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Post by crater on Jan 1, 2015 18:13:49 GMT
Big fan of Darrell's but imo he messed up with the starting 11 today. Sinclair should be in the middle where he is more effective and certainly more effective than Ollie Clark. Sinclair and Mansell have been a big part in our upturn in results so why would you want to break that partnership up when you don't have to?
Still, a decent Christmas period for us and we'd have taken these results I think.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 1, 2015 18:15:21 GMT
Big fan of Darrell's but imo he messed up with the starting 11 today. Sinclair should be in the middle where he is more effective and certainly more effective than Ollie Clark. Sinclair and Mansell have been a big part in our upturn in results so why would you want to break that partnership up when you don't have to? Still, a decent Christmas period for us and we'd have taken these results I think. Yeah, istm if we have to play both of them, Clark on the wing, and Sinclair inside might be worth a try. |
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Post by DudeLebowski on Jan 1, 2015 18:25:49 GMT
I wonder how many more times DC will chuck our best midfielder out wide before realising it never ever works & needs changing.
Sacrificing gosling & Sinclairs central position for Ollie Clarke was a shocking decision. Heads were in hands before the first whistle.
Come on Darrell, no more of that dude!
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 1, 2015 18:59:32 GMT
I thought Torquay played very well today. As much as our performance was off key, their passing on the attack was more precise than ours.
For me, Clarke did make some tactical errors and I'm sure we would've all done things differently, but credit where it's due, Torquay tried to play the game right with pace and passing. Rather that, than teams just coming and parking the bus for a draw.
One team in it second half and it's good to see we still don't know when we're beat!
Funny how it's unusual to do a quick double in space of a week. (unless you're Barnet!)
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Post by DudeLebowski on Jan 1, 2015 19:09:51 GMT
I thought they were a horrible side to watch personally.
Long ball, kick and rush nonsense with more than 3/4 stray elbows getting launched too.
McDonald & bowman came across as a pair of gobby p***ks with little or no right to even be out there. Fortunately Lockyer took care of Bowman with not much trouble, all afternoon.
Could almost get tired of saying "well done Tom"! For both Lockyer and Parkes!
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Post by Westcountry Gas on Jan 1, 2015 19:28:04 GMT
Simple question to those get carried away with the team selection, who should have played out wide instead of Sinclair?
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Post by warwickgas on Jan 1, 2015 19:34:25 GMT
Simple answer. Gosling out wide and Sinclair in the middle. Ollie's not good enough I'm afraid
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 19:36:27 GMT
Ollie Clarke? Ellis Harrison? Dave Martin? Angelo Balanta (fitness permitting)? Leadbitter? Goldberg? (All this assumes Gosling wasn't fit to start)
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Post by DudeLebowski on Jan 1, 2015 19:38:00 GMT
Certainly no shortage of options!
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Post by brizzle on Jan 1, 2015 19:38:56 GMT
Still, Nuneaton next ennit?  Onwards and upwards. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 19:40:30 GMT
Or just play a different shape? We seemed to cope without a left back in the second half.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 1, 2015 19:43:26 GMT
Simple answer. Gosling out wide and Sinclair in the middle. Ollie's not good enough I'm afraid It's all about opinions and although sometimes Ollie doesn't put in eye catching performances, his goals v Eastleigh, Telford, and Telford again have earned us seven points alone, ten if you include Gateshead. His contributions have been decent and he hit a wicked shot today that slider couldn't comfortably handle. Accepted that sometimes his form dips, and tactically his position becomes obsolete, but to me to say he isn't good enough seems harsh considering his attributes. Plus, he always gives 100%. |
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Post by Westcountry Gas on Jan 1, 2015 19:45:45 GMT
Simple answer. Gosling out wide and Sinclair in the middle. Ollie's not good enough I'm afraid Did you not realise Gosling was carrying a knock, which is why he was on the bench. I'm not sure Sinclair playing out wide had anything to with not winning the game. A draw was great result, unbeaten run now 12 games, 1 defeat in our last 22 league games, 2nd in the league, 9 point gap between us and the team in 6th, if people can't be happy with that and focus on a single player selection which seems to be the big vibe tonight on the forums & twitter, then we might aswell give up now. We were by no means poor today, but not firing on all cylinders either which was fully expected after a crazy amount of games in which the players have given it everything and been superb. Not in a million years do i expect us to catch Barnet, a play-off place would be excellent, some of those demanding we win the league think we have a s***e manager and crap players, you can't have it both ways, we are having an excellent season, time to push on and cement our play-off place. |
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Post by gasheadnaboo on Jan 1, 2015 19:50:59 GMT
Very strange decision to drop Gosling after his dominating performance against Torquay less than a week ago. We certainly don't seem to be as effective when Clarke starts.
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Post by bumble on Jan 1, 2015 19:53:02 GMT
Agree with most of the posters on this thread, couldn't understand Clarke starting in the middle with Sinclair pushed wide and Gosling relegated to the bench. Despite his industry I don't think Sinclair had his best game today and couldn't believe he was given MOM. I thought Lockyer was our stand out player today.
