Getting better and better. Looking like (a rare nowadays) top signing. Do we need someone creative/weighing in with a few goals alongside him though? Or are we happy with Beestin and rely on the wide players/front 2/3. A bit like the Liverpool way.
Thought we looked a bit more dangerous with Spence on the right and Gilliead inside this afternoon.
Spence is fine but I prefer Beestin on current showing.
I think Beestin looks a really good player..he’s got a much more well rounded game than Spence. Spence is really good at the ugly side but Beestin is also good in being a spoiler but he’s got a pretty good range of passing to his game.
Going from worrying about the CM to having Spence and Beestin in there is miles better. I think they work really well in there.
Beestin and Spence wont be 100% match fit yet either.
Upfront worries me though. Loft does his bit but without Kev we really do struggle to create anything. Their RB today pretty much dominated Eisa which didn’t help the struggle in creating chances.
Eisa, instead of cutting inside all the time needs to go around the outside of his FB, he has the pace but never usually does it.
To be fair to Morecambe though you can tell why they have the best away record in lg 2, really solid but have a few decent players in their team as well.
Shame we couldn’t hold out but 7 from 9 points is pretty impressive and things are coming together now.
Cox said Kev was suffering with Sciatica so hope that settles down…he was brought off as a precaution so fingers crossed he should be alright for Tuesday night.
Eisa, instead of cutting inside all the time needs to go around the outside of his FB, he has the pace but never usually does it.
He was terrible yesterday, just kept running inside and losing the ball. Their right back was good but Eisa needs to be a bit brighter and try to ask different questions of the defender.
Sorry to say that Eisa is a one trick pony as far as his wing play is concerned – run as fast as he can until he’s level with the edge of the penalty area, then cut inside of the full back and shoot with his right foot. He needs to add more to his repertoire if he wants a lengthy career in league football.
Little point going on the outside and getting a cross in if we only have one in the box as usual. As there’s seldom anybody in front of him to pass to either the shot is really his only option. If he scores 20 a season doing that he’ll be OK.
Chicken and egg Cass – who’s going to make the run if they know the cross won’t come?
Eisa was good at Oldham, he got down the outside a few times and really made life hard for their defence at times. The full-back marking him should have been sent off for hacking him down in the second half, a sure sign Eisa was well on top.
But Saturday’s performance was really disappointing.
Chicken and egg Cass – who’s going to make the run if they know the cross won’t come?
Disagree with this, if you are a forward you should bust a gut every time to make a run into the box hoping for the cross, it’s your job it’s what you get paid for its called being a professional footballer. The most successful forwards gamble all the time on making runs which sometimes are fruitless, ours should be no different.
You’re right to a point but footballers only have so much energy – why waste it on fruitless runs into the box when you know the ball isn’t going to come?
You’re right to a point but footballers only have so much energy – why waste it on fruitless runs into the box when you know the ball isn’t going to come?
Because fruitless runs into the box are part of a forwards job. Lineker said that nine out of ten runs into the box got him nothing but the tenth got him a goal, gambling, taking a chance, busting a gut to get there is all part of the job description. Does Eisa never put a ball into the box from open play?, answer is no, it’s the forwards job to gamble and also bend Eisas ear occasionally on service for him in the box. Not got the energy!!!! that isn’t even an argument, they are bloody professional footballers FFS.
Do you remember Dagnall? Used to run all over the place, chasing back into his own box at time, never stopped working. He also missed lots of chances because he was breathing out of his backside from all the running around!
Lineker was a master at conserving energy and just making the runs he needed to make. Unfortunately, these days forwards are asked to do so much more work with “pressing” and so on that Lineker wouldn’t have been able to play like that these days.
Loft – scored, KVV – scored, Hallam – scored, McAtee – scored, Eisa – scored, Olomola – scored.
The number of forwards scoring is not a problem, the number of scoring by the forwards is.
CM yet to open their account.
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