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Post by stevek192 on Nov 8, 2014 23:30:31 GMT
That's the only way I can describe today. The better team by a mile lost. I have said all through this season that the way we play is also governed by the way the opposition play and IMO today was one of our best performances of the season and we restricted a team who had drawn their last three league games under a New manager to very few chances and lost only due to one of the poorest penalties I can remember given away. I can offer no excuse whatsoever for a handball by Mark McCrystal when there was no danger whatsoever and would drop him now for Tuesday. Many say the standard of League 2 is a mile away from the Conference but todays performance and the results of some other teams in our division today do not say this. We comfortably handled Tranmere on their own patch and a draw was the least we deserved. If we had found the right goalscorer we would now be sat either top or just a couple of points off the top of the Conference and in the second round of the FA Cup. Mildenhall 6 Couple of good saves ,one dodgy moment but overall he had very little to do. Lockyer 7 Very steady game at the back,calm in possession and carried the ball forward well. He doesn't get beaten very often even though it is not his best position. His passing is questionable at times but today i felt he used the ball well. Parkes 8 MOM Tom is returning to top form and did nothing wrong whatsoever today. Strong in the air,comfortable on the ground and won the majority of the balls he challenged for. McCrystal 5 Cost us the game with a ridiculous handball and almost caught out a couple of times misjudging the bounce of the ball and lacking in pace. Other than that played reasonable but IMO he is too prone to mistakes even at Conference level and the quicker Trotman is back the better. Brown 6.5 Reasonably strong game from Lee Brown.Not much got past him and he tried hard to get us moving forward and gave a capable performance. Put in a wild shot near the end which was greedy when there were a few better options available. Mansell 7 Battled around the midfield, winning the ball well and getting us moving forward particularly in the last 30 minutes when it was all one way traffic. Sinclair 7 Like Mansell battled for every ball and spread the ball around well. His short passing keeps us in possession and rarely gives the ball away. On a couple of occasions he played very ambitious long passes but he covered acres of the ground and makes a big difference in the competitiveness of our side. Clarke is deadlier but Sinclair gives us a much better chance of retaining possession and we look a much better side with him in the centre of midfield. Gosling 5.5 What he does is generally good and has a certain quality about his play but this does not happen often enough and he gets lost to the game far too often. Martin 4 Put in a few good crosses but another who becomes lost for far too much of the game and who couldn't score a goal if he played until midnight. Had two good chances in the first half and yet failed to hit the target and second half did little to impact the game. Brunt 7.5 This was the Ryan Brunt we knew. Competed for everything,won most in the air,held the ball up well and brought others into the game. Should definitely start again on Tuesday but with whom? I would be tempted to start him with White. Taylor 7 His general game today was very good but it is unfortunate that his main job in the side is to score goals and he rarely does this. His control,hold up play and passing ability was excellent but you can't afford to have two players doing this with neither really looking like scoring. If we can find somebody to score goals regularly then perhaps we could use Matty in "the hole" because other than scoring goals he is a very good player. Harrison 6 Ellis is quite frustrating because he did some really good things when he came on but also some poor things however he certainly increased the intensity of our forward play when he came on but should have equalised or at least got his shot on target at the death. Della-Verde 6.5 Looks to be a very good crosser of the ball and IMO should have been used much earlier for either Gosling or Martin. He looked to make things happen and appears confident in his ability. I feel he should be played on the left side but will leave others to comment on that. Should certainly start on Tuesday. Cunnington Really not on the pitch long enough to mark. I feel that he probably would score more than Brunt but is not as good as Brunt played today in his general play. it could be a possibility to try Cunnington with Brunt up front but the lack of pace could rule out this. Clarke 7 Must be really as frustrating for him to watch as us. We outplayed Tranmere today and deserved to win but ended up defeated. Feel he should have started Della-Verde and brought on White for the last 15 minutes rather than using Cunnington but overall i was very proud of the way the lads played today. Referee 5 Certainly not the worst referee we have had by a long way but was a little lenient at times. Read more: gasheads.org/thread/1698/good-performance-goals#ixzz3IWTDvw00
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2014 23:51:19 GMT
This could be the write up from most of our games for the last two years. Had most of the game but cant score for toffee
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Post by seanclevedongas on Nov 9, 2014 0:00:56 GMT
Re Gosling - He frustrated the pants off me today. He is so one footed, he had 5 or 6 opportunities to take the man on down the right but came inside every time but would have been more creative had he gone outside. Either play him down the left so he can attack on his more natural foot or don't play him.
