matty2094 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Dearden keeps alluding to it on GMR prematch and on The Wanderer Podcast if any of you lot listen to it; he feels there’s been a tweak in the style of play a couple of months back. Playing a little more direct with a little less emphasis on trying to tire teams out with sideways and backwards passing. Attacking the box quicker and more purposely. Pretty valid points tbf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 24 minutes ago, matty2094 said: Dearden keeps alluding to it on GMR prematch and on The Wanderer Podcast if any of you lot listen to it; he feels there’s been a tweak in the style of play a couple of months back. Playing a little more direct with a little less emphasis on trying to tire teams out with sideways and backwards passing. Attacking the box quicker and more purposely. Pretty valid points tbf It definitely feels that way. Whether it's personnel changes enforced or evatt signing I don't know but happy either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Settled side, Owen Toal has been a massive positive and the press is absolutely superb, it’s come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of months…. I’ll add not trying to shoe horn Dapo into the team in a position that didn’t suit him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderlust Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Teamwork. January's goal of the month option A for example.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 7 hours ago, matty2094 said: Dearden keeps alluding to it on GMR prematch and on The Wanderer Podcast if any of you lot listen to it; he feels there’s been a tweak in the style of play a couple of months back. Playing a little more direct with a little less emphasis on trying to tire teams out with sideways and backwards passing. Attacking the box quicker and more purposely. Pretty valid points tbf The manager pinpointing, working on and rectifying problems? Who'd have thunked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nantwichwhite Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Squad rotation keeping all the players fresh for the run in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted February 17, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2023 9 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said: I agree, they haven't put a foot wrong and their goals have been a huge bonus. But they were part of the team losing at Cheltenham, FGR etc so there must be other factors. In no order I would say the introductions of Toal, Morley, Shoretire and John, plus Dempsey's clear improvement and Charles finally getting some goals from open play. Throw in some penalties, and most opposition being fairly dire in recent weeks, and its been a perfect storm. It may last, nobody knows, let's just enjoy the journey no matter where it ends. All very relevant points. It’s definitely not just one thing, as you say lots of things coming together at the same time. Surely though, during this run-in, Evatt won’t be criticised, even if we have a blip? Theres an extended point about bringing Jones and Santos back when he did. You don’t have to go back too long when folk pre game were quite adamant about who should/shouldn’t be playing. And plenty of people weren’t banging the drum to bring Santos and Jones back in when he did. He’s done more than enough to be trusted on the sides he selects. The present example will be Bradley this weekend. I can’t decide. Whether he starts or not, I hope we don’t get “He shouldn’t have changed the back 5” “Why’s he not started with our player of the season” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizlar Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Partnership of Dempsey and Morley and the emergence of Toal also Dion getting his scoring boots on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerFan Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 2 hours ago, gonzo said: The manager pinpointing, working on and rectifying problems? Who'd have thunked it Mumbo jumbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Trotter Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Dempsey, Morley and Lee have been excellent. Some proper bite and intensity in that midfield now, where it was a bit pedestrian earlier in the season. And Eoin Toal has been a revelation. What a find; his presence has also upped the game of Johnston, Santos and Jones, for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderlust Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Rizlar said: Partnership of Dempsey and Morley and the emergence of Toal also Dion getting his scoring boots on. I still can't get over how well Toal has played since his arrival - absolutely rock solid so far. For years it's bugged me that we weren't spreading our net wide enough in the transfer window but it all seems to be coming together nicely now. Astute signing. Hopefully Doyler can find us another bargain or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 The Pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Is Evatt still pig headed and arrogant now we are winning a few games? Where are @Black Sheep, @JimmyRiddleand co? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Neil Hart's massive schlong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantra Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Think Dapo being replaced by Shoretire + the form of Dempsey and Morley + the introduction of Eoin Toal have been the biggest contributors. Not sure how much we’ve tweaked it tactically to be more direct/aggressive, we still pass it around quite patiently at times but maybe we do play with a bit of a higher tempo now… Dapo and Santos both used to dally on the ball too long and that doesn’t seem to be the case any longer. Morley is always looking to drive us forward and Shoretire is perfectly suited to the 10 role with his vision and decisive passing. Our confidence was knocked earlier in the season with a mix of shit mistakes like Sheffield at home and Plymouth away, and then just poor performances vs FGR and Cheltenham away. But weve managed to get on a bit of a roll now after some good recruitment and players coming into form. We’ve stopped conceding the first goal so early, not sure what that’s down to. But beating Barnsley 3-0 away, grinding out wins vs FGR and Cheltenham at home who both shithoused us in the reverse fixture and then a complete performance vs Charlton set the wheels in motion. The loss to Derby gave us a bit of a reality check but thankfully we brushed it off. We’re now winning in different ways, with set piece goals and open play goals. It’s like the opposite of a vicious circle. Winning breeds confidence and that culminated in two massive 5-0 wins. The challenge now is to keep our feet on the ground, don’t get complacent and just keep our performance levels up, grinding out wins whatever which way we can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny The