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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 10, 2024 12:12:55 GMT
I appreciate Evans is a confidence player but at some point you just have to say he's not doing enough. If you want to be a great player in a league, you need to be on it most weeks and you can't have your confidence knocked so easily. I'd be surprised if he's here next season if we're in League Two, stunned if he's here next season if we're in League One. A few are in that boat. Hippolyte. Wootton. Croasdale. I thought when Olaofe came on he caused their defence so many more problems than Wootton did.
Would like to see more of Rico Richards in the next few games, only had a few minutes but looks good techincally. I feel for him coming on in the 89th minute, same happened vs Swindon. Both games we were chasing a goal, should have been on earlier.
oh 100% agree with you about Evans and there needs to be more than just confidence from Evans and personally will be happy if he goes because 1 we need to upgrade but also he's been here 2 years and been out on loan twice. He's not a young player so just let him go and play football at a club where he's gonna settle. I'd also add Byrne and Bailey aren't good enough for league 1. In summer we need to spend money in a proper goalscorer someone who's natural at it. We need a mullin/Langstaff/may type striker where when they kick the ball at the goal it's going to trouble the keeper most of the time. I'd keep Wootton and Croasdale but they aren't starters. Croasdales defensive work is good enough for league 1 but we will need someone more technical, someone who can collect the ball off the back line and link the ball up with the attack and control the game more
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Post by timberwolf on Mar 10, 2024 12:14:14 GMT
Think the last three have got it spot on. Constant change of system, players out of position, lack of bravery woorying more what our opponents can do instead of what we can and the pointlees few minutes richards gets on the pitch. If he had got the winner he,d only have got a couple of minutes more to play at salford next week.
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Post by mat1scfc on Mar 10, 2024 12:16:34 GMT
Personally I would have liked DC to be more brave yesterday. Play Richards & Olaofe and Powell as the play-maker in a more forward position. If it's a 'must win game at home' then pace up front is advantageous and Powell excels at picking out runners. In his post match interview, DC said : he sees Newport as a strong high pressing side and wanted to nullify that by getting the ball into their half quickly and presumably Paddy Madden playing off Wootton . But I thought Newport just sat back and wasted time. If you have been desperately short of goals -- is Karl Wootton your 'go to player'? . Personally, I thought under the circumstances our build up was 'low energy' and we were very wasteful in possession. TBF we did create several very good chances ( plus the penalty) and should have won more comfortably . With regards to Rico Richards and trying to replicate the Barry + Olaofe attack, I accept that DC sees him in training and knows infinitely more about him than I do. But I felt sorry for the lad yesterday. Even his cameo role was reduced to nearly nothing by the time he actually got on the pitch. if I remember correctly because it annoyed me more than it should of done yesterday, Richards started warming up at the 65-70th minute but didn't come on until the 89th minute. The ball went out 4 times while he was stood at halfway line. When I see the Newport players taking just under 10 minutes to warm up and get subbed as the next time the ball goes out. The ball seems to go out multiple times before we get our players on
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Post by timberwolf on Mar 10, 2024 12:23:30 GMT
if I remember correctly because it annoyed me more than it should of done yesterday, Richards started warming up at the 65-70th minute but didn't come on until the 89th minute. The ball went out 4 times while he was stood at halfway line. When I see the Newport players taking just under 10 minutes to warm up and get subbed as the next time the ball goes out. The ball seems to go out multiple times before we get our players on To be fair i think the ball went out of play for corners in the 5 minutes he was waiting by the 4th official to come on. Its this unwritten thing that clubs never make a substitute when a corner is being taken. Why i never know especially when its an attacking player thats being considered.
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Post by J on Mar 10, 2024 12:39:48 GMT
I thought Evans got himself in some decent positions, in particular in the first half, but then kept cutting back rather than driving forward or taking on a man occasionally. I think he just needs to back himself a bit more, he's obviously got some ability.
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Post by ricky on Mar 10, 2024 12:54:42 GMT
I thought Evans got himself in some decent positions, in particular in the first half, but then kept cutting back rather than driving forward or taking on a man occasionally. I think he just needs to back himself a bit more, he's obviously got some ability. Now Camps is back hopefully we can push Powell forward to his best position, he seems to bring the best out of CLE.
