Exeter City (H)

[Wanderlust]

16 minutes ago, Ani said:

Did anyone notice that for large parts of the game Forss was the 9 and Burstow the 10 ? 

I think some coaches work on the basis of “places someone needs to move into” with players having some freedom to interchange so for example if we’re trying to move it up the wing the person on the ball has the option of a back pass, a square pass and a forward pass - with the nearest player moving into each place.

[bolty58]

2 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

I think some coaches work on the basis of “places someone needs to move into” with players having some freedom to interchange so for example if we’re trying to move it up the wing the person on the ball has the option of a back pass, a square pass and a forward pass - with the nearest player moving into each place.

Win? Yes. 3 points? Yes.

All the stats and 'tactics' I care about.

We must get up this season.

[desperado]

Must admit, I didn’t know this rule.

I didn’t  realise half-time was exempt from your 3 occasions to make 5 subs.

I didn’t think Simons was going to be allowed on! 

No, 

substitutions made at half-time do not count towards the three in-play substitution occasions (or windows). 

The rule allows each team to make a maximum of five substitutions in a match, which must be done during a maximum of three stoppages in play, plus an additional opportunity during the half-time interval. 

[Whitesince63]

Let’s wind the clock back and just have only one sub allowed or maybe one outfield sub and a keeper if needed. Too many subs just spoil the flow of games more often than they help it.

[L/H White]

11 hours ago, gonzo said:

Not sure he'll still be with us come January....

He's not been with us since he stepped through the door 

Pound for pound one of the clubs worst ever signings along with Randall

[Traf]

10 minutes ago, L/H White said:

He's not been with us since he stepped through the door 

Pound for pound one of the clubs worst ever signings along with Randall

Elmander.

[desperado]

40 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

Let’s wind the clock back and just have only one sub allowed or maybe one outfield sub and a keeper if needed. Too many subs just spoil the flow of games more often than they help it.

All opinions and I respect that.

But I’m at the opposite end of the spectrum on this.

Not all change is bad, moving with the times is sometimes a good thing.

Yes of course we all get frustrated when we are losing with any break (purposeful or not) in play.

Other ways would be found to slow a game down if it wasn’t subs. 

But, (and similar to the upping to of 9 on the bench) allowing for more variation, choice, innovation is good IMO.

Look at a squad like ours. On Saturday those creative subs helped win us the game. 

It keeps a squad on its toes, provides more game time for players, more players are part of the match day squad.

For a squad like ours it could prove to be the difference in us getting promoted if Saturday is anything to go by.

[Stig]

1 hour ago, Whitesince63 said:

Let’s wind the clock back and just have only one sub allowed or maybe one outfield sub and a keeper if needed. Too many subs just spoil the flow of games more often than they help it.

Bit too extreme but I preferred the days of 3 subs only. Part of the enjoyment was seeing players out on their feet while others had the fitness to carry on . Lose that a bit with 5 subs 

[masi 51]

10 hours ago, Ani said:

Did anyone notice that for large parts of the game Forss was the 9 and Burstow the 10 ? 

Not sure that was planned Burstow gets frustrated and comes deep, Forss then is intelligent enough to push up.

Still would like to see McAtee play the nine alongside Burstow who i think would compliment each others game.

[Ani]

44 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Not sure that was planned Burstow gets frustrated and comes deep, Forss then is intelligent enough to push up.

Still would like to see McAtee play the nine alongside Burstow who i think would compliment each others game.

We noticed it straight from kickoff it did seem as though both forwards had been asked to work more . Exeter seemed to want to play out from the back. Strangely Magennis won some ball when they went long but they had no one up there. 
 

Not saying either forward is usually lazy. 

[Ani]

3 hours ago, desperado said:

Must admit, I didn’t know this rule.

I didn’t  realise half-time was exempt from your 3 occasions to make 5 subs.

I didn’t think Simons was going to be allowed on! 

 

No, 

substitutions made at half-time do not count towards the three in-play substitution occasions (or windows). 

The rule allows each team to make a maximum of five substitutions in a match, which must be done during a maximum of three stoppages in play, plus an additional opportunity during the half-time interval. 

The rule that people forget is no off side from goal kicks. Mansfield centre forward got a run at Toal a few times from coming from behind him.

[jmjhb]

2 hours ago, Traf said:

Elmander.

N'gog

[Dr. Feelgood]

2 hours ago, Ani said:

The rule that people forget is no off side from goal kicks. Mansfield centre forward got a run at Toal a few times from coming from behind him.

Could be a useful addition to ADC or Gayle's armoury.

[DirtySanchez]

2 hours ago, Ani said:

The rule that people forget is no off side from goal kicks. Mansfield centre forward got a run at Toal a few times from coming from behind him.

Or from a throw in

Get someone in who can launch it 

[Traf]

3 hours ago, jmjhb said:

N'gog

Ngog scored 14 in 81 for us, cost us £4m and we got approx £0.5m back for him

Elmander scored 18 in 92, cost £8.2m and left on a free.

[Zico]

35 minutes ago, Traf said:

Ngog scored 14 in 81 for us, cost us £4m and we got approx £0.5m back for him

Elmander scored 18 in 92, cost £8.2m and left on a free.

all JE's goals were in the PL and helped keep us there, most of NGogs were in the Championship, and couldn't help us stay or get back there

JE was actually very good under Coyle

[Tonge moor green jacket]

2 hours ago, Zico said:

all JE's goals were in the PL and helped keep us there, most of NGogs were in the Championship, and couldn't help us stay or get back there

JE was actually very good under Coyle

Aye.

Until he put him in midfield. 

Not that that's Elmander's fault.

[DirtySanchez]

5 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Aye.

Until he put him in midfield. 

Not that that's Elmander's fault.

Thanks for bringing back memories of the FA cup semi 

Edited December 16, 2025 by DirtySanchez

[Zico]

21 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Aye.

Until he put him in midfield. 

Not that that's Elmander's fault.

I don't know if you recall, but after a good game v West Ham @Spider reckoned he had potential to be one of the best midfielders to play for us

[Spider]

26 minutes ago, Zico said:

I don't know if you recall, but after a good game v West Ham @Spider reckoned he had potential to be one of the best midfielders to play for us

I’ll die on that hill

[Krimzon]

 

[bolty58]

2 hours ago, Krimzon said:

 

Cheers pal. Two blokes talking sense. You don't see that as often as you used to.

[Dennis Peacock]

14 hours ago, L/H White said:

He's not been with us since he stepped through the door 

Pound for pound one of the clubs worst ever signings along with Randall

David Ngog? Marvin Sordell? Keith Andrew’s on £30k a week on a 3 year contract?

[Lostock Whites]

Elmander will undoubtedly be the biggest flop, slightly less so when we do eventually get back up and make with inflation his signing look less traumatic.

But at the very least with Elmander he showed glimpses had good runs of form on occasion and scored goals for us that's still talked about today.

With Randall it's just been completely nothing. Like genuinely nothing about him whatsoever. 

I want it to work for him but its nearly been a year and he's not even been injured or anything like that. He's weak, not really got any pace. Is the same with his shooting, weak and always on the floor. He doesn't even create or goes past players. Just nothing.

Dempsey has scored, assisted and done more in 2 or 3 games than he has done in an entire year. Says everything. 

[Wanderlust]

4 hours ago, Spider said:

I’ll die on that hill

And so you should - he played all his early Swedish career in midfield and later at Feyenoord, Brondby and Toulouse and despite being a playmaker scored more goals per game from midfield than he ever did for us. I never understood why Megson gave him the number 9 shirt. Worse still he was heavily criticised by many for being a shit centre forward - totally not his position.