Once again we have an unbalanced squad with no right sided attacker - unless Della-Verde can continue to gain in confidence
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Nov 9, 2014 0:42:29 GMT
That's the only way I can describe today. The better team by a mile lost. I have said all through this season that the way we play is also governed by the way the opposition play and IMO today was one of our best performances of the season and we restricted a team who had drawn their last three league games under a New manager to very few chances and lost only due to one of the poorest penalties I can remember given away. I can offer no excuse whatsoever for a handball by Mark McCrystal when there was no danger whatsoever and would drop him now for Tuesday. Many say the standard of League 2 is a mile away from the Conference but todays performance and the results of some other teams in our division today do not say this. We comfortably handled Tranmere on their own patch and a draw was the least we deserved. If we had found the right goalscorer we would now be sat either top or just a couple of points off the top of the Conference and in the second round of the FA Cup. Mildenhall 6 Couple of good saves ,one dodgy moment but overall he had very little to do. Lockyer 7 Very steady game at the back,calm in possession and carried the ball forward well. He doesn't get beaten very often even though it is not his best position. His passing is questionable at times but today i felt he used the ball well. Parkes 8 MOM Tom is returning to top form and did nothing wrong whatsoever today. Strong in the air,comfortable on the ground and won the majority of the balls he challenged for. McCrystal 5 Cost us the game with a ridiculous handball and almost caught out a couple of times misjudging the bounce of the ball and lacking in pace. Other than that played reasonable but IMO he is too prone to mistakes even at Conference level and the quicker Trotman is back the better. Brown 6.5 Reasonably strong game from Lee Brown.Not much got past him and he tried hard to get us moving forward and gave a capable performance. Put in a wild shot near the end which was greedy when there were a few better options available. Mansell 7 Battled around the midfield, winning the ball well and getting us moving forward particularly in the last 30 minutes when it was all one way traffic. Sinclair 7 Like Mansell battled for every ball and spread the ball around well. His short passing keeps us in possession and rarely gives the ball away. On a couple of occasions he played very ambitious long passes but he covered acres of the ground and makes a big difference in the competitiveness of our side. Clarke is deadlier but Sinclair gives us a much better chance of retaining possession and we look a much better side with him in the centre of midfield. Gosling 5.5 What he does is generally good and has a certain quality about his play but this does not happen often enough and he gets lost to the game far too often. Martin 4 Put in a few good crosses but another who becomes lost for far too much of the game and who couldn't score a goal if he played until midnight. Had two good chances in the first half and yet failed to hit the target and second half did little to impact the game. Brunt 7.5 This was the Ryan Brunt we knew. Competed for everything,won most in the air,held the ball up well and brought others into the game. Should definitely start again on Tuesday but with whom? I would be tempted to start him with White. Taylor 7 His general game today was very good but it is unfortunate that his main job in the side is to score goals and he rarely does this. His control,hold up play and passing ability was excellent but you can't afford to have two players doing this with neither really looking like scoring. If we can find somebody to score goals regularly then perhaps we could use Matty in "the hole" because other than scoring goals he is a very good player. Harrison 6 Ellis is quite frustrating because he did some really good things when he came on but also some poor things however he certainly increased the intensity of our forward play when he came on but should have equalised or at least got his shot on target at the death. Della-Verde 6.5 Looks to be a very good crosser of the ball and IMO should have been used much earlier for either Gosling or Martin. He looked to make things happen and appears confident in his ability. I feel he should be played on the left side but will leave others to comment on that. Should certainly start on Tuesday. Cunnington Really not on the pitch long enough to mark. I feel that he probably would score more than Brunt but is not as good as Brunt played today in his general play. it could be a possibility to try Cunnington with Brunt up front but the lack of pace could rule out this. Clarke 7 Must be really as frustrating for him to watch as us. We outplayed Tranmere today and deserved to win but ended up defeated. Feel he should have started Della-Verde and brought on White for the last 15 minutes rather than using Cunnington but overall i was very proud of the way the lads played today. Referee 5 Certainly not the worst referee we have had by a long way but was a little lenient at times. Read more: gasheads.org/thread/1698/good-performance-goals#ixzz3IWTDvw00Have to say I lost faith as soon as I saw MMs name on the team sheet. Not the player who started so well here and the biggest culprit of hoofball in the squad imo.
