L/H White Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 these have taken 27 points away from home can't afford to slip again with derby to follow 88th minute winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizlar Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 They will be so up for this and will have seen all our recent performances for me if we are not on our game for the full 90 + minutes we will lose . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Just win, by any means necessary. We will create chances and probably score a goal or 2. But we're not converting enough chances and our defence is a big big worry for me. I am worried, this is Evatts 4th season now, I know we have some injuries, but we played an extremely experienced back line against Barnsley and Exeter, yet we're shipping so many goals and look all over the place. We have to start winning games ugly, clean sheets or even just conceding 1 goal would've have given us 6 points from this past week instead of 2. With 4 strikers now out, defensively we have simply got to improve and help our attackers in winning games for us. Because at the minute, we are constantly giving ourselves a mountain to climb, chasing goals in each game right to the last minute. It will be interesting to see if there's any tactical shift, as now we are to the bare bones up top, and we know Evatt loves to switch his front 2 to allow fresher legs to press. We cannot do that anymore. I do agree with our general style of play. But in these big games to come, do we need to back off a bit, lessen the press and place a bigger emphasis defensively? I'm not sure. Either way. If we continue in these next 9 games like we have done in the past 10 (16th in form table) then play offs it is. Got to improve, now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arrested development Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Need to cut out the individual mistakes. Too many stupid goals conceded. We are Conceding too many goals in general aswell. 3 against Charlton, 4 at Blackpool, 2 at Barnsley, 2 at Exeter. Too many. We should be able to beat these at home and im confident we can get it done. 2-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Collins, JDB and Jerome are our only fit strikers. Gonna be a tough ask for the next month or so..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUREADY2ROLL Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 minutes ago, kent_white said: Collins, JDB and Jerome are our only fit strikers. Gonna be a tough ask for the next month or so..... To the end of the season I reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombwfc Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 7 minutes ago, kent_white said: Collins, JDB and Jerome are our only fit strikers. Gonna be a tough ask for the next month or so..... To be fair though, we signed Collins in January for 750k as the reigning L1 POTY. How many other clubs in this division can call upon being able to do that? We also knew who Bod and Jerome were when keeping them on for this year. Even with the injuries, I don't think we can make the case that we haven't had the resources to see us through. Shouldn't be too big an expectation that those three will deliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 17 minutes ago, kent_white said: Collins, JDB and Jerome are our only fit strikers. Gonna be a tough ask for the next month or so..... Bruce Rioch had one fit striker for the last 6 games of the 92/93 season.He had to win 5 of the last 6 games to finish 2nd and did exactly that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestar Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 But that was not just any striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesince63 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I know it isn’t going to happen but personally I’d drop Rico to the bench because either he isn’t fully fit or he’s off the boil because his performances recently have been just awful. Put Toal at CH with Forrester on his right and Iredale on his left with Gethin staying at RWB. There isn’t really a problem playing one up top if he’s supported and to be honest Collins looks more like an 8 or 10 than an out and out striker so I’d have him supporting Bod. It may even be worth going to a 4 from a 5 at the back and having an extra man in midfield. Should we try something different or just stick with what we know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mounts Kipper Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 12 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said: I know it isn’t going to happen but personally I’d drop Rico to the bench because either he isn’t fully fit or he’s off the boil because his performances recently have been just awful. Put Toal at CH with Forrester on his right and Iredale on his left with Gethin staying at RWB. There isn’t really a problem playing one up top if he’s supported and to be honest Collins looks more like an 8 or 10 than an out and out striker so I’d have him supporting Bod. It may even be worth going to a 4 from a 5 at the back and having an extra man in midfield. Should we try something different or just stick with what we know? We ain’t experimenting with our formation at this time of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 10 Moderators Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Lostock Whites said: Got to improve, now. Aye But with our injury list? We've got to find at least 4 points from next 2 then hopefully get some key players back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmed Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 I’ve absolutely no idea what to expect these days with that lot. If I had to predict it would be a draw. Another 2-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, Roger_Dubuis said: Bruce Rioch had one fit striker for the last 6 games of the 92/93 season.He had to win 5 of the last 6 games to finish 2nd and did exactly that Was that the season when we were second to Stoke? Edited March 10 by kent_white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter desperado Posted March 10 Site Supporter Share Posted March 10 The negative/realistic part of me lacks the expectation now that we can finish with a good run, beat the top sides consistently and catch/surpass Derby & Portsmouth. Momentum and confidence are massive in sport and I genuinely believed that Barnsley goal could/would/should have been a turning point. To not use that to our advantage and instead see frailties/weaknesses creep back in against lowly opposition is concerning and is not what an aspirational, promotion winning team does at this stage of the season. However it’s not over yet by a long way. Sport also has the beauty of not being predictable and producing unexpected special moments which this team is more than capable of. We are badly missing Baxter and Dion. If they can come back and hit form this would be an added boost. Stick together, there’s a few more twists and turns to come yet and I intend to be there to see how it unfolds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjhb Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 1-1 draw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 31 minutes ago, kent_white said: Was that the season when we were second to Stoke? Yes.Bruce Rioch had two very good strikers rather than 5 average ones like Evatt has and it was obviously a problem when Andy Walker's season ended on Easter Monday.Rioch stuck a midfield grafter up front and the team got the job done.It wasn't easy but they were carried along by a hunger to win that this squad sems to lack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 10 Moderators Share Posted March 10 46 minutes ago, kent_white said: Was that the season when we were second to Stoke? Aye At one point we were 20 points behind Stoke and 10 behind Vale Was having a look the other day When we won the play offs in 95 we won one in the last seven, don't recall how close run the title was the season, but we were 5 points off promotion come the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostock Whites Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, Zico said: Aye But with our injury list? We've got to find at least 4 points from next 2 then hopefully get some key players back It is worrying, but I do feel we've got enough firepower with Collins, Bod and Jerome to get goals. But like I said, it all depends on our defence. Our defence is stacked, and we should not be conceding anywhere near the amount we have as of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 9 minutes ago, Zico said: Aye At one point we were 20 points behind Stoke and 10 behind Vale Was having a look the other day When we won the play offs in 95 we won one in the last seven, don't recall how close run the title was the season, but we were 5 points off promotion come the end Must have been extremely tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 10 Moderators Share Posted March 10 13 minutes ago, dusan nikolic said: Must have been extremely tight I seem to recall, with them coming second, the reading match was huge, and after defeat there we seem to tail off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 The saying must win gets put about but this for me is the case Tuesday failure to win with a derby win will make it very hard and they could pretty much end us Saturday I really can’t call this as we don’t know which Bolton will turn up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfc87 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, Roger_Dubuis said: Yes.Bruce Rioch had two very good strikers rather than 5 average ones like Evatt has and it was obviously a problem when Andy Walker's season ended on Easter Monday.Rioch stuck a midfield grafter up front and the team got the job done.It wasn't easy but they were carried along by a hunger to win that this squad sems to lack. Who of our current midfield would you reckon could do a job up front if we get really desperate. Dempsey for me would work his arse off like Charles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 52 minutes ago, bwfc87 said: Who of our current midfield would you reckon could do a job up front if we get really desperate. Dempsey for me would work his arse off like Charles. I suppose Dempsey is the obvious choce.He could do the running about Charles does.Rioch went for a taller man than Dempsey who could win his fair share of headers and put himself about.Maybe one of the centre backs could do that job.I saw Julian Darby in the queue at Greggs before one of the recent home games, he is still very slim. unlike me who went next door to Carrs for a pasty barmcake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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