I think Willis right back and grimmer right side midfield?
I’d be surprised if Willis didn’t play. He wasn’t great on Tuesday but I think he is our best centre half and also has pace.I would think he will play unless injured.I don’t think Willis will feature tomorrow, and Grimmer is lucky we don’t have much competition at RB
I’d be surprised if Willis didn’t play. He wasn’t great on Tuesday but I think he is our best centre half and also has pace.I would think he will play unless injured.
No thanks, tried it once and grimmer was awful. For all the ball in attacking areas grimmer has, his delivery is shocking and he doesn't have a single league assist this season. I can't think of anything worse than Willis/grimmer rb/rm combo.I think Willis right back and grimmer right side midfield?
totally agreeI think Willis right back and grimmer right side midfield?
I think McDonald’s form had tailed off as the season has gone on. I thought Cheltenham were one of the more attacking, less cynical teams I have seen at the Ricoh this season. However, if memory serves me right, I felt their threat came through more of a passing game than lumping it up to a big man. If we were playing Lincoln again I think Robin’s may well choose Davis. Tomorrow, because I don’t think the main threat is in the air, I think he will leave things as they are. (Watch Cheltenham now score three goals, all headers!).Atleast one of him and McDonald have to be dropped. Going to be a tight call
But that's the thing, stu, we have tried it once.No thanks, tried it once and grimmer was awful. For all the ball in attacking areas grimmer has, his delivery is shocking and he doesn't have a single league assist this season. I can't think of anything worse than Willis/grimmer rb/rm combo.
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But that's the thing, stu, we have tried it once.
Depends on the opposition and how else the side is lined up and the formation we play. Juts because it didn't work once doesn't mean it will never work at all.
Right side of midfield has been a problem area pretty much all season and we all keep saying Grimmer is better going forwards than he is defending.
If what you are saying is true and Grimmer doesn't have a single assist and you don't think it will work, then the only option is to play Willis right back and drop Grimmer from the side completely.
Thing is, a back four is a back four, so that stat might not have anything at all to do with the fact that DKE played on those occasions.If we're going to play Willis right back, grimmer should just drop out. I don't get why we would want to play 5 defenders against a side 16th in the league.
Personally I would consider bringing DeKEs back in on the right, but that won't go down with the fans. Our record when he's started this season is really good.
W 2-0 Exeter
W 1-2 Swindon
W 1-0 Crewe
D 0-0 Barnet
L 1-0 Accrington
W 0-1 Carlisle
W 1-0 Chesterfield
W 3-1 Cambridge
Whilst he's no world beater and in the long run or even next season not worth keeping, but he has done a job on that right handside for us when called for and for me makes far more sense than grimmer and Willis.
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So, you would rest him tomorrow?Grimmer's end product is very average. He's alright for making a run beyond the midfield and taking a man away from our right winger, as he did for Jones for the first half of the season but that has to come from deeper i.e. right back. He just doesn't have the speed from a standing start to beat a man from right midfield - same reason why so many crosses get by him when the wingers get the ball out of their feet and cross it.
What Grimmer really needs is a rest, not a position change. 50 games this season whereas he has never reached 30 games a season in his career before.
But its a team game, a team is a sum of its parts, and he was a part of tha team.Thing is, a back four is a back four, so that stat might not have anything at all to do with the fact that DKE played on those occasions.
In some outings this season he has been poor and clearly targeted by the opposition.
I can, Dion Kelly Evans and Peter Vincenti.No thanks, tried it once and grimmer was awful. For all the ball in attacking areas grimmer has, his delivery is shocking and he doesn't have a single league assist this season. I can't think of anything worse than Willis/grimmer rb/rm combo.
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If it was me, he'd have been on a very very light training load for the last couple of weeks so that he could play and I could keep Willis central to mark Eisa. Grimmer's visibly thinner than at the start of the season so it's definitely taking its toll on him.So, you would rest him tomorrow?
Didn't Grendel prove the fallacy of the stat theory when he pointed out the record when Jack Finch played for us?But its a team game, a team is a sum of its parts, and he was a part of tha team.
They may have targeted him, but we have still managed to win 6 of 8. And your concentrating on the back 4, he was part of an attacking 4, that needed to score to win. I'm not saying he is the reason we did well, just that our record when he's played is good.
Either grimmer is out of form and should be dropped or he's not out of form and he should continue to play right back. He's not good going forward, he is good at carrying the ball from deep but has no end product. Playing on the wing is completely different to playing fullback. So you play him right mid, who are you dropping to accommodate him? Bayliss, doyle, Kelly, Shipley? Then if not withstanding the other potential changes, by playing grimmer/Willis right side you're making 3 changes whilst playing 1 square peg, and one oval peg in round holes. Davis in, Willis moves to right back, grimmer goes to right mid.
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He did, but he still keeps using it in reference to JCH. I guess when you're desperately trying to justify your enormous confirmation bias then anything goes!Didn't Grendel prove the fallacy of the stat theory when he pointed out the record when Jack Finch played for us?
I used to like DKE, but unfortunately he has gone backwards for us this season. I'm happy to give him another go, but there is always the chance he will once again be targeted as a weak link because of his lack of height.
Didn't Grendel prove the fallacy of the stat theory when he pointed out the record when Jack Finch played for us?
I used to like DKE, but unfortunately he has gone backwards for us this season. I'm happy to give him another go, but there is always the chance he will once again be targeted as a weak link because of his lack of height.
But isn't that pretty much 4-4-2?I know Robins won't do this, but I'd go 4-2-4 and put the emphasis on just trying to score more goals than them rather than keeping it tight:
O'Brien
Grimmer Willis Davies Camwell
Kelly Doyle
Ponticelli Biamou McNulty Reid
Probably bring on JCH early in 2nd half if Max is having an off day...
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