Match Thread vs. Grimsby 05.02.22 [NL]

[Notts78]

I would try Sam & Mitchell up front for a few games if we aren't bringing anybody in up front. Have to try something different & we will have pace

Can’t offer any less than what I saw yesterday.

[irishpete]

Can’t offer any less than what I saw yesterday.

They have to be given a run of games. 1 is no good & jumping down their throats because they didn't perform miracles at the drop of a hat. Never been a big fan of Wootton, does ok but game/style is limited unless that is down to Ardley & IB tactics

[Notts78]

They have to be given a run of games. 1 is no good & jumping down their throats because they didn't perform miracles at the drop of a hat. Never been a big fan of Wootton, does ok but game/style is limited unless that is down to Ardley & IB tactics

I agree IP.

Someone posted that we didn’t cross enough yesterday for Wootton. There were a few crosses in the first half hour and he was nowhere near.
His movement was nonexistent to the extent I could have marked him.

[durhampie]

At least he puts a shift in..

[irishpete]

At least he puts a shift in..

What good is a shift if your non productive?

[LaxtonLad]

I agree IP.

Someone posted that we didn’t cross enough yesterday for Wootton. There were a few crosses in the first half hour and he was nowhere near.
His movement was nonexistent to the extent I could have marked him.

A lack of crosses appear to be a mark of IB's tactics recently, perhaps it's due to having Wooton as the only forward likely to do anything with them. Or maybe he has more confidence in Roberts' and Rueben's abilities to thread through the middle having received the ball on the floor from midfield. Either way it doesn't seem to take long before a competent enemy manager adjusts his midfield and we slow down our approach. A lack of variation all over the field is apparent and we stumble against the more mobile teams.

[jackal2]

I'm just looking at the players stats for the season so far, and see that Taylor has no goals and only one assist in 16 apps. Got me thinking about what anticlough was talking about the other day regarding wing back contributions.

So if the wing backs haven't added enough over the season thus far, and Cal doesn't really fit so well into a 3-5-2, do people think it would make sense to switch to something like a 4-4-2.

I'm not one to overreact to a couple of bad results, and the team was playing really well before. Just stimulating some discussion

I don't think our midfielders are robust enough to cope with the two-man midfield required of a 4-4-2. It worked ten years ago with Bishop and Ravenhill, and I think Palmer probably has enough defensively and offensively to cope, but I'd say the other contenders are too vulnerable defensively (Brunt, Vincent, Rodrigues) or too limited creatively (Francis) to make it work consistently. Every time we played a against a team with three men in midfield, I think we would risk being overrun in there.

[laddo]

What good is a shift if your non productive?

Who's not productive? Wootton? This season?

[laddo]

Jones & Farrell didn't click straight away

My memory isn't that good to remember how they performed together in the first half dozen games over 20 years ago but I don't really see the connection to my comment.

Agree whether it's one or two changes up top it needs to be for a few games not just one. However I can imagine that if IB agreed with you and brought both in and collectively the underperformed they would get absolutely hammered on NCM, Facebook, Twitter etc.

[irishpete]

My memory isn't that good to remember how they performed together in the first half dozen games over 20 years ago but I don't really see the connection to my comment.

Agree whether it's one or two changes up top it needs to be for a few games not just one. However I can imagine that if IB agreed with you and brought both in and collectively the underperformed they would get absolutely hammered on NCM, Facebook, Twitter etc.

You knocked trying Sam & Mitchell. If you don't try it how will you find out. Farrell & Jones clicked in Allardyces promotion season.