Match Thread vs. Woking 02.10.21 [NL]

[drillerpie]

The idea used to be that you needed a solid spine in the team, we don't have that now.

We didn't last season or the season before. We still used to get overrun in midfield and still had issues defending set pieces!

The myth of Doyle as a tough-tackling midfield general for Notts is a strong one, mainly due to how good he was in his when he could still run, but also due to hype from lazy/fawning journos. The reality is he barely affected games from a defensive perspective, with some nice passes going forwards (among lots of misplaced ones too).

If anything we're missing a Mitch Rose type of player.

[the_anticlough]

We didn't last season or the season before. We still used to get overrun in midfield and still had issues defending set pieces!

The myth of Doyle as a tough-tackling midfield general for Notts is a strong one, mainly due to how good he was in his when he could still run, but also due to hype from lazy/fawning journos. The reality is he barely affected games from a defensive perspective, with some nice passes going forwards (among lots of misplaced ones too).
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Well put. And also agree with Optipez about Reeves. He wasn't a great defensive CM put took loads of responsibility by getting on the ball. It's maddening to me that we never had him in the role he's playing now in L2. He's been a miss and both him and Ellis provided extra leadership. Miller provided more attacking threat from LWB than others have from left wing this season.