Nottingham
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We must be due a win at sometime,
perhaps we could shoot down, the high flying Imps?
Do imps fly?
We must be due a win at sometime,
perhaps we could shoot down, the high flying Imps?
Puts a shift in?Can we just rename this the Gavin Massey hate thread. No praise for the young lads giving their all just criticism of one player who, while struggling, still pulls on the shirt and at least puts a shift in for the club.
No praise for the young lads giving their all ......
Not if we can beat them!Do imps fly?
Hope ur right SP, we are due a win but think we may just be on the end of a battering wen we play them.We must be due a win at sometime,
perhaps we could shoot down, the high flying Imps?
Hopefully the Imps will treat the game as a formality and we catch them cold.Hope ur right SP, we are due a win but think we may just be on the end of a battering wen we play them.
A goalless draw and we had 2 shots on goal. Think I'd prefer to watch paint dry.Good to watch players who wanted to be there and put in 100% effort! A MUCH better game to watch!
Funny how we see things differently, isn't it. .A goalless draw and we had 2 shots on goal. Think I'd prefer to watch paint dry.
Thought that that they were little black bits of liquorice that lived in tins.Do imps fly?
Perhaps if we actually got the ball out wide to Massey he could be more involved and if we stop pinging the ball long over the midfield they could also control the game instead of having to fire fight all game as the ball just keeps coming back at them.
We started to play the ball out from the back initially and after one error which gave the opposition a chance we reverted back to kicking it long and hoping Joseph and Aasgaard could get the better of a couple of battle hardened pro's with far more experience than them. We basically gave up the midfield for long spells of the game and put ourselves under pressure. When we did start to play through the midfield we looked the better side and Pearce on the overlap was our best player, unfortunately we only did it in spells and when an error occurred the instinct to play it long took over again.
That is what inexperience does to a player.
If we had the experienced players around them to give them confidence they would continue to do what they were doing, however experience is in short supply at present and looks to be even shorter with the departure of Joe Garner.
Thelo Aasgaard looks to be a very skilful young player and has good touch and alongside Joseph, who ran his heart out chasing lost causes last night, look to be the way forward following Joe's departure. I am sure that once Kyle gets his first goal it will be the first of many.
Merrie and Perry are a decent combination in midfield but need someone to guide them and although Palmer is a decent player, for me, he is not a midfield general in the mould of Morsy. The first signing I would make is a hard tackling, ball playing leader to take hold of the midfield duo and give them the freedom to play their natural games without the fear of being exposed when they make the inevitable mistake.
At the back Tilt and Long looked reasonably secure and had decent games. We were lucky not to concede in the opening half but Tilt showed what experience brings to get back on the line to cover Jones's error. Their forward should still have scored and it was a howler from him. With Obi as a back up we have some cover, and I think all three are good enough for the lower half of this division whilst there is still room for both Obi and Long to develop and improve.
Overall it was a decent game and the action flowed from one end to the other. In patches we were creative and our passing game was decent, however those patches need to get longer until we can play that way for 90 minutes. There is still a lot to be done and we can only improve with the addition of those players out injured coming back.
Remember, Bristol had a squad full of experienced players and we held them to a draw, they probably had their best eleven out whereas we are at least five or six down. I am still hopeful that we can avoid the drop once the players we have gain the experience needed to compete in this division.
Some people have said the players are not good enough for this division and yet they competed last night, albeit with a side from the bottom end of the division. I would say that the players we put out last night have shown that the talent and desire to play at this level is there, but the experience is not. Give them the experience and I believe they will prove people wrong.
I think Rovers had a few out also, TB.... including their main striker.
Nevertheless we have a lot less experience in our ranks than Bristol. According to their website the team they put out was an experienced side with a winger being employed as a centre forward, hardly the same inexperienced players that we had out and yet we matched them.
I accept that they were short of experience up front, and it sort of makes my point. If they had had an experienced striker rather than a young 25 year old with limited experience then the chance he missed would probably have been taken.
If you contrast that with Erhun Oztumer in midfield, at 29, with a wealth of experience, against Merrie (22) and Perry (22) with limited appearances for the club I think it is fair to say they performed admirably in helping us to a draw against much more experienced opposition.
Give these players experience and we will see a difference, the talent is there and so is the determination.