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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 21:18:36 GMT
Anyway my opinion is the team was right apart from Craig centre back as we should have played Broadbent or Sweeney so we had height at the back and threat on set pieces, Right back is still an issue as parts is great on the ball but jockeys way too much and they saw the weakness there straight away. Gaffers had a shocker and a game to forget along with Harrison Bennett was a sigh of relief as it nearly felt like billy was back in spells I think the goals against per game ratio is the lowest its been all season and much of that is down to the lockyer/craig pairing. All those hammerings have just gone away. |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Mar 10, 2018 21:27:24 GMT
Anyway my opinion is the team was right apart from Craig centre back as we should have played Broadbent or Sweeney so we had height at the back and threat on set pieces, Right back is still an issue as parts is great on the ball but jockeys way too much and they saw the weakness there straight away. Gaffers had a shocker and a game to forget along with Harrison Bennett was a sigh of relief as it nearly felt like billy was back in spells I think the goals against per game ratio is the lowest its been all season and much of that is down to the lockyer/craig pairing. All those hammerings have just gone away. Our defence had been showing improvement long before Craig had arrived. I'm not sure about it as a partnership. Also whilst on the defence, James Clarke coming on for Partington today showed the difference between those 2. Partington was fantastic whilst James Clarke is a very limited player. Would release him in the summer unless he is on ridicilously low wages. He offers us very little. |
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Post by 31130 on Mar 10, 2018 21:42:18 GMT
Thought we played some very nice football today, certainly we looked a much better footballing side today than what Iast saw in the Shrewsbury game - just a shame we couldn't capitalise on some decent pressure during the first half especially as on another day (or if this was away at Northampton) we could have had 5 or 6.
I did notice that for short players, both the beard and bennett did very well at winning balls in the air today, against taller opposition. Bennett showed what he was capable of and didn't really put a foot wrong in the first half but seemed to make some silly errors late on on losing possession, presumably he was tiring at that point. Gaffers control and first touch was very good today, just a shame that bar the left footed shot that flashed past the post early on he didn't seem to have much direct impact on goal. Their goal came from nowhere really, and up until that point I didn't really feel they threatened us in their attacks.
Think a special mention must go to JJOT as well, as it was his slip when in possession which gave the ball to us and led to the goal 😂
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 21:49:09 GMT
I think the goals against per game ratio is the lowest its been all season and much of that is down to the lockyer/craig pairing. All those hammerings have just gone away. Our defence had been showing improvement long before Craig had arrived. I'm not sure about it as a partnership. Also whilst on the defence, James Clarke coming on for Partington today showed the difference between those 2. Partington was fantastic whilst James Clarke is a very limited player. Would release him in the summer unless he is on ridicilously low wages. He offers us very little. Its all about opinions but i think craig has much improved our defence. I thinks its very possible j clarke will be released but in fairness to him hes been out injured for a long time. |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Mar 10, 2018 21:53:28 GMT
Our defence had been showing improvement long before Craig had arrived. I'm not sure about it as a partnership. Also whilst on the defence, James Clarke coming on for Partington today showed the difference between those 2. Partington was fantastic whilst James Clarke is a very limited player. Would release him in the summer unless he is on ridicilously low wages. He offers us very little. Its all about opinions but i think craig has much improved our defence. I thinks its very possible j clarke will be released but in fairness to him hes been out injured for a long time. I don't think Craig was a bad signing. Just don't see him and Lockyer as a partnership and Broadbent hasn't deserved to be dropped when he was in the form of his life. James Clarke has always been limited. Injury has nothing to do with it. |
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Mar 10, 2018 22:07:44 GMT
Its all about opinions but i think craig has much improved our defence. I thinks its very possible j clarke will be released but in fairness to him hes been out injured for a long time. I don't think Craig was a bad signing. Just don't see him and Lockyer as a partnership and Broadbent hasn't deserved to be dropped when he was in the form of his life. James Clarke has always been limited. Injury has nothing to do with it. I think James Clarke is one of those players who is appreciated more by his fellow players than the supporters. Can play anywhere across the back 4 and very rarely has a shocker of a game. Limited is harsh he has his limitations but he's first and foremost a defender and a pretty decent one at that. Quite why people are calling for him to be released is beyond me. |
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Mar 10, 2018 22:10:03 GMT
I don't think Craig was a bad signing. Just don't see him and Lockyer as a partnership and Broadbent hasn't deserved to be dropped when he was in the form of his life. James Clarke has always been limited. Injury has nothing to do with it. I think James Clarke is one of those players who is appreciated more by his fellow players than the supporters. Can play anywhere across the back 4 and very rarely has a shocker of a game. Limited is harsh he has his limitations but he's first and foremost a defender and a pretty decent one at that. Quite why people are calling for him to be released is beyond me.Because Partington and Leadbitter are better RB's. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2018 22:36:51 GMT
Its all about opinions but i think craig has much improved our defence. I thinks its very possible j clarke will be released but in fairness to him hes been out injured for a long time. I don't think Craig was a bad signing. Just don't see him and Lockyer as a partnership and Broadbent hasn't deserved to be dropped when he was in the form of his life. James Clarke has always been limited. Injury has nothing to do with it. James clarke is limited but hes been a good signing for dc and any player out injured for 6 months is going to take some time to get back to his best imo. Broadbent has done very well considering its his 1st season but i understand why dc signed craig. I get that there is an argument for sticking with broadbent for the sake of his quicker development but right now i think craig and lockyer are our best central defenders. Ps i thought broadbent was poor v rochdale which i believe was his last start. |
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Mar 10, 2018 22:38:11 GMT
I think James Clarke is one of those players who is appreciated more by his fellow players than the supporters. Can play anywhere across the back 4 and very rarely has a shocker of a game. Limited is harsh he has his limitations but he's first and foremost a defender and a pretty decent one at that. Quite why people are calling for him to be released is beyond me.Because Partington and Leadbitter are better RB's. Going forward I'd agree with you but I think Clarke is better defensively than both of the others which is why in past seasons he's played in a lot of the away games. Obviously everyone has their own opinions on the make up of the squad but as someone who is more than adequate cover right across the back 4 I'd be very surprised if he was released. |
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Mar 10, 2018 22:50:50 GMT
Poor old Leads has a real problem with those hamstrings though. He is more talented than James Clarke but Clarke is a solid pro and there's a case to be made for keeping him on rather than Leads. I think there's also a case for keeping both as Clarke is also a better right sided centre back than Parts, so offers cover there too.
