|
|
 Garth |
|
 Season Ticket Holder Posts: 11,493
Posts Per Day: 1.92
Reputation: 80.75%
Rep Score: +55 / -13
Approval: +4,921
Gold Stars: 26
|
Just watched Colin Calderwoods post match interview on the Cambridge site, its refreshing to hear a honest view of the match considering how the match went for them, he praisedthe way we set upin defence
|
|
|
|
|
|
| jaygy |
|
Fine Wine Drinker  Posts: 1,216
Posts Per Day: 0.29
Reputation: 88.53%
Rep Score: +7 / 0
Approval: +2,351
Gold Stars: 6
|
What to do next.... get some wingers! We've seen how Max changes things when he's brought into the side, I'd love to see town playing with a winger on each side and supplying Hanson and green with crosses. We've been crying out for wingers since the days of Monkhouse playing out wide
|
|
|
|
|
|
| lew chaterleys lover |
|
Whiskey Drinker  Posts: 4,996
Posts Per Day: 1.07
Reputation: 75.9%
Rep Score: +30 / -10
Approval: +10,648
Gold Stars: 234
|
I don't think there's any credit to be gained in calling a player Shitehouse, especially bearing in mind what he went through last season. I suspect we will never see the best of him - and it's not for the lack of effort.
A Lincoln squad player was never really going to set BP alight was he? He seems a good lad and is a battler to overcome that injury, but I am not sure why we put such store on him coming back. |
|
 Logged |
|
|
|
|
| lew chaterleys lover |
|
Whiskey Drinker Posts: 4,996
Posts Per Day: 1.07
Reputation: 75.9%
Rep Score: +30 / -10
Approval: +10,648
Gold Stars: 234
|
We have seen Town play different formations using different players with mixed results.
So what is the way forward ?
My view is I would be happy if MJ plays the same formation he used at Cambridge at away games but he can not do that when at home.
If he let the opposition have 70% of the ball at home the fans will soon drop off .
Wright and Robson have been unfit for the last few games so they might make a difference myself I would put them in if fit but I would also like to see Ogbu in for Hanson.
I must say Hanson has done nothing wrong and works hard but the service he has received has been very poor and when he does get a ball on his head there is not a town player anywhere near him most of the time.
Playing Moses in that role for a while might make us play more on the ground he is better holding the ball up and laying it off than he is on the wing.
There many ways we can play at home and I do like the 3 centre backs because it gives Pollock a chance to show how good he is at 18. Hendrie and Gibson showed us a little attacking options last night that could be more effective at home and with some more practice.
I would also like us to stick to just 2 formations one for home and one for away games that way the players will know their roles a lot more than when they are asked to do 4 or 5 or however many.
Lets stick to a settle team when we can and if the game is not going our way we have always the option of bring on Hanson to go long.
MJ said we are going for it this season so if we are to challenge for promotion we need a couple more players in and if one of them is a left winger who can get to the bye line and put the ball on Hanson's head we could be up there at the end of the season.
Anyway that's my view have you got any that could be used to make us more consistent ?
Good points there Pete, but I think Jolley has got too wound up with formations, tactics and players in unnatural positions. We got a point last night by playing a team of defenders, but there is obviously no future in that. Get a settled side when Robson and Wright are back, stick with it and adjust the tactics a little bit to be more defensive away. We are a counter attacking team, even at home, but we don't have the guile and pace to do it effectively (bar Exeter away) so I would prefer a more front foot approach at home - more like the Port Vale home game and the Macclesfield re-arranged game when we took the game to the opposition. In fact I would like to see a real get up and go attitude; a will to win above everything else. Crunching tackles ala Bob Cumming and the whole team fighting like tigers to get a win. We are in division 4 and with a relatively low budget it is very difficult to attract the calibre of player to play the way Jolley might want, although there is precious little evidence to suggest he wants to play any particular way apart from soaking up pressure. |
|
| Logged |
|
|
|
|
| moosey_club |
|
Barley Wine Drinker  Posts: 16,173
Posts Per Day: 2.71
Reputation: 76.19%
Rep Score: +69 / -22
Approval: +20,197
Gold Stars: 224
|
We have seen Town play different formations using different players with mixed results.
So what is the way forward ?
My view is I would be happy if MJ plays the same formation he used at Cambridge at away games but he can not do that when at home.
If he let the opposition have 70% of the ball at home the fans will soon drop off .
Wright and Robson have been unfit for the last few games so they might make a difference myself I would put them in if fit but I would also like to see Ogbu in for Hanson.
