Yeah second halves have been gash all season. Fitness?, tactics?, substitutions? Who knows, but it needs putting right for next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
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Yeah second halves have been gash all season. Fitness?, tactics?, substitutions? Who knows, but it needs putting right for next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
I've wondered about this. I reckon that last year we moved teams around with our passing. Sometimes it was incisive, sometimes just spreading the play from side to side but we kept the ball and moved it around. The key player who must have been super fit and covered most ground was, no surprise, Palmer. This season other teams are more organised and fitter. The upshot is that to create the requisite space we are having to moving ourselves around. Consequently we are knackered for the last ten mins or so. Couple that with a lack of real strength in depth and Maynard's apparent caution (although respecting the point when we are in front does seem bizarre - I know he's never said it but his tactics imply it) we are a lot easier to play against in the last ten plus stoppage time.Quote:
Originally Posted by nw6pie
It's very weird, but it seems to me that generally, the longer a game goes on, the worse we get!Quote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
Really good postQuote:
Originally Posted by OldMagpie60
https://i.ibb.co/JQqFGvV/HT.png
Middle row shows we've turned half of the games we've gone in level at HT into a loss... 6 out of 12 times..... and only 2 out of those 12 into a win.
Bottom row shows we've gone on to lose every game we've been behind at HT apart from Grimsby home, which was the first home fixture of the season.
Breaking games down into blocks of 5 minutes, it does look very bad late in the game
F 71-75 mins: 0 goals scored
A 71-75 mins: 4 goals conceded
F 76-80 mins: 2
A 76-80 mins: 9
F 81-85 mins: 1
A 81-85 mins: 3
F 86-90 mins: 1
A 86-90 mins: 4
F 90 + mins: 3
A 90 + mins: 5
Maynard would have 12 points, rather than 5, if all of his games ended at HT.
Last 10 games.......
Winning at HT: 3 v nwp crw acc
Drawing at HT: 3 v BRW SUT WIM
Losing at HT: 4 v man GIL wre CRE
1st Half: For 9 Against: 10
2nd Half: For 3 Against: 10
[QUOTE=upthemaggies;40471299]https://i.ibb.co/JQqFGvV/HT.png
Middle row shows we've turned half of the games we've gone in level at HT into a loss... 6 out of 12 times..... and only 2 out of those 12 into a win.
Bottom row shows we've gone on to lose every game we've been behind at HT apart from Grimsby home, which was the first home fixture of the season.
I think the second half of matches has been a problem all season.
Even when things were going well, we invariably faded badly, or just managed to free-wheel home.
[QUOTE=Mark_Ross;40471318]I'd say it's mostly down to lack of concentration and panic under pressureQuote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
There are no experienced leaders at all among the defenders at the club
[QUOTE=Could'vebeenacontender;40471343]This. The team is crying out for a similar signing to Mark Ellis when he signed. Old fashioned leader, tackle and head defender. And he got a few goals by imposing himself. We just don’t have that at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark_Ross
(Not suggesting Ellis now btw, as he’s past it, but that’s the sort of rock solid signing we need at the back.)
[QUOTE=Could'vebeenacontender;40471343]I would also say the second half weakness could well be down to our repetitive play. When the opposition see that Notts only "do" one thing (Play it out from the keeper, into the middle, then up the sides, stop, turn back and pass across the middle, pass it to the keeper, repeat) it's not hard to anticipate the pattern and wait for an opportunity (or three). We are weak in key positions and have a squad that have been drilled into one style of play and we haven't got the skill or the ability across the team to do the unexpected. With the exception of the few games when we have clicked we are realitively easy pickings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark_Ross