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Post by Gregory Stevens on Sept 15, 2015 5:53:09 GMT
Needlessly over the top razor blade reaction. Ollie Clarke played well, 4.5 my arse. One of the few positives. Agree Parkes had a bad game and brown or j Clarke offer little going forward.
Agree with above in that we played too many cm but DC is hamstrung in that Mansell is captain and sinc or lines un droppable and o Clarke in form.
It's purely a personell issue IMO, if you sit need you need some pace.
It wasn't that bad, we dominated large periods just lack any outlet in mf to beat a man and cause problems.
DC needs to balls to drop someone. In a 2 I would favour Clarke lines with sinc coming off bench. In a 3 sinc lines and Clarke, with Mansell replacing Clarke if form dips. It's called competition for places. Do not buy the adage you need your best players out there. You need a system and i would favour balance over 4 cm.
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Post by stevek192 on Sept 15, 2015 9:08:25 GMT
Its all about opinions. IMO Clarke was excellent in the first half hour but then was just running aimlessly around and went missing and gave the ball away too often considering he didnt have it much. As regards domination ,we only dominated where Accrington wanted us to exactly the same as Northampton and in some ways Orient and Oxford. Lots of balls passed about the backfour and then if it went into midfielders back it came unless Lines tried to run at them which was the only outlet. If you sit deep then you need either pace or a tall strong striker up front who holds the ball for long enough for players to get out. Just watch both our defenders and midfielders when the ball goes forward,they are all so slow getting out as a unit,Sinclair apart. it is not a coincidence that other than Yeovil the opponents goalkeeper has hardly had a shot of note to save.
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Post by Gregory Stevens on Sept 15, 2015 16:33:20 GMT
Its all about opinions. IMO Clarke was excellent in the first half hour but then was just running aimlessly around and went missing and gave the ball away too often considering he didnt have it much. As regards domination ,we only dominated where Accrington wanted us to exactly the same as Northampton and in some ways Orient and Oxford. Lots of balls passed about the backfour and then if it went into midfielders back it came unless Lines tried to run at them which was the only outlet. If you sit deep then you need either pace or a tall strong striker up front who holds the ball for long enough for players to get out. Just watch both our defenders and midfielders when the ball goes forward,they are all so slow getting out as a unit,Sinclair apart. it is not a coincidence that other than Yeovil the opponents goalkeeper has hardly had a shot of note to save. Violently agreeing really Steve, just not convinced it's that bad. Alas I wasn't convinced wards team was that bad. Definitely with you on the big striker. If we aren't going to compress play we just can't do it without a big man. Ellis to be fair does win more in the air than he should. Jumps well but it's more than that. Despite being lighter weight, Easter does hold the ball up well when it's played to his feet. He has the first touch not seen often in this league. I love Sinclair, I remember against acy he chased a ball to the byline nobody else would try to and got a corner. Only issue is I don't think he works in a 2 as he lacks the class. Lines Sinclair in a 442 looks tantalising but I fear wel will get walked through. We need leadbitter back. With pace on wings, all of our issues go away as we can play a 3 in mid properly.
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Post by p4perlant3rn on Sept 15, 2015 16:49:01 GMT
For me we miss Monkhouse big time, for the outlet he was from goal kicks, his ability to bring others into play (normally Brown) and the fact he chipped in with some goals. A real shame we let him go.
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Post by warwickgas on Sept 15, 2015 16:52:01 GMT
For me we miss Monkhouse big time, for the outlet he was from goal kicks, his ability to bring others into play (normally Brown) and the fact he chipped in with some goals. A real shame we let him go. Agreed. We have now become almost a one man team. We win when Leadbitter plays as he gives us both pace and width. Without him we struggle
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2015 20:26:44 GMT
For me we miss Monkhouse big time, for the outlet he was from goal kicks, his ability to bring others into play (normally Brown) and the fact he chipped in with some goals. A real shame we let him go. Agreed. We have now become almost a one man team. We win when Leadbitter plays as he gives us both pace and width. Without him we struggle I've heard it all now
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Post by droitwichgas on Sept 15, 2015 21:10:20 GMT
For me we miss Monkhouse big time, for the outlet he was from goal kicks, his ability to bring others into play (normally Brown) and the fact he chipped in with some goals. A real shame we let him go. Monkhouse was released by Div 2 Hartlepool dropped down to the Conference with us and is still playing there. Whilst he's a decent Conference player there's nothing to suggest he could step back up to Div 2 football. The bigger issue is why DC didn't sign a good replacement instead of Balanta Mk2 in Montano, who seems to be a RW anyway? In fact who is Monkey's replacement? I do fear we haven't learnt from our last relegation season and we've gone into a new season without any decent wingers nor a goal scoring CF, whilst Harrison's improving can a league club realistically expect a 20 something year old to hold the front line all season?
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Sept 15, 2015 21:50:59 GMT
Come on, Gas!
The s*heads are doing their best to get the Bristol derby on for next season by squeezing themselves in relegation zone!
A little tweaking and a positive mentality support base, we can do our bit and oblige..
We can do it, let's support the boys!