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Post by warwickgas on Jan 1, 2015 19:57:06 GMT
Like you, I'm a big DC fan. I do think he got the starting line up wrong today. If Gosling wasccarrying a knock I would not even have put him on the bench. I think the lads looked jaded today as they have played far too many games in too short a period . I gave DC the benefit of the doubt when i registered my disappointment at the starting team - we have yet another game on Sunday and I felt he was rotating the sqad to try and conserve some energy. We didnt deserve anything from the game today
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 1, 2015 19:57:14 GMT
Simple answer. Gosling out wide and Sinclair in the middle. Ollie's not good enough I'm afraid Did you not realise Gosling was carrying a knock, which is why he was on the bench. I'm not sure Sinclair playing out wide had anything to with not winning the game. A draw was great result, unbeaten run now 12 games, 1 defeat in our last 22 league games, 2nd in the league, 9 point gap between us and the team in 6th, if people can't be happy with that and focus on a single player selection which seems to be the big vibe tonight on the forums & twitter, then we might aswell give up now. We were by no means poor today, but not firing on all cylinders either which was fully expected after a crazy amount of games in which the players have given it everything and been superb. Not in a million years do i expect us to catch Barnet, a play-off place would be excellent, some of those demanding we win the league think we have a s***e manager and crap players, you can't have it both ways, we are having an excellent season, time to push on and cement our play-off place. I like your post Westcountrygas. If we are 9points behind Barnet with little chance of catching them, does that make the same little chance of anyone catching us as we are 9points ahead of 6th place? (games in hand aside) Btw, we are still top of form chart over 8matches! By 1 point.. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 20:00:05 GMT
Simple answer. Gosling out wide and Sinclair in the middle. Ollie's not good enough I'm afraid Did you not realise Gosling was carrying a knock, which is why he was on the bench. I'm not sure Sinclair playing out wide had anything to with not winning the game. A draw was great result, unbeaten run now 12 games, 1 defeat in our last 22 league games, 2nd in the league, 9 point gap between us and the team in 6th, if people can't be happy with that and focus on a single player selection which seems to be the big vibe tonight on the forums & twitter, then we might aswell give up now. We were by no means poor today, but not firing on all cylinders either which was fully expected after a crazy amount of games in which the players have given it everything and been superb. Not in a million years do i expect us to catch Barnet, a play-off place would be excellent, some of those demanding we win the league think we have a s***e manager and crap players, you can't have it both ways, we are having an excellent season, time to push on and cement our play-off place. But why when Gosling came on,he played central when he could have gone out wide and linked up with Leadbitter,where they have both been playing well. I think DC deserves praise for where we are,but today's game I feel he got it wrong,Sinclair's best position is central where he effects the game more imo,and Gosling when on the pitch is best out wide. Just comments on todays game not the season so far or to come UTG
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Post by Westcountry Gas on Jan 1, 2015 20:03:50 GMT
Like you, I'm a big DC fan. I do think he got the starting line up wrong today. If Gosling wasccarrying a knock I would not even have put him on the bench. I think the lads looked jaded today as they have played far too many games in too short a period . I gave DC the benefit of the doubt when i registered my disappointment at the starting team - we have yet another game on Sunday and I felt he was rotating the sqad to try and conserve some energy. We didnt deserve anything from the game today He had 3 options, pick him and make his injury worse, leave him on the bench and hope we can 20 mins of magic out of him, or not put him on the bench. I agree with you that he should have not been on the bench, sit this one out and be back for Sunday. After a hectic spell since that Gateshead game, a point was good, i must admit i thought we were playing 4-3-1-2 with Sinclair in the hole when i saw the team sheet. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 1, 2015 20:04:07 GMT
Did you not realise Gosling was carrying a knock, which is why he was on the bench. I'm not sure Sinclair playing out wide had anything to with not winning the game. A draw was great result, unbeaten run now 12 games, 1 defeat in our last 22 league games, 2nd in the league, 9 point gap between us and the team in 6th, if people can't be happy with that and focus on a single player selection which seems to be the big vibe tonight on the forums & twitter, then we might aswell give up now. We were by no means poor today, but not firing on all cylinders either which was fully expected after a crazy amount of games in which the players have given it everything and been superb. Not in a million years do i expect us to catch Barnet, a play-off place would be excellent, some of those demanding we win the league think we have a s***e manager and crap players, you can't have it both ways, we are having an excellent season, time to push on and cement our play-off place. But why when Gosling came on,he played central when he could have gone out wide and linked up with Leadbitter,where they have both been playing well. I think DC deserves praise for where we are,but today's game I feel he got it wrong,Sinclair's best position is central where he effects the game more imo,and Gosling when on the pitch is best out wide. Just comments on todays game not the season so far or to come UTG
Yea good point. Everyone knows Sinclair not as effective wide. We had in second half Locks and Leadbitter on right, but we rarely see Gosling on left as he is left footed??!?? |
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