Match Thread vs. Harrogate Town 22.09.20 [FAT SF]

[countygump]

Notts best attempts on goal.


https://twitter.com/i/status/1308506236468506625

[The_Don_ORiordan]

Must have missed that one!!! Ha...yeah, it's to be expected of a minority. I'm still supportive of Neal but also still slightly on the fence, Ardley has his wish now. He has his players, good owners and good support generally, his pre season, etc. If this season goes ahead, we will be able to tell what he's really made of by the end of May.

I hope rather than believe in NA.

As you say, there really are no excuses which makes tonight even more disappointing.

[crazyfists]

We were that deep at a few points that a back pass to the keeper was a forward pass!

Whatever system/plan the players aren’t doing it.

Agree with these comments, we're playing too fancy for our level, we haven't the players to not give the ball away too many times this season near our own box. I hope there's a plan b,c,d and e.

[ncfcog]

Not going to get too down as it’s clear we are still a work in progress and it’s a shame we had to play the game now which suited them more than us. That said I had two major concerns about tonight’s tactics. 1. If we are going to play a diamond that narrow we only have DKE out of all the full backs who has anywhere near enough energy and pace to fulfill the role required in that formation, and he didn’t start. 2. From what we’ve seen so far this pre season Knowles is exactly the sort of player we needed tonight, someone who would have put a great deal more pressure on their back four than both Thomas and Wootton did tonight and I think he would have linked up better with the midfield.

Rodrigues has to play no.10 in a diamond, he was wasted out wide but still did more than most. Also agree with others that Reeves and Doyle are too similar. Just concerned we’re trying to complicate matters.

[countygump]

True, looked like the geordie Messi left the Bigg Market well after 10 last night.

Awful to say about a player who may have suffered a serious injury, but did he actually complete a pass?

[Chicken Balti Pie]

What I'm not getting is that much is made of us not having a competitive game beforehand, but, in the playoff semi final, the opposite was being rolled out, that Barnet had the competitive game under their belt and would be to their advantage. We all know how that turned out. So, now we have a competitive game under our belt, does that mean we have now an advantage over Dover and Altrincham?

Somehow, I am thinking we will not see this performance is not going to give us that springboard - but of course hoping i'm wrong.

Any more news on Cal ?

Slightly different scenarios. In the 3 weeks we had to prepare, we had to have a very condensed pre season type thing. Watching the premier league, it seemed that those playing the second game seemed to be a bit sharper. As it turned out, the team with the extra game in the national league actually we're more sluggish.

For today's game, Harrogate had a bunch of games both friendlies and competitive, were as we had 3 friendlies trying to rotate 20 odd players. Harrogate have been back for a while now, in fact, they probably didn't stop after the play off final

[MancMagpie]

Ardley's P/M.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1308522127595909122

Cal Roberts can't feel his foot........shiiiiiiiiiiiiit

[Elite_Pie]

No not entirely. I'm not sure whether you've noticed but you're doing that 'selective reading' thing once again. You do make me chuckle sometimes Elite!

I may not have quoted you verbatim, but we do seem to have opposite views on this. Is it lack of fitness and sharpness that makes you decide not to mount an attack, or a complete lack of ambition that makes you not mount an attack? If you have the misfortune to be able to access the full 90 minute replay, have a look back over the last 20 minutes and see how many problems we caused Harrogate despite being one game away from a Wembley final. If you don't have access, I'll give you the answer. We caused them no problems at all.

If I've made you chuckle however, it's not all bad!

[nw6pie]

Awful to say about a player who may have suffered a serious injury, but did he actually complete a pass?

Sad to say but he had a stinker up until that cynical challenge on him. Never seemed to have control of the ball and failed to complete some really simple passes on the few occasions we had decent possession.

The game was summed up for me when at some point in the second half Chicksen got the ball in their half and immediately had four Harrogate players surrounding him, with not a teammate in sight. We looked like 11 individuals against a team - just like at Wembley, in fact.

[durhampie]

Slightly different scenarios. In the 3 weeks we had to prepare, we had to have a very condensed pre season type thing. Watching the premier league, it seemed that those playing the second game seemed to be a bit sharper. As it turned out, the team with the extra game in the national league actually we're more sluggish.

For today's game, Harrogate had a bunch of games both friendlies and competitive, were as we had 3 friendlies trying to rotate 20 odd players. Harrogate have been back for a while now, in fact, they probably didn't stop after the play off final

We had the same issues last season, we cannot pass the ball or retain possession. Ardley has done nothing to address these problems..