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buckstown
January 16, 2022, 10:25am
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Here's the match report from the BBC. Have I missed something about the stadium naming rights? Seems we moved to the Cleethorpes Stadium or maybe the reporter is doubling up and working for both the telegraph and BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59918968
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Here's the match report from the BBC. Have I missed something about the stadium naming rights? Seems we moved to the Cleethorpes Stadium or maybe the reporter is doubling up and working for both the telegraph and BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59918968


Interesting system we played, too. Although I think at times Pearson bombing about in midfield was about right.

[img]https://i.ibb.co/Mg1yYFT/ABB34233-1564-49-F2-86-AD-52-FA050-A9428.jpg[/img]


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Interesting system we played, too. Although I think at times Pearson bombing about in midfield was about right.

[img]https://i.ibb.co/Mg1yYFT/ABB34233-1564-49-F2-86-AD-52-FA050-A9428.jpg[/img]


I always look forward to seeing the formations/players thrown together by BBC Football.


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I think yesterday proved something we all knew, McAtee is the difference between this side being a mid table side or a play-off one. We’ve had some good players in Non League, Podge, Bogle, Disley, Townsend, Nolan all stand out but McAtee for me could well eclipse the lot in terms of overall impact on our game.

If only we could have 1 or 2 of those listed to compliment him..
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Decent preformance with great goals against a very poor Altrincham team. Still a bit worried about the creativity but new fullbacks were decent although untested defensively after the first 10 minutes.
Fox worked hard and most of the team was 7/10 which is a massive improvement. Even Coke looked a lot better today. We still urgently need more firepower on the bench and pace up front.
We are very predictable but I guess very low on confidence.
We only really had Wright to bring on yesterday as a game changer. He was excellent but we need more options. Sousa still lacks end product and too often takes too many touches for me. he has potential for sure.
Bromley is a key game as with the exception of the early win against Wrexham and draw at Stockport we have had poor results against the top teams. This for me will be the test of whether we are on the move. Nevertheless a brilliant win and MacAtee was the catalyst yet again. utm
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Hope their goalkeeper is alright after suffering multiple serious concussions during the game, all remarkably occurring when he was caught in no-mans land with his goal exposed.  The remarkableness of it all only out done by his powers of recovery, defying the laws of modern medicine and the human body.

Agree both on the influence of McAtee but also that he didn't seem quite in the swing of things too, certainly not to the levels that we perhaps expected from the first few months of the season.  The incident in the second half where he somehow managed to tackle two of their players whilst on the floor and subsequently fired a shot off the mark seemed to buoy him a little and he regained his swagger and high energy.

Maguire-Drew reminds me so much of Alex Rodman.  Not quick yet very adapt at carrying the ball long distances, loves a drop of the shoulder, has that nice habit of dangling the ball just far in front of his stride to draw the defender in before nicking it away yet also seems to hang onto the ball just too long on occasions.  I thought when Wright came on it was Maguire-Drew who should have been subbed, yet that just proves what I know.  Between those two and Sousa there's a hell of a lot of attacking intent on the flanks if we can get them firing/keep them fit.  

The problem for me still remains that it's a lack of a driving force from central midfield.  McAtee is practically moulded for that free role, starting off behind the striker, but he doesn't and shouldn't stay there.  He goes wide, he comes deep, he goes beyond Taylor at times....but it leaves a huge gaping hole between Taylor and everyone else.  None of the wingers are ones who will naturally drift inside and our midfield doesn't have that player who will push another ten yards on and pick the scraps up or play off Taylor.  Coke just won't do that, not at this stage of his career.  There were times on Saturday that were crying out for Fox to surge on a little more.  In the last two home games he's done it on two occasions, both of which I think he should have scored from headers (although not seen the replay from Saturday yet).  Had either, or both, of those gone in I think it could have given him the confidence to do it more.  If he isn't the one to push forward then we have to hope Clifton gets his chance centrally and takes it.  That said, I thought Burgess looked like he had attacking intent when he came on and certainly took up a more attack minded position.

The important thing is the win.  Then a clean sheet.  Both successfully gained and we have to hope it's given a solid foundation for a big run for the rest of the campaign.  We'll certainly face tougher and better opposition but as many have said before, you can only beat what's in front of you.
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Hurst said Sousa felt his hamstring and that is why he went off. He also said that JMD got his second wind, which perhaps suggests it was him they were initially looking to replace.
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Ah, must admit I've not heard Hurst's post game interview so that makes sense.

I guess if Sousa felt his hamstring he could be out for a week or so, hopefully not.  Could be Wright's chance to impress from the start.

In all truth we've not seen anywhere near enough from Wright during his current contract, with it expiring in the summer he really needs a consistent run of starts where he delivers to be in a chance of getting a new one in my eyes.  
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Ah, must admit I've not heard Hurst's post game interview so that makes sense.

I guess if Sousa felt his hamstring he could be out for a week or so, hopefully not.  Could be Wright's chance to impress from the start.

In all truth we've not seen anywhere near enough from Wright during his current contract, with it expiring in the summer he really needs a consistent run of starts where he delivers to be in a chance of getting a new one in my eyes.  


If Wright gets his chance then I hope he takes it and is a success. Sousa can be an exciting player to watch but also very frustrating. For all his trickery Sousa never seemed to create anything but Wright put in 2 excellent crosses within minutes of coming on.


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