⚽Match Thread vs. York City FC 29.04.23 [NL]

[countygump]

[laddo]

He did struggle away at Wrexham to beat his man.

But let's not forget all the fullbacks and opponents that we can't name who he repeatedly beat. He's given some a torrid time and had them on toast, hence how often he gets to the by-line, how many dangerous balls in and cut backs his played, and of course the 8 assists.

He's often come out on top, often due to Rubens and Matty's incisive through balls that rely and take advantage of Nemane's lightning pace.

[durhampie]

He did struggle away at Wrexham to beat his man.

But let's not forget all the fullbacks and opponents that we can't name who he repeatedly beat. He's given some a torrid time and had them on toast, hence how often he gets to the by-line, how many dangerous balls in and cut backs his played, and of course the 8 assists.

He's often come out on top, often due to Rubens and Matty's incisive through balls that rely and take advantage of Nemane's lightning pace.

Its not just about pace, its about having the ability to wrong foot your opponent and leave him on his ar*e. John Robertson at Florest was the slowest man in football, but he always managed to get past his man. Like i said earlier, Cal Roberts also had the ability to do the same.
Nemane is a one trick pony who relies on his pace, other than that he is just a bang average national league player.

[laddo]

As long as he's no longer classed as a '10 minute wonder' then I'm happy . He's NL/L2 level for me, and had a surprisingly very impressive season playing and learning a new position.

As for Cal Roberts, he had/has the ability to a lesser degree obviously of a Robertson or Grealish but would you take him ahead of Rodrigues or Austin in the system and approach LW adopts. I don't think I would. Yes he can beat a man, made things happen and when on form (pre injury) he was almost unplayable at times. A joy to watch. However there was the other side to his game which wasn't so appealing, defensively non existent, moaned too much for me, and I suspect doesn't work hard enough or with enough responsibility off the ball from LW. He's not a Ruben that's for sure.

All hypothetical but I'd pick Nemane over Roberts as a wing back every day of the week and twice on Saturday and Sundays.

[durhampie]

As long as he's no longer classed as a '10 minute wonder' then I'm happy . He's NL/L2 level for me, and had a surprisingly very impressive season playing and learning a new position.

As for Cal Roberts, he had/has the ability to a lesser degree obviously of a Robertson or Grealish but would you take him ahead of Rodrigues or Austin in the system and approach LW adopts. I don't think I would. Yes he can beat a man, made things happen and when on form (pre injury) he was almost unplayable at times. A joy to watch. However there was the other side to his game which wasn't so appealing, defensively non existent, moaned too much for me, and I suspect doesn't work hard enough or with enough responsibility off the ball from LW. He's not a Ruben that's for sure.

All hypothetical but I'd pick Nemane over Roberts as a wing back every day of the week and twice on Saturday and Sundays.

Remember Kings Lynne last season, Idiot Burchnall played Roberts at wing back for the whole of the first half. Notts couldn't get out of their own half and were lucky to still be in the game.. In the second half Roberts must have thought sod this and moved up to his more favourable roll, and went on to score an hat trick. My philosophy is, defenders defend and attackers attack. As proved with the Roberts situation.

[Elite_Pie]

As for Cal Roberts, he had/has the ability to a lesser degree obviously of a Robertson or Grealish but would you take him ahead of Rodrigues or Austin in the system and approach LW adopts. I don't think I would. Yes he can beat a man, made things happen and when on form (pre injury) he was almost unplayable at times. A joy to watch. However there was the other side to his game which wasn't so appealing, defensively non existent, moaned too much for me, and I suspect doesn't work hard enough or with enough responsibility off the ball from LW.

That's all based on the assumption that Luke Williams wouldn't have improved the all round game of Cal Roberts.

I think Luke Williams deserves more credit than that.

[laddo]

That's all based on the assumption that Luke Williams wouldn't have improved the all round game of Cal Roberts.

I think Luke Williams deserves more credit than that.

Luke Williams deserves all the credit in the world right now, and still does regardless of the outcome of the playoffs IMHO.

I have absolutely no doubt LW would improve his all round game (as he has done with many other players at his disposal) , it wouldn't be hard with Roberts tbh. He was as durham suggested an attacker who liked to attack and was very good at it, especially before any injuries.

The question then would be, would Roberts have bought in and transformed his game sufficiently when not on the ball to satisfy the head coach's obvious approach? We will never know.

How much did we reportedly get for Roberts? I can't remember the figure at the time of his departure.

[laddo]

But does Luke Williams' philosophy differ? When you see the shift that Langstaff, our main attacker, puts in game in game out without the ball , it strongly suggests it does. In fact the complete opposite, our 42 goal man works tirelessly when the opposition has the ball.

Ruben the same, great workrate for our most flair , attacking player. Austin, very similar

Workrate and defending from the front, seems to me, to be in LWs blueprint all season long.

In this current starting XI, would you have Roberts ahead of Ruben or Austin?

[durhampie]

But does Luke Williams' philosophy differ? When you see the shift that Langstaff, our main attacker, puts in game in game out without the ball , it strongly suggests it does. In fact the complete opposite, our 42 goal man works tirelessly when the opposition has the ball.

Ruben the same, great workrate for our most flair , attacking player. Austin, very similar

Workrate and defending from the front, seems to me, to be in LWs blueprint all season long.

In this current starting XI, would you have Roberts ahead of Ruben or Austin?

I would have Roberts ahead of Austin, purely because he could produce that bit of magic that would win us the game. But i would have liked to see all 3.. Here's a scenario for you. When we signed Macca from Gateshead he was playing on the wing, If that was still the case now, would LW expect him to play wingback??

[laddo]

I would have Roberts ahead of Austin, purely because he could produce that bit of magic that would win us the game. But i would have liked to see all 3.. Here's a scenario for you. When we signed Macca from Gateshead he was playing on the wing, If that was still the case now, would LW expect him to play wingback??

No. Was he playing on the wing as a winger in a 4-4-2 or 4-2-4. Or was he in a 3-5-2?