Match Thread vs. Hartlepool United 10.04.21 [NL]

[countygump]

Pools play like I wanna see Notts Play and we play with 6 at the back. You can see the difference between a good side and us.

[countygump]

How did that not go in?

[CamPie]

We just need the ball a bit more, we’ve had no period of possession it just keeps coming back. So far we’re not stopping the many crosses at source but thankfully dealing with them in the middle. Griffiths and Knowles not controlling the ball when it comes to them and Chicksen in particular seems to be turning back instead of looking forward with the ball. Might be he’s not being given an option. Every game both teams have periods of dominance, if we continue to weather this hopefully when we get a look in we can capitalise.

[BanjoPie]

Why is Griffiths in the team - useless!!

[LaxtonLad]

Best chance we have is that Pools run out of energy.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

First chance of the game falls to Hartlepool just wide of post thankfully.

[ivansneck]

It absolutely infuriates me how lazy defensive wide players are these days in stopping crosses. Nobody closes down or makes a tackle properly anymore. They just stop 5-10 yards away from the winger and put their arms behind their back as if that's going to achieve anything.

I hate to mention an ex-Red on this message board, but I'd love to go back to the days of full-backs like Stuart Pearce who intimidated attacking wide players and put both the ball and the man in the stand.

Last one we had wasDicko

[SmiffyPie]

Thought we have played well under a lot of home pressure.

[MAD_MAGPIE]

That's an early change Griffiths for Knight. Has IB decided that we need to get players behind their defence?

[MAD_MAGPIE]

First shot for us now with a header from Wootton.