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I tend to agree Rich. The one almost ever present when available exception being Shop. If we had top class players it'd be different, you'd expect them to find their way quicker when the squad is rotated, but we haven't.
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I sort of agree with this, but I'd also make the point that Hurst is also a tinkerer. I'd love him to keep a settled side when things are going well but he doesn't, not really. He rotates his wingers, inside forwards and strikers all the time, almost irrespective of form.
Take Mackreth as an example. He scores the winner at Macclesfield then gets dropped the very next game (home to Lincoln - for Neilson, ironically).
He only does it with the attacking players, though. He doesn't seem to fear that Pearson might get jaded, or Magnay, by playing them week in, week out.
Just for clarity, I'm happy that he doesn't chop and change the defence. It's what makes it one of the tightest in the league.
I just wish he'd stop chopping and changing his attacking players so much - I'd argue that it doesn't allow the players to understand one another and doesn't support little partnerships here and there. Maybe with a more settled front line, we'd score more goals.
Thing is we have struggled to score enough goals and I can understand why PH has made changes to the team in forward areas. At FGR he left it alone and that did not work. The only constant factor seems to be Lenny when fit.
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February 11, 2015, 2:31pm |
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Thing is we have struggled to score enough goals and I can understand why PH has made changes to the team in forward areas. At FGR he left it alone and that did not work. The only constant factor seems to be Lenny when fit.
Well if we're not scoring enough goals why won't he drop LJL and try something different . He's not been pulling up trees the last few weeks has he, been poor imo and always looking for cheap free kicks
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February 12, 2015, 1:50pm |
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I am sad Scott has left the club.
i think he is one of the most talented players in this league and on his day a matchwinner. There arent too many of those around. Of course he has not played consistently well and i accept that. Ultimately his lack of consistency (like many other players) is why he is playing at this level when his talent could see him play higher.
I was surprised when i first heard the news but the signing of Jolley seems to show the club knew this was likely to happen. Hurst always had an issue with Nielson's workrate, particularly off the ball and theres have been issues with his fitness for some time. Get the impression Nielson liked to live it up off the pitch and In his recent comments Hurst said Nielson wasnt fully committed to the cause.
if thats the case his days were numbered. We need players who are fully committed to the club. Same applied to Aswad Thomas. It is disappointing quality players have left but if they dont want to be here it is as well they go. At least we appear to have signed quality replacements in Jolley and Robertson .
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February 13, 2015, 10:54am |
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PH:
With Scott's situation, I always demand that the lads work hard for me – most have and some haven't. I didn't feel there was that hunger and desire with him.
For example, he was asked to do some running prior to Macclesfield game, having originally told me that he'd be fit to play, but then he only did one run before dropping out because his foot was hurting
Can you imagine if I'd have involved him, and put him on the pitch when he wasn't fit?
Ultimately, I don't think he was fully committed to the cause – so in the end we came to a mutual agreement and we move on.
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Fair play to Hurst on this one !
give me the shop, Magnay, Brown, Disley, Pearson any day of the week over Neilson, because they actually want to play
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February 13, 2015, 10:58am |
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PH:
With Scott's situation, I always demand that the lads work hard for me – most have and some haven't. I didn't feel there was that hunger and desire with him.
For example, he was asked to do some running prior to Macclesfield game, having originally told me that he'd be fit to play, but then he only did one run before dropping out because his foot was hurting
Can you imagine if I'd have involved him, and put him on the pitch when he wasn't fit?
Ultimately, I don't think he was fully committed to the cause – so in the end we came to a mutual agreement and we move on.
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Fair play to Hurst on this one !
give me the shop, Magnay, Brown, Disley, Pearson any day of the week over Neilson, because they actually want to play
There's an ex town players thread at the top of the page
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February 13, 2015, 11:22am |
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There's an ex town players thread at the top of the page
Had a feeling someone would pull me up on that comment !
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February 13, 2015, 11:25am |
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I am sad Scott has left the club.
i think he is one of the most talented players in this league and on his day a matchwinner. There arent too many of those around. Of course he has not played consistently well and i accept that. Ultimately his lack of consistency (like many other players) is why he is playing at this level when his talent could see him play higher.
I was surprised when i first heard the news but the signing of Jolley seems to show the club knew this was likely to happen. Hurst always had an issue with Nielson's workrate, particularly off the ball and theres have been issues with his fitness for some time. Get the impression Nielson liked to live it up off the pitch and In his recent comments Hurst said Nielson wasnt fully committed to the cause.
if thats the case his days were numbered. We need players who are fully committed to the club. Same applied to Aswad Thomas. It is disappointing quality players have left but if they dont want to be here it is as well they go. At least we appear to have signed quality replacements in Jolley and Robertson .
Bang on!
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February 14, 2015, 6:16pm |
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February 14, 2015, 6:18pm |
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