hurst on neilson.

I'm not convinced that Hurst is implying that Neilson doesn't work hard enough as I think he's always been willing to track back and try to get tackles in. I don't recall him being much different last week?

I think it is more of a criticism of being a bit too greedy when on the ball and not passing to teammates which is one criticism I've had about him in the past and was certainly the case against Southport. When he's in good form this works out and he creates the chances, when not doing so well he instead runs into dead ends.

Regardless, I'd still have played him against Dartford.

Neilson has won us several games almost single-handed yet he gets dropped and slagged off by our glorious manager.

LJL, who has cost us points on at least 3 occasions this year by missing sitters, stays in the squad, seemingly Hurst's fave, immune from being dropped or even criticized by the great Mr Hurst. With the evenings starting to get darker and colder, I must remember with the help of that wonderful Mr Hurst which one of our players backsides to gather round to catch a glimpse of the sun.

Nielson would always be in my side BUT against Southport, who often had 8 men behind the ball, it was imperative he gave us some width in order to create space. He didnt, he went looking for the ball in crowded areas and thus played into Southports hands and made their task mush easier

Still would have played him at Dartford mind!

Hannah is hero worshipped? I'm not sure about that - there's certainly been a lot of criticism of him on here lately since he's not scoring goals and barely contributes to the team's attacking play.

Nielson IS which ever way you look at it , is our most creative player . We know it , the opposition know it . The opposition manager sets his team to stop him playing , our manager drops him after one game  .
We are going tonight to support the team but its getting to be a painful experience of late .

Quoted from BIGChris

Nielson would always be in my side BUT against Southport, who often had 8 men behind the ball, it was imperative he gave us some width in order to create space. He didnt, he went looking for the ball in crowded areas and thus played into Southports hands and made their task mush easier

Still would have played him at Dartford mind!

Good point Chris. But you have to ask if putting him out there in the first place was a good idea don't you?

Quoted from Maringer

I think it is more of a criticism of being a bit too greedy when on the ball and not passing to teammates which is one criticism I've had about him in the past and was certainly the case against Southport..

Yes I agree,

He should have passed the ball more often to LJL and Hannah,

So they could miss the chances.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Yes I agree,

He should have passed the ball more often to LJL and Hannah,

So they could miss the chances.

Or perhaps, they might have just scored them instead?

Do we really need more digs at LJL/Hannah on a thread about Neilson, even if they are meant to be lighthearted?  

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Good point Chris. But you have to ask if putting him out there in the first place was a good idea don't you?

Which brings us a full circle to attacking options. We havent got enough, even accepting that Pittman & Arnold are injured

We need 4 strikers signing.
Hannah & LJL need to be loaned out to a Sunday league club that have extras large goals to gain some nous talent skill confidence in front of goal