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[Magpies1959]

No wonder Laddo gets caught up in petty squabbles with you.
I bet my life you wouldn't have picked this out if I happened to share your political allegiances.
You obviously knew the point I was putting over.
It is replies like yours that brings this forum to the level it often descends to. I won't be replying to your guaranteed response.

[laddo]

Yeah, I found this odd too.
That goal of his against Maidenhead must have been the highlight of his entire career and put his confidence on a high. So what do we do with this newly confident player? Drop him.

It reminds me of IB's handling of Eli, who was having the best playing and scoring run of his time with Notts when he was duly dropped and never seen again really.

The handling of Sam by IB after that red hot run was strange without a doubt.

But the Taylor situation is very different for me, unfortunately i wasn't there that day but I wonder bar a fantastic strike for his goal did he play well against Maidenhead? You can't keep a player in the side cos of a rare long range wonder strike unless he played well over the 90 mins.

[Elite_Pie]

I bet my life you wouldn't have picked this out if I happened to share your political allegiances.

I thought we did share political allegiances, in that neither of us can find a party to wholeheartedly support.

Or are you a deeper shade of blue than you're letting on?

You obviously knew the point I was putting over.

Two games in 72 hours is quite common, two games in 48 hours isn't.

Simple as that.

[durhampie]

The handling of Sam by IB after that red hot run was strange without a doubt.

But the Taylor situation is very different for me, unfortunately i wasn't there that day but I wonder bar a fantastic strike for his goal did he play well against Maidenhead? You can't keep a player in the side cos of a rare long range wonder strike unless he played well over the 90 mins.

He played very well over the 90 minutes and was unfairly dropped...Not the best way to treat your players...

[the_anticlough]

The handling of Sam by IB after that red hot run was strange without a doubt.

But the Taylor situation is very different for me, unfortunately i wasn't there that day but I wonder bar a fantastic strike for his goal did he play well against Maidenhead? You can't keep a player in the side cos of a rare long range wonder strike unless he played well over the 90 mins.

I don't think he pulled up any trees, but did an OK all-round job on the wrong side of the pitch for him by all accounts - and was in other highlights apart from the goal too. Anyway, I think confidence for any sportsman or woman is a precious commodity and I'd like to have seen him retain his place.

Another point I want to make about wing-backs..... I'm not saying he's the answer, but Nemane can do a job for you there, whereas Chicksen on the other side absolutely can't.

If a player like Nemane goes forward, there's no shortage of cover in a 5-3-2 behind him

- the right sided centre-back shouldn't be a stranger to defending out wide and can slide over
- in fact the whole of the defensive unit can slide over if need be to make a four
- the idea of a player like Francis (or Bajrami) is to drop into the defence and the team gets defensive cover that way

But who, in a 5-3-2, is going to 'cover' for Chicksen if he doesn't get into the attacking third? The answer is nobody will cover that job. The opposition will have in effect a wall built a third of the way across their defensive line and can then concentrate on defending the centre.
I hope LW follows the wishes of most on this thread and reverts to a back 4, but if he doesn't I hope he has the courage to play Taylor and Nemane. And let us see what we have with TAR soon enough.

[nw6pie]

He played very well over the 90 minutes and was unfairly dropped...Not the best way to treat your players...

I’d play him as left wing back over Chicksen any day. Even on the right he settled into it against Maidenhead and after producing one abysmal attempt at a cross on his right foot, soon afterward put in a peach of a cross with the same foot that deserved finishing off.

He seems maddeningly inconsistent, but I’d still pick him on Saturday to play on the left.

[BigFatPie]

Yep, playing Joel Taylor on his wrong side appeared a strange decision, but it was sort of vindicated by his goal. To them drop him all together a match later was even stranger.

I think he’s miles better going forward than Chicksen, which more than cover for any defensive deficiencies, especially against the weaker teams.

[laddo]

He played very well over the 90 minutes and was unfairly dropped...Not the best way to treat your players...

"Taylor - A peach of a strike for the goal but otherwise was clumsy and one footed offering very little threat. No idea what we’ve got the most one sided player at the club plying on his weakest side. I’ll mark him up for his goal though - 6.5"

And therein lies the beauty of football, it is all about opinions. One supporter's "very good" is another supporter's "clumsy and one footed offering very little threat" and a marked up rating of 6.5 due to the wonder strike.

[matt_magpie]

From listening to LW and I think Langstaff said it himself he wants Langstaff central and constantly in the box and from seeing him I totally agree as he’s a very good finisher and LW also said with palmer in the team means he can have 2 up front such as the job palmer does and I think he’s desperate to get Scott involved, though I think Mitchell will get his chances this season and I hope he does well. I would have Austin and Ruben right and left of centre in midfield and Palmer holding centrally a bit deeper. So on that basis I think 532 can work, the winbacks don’t then need to be flying forward all the time as we will have 4 very attack minded players, but they can support when needed.

[BanjoPie]

Taylor also started the game against BW so was not dropped after just one game.