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Really like Evans but playing him in midfield was a calculated risk that failed. The game passed him by because he is not mobile enough to play there.
He is also comfortably the best passer out of defence of our 4 centre backs so we missed him there. Some would say he is the only CB that can pass well from the back.
Early games from Nicholson had me wondering why he was not playing in the EFL. The last 3 or 4 games have demonstrated why. His passing is really poor. Hey ho that’s why he is playing in the NLN.
In our early games we refused to let direct physical teams suck us into playing their game. Today we totally got sucked into it and came off second best.
Butler in his interview said that was not the intention but his team selection suggests otherwise. Hope him and the team learn from it.
Have to praise Beestin today. He worked tirelessly to try and make something out of the hopeless punts forward nearly making something happen from 3 or 4 of them.
I do agree with Butler that it’s not the end of the world. We’re top of the league after 9 games. We all make mistakes and have off days. Championship winning sides learn from them and come back stronger next game.
Final word on the Scarborough away end. They have a nerve selling 700 away tickets knowing 50% have little chance of seeing anything other than brief glimpses of the game. Nearly as bad as Boston last season.
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When you take the field with a keeper and 6 defenders it doesn’t leave much room for footballers.
Game so far reflects that.
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Is there any other kind of TV news Bill?
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He probably won’t play as well Tuesday as he prefers the green green grass of home.
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Compared to getting out of this league making a few quid out of a cup run is an irrelevance and probably would end up being a distraction.
Butler picked exactly the right team today to give players minutes who are an injury or a suspension away from being needed in games that really matter. He probably hoped a team with 7 back up players would have enough to see off a side 2 divisions below us and I suspect he is quietly furious that they were not up to the task today.
I would put the same 11 out to start on Tuesday.
Thankfully Scarborough suffered a similar fate today so now face a tricky away game Tuesday.
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Looked decent rather than spectacular in pre season. Played well when he came on second half at Brackley but has been fairly anonymous in his other outings.
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Dean has proved himself a successful manager of part time football teams.
The primary skill required is spotting good footballers and convincing them to join your club. Having an owner prepared to recompense players over the odds for the level does simplify this somewhat. Other than deciding your formation tactical nous is not really required as you cannot drill different formations in 2 90 minutes training sessions a week particularly when you have to use most of that time for fitness work.
If we assume Dean had a significant say in recruitment under Hilton then he didn’t do too bad. 9 of them are making our unbeaten starting 11.
Managing full time professional teams to success requires a whole bunch of additional (and more difficult) skills.
Butler has spent over 20 years in the full time game most of it in leadership roles, captain, coach etc.
Dean prior to coming here had never been involved in full time professional football.
Dean isn’t a crap manager he was just the wrong manager for the job Hilton brought him in for.
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The “banter” is a bit forced but they are not really aiming at my demographic which is fine.
The club is big enough for more than 1 podcast and both help in developing and engaging the fan base. Both do a great job.
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