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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 30, 2021 15:19:13 GMT
Cue the 'We need a defensive coach' discussion - which it is clear and obvious that we do...
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 30, 2021 15:06:06 GMT
Rochdale choose to change ends, does that matter these days without fans? A mind game that might give them 1 or 2 extra %. Wind?!
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 30, 2021 14:33:25 GMT
Lund always a dangerman as being ex gas Does anyone think Lickle Lee will take Sunderland up now ? Take them up where?
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 30, 2021 13:07:52 GMT
Looking at the recent form and transfer dealings of Fleetwood - I wonder if they are to be the one that falls spectacularly into relegation trouble this year
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 30, 2021 12:51:55 GMT
Grant not suspended frosty said they got it wrong. The cut off for a 1 match suspension after 5 cautions is 19 league games this season - I think it was more last. So Grant is obviously fine. The 10 caution cut off is 37 league games. Cautions in cup competitions are treated completely separately this season.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 28, 2021 12:00:55 GMT
If they play mostly through the middle as your analysis suggests, then it has to be Grant and Ogogo as against Posh, who also play through the middle. In fact exactly the same team as Tuesday for me.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 27, 2021 16:04:23 GMT
Sad news. RIP fellow gashead Condolences to family and friends
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 26, 2021 9:34:58 GMT
Could we unearth another JCH like we did previously? That was completed very last minute. Let's hope so! What's Andy Rammell doing these days?
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 25, 2021 16:57:17 GMT
I guess we'll never really know how much input TW had into recruitment during BG's tenure. Was TW's role to seek out players to BG's specifications/requirements and recommend the best he could find meeting those requirements and of course the constraints of what we were willing to pay too, OR did he have a free hand to recommend players. If the latter then I agree he should have gone when BG did. I hope it was the former and for our own good I also hope he still can find players that we need to get us out of the mess we again find ourselves in.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 25, 2021 16:01:10 GMT
I think Ayunga showed some great touches, and won a good share of his aerial battles v Sheff U. Another good striker in this window - I know it's easy said, and the three of Hanlan, Ayunga and another could be enough - especially if Daly is fit again within ~ a month. I think we still need another solid midfielder too
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 25, 2021 13:42:20 GMT
Best thing we can do, sadly, is ensure we don't risk any player with any injury and look for damage limitation. I'm sad that I'm saying this, but we have to beat Rochdale on Saturday and we won't do that if we've incurred more injuries, or any suspensions in a game we're going to lose anyway. I agree with the OP's team and formation. Perhaps we might get something other than a hammering..... Only concern i have with my OP is that I am risking both Hanlan and Ayunga... food for thought I guess and might be why we don't see them playing together at the moment. You never know we might have Ozzy and Nicholson back...but very doubtful Good point about Hanlan and Ayunga. I would play Ayunga and either one of our spare left backs up front, or promote one of the development squad
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 25, 2021 13:33:40 GMT
Best thing we can do, sadly, is ensure we don't risk any player with any injury and look for damage limitation. I'm sad that I'm saying this, but we have to beat Rochdale on Saturday and we won't do that if we've incurred more injuries, or any suspensions in a game we're going to lose anyway. I agree with the OP's team and formation. Perhaps we might get something other than a hammering.....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 23, 2021 16:52:59 GMT
I’d snap your hand off for 20th place in May. Are we safe on PPG? If so lets cancel the season. We're OK at the moment, but two more defeats in our next two (Posh - away, Rochdale at home) and we'll be down on ppg I'm sure.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 23, 2021 16:16:45 GMT
Ehmer just told Hanlon to mark Taylor at the corner, do we not learn anything? Ehmer's goal attempt (from Hnalon's good work)has just showed he is no full-back/wing back. ...and no Captain or organiser, he should be learning from that poor decision first half and putting Alfie or himself on Taylor. It's just no taking responsibility
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 23, 2021 13:01:32 GMT
Hoping Williams, as a proper right back/right wing back, will really firm up the defence with players playing in their correct positions and not having to cover/compensate for someone out of position. I wouldn't be surprised to see a back 3/5 - Williams Kilgour Ehmer Baldwin Leahy. I really want to see Ehmer find his Captain's voice and organisational skills. He must have had them at Gillingham?
