#gtfc chairman Philip Day reveals to @AndyComfort
@RadioHumberside
that their next THREE games are off following youth player Jock Curran testing positive for COVID-19.
I thought the agreed protocol was that infected players weren’t identified?
Young player les, he has to be forgiven one bad game IMO. He knows where the net is and has shown he can pull out a ‘worldie’.
But if that bad game was down to a tendency to sulk if things aren’t going his way then Cox/Lillis need to nip that in the bud.
Like BLT’s idea, still leaves impact from the bench with Colclough, Hippolyte, Turan, Green and a couple of defenders in case of emergency. O’Malley in if McG not fit.
He does need time to learn and we have to appreciate that, however signs that he is learning need to be apparent. The glaring error of continuing to play players out of position (except out of necessity) and thus reducing their effectiveness should be the subject of lesson 1.
Don’t forget he’s got to accomodate 4 CBs when Onariase is fit. We’re not overly strong in CM or at FB so it could be a 4-0-6 formation.
McGahey Cordner Onariase Bedeau
Gillead McAtee Kvv Loft Turan Eisa
Might work? Could be a few 5-5 draws and the odd 6-4 (not 4-6 I hope) and if we score 5 or 6 we wouldn’t need to worry too much about Watson.
Neil needs to cut the BS and tell it how it is, don’t promise attacking football and deliver this!
Matchday squad included 1FB (unused) 5 Wide MF (4 on at once) 3 strikers (although we only used one at a time) and too many out of position. (Where have we seen that before?)
Give the lads a chance Neil, let them do what they do best.
September 11, 2020 at 9:06 am
in reply to: Turan#194534
” Barwick wasn’t great but there’s some stiff competition for worst midfielder.”
Not great? He wasn’t even moderate! There might be stiff competition but Barwick still wins. The ones you mention, and others, might have been poor, indeed poor enough to have been forgotten, but not memorably poor as Terry was.
Optimistic. If we have half the team wanting to prove they’re better than L2 and the other half trying to prove they’re league standard then the effort should be there. If both groups are correct in the assessment of their ability then we should be OK. If we can get the sulker(s) interested as well even better.
As Dutch said there’ll be other teams struggling as well, has there ever before been so much recruitment from National League and below, let’s hope we’ve got some good uns.
Play-offs.
It could get worse when Manny is fit. 4 good CBs and a shortage of FBs could result in McGahey at RB and Bedeau at LB or 4 CBs plus 2 FBs if it’s a really difficult away game.
Thanks MK. Gillead staying CM might suggest that’s where Cox intends to use him. Shame if so as he’s a quality wide man and needs to be there IMO. Lack of CM and surplus of WM needs rectifying and not by playing somebody out of position. (IMO again)
Once again unable to watch anything but the second half was described to me as Wilcoxesque.
From following the text commentary it appeared that Gilleads first kick was his penalty, where was he playing? Also Jarvis had an early shot and his next touch was his penalty. How close to reality were the above please?
With the first league match on Saturday it would be a surprise (to me anyway) if many of those that played 90 minutes against PV had much involvement tomorrow, although out of necessity, some will have to. McGahey and Hippolyte will get some minutes according to NC and we don’t know who has Covid so selection will be interesting. Would expect Dales, Jarvis, Hallam, Green and Beestin/Mooney to play most/all with maybe O’Malley, Pugh, Barks getting a chance and a quick look at D-Turan a possibility.
No, somebody has seen potential in these players, I just hope it’s the manager! None of them are prolific scorers but we only need one of them to come good. I agree we are over staffed upfront (and wide) so I think ‘outs’ are essential, just hope it’s not the top boys but hard to shift any of the others unless the SPL come calling.