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Post by fanatical on Sept 16, 2015 8:10:34 GMT
For me we miss Monkhouse big time, for the outlet he was from goal kicks, his ability to bring others into play (normally Brown) and the fact he chipped in with some goals. A real shame we let him go. Monkhouse was released by Div 2 Hartlepool dropped down to the Conference with us and is still playing there. Whilst he's a decent Conference player there's nothing to suggest he could step back up to Div 2 football. The bigger issue is why DC didn't sign a good replacement instead of Balanta Mk2 in Montano, who seems to be a RW anyway? In fact who is Monkey's replacement? I do fear we haven't learnt from our last relegation season and we've gone into a new season without any decent wingers nor a goal scoring CF, whilst Harrison's improving can a league club realistically expect a 20 something year old to hold the front line all season? If DC had the budget he could sign replacements and strikers - unfortunately he is being held out to dry by NH & Twatola
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Sept 16, 2015 8:20:26 GMT
For me we miss Monkhouse big time, for the outlet he was from goal kicks, his ability to bring others into play (normally Brown) and the fact he chipped in with some goals. A real shame we let him go. Monkhouse was released by Div 2 Hartlepool dropped down to the Conference with us and is still playing there. Whilst he's a decent Conference player there's nothing to suggest he could step back up to Div 2 football. The bigger issue is why DC didn't sign a good replacement instead of Balanta Mk2 in Montano, who seems to be a RW anyway? In fact who is Monkey's replacement? I do fear we haven't learnt from our last relegation season and we've gone into a new season without any decent wingers nor a goal scoring CF, whilst Harrison's improving can a league club realistically expect a 20 something year old to hold the front line all season? Balanta scored a wonderful goal at the weekend
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Post by stevek192 on Sept 16, 2015 10:24:28 GMT
Seems like Balanta is playing every week at Carlisle and is doing well but of course Carlisle play attacking football and score goals. Very difficult to get motivated when you are on the bench every week and other players get given a place in the team for long runs even when not playing well.I felt Balanta would do well if given a fair run but also more importantly a full pre season. Montano must feel very much the same way as must Monakana on his loan. To offer Balanta a short period contract to prove himself was hardly going to persuade him to sign, we saw glimpses of class but Carlisle will almost certainly see a class player. Balanta ,LDV, Dawson were all better than what we have at present.
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Post by harrybuckle on Sept 16, 2015 12:38:08 GMT
For me we miss Monkhouse big time, for the outlet he was from goal kicks, his ability to bring others into play (normally Brown) and the fact he chipped in with some goals. A real shame we let him go. Agreed. We have now become almost a one man team. We win when Leadbitter plays as he gives us both pace and width. Without him we struggle Leadbitter has pace but loses the ball far too often. He lacks defensively and has been the reason why we conceded early season goals.
Still prefer Lockyer and J Clarke to Leadbitter and would even put Lyttle in at right wing back.
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Post by droitwichgas on Sept 16, 2015 12:53:36 GMT
Seems like Balanta is playing every week at Carlisle and is doing well but of course Carlisle play attacking football and score goals. Very difficult to get motivated when you are on the bench every week and other players get given a place in the team for long runs even when not playing well.I felt Balanta would do well if given a fair run but also more importantly a full pre season. Montano must feel very much the same way as must Monakana on his loan. To offer Balanta a short period contract to prove himself was hardly going to persuade him to sign, we saw glimpses of class but Carlisle will almost certainly see a class player. Balanta ,LDV, Dawson were all better than what we have at present. Balanta has been a sub mostly for Carlisle this season so that hardly support your view? However, Montano played in all our pre-season games but had a shocker v Northampton, DC quite correctly dropped him for the 5-3-2 formation and was rewarded with a decent run of results. Regardless if NH only gives DC £x amount to spend then he can hardly sign players better than LDV etc?
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Post by kingswood Polak on Sept 16, 2015 12:54:00 GMT
It's funny how all of a sudden Leadbitter was a player who polarised opinion and yet now so many seem to think he is the one player that makes the difference between winning or losing. I see a player growing in confidence and whose first touch is improving a great deal but I don't believe he is the reason we are not scoring. I hope he is back soon but I hope he doesn't have such a huge weight of expectation thrust upon him. I feel a player like Trotman could have been something we need right now, personally I was gutted that he is not with us now.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Sept 16, 2015 13:01:37 GMT
It's funny how all of a sudden Leadbitter was a player who polarised opinion and yet now so many seem to think he is the one player that makes the difference between winning or losing. I see a player growing in confidence and whose first touch is improving a great deal but I don't believe he is the reason we are not scoring. I hope he is back soon but I hope he doesn't have such a huge weight of expectation thrust upon him. I feel a player like Trotman could have been something we need right now, personally I was gutted that he is not with us now. Sounds like the Wayne Andrews syndrome where Leadbitter becomes a better player the longer he is out & we're not winning.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Sept 16, 2015 13:04:30 GMT
It's funny how all of a sudden Leadbitter was a player who polarised opinion and yet now so many seem to think he is the one player that makes the difference between winning or losing. I see a player growing in confidence and whose first touch is improving a great deal but I don't believe he is the reason we are not scoring. I hope he is back soon but I hope he doesn't have such a huge weight of expectation thrust upon him. I feel a player like Trotman could have been something we need right now, personally I was gutted that he is not with us now. Sounds like the Wayne Andrews syndrome where Leadbitter becomes a better player the longer he is out & we're not winning. Pretty much how I see it too. We we were all over Yeovil and Leadbitter had a decent game but we still found it so hard to score. I think we need to address the strikers before we make Leadbitter our saviour.
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