on, balls being whipped in; well now we're doing it, clearly not!

Our centre forward has to be as culpable as anyone for the low number of shots on target we have, I just don't see how he really contributes to this team and the way we are now playing.

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Just now, JimmyRiddle said:

I agree to an extent, but Doyle doesn't help from open play, he is never trying to get across the defender to the near post, or even on their shoulder, he is always on his heels on crosses.

Watch him, he just drifts towards the back post or pulls back into space, but the wingers have clearly been told to drill it across the 6 yard box so why isn't he attacking it? He made that one in the first half look worse than it was.

We were told this is what he thrived on, balls being whipped in; well now we're doing it, clearly not!

Our centre forward has to be as culpable as anyone for the low number of shots on target we have, I just don't see how he really contributes to this team and the way we are now playing.

Balls being whipped in , half the time it never goes beyond the man on the edge off the box .

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Christ, if people are moaning about our 13 goal top scorer, we're doing something right.

He ain't an Andy Walker but I've no problem with him. Personally, with Lee and Williams playing, I'd look to drop one of the wide men and play Miller with Doyle. The 2 full backs offer enough to sacrifice 1 wide man.

Happy to go with Evatt though. Said it a few times, I like him and trust him to get it right

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1 minute ago, JimmyRiddle said:

I agree to an extent, but Doyle doesn't help from open play, he is never trying to get across the defender to the near post, or even on their shoulder, he is always on his heels on crosses.

Watch him, he just drifts towards the back post or pulls back into space, but the wingers have clearly been told to drill it across the 6 yard box so why isn't he attacking it? He made that one in the first half look worse than it was.

We were told this is what he thrived on, balls being whipped in; well now we're doing it, clearly not!

Our centre forward has to be as culpable as anyone for the low number of shots on target we have, I just don't see how he really contributes to this team and the way we are now playing.

He's our top goalscorer at a rate of almost one in two. If we want him to score more we're going to have to stop asking him to drop deep (or wide) to help our build-up play.

I'm not sure we're whipping crosses in either. We struggle often enough to beat the first man.

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