Quote Originally Posted by optipez View Post
Slocombe needs proper competition for his place he has always had a mistake in him and each season has had a run where he loses confidence leading to poor choices and points dropped. He's lost his spring, if we end up in the playoffs and a penalty shoot out we'll lose it.
LW has done brilliantly this season, getting almost everything right but I am a bit concerned that he's dropped the Langstaff and Scott two up front for basically a six man midfield. Together they score lots of goals, separately they look less dangerous, Langstaff especially looks better with a partner.
Our best part of the game was when they were both on the pitch with RR just behind. That's a real handful for defences, the movement pulls them all over the place, creating space.
Bostock is very left footed, not very quick and if we're not careful he'll morph into a Mark Fotheringham / Stanley Aborah / Andre Boucaud kind of player who look good but don't create very much, always playing safe from very deep.
We're only halfway through the season, too early to be cautious trying to eke out the points and manage the games. We're a far better team on the front foot attacking teams and being dynamic.
It's a fine balance, most seasons we'd be 6pts clear on our form but this isn't panning out as a normal season us, Wrexham and Chesterfield are all averaging over 2pts pg which is unusual and ultra competitive.
Great post, bang on. I’m still gutted about yesterday, partially because of the dropped points, but also because it would have been great to win a tight game at a proper ground with a proper away end. Let’s hope we do it at Chesterfield instead.