Watching the highlights, we're going to have to be much more clinical next season. We can't be only scoring every 1 in 4 chances.
Still going from this season we do need to be more clinical. Many games we could have and perhaps should have won by 2 or 3 and we've drawn or only won by 1.The short highlights (Sky) tell little about the game and first half with the wind we had lots of box entries(a DC term)won a fair number of headers but did not act quick enough to the second ball.Harry,o `Hara twice and o` Connor all got foot to ball but to no avail........mostly off target.
Harry also failed to connect to a ball from the right which travelled very close to the goaline as he ran in at the far post.
Rheady stretched long and nearly also got very close to an effort at the far post.
In difficult conditions Rhead/Akinde both held the ball up well but the runners were not close enough to benefit from our aerial control.
Second half our quality into the box was not good enough(Newport defence coped with diagonals and hopeful crosses.)
Best opportunity was when Shay shot wide of far post when the defender got caught in possession...................it had goal written all over it.(easily said from up in the stand.)
I have no doubts that we are hunting a striker in the summer,but so is everybody else...............it`s tough.
Listening to the post match I get the impression that if we stand still and consolidate as a club there off.
[QUOTE="Can`t help thinking Norwood could be the answer but that`s too simple a solution."
I'd swap Norwood for Akinde any day.
Akinde just does not suit our system. His best work has always been outside the box, even at Barnet, and he is not an attack-the-ball inside-the-box goalscorer. And never will be.
We have great wingers and great full backs who get a lot of crosses in every game. Akinde does not attack the ball from crosses - again, that has never been his game.
Norwood is a natural goalscorer and can play the lone striker role too.
[QUOTE="Can`t help thinking Norwood could be the answer but that`s too simple a solution."
I'd swap Norwood for Akinde any day.
Akinde just does not suit our system. His best work has always been outside the box, even at Barnet, and he is not an attack-the-ball inside-the-box goalscorer. And never will be.
We have great wingers and great full backs who get a lot of crosses in every game. Akinde does not attack the ball from crosses - again, that has never been his game.
Norwood is a natural goalscorer and can play the lone striker role too.
[QUOTE="Can`t help thinking Norwood could be the answer but that`s too simple a solution."
I'd swap Norwood for Akinde any day.
Akinde just does not suit our system. His best work has always been outside the box, even at Barnet, and he is not an attack-the-ball inside-the-box goalscorer. And never will be.
We have great wingers and great full backs who get a lot of crosses in every game. Akinde does not attack the ball from crosses - again, that has never been his game.
Norwood is a natural goalscorer and can play the lone striker role too.
[QUOTE="Can`t help thinking Norwood could be the answer but that`s too simple a solution."
I'd swap Norwood for Akinde any day.
Akinde just does not suit our system. His best work has always been outside the box, even at Barnet, and he is not an attack-the-ball inside-the-box goalscorer. And never will be.
We have great wingers and great full backs who get a lot of crosses in every game. Akinde does not attack the ball from crosses - again, that has never been his game.
Norwood is a natural goalscorer and can play the lone striker role too.
Each to their own.
Norwood instead of Akinde? No way, and I thinks the Cowleys would agree. As well as, with Akinde deeper as a more mobile Rheady style 10? That's more promising, might be an interesting set up for next season offering another tactical option.
As Norwood proved at their place in getting sent off, he can also be a bit of a knob. My choice would be to sign him if possible, but I've often thought some of those 'missed' transfer targets (Grant, Walker) were passed over because they didn't match up to the Cowleys' minerals standards, Norwood could be similar.
The fact is that Akinde needs a mobile goal scoring strike partner alongside him. He’s always looked better when not isolated. I’m afraid though that despite all his popularity Matt Rhead isn’t the answer, other than in certain specific situations.
His best work at Barnet was always outside the box? That'll be why he scored 89 goals in 174 games for them.Akinde just does not suit our system. His best work has always been outside the box, even at Barnet, and he is not an attack-the-ball inside-the-box goalscorer. And never will be.
One of our problems is that we have a number of key players suffering lengthy goal droughts. In terms of league games, Anderson has not scored since 26 December, Pett since 22 December, O'Connor since 27 November, Rhead since 20 October (his only league goal this season), and Frecklington since 1 September. Only one goal has been scored in 2019 by a central midfielder (O'Hara against Yeovil). Only nine players have scored in 2019 from the twenty who have played. The belief that we have goals all over the team has not been borne out since the turn of the year. Considering we have just ended a run of scoring in 26 successive league games, that is even more surprising.
How they define chance still has a lot of work in my opinion.Up until recently I think we had the best conversion rate of chances to goals across the entire 92 didn’t we?
Must admit I was surprised when I saw it, granted I can think of a few games where we've had one chance on target and scored it.How they define chance still has a lot of work in my opinion.