Ball Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Mantra said: Think Dapo being replaced by Shoretire + the form of Dempsey and Morley + the introduction of Eoin Toal have been the biggest contributors. Not sure how much we’ve tweaked it tactically to be more direct/aggressive, we still pass it around quite patiently at times but maybe we do play with a bit of a higher tempo now… Dapo and Santos both used to dally on the ball too long and that doesn’t seem to be the case any longer. Morley is always looking to drive us forward and Shoretire is perfectly suited to the 10 role with his vision and decisive passing. Our confidence was knocked earlier in the season with a mix of shit mistakes like Sheffield at home and Plymouth away, and then just poor performances vs FGR and Cheltenham away. But weve managed to get on a bit of a roll now after some good recruitment and players coming into form. We’ve stopped conceding the first goal so early, not sure what that’s down to. But beating Barnsley 3-0 away, grinding out wins vs FGR and Cheltenham at home who both shithoused us in the reverse fixture and then a complete performance vs Charlton set the wheels in motion. The loss to Derby gave us a bit of a reality check but thankfully we brushed it off. We’re now winning in different ways, with set piece goals and open play goals. It’s like the opposite of a vicious circle. Winning breeds confidence and that culminated in two massive 5-0 wins. The challenge now is to keep our feet on the ground, don’t get complacent and just keep our performance levels up, grinding out wins whatever which way we can. For me the biggest factor is Evatt instilling both confidence and self belief in the players, that is what has been key to our resurgence in form at similar points both this season and in the previous two seasons There have been individual matches which have turned out to be defining moments in each of those seasons from which we have gone on to build momentum and i think Evatt has used those games to inspire the players Go back to League 2 and even though we had had gone 3 games unbeaten going into the Mansfield game we had not looked that confident , but the comeback from 2-0 down with 20 minutes to go that night and to win 3-2 at the death, just after our january signings had come on board gave the players self belief and from then on we were unstoppable. 12 months later coming off the back of 5 successive defeats - Morley and Trafford make their debuts against Ipswich and we suddenly look a different team , the self belief and confidence is back and we thrash Sunderland 6-0 a fortnight later and go on another great run This season I remember thinking when we came from behind to win at Accrington that would be the catalyst for another good run, but that was a false dawn - it was the Barnsley game which will be seen as the turning point - they were on a decent unbeaten 7 match run - but we got lucky in the sense we played against 10 men for the bulk of the 90 minutes and following that win new signings were brought into the squad and once again confidence and self belief has rocketed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Ian Evatt's dental work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyrotten Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 10 hours ago, desperado said: Surely though, during this run-in, Evatt won’t be criticised, even if we have a blip? Theres an extended point about bringing Jones and Santos back when he did. You don’t have to go back too long when folk pre game were quite adamant about who should/shouldn’t be playing. And plenty of people weren’t banging the drum to bring Santos and Jones back in when he did. He’s done more than enough to be trusted on the sides he selects. The present example will be Bradley this weekend. I can’t decide. Whether he starts or not, I hope we don’t get “He shouldn’t have changed the back 5” “Why’s he not started with our player of the season” I'm with you on Bradley, I don't care who plays, of the contenders Bradley, Jones, Mbete, its all good and logical. Main thing for me is round pegs in round holes. I feel IE went a bit square pegs earlier in the season, and why shouldn't we disagree with Dapo or Sadlier at LWB? Nobody will convince me they were the right selections at the time, but its OK to have different opinions (same with 11 back at corners, I don't get it personally, but we don't have to agree). And not to be anti-Kachunga, but would anyone have picked him consecutively up front as many times as IE did? The points we lost at that stage of the season can't be retrieved, they've gone for good. Anyway, its all in the past, and IE is currently well in credit and if we lose tomorrow I will just move onto the next game, we know we're in a good place with this manager (and ownership) and this squad. Any concerns don't even rate in the top 20 of previous seasons! We can just enjoy the journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Our manager, he is brilliant, turned Barrow for 50 years in Non League to a style of football never seen before, I just hope he never gets snapped up next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, leigh white said: Our manager, he is brilliant, turned Barrow for 50 years in Non League to a style of football never seen before, I just hope he never gets snapped up next season. If we go up this year we'll keep him a bit longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perth_white Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 13 hours ago, gonzo said: Is Evatt still pig headed and arrogant now we are winning a few games? Where are @Black Sheep, @JimmyRiddleand co? Both habitual miserables that have no reason to be on here just now, long may it continue. Plus @Black Sheep threatened to leave, stating that all the hard men of yesteryear had already done so, presume they followed through on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perth_white Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 5 hours ago, stevieb said: If we go up this year we'll keep him a bit longer. Hope we can keep hold even if we don't go up this year, proper progressive young manager who is going places, fingers crossed with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted February 18, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted February 18, 2023 Having man United and Man City players teaching the other lads what’s what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesince63 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Maybe the players are just properly buying into the Evatt system now, including Declan John?? They finally all seem to know their jobs and actually look a team with no weak links. Certainly the arrival of Toal and the improvements in Morley and Dempsey have all helped massively but the fact that it’s almost impossible to agree on a MoM every week proves how far we’ve come? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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