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Morecambe (a): What 3 Things Do We Need To Do To Beat Them?

Jules

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What 3 things do we need to do to beat Morecambe on Saturday afternoon?

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Positive approach, a game we must set out to win.
Mental toughness, refuse to leave the pitch without three points attitude.
Make sure motivation levels remain high in front of a sparse crowd - important that the supporters keep energy levels up to assist the players with this.
 
1. Keep it tight at the back and earn a rare clean sheet (only 2 in the last 12 league games). Morecambe have only scored 37 in 37 games (only Grimsby and Barnet have scored fewer) and only had one shot on target on Tuesday against Colchester. If we do what Danny has asked for and keep a clean sheet, this should be a win because we usually score. City have scored in 20 of their last 22 games, the sole exceptions being 0-0 draws at Newport and Cambridge.

2. Use Palmer, Anderson and Rowe as impact substitutes. With Morecambe having played in difficult conditions on Tuesday night, they will tire as the game progresses. They have an ageing team - Ellison 39, Thompson 37, Roche 35, Rose 35, Old 32, Fleming 29, McGurk 29 - which doesn't help on heavy pitches. The energy of the much younger Woodyard, Whitehouse, Williams, Palmer, Habergham, Wharton, Rowe and Anderson should be too much for them in the second half if we can stay on level terms until then.

3. Get right behind the team and make lots of noise. Morecambe's home support is dire - just 842 of them against Colchester - so we should easily be able to outsing them.
 
<b>Some feedback for you, Phil:</b> "Calling our support dire I think is disgusting. Labelling our team as old is pointless as we have a mix of experience and youth?! Then going on about goals scored when In the last 5 games they’ve only scored a couple more than us but conceded a whopping 4 more than us makes no sense to me."
 
a) Less than 1,000 home fans at a Football League match is unsustainable (901 last Saturday, 842 on Tuesday). If that isn't dire, I don't know what is.

b) They do have a high number of ageing players, as highlighted on the 'Who Are Ya' thread.

c) They have scored 46 goals in 43 games this season. We have 70 in 46. Tiny difference there?
 
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