Match Thread vs. Woking 02.10.21 [NL]

[the_anticlough]

For 70 minutes the majority performed well (Mitchell never in the game) and it looked like we would go on to score a second and then we had a mad 8 minutes. Players who had done well suddenly looked awful, Rodders lost his head, JoB couldn't string a pass together and the defence were all over the place. We are to soft.

Yeah, seems like Mitchell has never been quite ready. Good bench option for now...
Seems we missed Cameron's captaincy, in both games. Woots has a 0% record all of a sudden, sadly

For fans, there are some players who get slaughtered as soon as they make a single mistake and others, who are favourites don't come under scrutiny. Always been that way I suppose. IB's future will depend on cutting through that crap and getting an XI that won't let him down

[BigFatPie]

What a weird game. Good, solid 70 minutes, where we did things I hadn’t seen us do this season, pick up the 2nd balls, keep decent opponents at arms length, and attack with pace and intention, particularly in the form of Nemane who looks like the sort of winger we’ve had a few of at Notts and I love to watch. Well worked goal as well.

Well on top in the second half, but we just have a overwhelming lack of killer instinct in the opposition box which is enough to keep opponents in the game, and they took full advantage when the no 11 came on, tore Brindley a new one, and everything fell to pieces.

Has to be said, something like today has been threatening all season, the teams we’ve played just haven’t been good enough to do it. Woking are a stereotypical good side at this level, physical, quick, do their best work in both boxes, and good at the set pieces. Why we at Notts think we’ll win promotion by often doing none of those things I’m not quite sure.

[countygump]

So far I'm finding the analyses from those you went very depressing...
mostly on about fundamental playing style...which we know isn't going to change.
What about actual performances? How did Wootton perform? JOB? What actually went wrong for the goals? You know concrete stuff, not these fantasies about hard men, 'monsters' etc.

I'm going to Halifax, can't wait to see for myself

Wooters was ''average'', but the poor service he received didn't help. JOB misplaced more passes than an absent minded cartographer. I actually though Mitchell was decent on the left wing and Nemane was well worth his MOM award for his efforts on the right. Midfield, Palmer made some decent passes and had some nice touches. I couldn't tell you who else was playing in midfield as they went unnoticed, at least by me. Defence looked ok-ish till the goal rush happened when they were simply out muscled and made to look very pedestrian by a typical, physical Non-League forward line.

[keldsyke]

So far I'm finding the analyses from those you went very depressing...
mostly on about fundamental playing style...which we know isn't going to change.
What about actual performances? How did Wootton perform? JOB? What actually went wrong for the goals? You know concrete stuff, not these fantasies about hard men, 'monsters' etc.

I'm going to Halifax, can't wait to see for myself

Apologies to i1961, KK who posted good stuff while I was typing

Well for me when the rain stopped we went back to tippy tappy across the 6 yard box, it went forward to no one lost possession and they scored!

To me we are the same now when he was appointed, as a lot of us predicted this was on the cards, we have been very lucky in recent games.

[keldsyke]

Hugely disappointing and I have to take my medicine. For 70 minutes we were pretty much in control.

Observations;

- Brennan got bullied
- Nemane, decent game, needed replacing sooner
- O’Brien needed replacing sooner

Blind faith maybe, still believe in what we are doing and that we’ll turn it around.

I know, ridicule incoming.

No ridicule if you went and your entitled to your opinion 👍

[legs77]

our coach for one, and I don't mean the team bus

Is he though ?

He doesnt sign the players as head coach he might have an opinion but its not how football is now in the pro game.

The owners will say we want to play a certain style so that is why they got IB in if he doesnt get results they bring the next coach in but it will be same style.

A few years stuck in the NL could see our fans get toxic and force the owners out then where does that leave us ???

[maddogslater]

What's this IB said about us being tired, I thought it was supposed to be our dazzling football that made the opposition tired in the last twenty minutes, obviously Woking didn't read the script.
1st season title favourites, 2nd playoff contenders, 3rd looks like mid table favourites, well that is steady progress so keep the faith and we could be out this division in a couple of years.
Woking were nothing special BTW

[keldsyke]

Is he though ?

He doesnt sign the players as head coach he might have an opinion but its not how football is now in the pro game.

The owners will say we want to play a certain style so that is why they got IB in if he doesnt get results they bring the next coach in but it will be same style.

A few years stuck in the NL could see our fans get toxic and force the owners out then where does that leave us ???

I think the big issue here is if the owners and supporters expectations are the same, after getting rid of NA when we did I’m not convinced they are.

[legs77]

I think the big issue here is if the owners and supporters expectations are the same, after getting rid of NA when we did I’m not convinced they are.

Both are to get promoted.

The problem is the NL is the hardest to get out of in terms of you have to win the league to be certain of going up.

We knew this when we went down but I think some fans thought we would be back straight away.

We could be here for a while yet but lets hope not.

[uysapie]

Both are to get promoted.

The problem is the NL is the hardest to get out of in terms of you have to win the league to be certain of going up.

We knew this when we went down but I think some fans thought we would be back straight away.

We could be here for a while yet but lets hope not.

Frustrating thing is we had the opportunity to go straight back up.