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2 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Do you still think he's shot of confidence?

2nd half, think it was to go 4 up, he went through in a great position 100% he should have taken it on and had a pop, instead he went left to CTB, Aptar to his right was a better option than CTB, any player with confidence would have taken it himself. 

Do agree he's been better, but Infront of goal he still looks petrified to me. 

(Yes he bagged, but it was harder to miss)

I just think a division 3 forward that's forged a career for himself by being a bloody nuisance with the odd bit of skill

Hes never a finisher.

Dalby mom for me 

90 minutes full on running the line

had 2 centre backs all over him the whole game , at a higher level they would have received a card and he would have gone on to get a hatrick

He does look to the referees for protection , where Mcginlay or Kev Davies would just throw the player trying to hold their shirts onto the floor.

He needs to toughen up and get a reputation

i think he can be a good one for us

20 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Fair play to McAtee. Looked like his days were numbered but he's dug in, clearly lost a bit of timber, sharpened his act up and played himself into the team.

Runs his socks off and clearly cares.

Rather him than some fucker like Gale who clearly has all the talent but would rather sulk.

What makes you say he's sulking?

He wasn't great today, granted.

If somebody doesn't play well, are they just automatically sulking?

1 hour ago, worthy10 said:

wonder where sheehan fits in

That second half was crying out for the composure of someone like Sheehan

46 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

Come on 

I’m serious. Watch him. Shits out of every single challenge.
 

Stealing a living. And he knows it. 

37 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Fair play to McAtee. Looked like his days were numbered but he's dug in, clearly lost a bit of timber, sharpened his act up and played himself into the team.

Runs his socks off and clearly cares.

Rather him than some fucker like Gale who clearly has all the talent but would rather sulk.

Nah. It’s performative bullshit. 
 

Flapping your arms about, shouting for 90 mins and not once going in where it might hurt.
 

Total fanny

1 hour ago, worthy10 said:

So pleased the way super Sam has developed. He is a proper handful and is a bit too honest about being fouled. McAtee also has raised his game, very much a confidence player. Apter and CBT are upgrades and competition for places is healthy. RR and JK will push for a place too.

The handball from their keeper was a disgrace, we could see 3 seconds out what was happening and the lino was in a perfect position, its his call.

Forino also improving in time on the pitch.

EE gave it away a handful of time particularly in the 1st half, needs a bit more composure at times, but he is tenacious in the tackle. I wonder where sheehan fits in now, we've not really missed him. Dempsey was more involved today and his corners were excellent.

So many positives going forward. A bottle tester next week.

Some good points there, agree with most of them.

On McAtee, I still find it puzzling that folk say comments to the effect of he's raised his game.  He's made a handful of starts this season - either due to injury or being pushed out by Burstow and Forss early season, and even Randall.  In every game he's played, whether its league or cup bar his first start (Orient), he's been on form and one of our best players.  I keep reading he's improved or he's showing good form, but that's been his form all along, this season and largely last season when he scored 12 league goals.  If he'd started even half of our league games we wouldn't have just gone 15 games without going 2 up in a game and we'd be a lot closer to Lincoln.

On another note I thought we 100% missed Sheehan in that 2nd half, and at Wimbledon, he was exactly the ingredient that was missing, the ability to remain calm, keep possession and to create opportunities.

First name on teamsheet in midfield at Lincoln if fit for me.

16 minutes ago, desperado said:

That second half was crying out for the composure of someone like Sheehan

Agree. 2nd half just needed some composure. Only Sheehan can do that with foot on the ball. 

Simon's did steady the ship a tad but he ain't Sheehan 

10 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Some good points there, agree with most of them.

On McAtee, I still find it puzzling that folk say comments to the effect of he's raised his game.  He's made a handful of starts this season - either due to injury or being pushed out by Burstow and Forss early season, and even Randall.  In every game he's played, whether its league or cup bar his first start (Orient), he's been on form and one of our best players.  I keep reading he's improved or he's showing good form, but that's been his form all along, this season and largely last season when he scored 12 league goals.  If he'd started even half of our league games we wouldn't have just gone 15 games without going 2 up in a game and we'd be a lot closer to Lincoln.

Mcatee ain’t played well Season…. Today he put it in and looks back onside. 

1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Thought CBT was an absolute Rolls Royce tbf. Head and shoulders above so many and just looked so effortless. 

Played well 1st half definitely (should have maybe squared it to Apter though), not sure he was great 2nd half and SS presumably agreed unless he was injured to be subbed?

I just think we're forgetting how good Gale has been at times, his performance v Wigan up there with any this season, superb 1st half when we dominated Mansfield and that goal recently v Orient was top drawer.  Had a hand in the winner v Burton with that cross, but his attitude does seem questionable to say the least.

10 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Mcatee ain’t played well Season…. Today he put it in and looks back onside. 

Hasn't really played.  Had 1 bad game, including league and cup and sub appearances, just my opinion.

55 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Do you still think he's shot of confidence?

2nd half, think it was to go 4 up, he went through in a great position 100% he should have taken it on and had a pop, instead he went left to CTB, Aptar to his right was a better option than CTB, any player with confidence would have taken it himself. 

Do agree he's been better, but Infront of goal he still looks petrified to me. 

(Yes he bagged, but it was harder to miss)

I agree that was the wrong choice and poor execution, but I didn't see it as a confidence thing, I think in his mind he wants to be a Teddy Sheringham type, enjoying assists as much as scoring.  And if he didn't want to shoot, he wouldn't have had that pot shot from outside the box in the 1st half or the on target blocked effort from about 15 yards 2nd half or the effort 1st half when he cut inside (left a defender on his backside) and the keeper saved.  When he's on the pitch, things happen.  Before he was in the team, hardly anything was happening unless ACD created it.