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Post by Jon the Stripe on Nov 9, 2014 10:27:10 GMT
That's the only way I can describe today. The better team by a mile lost. I have said all through this season that the way we play is also governed by the way the opposition play and IMO today was one of our best performances of the season and we restricted a team who had drawn their last three league games under a New manager to very few chances and lost only due to one of the poorest penalties I can remember given away. I can offer no excuse whatsoever for a handball by Mark McCrystal when there was no danger whatsoever and would drop him now for Tuesday. Many say the standard of League 2 is a mile away from the Conference but todays performance and the results of some other teams in our division today do not say this. We comfortably handled Tranmere on their own patch and a draw was the least we deserved. If we had found the right goalscorer we would now be sat either top or just a couple of points off the top of the Conference and in the second round of the FA Cup. Mildenhall 6 Couple of good saves ,one dodgy moment but overall he had very little to do. Lockyer 7 Very steady game at the back,calm in possession and carried the ball forward well. He doesn't get beaten very often even though it is not his best position. His passing is questionable at times but today i felt he used the ball well. Parkes 8 MOM Tom is returning to top form and did nothing wrong whatsoever today. Strong in the air,comfortable on the ground and won the majority of the balls he challenged for. McCrystal 5 Cost us the game with a ridiculous handball and almost caught out a couple of times misjudging the bounce of the ball and lacking in pace. Other than that played reasonable but IMO he is too prone to mistakes even at Conference level and the quicker Trotman is back the better. Brown 6.5 Reasonably strong game from Lee Brown.Not much got past him and he tried hard to get us moving forward and gave a capable performance. Put in a wild shot near the end which was greedy when there were a few better options available. Mansell 7 Battled around the midfield, winning the ball well and getting us moving forward particularly in the last 30 minutes when it was all one way traffic. Sinclair 7 Like Mansell battled for every ball and spread the ball around well. His short passing keeps us in possession and rarely gives the ball away. On a couple of occasions he played very ambitious long passes but he covered acres of the ground and makes a big difference in the competitiveness of our side. Clarke is deadlier but Sinclair gives us a much better chance of retaining possession and we look a much better side with him in the centre of midfield. Gosling 5.5 What he does is generally good and has a certain quality about his play but this does not happen often enough and he gets lost to the game far too often. Martin 4 Put in a few good crosses but another who becomes lost for far too much of the game and who couldn't score a goal if he played until midnight. Had two good chances in the first half and yet failed to hit the target and second half did little to impact the game. Brunt 7.5 This was the Ryan Brunt we knew. Competed for everything,won most in the air,held the ball up well and brought others into the game. Should definitely start again on Tuesday but with whom? I would be tempted to start him with White. Taylor 7 His general game today was very good but it is unfortunate that his main job in the side is to score goals and he rarely does this. His control,hold up play and passing ability was excellent but you can't afford to have two players doing this with neither really looking like scoring. If we can find somebody to score goals regularly then perhaps we could use Matty in "the hole" because other than scoring goals he is a very good player. Harrison 6 Ellis is quite frustrating because he did some really good things when he came on but also some poor things however he certainly increased the intensity of our forward play when he came on but should have equalised or at least got his shot on target at the death. Della-Verde 6.5 Looks to be a very good crosser of the ball and IMO should