by bcubed » 29 Oct 2024 22:18
by Royal_jimmy » 29 Oct 2024 22:30
by morganb » 29 Oct 2024 22:35
by leon » 29 Oct 2024 22:37
by morganb » 29 Oct 2024 22:37
by bloody Volvo driver » 29 Oct 2024 22:43
Stanmore Royal Lucky for me back in hotel room…feel for those on the buses and trains…
Whilst the Ref and Lino were atrocious, it was no excuse,
We were outmuscled from the first whistle, a non existent press just played into Stockport’s hands allowing them to grow in confidence. Sadly Garcia looked his age tonight, flashes going forwards but misjudgement and no real support , he looked visibly shaken by the penalty. Need to be careful we don’t break his confidence.
Campbell is a waste of space, as ever the team effort is there but no composure on the ball resulting in it coming straight back at us.
With this team we know we are going to get plenty of days like this, the table flatters us but we will be fine come May
by Clyde1998 » 29 Oct 2024 23:20
morganb Sam Smith out for a few weeks with a foot injury. Big blow. Hoping to maybe be back for Stevenage (Earnshaw)
by Snowflake Royal » 30 Oct 2024 08:25
HoundWestYorksRoyal I do wonder if Selles gets an easy ride for our away results due to the young squad and situation of the club, and his general likeability and connection with the fans. We're so open and we only know one way to play. When our press doesn't work teams just walk through our midfield.
The club's situation is a fair mitigating excuse and I don't think you can pin it on him. I'm just curious whether being able to make signings would make us noticeably better.
With the squad we have just don’t think we have a lot of options
He prob does get a bit of an easy ride and the difference between our incredible home and dire away form is a headscratcher. Still doing far better than we’ve any right to be
by windermereROYAL » 30 Oct 2024 08:27
morganb Sam Smith out for a few weeks with a foot injury. Big blow. Hoping to maybe be back for Stevenage (Earnshaw)
by WestYorksRoyal » 30 Oct 2024 08:31
by Mid Sussex Royal » 30 Oct 2024 08:35
by Snowflake Royal » 30 Oct 2024 08:36
WestYorksRoyalBristol PaulWestYorksRoyal I do wonder if Selles gets an easy ride for our away results due to the young squad and situation of the club, and his general likeability and connection with the fans. We're so open and we only know one way to play. When our press doesn't work teams just walk through our midfield.
The club's situation is a fair mitigating excuse and I don't think you can pin it on him. I'm just curious whether being able to make signings would make us noticeably better.
I think the way we play away from home just lets teams dominate. We haven’t dominated possession at home for a while so playing the same way when away from home makes it even worse. Not saying park the bus, but at least try to make it difficult for the opposition. Opposing teams seem fitter to me as well.
We all go straight for the jugular and try to score quickly. I know scoring is literally the point of football, but we never seem happy to put our foot on the ball and control possession a bit. Wing in the DM role goes for Hollywood passes instead of slowing the game down. We saw it as we hung on against Exeter and Bristol Rovers.
Away from home, a bit of boring possession to take the sting out of the game and quieten the crowd is effective.
That being said, we have put in good away performances. The 1st halves at Birmingham and Exeter were close to perfection, so a high press can be effective away.
by windermereROYAL » 30 Oct 2024 08:49
by Hound » 30 Oct 2024 08:51
by Hound » 30 Oct 2024 08:55
by leon » 30 Oct 2024 08:58
Hound Oh and Stockport have some very decent players - Barry, Fiorini (who we were quite excited about trying to sign last year), Wootton, Horsfall - all very impressive
by traff » 30 Oct 2024 09:09
Hound My opinion on this is pretty much no matter how we set up for this we’d have been dicked
We don’t have the players to deal with but physical threats. Mbengue is relatively small, Bindon still growing and can get bullied, fullbacks aren’t even fullbacks and one is 16 and looks it
The forward line of Wareham, Akande and Campbell should be playing U21s with the odd appearance on the bench not starting away at Stockport. They got bullied and outmuscled throughout
Of course they were scouted but with that line up we had and a few others just not having good games (Savage, Wing, Knibbs) it was a struggle
Could argue a bit on selection but even then very little scope. Maybe Dean for Garcia but that’s still not great. Kelv probably should have started and Camara over Akande (but not sure he is fully fit yet)
Some of the more physical players we have - Smith, Yiadom, Dorsett are injured. They were all missed.
And sometimes you just have to credit the opposition. They looked the most dangerous team we’ve played this year, had a set plan and executed it. Whether we should have high pressed, low blocked, played compact, etc etc really don’t think it’d have changed anything
by windermereROYAL » 30 Oct 2024 09:22
by Snowflake Royal » 30 Oct 2024 10:13
Hound Oh and Stockport have some very decent players - Barry, Fiorini (who we were quite excited about trying to sign last year), Wootton, Horsfall - all very impressive
by Snowflake Royal » 30 Oct 2024 10:16
windermereROYAL The fixture computer certainly hasn`t done us too many favours this season, up till January 1st next year the lowest team we would have played away based on the current table will be the next one, Stevenage who sit in 15th place.
After thar we have posh, Barnsley Wycombe and Lincoln.
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