GaryJones
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Heatstroke and an overdose of optimism! Dont worry Im starting to feel better now!
Heatstroke and an overdose of optimism! Dont worry Im starting to feel better now!been on something
Nothing to do with having a striker, it's not getting the ball to themWell we never really troubled their goal because of apparent lack of a striker but bearing in mind we kept them to 1 goal and they do have strikers so charlie boy not all doom and gloom ...just yet anyway
Yeah, but when we had McNumpty, he made intelligent runs, therefore creating space for the midfielders to get the ball to him or to try to go towards goal themselvesNothing to do with having a striker, it's not getting the ball to them
Just outside Chesterfield surrounded by old caravanners in deckchairs!Are You lost, or just don’t want to share your actual location?
If he looked north of the border he'd find a 22 year old who scored 30 goals last season and has hit 8 in 3 games so far this summer. Maybe lure him down with some original recipe Irn Bru
Nicky Clark at Queen of the South a few years ago looked streets ahead of where Shankland is now and he did nothing at Bury. Shankland looks one paced even against a diabolical Stenhousemuir side. Sorry not the answer for me.
Didn't get into any positions for any of that. Andreu isn't a wide player nor is Westbrooke. Shipley was poor on the other side. Was plenty of runs being made thoughYeah, but when we had McNumpty, he made intelligent runs, therefore creating space for the midfielders to get the ball to him or to try to go towards goal themselves
Create space and it gives you more chance of creating chances.
On tonight's showing it's going to be a long hard season if we don't get a goalscorer in.
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Yep.In fairness, tonight's team is 4 or 5 players away from our first choice really. McNulty's (hopeful) replacement, Jones, Ogogo or Kelly and Bayliss or Sterling even.
Andreu looked dashingly handsome. Oggy less so.I didn’t go nor stream it. Did anyone look good for us?
I didn’t go nor stream it. Did anyone look good for us?
Shall I do it, or leave it to someone else?Where is ogogo?
Shop window perhaps?Interesting he played o brien too
Interesting he played o brien too
When you think about some of their players too, cost more than our squad.Why didn't they turn the lights on? I had some proper 'Wembley' fans behind me tearing mainly into Westbrooke and bemoaning how we'll be going down next season. Paying attention to the fact that the opposition were actually very good and it was a fucking friendly.
Shipley and ponti were poor
Brown our best player.
Allisani looked decent, got hacked though
Why didn't they turn the lights on? I had some proper 'Wembley' fans behind me tearing mainly into Westbrooke and bemoaning how we'll be going down next season. Paying no attention to the fact that the opposition were actually very good and it was a fucking friendly.
Apparently the generator has been vandalised twice in the last week and they didn't have time to fix it before the match.Not sure with the lights. Even when walking out through the club house bit in the corner only the emergency lights were on
Guess that’s why the second half seemed shorter? Ref happy to call it time before it got really dark? Perhaps he was wearing the same glasses as me?
That's true to be fair. A lot rests on whether we can adequately replace McNulty and whether Jones can replicate last seasons form.In fairness, tonight's team is 4 or 5 players away from our first choice really. McNulty's (hopeful) replacement, Jones, Ogogo or Kelly and Bayliss or Sterling even.
He was pretty good at taking the ball and laying it off and surprisingly good in the air, won a fair few headers.Surprised about Brown. 2 in my car thought he looked good but I disagreed. As I posted at HT I won’t write a player off in pre season but he’s yet to do anything to impress.
I don’t know which game you guys watched but brown wasn’t impressive yesterday.
It is pre season mind you and he probably isn’t fully fit and just needs more game times
Someone shoots (yes I really am struggling with the lack of light now!), Derby keeper saves
That'll be me then?? hahahahWho's Robin?
I thought he looked very strong for a little bloke, great close control with the ball too. That one where he had it in the corner and took one on but then got dragged down by his neck. Will be exciting to see him I think.That was Allassani, he looked lively when he came on...
My Thoughts on last night... we generally held our own in defence & midfield in first half, against a side competing at top end of championship. Junior brown prob looked best player, strong defensively & good in air - as some others have said though he didnt get forward much in first half & it was him that didnt stop the cross from their right back which led to the goal - to be fair it was tight though & great cross / great header!
Second half they made wholesale changes & I thought we had the better of the half, I actually think the strikers did have a bit of service second half, we were playing some decent balls over the top & max took a couple of them down lovely in the area, but then no end product. Same with through balls, I saw a few nice through balls but our strikers were no where to be seen. max was out wide right & Pontecelli had just gone missing second half. he was back midfield, certainly no where near the goal! so the balls we did play through ( where a McNulty would be running on to them last season ) were just running straight through to the keeper. As I say strikers playing too deep... or just not on it enough. Pontecelli should have been right up on shoulder of last man for those through balls as he is the supposed goal poacher & Max should have been the one playing the deeper number 10 role to feed him , I think it was clear what we were missing last night
Allassani looked skilful & strong on the ball he was only on for 10 mins though, so hard to tell if that would last a match / half , or if it was just a 10 minute burst. like to see more of him
We were always in there last night id say, and they didnt take us apart or anything like that, but conversely we never really looked like scoring. Missing a lot of key players last night too - Jones, Oggogo, Willis, Dujon Sterling and Tom Bayliss. Stick them in any side and its instantly lifted up a few levels right ?
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