Match Thread vs. Solihull Moors 13.04.21 [NL]

[SwalePie]

All I can add to this conversaion now is 'COME ON BOREHAM WOOD!'.

Not something I ever expected to be saying in this lifetime.

[magpie_mania]

Funny you mention Dover, actually. I was worried from the post-match when Ardley said the ‘boys were five minutes away from a well earned 0-0 on the road’. Everyone knew by that point that they were a shambles and that any team with designs on promotion should be ruthlessly beating them - we’ve carried that mentality with us all season.

I don’t think IB was moaning about teams using long throws btw - more our inability to defend them properly. Which seems fair enough.

I agree - but if he has seen the danger they cause, why not use them ourselves - not necessarily all the time but more than once a game. Ellis looked better than Rawlinson I thought but was taken off, so a goal threat being lost when we were losing.

[Warnocks Legends]

This team is utterly flawed on so many levels I don't know where to begin. I think half of them have one eye on their contract being up and think they are good enough for a league club to come in!!! - yeah, good luck with that one!!

[lunaspie]

All I can add to this conversaion now is 'COME ON BOREHAM WOOD!'.

Not something I ever expected to be saying in this lifetime.

And I never thought I'd live to see Great Boreham Wood moved to high Dunsinane hill.

[SwalePie]

And I never thought I'd live to see Great Boreham Wood moved to high Dunsinane hill.

We don't seem to be pulling up any trees under Danes never mind Scots.

ETA: The Wood have let us down too. 0-0 at full time

[MAD_MAGPIE]

Funny you mention Dover, actually. I was worried from the post-match when Ardley said the ‘boys were five minutes away from a well earned 0-0 on the road’. Everyone knew by that point that they were a shambles and that any team with designs on promotion should be ruthlessly beating them - we’ve carried that mentality with us all season.

I don’t think IB was moaning about teams using long throws btw - more our inability to defend them properly. Which seems fair enough.

Yes we all knew that this season we should have gone up a level to be the ones to hit the ground running. Some people say you can't judge a team straight away but it has transpired that the warning signs that were there then and in the pre-season game against York that we have a knack of making other teams look more 'up for it' or we allow them to grow into the game or play their game instead of imposing our game and style on them throughout.

Dover should have been a Bradford 5-0 at home in the Munto season if we were going to be the real deal and serious title challenges this season.

[Robertomac]

Steady on...

The problem today was that we had a good base, the back 5 and Reeves were fine, but after the initial burst Griffiths and the front three faded completely out of it. Wootton gets an easy ride with fans, but haven't we seen a multitude of sub-par performances from him this season? So we cede all advantage and momentum to them and then we stop having a solid base, Rawlo and Ellis get really edgy and start making mistakes...but the problems start with those 4 players ahead of Reeves IMO

I posted something to that effect during the game. Wootton has been poor for a while but it's often blamed on him feeding off scraps, which is a fair observation. However, too many times he gets decent service and his touch is terrible, tonight being a case in point. When we lost at home to Chesterfield, their forward, Asante (?) made it look like the ball was covered in glue, meaning they always had an out ball and we couldn't sustain any pressure. We've not done that at all.

One of my biggest concerns as the season has gone on is our failure to make the ball stick up the top and win second balls. The result being we're nearly always on the back foot. The forwards have to improve their ability to hold the ball.

Knowles is another culprit for giving the ball away too cheaply. Again, gets decent balls into feet and first touch is dreadful - under no pressure.

[maddogslater]

Groundhog day, swapped one loser for another. Put the club up for sale, these Danes are as clueless as Ardley and Burchall

[Riverleeno]

we've got it all on to even make the playoffs.

It's looking that way. But hopefully we can do enough to get there.

[nw6pie]

How many times this season have players consistently won their individual battles? Not often. We’ve signed way too many lightweight players for this league, having failed to see the need to replace Mitch Rose. Yes, we have been unlucky to lose Cal and Wes Thomas, and we’ve missed the latter’s presence up front, but we’ve had plenty of time to sort out a replacement for him but failed to do so.

I’ve said all season that we’re inferior to last season, and I’ll be amazed if we go up via the playoffs. Right now, though, I’m starting to doubt we’ll even finish in the top seven. We need to stop bringing a tutu to a gun fight.