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Post by suttonpodcast on Aug 24, 2023 14:04:11 GMT
Time to move on. So far this season we have an excellent record against teams with the initials NC.....
They are doing much better than everyone expected, including themselves.
What are people's thoughts?
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Post by jamesc on Aug 25, 2023 10:12:38 GMT
They have gotten off to a good start but, they have had a nice couple of starting games in terms of fixtures. Beaten a weak Donny Team (albeit very, very convincingly), and a weak FGR team down to 10 men, and lost to Crewe by some margin. This genuinely should be a close game. I think a draw is likely - 1-1, but could go either way.
This absolutely shouldn't be a game where we should lose by more than a goal. Any hint of a repeat of last week's performance will mean alarm bells should be ringing.
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Post by paz on Aug 25, 2023 10:16:26 GMT
I am going to predict a win, will be hard and close, I will go for a 1-0.
That said, it depends who's fit as always.
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Post by Amber Aleman on Aug 25, 2023 10:37:17 GMT
The player to keep quiet would seem to be Will Evans who's scored five times for Newport already this season.
He's not to be confused with the defender of the same name who's played against us for Eastleigh, Aldershot and Chesterfield (and once had a brief loan spell with Newport).
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Post by paz on Aug 26, 2023 15:49:56 GMT
I am starting to worry. That 50 points is looking quite far away. Definitely see us in scrap this year. Desperately need three points in next home game.
And that's 4 headers conceded in 2 games.
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Post by garethl on Aug 26, 2023 16:08:33 GMT
Defence all over the place once they got back in it. Think John and Goodliffe worth reuniting when John match fit. Our set pieces are awful, seem to bundle everyone together from corners which gives freedom for them to just foul our players which gives us no clean contact. Ref never going to give anything in a mass of bodies in the penalty area. From throw ons target Sowunmi but he’s got 2 or 3 on him. Would prefer a bit of movement and 1 on 1 attacking the ball. Particularly corners we have to work something better.
A lot of what we did was ok but we just fell away. Newport pretty ordinary as this league goes, think they just put battled us actually today.
Yet again a lot of soft fouls given to oppo and 2 ridiculous yellows for Angol and Coley. Not that it cost us the points.
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Post by davep on Aug 26, 2023 16:10:39 GMT
One win (against 10 players) in our last 16 league games. No clean sheets in our last 13 league games - and we are understood to be looking to bring in another striker. On the bright side, we may not need to worry about where we are going to find the money for further ground improvements.
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Post by paz on Aug 26, 2023 16:18:27 GMT
One win (against 10 players) in our last 16 league games. No clean sheets in our last 13 league games - and we are understood to be looking to bring in another striker. On the bright side, we may not need to worry about where we are going to find the money for further ground improvements. Not looking good enough. I could forgive the 1-1 even after leading, I would have taken that. But 3-1 is just another poor result. I think we probably have better players than last year but the system is no longer clicking and if we don't find 3 points soon the season is going to be very long. I see what Matt has done and understand why he had to do it, but I fear for the worst. I will of course be extatic if come Xmas time someone digs this post up and ribs me about it..
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Post by garethl on Aug 26, 2023 16:39:30 GMT
Personally think we’ll be fine. Smith will make a big difference as focal point. I think I’ve said previously we’re 2-3 weeks minimum behind preparation wise. But we need to kick into gear sooner rather than later. FGR next week is an important game and they’ll be no pushover.
We’ve lost to Barrow and Newport (away) now. Both of those we’ve made to look pretty average for most of the game. Need to up the concentration levels and not give silly goals away. Going forward you’d hope we’d start to progress as relationships start to build.
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Post by banjo on Aug 26, 2023 16:47:18 GMT
One nil up three one down : every time the ball goes in the box we look vulnerable, we simply don’t pick up the attacking players. Also think we are lacking creative player in midfield. As has already been said, our form from last season to this, is not good but a bit early to say we going down. Think Matt will not be happy how we collapsed at the end and needs to have strong wards. Do agree though that we might be in a scrap at the bottom of league but do think we will be ok. Thought Patrick had a good game and a good goal, though. ⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Post by paz on Aug 26, 2023 16:55:44 GMT
Wycombe game now looking like a nuisance. All about the league for me now.
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Post by garethl on Aug 26, 2023 16:59:58 GMT
Wycombe game now looking like a nuisance. All about the league for me now. Really looking forward to it. Not sure I’m ready to turn my nose up at the League Cup because we’ve lost a couple of league matches. Long old season and we’ve got a reasonable sized squad, a few needing minutes. Hopefully we can give it a good go and hope we are well backed.
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Post by ambertaff on Aug 26, 2023 17:04:50 GMT
One nil up three one nil down : every time the ball goes in the box we look vulnerable, we simply don’t pick up the attacking players. Also think we are lacking creative player in midfield. As has already been said is our form from last season to this is not good but a bit early to say we going down. Think Matt will not be happy how we collapsed at the end and needs to have strong wards. Do agree though that we might be in a crap at the bottom of league. Thought Patrick had a good game and a good goal though. ⚽️⚽️⚽️ "Crap" or "Scrap" at the bottom of the league. Or does one lead to another?
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Post by Del on Aug 26, 2023 17:26:30 GMT
A lot of panic here. We were excellent against Notts County & Cambridge and will be again once Smith returns.Trouble is we have had no one to replace him.
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Post by banjo on Aug 26, 2023 17:48:21 GMT
Defence all over the place once they got back in it. Think John and Goodliffe worth reuniting when John match fit. Our set pieces are awful, seem to bundle everyone together from corners which gives freedom for them to just foul our players which gives us no clean contact. Ref never going to give anything in a mass of bodies in the penalty area. From throw ons target Sowunmi but he’s got 2 or 3 on him. Would prefer a bit of movement and 1 on 1 attacking the ball. Particularly corners we have to work something better. A lot of what we did was ok but we just fell away. Newport pretty ordinary as this league goes, think they just put battled us actually today. Yet again a lot of soft fouls given to oppo and 2 ridiculous yellows for Angol and Coley. Not that it cost us the points. Do agree with Gareth we need Louis back at the hart of that defence. ⚽️⚽️⚽️
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