tonight's game: thoughts?

[suttonred]

Gods honest!  Maybe he was buying as a windup for a mate or something, but was def being printed with Casal.

[Luci]

A punter in the clubshop doesn't think so, there was a guy in front of me getting casal's name printed on a shirt, i was guessing he only had enough cash to pay for a short name, although i would have though Cox was cheaper and the better option!

Thats nuts!  Surely if he was going to get a chance he would have had it by now what with us having Vincent out, Timlin being cack and Kennedy not really getting much of a go (injury or not I don't know mind).  

[magicroundabout]

No he has not. In fairness. Are you a spacker or what?

I'm pleased and concerned in equal measure. We won but a) it still sounded wank and b) we almost shagged it up again.

how can you comment if all you did was listen to the game and not watch it?
Most games sound wank on the radio.

And as for the Timlin comment there has been a fair few comments made about how well he's played at left back.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

MAYBE the persons surname was ALSO Casal?

[suttonred]

Mmm unlikely !

[Bob's Orange]

Peacock has a back injury bob

Ok, wasn't aware of that thanks!

[juddie]

I was almost prepapred to take you seriously as well DMR.

Timlin was certainly pretty good against Leicester and Yeovil. Either way, we're agreed he's not a left-back by choice.

Centre midfielder is a must, I wouldn't want to rely on Nalis and Allen for the remainder of the season.

[overthehill]

I was almost prepapred to take you seriously as well DMR.

Timlin was certainly pretty good against Leicester and Yeovil. Either way, we're agreed he's not a left-back by choice.

Centre midfielder is a must, I wouldn't want to rely on Nalis and Allen for the remainder of the season.

Better than Peacock & Pook, but agree that a n other is required.

[fatbury]

My assessment

Brez - did ok wasnt outstanding but hopefully returning slowly to form

Defence - REALLY REALLY SOLID .. until Vincent went off -- he was organising them all game and had a solid one himself - as soon as he went off they lost all shape - mainly as Timlin continues to not actually position himself correctly and all the others then have to switch over ... but Greer looked good considering he hadnt played that much and Amankwaah had a good game overall.

Midfield - Nalis and Allen were pretty poor in terms of tackling as one might expect - the passing at times was quality from Nalis and even led to a goal .. but his fitness meant he couldnt get round the pitch quickly enough. Allen looked overawed and out of his depth. I really hope we dont see this LILY ALLEN midfield combo again as against a stronger side we will be punished severly.
JP Mac was JP Mac - flattering to deceive .. the bright spark was the forceful running of Robson-Kanu who terrified the defence .. but we never gave him the ball enough and sometimes his final ball let him down ... but I thought he was ace all the same.

Attack - good stuff from the Cox Paynter combo -- terrified the Walsall defence and both chipped in with a goal -- Paynter was well marshalled in the first half but was too much for them in the 2nd as he took a bit of control winning countless challenges until substituted. Cox was what weve come to expect from Cox - endless selfless running and a fantastic strike to boot.

The play itself continued signs of improvement - we seem overall more organised and set pieces seem slightly improved. Its nice to see us play to feet and keep the ball on the ground even when we hit a long ball its more of a pass than before.

The problem tho is definitely that central midfield --- with Peacock injured we really missed him - and Id certainly pick Easton and Pook over Nalis and Allen any day but in reality we need a real quality player in there - perhaps a youngster on loan from a top Premiership side even.

If we continue with LILY ALLEN on Saturday ... expect the worst!

[BANGKOK RED]

Ha Ha, Lily Allen.

I bet Fatbury is proud of that one.

[janaage]

My assessment

Midfield - Nalis and Allen were pretty poor in terms of tackling as one might expect - the passing at times was quality from Nalis and even led to a goal .. but his fitness meant he couldnt get round the pitch quickly enough. Allen looked overawed and out of his depth. I really hope we dont see this LILY ALLEN midfield combo again as against a stronger side we will be punished severly.

The problem tho is definitely that central midfield --- with Peacock injured we really missed him - and Id certainly pick Easton and Pook over Nalis and Allen any day but in reality we need a real quality player in there - perhaps a youngster on loan from a top Premiership side even.

If we continue with LILY ALLEN on Saturday ... expect the worst!

Sorry Fatbury but I completely disagree with that sentiment.  Nalis played well (until last 20 - he should have been replaced) and Chris Allen did well, got stuck in played the intelligent ball.  What I liked is neither of them just ran about like headless chickens and then lumped it forward at every opportunity.  They also passed the ball backwards, shock, they played the easy ball.  Something Easton, Pook and Peacock have struggled with.

They also looked to get the ball wide to JPM and HRK which was good to see. It was a pleasure to see us not bypassing the midfield, we seemed to be more of a unit.  Makes a change to to have two players in the middle who can control the ball at the first attempt, none of this first touch, second touch is a tackle.

Hope DW keeps the team exactly the same for Oldham.

[DV]

Im somewhat confused as to how people can say "Wilson took Vincent off too early etc."

because people are stupid.

It like the time Kennedy got injured, could barely run so he was subbed off against Carlisle. A few minutes later Carlisle scored and everyone moaned at Byrne for taking of Kennedy who was playing well despite the fact he was injured and couldnt even run!!

[fatbury]

well janaage I hope YOU are right and I am wrong .. but I reckon the Lily Allen midfield will struggle up at Oldham .. but I will be the first to admit my mistake if they go up there and pull out a surprise win ...

re Vincent coming off .. he had only had 60 mins in a reserve game in the last 4 months so was dead on his feet when he came off ... not a mistake by Danny Wilson at all ... we had really no alternative to put back there bar Timlin

[Power to people]

well janaage I hope YOU are right and I am wrong .. but I reckon the Lily Allen midfield will struggle up at Oldham .. but I will be the first to admit my mistake if they go up there and pull out a surprise win ...

re Vincent coming off .. he had only had 60 mins in a reserve game in the last 4 months so was dead on his feet when he came off ... not a mistake by Danny Wilson at all ... we had really no alternative to put back there bar Timlin

umm he had 45 mins in the reserves.

We need Jack Smith to get back fit quickly, then if Vincent can't last the 90 mins then Smith can come on and slot in there or swap him over for awanker

J Smith has probably picked up an injury at the wrong time now though, as I would imagine the defence will stay the same for a while and hopefully that means aljokefre stays out as well !

[Colin Todd]

hahahaha lilly allen