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Post by leicesterhatter on May 16, 2021 13:22:45 GMT
Based on that performance i wouldn't worry about facing us in the playoffs. Defensively we looked shaky all game, bizarre & negative substitutions, how Croasdale stayed on all game is beyond me? Keane should of of come on earlier for a like for like with Croasdale. Didn't think Torquay were any great shakes just that we afforded them too much respect & seemed intent on retreating into our own 6 yard box before challenging. I'd be more gutted as a Torquay fan though as we really gave them some gifts throughout especially towards the end. Really? We just drew 2-2 against the team second in the league, who we may end up playing, and are 16 games unbeaten. Whilst they had better chances, we had the ball in their area more and could have put more on target than we did.
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Post by johnsdentist on May 16, 2021 13:22:50 GMT
A draw was the correct result. Decent game . Two good County goals . Two bad ones conceded. We need to hang onto 3rd place. Cmon Sutton and we’ll done ! . I would give Cardwell a rest and see what Bennett’s got next home game . Madden was a miss today but let’s have him right for the play offs
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Post by BWScarf on May 16, 2021 13:24:08 GMT
Based on that performance i wouldn't worry about facing us in the playoffs. Defensively we looked shaky all game, bizarre & negative substitutions, how Croasdale stayed on all game is beyond me? Keane should of of come on earlier for a like for like with Croasdale. Didn't think Torquay were any great shakes just that we afforded them too much respect & seemed intent on retreating into our own 6 yard box before challenging. I'd be more gutted as a Torquay fan though as we really gave them some gifts throughout especially towards the end. I sort-of understand why Croasdale stayed on, despite not having a good game at all today. I think we rely on Croasdale picking up a lot of slack, so if he’s not on top form, neither are we as a team. Rooney remains too Hollywood for my liking. It’s these situations where I’m still not 100% certain whether Rusk can really change a game when we need it. His record suggests he can, to be fair to him, but those big-game, big-moment calls do worry me. I suppose we could’ve done with finishing second to avoid Hartlepool in the semis, but there’s no point crying over spilt milk. If we’re on our game, we can beat anyone. Though I agree that getting past both Hartlepool and Torquay feels a tall order.
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Post by Philcounty on May 16, 2021 13:25:46 GMT
No Madden, no promotion as far as I'm concerned. If he's not back for the playoffs, I just don't think we have enough to win the high pressure games.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 16, 2021 13:26:00 GMT
Excellent game, 2 very good sides, incredible quality for non league, makes you realise how far football has come in the last 40 years. The last two matches have been the best watches of the season. Despite not getting the wins. I enjoyed watching the game today more than most of our recent ones weirdly. It was a much more exciting game of football.
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Post by HTC on May 16, 2021 13:26:04 GMT
Decent game of football - probably about fair overall, but would say Torquay just about shaded it, with Leminheigh Evans the best player on the pitch by some margin. Think this and Dagenham have shown we’re a little way short when the best teams come to play football against us. Rooney / Croasdale don’t give us quite enough control, and we end up being overrun. Think we need to look at Collar / Croasdale in the middle, and Rooney at 10 in the playoffs. We’ve now gone a whole season, and have just 3 points against the very best sides. I’d fancy us to beat Wrexham / Halifax / Eastleigh every time in the playoffs, but can’t see us beating Hartlepool / Torquay / Dagenham two weeks in a row, so keeping 3rd place is massively important. Newby is a better 10 than Rooney, finds pockets of space better, pulls players out for the opposition defensively, allows us to double up wide when playing with wing backs. Rooney at 8 please, thanks. but Rooney at 8 means that Croasdale goes headless chicken as he’s having to do too much running around for Rooney to actually play his own game efficiently. Rooney missing completely means we lack a spark of creativity/ player who can conjure a goal from nothing (especially with Madden injured) Rooney at 10 gives us both, but means the ball doesn’t stick up front as well. That’s the problem that Rusk needs to solve before the next decent team we play. the team today batters weak opposition like Woking, and has the creativity to beat mediocre teams like Yeovil, but won’t be good enough against Hartlepool in the playoffs.
