Match Thread vs. Wealdstone FC 13.03.21 [NL]

[Robertomac]

Charlie Slater saying just now that, after looking through the fixture list earlier, he reckons he's seen Notts play well this season only six times.

Sounds pretty accurate, maybe a little generous.

Although this is an improvement from Tuesday, that sets the bar very low so no credit for that. We're still lacking the determination and grit to be first to the ball and once again are completely lacking any cutting edge.

[Riverleeno]

Men in the box and we mess about playing it backwards, no wonder we don't score.

I was shouting at the screen at that point, several opportunities to cross the ball then all the attacking momentum goes and it's tippy tappy to me to you arrggghh

[MAD_MAGPIE]

And that last move my friends is why we are going nowhere.. Lacey could have crossed it but jibbed out preferring to look for someone else, found Miller who in turn passed back to Doyle who right on que found touch..
We are dog chite..

When confidence is low players will always play a safe ball. However we need the players to be more confident and brave and go forward and express themselves and make something happen. Otherwise it end's up becoming a waiting game for the opposition to make a mistake.

[ALPIECINO]

Still on for equaling the club record of consecutive clean sheets on the road.

That sounds like a good enough reason for another bottle of Coors. 👍

[countygump]

Listening to radio commentary only - it sounds dire

Influence of the 'players meeting' is afoot.
The players we need who can make and score goals are out - difficult to get yourself heard maybe when your not a native English speaker...
And in come 'the characters...'
Maybe they suggested the awful switch to 5-3-2. Why the hell do we need three centre-backs to play at Wealdstone? Who at the club thinks for one moment that we have 'wing-backs'?

We may end of winning this 0-1 as I predicted, but it seems to me that Ardley is moving further and further away from getting this right.

I can assure you, it's far more 'dire' watching it. I paid £9.99 for this tripe.

[SlockyNCFC]

Shout out to the Notts fans on the beers, I just opened another can of Sheffield's finest Abbeydale craft beer.

We have been better than Tuesday (not that we could have got much worse) but the two questions I have after watching us generally dominate play but create no chances of note are:

1.) How hard is it to put in a decent cross?
2.) How hard is it to put in a decent set piece delivery?

[the_anticlough]

I can assure you, it's far more 'dire' watching it. I paid £9.99 for this tripe.

Ha ha, I feel for you.
Any goal and 3pts will make it worth it...but If I was offered the 2nd half for 1.99, I'd save it for a bottle of milk

[TSANHO]

I don’t think it’s been that bad, we’re playing further up the pitch and more direct. Also showing more fight and desire to win first and 2nd balls and if Effiong had more composure should have scored a simple header from a great cross by O’Brien.

On the whole it’s much better, Enzio, O’Brien and Miller probably our best players and we look much more coherent than previously. It just needs a goal and the confidence will return.

[Riverleeno]

Ardley rightly gets criticised but when Effiong holds the ball well up on the left wing and it seems to take a calender month for our left back or the midfield to come into view to want the ball you think what the hell is going on, where is the energy and desire to win?

[MAD_MAGPIE]

As with many games recently if we are going to win this game then we may have to wait for a moment of individual brilliance. I do think that Ellis appears to be a good signing (I hope I've not cursed it) as he looks like a Rawlinson no nonsense central defender. He has slotted in well.

If it's still 0-0 after an hour then I think we should pull JOB and Effiong and bring on Rodrigues and Sam to try something different for the last half an hour and go for it and get that win which will be the biggest boost to confidence.