Crawley v Swindon Town MoM Thread

[RobertT]

Davison is not the player you want as your primary striker if chasing top 3.  He would improve us if we were to have him, says a lot.

[singingiiiffy]

Probably a fair bit to do with the way the team set up but I feel Davison would still be putting himself about a lot more.

Whilst I don’t think it would make a massive positive difference to our attacking play. I think defenders would have more to deal with Davison even if it was just his work rate and pressure.

I mean, yes Jephcott isn’t getting chances and yes that’s majorly on the team but if he isn’t getting chances he literally adds no value. Davison would at least add work rate.

we did have the same issue with simpson though. there was a huge period of games when we didnt have good results and he didnt touch the ball. i dont feel like swindon has been good for strikers for years now. they can be very isolated.

i think mckirdy was the exception because we was buzzing round the whole of the front line and forcing mistakes and chances. not a true striker/ no.9

[RobertT]

By years you mean a couple, right?  Doyle.

[DiV]

we did have the same issue with simpson though. there was a huge period of games when we didnt have good results and he didnt touch the ball. i dont feel like swindon has been good for strikers for years now. they can be very isolated.

i think mckirdy was the exception because we was buzzing round the whole of the front line and forcing mistakes and chances. not a true striker/ no.9

Fair but feel Simpson (on what I’ve seen) had more to his game than Jephcott.

Like Simpson could bully defenders, he could run past them & he could hit them from distance. Thus far Jephcott really feels like a ‘goals inside the penalty area on a plate’ or nothing striker.

I feel if you were a defender up against Simpson (or even Davison) you’d have to do something where as if you’re a defender up against Jephcott (and we aren’t creating) you wouldn’t have to do much.

[RobertT]

Jephcott may look a good player if he had someone like Simpson next to him.  May also make Hutton more effective.

[singingiiiffy]

By years you mean a couple, right?  Doyle.

i guess so. genuinely feels like a lifetime! covid era.

[DiV]

I think if you take the strikers in this discussion (Simpson, Davison, Jephcott) + Wakeling I think all the combinations look pretty handy apart from Jephcott & Wakeling - ironically the one we actually have…

[Nemo]

Jephcott may look a good player if he had someone like Simpson next to him.  May also make Hutton more effective.

Agree, we have an incoherent squad. Jephcott and Wakeling are similar, both look like they'd rather play with a bigger man next to eachother. Hutton is there to get crosses in to that player, who isn't in the squad (presumably Adeloye was meant to be this figure, but even then, one punt for a key position?). As it is, FBT is by some distance our best attacking header of a ball.

[DiV]

So, we are all agreed we should go with FBT up front next game?

[singingiiiffy]

would be an added bonus if some defenders popped up with some goals and get the team ticking

[Bob's Orange]

For once it looks like I picked the 'correct' MOTM. Went for Blake-Tracy. Always wanted the ball and got into dangerous positions down the left. Worked hard for no reward.

[ChalkyWhiteIsGod]

Fuck the lot of em. Shite.