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Post by desmond on Mar 10, 2024 13:07:14 GMT
Is it fair to say Paddy’s goal was different gravy 😀
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Post by wnm on Mar 10, 2024 13:15:48 GMT
Personally I would have liked DC to be more brave yesterday. Play Richards & Olaofe and Powell as the play-maker in a more forward position. If it's a 'must win game at home' then pace up front is advantageous and Powell excels at picking out runners. In his post match interview, DC said : he sees Newport as a strong high pressing side and wanted to nullify that by getting the ball into their half quickly and presumably Paddy Madden playing off Wootton . But I thought Newport just sat back and wasted time. If you have been desperately short of goals -- is Karl Wootton your 'go to player'? . Personally, I thought under the circumstances our build up was 'low energy' and we were very wasteful in possession. TBF we did create several very good chances ( plus the penalty) and should have won more comfortably . With regards to Rico Richards and trying to replicate the Barry + Olaofe attack, I accept that DC sees him in training and knows infinitely more about him than I do. But I felt sorry for the lad yesterday. Even his cameo role was reduced to nearly nothing by the time he actually got on the pitch. I should imagine he thought pace wouldn’t really be an advantage against a side who would sit in deep and Defend the box.
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Mar 10, 2024 13:26:14 GMT
A quick word on Camps. I thought he made a huge difference when he came on. Front footed, high energy and tried to make things happen. More of that please Callum. He starts for me on Thursday.
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Post by jimmykharmer on Mar 10, 2024 14:25:09 GMT
CLE is right footed. Complete waste on the left. Get him and Hippo swapped and we will get much more joy. CLE was brilliant for Torquay raiding in off the left so should be more than comfortable there, think the main issue is he probably isnt a high end L2 player, very good in run of games on his return but more recently reverted back to where he was at before he was loaned out, he a decent enough player but with our aspirations he isnt quite there IMO The other problem you have is the inverted wingers don’t get enough space when the opposition play so deep. You end up coming into traffic and getting tackled. Without the overlapping full backs ( which we hardly saw yesterday which was disappointing) there aren’t many options except to pass it back / have a run and most likely lose the ball.
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Post by Bahamas67 on Mar 10, 2024 14:43:37 GMT
Wasn’t how the game panned out for them, the keeper was at it from the first minute, clearly a plan from the start. Slowing the game up and time wasting might have been the plan, but others also do it along with fouls and other shit house behaviour on the pitch. They could have come out and made a game of it which we would have enjoyed more but could have gone home with a massive dent in their GD. If the circumstances dictate i,d love us to follow their game plan but i feel we think we are above all this. Unless you support one of the clubs playing i feel todays football just aint for a neutral in many games we have witnessed this season. Take away all those stats yesterday it was more than just a hard watch it was bloody abysmal where 3 points is all i for one got out of the game. Listening to DC i feel we could be in for more of the same to gain promotion and what should have or could have been an exciting season is turning out to be a durge of boredom at home with two highlights to remember. The goal and horsfall daring to actually run with the ball upfield. Two games on the bounce where the MOTM is given to a defender tells you all you need to know. At least the players do not come out to the tune of let me entertain you. That would be one piss take too far. Was it really that bad yesterday? Frustrating, sure, with that sickening feeling that Newport might just pinch it (and might have done when Evans shot just wide near the end). It wasn't vintage County - we still have important flair players missing - but their keeper had to make a string of saves and we had 27 shots, 14 on target. But no forward or midfielder stood out individually, so giving MOTM to a defender was inevitable. It certainly wasn't one of the clueless or spineless performances that we've seen since mid-season - I'm just hoping that the spell's been broken by that late goal.
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Post by scfc73 on Mar 10, 2024 15:29:39 GMT
Slowing the game up and time wasting might have been the plan, but others also do it along with fouls and other shit house behaviour on the pitch. They could have come out and made a game of it which we would have enjoyed more but could have gone home with a massive dent in their GD. If the circumstances dictate i,d love us to follow their game plan but i feel we think we are above all this. Unless you support one of the clubs playing i feel todays football just aint for a neutral in many games we have witnessed this season. Take away all those stats yesterday it was more than just a hard watch it was bloody abysmal where 3 points is all i for one got out of the game. Listening to DC i feel we could be in for more of the same to gain promotion and what should have or could have been an exciting season is turning out to be a durge of boredom at home with two highlights to remember. The goal and horsfall daring to actually run with the ball upfield. Two games on the bounce where the MOTM is given to a defender tells you all you need to know. At least the players do not come out to the tune of let me entertain you. That would be one piss take too far. Was it really that bad yesterday? Frustrating, sure, with that sickening feeling that Newport might just pinch it (and might have done when Evans shot just wide near the end). It wasn't vintage County - we still have important flair players missing - but their keeper had to make a string of saves and we had 27 shots, 14 on target. But no forward or midfielder stood out individually, so giving MOTM to a defender was inevitable. It certainly wasn't one of the clueless or spineless performances that we've seen since mid-season - I'm just hoping that the spell's been broken by that late goal. I didn't think it was a bad performance at all, frustrating at times yes certainly, the players were definitely putting the effort in but not always getting the rub of the green. Similar to the Swindon game the opposition keeper stopped it being a 2 or 3 nil win with some outstanding saves. My only slight gripe is that when we come up against some of the more uglier sides we tend to get sucked into their game a bit when clearly we're a better footballing side. We've got the ability to easily outplay sides when we get it on the deck & pass it about but sometimes we get dragged into a game of aerial ping pong. After that win & ending our mini goal drought hopefully it eases the pressure a little bit on the lads & gives them a much needed confidence boost.
