⚽ Match Thread vs. Peterborough Utd. 30.11.24 [FAC R2]

[keldsyke]

Laughable that people are defending Maynard's subs yesterday, imagine it had finished 2-2 or even 4-4 we'd have had an extra 30 minutes to play with 10 men and no subs available. Totally idiotic. Many fans on the train coming home felt the same way.

I think it?s fair to say the club / Maynard didn?t want the game to go past 90 minutes yesterday by whatever means possible, it really is an insult to supporters.

[i961pie]

[QUOtTE=durhampie;40611315]The difference being, this guy is crap. If we dont win on Tuesday, then he has to go...[/QUOTE]

Let's face it everybody's crap if we listen to you, you berated Nemane at every opportunity which was a joke. You must be the most negative poster on here.

[magpie_mania]

I think it?s fair to say the club / Maynard didn?t want the game to go past 90 minutes yesterday by whatever means possible, it really is an insult to supporters.

What is an insult is to say that we deliberately threw the game.

Why do posters try to back up their view by saying things like, ?It?s fair to say? or ?Everyone will agree??

It?s a board of opinions.

[upthemaggies]

Would Notts have more points right now if Lee Bell, Grant McCann, Mat Sadler, Graham Alexander, Darren Moore, Scott Lindsey or Johnnie Jackson was the manager?

[OldRoadsider]

Let's be honest if it wasn't for the brilliance of Alex Bass we would have lost by a far greater margin. Beaten 4 times but still worth 10/10 for me.
Anger and bewilderment at the mass substitutions had turned to disappointment at the end of the game. There's no doubt the players were gutted at the final whistle illustrated by the prone figures of Kellan Gordon and the superb George Abbott who gave his all.
We always discuss and guess the first change and all three of us said Austin to replace Hinchy who was in my opinion the weakest link.
The first change was the injured Scott being replaced by Martin , seen as a possible injection of pace upfront ?
Totally amazed to see Jatts and Macari withdrawn and Austin finding himself in the RB position , their No 7 ghosting past him 3 times in less than 3 minutes !
Yes, Notts needed fresh legs but the four changes all at once totally changed the game in favour of Posh. Whatever SM was thinking beggars belief !
No doubt he will state keeping players fresh for Walsall on Tuesday or more likely trying to settle for defending a 2-1 lead ?
A great ( third ) goal by GA made the scoreline more respectable.
Bedeau wasn't his usual self but was often overloaded without much support. Their midfielders seemed to have the better legs but Palmer finished the game strongly and Abbott was the epitome of perpetual motion.
Very disappointed with Martin and Brown who made little impact as subs.
Of course the inevitable happened with Platt coming off injured after five subs already used.
Attack is often the best form of defence , protecting a one goal lead rarely works and the game was effectively thrown away.
One of their stewards was hoping for some overtime and predicted Notts would equalise because "Posh can't defend."
Managers and coaches live or die by substitutions and tactical changes.
SM got it very badly wrong today kn both counts.

I agree completely about Bass. Not just the shot stopping but at least 2 memorable dives to cut out crosses that he held onto. Despite his kicking errors he was 10/10 all day long. What I don't understand about "Stuart Little" is this. I appreciate he felt he had to protect players for Tuesday and would agree that is most important. However, he cannot put square pegs in round holes and expect everything to be OK. Once he'd put Brown and Martin on I fully expected long balls to played into the corners for them to chase and turn Peterborough around. He didn't, what he did was expose Austin, who can be second last only to Scott in terms of pace, against a winger who'd comfortably beaten his man all afternoon. Brown and Martin were MIA partly because of the inability to gain any possession. The stupidity of the man to make 4 changes at one time really disrupted a midfield and defence that admittedly were struggling but at least had the pace of the game. It beggars belief and was a slap in the face for the 2000 Notts fans who'd backed the team so well all afternoon. This unnecessary and amateur approach was compounded when Platt had to go off and then the likes of Abbott and Palmer had to work even harder prior to Tuesday's game because we're down to 10 men. No thought to the potential of extra time when he's making 4 subs in one go. I'd add that overall he's doing OK, but I also believe this shows his limitations. There won't be any knee jerk reactions, even if we have a December like last season, but it's times like this that make me doubt his suitability to get us promoted. Hope he proves me wrong.