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Post by edinburghhatter on May 16, 2021 13:27:47 GMT
We’ve now gone a whole season, and have just 3 points against the very best sides. I’d fancy us to beat Wrexham / Halifax / Eastleigh every time in the playoffs, but can’t see us beating Hartlepool / Torquay / Dagenham two weeks in a row, so keeping 3rd place is massively important. Dagenham's last 2 games are away to Chesterfield and home to Wrexham: good as they have become, they would need to win both games to have any chance of a top 7 finish. Like County and the title, it looks to have been one step too far (or maybe too late).
Wrexham v Notts Co on Tuesday looks tasty, though, and could go a long way to settling the playoff spots, as of course will Sutton v Hartlepool on Saturday...
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Post by leicesterhatter on May 16, 2021 13:31:17 GMT
Newby is a better 10 than Rooney, finds pockets of space better, pulls players out for the opposition defensively, allows us to double up wide when playing with wing backs. Rooney at 8 please, thanks. but Rooney at 8 means that Croasdale goes headless chicken as he’s having to do too much running around for Rooney to actually play his own game efficiently. Rooney missing completely means we lack a spark of creativity/ player who can conjure a goal from nothing (especially with Madden injured) Rooney at 10 gives us both, but means the ball doesn’t stick up front as well. That’s the problem that Rusk needs to solve before the next decent team we play. the team today batters weak opposition like Woking, and has the creativity to beat mediocre teams like Yeovil, but won’t be good enough against Hartlepool in the playoffs. Rooney slows play at 10, and doesn't have the ball on the turn enough. Rooney is less defensively minded than Collar, but he is better on the ball... and fit! And it is fine saying we won't have enough to get past other teams, but they'll say the same about us no doubt.
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Post by scfc73 on May 16, 2021 13:36:32 GMT
Based on that performance i wouldn't worry about facing us in the playoffs. Defensively we looked shaky all game, bizarre & negative substitutions, how Croasdale stayed on all game is beyond me? Keane should of of come on earlier for a like for like with Croasdale. Didn't think Torquay were any great shakes just that we afforded them too much respect & seemed intent on retreating into our own 6 yard box before challenging. I'd be more gutted as a Torquay fan though as we really gave them some gifts throughout especially towards the end. Really? We just drew 2-2 against the team second in the league, who we may end up playing, and are 16 games unbeaten. Whilst they had better chances, we had the ball in their area more and could have put more on target than we did. But we didn't put more on target did we? & we looked ropey at the back. 16 games unbeaten & Rusk looked more intent on preserving that than going for the win, which i think if he had made the right subs earlier we could of quite well of got. Keane should of replaced Croasdale who was having a mare, Bennett could of come on 20 mins before he did for Cardwell who looked knackered.
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Post by Josh on May 16, 2021 13:51:23 GMT
He makes some really baffling subs, Rusk. Sometimes it works out but sometimes it's so out of left field you're not sure what he's aiming for. Given some of the chances Torquay have had, you'd take a point but at the same time a point isn't enough. Not really. What he was doing with the subs was pretty clear.
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Post by Josh on May 16, 2021 13:53:23 GMT
Watching a different game to me then. Did you see us sub off a striker for a defensive midfielder? You can't actually be that daft, can you?
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Post by countyofsomerset on May 16, 2021 13:56:45 GMT
I’d say a draw was a decent result for both teams. I’m not at all convinced by us but we still have a decent chance of going up.
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Post by scfc29 on May 16, 2021 14:08:07 GMT
Did you see us sub off a striker for a defensive midfielder? You can't actually be that daft, can you? Please enlighten me? We subbed off a striker for a defensive mid, Ben was holding onto the ball for extended periods and we were dropping deeper. Cardwell and then Bennett were pretty isolated by themselves up top as the midfield support had dropped deeper We did had a couple of counter attacks which could’ve created chances but unfortunately they didn’t materialise, from my perspective it looks like we were happy with the draw. I understand the thinking and it’s not like I’m slating the tactics but I would’ve preferred that we went for the win, I felt it was there for the taking.
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Post by Bredburyhatter on May 16, 2021 14:14:19 GMT
Great result for Sutton, and a decent result for us. A disappointing result for Torquay who blew their title challenge, and a bad day at the office for Hartlepool who drop to 4th. That'll do for me with 2 games to go.
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Post by bobsplash on May 16, 2021 14:15:21 GMT
I thought it was a decent game and a draw was about right.
We are 3rd so need to cement that over the next two games and then we’re in the playoffs which I feel this year are an absolute lottery.
I don’t fancy playing Notts for some reason but it’s really anyone's.
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