Player ratings v Wimbledon

[nw6pie]

I do wonder how much the signing of McGoldrick upset our recruitment plans. Yes, it’s a great story of a homecoming hero, but he will be on presumably the best salary in the club, is 36 and didn’t easily slot into our previous way of playing. Could we have used the money more wisely?

True, when we were flying earlier in the season, he was a joy to watch at times as he ghosted past players, but his influence has declined as the season has progressed. And he’s still got another year on his contract.

[LaxtonLad]

I do wonder how much the signing of McGoldrick upset our recruitment plans. Yes, it’s a great story of a homecoming hero, but he will be on presumably the best salary in the club, is 36 and didn’t easily slot into our previous way of playing. Could we have used the money more wisely?

True, when we were flying earlier in the season, he was a joy to watch at times as he ghosted past players, but his influence has declined as the season has progressed. And he’s still got another year on his contract.

We signed McGoldrick on a free transfer and bought Jatta for £125K, neither were necessary, and neither had played in L2. I'm not knocking either but we kept basically the same defenders from non-league and it shows.

The same oh, so, slow possession based football is reflected in the after match statistics, opposition managers can read you know. Also they can see for themselves how our patient building up, playing out from the back 2 me 2u "style" can be turned by just waiting for the inevitable error from our ex-nonleague defenders or their strikers need only trot back and we are outnumbered again.

We can see they have already learned that putting a giant next to Macca and two markers onto Jones, they can usually snuff out an attack.

[BanjoPie]

We signed McGoldrick on a free transfer and bought Jatta for £125K, neither were necessary, and neither had played in L2. I'm not knocking either but we kept basically the same defenders from non-league and it shows.

The same oh, so, slow possession based football is reflected in the after match statistics, opposition managers can read you know. Also they can see for themselves how our patient building up, playing out from the back 2 me 2u "style" can be turned by just waiting for the inevitable error from our ex-nonleague defenders or their strikers need only trot back and we are outnumbered again.

We can see they have already learned that putting a giant next to Macca and two markers onto Jones, they can usually snuff out an attack.

Having watched Match of the Day last night, it seems to me that errors by defenders is just part of the modern style of football that Notts try to play