NC Defence (Discuss)

[the_anticlough]

if the momentum is lost (which often does happen as the optimism and confidence that goes with a promotion fades) and moreso if LW was to move on elsewhere. With that in mind it has to be a worthwhile debate. Now we're top 3, what do we have to do to stay there.

Sure it's a worthwhile debate.

And it's good you mention momentum. It's such a valuable but elusive commodity, but we've got it at the moment. And a large part of that is continuity in playing style and mentality - and continuing the mindset we had in the NL of dominating teams and taking the game to them.

We've seen it in reverse with some of our opponents. Doncaster for example had a negative kind of momentum - defensive, cagey and lacking in confidence because they've been on the way down.

What I pick up sometimes on these threads though is posters who struggle to keep up. We regained our league status and shot to the top of L2 playing attacking, possession-based football and playing 3 ball-playing defenders only. It's different to what we've seen dating all the way back to Wilko's team perhaps. For some, it seems that if you haven't got 4 big lads in a line across the back then the sky is going to fall down. Up til last year they were saying you have to have a big target man up front.

[countygump]

Up till last year they were saying you have to have a big target man up front.

Actually, don't we have one now? And when we've been under the cosh, it's proved useful.

[Mapperleypie]

Actually, don't we have one now? And when we've been under the cosh, it's proved useful.

We are definitely mixing it up far more than we did last season with McGoldrick and to a lesser extent Adebayo when he is on the pitch.