[bufordpie]

I agree completely about Bass. Not just the shot stopping but at least 2 memorable dives to cut out crosses that he held onto. Despite his kicking errors he was 10/10 all day long. What I don't understand about "Stuart Little" is this. I appreciate he felt he had to protect players for Tuesday and would agree that is most important. However, he cannot put square pegs in round holes and expect everything to be OK. Once he'd put Brown and Martin on I fully expected long balls to played into the corners for them to chase and turn Peterborough around. He didn't, what he did was expose Austin, who can be second last only to Scott in terms of pace, against a winger who'd comfortably beaten his man all afternoon. Brown and Martin were MIA partly because of the inability to gain any possession. The stupidity of the man to make 4 changes at one time really disrupted a midfield and defence that admittedly were struggling but at least had the pace of the game. It beggars belief and was a slap in the face for the 2000 Notts fans who'd backed the team so well all afternoon. This unnecessary and amateur approach was compounded when Platt had to go off and then the likes of Abbott and Palmer had to work even harder prior to Tuesday's game because we're down to 10 men. No thought to the potential of extra time when he's making 4 subs in one go. I'd add that overall he's doing OK, but I also believe this shows his limitations. There won't be any knee jerk reactions, even if we have a December like last season, but it's times like this that make me doubt his suitability to get us promoted. Hope he proves me wrong.

He won't.

[maddogslater]

Everyone seems to think that once the injured players return then everything will be all rosy again, that's assuming they don't get injured again.
As for Dan Crowley, I wouldn't be surprised if he left in January to either Charlton or Mansfield. As regards the other players, only Jodi and Robbo are the ones being missed. Edwards has only performed against the weaker opposition, against the the better teams he has looked average. The same applies to Grant.. Also, we have been let down by our backup players, who apart from Ness have all been rubbish. The 2 loan signings of Brown and Martin have been a waste of time , and should both be shown the door in January.

Good post, it's worrying to me as well, can't see Crowley leaving though.
I'd much prefer cisse whom has real pace given a go rather than that crab Martin.

[nw6pie]

Everyone seems to think that once the injured players return then everything will be all rosy again, that's assuming they don't get injured again.
As for Dan Crowley, I wouldn't be surprised if he left in January to either Charlton or Mansfield. As regards the other players, only Jodi and Robbo are the ones being missed. Edwards has only performed against the weaker opposition, against the the better teams he has looked average. The same applies to Grant.. Also, we have been let down by our backup players, who apart from Ness have all been rubbish. The 2 loan signings of Brown and Martin have been a waste of time , and should both be shown the door in January.

Agree about Brown and Martin offering nothing and needing to be shown the door. Martin is looking like this season?s Will Randall.

I?d bring Morias back to see what he can do now he?s fully fit. We also need to sign someone with genuine pace who can stretch defences.

[jacobncfc]

What is an insult is to say that we deliberately threw the game.

Why do posters try to back up their view by saying things like, ?It?s fair to say? or ?Everyone will agree??

It?s a board of opinions.

We obviously didn?t deliberately throw the game, but I think it?s unarguable that we made a bunch of substitutions that were more like a pre-season friendly 25 minutes from the end of a game that we were winning in front of 2,000 away fans. I don?t think anyone can argue they made us more likely to win the game, and they weren?t really made with that in mind. We?d never have done it in a league game.

All it?s done is pile unnecessary pressure onto winning a really difficult game on a Tuesday night.

[legs77]

Laughable that people are defending Maynard's subs yesterday, imagine it had finished 2-2 or even 4-4 we'd have had an extra 30 minutes to play with 10 men and no subs available. Totally idiotic. Many fans on the train coming home felt the same way.

We would have had eleven men if it went to extra time though as you can use a 6th sub then.