Match Thread vs. Wealdstone FC 13.03.21 [NL]

[Frigiliana Pie 1]

The re-shaped defence worked very well for us today and I was impressed by Miller amongst others. There was less of the pointless passing around the half way line and in defence, which was another good sign. We still need to be more incisive up front though, as the number of good chances created today didn’t reflect our overall dominance.

Encouraging signs of improvement, now let’s keep it up.

[SwalePie]

[lunaspie]

Born in the 1970s!!!
He played for Rotherham against us in that crucial promotion clash towards the end of the Munto season (when the Millers supporter ran on to the pitch in an attempt to get to Lee Hughes and twice fell over before being apprehended by the stewards).

That lard@rse had a whale of a time during his brief time on the pitch.
My,how he blubbered as they escorted him away.

[Glad2BeAPie]

There's a video doing the rounds of Ellison scoring and celebrating in the face of his ex-manager who by all accounts didn't treat him very well. Very entertaining.

https://youtu.be/M_tt8XgvqNk

[Davy500]

That pretty much sums it up. If Slater and Stallard did say we had only really played well in 6 games (25%) this season, we have to take what we can get and enjoy it to the max. It hardly suggests we are a promotion team, but if we are remembered as 'the worst promotion team in Notts County history', I could live with that.

Exactly Elite Pie. A team can be an average kind of team, and still be promoted via playoffs , in the end it all comes down to 2 0r 3 games, who knows we might start playing well by then, but at least we should get a shot

[drillerpie]

Job done, 3 points, nice to see a defender on the scoresheet.

Hopefullly the permission for Ellis to stay up cane from Ardley, which along with the different formation and playing style would indicate he's thinking out of the box and is more open minded than I've been giving him credit for.

[irishpete]

I wonder if the players private meeting had anything to do with the change in formation & play. Was an ideal game to try out against a team at the bottom than near the top.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

I wonder if the players private meeting had anything to do with the change in formation & play. Was an ideal game to try out against a team at the bottom than near the top.

Morning Pete I was thinking that myself.
The thing about the players meeting raises the question that why after 2 and a half seasons has Ardley decided to change his favoured style.
Are the players now managing the club or has it took NA all that time realise his adopted style isn't working?
There are Two ways of looking at this.

ONE - hes a football genius and has a very flexible approach to management.
TWO - the fact that it took the players meeting to identify what's been going wrong just highlights what a poor manager he his.
You decide.?

[laddo]

I'm pretty sure there are more than TWO ways of looking at this.

If the players are now managing the club as suggested and performances don't improve which players should be sack?

[Notts78]

Morning Pete I was thinking that myself.
The thing about the players meeting raises the question that why after 2 and a half seasons has Ardley decided to change his favoured style.
Are the players now managing the club or has it took NA all that time realise his adopted style isn't working?
There are Two ways of looking at this.

ONE - hes a football genius and has a very flexible approach to management.
TWO - the fact that it took the players meeting to identify what's been going wrong just highlights what a poor manager he his.
You decide.?

Neither. I think yesterday he played squad players rather than his first choice line up due to injuries, fatigue or a shortage of confidence. I think his hand had been forced. I put in earlier threads that with the players available I would go 3-5-2 and more direct. Whilst Cal Roberts is injured I believed it to be a formation that just about our whole squad would be comfortable in. Even Turner wouldn’t be exposed with 2 other CB’s with him.
Many on here had bemoaned the fact that players were not playing in their favoured positions. Playing a 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 with one natural winger made us unbalanced. So the change in tactics seemed sensible. We got a solid if unspectacular performance.
Let’s see what happens Tuesday with selections and formations.