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Disappointing result and performance, by the sounds of it. Couple of points…
1. Is JOB the new Michael Doyle? You start the season hoping he’ll be used as a squad player, but then realise he’s going to be starting every week - even though he’s been part of the problem for three seasons.
2. How bad is the new RWB if he can’t get close to even making the squad?
3. How long is it going to take to get Scott fit?
4. Swindon fans warned us that LW’s Swindon side drew far too many games. Is it too early to see a trend developing?
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This question becomes more relevant with every game. Is TAR injured? If so, the club should say so. He's supposed to be one of our star summer signings and should feature heavily in the thoughts of a manager apparently so keen on wing-backs, but he's nowhere to be seen. What gives?Originally Posted by nw6pie
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Forgot the performance, what the christ is going on with this away kit? It was clashy on Saturday, but that was impossible tonight, as soon as it got dark all 20 outfield players looked like they had exactly the same colour shirt on. Impossible to tell what was going on.
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He wont be once the boo boys kick off..
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Vaguely sensible thoughts:
- We started horribly, their press caught of us off guard and we nearly conceded twice in the opening ten
- We got to grips with it pretty quickly and I thought we were very good for the rest of the first half without quite creating anything clear
- The Cameron cock up was a nightmare because it allowed them to just sit back and defend
- Mitchell helped to change the game in our favour again because he disrupted the centre backs, largely by just pushing them about a bit, but it made a difference
- We need to be more willing to play the channel ball to Langstaff
I don’t think tonight is a disaster really and, if Cameron (who has mostly been a very solid pro for us) doesn’t make an absolute nightmare individual error I think we probably go on and win, but a few too many of the old problems have crept in since the opening day. Saturday is a big game, win that and it’s a decent start, lose and it’s a poor one.
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My thoughts exactly, plus a few more.
With our current system we do not have the wing backs to rip into teams. Chicksen put in one cracking cross last night which Langstaff might well have scored from and Nemane consistently took on his opposite number in advanced positions and made a few threatening breakthroughs especially as the game wore on. I saw us at York and I thought that TAR was very poor, way behind Nemane in impact.
It was good to see Palmer back in the line up and instantly assured but JOB is his usual mix of energetic and erratic, and Francis gave the ball away in possession several times, at least twice leading to direct run ins on goal when he was in the screening position so that midfield 3 is not a creative powerhouse. I would definitely give Francis a chance to come good.
Put all this together and when we concede a sloppy goal it was easy for Gateshead to compress the game and make it hard. Having said that, the sustained effort from Notts to get back into the game was good to see, and even the last few minutes we tried to win it so I don't think that LW is an intentional draw specialist.
On the upside, Slocombe was assured, Palmer was very tidy, apart from the error Cameron & Bajrami were sound, Ruben was again the best player on the pitch.
Overall it was not the disaster some are talking about. If we can steadily improve from here, we should be OK.
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After the Madenhead game there were a few of us that pointed out all the problems that were there last yea were still there, we were called names and vilified for saying the team had major problems. The same issues we had last year were still there and we called it out, but we had to be wrong because we won 3-0. The Maidenhead game was a polished turd of a result, infact it was a polished turd with added sparkles and all most people saw were the sparkles.
This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone though should it, when LW came in he said it would be madness to change the way Notts played.
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Yeah I think you might be right I'll give it a go next time I'm confident of an away win prior to kick off
Disappointing result, sounds a very disappointing performance and a very impressive away turnout.
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It seems more likely that we'll lose and be five points behind them and then never recover that gap.
For those who have seen all three games - do we look stronger or weaker than last season? On paper, I'd say we look weaker, having replaced top players at this level (Wootton, Roberys, Lacey) with relative gambles.
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Chesterfield aren't the much to be feared powerhouse capable of demolishing allcomers that some on NCM worry about. There isn't a team in this league, including us, that are invincible - they wouldn't be in this league if they were.
All teams have unpredictable players capable of turning a game, whether it's into a win or a loss. If their play could regularly turn a mediocre game into a win - then they wouldn't be playing in this league.
Just remember, we are all in the fifth tier for a reason.
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