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Mar 10, 2024 18:17:24 GMT
Personally I would have liked DC to be more brave yesterday. Play Richards & Olaofe and Powell as the play-maker in a more forward position. If it's a 'must win game at home' then pace up front is advantageous and Powell excels at picking out runners. In his post match interview, DC said : he sees Newport as a strong high pressing side and wanted to nullify that by getting the ball into their half quickly and presumably Paddy Madden playing off Wootton . But I thought Newport just sat back and wasted time. If you have been desperately short of goals -- is Karl Wootton your 'go to player'? . Personally, I thought under the circumstances our build up was 'low energy' and we were very wasteful in possession. TBF we did create several very good chances ( plus the penalty) and should have won more comfortably . With regards to Rico Richards and trying to replicate the Barry + Olaofe attack, I accept that DC sees him in training and knows infinitely more about him than I do. But I felt sorry for the lad yesterday. Even his cameo role was reduced to nearly nothing by the time he actually got on the pitch. I feel Richards is one of those players who gets better without playing because of our current problems into of goal. I agree he deserves a more minutes - hopefully we can be comfortably winning a game and give him a proper spell but in his cameos he hasn't shown that he deserves to be starting. He's got good feet and energy but it's a big step up to men's football. I think he'd be anonymous starting against a physical side. Happy to be proven wrong!
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Post by desmond on Mar 10, 2024 18:39:14 GMT
Personally I would have liked DC to be more brave yesterday. Play Richards & Olaofe and Powell as the play-maker in a more forward position. If it's a 'must win game at home' then pace up front is advantageous and Powell excels at picking out runners. In his post match interview, DC said : he sees Newport as a strong high pressing side and wanted to nullify that by getting the ball into their half quickly and presumably Paddy Madden playing off Wootton . But I thought Newport just sat back and wasted time. If you have been desperately short of goals -- is Karl Wootton your 'go to player'? . Personally, I thought under the circumstances our build up was 'low energy' and we were very wasteful in possession. TBF we did create several very good chances ( plus the penalty) and should have won more comfortably . With regards to Rico Richards and trying to replicate the Barry + Olaofe attack, I accept that DC sees him in training and knows infinitely more about him than I do. But I felt sorry for the lad yesterday. Even his cameo role was reduced to nearly nothing by the time he actually got on the pitch. I feel Richards is one of those players who gets better without playing because of our current problems into of goal. I agree he deserves a more minutes - hopefully we can be comfortably winning a game and give him a proper spell but in his cameos he hasn't shown that he deserves to be starting. He's got good feet and energy but it's a big step up to men's football. I think he'd be anonymous starting against a physical side. Happy to be proven wrong! Has he had enough minutes to make a judgement ?
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Mar 10, 2024 18:45:47 GMT
I feel Richards is one of those players who gets better without playing because of our current problems into of goal. I agree he deserves a more minutes - hopefully we can be comfortably winning a game and give him a proper spell but in his cameos he hasn't shown that he deserves to be starting. He's got good feet and energy but it's a big step up to men's football. I think he'd be anonymous starting against a physical side. Happy to be proven wrong! Has he had enough minutes to make a judgement ? Not to pass judgment on him as a player and he definitely deserves more time off the bench. I just don't think he's done enough for calls to start him. He's at least 2 steps behind Barry in development, arguably more. From FBref, aside from 11 mins for West Brom last season, these are his first senior minutes. I think it's right he's been left as an impact sub (providing he's not tearing it up in training).
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