Match Thread vs. Altrincham 01.05.21 [NL]

[the_anticlough]

I'm looking for IB to be the coach who thinks outside the box and leaves match-winners on the pitch when we're drawing 1-1 with Altrincham and need a bit of inspiration to tip the balance our way.

Yes, he didn't need to do it. What if we won another free-kick around the box? I didn't like how he had to seek out IB and Ross for acknowledgment when he came off - for his first game in a while he did OK and it was him that saved us from losing again.

Today, he was forced to bring these players back, really. I haven't looked through this thread yet - Enzio messed up a lot but looked for the ball more than Wootton, Knight and Knowles, all of whom messed up all the time too. But I wonder if there will be more anti-Enzio moaning than the other three combined.

Another failing should be clear - the centre-halves and full backs are left with the fall at their feet a hell of a lot. How often does our midfield general move off the ball to take it from them? This is absolutely what the holding midfield playing should be doing when we're in possession. But he hardly ever shows, leaving the likes of Enzio, Knight, Wootton, Knowles to receive it with markers all around them. And he doesn't show to receive the ball from them either.