Starting 11 v Woking

Interesting match up against Woking with a complete contrast in styles.

Patterson

Brindley Lacey Brennan Taylor

Vincent Palmer

Nemane Rodriguez Mitchell

Wootton

4 at the back for me to counteract Woking direct attacking play.

Vincent to replace Francis to add some energy and physicality to the midfield. Francis just isn't cutting it for me currently

Nemane on the right. It's about time he got a proper run out to see what he is capable off. He's not a wing back for me so playing 4 at the back allows him to focus on attacking.

Mitchell in on the left for 2 reasons. 1, he's a good player and due a goal and 2 his height at defending set pieces will be a big help against the land of the giants.

There you go IB, copy that and you'll be fine :o

Doesn't look half bad to me Carlton, makes sense to me.

Real shame we haven't got Cameron or Rawlinson playing to help out against the expected aerial bombardment.

If they are both fit, I'd bring them both in for Brennan and Taylor, playing Cameron at LB.

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Originally Posted by Carlton_Pie

Interesting match up against Woking with a complete contrast in styles.

Patterson

Brindley Lacey Brennan Taylor

Vincent Palmer

Nemane Rodriguez Mitchell

Wootton

4 at the back for me to counteract Woking direct attacking play.

Vincent to replace Francis to add some energy and physicality to the midfield. Francis just isn't cutting it for me currently

Nemane on the right. It's about time he got a proper run out to see what he is capable off. He's not a wing back for me so playing 4 at the back allows him to focus on attacking.

Mitchell in on the left for 2 reasons. 1, he's a good player and due a goal and 2 his height at defending set pieces will be a big help against the land of the giants.

There you go IB, copy that and you'll be fine :o

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Just a question and it's a genuine one, what have you seen in Mitchell in a Notts shirt to say he is a good player? I have only seen 2 games live ( Torquay and Maidenhead) and I'm not seeing it yet. Maybe it's coming, but I'm not convinced

Me neither, Nemaine for Roberts looks decent, Rodrigues is wasted not playing alongside Wootton

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Originally Posted by St Kitts Magpie

Just a question and it's a genuine one, what have you seen in Mitchell in a Notts shirt to say he is a good player? I have only seen 2 games live ( Torquay and Maidenhead) and I'm not seeing it yet. Maybe it's coming, but I'm not convinced

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Pace that can beat a man one on one as shown in setting up Roberts goal against Aldershot (?)

We also have to remember he's playing out of position on the left hand side and Notts slow build up tactics don't really play to his strengths imo

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Originally Posted by Carlton_Pie

Interesting match up against Woking with a complete contrast in styles.

Patterson

Brindley Lacey Brennan Taylor

Vincent Palmer

Nemane Rodriguez Mitchell

Wootton

4 at the back for me to counteract Woking direct attacking play.

Vincent to replace Francis to add some energy and physicality to the midfield. Francis just isn't cutting it for me currently

Nemane on the right. It's about time he got a proper run out to see what he is capable off. He's not a wing back for me so playing 4 at the back allows him to focus on attacking.

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Very nice team, agree with everything, apart from...
I'd give Francis another chance to show what he can do...with 4 at the back, full-backs that can get forward, I think the positional discipline Francis provides is important. And why lose Palmer in his normal role and replace him with an unknown performance wise?
Vincent to build up his game more gradually? Give him 20-25mins and take it from there?

I reckon he will revert to the winning 4-3-3 (or 4-2-3-1) formation and fans will be spared the tedium of seeing 5 defenders picked for a home game

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Originally Posted by St Kitts Magpie

Just a question and it's a genuine one, what have you seen in Mitchell in a Notts shirt to say he is a good player? I have only seen 2 games live ( Torquay and Maidenhead) and I'm not seeing it yet. Maybe it's coming, but I'm not convinced

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I’m kinda the same. He does look dangerous when he gets on the ball….but that’s just not often enough. He’s strong, direct, and looks like he has good feet, but in terms of positioning, providing a goal threat and his overall influence on games he still has improvements to make…which is perfectly fine. I’d have him over Eli Sam any day of the week.

My team would be something like this the one above from St Kitts but, as another poster said, It’s a waste not having Rodrigues plying up top with Wootton.

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Originally Posted by Carlton_Pie

Pace that can beat a man one on one as shown in setting up Roberts goal against Aldershot (?)

We also have to remember he's playing out of position on the left hand side and Notts slow build up tactics don't really play to his strengths imo

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If he has pace to beat his man, the slow build up play is irrelevant. When he is 1 v 1 he should have the confidence to go at his man. The playing style isn’t impacting this, and I have seen numerous moments where he could go at his man and HE is choosing the easy option, often a pass backwards. Notts played the same way at the back end of last season and Miller was much more productive in his 1v1s, though the end product wasn’t always their.

Don’t get me wrong. I wish sometimes we did things quicker. I sometimes wish certain ‘star’ players would make more space for themselves instead of standing stationary. Roberts is guilty of this. I don’t know if it’s him or IB, as our one and only genuine winger, he should interchange flank throughout. This would make him harder to mark and would also test different defensive shape. At the moment he is easy to mark and teams can set up easily against him.
As we play 3 up front there is no rationale for me as to why RR and Cal can’t be much more fluid in their positional play.

Francis is being given a hard time by some. In our last home game he was the one that played forward through the lines, the one area that many on here say we aren’t doing enough. I also noticed, particularly in the first half that Palmer emptied the centre and was often nearer Roberts than Francis.
I love how people want Vincent in, given we haven’t seen him play.

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Originally Posted by Notts78

If he has pace to beat his man, the slow build up play is irrelevant. When he is 1 v 1 he should have the confidence to go at his man. The playing style isn’t impacting this, and I have seen numerous moments where he could go at his man and HE is choosing the easy option, often a pass backwards. Notts played the same way at the back end of last season and Miller was much more productive in his 1v1s, though the end product wasn’t always their.

Don’t get me wrong. I wish sometimes we did things quicker. I sometimes wish certain ‘star’ players would make more space for themselves instead of standing stationary. Roberts is guilty of this. I don’t know if it’s him or IB, as our one and only genuine winger, he should interchange flank throughout. This would make him harder to mark and would also test different defensive shape. At the moment he is easy to mark and teams can set up easily against him.
As we play 3 up front there is no rationale for me as to why RR and Cal can’t be much more fluid in their positional play.

Francis is being given a hard time by some. In our last home game he was the one that played forward through the lines, the one area that many on here say we aren’t doing enough. I also noticed, particularly in the first half that Palmer emptied the centre and was often nearer Roberts than Francis.
I love how people want Vincent in, given we haven’t seen him play.

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Some really good points in there. I agree about Roberts and to a lesser extent, Rodrigues. I love it when wingers switch flanks throughout the match, and Roberts going down the left could provide some much needed crossing from that area…perhaps we would see Taylor getting in behind the opposition a bit more too if Roberts was on that side.

I also agree that Francis was much bette run the last home game, his passing range is pretty sweet…the issue I have with him his physicality and mobility, he’s neither the strongest or fastest, but he is, and will continue, to improve……but I would like to see what Vincent can do too 😂