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Post by fabregas on Sept 21, 2015 14:34:09 GMT
Pretty much agree with stevek's report and assessment. IMO we became twice as effective following the substitutions with more pace, more aggression and more aerial strength. Until Harris & Lucas came on we hardly won a ball in the air all match. Every goal-kick of ours, and every long ball clearance came straight back at us. At least these two were able to win some high balls and hold the ball up better in the last few minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 14:41:35 GMT
The word tested says it all,a natural goalscorer would do more than test the keeper and that is MTs problem he is not a natural goalscorer and unfortuneately for him the higher up the league structure you go the harder it becomes,you need a striker who is going to convert more than 1 in 5 or 10 chances into goals.Perhaps Dc should forget the misconception that Taylor is a striker and use him in some other capacity,ie as a winger,who knows it may work
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Post by wysemangas on Sept 21, 2015 17:17:52 GMT
Agree with most of Steve k marks Disagree with Easters silky skills and class in everything he did. It looked 50 - 50 to me, he was good and equally bad in his play and deserved no more than 5 if that.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 21, 2015 17:53:11 GMT
Yay let's drop our top scorer after a handful of games! After all we've got a line of hopefuls ready to take his place.... Scott Rendell was a leading goalscorer last season but he couldn't hack it at Div 2 level. Even Akinde seems to be finding Div 2 a big step up. Although my issue is why pick Taylor again after his shocking performance against Accrington but drop Harrison when he at least put some effort in.
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Post by markczgas on Sept 21, 2015 21:18:31 GMT
The word tested says it all,a natural goalscorer would do more than test the keeper and that is MTs problem he is not a natural goalscorer and unfortuneately for him the higher up the league structure you go the harder it becomes,you need a striker who is going to convert more than 1 in 5 or 10 chances into goals.Perhaps Dc should forget the misconception that Taylor is a striker and use him in some other capacity,ie as a winger,who knows it may work I put this in because quite a few on here ( probably brain-washed by the well-known TBone) already decide on their post-match verdict of Taylor before the game kicks off !! Harrison missed the best two chances in the game, wouldn't you admit ? ( the shot across the keeper going wide and the diving header at the end). Goals scored by the team is 6 in the league: Harrison 2 ( 1 pen) Taylor 1 Easter 1 Sinclair 1 Brown 1 So Taylor, in open play is fairing no worse than others. All the strikers should score more, but at least we created 7 or 8 chances v Plymouth ( a big improvement). I believe the midfielders need to step up to the plate too. I would like to see Lines on the scoresheet more regularly ( he also takes most of the shooting free kicks) should be getting around 7 or 8 a season in L2. I'm sure everyone would agree that Linesy record since returning go 1 goal in over 20 games is poor. I think he should attack the edge of the box more and let fly more often !
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Post by markczgas on Sept 21, 2015 21:22:58 GMT
Yay let's drop our top scorer after a handful of games! After all we've got a line of hopefuls ready to take his place.... Scott Rendell was a leading goalscorer last season but he couldn't hack it at Div 2 level. Even Akinde seems to be finding Div 2 a big step up. Although my issue is why pick Taylor again after his shocking performance against Accrington but drop Harrison when he at least put some effort in. Are you saying that Taylor doesn't put any effort in and Harrison does ?? That is the last thing I would accuse him of. Anyway, you need more than just effort - Ellis' problem is that his first touch often lets him down. He does better as a sub against tiring defences when there is more space on he pitch.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 21, 2015 21:23:41 GMT
Scott Rendell was a leading goalscorer last season but he couldn't hack it at Div 2 level. Even Akinde seems to be finding Div 2 a big step up. Although my issue is why pick Taylor again after his shocking performance against Accrington but drop Harrison when he at least put some effort in. Are you saying that Taylor doesn't put any effort in and Harrison does ?? That is the last thing I would accuse him of. Anyway, you need more than just effort - Ellis' problem is that his first touch often lets him down. He does better as a sub against tiring defences when there is more space on he pitch. I think he was specificially referring to the Accrington game which I actually agree with.
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Post by markczgas on Sept 21, 2015 21:28:53 GMT
Are you saying that Taylor doesn't put any effort in and Harrison does ?? That is the last thing I would accuse him of. Anyway, you need more than just effort - Ellis' problem is that his first touch often lets him down. He does better as a sub against tiring defences when there is more space on he pitch. I think he was specificially referring to the Accrington game which I actually agree with. Ok - got it. Bit harsh on Taylor as the whole side didn't turn up as an attacking unit v a very well-drilled Accy team.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Sept 21, 2015 21:30:57 GMT
I think he was specificially referring to the Accrington game which I actually agree with. Ok - got it. Bit harsh on Taylor as the whole side didn't turn up as an attacking unit v a very well-drilled Accy team. I want to agree with you as I usually defend Taylor but that Accrington game he went missing and didn't look up for the battle enough.