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Post by bluestone on Mar 11, 2018 0:32:26 GMT
Well it's a good job James Clarke has returned from injury now with Leads probably being out for the rest of the season and Parts looked like he pulled a hamstring today as well!
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Post by Henbury Gas on Mar 11, 2018 4:53:05 GMT
No real complaints about the performance today, great football in first half , just lacking finishing touch, continued in second half but tailed off a bit last twenty mins , wished we had a winger on from start cos they were there for the taking, but we are suspect on r/h side of defence, much as i like Parts but not at right back gets beaten to easy, Bennett superb , all in all good positive game , much better than some recent home performances, onward and upwards ! ..... But the goal came from a cross from the left hand side..... and that is Mr Brown's responsibility..... |
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Post by Henbury Gas on Mar 11, 2018 4:57:29 GMT
Its all about opinions but i think craig has much improved our defence. I thinks its very possible j clarke will be released but in fairness to him hes been out injured for a long time. I don't think Craig was a bad signing. Just don't see him and Lockyer as a partnership and Broadbent hasn't deserved to be dropped when he was in the form of his life. James Clarke has always been limited. Injury has nothing to do with it. Craig Will replace Brown next season at fullback and Broadbent will be Centre back or Lockyer will move on and he will be replaced by Craig |
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Post by socrates on Mar 11, 2018 7:10:36 GMT
Anyway my opinion is the team was right apart from Craig centre back as we should have played Broadbent or Sweeney so we had height at the back and threat on set pieces, Right back is still an issue as parts is great on the ball but jockeys way too much and they saw the weakness there straight away. Gaffers had a shocker and a game to forget along with Harrison Bennett was a sigh of relief as it nearly felt like billy was back in spells Craig comes across as a top bloke and clearly has experience and the ability to help talk the younger players through the game but I’m not that impressed with his actual playing performances yet. Broadbent was Man of the match a fair few times before he was dropped I’d like to see him back but then I can see why DC wants Craig in there too. It’s catch 22 really and a difficult selection choice to make. |
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Post by peterhooper57 on Mar 11, 2018 7:40:58 GMT
Craig is good around the changing room, apparently, he obviously has good pedigree, but like us all time is catching up with him; cannot see Craig and Lockyer together for too long, always going to be found out on centres. The best thing for Craig is if Lockyer moves on, then he would find it a lot easier playing alongside a Broadbent.
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Post by Iliveinbidefordgas on Mar 11, 2018 7:45:14 GMT
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Post by socrates on Mar 11, 2018 8:31:57 GMT
Worth giving Broadbent a go in midfield good on ball and passing Could be good against the top sides in front of the back four in the diamond formation. |
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Post by bluestone on Mar 11, 2018 8:52:41 GMT
Personally think Craig has been brought in for the long term to become our defensive coach which is no bad thing imo.
I'd like to see Broadbent put back in personally. It's not that I don't rate Craig, he's not a bad signing but he lacks height and physical presence which I think we are missing when Locks and him are playing together. Also I love it when Broads brings the ball out from the back, something that Craig rarely does.
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Post by baggins on Mar 11, 2018 12:30:44 GMT
I think the goals against per game ratio is the lowest its been all season and much of that is down to the lockyer/craig pairing. All those hammerings have just gone away. Our defence had been showing improvement long before Craig had arrived. I'm not sure about it as a partnership. Also whilst on the defence, James Clarke coming on for Partington today showed the difference between those 2. Partington was fantastic whilst James Clarke is a very limited player. Would release him in the summer unless he is on ridicilously low wages. He offers us very little. Didn't see James Clarke put a foot wrong for the time he was on. He is a right back and not a defensive wing back after all. |
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Post by markczgas on Mar 11, 2018 13:25:24 GMT
Because Partington and Leadbitter are better RB's. Going forward I'd agree with you but I think Clarke is better defensively than both of the others which is why in past seasons he's played in a lot of the away games. Obviously everyone has their own opinions on the make up of the squad but as someone who is more than adequate cover right across the back 4 I'd be very surprised if he was released. J Clarke is a bloody good professional, but as others have said he is limited going forward. He's also not the quickest - I remember him being beaten for pace out wide in L2 against different teams - so in L1 - more of a problem ? |
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