have been used much earlier for either Gosling or Martin. He looked to make things happen and appears confident in his ability. I feel he should be played on the left side but will leave others to comment on that. Should certainly start on Tuesday. Cunnington Really not on the pitch long enough to mark. I feel that he probably would score more than Brunt but is not as good as Brunt played today in his general play. it could be a possibility to try Cunnington with Brunt up front but the lack of pace could rule out this. Clarke 7 Must be really as frustrating for him to watch as us. We outplayed Tranmere today and deserved to win but ended up defeated. Feel he should have started Della-Verde and brought on White for the last 15 minutes rather than using Cunnington but overall i was very proud of the way the lads played today. Referee 5 Certainly not the worst referee we have had by a long way but was a little lenient at times. Well written post as usual Steve, i always trust your view. Let's hope the goal drought ends Tuesday and the goals start to flow, because i think most agree other than that we're doing pretty well. Fingers crossed the gates will open soon for Matty and Ryan.
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Post by Mark Ash on Nov 9, 2014 10:36:08 GMT
I once reffed a school game in which a boy, standing in his own area, simply panicked under a high ball and caught it, like a goalkeeper. Apart from that incident, I can't think of a more stupid, incomprehensible handball than MM's yesterday.
I didn't blame the boy: he was a boy, after all.
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Post by Staffordshire Gas on Nov 9, 2014 10:53:44 GMT
Thanks again Steve for this.Leadbitter available Tues so might mean Lockyer replacing MM if he is picked.Great to know Brunty did well and if the new lad plays from the start Tues' could be a good night.Alfreton's ground is tiny and somewhat basic.Real Conference set-up.They didn't play Sat and won at Altrincham last game but assume they are part time.Looking forward to it and reckon we'll end the goal drought.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 9, 2014 11:10:49 GMT
OK saying drop MM but who's going to replace him if NT's still injured? Bringing in Leadbitter at RB is even a bigger liability than MM, if TL moves to CB.
It seems as usual we are carrying two passengers, Gosling & Martin plus Taylor never looks like scoring, why not play either Taylor or Harrison out wide on one wing and D-V on the other. Surely a frontline of V-D, JW or MT, RB, EH or MT will create chances get goals, even if defensively they might be weaker.
Good to see Brunt's returned a new player, let's just hope that doesn't mean NH will put the cheque book away and he just replaces Cunnington!
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Nov 9, 2014 11:50:00 GMT
OK saying drop MM but who's going to replace him if NT's still injured? Bringing in Leadbitter at RB is even a bigger liability than MM, if TL moves to CB. It seems as usual we are carrying two passengers, Gosling & Martin plus Taylor never looks like scoring, why not play either Taylor or Harrison out wide on one wing and D-V on the other. Surely a frontline of V-D, JW or MT, RB, EH or MT will create chances get goals, even if defensively they might be weaker. Good to see Brunt's returned a new player, let's just hope that doesn't mean NH will put the cheque book away and he just replaces Cunnington! I would like to see Taylor out wide as well as he is a good player and works hard, it would also take a lot of pressure off him to score.
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Post by Jon the Stripe on Nov 9, 2014 12:01:58 GMT
."TBH" i'd like to see this given a go.... BRUNT TAYLOR HARRISON
TBH!
Thoughts?
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Nov 9, 2014 12:09:39 GMT
."TBH" i'd like to see this given a go.... BRUNT TAYLOR HARRISON
TBH!
Thoughts? I was thinking more... Della Verde on one wing, Taylor on the other. And then Harrison up front alongside one of Cunnington, Brunt or White.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 12:12:43 GMT
."TBH" i'd like to see this given a go.... BRUNT TAYLOR HARRISON
TBH!
