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Match Thread
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Ashby-Hammond
James-Wildin
Vancooten
Piergianni
Butler
K Smith
L Thompson
MacDonald
Roberts
Reid
Oliver
Subs:
MacGillivray
N Thompson
B Thompson
Freeman
White
Guinness-Walker
Hemmings
Edited by BrummieBoro at 14:05:14 on 6th April 2024
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Re: Match Thread
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Another kiss poor performance again
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That's almost certainly that as far as the playoffs go.
Nothing to lose in the remaining 4 games.
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Re: KEEF HAS BEEN BOOKED
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Deserved imo
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Re: KEEF HAS BEEN BOOKED
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Did the ref mistake him for Steve?
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Re: Match Thread
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Can we afford to keep Butler on? I'd imagine he's on a final warning.
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I dont see any downside to taking him off.
Edit: we've already used 5 subs.
Edited by AgentEves at 16:34:31 on 6th April 2024
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Crap I'd lost count there and missed the first half.
Edit: Counting up to 5 not being one of my stronger talents.
Edited by StirlingBoro91 at 16:37:18 on 6th April 2024
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Re: Match Thread
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Taye that is beyond pathetic after already being charged down once this game.
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Got away with it once so why would you try again.
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Booked his holiday last night. And the rest.
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Wonder if MacGillivray would have made that mistake.
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Maybe not. But Taye?s still an infinitely better goalkeeper.
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Ask Chuds ?
That's the final nail in the coffin I think. Not seeing all these goals people predicted!
Edited by RockyBottom at 15:48:02 on 6th April 2024
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Re: Match Thread
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We should definitely put in a guy who the whole defensive unit blatantly don't trust and who ships in goals for fun and doesn't keep clean sheets instead of a guy who has been almost faultless for us for two years and keeps a clean sheet in every other game he plays.
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I'm just messing. There's obviously no contest.
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Yeah, I know, but had to say it regardless :).
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I dont understand why we've all of a sudden stopped being able to score goals?
I mean, I can see why we're not based on how we are playing... but we've been playing the same way all season and it hasn't been an issue, so I don't know why it's all of a sudden gone awry.
I guess the fact that no-one else on the team other than Reid is capable of scoring regularly doesn't help. But, again, that's been the case all season so it's weird.
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Macca and Reid HAD to score today.
Both put it straight at the keeper from about ten yards out with the whole goal to aim at. That is the difference between a win and a defeat today. And has been the case for many games on this barren run, that chances have been created but not taken. Maybe it is the pressure now of knowing the run we are on and what is at stake.
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Re: Match Thread
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I?d be very interested to see our XG broken down across the season (and Reidy?s too).
We?re a pretty tight unit at the back, but we?ve never looked particularly dangerous this season I?d say. Right back to day one at Northampton we didn?t seem to threaten much but nicked a goal.
I think the play-offs have eluded us now. But the building block of a strong defence is there. We definitely need to add something at the sharp end of the pitch desperately though, all the while not damaging that defensive unit.
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Don't mention xG. The forum will implode.
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It?s a valid and useful metric when viewed in context. I?ve never understood why it offends people so much. I?m sure Big Steve will be using it, as will any professional manager worth their salt no doubt.
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People on here just don't like it cos they're too smooth-brained to understand it.
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Wow, how's your football career going?
And don't say Football Manager 2024, that isn't real life you know.
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Luckily I don't need to have a career in football to understand statistics and basic probability.
I work in data analysis, though, which probably helps.
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Trouble is, that's what every club wants....
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Very true. Reid is key for me. Has he over performed, or would have have done even better with more quality service? If it?s the latter then getting that service in the door will be easier than finding a player who will score 15+ goals.
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Re: Match Thread
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Reid has done his job. Oliver, Hemmings, List, Pressley, et al have not been good enough. The problem isn't Reid over performing, its the drop off in quality in our other strikers and attacking players.
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The fact that the other strikers haven?t scored as many as Reid isn?t a factor in whether Reid has over performed or not. In fact it?s probably an indication that Reid has scored more than he should have as they all receive the same service to a certain extent.
I wouldn?t say Reid is head and shoulders a better player than any of our other strikers or a more natural goalscorer. He has great work rate though.
And if Reid has over performed and we go into next season with most of our goal scoring hopes pinned on him without altering our present attacking approach then it really is a problem.
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His work rate and positioning are great. His finishing, especially when it's not instinctive, less so!
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Although arguably he could/ should have had more than he has!
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Pressley and List have mainly been absent .
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Wonder if a fit JFC would make a difference. If him and Roberts played to their potential we would have a lot more threat going forward.
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JFC is a very tidy player technically. We probably haven?t got the best out of him as we do tend to bypass the midfield somewhat.
I really rate Roberts, but I think he has to be nailed to one position in League One as opposed to the more free role he has (and performed in so well last season). I?d like to see a front three with NGW left and Roberts right of Reid.
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We definitely need more pace, that along with another good striker should be a priority. I don't know what the situation is with contracts but I'd like to hang onto NGW and get Anderson back if we can. We also probably need another central creative player to challenge Roberts because if he doesn't play well we rarely look like scoring
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Re: Match Thread
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As I've said before we were most effective playing the ball to Pressley's feet early in the season, then he was dropped. When he got a look in again we just kept pumping balls to his head. His confidence looked to take a battering. We've struggled for goals since early winter really and even before that were hardly free scoring.
It's partly down to the tactics, partly due the quality of the team.
I'm still massively worried about next season. I can see foresee shades of Evan's reign at Gillingham springing up if we aren't careful.
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Gillingham didnt have a pot to piss in that season.
No danger of being relegated but could be a pretty boring one next season.
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If I can still go to places like Pride Park not expecting to us get our pants pulled down I'll be happy.
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Sounds like Wallace should give you the job!
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Well at least he's trying to contemplate how things went wrong instead of just taking the cop out option of blaming it on "form".
I forgot that people don't like discussing football on here.
Edited by AgentEves at 16:09:29 on 6th April 2024
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After that Macca miss, 1/1000 on.
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Have I ever mentioned?
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How much I hate Exeter and would love to see them go bust.
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I'm guessing a back five? Good to see Kane Smith getting another start
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Appears that way.
Can also see that Sweeney's brother is starting for Exeter.
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I thought he played for Burton!
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My mistake, jumped the gun a week early on that one!
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