I must say Hanson has done nothing wrong and works hard but the service he has received has been very poor and when he does get a ball on his head there is not a town player anywhere near him most of the time.
Playing Moses in that role for a while might make us play more on the ground he is better holding the ball up and laying it off than he is on the wing.
There many ways we can play at home and I do like the 3 centre backs because it gives Pollock a chance to show how good he is at 18. Hendrie and Gibson showed us a little attacking options last night that could be more effective at home and with some more practice.
I would also like us to stick to just 2 formations one for home and one for away games that way the players will know their roles a lot more than when they are asked to do 4 or 5 or however many.
Lets stick to a settle team when we can and if the game is not going our way we have always the option of bring on Hanson to go long.
MJ said we are going for it this season so if we are to challenge for promotion we need a couple more players in and if one of them is a left winger who can get to the bye line and put the ball on Hanson's head we could be up there at the end of the season.
Anyway that's my view have you got any that could be used to make us more consistent ?
 so......you want home and away formations ........but you want to stick to a settled team.....i see......  |
| 2023/24 DLWDDWDLLLWDLLLLWDDDWDLLWLDLLDWDDWLLDWLWL  2022/23LDWDWWDWLLDWWDLLLDLWLLWLWLLWDDLDWWDDDLLWDWLWLW 2021/22 WDWWWWDLWWWWLLLWLLDLWLLWWDWWWLWDLWWDWWWDLWD play offs WWW Promoted 🥳 2020/21 LLDWWLDLDWLWLLLDLWLLDLLDLLLWLLLDDDDWDDDLWLWLWL .. hello darkness my old friend 2019/20 WDLDWWLDLWWLLLDLDLDLDDWWDLLWDDWWL  WLLW - ended 2018/19 LWDDLLLLLLWWDWLLLWDWLWWWWLLLLWWWWDLLLDDLLDLWLW Hello Scunny  |
|
|
|
|
|
| toontown |
|
Whiskey Drinker Posts: 3,409
Posts Per Day: 0.57
Reputation: 91.63%
Rep Score: +13 / 0
Approval: +6,248
Gold Stars: 70
|
so......you want home and away formations ........but you want to stick to a settled team.....i see......
I think Pete was talking relatively, settled compared to the constant and unpredictable line ups we have at the moment... |
|
|
|
|
|
| TownSNAFU5 |
|
Vodka Drinker  Posts: 5,964
Posts Per Day: 1.13
Reputation: 62.03%
Rep Score: +30 / -21
Location: York
Approval: +6,842
Gold Stars: 42
|
Maybe looking back first before moving on. The big defeat to Chelsea’s young stars does not look quite so bad given Chelsea’s performances since then. I have just watched them beat Ajax with style in a very impressive win.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| forza ivano |
|
 Exile Posts: 14,703
Posts Per Day: 2.46
Reputation: 78.4%
Rep Score: +72 / -20
Approval: +15,128
Gold Stars: 265
|
I don't think there's any credit to be gained in calling a player Shitehouse, especially bearing in mind what he went through last season. I suspect we will never see the best of him - and it's not for the lack of effort.
Oh dear.that really wasn't intended.bloody spell check. Apologies for lack of proof reading.the fact still remains that both he n Clifton haven't lived up to their billing n loathe as I am to disagree with Tommy in my humble opinion Clifton has regressed from the player we saw 18 months ago when he was an integral part of the jolley great escape team |
|
|
|
|
|
| smokey111 |
|
Fine Wine Drinker Posts: 1,462
Posts Per Day: 0.27
Reputation: 89.2%
Rep Score: +8 / 0
Approval: +3,355
Gold Stars: 46
|
Worrying to see Whitehouse flinch out of a 50/50. It was actually 70/30 in his favour. Maybe the injury still plays on his mind.
Listening to Cambridge radio coming back they were actually fullsome in their praise for Town, as was Calderwood.
Although hard fought points away, playing a defensive system, only seem truly valuable if they can be backed up with 12-14 home wins IMO
|
| "The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.” Bill Shankly |
|
|
|
|
|
| oochiad |
|
Cocktail Drinker  Posts: 1,984
Posts Per Day: 0.62
Reputation: 77.08%
Rep Score: +9 / -3
Approval: +3,675
Gold Stars: 27
|
I thought Whitehouse pulled out as he was on a yellow?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site Home
News
Football
Season
Database
Club
POM
Contact
Home
Calendar
Search
Register
Login
Garth
Logged
so......you want home and away formations ........but you want to stick to a settled team.....i see...... 
WLLW - ended