Thoughts? not bad, It would mean a 3 man mid, which wouldn't (I hope) be a problem if browner and leadbitter support the wings....
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Post by Jon the Stripe on Nov 9, 2014 12:16:03 GMT
."TBH" i'd like to see this given a go.... BRUNT TAYLOR HARRISON
TBH!
Thoughts? I was thinking more... Della Verde on one wing, Taylor on the other. And then Harrison up front alongside one of Cunnington, Brunt or White. There's obviously more options suddenly with LDV and Ryan back. If we want to really go for it: Mildy Leadbitter Lockyer Parkes Brown Della Verde Mansell Sinclair Taylor Harrison Brunt
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Post by Rod1883 on Nov 9, 2014 12:52:33 GMT
I was thinking more... Della Verde on one wing, Taylor on the other. And then Harrison up front alongside one of Cunnington, Brunt or White. There's obviously more options suddenly with LDV and Ryan back. If we want to really go for it: Mildy Leadbitter Lockyer Parkes Brown Della Verde Mansell Sinclair Taylor Harrison Brunt Not sure there's a finisher there for all the hard work of Brunt or Cunnington in holding it up and brining others in. Maybe what we need is Clarke charging through a bit like Disley to smash it in?
Mildy
Leadbitter Trotman Parkes Brown or Lockyer or Lockyer
Della Verde Mansell Sinclair Taylor
Clarke
Brunt Subs inc Harrison to replace Clarke or Taylor as and when
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Post by stevek192 on Nov 9, 2014 13:24:40 GMT
The problem with that Rod is you are pretty well getting back to the John Ward system of playing. The problem as i see it is that we have to many players who become anonymous by their lack of involvement or their failure to do the task for which they are in the team. In yesterdays team Gosling, Martin were anonymous by being out of the game for long periods and Taylor was anonymous from a goalscoring aspect. You just cannot expect to win a game with three players not doing their job. Wards system was based on an even more boring way of playing football and i certainly don't want to go back to watching that. The truth is that yesterday we lost because we possessed the clown who gave away the ridiculous. If tranmere had that player we would have won.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 9, 2014 15:50:27 GMT
No the problem is our lack of firepower so conceding one goal means certain defeat, it's impossible to say Tranmere wouldn't have scored if MM hadn't given the penalty away as it was hardly a last minute one.
Back to Tuesday's team how do we create more chances to score from the present squad if DC doesn't try changing things around? With Gosling & Monkhouse missing on Tuesday something will have to change.
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Post by stevek192 on Nov 9, 2014 16:19:09 GMT
Yes it is impossible to say but they certainly did not look like scoring and we were the better footballing side by far as we were winning 90% of the balls once they left the feet of the Tranmere back 4. A striker who knows where the goal is to play with Brunt would certainly help.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 9, 2014 17:39:20 GMT
Sadly we've been saying something similar since Hoskins agreed to join Brighton, that's nearly 4 years, and 2 relegations, by my calculations.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 18:01:35 GMT
There is nothing wrong with our current formation and with our two new wingers (if Balanta appears) the only issue is the quality of the strikers. I dont understand why he ignores White but then refuses to let him go on loan. Brunt had a good game so lets try White or Harrison with him. Harrison is the only ine who looks like scoring but he isnt getting game time. Id even give Jay Lucas a go as he did really well at Weston.
Also if we start playing 4-3-3 but with our star new winger in a midfield 3 we are back in JW territory. Lets play people in correct positions.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Nov 9, 2014 22:16:55 GMT
____________Mildenhall___________ Lockyer__Trotman___Parkes__Brown ______________Clarke___________ ________Mansell_____Sinclair ___Taylor_______Brunt______LDV
Or...
_____________Mildenhall____________ Leadbitter__Trotman___Parkes__Brown _______________Clarke_____________ ________Mansell________Sinclair _______________Gosling____________ ___________Brunt______Taylor
Get the diamond out.
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