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Post by mkgas1984 on Feb 25, 2015 8:21:09 GMT
An a good area of debate at the moment is DC's decision to start with Gosling last night.
After the Grimsby game, in all my excitement I went as far to describe Dawson as the non league Ronaldo. He did tire towards the game but the first 60 mins was sensational. EVERYTHING he tried came off.
However, this was not the player I saw against Altrincham. Didnt quite have the energy from Grimsby but more importantly he wasn't getting the success he got at Grimsby. He seemed relentless to keep trying to beat his man even when a) He wasnt getting success b) there were better options.
Gosling hadn't been in bad form before this spell on the bench so maybe it was a case of resting Dawson, using him with 20 to go, against a tired full back and get the joy he did last night.
Gosling is happy with a start and Dawson is enthused with a roasting of a tired full back.
Added to this, we need to bare in mind that we have a squad of players. We are about to embark on a very tough set of fixtures. MAYBE, Darrell rates him so highly he wanted to freshen him up for Gateshead.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 25, 2015 8:23:56 GMT
Also, istm, DC knew what a handful Akinola might be, and also realised Dawson has less defensive ability than Gosling.
Makes sense, and arguably DC got it spot on, although I (and pretty much everyone else, istm) would have put Dawson on sooner.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 8:24:43 GMT
I don't know if its because er keep playing him on the wrong wing, but I don't think I've ever seen Gosling be any more than average at best.
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Post by stevek192 on Feb 25, 2015 8:29:25 GMT
Akinola showed last night everything we lack. Skill,composure and quality. Got to be worth trying to get.
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 25, 2015 8:39:52 GMT
I don't know if its because er keep playing him on the wrong wing, but I don't think I've ever seen Gosling be any more than average at best. He was MotM at Torquay then played well in the following home match but that's about it, I can't understand why DC needs to be worrying about a Braintree player in a home game, shouldn't it be more of a case of them worrying about Dawson? Having said that dropping Dawson may have done him the world of good, altohugh I might not of thought that today if we hadn't scored the late winner! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 8:41:57 GMT
Gosling's performance last night reminded me of 99% of Eliot Richards performances for us. Disinterested.
For the majority of the time look disinterested and when he did wake up was unable to beat his man and resorted to knocking the ball forward without first looking where he was passing. The result being it went to their players time and time again.
Not a coincidence we improved 100℅ when Balanta came on!
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Post by Rovers 12th Man on Feb 25, 2015 8:44:00 GMT
I think DC wanted Dawson fresh for the Gateshead game as on paper at least, it would appear to be a harder game.
I think Gosling has a great work rate and at times can have a great touch and turn of pace but if we were to get promoted, I can't see him getting too much game time.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Feb 25, 2015 8:48:35 GMT
We won the game so we get posts complimenting Clarke on his genius for picking Gosling ahead of Dawson.
In truth on the face of things Gosling should never be picked ahead of Dawson. The difference in class between the two players and their ability to make things happen is vast. Dawson did have a poor game against Alty though but if we dropped every player who had a poor game we wouldn't be able to field 11 players some weeks!
In my mind we got away with a bizarre team selection last night where Clarke failed to pick his best team. If we hadn't have got that late winner the criticisms on the forums would be loud and clear this morning.
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Post by long john silver on Feb 25, 2015 8:51:56 GMT
gosling looked good over the Xmas period but hasn't really been in the starting 11 since, either way saving Dawson for the last 20 mins worked in the end so i don't think you can criticize dc to much on this selection. Easter and Sinclair will be back on Saturday which will be a huge boost to us considering we've been pretty average the last two games.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 25, 2015 8:55:21 GMT
I don't know if its because er keep playing him on the wrong wing, but I don't think I've ever seen Gosling be any more than average at best. Yep, I would not be disappointed to see him go in the summer. Seems a nice lad but not good enough going forward. |
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Post by seanclevedongas on Feb 25, 2015 8:56:05 GMT
Don't forget that unless another loan is sorted out we lose Dawson after the Gateshead match so maybe DC was trying to integrate Jake back into the team to see if he is up to the job.....
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 25, 2015 8:57:20 GMT
There is no doubt in my mind that Clarke rested Dawson last night. Do people genuinely believe that Clarke believes Gosling is a better player? Football is about utisilising the squad not just the first 11 and who knows if Dawson was to get injured for example then Gosling would step in so Clarke is right to show some belief in him.
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Feb 25, 2015 9:01:43 GMT
There is no doubt in my mind that Clarke rested Dawson last night. Do people genuinely believe that Clarke believes Gosling is a better player? Football is about utisilising the squad not just the first 11 and who knows if Dawson was to get injured for example then Gosling would step in so Clarke is right to show some belief in him. So you are saying that in a vitally important must win game our manager has failed to pick his best team? |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 25, 2015 9:06:09 GMT
There is no doubt in my mind that Clarke rested Dawson last night. Do people genuinely believe that Clarke believes Gosling is a better player? Football is about utisilising the squad not just the first 11 and who knows if Dawson was to get injured for example then Gosling would step in so Clarke is right to show some belief in him. So you are saying that in a vitally important must win game our manager has failed to pick his best team? I am saying that sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture. It is about picking a team who he thinks are capable of winning that particular game (not necessarily our best team), which we did. |
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Post by rocknrollaayatollah on Feb 25, 2015 9:06:38 GMT
Akinola showed last night everything we lack. Skill,composure and quality. Got to be worth trying to get. Dawson? |
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Feb 25, 2015 9:16:10 GMT
So you are saying that in a vitally important must win game our manager has failed to pick his best team? I am saying that sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture. It is about picking a team who he thinks are capable of winning that particular game (not necessarily our best team), which we did. The margin of victory was very fine much finer than it should have been. I doubt you and others would be so forgiving of last nights team selection if Harrison didn't get that late winner. We won last night in spite of Gosling getting selected ahead of Dawson not because of it! |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 25, 2015 9:28:22 GMT
I am saying that sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture. It is about picking a team who he thinks are capable of winning that particular game (not necessarily our best team), which we did. The margin of victory was very fine much finer than it should have been. I doubt you and others would be so forgiving of last nights team selection if Harrison didn't get that late winner. We won last night in spite of Gosling getting selected ahead of Dawson not because of it!Maybe but we won the game and now have a fresh Dawson going into a tricky away game against Gateshead! Bring it on! |
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Post by long john silver on Feb 25, 2015 9:29:35 GMT
There is no doubt in my mind that Clarke rested Dawson last night. Do people genuinely believe that Clarke believes Gosling is a better player? Football is about utisilising the squad not just the first 11 and who knows if Dawson was to get injured for example then Gosling would step in so Clarke is right to show some belief in him. So you are saying that in a vitally important must win game our manager has failed to pick his best team? isn't every game a must win game ? were not going to be able to play the same 11 players for the rest of the season. sometimes a manager needs to give a player a rest. you don't see whats happening in training every day but dc does . at the end of the day we won and dawson will be that bit fresher for Saturday. lets get our heads out our asses and stop getting upset cos we didn't beat braintree by four or five. 3 points in the bag , next game please. |
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Post by LJG on Feb 25, 2015 9:31:50 GMT
I don't know if its because er keep playing him on the wrong wing, but I don't think I've ever seen Gosling be any more than average at best. Three games over Christmas he was absolute mustard. |
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Post by seanclevedongas on Feb 25, 2015 9:34:29 GMT
Dijon?
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