Ratings v Fleetwood

Good ratings from OP. I would probably score Bass down one and Johnson. Re - watched the goal and he turns like a super tanker trapped in ice. Also Jatta a mark off, yes he got a goal but I think I could have scored that tap in!. Tsaroulla and Grant passengers again and both huge disappointments. We desperately need Jones upto speed, Didzy back, Traore hitting form and fitness and Macari back ( bonus ). Also Austin on last couple of showings without him is underrated too. I now see that.

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Originally Posted by Thordardaughter

Agree totally. We need to get some of the players in the gym to gain some upper body strength! I Lost count how many times we were muscled off the ball in midfield today. Not sure what will help Grant get more involved in a game though ?
Better performance but still nowhere near what?s needed.

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Missing a physical presence in midfield has been an issue all season. Until this problem is addressed we will continue to fall short of our ultimate aim.

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Originally Posted by durhampie

Missing a physical presence in midfield has been an issue all season. Until this problem is addressed we will continue to fall short of our ultimate aim.

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Young Ryley Reynolds is on loan until April 30th at Kidderminster. My recollection is that he was quite an aggressive presence in midfield. Could he be in contention for the squad in the play offs? I hope it doesn?t come to that though. 😊

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Originally Posted by 1955pie

Young Ryley Reynolds is on loan until April 30th at Kidderminster. My recollection is that he was quite an aggressive presence in midfield. Could he be in contention for the squad in the play offs? I hope it doesn?t come to that though. ��

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He’s picked up five yellow cards and one red in his 16 games at Kidderminster. I don’t remember him being a physical presence, though.

Two takeaways from this game are similar to many other games.

Matt Palmer - very important and capable deep lying midfielder who never lets us down in normal play, but he has no consistent quality on corners or other set pieces. We need to assign that job to someone else.

Conor Grant - anonymous yet again. Neil Warnock used to say Phil Turner did "the bread and butter work that often goes unnoticed", but Phil Turner was hardly anonymous. Surely we should be seeing more from Conor than he's showed in his Notts career so far? If he's not done a lot wrong, it's because he doesn't appear to have done much at all. Jim O'Brien sometimes used to get criticised for making mistakes, but that was because he was always wanting to be involved and trying to affect the game.

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Originally Posted by MapperleyMagpie

Good ratings from OP. I would probably score Bass down one and Johnson. Re - watched the goal and he turns like a super tanker trapped in ice. Also Jatta a mark off, yes he got a goal but I think I could have scored that tap in!. Tsaroulla and Grant passengers again and both huge disappointments. We desperately need Jones upto speed, Didzy back, Traore hitting form and fitness and Macari back ( bonus )

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Macari back is a very timely bonus.
Until Saturday, I'd seen more positive than negative in Johnson's performances, but yesterday spooked me. And we shouldn't be rushing back to McDonald's left foot.
It's not only the defending, the first thing SM mentioned was Macari overloading on attack and I'm not sure Johnson or McDonald offer that. I only hope Macari is ready to find his best form and keep it.

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Originally Posted by jackal2

Two takeaways from this game are similar to many other games.

Matt Palmer - very important and capable deep lying midfielder who never lets us down in normal play, but he has no consistent quality on corners or other set pieces. We need to assign that job to someone else.

Conor Grant - anonymous yet again. Neil Warnock used to say Phil Turner did "the bread and butter work that often goes unnoticed", but Phil Turner was hardly anonymous. Surely we should be seeing more from Conor than he's showed in his Notts career so far? If he's not done a lot wrong, it's because he doesn't appear to have done much at all. Jim O'Brien sometimes used to get criticised for making mistakes, but that was because he was always wanting to be involved and trying to affect the game.

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He?s a ghost. He?s had quite a few clubs already and it?s easy to see why, and it?s hard to defend his performances. I wonder if he switched places with Abbott we may see more of his abilities because they sure don?t lie as a CAM or WB.

I feel a bit bad for him but we can?t be taking passengers, it?s hard enough as it is.

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Originally Posted by durhampie

Missing a physical presence in midfield has been an issue all season. Until this problem is addressed we will continue to fall short of our ultimate aim.

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There?s nothing wrong with Palmer and Abbott sat in midfield they do plenty of harrying and nick the ball quite a lot. I think our weakness at the moment is the 10s and wingbacks, no one?s playing consistently well in those 4 positions other than Didzy when he?s available.

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Originally Posted by matt_magpie

There?s nothing wrong with Palmer and Abbott sat in midfield they do plenty of harrying and nick the ball quite a lot. I think our weakness at the moment is the 10s and wingbacks, no one?s playing consistently well in those 4 positions other than Didzy when he?s available.

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I never said there was anything wrong with both Palmer and Abbott. We need someone in there who wins the majority of 1st and 2nd balls. At the moment we dont have that..

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Originally Posted by durhampie

I never said there was anything wrong with both Palmer and Abbott. We need someone in there who wins the majority of 1st and 2nd balls. At the moment we dont have that..

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But that would be at the cost of one of them 2???