I thought he was more than decent today, worked hard, linked well with Dalby, scored, unlucky a couple of other times. All in all one of his best, if not the best days since Birmingham last season.

He's contributed well enough when he's been in the side more in recent weeks, but the issue has been rather than him being pushed out by Burstow, Forss or Randall, he wasn't doing enough to push himself in, as SS alluded to a few weeks ago.

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Fair play to McAtee. Looked like his days were numbered but he's dug in, clearly lost a bit of timber, sharpened his act up and played himself into the team.

Runs his socks off and clearly cares.

Rather him than some fucker like Gale who clearly has all the talent but would rather sulk.

Absolutely, I thought he might be one of the “disruptive” chaps in camp. 
 

thought his work rate has been outstanding, and the unlikely partnership with Dalby has been good. fair fucks and I will shut up. 
 

 

25 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Played well 1st half definitely (should have maybe squared it to Apter though), not sure he was great 2nd half and SS presumably agreed unless he was injured to be subbed?

CBT is not fully fit, yet. Only started one game for Derby since he did his hamstring on the opening day of the season, and completed just 268 minutes for Derby, before last Saturday.

it was clear he was cramping up, five minutes before he was subbed off. On that point, I thought Schumacher was slow to react to situations, today.

Tutu took the kick/bang to his knee, when attacking, five minutes before half time. He seemed uncomfortable for the remainder of the half. In the second half, it was again clear he was uncomfortable for some time before the substitution happened.

Fair play to the Barnsley manager for shaking it up in the second half. I think Schumacher was a bit slow to respond to a few situations, today.

2 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

That's a classic.

You can say that now can’t you. Wonderful thing hindsight ain’t it?

If Gale is in a sulk, possibly still from the 43rd minute subbing, then he's doing himself, and the club no favours.

However, different people react differently & need different treatment. It's up to SS & coaches, and up to the senior players, and up to Gale to sort it out.

You don't just abandon him, you work on him. He's a decent player, only 23 & a lot to learn ... so help him learn it.

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11 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

I thought he was more than decent today, worked hard, linked well with Dalby, scored, unlucky a couple of other times. All in all one of his best, if not the best days since Birmingham last season.

He's contributed well enough when he's been in the side more in recent weeks, but the issue has been rather than him being pushed out by Burstow, Forss or Randall, he wasn't doing enough to push himself in, as SS alluded to a few weeks ago.

I think the problem was neither were those 3 (Randall probably the best of the 3 post-October).  Burstow and Forss continued to be picked way beyond their form, and McAtee wasn't/isn't cut such slack.  

I feel like I'm sticking up for McAtee too much, I know all his faults and I thought we'd sign better than him this season.  We didn't, but he was still replaced and it was justified upto October. 

Better late than never although I think it will cost us 2nd place.

14 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

You can say that now can’t you. Wonderful thing hindsight ain’t it?

There wasn't one second when I thought we'd be lucky to draw today.

The opposition are allowed to improve in the 2nd half, as Wimbledon did.

Credit to them both, when we have a bad 1st half we generally come out and improve 2nd half and often get late goals.  It works both ways, we are a L1 team we aren't going to thrash teams 1st half and 2nd half.

Thought Mcatee and Dalby were superb today. Obviously that didn’t stop the utter spazmongs in the NSL screaming “you’re fkin shit” At the first mistake they made 

If it wasn't for the confidence boost from their jammy 1st I have no doubt we'd have seen the game out much more comfortably. From that goal to their 2nd we were all over the show but at 3-2 we got back in control of the game. 

Should and could have had more than the 3 that first half of theirs was possibly one of the worst performances I've seen in a long time.

1 hour ago, Johnnyrotten said:

On another note I thought we 100% missed Sheehan in that 2nd half, and at Wimbledon, he was exactly the ingredient that was missing, the ability to remain calm, keep possession and to create opportunities.

First name on teamsheet in midfield at Lincoln if fit for me.

Based on the first half today I am struggling for a reason why we would not start with the same team as today.

Having Sheehan as an option to come once we are three up (😎😂) would be great. 
 

One thing SS needs to think about IMO is how long CBT can last in a game. 2 great first halves but disappeared pretty quickly.

 

It is crazy to nit pick after 16 points in 6 games but can not afford any more slip ups. Last two weeks, a bit like games early in the season we have got ahead and looked levels ahead of the opposition. Then second half the game has changed massively. Reading at home was very similar to last 2 games. Teams swamp midfield and only having 2 in there leaves us vulnerable. Limited options on bench today in midfield but Simons on once CBTs game was run today would have helped or even when Apter went off IMO. 
 

To be clear thought both Dempsey and EE were excellent today and I get leaving pace on upfront has it advantages but it messes with my nerves something rotten 😂

5 hours ago, Kane57 said:

I wish Connell played for us. He'd be our best midfielder by some stretch 

Contrary to popular opinion, I agree but not by “some stretch”.  Was gutted when we let him go and those that don’t like him are also secretly gutted we let him go too as he’s a classy player and always has been - one of the best academy products we’ve had in recent years. Interesting he fended off his team mates and didn’t celebrate when he scored today.

7 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

Contrary to popular opinion, I agree but not by “some stretch”.  Was gutted when we let him go and those that don’t like him are also secretly gutted we let him go too as he’s a classy player and always has been - one of the best academy products we’ve had in recent years. Interesting he fended off his team mates and didn’t celebrate when he scored today.

We didn't really let him go

I agree, though, that he's a good player at this level