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 22, 2021 17:08:45 GMT
I said on here at the time when he landed the angle it went it looked like he’d either broken it or tore ligaments. Then as someone quite rightly pointed out it didn’t look like it because he walked off. Obviously a bad one anyway. Yes it looked like the sort of thing I used to do when I played - coming down awkwardly and rolling the ankle underneath, which damages the ligaments. I recall strapping my ankle almost solid so I could play - the crazy things we do in our youth! Daly jumped for a ball and the 'challenging' Darlington player didn't jump but just made a back for Daly and he rolled his ankle as he fell off - a nasty cynical challenge in my book. The stupid thing is that we were 6-0 up and Daly should have been off the pitch with his feet up being saved for more important games by then!
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 22, 2021 12:49:06 GMT
Totally. Partnerships over the last few years that spring to mind for me are Lockyer - Taylor , that long diagonal ball over the top not always that accurate but long enough and Taylor or sometimes Ellis clever enough to always get under it and gain possession in the final third Kilgour - Craig. Under Coughlan so solid for 12 months , brilliant, pulled clear finished mid table then looking every bit a promotion chasing pair of centre half’s, some of the league top sides couldn’t get past them. Brown and Monkhouse, the inside forward drifting inside whilst browner bombed down the wing overlapping playing one twos with anybody looking for the ball and at that time the players had so much confidence everybody wanted the ball. Mansell / lines with Olly Clarke - olly was player of the year two seasons out of three partnered with these two and he formed a great midfield partnership with mans and lines but after they both left struggled to find his way. Leadbitter / bodin . With billy playing on the right but his strongest foot being his left and full of tricks he was absolutely lethal cutting inside on it from that side which set up loads of space for leads to bomb down the wing and fire low closes for Taylor and Harrison from the touch line because Bodin took the defenders with Him. If Bodin didn’t play leads in then he’d score anyway. Sinclair and Taylor - these players were both players that were absolute menaces to opposition players and they pressed well together and linked well together and read each other’s games well, sincs would win the ball and Taylor already knew what Sinclair was going to do with it. Also Taylor set Stu up for most of his goals although there weren’t many they were passages of play they just knew what each other were going to do. There’s probably others in the last 6 years I haven’t thought of. Having gone through that I’m trying to think of one we’ve got now. I’m struggling but as you say hopefully they will gel soon. Agree socrates. You’ve picked them out Brown / Monkhouse in the Conference and Craig / Alfie are the two stand outs for me. Difficult to see any at the moment though I think Oztumer and his buzzing around and ability to play through balls to someone like Hanson or Daly has potential but unfortunately it’s a long way off atm. UTG! Some great partnerships there. I would add McChrystal and Lockyer with similar comments to your Kilgour/Craig anlysis.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 21, 2021 13:44:17 GMT
I couldn’t answer that but I grew up with rovers teams being full of Welsh players. Maybe nostalgia is getting the better of me My dad certainly called him that so assumed it was widely used. I started watching properly under Bobby Gould and David Williams when we had three Williams (David, Geraint and Brian) in the first XI. Good to see you posting again KP, how are things? Welcome to the Gas George. Hoping that a proper Right Back will allow the whole defence to improve as they don't have to compensate for someone out of position. I would also like to echo that it's good to see KP here again.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 19, 2021 21:00:35 GMT
FT - 3-2 We can't go on giving away two or three soft goals a game and expect to stay up
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Post by Rod1883 on Jan 19, 2021 20:57:58 GMT
Much better second half. We deserve a draw here. Second half performance has deserved better - and the match stats show we do deserve that draw - however when we defend as we have we will always be needing at least2 or 3 goals just to get a point. Something has to be done in the remainder of the window to sort out the defence
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