Northampton match thread

Was Hanson not injured and taken off with Green replacing him? I’m at work so not there.

Golden rule.. dont change a winning side unless you have to,, you would have  thought after 900 odd gtames he would know this

Quoted from dicko995

What can I say, Ollie aint God, but u all think he is, enjoy

He ain't Shankly but he is certainly an upgrade on Slade, Hurst, Bignot and Jolley.

Made changes recently and still won but it certainly didn't work today. Second best for pretty much all the game, bar that little spell before half time when we should have scored. Offered little in the second, although Clarke managed to miss an open goal. Highlight was the ref not carding their number 5 after he committed 3 bookable offences in the space of 5 seconds.

Very disappointing second half. At least we gave it a go in the first half but didn't have the guts to try and play through them in the second half and there was too much pointless side to side passing.

Have to say, I'm not overly surprised with the result as it is one we've been threatening with the soft goals we continue to concede. We've got away with it in recent games by scoring enough at the other end, but today was one of those games where we just couldn't put the ball in the net. Clarke's two misses in the second half (one a completely open goal) were as bad as those in the first half. A comedy of errors for their third goal as well.

Too much tinkering by Holloway by far of late. Let's try and build some partnerships so we're not playing like a bunch of strangers so often.

Quoted from dicko995

What can I say, Ollie aint God, but u all think he is, enjoy

Nobody thinks he's God. But he has had a far better career than all the other managers we've had this century and given the situation we found ourselves in in December, we're blooming lucky to have him. Not sure why you're so bitterly against him, has he slept with your wife?

What do you expect with 6 changes from a winning team - c'mon Olly you know you dun wrong     -   but for the life of me I can't think why you did - you being such an experienced manager. We all know the team needs confidence so this was a chance for them to get it. I think it's done more harm than good big time. Keep this up and gates are gonna fall

Quoted from denni266

Golden rule.. dont change a winning side unless you have to,, you would have  thought after 900 odd gtames he would know this

There were 5 changes after Colchester for the Morecambe game.

Not too fussed with all the changes myself. We're not going up this year so might as well give everyone a chance to stake a claim. Think today showed many are not good enough and a good few will be on their bike.

Still think Ollie is having a good look at all this squad so that he can decide on next years, yes, play them against Northampton who are doing well and a big team, that way he knows what he’s got. Honestly this season is over so he needs to experiment, especially like today when Hanson goes off, he needs to see who is good enough or willing enough to fill in.