Gas Vs Cods: Matchday Thread

Play offs will be back on by Saturday evening

7500 on a night like last night with 40 away fans isn’t bad to be honest.

Yea but teams that play that way (very few higher level ones) play that way most of the time. It's really not for me though. Could have done that and failed even more - especially with players not primed to pay that way. Then Taylor would have got it in the neck for abandoning the Barton way. Any self respecting team with eyes on developing football fit for a higher level works out how to break down a team playing like that without switching tactics too dramatically. Last night didn't have a group that knew itself well enough but it's doable as Leeds showed last night (albeit with a talented and very pacy set of players!)

Really poor. Arguably worse than the Exeter home game. Can't think of any postives to come out of that.

Fleetwood looked stronger, quicker and more determined from start to finish.

It's pretty clear we haven't got the players to compete with that sort of side, particularly in poor conditions. Our performances against the likes of Wycombe, Fleetwood and Exeter at home in the last 4 or 5 weeks highlight some serious weaknesses that we'll have to address in the summer if we're to have any chance of improving on a mid table finish.

The defending for both goals last night was awful. Two of the worst goals we've conceded all season.

We never managed to put Fleetwood under any sustained pressure and created very little. Can't say anyone impressed me last night but Vale and Thomas at least put in some effort.

Just when you thought it couldn't get much worse our top scorer gets himself sent off in injury time.

Not looking forward to Burton much after that as I can see it being a very similar type of game.

Surely most Vets will be over 35 as it takes a lot of schooling to be a vet?

The problem Taylor as is the bar is set high. The board openly said or indicated " we have a top 6-8 budget ". You would need a data geek to work out his record to Bartons but I think it's only marginally better. We certainly ain't in the top 8 are we ?.

Of course Taylor needs to use this 'top' budget in the summer. What if he's not in the top 8 after 13 games?. Is it the managers wrong or spinning by the board?. Eg : we were 5 points off top 8 under Barton and nows its 6

In other news. My jeans dried by about 11:30 today.

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DC took us down with some strange tactics and brought us back up on a Higgs budget.

MT picked the wrong side last night, but Vaughan, whoever would not have stopped those goals from midfield. Friend never played because he spends most of his time laid up on his back. Taylor out injured, it’s clear Wilson can’t play twice in a week, the defence is shot to pieces and that includes Hunt as well. No Beef can’t come in perform, Bond coaches the defence, he’s seen enough of him.

Until we get a Macca or Tony Craig at the back, a sweeper behind one of them, we are going to struggle. All this quarterback passing and sideways passing, first and foremost we need defenders that can defend and defend set pieces.

We need a CB like Elliott Moore from Oxford with someone like Locks, Hinton, Byron, sweeping next to them with a yard of pace. We need a left back not targeted every week, we’ve never replaced Lee Brown who had the muscle to Marshall a winger wide. And as for RB, George Williams, Gibbons, all of them, either fodder or can’t stay fit.

It's a 10% swing though. It'll be less next time too.