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Post by markczgas on Sept 21, 2015 21:37:46 GMT
Ok - got it. Bit harsh on Taylor as the whole side didn't turn up as an attacking unit v a very well-drilled Accy team. I want to agree with you as I usually defend Taylor but that Accrington game he went missing and didn't look up for the battle enough. Fair enough.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 21, 2015 21:40:19 GMT
I think he was specificially referring to the Accrington game which I actually agree with. Ok - got it. Bit harsh on Taylor as the whole side didn't turn up as an attacking unit v a very well-drilled Accy team. At least Bodin & Easter created a few half chances, Taylor just went missing. I can't recall the last time he had a good game this season, but it was probably from the bench rather than starting.
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Post by fabregas on Sept 21, 2015 22:24:18 GMT
The word tested says it all,a natural goalscorer would do more than test the keeper and that is MTs problem he is not a natural goalscorer and unfortuneately for him the higher up the league structure you go the harder it becomes,you need a striker who is going to convert more than 1 in 5 or 10 chances into goals.Perhaps Dc should forget the misconception that Taylor is a striker and use him in some other capacity,ie as a winger,who knows it may work I put this in because quite a few on here ( probably brain-washed by the well-known TBone) already decide on their post-match verdict of Taylor before the game kicks off !! Harrison missed the best two chances in the game, wouldn't you admit ? ( the shot across the keeper going wide and the diving header at the end). Goals scored by the team is 6 in the league: Harrison 2 ( 1 pen) Taylor 1 Easter 1 Sinclair 1 Brown 1 So Taylor, in open play is fairing no worse than others. All the strikers should score more, but at least we created 7 or 8 chances v Plymouth ( a big improvement). I believe the midfielders need to step up to the plate too. I would like to see Lines on the scoresheet more regularly ( he also takes most of the shooting free kicks) should be getting around 7 or 8 a season in L2. I'm sure everyone would agree that Linesy record since returning go 1 goal in over 20 games is poor. I think he should attack the edge of the box more and let fly more often ! Mark, I'm not anti Taylor at all - I just don't think he's capable of leading the line at this level when he's dwarfed by his opponents, so maybe we need to rethink the formation. Your comment that 'Harrison missed the best two chances in the game' also needs some reflection - in his little time on the pitch he at least he got into three positions to create those chances - the penalty he gained, the shot wide (poor I agree) and the header that was only denied by an unbelievably good save by their keeper. When we played a more physical, and pacier front line we had Plymouth on the ropes. If we could find a Rickie Lambert Mk11 we'd have a very good team IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 14:51:32 GMT
The word tested says it all,a natural goalscorer would do more than test the keeper and that is MTs problem he is not a natural goalscorer and unfortuneately for him the higher up the league structure you go the harder it becomes,you need a striker who is going to convert more than 1 in 5 or 10 chances into goals.Perhaps Dc should forget the misconception that Taylor is a striker and use him in some other capacity,ie as a winger,who knows it may work I put this in because quite a few on here ( probably brain-washed by the well-known TBone) already decide on their post-match verdict of Taylor before the game kicks off !! Harrison missed the best two chances in the game, wouldn't you admit ? ( the shot across the keeper going wide and the diving header at the end). Goals scored by the team is 6 in the league: Harrison 2 ( 1 pen) Taylor 1 Easter 1 Sinclair 1 Brown 1 So Taylor, in open play is fairing no worse than others. All the strikers should score more, but at least we created 7 or 8 chances v Plymouth ( a big improvement). I believe the midfielders need to step up to the plate too. I would like to see Lines on the scoresheet more regularly ( he also takes most of the shooting free kicks) should be getting around 7 or 8 a season in L2. I'm sure everyone would agree that Linesy record since returning go 1 goal in over 20 games is poor. I think he should attack the edge of the box more and let fly more often ! I think tou are being a bit disingenious there.Everyone agreed that the keeper made a wordly to keep Ellis,s header out and 1 shot across goal how many chances did MT have during the game? I counted at least 5 and at least when Ellis goes down in the box it looks a foul as opposed to MTs swallow dives
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